IHWL – Chapter 94

Chapter 94: Graduation Drama 1

    As soon as Su Jishi returned to China, she took on a big job for herself.

    She forcibly handed her sister over to Lin Yan, instructing him to ‘guard her sleep every step of the way’. Today, he must never allow Su Jinqing to step on the ground except to eat and go to the bathroom, so that she could rest quietly.

    As for the recording of the variety show tonight, she would replace her sister on the show.

    Ten minutes later, the nanny car drove out of the basement and headed for the studio outside the city at a fast pace.

    On the way, Ashan was responsible for Su Jishi’s makeup, while Xiao Xia was responsible for briefly informing Su Jishi about the variety show.

    The variety show that Su Jin was invited with a mentor role was a brand new variety show called 《Graduation Drama》.

    As the name suggested, Graduation Drama referred to the senior class of performing arts colleges, who would organize a department-wide production for their graduation. The production would be performed to the public, and even people outside the school could enter to watch their performances.

    Graduation Dramas could take many different forms. It could be a play, a musical, an opera, or a dance…

    The variety show Graduation Drama brought together the top students from four famous drama schools in China for a school versus school competition.

    This variety show was based on the recently popular ‘semi-reality show’ + ‘semi-studio commentary’ model. A film crew would follow the students as they rehearsed for the show, recording their sweat, pain, glow, and bickering…After which, they would edit and broadcast it in the studio.

    The guest mentors in the studio would watch the reality show while judging the graduates of the four schools, and ultimately select the best group through in-studio voting and audience voting. The collective rehearsals of the Graduation Drama would be given a valuable opportunity to be officially performed at the National Grand Theater.

    The show was expected to release twelve episodes. Now that the taping had reached the finale, the competition within the show became even more intense.

    Su Jin had no professional class background. She only became a ‘guest mentor’ of these professional students, because she was famous enough. The film crew urgently needed a traffic celebrity to pull ratings for the program.

    “You don’t have to worry, Sister Su.” Xiao Xia comforted, “The students are wearing name tags on their chests, so you absolutely won’t be ‘face blind’. When it comes to the comment session, you don’t need to say anything too professional. Just say what you think.”

     Su Jishi picked up the ipad on the side, opened a Weibo Chaohua proficiently, and began to make up lessons —— If she wanted to know the ups and downs of the program, scrolling through Chaohua was absolutely the most useful.

    The hour-long journey passed by in a blink, and Su Jishi used her superb memory to quickly memorize the most discussed threads in Chaohua. This was to prevent being unable to answer when cued.

    While she was surfing on Chaohua, Ashan was busy with her makeup and dressing up.

    Within the time Su Jishi returned to the United States, she was either sampling in the field or writing reports in the lab. Hence, she didn’t even have time to sleep every day. Thus, how could she spare time on skin care?

    Ashan sighed long and hard at her face, saying, “Sister Su, your pores are big!” A moment later, he asked, “How can a girl not trim her eyebrows?”

    He made it sound like Su Jishi was some kind of evil person who wasted natural resources.

    When he finally finished her makeup, a new problem came up —— The two sisters had different hair lengths.

    Su Jishi had medium-length hair, while Su Jinqing had quiet yet unobtrusive short hair.

    This problem, however, could be solved with a wig.

    But Ashan searched in the nanny car for a long time, but could not find a suitable short wig.

    Su Jishi reached out and pointed to a black mass and asked, “What wig are you looking for? There’s one under your eyes, isn’t it?”

    Ashan said, “This wig is too long. It’s customized according to Little Sister Su’s previous hair length. It’s up to the waist.”

    As Ashan spoke, he spread the wig open.

    He said it. The wig was exactly the same as the hairstyle of the former Su Jinqing, with black and long hair, flowing down eighty centimeters in length.

    Su Jishi’s heart missed a bit, and she said mysteriously, “Just this one. Let me try it.”

    With her order, Ashan helped her put it on.

    In the blink of an eye, the appearance of the person in the mirror changed. Black hair like a waterfall fell straight to her waist; her exquisite fringes were naturally fluffy; with a gentle and delicate makeup, Su Jishi looked like Su Jin more than ever.

    Even Xiao Xia gasped and picked up her phone to shoot and shoot. She said she wanted to save it for Su Jinqing to see.

    Su Jishi peered into her reflection in the mirror, half curious and half amused. She tried to show a ‘sisterly’ smile —— She must say, she was fooled even by herself.

    At that moment, her phone rang.

    At a glance, it was a video call from Mu Xiulun.

    Su Jishi looked around, signaling for silence in all directions before picking up the phone.

    The moment she answered the call, Su Jishi spoke up before Mu Xiulun —— “Brother-in-law!”

    While greeting, she also shyly and timidly waved at Mu Xiulun.

    Xiao Xia: “……??”

    Ashan: “……???”

    At the other end of the video, Mu Xiulun was stupefied by her address, and swallowed back all the words that almost escaped his lips.

    He unconsciously pursed his lips, and his eyes widened slightly because of the shock.

    Su Jishi maintained her sweet appearance: “Brother-in-law, my sister just landed. She is very tired and is catching up on her sleep.”

    She blinked and added, “You don’t have to worry about her, la. Let me know if you need something, and I’ll pass it on for you, Brother-in-law.”

