516 I Get It, It’s Making Empty Promises
“If that’s the case, I can consider it,” Shi Xi said.
“Consider what? Sister Xi, what do you need to consider?” Li Jinfan leaned over and asked.
“Teacher Shi Xi said that she’ll be making a stage show in the future. I said that if she invites me, I won’t ask for a notice fee,” Bai Cangyang replied with a smile.
“I don’t want a notice fee either, just bring me along!” Li Jinfan raised his hand.
Shi Xi replied, “I mean, when I have money! I didn’t say that I would definitely do it!”
“I understand, you’re just making empty promises.”
Shi Xi: “…”
It did seem like she was making empty promises.
However, the three of them did not expect that such a big pie would come true in the future.
Moreover, this excellent stage show had made the idol industry in China bloom.
“Are you guys done with your letters?” a staff member asked.
Li Jinfan bit the tip of his pen. “I can only write to my friends? Can I write it for the mentor?”
The staff member hesitated for a moment. “I’ll go and ask.”
Shi Xi glanced at Li Jinfan and said, “Don’t. This program is for you guys. Don’t flatter the coaches.”
“Then I’ll write a letter to Sister Xi alone. Sister Xi, have you not received a handwritten letter for a long time?” Li Jinfan’s eyes lit up.
“Uh, I received it when I was on a program.”
“…I wrote that too,” Li Jinfan replied.
When the two of them attended [Secret Love Exchange], there was indeed a letter-writing segment.
Ai.
After they finished writing the letter, they would put it in the mailbox.
The Festival Group staff would distribute the letters to the recipients.
Or, the person who wrote the letter could directly stuff the letter into the other person’s locker in the training room.
Bai Cangyang opened his storage cabinet and saw a letter.
On the envelope was a pink heart.
Bai Cangyang opened the envelope after making sure that no one was around.
It was obvious that it was not written by a Chinese friend.
Although the words were written stroke by stroke, it wasn’t very smooth to read.
On it was written her gratitude to him and that she would support him in the future.
Bai Cangyang had a rough idea of who had written the letter to him.
Yuki Mizunashi.
When Felomina took the lead to bully this Cherry Blossom Girl, he and Li Jinfan passed by and helped this Cherry Blossom Girl.
After that, this Cherry Blossom Girl would appear in his sight from time to time.
Bai Cangyang placed the letter back into the storage cabinet and wondered if he should reply.
Forget it, he didn’t know Japanese.
After closing the storage cabinet, Bai Cangyang saw Shi Xi standing by the side.
He was shocked, but he calmed his breathing and said, “Hello, Teacher Shi Xi.”
Shi Xi winked at him. “So, Cherry Blossom Girl’s love letter was for you!”
“She was bullied in the corridor. Jinfan and I passed by and helped her.” Bai Cangyang dragged Li Jinfan into the water and explained, “It’s just thanks and blessings, not a love letter.”
“I know, Cherry Blossom Girl showed it to me.” Shi Xi smiled and asked, “Do you want to reply? I can help you translate it into Japanese!”
“Teacher Shi Xi, what are you doing here?” Bai Cangyang changed the topic.
“I came to get strawberry pudding. I have a locker here too.” Shi Xi opened her storage cabinet and took out two strawberry puddings. She handed one to Bai Cangyang and said, “I also have an envelope and letter paper.”
Bai Cangyang accepted the strawberry pudding and declined politely, “I’m not familiar with Contestant Mizunashi.”
“They treat you as a hero, but you don’t even reply to a single letter.” As Shi Xi ate her pudding, she nodded. “As expected of an idol. You have the self-awareness of an idol!”
Bai Cangyang: It sounded like a compliment, but he felt like she was belittling him.
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517 Teacher Shi Xi Wants To Fall In Love?
There wasn’t anyone around the storage cabinet. Shi Xi asked, “Have you ever thought about dating?”
Bai Cangyang laughed. “In our line of work, being in love is equivalent to losing our job.”
“Yeah,” Shi Xi nodded in agreement.
She could live without love, but she couldn’t live without her career.
Bai Cangyang held the strawberry pudding in his hand but did not open it. He asked casually, “Teacher Shi Xi, do you want to fall in love?”
“No, I don’t.” Thinking of Xie Yunzhou, Shi Xi sighed inwardly and said, “Even if you want to be in a relationship, you have to wait for your career to stabilize.”
“You’re already doing very well in the artiste industry,” Bai Cangyang said sincerely.
“That’s just not bad.” Shi Xi thought about the contract she had signed and felt melancholic.
The road ahead would not be so easy to walk.
Bai Cangyang looked at Shi Xi.
