The anchor I was supposed to meet turned out to be my student.

Luo Yao's hysteria came to an abrupt halt, and she looked at me with excitement.

That's not fair, trying to fool a 25-year-old like me.

"Okay, after the concert, I'll definitely make it up to you. I'll take you out to have fun, okay?"

Luo Yao's gaze shifted downwards, from my face to my neck, then to my abdomen, and down...

"Brother Tusheng, I don't want to wait until the concert is over. I want to make up for it now, or rather, take back what's rightfully mine... And today is Christmas, too. Without presents, Yaoyao won't have the motivation to sing or dance. Doesn't Brother Tusheng want to see a vibrant Yaoyao shining brightly on stage?"

This girl's expression changed so quickly, and the gleam in her eyes really made me feel like I was in her hunting ground. I subconsciously moved back to get away from her and even wanted to cross my legs to protect myself...

But Luo Yao reached out and stopped my legs, then placed one hand on the sofa between my legs and slowly moved closer to me.

"Brother Tusheng, you have to cooperate. I just want to replenish my energy so I can perform better on stage later. You're not going to refuse even this, are you? Didn't you just tell me to prepare in advance? This is my preparation~"

"I don't have any energy to replenish for you... Red Bull or chewing Extra gum will do. Oh, right, I happen to have some Extra gum on me, which Xin Ning and the others bought earlier..."

Luo Yao frowned, then crawled a little closer to me.

"Cough cough..." Luo Yao suddenly coughed.

"What's wrong, Yao Yao? Is your throat sore?"

"Yes, it is a bit... We have to sing later, what are we going to do..."

"Then hurry up and get some throat lozenges to soothe your throat, otherwise it will affect your performance," I said worriedly.

"Brother Tusheng, I have a way to kill two birds with one stone! It can replenish my energy and make me full of vitality, and it can also fully open up my singing voice and make it resonate loudly..."

"Wh-what method?" I had a bad feeling about this.

Sure enough, Luo Yao smiled alluringly and fixed her gaze on me. I was so shocked that I quickly shook my head and refused, saying, "Are you crazy, Yao Yao? This is the backstage area of ​​a concert! There are staff members all outside. What if they discover your reputation?!"

"No, Brother Tusheng, I locked the door from the inside. No one will find out. Just don't make too much noise, okay?"

"No, no, have you forgotten that the makeup artist just finished doing your makeup?" I continued to find reasons to stop her.

Luo Yao said nonchalantly, "Brother Tusheng, are you silly? I'm a girl, you know. I can touch up my makeup myself. Besides, makeup won't affect things too much. At most, I'll just touch up my lipstick."

Luo Yao's hands became increasingly restless, and she urged me, "Come on, Brother Tusheng, I've been preparing for this for ten years, I'm no less capable than those vixens!"

"Even so, look at the time, it's already 6:40, and the show starts at 7:30. This... this is too late. Let's talk about it later, okay, Yao Yao? Please be good, okay?"

"Don't worry, Brother Tusheng, it's okay if you're a little late. Besides, how can you be so sure you'll be late? Are you overestimating yourself or underestimating me?"

Then Luo Yao seemed to ignore my advice and insisted on doing it. I really wanted to stop her, but she said, "If Brother Tusheng tries to stop me again, it can only mean one thing: Brother Tusheng doesn't like me at all, but only likes those vixens. Otherwise, why can they do it, but I can't!"

"How could this be, Yao Yao..."

"That's fine then, Brother Tusheng just needs to lie down obediently, and Yaoyao can take care of the rest~"

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I was overwhelmed with emotions. I covered my forehead with one hand, which was throbbing, and gently stroked Luo Yao's hair, which was clearly carefully styled for a performance, with the other hand.

Sigh, I bet the concert hall is almost full of Luo Yao's fans by now, all excitedly anticipating her appearance and giving it their all in her performance. But their idol has just taken the stage on the other side, and is equally energetic and giving it her all...

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Chapter 31, 541. A thrilling experience is needed, lest things drag on and something goes wrong.

2021-01-30T17:06:02

It was quite a while after Luo Yao and Tu Sheng left that Xin Ning finally freed Lu Xiaojun from the hat.

"Huff, huff, I was suffocating..." Lu Xiaojun gasped for breath with her mouth slightly open after seeing the light of day again.

Xin Ning helped Lu Xiaojun tidy up her somewhat messy hair.

"That Luo Yao is so mean! She lied to me and even kidnapped my teacher..."

"That's right, Sister Yao often uses these little tricks. I was fooled by her so many times when I was a kid..."

In her heart, Xin Ning was thinking to herself that Lu Xiaojun was too easy to fool...

"Sister Xiaojun, are you alright?" Jiang Yanyi, who witnessed the whole thing, asked worriedly.

Lu Xiaojun shook her head, indicating that it wasn't a big problem, but she looked somewhat unwilling because she had failed to protect her teacher again. She didn't know where that wicked woman had taken her teacher, or if she would eat her up...