    “…” Mu Xiulun blinked slowly when he heard her words. His eyes landed on the girl on the side of the camera. “Then tell her she’s had a long flight for me. Let her rest well and take care of our baby.”

    Su Jishi: “…”

    Ashan: “!!!”

    Xiao Xia: “!!!”

    The two of them violently held each other’s arms, their expressions twisted and wild. What did they just hear?!!! Sister Su was pregnant!!!! Xiao Xia gritted her teeth to stifle her shriek. She clenched her right hand into a fist and hammered Ashan’s shoulder. Ashan was shaken by her hammering, but his face sported the same euphoria and shock.

    On the other end of the camera, Mu Xiulun hadn’t finished speaking yet.

    He smiled with a silly fatherly look: “My work here is almost over. I will return to see her and the babies in a few days.”

    After saying this, Mu Xiulun dryly hung up the call.

    The camera plunged into darkness, and the next second, Xiao Xia and Ashan’s screams tore through the roof of the car, scaring the driver driving in front of them till his hands shook.

    Xiao Xia went ‘Ahhhhhhhh’: “Sister Su, Sister Su, when did you get pregnant? Does Little Sister Su know about this news?”

    Ashan tilted his head and used his two hands to fan himself. He was worried that he would cry due to excitement: “God, I’m so excited. I’m going to cry, I can’t! I’ve been wondering. How could you back from the United States? Why are so many fats rolling on your belly? It turns out that those are pregnancy fats ahhhh!”

    Su Jishi’s wig was about to explode. She pushed the two away and said without good grace, “Don’t stare at my belly —— The child in my belly isn’t Mu Xiulun’s.”

    Ashan and Xiao Xia were dumbfounded.

    Xiao Xia shrank into a ball, wishing she could transform into tiny Xiao Xia at this moment: “…Then, whose child is that? Does Mr. Mu know?”

    Su Jishi answered, “It’s pizza, fried chicken and milk tea.”

    Xiao Xia and Ashan: “…”

    They both thought with disappointment. So Sister Su isn’t pregnant. Those are indeed fats, hmm.

    Since Mu Xiulun could crack such a joke, it meant he recognized Su Jishi’s identity and deliberately teased her.

    However, Su Jishi thought about it right and left, but couldn’t figure out how she betrayed herself. The person in the mirror looked so much like her sister. She couldn’t even tell the difference herself.

    She sent a message to Mu Xiulun.

    Dr. Su: …????

    Mr. Mu: What’s wrong?

    Dr. Su: Don’t play dumb. How did you tell I was me?

    Mr. Mu: Who are you?

    Mu Xiulun was still playing dumb. So Su Jishi sent a series of [hammer] emoticons over, and this time, Mr. Mu finally told her the truth.

    Mr. Mu: Because your sister never cared to call me Brother-in-law.

    Dr. Su: Then what does she call you when she contacts you?

    Dr. Su: Does she call you Mr. Mu? President Mu?

    Mr. Mu: No.

    Mr. Mu: We don’t contact each other at all.

    Dr. Su: …

    ……

    The car soon arrived at the studio.

    This variety show wasn’t on satellite TV, but an original variety show for a video site. The studios of this video site were on the outskirts of the city, with a trainee camp on the left and a trainee camp on the right, making it a star-making factory.

    Outside the training camp, there were crowds of fans, carrying cameras and waiting for their idols. It was a hot summer, and the fan girls were dressed up with full makeup in order to meet their idols. They were guarding the fence, just like a waddle of little penguins.

    Among them, there were a few young girls in school uniforms holding Su Jin’s banner. They weren’t very old, but around 17-18 years old.

    Su Jishi stopped the car, lowered the window and said hello to them.

    A little fangirl initially chose a spot to try her luck. She never expected to see the idol face to face. She was so excited, she was at a loss what to say. She stammered for a while, anxiously straightening herself to exchange words with Jinjin.

    “Su-Su-Su-Su-Su Jin!” The little fan girl reminded one of a car braking to a stop. Before she could say a few words, her tears flowed non-stop, “Happy birthday to you! I-I will always support you!”

    While saying that, she stuffed her own carefully prepared gifts into the car window. Xiao Xia immediately stopped her: “We do not receive gifts. We do not receive gifts.”

    “Then can you accept a letter?” The little girl looked at her eagerly through teary eyes.

    Su Jishi’s heart melted, and she said yes. The little girl hurriedly took out a pink envelope from her pocket, which was carefully tied with a bow and scented with perfume.

    Su Jishi took it while holding her hand and shook it up and down.

    She gazed at the eyes soaked with tears and said word by word: “Thank you for liking Su Jin.”

    The little girl instantly cried like she had swallowed a megaphone.

    Su Jishi’s car soon drove into the park. She looked back, only to see that the girl whose hand she had just held was already surrounded by her little friends. People crowded around her enviously, and others scrambled to touch her hand, wanting to ‘indirectly shake hands’ with Su Jin.

    Su Jishi looked down at the envelope in her hand and didn’t say anything for a long time.

    Xiao Xia asked, “Sister Su, aren’t you going to open it?”

    “Why should I?” Su Jishi whispered, “You say… if she were to know that Su Jin is actually played by two people, will she still like Su Jin?”