The new project is a celebratory event for a television station with a focus on cultural output, featuring a live broadcast.
Sui Sui’s first appearance program is scheduled to air tonight, and Wen Ning believes it’s crucial to arrange follow-up activities to promote Sui Sui’s image positively.
The recording is set for three days later, with Sui Sui scheduled to perform a duet of one of Ling Fenghan’s previous ancient-style songs.
The vocal coach hands them the divided vocal parts and sheet music to familiarize themselves with.
This song happens to be Xia Qingtian’s favorite as well. She used to hum it often in her previous life, and now, singing it feels effortless. As soon as she sings a line, Ling Fenghan’s eyes light up, and he naturally picks up the melody.
They finish singing the rest of the song according to the score, and Wen Ning, Ling Fenghan’s manager, and the vocal coach all nod in agreement.
This round, they were steady.
The meeting went smoothly, concluding sooner than expected.
“Then you two arrange a time to meet at the practice room in the next couple of days to officially rehearse and communicate properly, ensuring no issues during the recording,” Wen Ning said her final sentence before getting up to rush to her next meeting.
“I’m not very free today, how about we meet at the practice room upstairs tomorrow afternoon?” Ling Fenghan proactively proposed to Xia Qingtian.
“Alright,” Xia Qingtian agreed, then raised her wrist to check the time. “Then tomorrow afternoon at two o’clock, is that okay?”
“Okay, I’ll be going now.” Ling Fenghan bid farewell to Xia Qingtian and then waved to Li Mengxiao beside her, “Xiaoxiao, see you tomorrow.”
Li Mengxiao was in a daze and didn’t notice Ling Fenghan greeting her. Ling Fenghan didn’t mind, shrugged, and left the small conference room.
“Xiaoxiao, what’s wrong with you?” Xia Qingtian waved her hand in front of Li Mengxiao.
“Ah? What? Is the meeting over?” Li Mengxiao finally snapped back to reality.
“It ended ages ago. Ling Fenghan said goodbye to you and you didn’t even acknowledge him. When did you become so high and mighty?” Xia Qingtian playfully poked Li Mengxiao’s forehead.
“Ah? I didn’t notice,” Li Mengxiao said apologetically. “I wasn’t paying attention, oh dear… I might have offended him…”
Seeing Li Mengxiao’s dejected expression, Xia Qingtian coaxed her with a smile, “Don’t worry, Ling Fenghan is a really nice guy, he won’t hate you for this. But what’s going on with you? I rarely see you so absent-minded.”
Li Mengxiao was always full of energy, and Xia Qingtian rarely saw her so flustered.
“Actually…” Li Mengxiao bit her lower lip and said, “I think… I’ve encountered a supernatural event…”
“A supernatural event?” Xia Qingtian furrowed her brow.
“If you’re not busy later, do you want to come over to my place?” Li Mengxiao hesitated. “Weird things have been happening at my home lately…”
“Weird things?” Xia Qingtian tilted her head to look at Li Mengxiao.
【Beep——】
【The Chosen One System has been activated.
Option A: Go to Li Mengxiao’s house to investigate and resolve the issue, rewarding one vial of emotional catharsis potion upon completion.
Option B: Refuse Li Mengxiao’s invitation and directly send Xia Shang back to the Xia family, hiding your alter ego, rewarding one spin on the lucky draw with an additional two points of luck.】
Xia Qingtian hesitated.
The emotional catharsis potion sounded rather useless.
And the reward could only be obtained after resolving the issue. If it was truly a supernatural event, how would she resolve it?
Her inventory was empty at the moment, and it was precisely the time to stock up on good items.
Logically speaking, choosing Option B would be the decision that maximized her benefits.
However, seeing Li Mengxiao’s anxious face and desperate need for her help, Xia Qingtian decided to choose Option A.
She linked her arm with Li Mengxiao’s and said, “Alright, I’ll go back with you, but there’s something I need to tell you first.”
…
Xia Shang’s interview went very smoothly. The interviewer was clearly impressed by his abilities, and the salary offered was not low.
By the time Xia Shang finished his interview, Xia Qingtian was already waiting for him downstairs at Gu’s Entertainment.
“Uncle, over here.” Upon seeing Xia Shang, Xia Qingtian waved enthusiastically.
Xia Shang quickly walked towards Xia Qingtian. After getting into the car, Xia Qingtian introduced Li Mengxiao to him, “This is my friend, Li Mengxiao. She also works at Gu’s Entertainment.”
“Hello, Uncle. Call me Xiaoxiao,” Li Mengxiao greeted Xia Shang.
“Hello.” Xia Shang’s expression was slightly awkward. “Just call me Xia Shang.”
Xia Qingtian inquired about Xia Shang’s interview. Upon hearing the salary offered, Xia Qingtian couldn’t help but click her tongue, “Six figures during the internship… Uncle, you’re amazing!”
Xia Shang felt a little self-conscious. He wasn’t particularly interested in money. Finding a job or going to work was his adoptive mother’s decision; he was just following her instructions.
“But I heard programmers tend to lose a lot of hair,” Xia Qingtian said, looking at Xia Shang’s thick black hair. “Judging by your hair volume… you should be able to support that for another ten to eight years…”
Xia Shang didn’t know how to respond. He just moved his lips and shrank himself into the car seat, seemingly trying to minimize his presence as much as possible.
The car stopped steadily downstairs Li Mengxiao’s apartment building. The three of them got out and took the elevator to the 18th floor. Li Mengxiao said, “When I rented this apartment, I felt this floor wasn’t very good. The elevator only displayed 17b, and the agent even laughed at me for being superstitious, but…”
Li Mengxiao shook her head, looking helpless. As soon as they stepped out of the elevator, she froze.
This building had two units per floor. The unit on the right seemed to have been vacant for a long time, with a layer of dust on the security door.
The door of the unit on the left was plastered with various messy notes. In front of the main entrance, there was an iron basin with burnt ashes inside. Scattered fragments of paper on the ground still bore words like “Bitch,” “Shameless,” “Seductress”…
The wall outside the door was splattered with black ink, creating a messy appearance.
The notes on the wall were also filled with haphazardly scrawled curses.
Seeing this, Xia Qingtian felt a sense of dread and oppression. Just as she was wondering how to comfort Li Mengxiao, she saw Li Mengxiao stiffly turn her head towards Xia Qingtian and declare with certainty, “See! It’s a supernatural event!”
“Really, this morning it wasn’t like this! I checked before leaving, it wasn’t there! I cleaned up yesterday’s mess, and all of this…” Li Mengxiao gestured with her hand, looking terrified. “Supernatural!”
Xia Qingtian’s lips twitched, and she exchanged a look with an equally stunned Xia Shang. Then, she called the police.
Li Mengxiao felt that calling the police would be useless and was still mumbling about whether to find a Taoist priest or a medium. The police arrived.
While Li Mengxiao was still holding her phone, searching for reputable temples to obtain a protective charm, the police had already brought the culprits before Xia Qingtian and the other two.