The locker was placed next to the floor-to-ceiling window. At this time, the sun was shining on the girl, casting a faint golden light on her body.
“Mu Zhao seems to have been bullied,” Bai Cangyang suddenly said.
“What?” Shi Xi looked up.
“When I was washing my clothes at night, I saw her hiding in the corridor and crying,” Bai Cangyang replied.
“There’s someone crying every day. How do you know that she’s been bullied?”
“She’s a good dancer. She won’t cry because of this. When I went to ask, she said that she’s fine,” Bai Cangyang replied.
“And then?”
“After that, I stopped being a busybody.”
Shi Xi: “…”
Bai Cangyang was right.
In this circle, meddling in other people’s business didn’t end well.
It was already very good to be able to stay out of trouble.
“Thank you for your feedback,” Shi Xi said. “I’ll have a chat with Mu Zhao.”
“Thank you for the pudding, Teacher Shi Xi.” Bai Cangyang placed the strawberry pudding in his storage cabinet and said, “I’m going back to practice.”
Shi Xi nodded.
After she finished eating the pudding, Shi Xi took two more and put them in her pocket, ready to go find Mu Zhao.
Kids these days really made people worry.
Shi Xi looked around and finally found Mu Zhao in the music room.
Mu Zhao put down the piano cover and wrote a letter on it.
“Teacher Shi Xi.” Mu Zhao heaved a sigh of relief when she saw that it was Shi Xi.
“What are you doing here?” Shi Xi asked.
“Yes, I want to find a quiet place to write my letter. Teacher,” Mu Zhao stood up and asked, “is there anything I can help you with?”
Shi Xi found a seat and sat down before asking, “I heard that there’s been bullying here. I wanted to ask if you were bullied.”
“No,” Mu Zhao replied after a moment of silence.
She was lying.
“You’re really not?” Shi Xi asked.
Mu Zhao rolled up her sleeves and smiled. “I was really scalded by hot water the last time. Look, I’m fine now.”
Shi Xi looked at Mu Zhao’s arm.
Indeed, there were no signs of her being beaten.
Could it be that she was crying because of the pressure?
Shi Xi handed her a strawberry pudding and said, “Alright, you can tell me if there’s anything you need.”
“You’re Ning Yu’s friend, so you’re my friend.”
Mu Zhao took the strawberry pudding and said, “Thank you, Teacher Shi Xi.
Back then, she had thought that Shi Xi wasn’t a good person.
Ai.
You really can’t judge a book by its cover.
“Take your time, I’ll be leaving first.” Shi Xi left after giving her heart.
After Shi Xi left, Mu Zhao sighed.
Bullying between girls wasn’t only limited to scolding and beating.
Ostracizing, mocking, ignoring, and looking down on her…
After this ranking, it might be better if a portion of people left.
Mu Zhao didn’t understand either.
Why did some people not focus on improving themselves, but instead stare at others all day?
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518 The Reward Is 200,000 USD
After recording the letter-writing segment, everyone welcomed their first release.
Every time a name was called, there would be various micro-expressions in the audience.
No matter how tough and tiring their time as trainees was, no one wanted to leave.
This was a talent show jointly organized by the five nations.
The more rounds they took, the more exposure they would get.
Yuki Mizunashi crossed her arms and prayed in her heart:
Please, please let me advance!
Let me stay a little longer!
…
“14th place, Yuki Mizunashi of the Sakura Nation! Congratulations!”
When Shi Xi read out Cherry Blossom Girl’s name, her heart was filled with emotions.
Cherry Blossom Girl looked pure and cute, but she wasn’t the type that Americans liked.
However, she was very capable. After the first episode of the show was broadcast, she attracted a lot of fans.
There wasn’t much post-production footage, but her performance in the first public contest was outstanding, finally pushing her into the Top 15.
The Cherry Blossom Girl cried and thanked her, then sat in the 14th place.
The teacher continued to announce the rankings of the others.
Mu Zhao stayed behind as the ninth place.
In the male team, Li Jinfan was in seventh place while Bai Cangyang was in second place.
The final trainee to reach the Top was still Felomina from the girls’ group.
[The Top] was a talent show organized by M Country. Although it was an alliance between the five nations, they still wanted to promote their own artistes.
After the recording of the rankings ended, everyone was in tears.
The mentors left, leaving the trainees some space.
…
When the recording of the rankings ended, Shi Xi got off work.
When she returned to the villa, Shi Xi saw Shi Chen playing games in the living room in his home clothes.
“Second Brother? Why didn’t you go to work?” Shi Xi was a little puzzled.
Usually, she would not have guessed that Shi Chen actually knew how to play games.
“I got off work early,” Shi Chen said.
