Chapter 141: The Rich Are So Miserable. They Have Been Raising Others' Children For 18 Years
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
After the trainees were divided into teams, each team was immediately assigned a practice room and began to learn new programs.
Shi Xi had the team write the melodies that they knew how to arrange, and the ones that didn't know how to arrange, they would write the lyrics. The more they wrote, the better. Finally, she had to choose from among them.
Pei Jie's dance was already strong to begin with. He and another person were strong, so they worked together to choreograph the dance and strive to finish the choreography before Wednesday.
The two teams that were not part of the production team's script were unusually united.
Shi Xi looked around and realized that she was of no use at all.
She could neither arrange music nor choreograph.
'Forget it, let's get off work.'
Shi Xi stayed in the practice room for two hours. When she realized that she only had the word 'superfluous,' she left work with tears in her eyes.
When she got off work, Shi Xi walked past other practice rooms. When she heard the voices coming from inside, she could not help but sigh:
The popularity mentor was the most carefree!
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After the second episode of [Star Idol] was broadcast, Shi Xi's popularity rose to another level, and many passersby fell into the pit.
As Shi Xi became more famous, someone dug out Shi Xi's 'real identity'.
On Douban Forum, a post appeared out of nowhere:
[[818] Popularity mentor Shi Xi is a fake daughter! The real and fake daughter drama is actually by my side?]
[Shi Xi had always been marketing herself as a fair, rich, and beautiful lady. Her Weibo is filled with branded clothes and bags.]
[But last month, the Shi family discovered that Shi Xi was not their biological daughter.]
[Shi Xi was originally the daughter of a poor couple in Longquan Village. She was the real fake daughter, but she had enjoyed the life of a rich family for 18 years.]
[As for the real daughter, she was raised in poverty for 18 years and only recently returned to the Shi family!]
The post was filled with shock.
[What the f*ck, such a drama? Didn't Shi Xi steal someone else's life?]
[Isn't it already known to everyone? The rich lady gave birth on her way to visit her relatives, and the child was stolen. The fake daughter occupied the magpie's nest for 18 years, and now she's brazenly coming out to get money. The real daughter has suffered for 18 years.]
[Isn't Shi Xi too shameless? The fake daughter is even marketing her own image of a fair, rich, and beautiful person.]
[Shi Xi's parents are the most vicious, right? They sent their daughter to a rich family, causing the real daughter to suffer since she was young.]
[The rich are so miserable. They've been raising others' children for 18 years.]
[Child thief!]
For a time, the discussion about Shi Xi on the Internet became more and more intense.
The #Shi Xi Fake Daughter# was trending, dropping from the sky to suppress all the topics on the entertainment rankings.
As more people exposed the news, there were even people who dug up Ning Yu's identity.
[The real daughter's name is Ning Yu. She is the top scorer in science in Feng City. Although she was born poor, her studies are excellent.]
[The real daughter is too inspirational! Indeed, excellent genes are excellent wherever they go.]
[Dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes. A true daughter is a phoenix. Even if she was born in a rat hole, she would still be a phoenix. No matter how much Shi Xi received education from a wealthy family, she would not be able to make it to the top.]
[...]
A real case of a life-changing incident had appeared. Everyone was talking about it with relish. They were all fighting for justice for the true daughter, Ning Yu. They wanted Shi Xi to return her 'stolen' life back.
When such a big piece of news came out, Shi Xi's fans were all panicking.
They liked Shi Xi, but from the looks of it, Shi Xi had indeed stolen someone else's life!
Just as the public was fighting for the real daughter, Ning Yu appeared.
@Ning Yu: [Please follow Shi Xi's new drama. Don't follow me too much. Thank you.]
Comments: [???]
[This is Ning Yu? The real daughter?]
[The real daughter? What does that mean? Posting Weibo to support Shi Xi?]
[It's hilarious. Even if their lives have been switched by mistake, what do the two girls know? It's a sister post. Do they need the netizens to be the middleman?]
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Chapter 142: Gave Ning Yu a Call
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
[It must be an act! The real daughter must have been blackmailed to post such a Weibo Post!]
[The real daughter is so miserable... Ning Yu, don't be afraid. We are all standing behind you. The eldest daughter of a wealthy family is the eldest daughter of a wealthy family. A pheasant can never become a phoenix.]
This comment was very honored to be replied by Ning Yu: [You are the beast, I am a human.]
[I'm dying of laughter, Ning Yu is so domineering.]
[The real daughter doesn't seem to care about these things at all, never selling her misery.]