For a moment, the atmosphere in the dressing room quieted down. Without Luo Yao as the gathering point, it seemed like there was nothing to talk about. The members of Mini-pink were fine, but the other artists were from different girl groups. They had come together because of Luo Yao, and now that Luo Yao was gone, there was naturally nothing to talk about.

Seeing that Lu Xiaojun was alright, Jiang Yanyi returned to the sofa and chatted with the other artists. Now that Luo Yao was gone, Jiang Yanyi became the focus of attention because Luo Yao had introduced her to these sisters. They all asked when Jiang Yanyi would become a trainee, and some even joked that Jiang Yanyi should join their girl group in the future.

Jiang Yanyi actually wanted to join the girl group that Luo Yao was in, Mini-pink, because joining the girl group she admired had always been her dream.

In contrast, things were much quieter on Lu Xiaojun and Xin Ning's side. Xin Ning was deep in thought, while Lu Xiaojun was absentmindedly wondering what Luo Yao was doing with her teacher, and whether they were kissing. Come to think of it, it had been a long time since she'd been kissed by her teacher…

"Sister Xiaojun, come out with me for a moment, I have something to tell you."

"What are you saying, Xin Ning?"

"Come out first."

Xin Ning pulled Lu Xiaojun out of the dressing room. The other artists didn't know them well, so they didn't care. Only Jiang Yan looked over curiously, wondering what Xin Ning and Lu Xiaojun were doing out of the room. She guessed they were going to the bathroom, which was what she wanted to do too.

……

Xin Ning and Lu Xiaojun did come to the restroom, but not to use it.

Xin Ning released Lu Xiaojun's hand, then looked at her with a serious expression and said, "Sister Xiaojun, we can't hesitate any longer, let's do it tonight!"

"Wh-what tonight?" Lu Xiaojun's mind was still a mess. She was recalling how she had been taken advantage of by Luo Yao and thinking about how she would be more careful next time. She was also jealous of what Luo Yao was doing with the teacher right now, so she didn't understand what Xin Ning was talking about at all.

Xin Ning was very disappointed and speechless. She didn't know what Lu Xiaojun was doing. He was not doing anything productive. He had promised to win over her brother, but he was so clueless. She had to push him every time. He was wasting his good hand. If she could switch roles with him, she would have won him over long ago.

But Xin Ning patiently replied, "It's just a confession!"

"Confess, confess?" Lu Xiaojun blushed.

"Yes, it's about confessing! Confessing tonight! Take advantage of Christmas Eve to invite my brother out for a late-night snack at a restaurant with a great atmosphere, and then confess at the perfect moment!"

Lu Xiaojun's brain couldn't handle such a large amount of information at once, and it took her a long time to process it after blushing.

"But I'm not ready yet... I'm rushing things tonight. Didn't I say I should completely win over the teacher's heart before confessing...?"

"Little Jun, how come you still don't realize the seriousness of the problem? Think about what just happened. Yao Yao directly stole the person you like right in front of you. If she joins Tong Tong's army of rivals after the concert, your chances will be even slimmer!"

"But Xinning, didn't you say before that I was closer to the teacher than all of them? Because my parents and Uncle Hua and Aunt Hua all support my relationship with the teacher..."

Looking at Lu Xiaojun's complete lack of awareness of the crisis, Xin Ning was truly disappointed and wished she could go online and have someone else play for her.

But she patiently explained, "However, if you don't move forward, you'll fall behind. Little Sister, if you keep standing still and don't take the most important step, others will soon overtake you. Now that you've seized the initiative and have the right timing, location, and support, you should take advantage of this and launch a full-scale attack!"

After a pause, Xin Ning put her hands on Lu Xiaojun's shoulders and said seriously, "Listen to my Xiaojun sister, confess tonight and win over my brother. Otherwise, things might get complicated."

Lu Xiaojun blushed, her small hands resting on her pounding chest. It wasn't that she was too shy to confess to her teacher; she had confessed before, but she had been too excited to do so and lacked confidence, which was why she had asked her teacher not to answer her yet. Even now, her confidence wasn't 100%, because there were too many rivals...

"Xin Ning... I'm still a little scared... What if, what if the teacher... he rejects me... I... I'll cry myself to death..." Lu Xiaojun said nervously, which was the reason why she dared not confess again.

"It's okay, Sister Xinning. I know my brother. He definitely won't refuse. He would never refuse someone who likes him."

“Xin Ning, how can you be so sure…” Lu Xiaojun was still very worried.

Xin Ning patted her chest and assured, "I guarantee that my brother will never reject your confession. That's the confidence I have after 18 years of being with him... The reason I didn't let you confess to him earlier was because I thought things would naturally fall into place. But I underestimated how difficult Tongtong and Yaoyao are."

