Chapter 29

Translator: Atlas Studios

Editor: Atlas Studios

Liu Cheng frowned and glanced back at Yang Shan and her mother. Then without any hesitation, he said with a bad tone, “Take it yourself! You can’t control whose luggage I want to carry.”

“How can you speak like this?” Mrs Yang stamped her feet in anger. “Our Shanshan is the female lead of the movie. Shouldn’t you help her carry some of her luggage?”

The audacity of this woman! Liu Cheng was so angry he laughed. Rolling his eyes, he said slovenly, “Let me tell you, the crew didn’t send anyone to pick you up and I’m here to pick up Miss Tang today. You’re only coming along because it’s on the way.”

“You…”

Mrs Yang was almost speechless from anger.

Tang Xiaoxiao knew that Liu Cheng was trying to please her and could not help but cover her mouth as she smiled.

…

By the time they arrived at the hotel, it was already past one o’clock in the afternoon. Director Cao Hao was there discussing with the rest of the crew about tomorrow’s premiere. Seeing Yang Shan, he stood up, gave a slight nod to Tang Xiaoxiao who was in the back before saying, “Shanshan, you’re finally here. Can you sing?”

“Sing?” Yang Shan was slightly embarrassed. “Director, sorry… I’m a little tone-deaf.”

Cao Hao had a slight headache. “Oh… I was still thinking of letting you, the female lead, and Cheng Mu, the male lead to sing the theme song at the premiere. Yang Shan, how about this. We let Cheng Mu be the lead singer, you can just sing a few lines and then most of the time you’ll be singing together with Cheng Mu.”

Yang Shan looked even more embarrassed and she spoke hesitantly, “Director, I-I really can’t do it. My voice is sharp and thin and I will sing out of tune. In the past, the school choir wouldn’t let me sing.”

Cao Hao breathed out heavily and thought for a while with his cheek resting on his hand. “Then we can only do this. Yang Shan, you’ll still sing with Cheng Mu, but you’ll be lip-syncing. We need to find someone with good singing skills to help you lip-sync backstage. Do you have anyone you can recommend to lip sync for you?”

Yang Shan turned to Tang Xiaoxiao behind her without any hesitation. “Xiaoxiao used to be the lead singer in our school choir and her voice is very good. Even professional music teachers praise that it was a pity for her not to go professional with her voice. How about we let her lip sync for me?”

Cao Hao was stunned. He had never thought that Yang Shan, who had kicked her best friend away after becoming famous, still had the cheek to ask Tang Xiaoxiao to lip-sync for her?

Cheng Mu’s expression also did not look good. He understood Yang Shan’s heartlessness, but he really could not imagine such shameless behavior. Beside him, Liu Cheng snorted and turned his head away angrily.

“Xiaoxiao… You…” Cao Hao shot Tang Xiaoxiao an inquiring gaze.

Tang Xiaoxiao smiled and shrugged. It seemed like she did not care about being taken advantage of. “Okay, since I’m still Yang Shan’s manager, it’s my duty to do this for her.”

Hearing this, Liu Cheng’s lips twitched in disdain. “It seems like lip-syncing for an artist is not one of the responsibilities of a manager, right? If not, what else does the artist need to do?”

Yang Shan pretended to be grateful and reached out to hold Tang Xiaoxiao’s arm, lifting her lips into her trademark innocent smile. “Xiaoxiao, you’re so good to me!”

Tang Xiaoxiao smiled, but quietly took a step back to avoid Yang Shan’s hand. Such a hypocritical woman would make anyone feel disgusted.

Cao Hao looked at Tang Xiaoxiao in doubt then faced Liu Cheng, saying, “Forget it. Liu Cheng, take Shanshan there to prepare. Tell her how to deal with the reporters, so as to avoid saying the wrong things.”

After sending the others away, Cao Hao asked, “Xiaoxiao, what kind of plan are you cooking up? Although we have spent some time together, surely you can’t be such a saint? How could you agree to such a request? Are you muddle-headed…”

Tang Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes and a sly look flashed past them. “Don’t worry, Director Cao. I will sing this song with all my heart.”

“Hey! Xiaoxiao, for my sake, can you make this premiere go smoothly?” Looking at Tang Xiaoxiao’s cunning and mysterious appearance, Cao Hao’s heart trembled and was afraid that she would make trouble in this premiere.

Lips curled into a smirk, Tang Xiaoxiao only spread out her hands. “Director Cao, you really can’t stand being teased, can you? The best strategy in warfare is to foil the enemy. I’m not that stupid to fight against her. Don’t worry, I won’t make trouble at the premiere.”

Of course, she would not tell the truth. How could she tolerate Yang Shan using her with Ye Yuxin’s arrogance and pride from before?

Today I’ve laid a trap for you. In the future, I want you to die a horrible death!

As an entourage of Yang Shan, Tang Xiaoxiao naturally was not qualified to stay in a standard room like Yang Shan and her mother. She could only squeeze into a room for six with the other staff. She wanted to practice the song now but did not want to disturb the others who were resting. After getting the lyrics of the song, ‘Qing River’, Tang Xiaoxiao could only go to the hotel lounge.

That year, she was also the lead singer and an absolutely powerful singer of the popular girl group, Lady. Her singing skills did not fall behind all these years, and after humming a few times, she was almost familiar with the song.

“Xiaoxiao?” Cheng Mu stood at the door. His tall body was blocking most of the light coming from the corridor and a huge shadow was cast on the ground. There was a sunny smile on his face and he stood with his arms crossed. “Why are you practicing the song here alone?”

Tang Xiaoxiao turned around and could not help but smile when she saw that it was Cheng Mu. There was a charming look in her eyes that made people’s hearts flutter, her swaying long black hair was like a black wave under the sun and was covered with a layer of golden light. “Ah, it’s you, Cheng Mu. I thought you were busy.”

“There’s nothing much to be busy with.” Cheng Mu put his hands in his pants pocket and stared at Tang Xiaoxiao with his deep eyes, which reflected a strange look. “I went to look for you just now and they said you went out with the lyrics. Why are you practicing it yourself? You didn’t come looking for me. It’s faster to practice together.”

Tang Xiaoxiao gave a sly smile and her beautiful eyes were full of teasing. “Look for you? I don’t dare to. If a reporter finds out, there will be some gossip in the newspaper tomorrow, like ‘Mysterious woman in the bedroom of Cheng Mu, suspected to be his girlfriend’. Tsk, tsk, do I still want to live if there are dirty jokes about the female manager knocking on the door of Cheng Mu’s room spreading within the industry?”

Cheng Mu almost choked when he heard her words. Then he touched his nose awkwardly. “Okay, you’re right. But, I still can’t believe you would agree to lip-sync for her.”

Tang Xiaoxiao looked attentive while holding the lyrics of the theme song in her hand, but her voice was shrewd and capable. “Cheng Mu, do you know how to make someone die even more miserably?”