What saved the awkward atmosphere was Su Daji's chuckle.

Resting her wrist on her cheek, her watery eyes were fixed on the little fish, a mischievous blush rising on her cheeks, and her voice was as light and soft as a feather: "This little friend of the Dean is really interesting."

Under Su Daji's gaze, Xiaoyu's face flushed red instantly, and she waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "I... I was just asking casually."

Knowing that Su Daji always enjoyed teasing people, Yu Ningning glared at Su Daji again.

Su Daji then stopped teasing, gracefully raised her hands in surrender, and said with a light laugh, "Alright, alright, I know the Dean cherishes this little girl, so I won't tease her anymore."

The little fish swallowed hard, raised its little finger to indicate, and said from the bottom of its heart, "It's okay to tease you a little. Sister Daji, you are so beautiful, I, I, I like you so much. I, I like it when you tease me."

Yu Ningning immediately lifted her forehead.

How could I forget? Xiaoyu is a real sucker for good looks.

This time, Su Daji smiled genuinely and looked at Yu Ningning, saying, "Dean, your friend's personality is completely different from yours."

Yu Ningning, expressionless, unfolded the menu and interrupted the conversation: "Let's order and eat."

With the lively chatter of enthusiastic little fish enlivening the atmosphere, the constant stream of free meals brought by Su Daji's admirers, and the slurping sounds of Qin Shi Huang enjoying his food, the meal was a delightful experience for both host and guests.

The tranquility and joy were only broken when the group returned to their suite and Yu Ningning's phone rang more than a dozen times.

There were more than a dozen rejection emails from girl group audition programs.

All the talent shows that Yu Ningning applied to, including the girl group 101 audition camp, rejected her application.

The reasons for rejection were all very similar and high-sounding—'Your image and temperament do not quite meet the requirements of our selection camp, therefore you cannot participate in our preliminary selection. Thank you for your participation.'

Yu Ningning showed no surprise whatsoever. She calmly took screenshots of the twenty or so rejection emails and saved them in a folder for later use.

Su Daji remained calm, raising an eyebrow seductively as she asked, "Was it An Shujia who did it?"

Yu Ningning shook her head and said, "An Shujia is filming on set and probably doesn't know about this yet. More than a dozen talent shows rejected her at the same time. Judging from this approach, it must be that An's parents used the power of the An Group to put pressure on her."

Upon hearing that it was Yu Ningning's former cheap parents who did it, Su Daji raised her eyebrows with increasing amusement: "Dean, you certainly have a terrible relationship with your parents."

Compared to Ningning's calmness and Su Daji's indifference, Xiaoyu was furious when she saw the rejection email. She stomped her feet and said, "I can accept it, but why would they reject Sister Daji with such excellent conditions? Are they blind?"

"Having been in the entertainment industry for so long, Sister Daji is the most beautiful and unique artist I've ever seen. Are they all blind?"

Yu Ningning smiled.

It is precisely because they are not blind that they would not risk offending the An Group.

Remembering what happened before she left for the airport, Yu Ningning opened her phone again and found the short video that had gone viral before about Qin Shi Huang and Su Daji.

The short video is still there.

Since it's probably not easy to block or completely delete traces of the already viral short videos, An Jia's parents simply changed their approach and adopted a more aggressive, blatant blacklisting method.