“It’s so nice to be a boss…” Shi Xi said. She wanted to be one too.
“I heard from Ron that you know swordsmanship?” Shi Chen looked over and asked, “When did you learn it?”
“Uh.” Shi Xi blinked and said, “When I was filming a period drama, there was a martial arts scene, so I learned a little.”
Shi Chen nodded casually. “K City is hosting a swordsmanship competition. Do you want to participate?”
Shi Xi was slightly stunned. “Can I participate?”
“Of course you can. The competition is sponsored by our company.”
“Forget it, I don’t have much time to waste.”
“The prize money is 200,000 US dollars.”
“How do I register?”
Shi Chen: …I don’t understand why my sister is so money-minded.
At the last step of the registration, Shi Xi pointed at the number and asked, “What is this?”
Shi Chen took a look. “The registration fee is 10 dollars.”
“I know. I’m asking for the number below.”
“The number of people who have signed up is more than 10,000. It’s alright,” Shi Chen said, accustomed to it. “It’s normal.”
Shi Xi was surprised. “There are so many people who signed up?”
“Yup.”
After chatting with Shi Chen for a while, Shi Xi finally understood that K City was a famous city for swordsmanship.
Out of ten people, eight of them knew swordsmanship.
Most of them started learning swordsmanship from a young age. Every school had a swordsmanship course, and swordsmanship dojos could be seen everywhere on the streets.
Every year, the main residence would organize a swordsmanship competition and give the winner a high prize money and Medal of Honor.
The swordsmanship club would often hold small-scale competitions to attract participants.
With such an atmosphere, K City formed its own unique sports style.
As it was passed down from generation to generation, the environment for the movement of swordsmanship was very stable.
Shi Xi was a little envious.
If ancient martial arts had such a good heritage atmosphere, martial arts centers wouldn’t have closed down one after another, and it would be difficult to find a successor for all kinds of ancient martial arts.
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519 Just Call Him Big Brother, And He Was Willing To Give Her His Life!
“Brother, do you know any swordsmanship?” Shi Xi asked.
“I didn’t know how to do it before, but after I came here, I learned a little.” Shi Chen was also forced to learn.
After he came here, he didn’t expect everyone to like swordsmanship.
Even when they were chatting, they were focused on the swordsmanship competition.
After Shi Xi paid the registration fee, she asked, “Even if 10,000 people sign up, it won’t be enough for the prize money, right?”
“The registration deadline is in a week.” Shi Chen said, “In the past year, the highest number of applicants was 30,000. This year, we can probably get 20,000 applicants.”
“This event will be broadcasted live. Other than the registration fee, we will also receive investments from advertisers.”
After a long period of development, K City already had a perfect system to operate sword arts.
Shi Xi thought that it would be great if this set of techniques could be applied to ancient martial arts.
But this wasn’t so simple.
After countless trials and errors, the rules of swordsmanship movement had been perfected.
Wearing a mask, gloves, and a fencing suit, one could safely engage in a series of offensive and defensive exchanges.
Even the sword had evolved into a flower sword that wouldn’t hurt people.
However, in ancient martial arts competitions, even though it was said to stop, the other party would definitely be beaten down or thrown off the stage.
Some people were still holding on.
They suffered internal injuries at every turn.
Shi Xi continued browsing the page of the sword arts competition.
As long as one signed up, they would receive an event token.
On the comment page, many people said that they would participate every year because they wanted to get commemorative coins.
F*ck, this is just a swordsmanship competition, and they were using such a fancy method!
No wonder it could continue!
Shi Xi was jealous.
“Do you need me to practice with you?” Shi Chen asked after the registration.
“Today?” Shi Xi looked at the time. “Isn’t it a little too late to head to the swordsmanship club now?”
“There’s a private room on the second floor where you can practice fencing,” Shi Chen said.
Shi Xi: “…”
Just because you have money, you can do whatever you want?
Even though Shi Xi lived here, she wasn’t that curious and hadn’t explored many parts of the villa.
She didn’t even go into the swimming pool.
When they entered the fencing practice room, Shi Xi saw more than a dozen swords inside.
“Are these all yours?” Shi Xi’s eyes lit up.
It was like a girl seeing a row of lipsticks.
“Yes, when I first learned it, I made a lot of custom-made ones. See if there’s anything you like,” Shi Chen said. “Or I can take you to get a custom-made one.”
Shi Xi pulled them out one by one and slashed and stabbed them.
Shi Chen’s eyes darkened when he saw Shi Xi’s actions.
Even though Shi Xi was just casually slashing, it was obvious that her every move was accurate.
She had definitely practiced it frequently.
Shi Chen’s heart ached.