[Ning Yu is the top scorer of science in Feng City, and has already been accepted by Yanjing University. To Ning Yu, it doesn't matter whether she entered a rich family or not. She completely relies on her own efforts to obtain everything she wants. Furthermore, the rich family is very rich. Raising another daughter is not a problem at all. The netizens are just eating salt and worrying about nothing.]
[Shi Xi didn't do anything at all, right? She's also a victim.]
[She was pampered by the rich family for 18 years. Is she still a victim like this? Then I really want to be a victim too.]
[...]
The comments on the internet were getting higher and higher, but these did not affect Shi Xi and Ning Yu's mood.
Ning Yu rarely looked at Weibo. It was only when she logged into the game and saw that there were people in the world talking about this matter that she stood up and spoke up for Shi Xi.
In Ning Yu's eyes, Shi Xi was just a silly and sweet girl with a bad brain. She was also the type to be bullied when she entered the entertainment industry.
The Shi family's wealth was huge, but most of it would be inherited by the eldest son, Shi Xu. Only a small portion of it would be given to Shi Xi.
Ning Yu did not care about the money. She could totally rely on her own hard work to earn money. If it weren't for her blood ties, she would not have come back here.
And from Shi Xi's point of view, everything she had now belonged to Ning Yu.
Only the entertainment industry that she was working hard in now belonged to her.
Seeing Ning Yu stand up for her, Shi Xi was so excited that she gave Ning Yu a call.
As expected of the female lead!
Shi Xi really gave her a call. She gave Ning Yu a call to thank her.
"Is there anything else? If there's nothing else, I'll hang up." Ning Yu was still as cold and indifferent as ever. She was unapproachable.
Shi Xi: "There's nothing else. I wish Sister a happy day."
Her tone was like that of a salesperson.
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There were still people on the internet who wanted to use the real and fake daughters as an excuse, but as the two people at the center of the topic, they did not care about this at all.
Some people suspected that the Ning couple had secretly swapped children and wanted to get the law to punish the two of them. However, when the Shi family was investigating, they had already found out that the incident back then was indeed a mistake.
The two girls who were born that day were placed together to take a bath. The management of the small hospital 18 years ago was average. The doctor who delivered the babies had already passed away, and the nurse had already changed her profession after she married out of town. She did not have a deep memory of the incident 18 years ago.
The matter of the children being switched at the wrong time was eventually settled.
The Shi family's parents had also suspected the Ning couple. However, when they were investigating the two of them, they discovered that the Ning couple really doted on Ning Yu. They gave her whatever she asked for and treated Ning Yu as if she were their own daughter.
Seeing that they had raised Ning Yu so well, the Shi family no longer pursued the matter and treated it as if they had an extra daughter.
Public opinion could not stir up any more waves.
But even so, there were still people who sneakily went to Lonqguan Village and found the Ning couple.
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The Ning parents carried carefully prepared local specialties and, under the guidance of the reporters, waited at the place that Shi Xi had to pass every day when she went to work to record.
When Shi Xi went to work to record, she saw the Ning couple covered in mud, and her face was filled with disgust. "What are you doing here?"
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Chapter 143: Was Just a Dream
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
When the Ning couple saw Shi Xi, they wanted to step forward to recognize their daughter. However, Shi Xi only pushed them away in disgust.
"Stay away from me! You are not my parents! My name is Shi Xi! I am the daughter of the Shi family!"
"Where are the security guards? Quickly chase these two out!"
When the security guards heard the commotion, they rushed over. Shi Xi was behind the security guards. She asked the security guards to chase the two out and desperately said that she did not know them.
However, the Ning couple said that Shi Xi was their daughter.
The security guards were in a dilemma.
At this moment, a group of reporters suddenly rushed out to interview Shi Xi. They asked her if she did not want to acknowledge her parents because she hated the poor and loved the rich.
When Shi Xi saw so many reporters, she instantly panicked. She could not answer the reporters' questions at all.
When the Ning couple saw that it was being made difficult for Shi Xi, they immediately shielded Shi Xi behind them. This made her parents seem even more great.
All of this was recorded by the camera and quickly posted online.
Instantly, the malicious intent toward Shi Xi was endless on the internet.
[I didn't expect Shi Xi to be such a person. I'm really blind to still think that Shi Xi is good!]
[She's always hyping up the image of a fair, rich, and beautiful person. It turns out that she hates the poor and loves the rich so much. Unfortunately, a pheasant is just a pheasant and will never become a phoenix.]
