Haicheng Grand Theater

As everyone knows, for an artist, their work only becomes most valuable after they die.

But opera clearly does not belong in this category.

As long as you sing well, people who know their stuff will start cheering from the very first step you take on stage!

In the recently held "Famous Artists" performance series, the most popular opera was Beating the Dragon Robe.

The "old female role" (laodan) in this opera was a top performer in the country, but she had been retired from the stage for a long time.

Now that she had agreed to make a comeback, it made all the opera fans overjoyed. The theater was almost sold out every night, and a ticket was hard to come by.

Today, Lu Xing was here to watch this very performance.

"Hey, not there."

Lu Xing's muscle memory was about to take him to his usual spot, but his hand was suddenly pulled.

He turned his head and met Wen Lingxiu's confused eyes.

Wen Lingxiu explained considerately, "It's too noisy outside. We're going to the private box, not sitting outside."

Lu Xing suddenly came to his senses. He immediately lowered his head and said with a shy and bashful look.

"I'm sorry. Coming to the performance with you and Nannan, I– I'm a little nervous."

The pause, the rhythm, the tone.

Perfect!

Oscars, roll over here and give me my award!!!

Wen Lingxiu looked at Lu Xing's dazed and innocent eyes, her heart melting into a puddle.

That's true.

Usually, Lu Xing is just shuttling between school and the villa. Where would he have the time to watch a performance?

Wen Lingxiu couldn't resist ruffling Lu Xing's head, which looked very pettable. 

She led Lu Xing and Nannan towards the private box and said gently.

"It's okay. No one is born knowing everything."

"When you're on summer vacation, we'll come and watch more often, and you'll get used to it."

After thinking for a moment, Wen Lingxiu added, "Not just here in Haicheng. I'll take you and Nannan to Vienna, Sydney, and Chicago."

Holy crap!

What a fragrant smell!

Oh, oh!

So it's the smell of a big pie! 

(TL: "Drawing a big pie" or 画大饼 (huà dàbǐng) is slang for making grand, empty promises.)

So familiar, so reassuring, just like a boss!

A look of worry appeared on Lu Xing's face. "Ah, will this delay your work?"

"Your work is already so hard. Are you still going to take me and Nannan out to play?"

Wen Lingxiu smiled. The feeling of being cared for was not bad.

Nannan couldn't remember those place names, but she was still very happy because she knew they were going out to play!

"Yay!!! Nannan wants to be with Daddy and Mommy forever!"

They entered the private box.

Wen Lingxiu pinched Lu Xing's cheek. Looking at Lu Xing's face, which was squished out of shape, her mood was excellent.

"I still have this much time."

"Besides, heaven and earth are big, but family is the biggest."

Just imagine.

A gentle and generous wife standing under the lights, holding her cute daughter's hand, and then softly saying—

Family is the biggest.

What kind of reaction does she want?

Lu Xing showed a flattered smile and nodded heavily with great emotion.

"Mm!"

It's decided.

The Golden Globes, the Emmys, the Guild Awards, and the Oscars can all roll over here and give him his award!

...

On the other side

Zhang Yue pulled Song Junzhu into the theater to find their seats. "Junzhu, you're so nice. You don't even like to watch these things, but you're still accompanying me."

"It's fine. I deserve it. No, I mean, I should."

Realizing what she had just said, Song Junzhu immediately came back to her senses, trying to salvage the situation with her best friend.

Heh.

Zhang Yue saw right through her little thoughts. "You're not thinking about that duck, are you?"

Song Junzhu immediately put on a serious face.

"Of course not."

"And he's not a duck."

Zhang Yue: "...What's the difference between that and admitting it?"

It's over.

Which damn deity managed to ensnare this great god Song Junzhu?

Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel relieved: Thankfully, Song Junzhu is going abroad soon!

If she spent any more time with that duck, wouldn't she lose even her underpants?

"Chi Yueshan?"

Zhang Yue was about to give Song Junzhu a few more reminders when she spotted a very familiar face in the seat next to her.

Without the heavy opera makeup, the real-life Chi Yueshan was cool and beautiful, as if she had walked out of a painting.

Chi Yueshan was a little surprised. She showed a polite smile and nodded.

"Hello."

Chi Yueshan's gaze fell on Song Junzhu next to Zhang Yue, a strange light flashing in her eyes.

This person... looks quite good.

A head of thick, curly long hair. A stunning and bewitching face, yet she wears a pair of silver-rimmed glasses.

The two bizarre temperaments of stunning and scholarly were fused together without any conflict.

Chi Yueshan thought to herself.

Even if that aesthetically challenged Lu Xing were to find a new love, it should be someone of this level!

What's the deal with finding a married woman?

When you gaze into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.

While Chi Yueshan was secretly sizing up Song Junzhu, Song Junzhu was also looking at Chi Yueshan.

Song Junzhu didn't look for long. She just felt that this Chi Yueshan in front of her was quite good-looking.

But it was strange.

Why did she have a vague dislike for Chi Yueshan?

Zhang Yue was happy.

Scientific research shows that looking at handsome men and beautiful women prolongs life. 

She was particularly happy to talk to Chi Yueshan and introduced her familiarly.

"Yueshan, I really like watching your operas. This is my friend. She likes them too."

Song Junzhu: ???

Chi Yueshan was happy.

As a woman, being praised by a handsome man is nothing. Being praised by a beautiful woman is the real killer move.

Chi Yueshan asked.

"Does this big sister also like to watch my operas?"

Song Junzhu nodded and said indifferently.

"I saw your Mu Guiying."

I watched it with Lu Xing. That day, Lu Xing even blow-dried my hair. His technique was very gentle and comfortable.

Thinking of Lu Xing, Song Junzhu happily squinted her eyes.

He loves me so much.

Hearing about that opera, Chi Yueshan instantly choked.

Unfortunately.

The time she performed that opera was precisely the one she had botched.

For a moment, the smile on Chi Yueshan's lips faded a little.

Why did she feel...

That this beautiful big sister in front of her didn't seem to like her very much?

Is it my imagination?

But thinking of that opera, Chi Yueshan thought of Lu Xing again.

She had come today precisely to catch Lu Xing.

But she hadn't expected that she had checked the list of ticket buyers for today, and Lu Xing's name was not on it at all!

That damn Chi Shui, he couldn't be lying to her, right?

Unable to find Lu Xing, and with the opera about to start, Chi Yueshan's brow furrowed slightly in annoyance. Do I have to check the surveillance footage one by one?

"Are you still looking for that person?"

Song Junzhu observed Chi Yueshan's expression and asked out of the blue.

"What?"

Confusion appeared in Chi Yueshan's cool and clear eyes.

Song Junzhu never gave anyone face, nor did she care about anyone's thoughts. She just said what was on her mind.

"I watched that opera of yours."

"The part you sang wrong wasn't due to a lack of skill, but because you were distracted looking for someone in the audience."

"Just now, you showed the same expression as that day."

Holy f*ck!

Zhang Yue panicked, trying to pull Song Junzhu's arm to stop her from guessing wildly.

Chi Yueshan was suddenly startled. She looked up at Song Junzhu's eyes in surprise and probed.

"Are you a psychologist?"

Song Junzhu smiled slightly. "Just intuition."

Zhang Yue: ???

Huh?

She actually guessed right?

Zhang Yue couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Biologically, she's also a woman. Why doesn't she have the same intuition as Song Junzhu?

This is a congenital detective's sacred body!

...

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