Chapter 1269: Chapter 1260: Unveiling (Part 2)
It’s just that she practiced all day until her mouth was dry and her tongue felt heavy. Wei Jingjing brought her some water. She initially wanted to drink it all in one go but remembered what the teacher just taught her: drink a cup of tea gracefully and take one sip in three.
Elegance, she had to be elegant, calm and composed. She thought of the image of noblewomen she’d seen in those classical novels. If she were to catch butterflies, she would probably grab the net and go for it, while Xue Baochai, holding a fan, moved her lotus steps gracefully and chased the butterflies without catching one, only working herself into a fragrant sweat. If it were her, if she couldn’t catch them with a net, she’d go at them with her hands directly.
Seeing her here at ease, and with the teacher gone, Wei Jingjing couldn’t help but come over: "Aren’t you worried?"
Xia Siyu turned her head to look at her: "Worried about what?"
"After tomorrow’s audition, the day after tomorrow you’ll go into the variety show, but in a few days you have to go public." Actually, publicizing her relationship would have an impact, dealing a blow to the romance variety show she’s currently shooting.
Clearly, she already has a partner, yet she’s come here to act in a matchmaking variety show. That’s called fraud. Fortunately, this time the variety show didn’t pair her with a ship; she was with Chen Fan in the first episode, Qin Baizhou in the second, and today it’s likely to be Qin Baizhou again. Even if there’s some flirting between her and Qin Baizhou, it won’t be turned into a couple. But a romance variety show without RPS (Real Person Shipping) marketing, how can fans get excited? That’s why it can’t compete with the one being filmed concurrently by Shang Feifei and Han Yifan.
Even if she went public during the variety show’s filming, she could perform with a calm expression and an unflinching heart. Just treat it like acting, after all—even in other shows, doesn’t she also have to gaze affectionately at male leads she’s never met?
Moreover, the signed variety show contract doesn’t say "no dating during the filming period." Even if it did, she could afford to compensate.
"It’s fine, Bo Yan will handle it over there. Besides, isn’t Brother Qin also there?"
She trusts Bo Yan; since he said he has everything prepared, there’s no need for her to worry. Any ripples that might reach her, Qin Baizhou will help block for her.
If you doubt someone, don’t use them; if you use someone, don’t doubt them. Since she’s confidently left it to them, what’s the point of being on edge here? Love is just a small part of life; if she has time to think about it, she might as well consider how to pass the audition.
After all, there are so few scripts that catch her eye this year, and she absolutely must get this China espionage drama.
But she can answer like this to Wei Jingjing. However, at night, when Xia Youbiao called, she couldn’t brush it off so lightly: "I heard you and Bo Yan got into trouble?"
Xia Siyu frowned. Fortunately, when she picked up the call, she was at home and no one else was around; otherwise, with her father calling, she wouldn’t even have connected the call.
"Who told you that?"
Bo Yan? Thinking it over, it seemed unlikely that Bo Yan would snitch, right? Then was it Wei Jingjing?
Xia Youbiao, of course, wouldn’t betray his secret source close to Qin Baizhou, so he didn’t answer that, just asked: "Is there really something going on?"
"Nothing major." In the past, she might have stopped here, but recently her relationship with her father improved, so she thought for a moment and added: "It’s just that the matter between Bo Yan and me was discovered by paparazzi, and they might threaten to expose us."
After Xia Youbiao heard that, he was instead delighted: "Isn’t that a good thing?"