Xin Ning wouldn't have advised Lu Xiaojun like that if she wasn't absolutely certain. After all, Xin Ning's future happiness with Tu Sheng depended on Lu Xiaojun. Without Lu Xiaojun, she would never find another girl as easy to talk to as Lu Xiaojun.

Lu Xiaojun hesitated for a long time with her head down, then finally understood. She raised her head, nodded to Xin Ning, and said, "I understand, Xin Ning. Actually, Tongtong and the others haven't completely won over the teacher yet because they also lack confidence, which is why they're hesitant to confess their feelings and date the teacher. So what I need to do is take the first step before them!"

Seeing that her little sister had finally figured it out, Xin Ning felt very gratified and said, "Good, you're very motivated! But little sister, there's one more thing you need to pay attention to, a very important one. It's not enough to just confess your feelings. You also need to propose dating my brother, and you can't let him delay his reply. You have to give him a reply on the spot, otherwise my brother will definitely delay and find it difficult to give a reply because of Tong Tong and the others."

After giving her instructions, Xin Ning and Lu Xiaojun walked out of the restroom...

Unbeknownst to them, Jiang Yan, hiding behind a pillar not far away, was holding her breath, processing what she had just heard...

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Chapter 32, page 542: Idols in Various Senses

2021-01-30T19:27:24

Only after Lu Xiaojun and Xin Ning had gone far away did Jiang Yan emerge from behind the pillar. Her mind was in a complete mess, and she didn't know what to do.

Tonight, Xiaojun is going to confess her feelings to Hua.

Tonight, Xiaojun is going to start dating Hua.

The words "confessing one's feelings" and "dating" kept flashing through her mind.

She knew exactly what this meant. Once Lu Xiaojun confessed her feelings and started dating Tusheng, it would mean that Tusheng would completely change from being publicly owned to being privately owned. In other words, no girl other than Lu Xiaojun would be qualified to compete for Tusheng anymore, otherwise it would be a real case of being a mistress, because they had already established a romantic relationship.

"By then, will Brother Hua still be as good to me as he is now? Will I still be able to kiss his cheek like I did today...? Definitely not. Brother Hua will definitely keep his distance from all girls, including me, because Sister Xiaojun is his girlfriend. Even if he still tutors me, he definitely won't treat me like he used to..."

The girl muttered to herself, her brow furrowing. She really didn't want to experience that scene. She wanted to continue doing her homework in Hua-gege's lap, wanted him to massage her calves, wanted him to wash her hair, and even wanted to kiss his cheek. She wanted to do so many other things with him that they hadn't done yet...

"But what can I stop? I'm not like Sister Tongtong and the others..."

Thinking of this, Jiang Yan suddenly had a very urgent and radical idea... Since she wanted to stop Xiao Jun from confessing, she needed to find a girl that Brother Hua liked even more. Why not tell Sister Tongtong that Xiao Jun wanted to ask Brother Hua out tonight? Sister Tongtong was living with Brother Hua, so their relationship must be better than any other girl's. If Sister Tongtong came to stop them, Xiao Jun would definitely not be able to confess successfully. That way, she could be with Brother Hua like they are now again.

However, Jiang Yan was then frightened by her own thought. Wouldn't doing this be like deliberately ruining someone else's confession? How selfish of her to do that...

Jiang Yan looked at the pillar with pain and squatted down, burying her head in her knees, torn between two conflicting emotions. On one hand, she didn't want to lose Hua-gege, but on the other hand, she didn't want to be a selfish person...

Ding ding ding ding, ding ding ding~

Just as she was hesitating, her phone rang. She picked it up and saw that it was Luo Yao calling. Jiang Yan suddenly found a reason to convince herself.

Luo Yao had been asking Jiang Yan to keep an eye on the girls around Tu Sheng, and to inform her immediately of any unusual activity. Especially since Luo Yao was busy rehearsing for her concert, the important news she had overheard was exactly what she wanted.

Jiang Yan made a decision: she wouldn't tell Bi Antong about this, but instead told Luo Yao. Firstly, because she and Luo Yao were closer, and as Luo Yao's sister, she couldn't possibly keep such an important matter from her. Secondly, this method of stopping Lu Xiaojun's confession likely meant that Bi Antong and the others would also take the opportunity to confess. If Bi Antong confessed and succeeded, wouldn't she be letting Luo Yao down?

Therefore, Jiang Yanyi preferred to let Luo Yao stop it rather than let Bi Antong or Ye Zhi go, because Luo Yao had a deep relationship with her and had been kind to her dream.

This also shows that Jiang Yanyi ultimately overcame her selfishness in the end, even though it was painful. Because, aside from Luo Yao, Jiang Yanyi didn't feel as much pressure to continue getting close to Tu Sheng after any other girl successfully confessed to him. But if Luo Yao confessed successfully, Jiang Yanyi wouldn't dare get close to Tu Sheng anymore, because she would feel guilty towards Luo Yao, essentially like she was seducing her friend's boyfriend…