Chapter 29: Understanding the Subtext

Luo Jiayin was somewhat flattered.

Luo Jiayin had rarely experienced being praised so openly to her face by a professional makeup artist who had seen many celebrities.

"Thank you," Luo Jiayin could only manage a dry thank you.

"It's okay, Teacher Luo Jia, you're my idol! Of course I think it's great! Good luck with today's recording!" Yang Yang said excitedly.

Luo Jiayin chuckled and nodded.

...

After Luo Jiayin changed her clothes, Yang Yang gave her a thorough makeover.

Yang Yang, this young girl, was a bit reserved when she was talking to her, but when she picked up the makeup brush and started applying makeup to Luo Jiayin, she looked exceptionally capable and composed.

"Teacher Luo Jia, it's done! Are you satisfied?"

After a while, Yang Yang reminded Luo Jiayin that she had finished her makeup.

Luo Jiayin got up and stretched her limbs. Yang Yang looked at Luo Jiayin and couldn't help but feel a little proud.

"As expected of my skillful hands, look how handsome our teacher Luo Jia is!"

Upon hearing this, Luo Jiayin couldn't help but chuckle: "Stop talking, you're praising me to the skies."

Yang Yang laughed along, "I'm not flattering you, you really are handsome! Teacher Luo Jia is truly amazing!"

Luo Jiayin was both amused and exasperated. This little girl really dared to say anything at such a young age.

Amidst laughter and conversation, Yu Jiu and Zhou Xinyue, after discussing the relevant matters, also arrived at the dressing room together.

"Mr. Luo Jia, our photographer hasn't arrived yet. We'll have to trouble you to wait a little while. He might not be here for a bit."

"Why don't you take a look at your character script for this issue first? If there's anything you don't understand, I can help you with some guidance."

Zhou Xinyue said with a slight apology.

"Then I'll trouble you." Luo Jiayin didn't refuse, since she had nothing better to do anyway.

Zhou Xinyue handed the script to Luo Jiayin, and then left the dressing room with Yang Yang.

Luo Jiayin opened the script, thinking it would be good to have some time to familiarize herself with the plot in advance, so as to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to remember the plot later.

...

As Luo Jiayin was using all her brain cells to memorize the script, the sound of light high heels approached from afar.

Immediately afterwards, the door to the dressing room was pushed open, and a clear, melodious voice rang out.

"Hello, Professor Luo Jia. What a coincidence, we meet again."

Hearing the person greeting her, Luo Jiayin looked up in confusion.

Luo Jiayin didn't recognize the voice, but the tone and content of her voice sounded like someone she knew well.

Luo Jiayin turned around.

It was her...

Luo Jiayin was somewhat puzzled.

Yu Jiu was also stunned when he saw Lin Manxi.

Because Lin Manxi was not listed as a guest on the program's previous schedule.

Moreover, those long-time regular guests are even less likely to be replaced.

However, as the saying goes, you can't hit someone who's smiling.

Since the other party took the initiative to show goodwill to her, Luo Jiayin naturally couldn't pretend she hadn't heard it.

Although they had only met once and could hardly be considered acquaintances, it wouldn't be right for her not to respond since the other person had greeted her.

If it gives people something to say and they write articles like "Luo Jia is acting like a diva" or "Luo Jia doesn't respect newcomers," then it's really unnecessary.

"Hello, Miss Lin." Luo Jiayin smiled slightly at Lin Manyi. "What brings you here today, Miss Lin?"

Could it be that she's even pursuing Gu Yishen on the show...?

Luo Jiayin thought to herself.

However, she definitely couldn't say those words out loud.

Lin Manxi smiled and said, "You may not know this, but Lu Ziye is also an artist of our Sega Entertainment. Originally, the guest star for this episode was Aye."

"It's not that he suddenly had some events to attend recently and was too busy to get away, so the company asked me to take his place on the show."

“Oh, is that so?” Luo Jiayin said softly.

Actually, it's not surprising that Lin Manxi is participating in a variety show.

Everyone knows that Lin Manxi has a powerful background. Since Lu Ziye, who was originally scheduled to participate in the show, is also an artist from Sega Entertainment, this is not surprising at all.

Luo Jiayin even felt it was perfectly reasonable.

After all, relying on her family background, she squeezed out the powerless artists in the same company in order to pursue her male god and then participated in the show herself, taking the opportunity to get closer to him and strengthen their relationship. This is in line with Lin Manxi's persona as a high-class heiress.

"I never expected that the first person I would meet on the show would be you, Teacher Luo Jia. I'm really lucky. I'm a bit clumsy, so please take good care of me during the recording."

Lin Manxi spoke softly, while casting a shy and timid glance at Luo Jiayin.

Yu Jiu felt a chill run down his spine watching from the side, while Luo Jiayin seemed to be enjoying it quite a bit.

"Of course. Since 'Hold on tight with the villain's script' is a multi-person reasoning variety show, as long as we are all on the good side, we should naturally help each other."

Lin Manxi nodded and then sat down opposite Luo Jiayin.

Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced at the dressing table in front of Luo Jiayin and immediately spotted the script still lying flat on the table.

"Was Professor Luo Jia just reading the script?" Lin Manxi asked casually.

"Um."

"Then you'd better take a good look at the rest. When I was reading the script yesterday, I felt that the second half of the plot was quite complicated."

"Is it very complicated...?" Luo Jiayin was a little puzzled. She remembered that the story in this script was quite conventional.

The second half of the plot is even simpler, with no particularly mind-bending or hardcore storylines at all.

Luo Jiayin turned the pages of the script one by one, when suddenly her gaze stopped as her fingertips flipped through one of the pages.

This plot...

This isn't right!

This is different from the version the production team gave her before!

Luo Jiayin was somewhat surprised, but after thinking about what Lin Manyi had just said, she suddenly realized what it meant.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt that Lin Manxi had intentionally "given" her.

Luo Jiayin pursed her lips and looked at Lin Manxi.

Lin Manxi didn't show any fear; instead, she winked mysteriously at Luo Jiayin.

"Since I was added to this team at the last minute, I naturally have to work harder to familiarize myself with the script as quickly as possible."

"I see……"

As Luo Jiayin suddenly realized this, she couldn't help but give Lin Manyi's language skills a very high rating in her heart.

Because Luo Jiayin understood Lin Manyi's implied meaning.

As Lin Manxi said, Lu Ziye, who was originally supposed to participate in the show, was a boy, but Lin Manxi was a girl.

Given Lin Manxi's background, Sega will definitely try every means to get the production team to revise the script so that Lin Manxi can get some attention.