His precious sister had suffered a lot on set.
No wonder the martial arts scene was so good.
I”‘ll teach you the rules of fencing and how to score points first,” Shi Chen said. “We’ll start with the flower sword.”
Shi Xi listened attentively.
She didn’t know much about fencing. Flower swords, heavy swords, and accompanying swords were all used to stab the weapon and limit the attack area.
During ancient martial arts competitions, it was fine as long as one did not attack the other party’s lower three paths.
Shi Xi studied the rules seriously. At the same time, she also learned many key points for stabbing.
Seeing how serious his precious little sister was in her studies, Shi Chen put in even more effort in his teaching.
‘My baby sister is so cute!’
As long as his precious little sister called him big brother, he would even give her his life!
“There are so many rules. Second Brother,” Shi Xi asked, “can you skip the competition and just give me the prize money?”
“No,” Shi Chen replied.
He could give his life to his precious little sister.
Not money.
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520 Who Are You Trying To Seduce With Such Heavy Makeup?
Shi Xi stuck out her tongue and continued practicing.
She was just joking.
There were many rules.
If ancient martial arts had so many rules, how many people would sign up?
However, at the thought of the 200,000 yuan prize money, Shi Xi felt that there would definitely be a lot of people lining up to register.
*
On the other side.
After bidding farewell, Bai Cangyang went to his storage cabinet and prepared to take his things and leave.
Seeing the strawberry pudding inside, Bai Cangyang took it out and gave it to Li Jinfan.
“You like to eat desserts for little girls?” Li Jinfan asked curiously.
Bai Cangyang replied, “…It was given to me by Teacher Shi Xi.”
Li Jinfan was speechless.
“Why didn’t she give it to me?” Li Jinfan felt that it was unfair.
Bai Cangyang ignored his indignant feelings and prepared to return to his dormitory to rest.
When he returned to his dormitory, Bai Cangyang realized that his blanket and pillow had been splashed with water.
The dormitory was empty. A few eliminated people had already left.
They left behind a pile of trash.
“Why is your blanket all wet?” After Li Jinfan finished speaking, he patted Bai Cangyang’s shoulder and said, “It’s probably the people who left who splashed the water.”
They were envious of Bai Cangyang’s popularity ranking, so they wanted to take revenge before they left.
Bai Cangyang pursed his lips. “I’ll go and buy a new one.”
“I’m going to clean up the trash.” Li Jinfan felt a headache coming on.
Just as Bai Cangyang was about to leave, he heard a knock on the door.
And the sweet voice of a girl.
“Hi, what are you doing? May I come in?”
The two of them looked over.
It was actually Shi Xi?
There was a videographer following behind Shi Xi.
They were probably recording.
The two of them had experienced talent shows and various variety shows, so they immediately reacted.
“Hello, Teacher Shi Xi.”
“Hello, Sister Xi.”
“Are you two the only ones here?” Shi Xi asked as she looked into the dormitory.
Everyone lived in a five-person dormitory. When they first started on stage, they were assigned dormitories according to their scores.
However, many people were eliminated this time, so there were many empty seats in the dormitory.
“Two people left the dormitory, but the other roommate isn’t here,” Li Jinfan said.
Shi Xi looked at the trash in the male dormitory and thought about how to kick it.
“It’s not usually like this. It’s just a little chaotic today,” Li Jinfan quickly explained.
Shi Xi smiled. “You guys can continue packing then. I’m going to raid the next dormitory!”
Shi Xi did not notice that Bai Cangyang’s bedsheets were wet, nor did she notice it later on.
But after this episode’s broadcast, the sharp-eyed netizens realized something!
[The Top] had a dormitory derivative show. The rubbish that the netizens dug out on the ground belonged to the two roommates who had left!
They even found out that one of his roommates had been wearing Bai Cangyang’s accessories.
After Bai Cangyang saw the post, he finally realized that his things had been stolen.
He thought he had lost it.
This series of events had helped Bai Cangyang to act pitiful.
Bai Cangyang did not say it, but his fans had already imagined how he was be bullied to the point that he did not dare to speak.
Big Brother was so miserable, sob sob.
…
Shi Xi had raided the boys’ dormitory and caught three of them hiding their phones, two smoking, and one drinking.
Other than that, most of them were very harmonious.
After that, they went to the female dormitory.
The moment Shi Xi arrived at the female dormitory, she could hear mocking laughter coming from inside.
“Not bad! 14th place, you can help me wash my clothes for another half a month.”
“Who are you trying to seduce with such thick makeup?”
“You’ve been studying Chinese for the past few days. Do you like Chinese trainees?”
“Who did you write the letter to?”
“Say something!”
“…”