[She's always so pretentious, and she with marketing does she look beautiful. Her acting skills aren't good, her EQ isn't good, and she can't sing or dance well. What else can she do other than buy hot searches?]
The sky and earth were filled with negative comments directed at Shi Xi. There were even people who sent private messages to Shi Xi, telling her to get out of the entertainment industry and to go to h*ll.
The program teams that worked with Shi Xi all proposed to terminate the contract and demanded that Shi Xi compensate them for the loss of the contract.
Under such circumstances, no one was willing to work with Shi Xi anymore.
The entertainment industry had completely banned Shi Xi.
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The alarm clock rang.
Shi Xi sat up from her bed and felt as if she was dreaming.
But after she woke up, she forgot about the scene in her dream.
Shi Xi couldn't remember, so she stopped thinking and prepared to get up to record today's program.
Although the two teams didn't need her, Shi Xi felt that she didn't have a good conscience when it came to getting paid for this job, so she still went to work on time every day.
Even if she treated the group trainees to a cup of milk tea and fried chicken, she could still be considered to have made a small contribution as a teacher.
During breakfast time, Shi Xi opened the door and saw Xie Yunzhou, the big shot villain, outside the door.
He was indeed a big shot villain. His temperament was cold and outstanding, and his figure was as straight as a bamboo. Even though he was holding the breakfast in his hand, it could not hide the sharpness on his body.
Shi Xi had already gotten used to eating breakfast with Xie Yunzhou. Thanks to Xie Yunzhou's assistant, she had developed a good habit of getting up early to eat breakfast, and her stomach was much better than before.
However, Xie Yunzhou had been really busy recently. She often came back from recording, but Xie Yunzhou's meetings were not over yet.
As expected, the CEO was busier than a celebrity? But according to those CEO novels, the male protagonist of the CEO did nothing but fall in love!
While eating breakfast, Shi Xi stared at Xie Yunzhou's wrist.
Xie Yunzhou followed Shi Xi's gaze and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, your watch is very nice." Shi Xi asked again, "Didn't you always wear a sandalwood bracelet?"
"The string of the sandalwood bracelet is a little worn. I asked my assistant to change it."
Shi Xi was deep in thought. She lowered her head and continued to eat breakfast.
Xie Yunzhou looked at Shi Xi's expression and thought that she liked his watch. After he left the house, he asked his assistant to buy the same type of ladies' watch as his.
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Chapter 144: The Current Shi Xi Still Had Pink Hair
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The assistant said, "This watch doesn't have the same model for women."
Xie Yunzhou said, "Then go and order a similar one."
The assistant said, "...Okay."
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On the other side, after breakfast, Shi Xi got into the car that led to the recording session.
She looked at Xie Yunzhou's watch not because she liked it, but because the birthday present she had wanted to buy for Xie Yunzhou was a watch.
But she didn't expect Xie Yunzhou to have such good taste. The watch he was wearing was so beautiful. Would he not like the watch she bought?
Fortunately, she didn't buy it, so she had time to choose another birthday present.
But seeing that Xie Yunzhou's birthday was coming up, what should she give him?
As Shi Xi was thinking, she had already arrived outside the recording studio.
After getting out of the car, Shi Xi was about to walk in when she saw two familiar faces from the corner of her eyes.
Weren't these her biological parents from Longquan Village?
Why were they here?
When the Ning couple saw Shi Xi, they didn't dare to come forward to recognize her.
After all, Shi Xi still had pink hair.
Shi Xi stepped forward and asked, "Why are you here? Are you looking for me?"
The Ning couple took a step back. Both of them were carrying something in their hands, afraid that they would dirty Shi Xi's clothes.
"Xi Xi, we heard that you were bullied, so we came here to see you. We also brought you some local specialties." Mother Ning sized up Shi Xi. She asked, "How are you doing here? Did they bully you? Are you full? Can you sleep well?"
A series of questions confused Shi Xi. "I'm doing very well. No one bullied me... Why would you think that?"
As she spoke, Shi Xi looked around and asked in a low voice, "Who told you that I was bullied?"
The Ning couple's entertainment life in the village was limited. They did not know how to use Weibo, nor did they know how to read entertainment forums. They did not even pay attention to entertainment news.
And in the village, not many people knew that Shi Xi was their biological daughter. No one would gossip about her.
Shi Xi frowned. She felt that there must be some nosy paparazzi disturbing the Ning couple, which was why the two of them came to find her.
"It's not a place to talk outside. Come in first." Shi Xi led the way and invited the two of them into the recording location.
The Ning couple rushed over, their bamboo basket still wet. Seeing the shiny floor inside, they were a little embarrassed. "We won't go in. Take this back and eat it."
Shi Xi was a little confused when she saw the bamboo basket. She asked casually, "What's inside?"
Father Ning smiled honestly and said, "This is a hairy crab raised by our Longquan Village. It's very delicious!"
Shi Xi: "???"
Looking at such a big basket, there were more than ten or twenty hairy crabs!
Shi Xi said, "Let's go in from below and go straight to the canteen. We'll cook crabs for lunch. You guys stay here for lunch too. Let's eat together."
The Ning couple did not want to disturb Shi Xi at first, but seeing Shi Xi's firm attitude and their concern for their daughter, they agreed.
The program team had a canteen. After Shi Xi informed the program team, she brought the Ning couple to the canteen.
The Ning couple each carried two bamboo baskets. Nearly a hundred hairy crabs were tightly bundled together, and they were all alive.
Shi Xi waved her hand and simply treated these as extra food. She let the canteen staff handle them and everyone ate together for lunch.
After handing the ingredients to the canteen staff, Shi Xi pulled the Ning couple to sit down in the canteen and continued to chat.
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Chapter 145: Hairy Crabs Today
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
"Before you came, why didn't you give me a call? I'll send someone to pick you up." Shi Xi poured water for the two of them and asked tentatively, "How did you find this place?"
They were in Yanjing, but they had come all the way here to deliver hairy crabs to her.
No matter how she thought about it, it felt very strange!
Moreover, Father Ning also had a small clinic. Although it was only a small clinic, the long journey back and forth also delayed him from treating others.
After sitting down, Father Ning said, "A man told us that you were bullied here and asked us to come and see you. He didn't let us make a call and said that we should come directly to you, so we followed him here."
Mother Ning said with some self-reproach, "It was your father who told me to call you in advance, but I was afraid that you would report the good news but not the bad, so I didn't ask him to call you."
"Now that we see that you are doing well, we are relieved. We will definitely tell you before we come to see you next time!"
The Ning couple had been worried at the beginning, but now they had become self-reproachful, afraid that they would bring trouble to Shi Xi.
"It's okay. If you miss me, give me a call. I'll go see you. You're too far away." Shi Xi smiled. "It's been too long since I went back to see you. When my work here is over, I'll go back to the village and stay for a few days. Mom can cook some chicken stewed with mushrooms for me."
"Okay," Mother Ning said happily. "The next time you go home, the jujube tree at the door will be able to pick the jujubes. I'll pick the jujubes for you to eat."
Shi Xi said, "By the way, did you send Sister Ning Yu crabs?"
"Yes, we did. Before we came, we brought two baskets for Ning Yu."
Two baskets for Ning Yu and four baskets for her.
'Sob, sob, sob, my parents are so nice!'
Shi Xi looked at the time and said, "You guys rest here for a while. I'm going to the practice room to take a look. You're not allowed to leave. Wait for me to have lunch with you at noon. I'll send you back at night."
After Shi Xi left, the Ning couple sat in the cafeteria for a while. They couldn't sit still and went to the back to help with the hairy crabs.
Shi Xi returned to the practice room to take a look at their progress.
The progress of the two Original Teams was fast and furious. The Original Song Team had already composed the song and filled in the lyrics, and they were singing. The Original Dance Team was also in the middle of rehearsals.
Although Shi Xi didn't have much experience in duet dancing, she wasn't ashamed to ask. She often pulled other teachers to teach her team trainees.
Although the rules said that the mentors would lead different groups in a PK, it wasn't actually so detailed. The teachers would try to take care of the trainees of other groups.
In addition to the teachers, the program group also had some behind-the-scenes teachers to help.
Similarly, other teams would pull Shi Xi to look at their arrangement and ask her to point out the problem for them.
Although Shi Xi wasn't a singing and dancing coach, she was a young girl. And the audience for this program was young women, so these trainees still cared about Shi Xi's opinion.
From the first group to the last group, Shi Xi looked at their progress for the day one by one and put forward her own suggestions for improvement. Then, she invited everyone to eat on time.
"There are hairy crabs today. If we're late, there won't be any left!"
Once these words were said, the trainees became restless. One by one, they rushed to the canteen.
One had to know that the food in the canteen was very ordinary. Moreover, they were trainees. They had to control their diet and not eat too much every day. Now that they finally had an extra meal, of course, they had to be the first to eat!