☆, Chapter 152 Competition

In "Adoption", Wen Mianyu plays the heroine Shu Mo, the veteran actor plays the stepfather, the out-of-date top star plays the stepbrother, and another young actress plays the heroine's mother.

The first rehearsal went smoothly, the cooperation between the few of them was good, and they completed it in tacit understanding.

Afterwards, Lu Congxu came back with the revised script and continued to rehearse.

…

Five days passed in rehearsal, and in the blink of an eye it was the day for recording the second episode.

The recording of this episode will be as long as the first one and will be broadcast in three parts: upper, middle and lower.

Compared with the first episode, the stage has also been adjusted. The instructor's position is closer to the stage. In front is the instructor's sofa, and behind are two rows of chairs of different colors for the team members to sit on.

After each group's performance, the group members and mentors will sit together, watch the performances of other groups, and give their own evaluations.

Before the show begins, the instructor will introduce the students in each group and recommend the story to be performed today to the audience.

Then the host came on stage.

Lu Congxu's team was selected to perform first. Wen Mianyu and the others were already preparing backstage and could hear the host announcing the process in front.

"The first competition is about to begin. Guess which team it will be?" The host kept everyone in suspense.

Below the stage, the cheers for Actor Lu and Actor Tang were equally divided, and it was unclear which team's cheers were louder.

"That's right, it's Team Lu!" the host announced. "Now, let's welcome the first team of contestants, performing 'Adoption.' Performers: Su Moli, Chen Zhongguo, Xu Jiachun, Qian Jun..."

"The competition begins!"

…

Shu Mo discovered that she was different from others when she was five years old.

She can predict the death of others.

And just now, she foresaw her own death.

Because she was about to wear the bracelet given by her new father, when her left hand touched her right wrist, the image of her own death flashed before her eyes.

On the lawn at night, her body was dismembered into pieces and laid there.

Even though the scene only lasted for a moment, the extremely bloody scene made Shu Mo feel sick and... scared.

"Momo, why don't you thank Uncle Ye for the gift?" Qian Ruoling urged her when she saw that she didn't say anything for a long time after putting on the bracelet.

Shu Mo breathed a sigh of relief, raised her head, and looked at the man in front of her with a gentle smile, "Thank you, Uncle Ye."

"You're welcome. We'll be a family from now on." Ye Feng reached out and patted her shoulder gently. "I thought Momo was a grown-up girl now, and she probably wouldn't like those teddy bears and the like, so I bought her a bracelet. I hope you don't mind my poor taste."

"Uncle Ye has good taste, I like it very much." Shu Mo took a step back to avoid the man's touch and bowed politely, "Thank you."

"This child is really sensible."

Ye Feng smiled, put his arm around Qian Ruoling's waist, and walked forward.

"I've planted a large patch of cherry blossoms in the backyard. I've been wanting to show them to you, Lingling. They're especially beautiful in bloom this season..."

"I like cherry blossoms the most..."

Shu Mo followed silently behind, looking at the two people in front of her who were cuddling each other affectionately, and curled the corners of her lips.

It has been a year since my father passed away.

When they were alive, the relationship between my parents was as boring as it is now.

Shu Mo once thought that her mother would always live with her alone.

Unexpectedly, less than three months after the funeral, my mother got a new boyfriend.

Then in the fourth month... we broke up.

In the fifth month, my mother met the last true love of her life.

In the seventh month, we separated...

Shu Mo could no longer remember how many boyfriends Ye Feng had been her mother's. She only knew that they had only known each other for more than two months and had gotten married yesterday.

This morning, my mother packed up her things at home and moved her here.

Ye Feng became her stepfather, and this will be her new home in the future.

Shu Mo had no expectations or excitement in the first place, and after foreseeing the scene of her own death, she became even more absent-minded.

She reached out and took off the bracelet, put it in her pocket, and began to think about how to avoid the disaster.

Death is not inevitable.

When she was ten years old, she had a foresight of her own death, a bloody scene of being hit by a car.

So Shu Mo stayed at home for three days and avoided the disaster.

The omen now is quite different from the last time. It doesn't mean you can avoid it by staying indoors.

If there was a perverted killer targeting her, even if she was here, the pervert might sneak into the villa...

Thinking all the way, she unknowingly distanced herself from the two people in love in front of her. When Shu Mo looked up again, she found that she was the only one left in the huge cherry blossom forest.

She was a little confused for a moment.

Today was her first time visiting the Ye family. She had toured the place with Ye Feng and hadn’t taken the trouble to remember the way. Now she didn’t know where to go.

Especially since he had seen the omen of his own death before, he couldn't run around.

Shu Mo took out her cell phone and prepared to call her mother - although getting lost was a bit embarrassing, it was not as important as safety.

She had just unlocked the door with her fingerprint when suddenly there was a bang and something hit the tree opposite.

The branches of the blooming cherry tree shook twice, and cherry blossoms fell to the ground.

Shu Mo heard the sound and looked over.

At the same time, there was a strange movement behind her. Something jumped down from the cherry tree behind her, and then Shu Mo was blindfolded by a hand.

She froze and her phone fell out of her hand.

A hand reached out and caught the phone at her side, and at the same time, a clear boy's voice sounded in her ears.

Guess Who I Am

“…”Shu Mo.

If I remember correctly, it seems that since junior high school, there has been no such childish person making such childish jokes.

The tension from before dissipated instantly, Shu Mo relaxed and said lazily, "Boring person."

"I guessed wrong..." The person behind him smiled, his voice surprisingly pleasant, "Guess again."

However, no matter how pleasant the voice was, it could not cover up the fact that the matter itself was boring. Shu Mo reached out and moved the hand covering her eyes, trying to take it off.

"There's a gift if you guess right." The person behind him spoke again.

"No need." Shu Mo took the hand away from his eyes, turned his head while speaking, and then froze.

The young man in front of her looked to be about seventeen or eighteen years old, more than a head taller than her. He was wearing a simple and clean white casual suit, which perfectly complemented his tall and thin figure.

That face was also flawless, his eyes were like cold stars, and he was extremely handsome. One corner of his lips was slightly raised, and he smiled in a way that was a little wicked without realizing it.

He stood there, with the blue sky and white clouds, and pink cherry blossoms everywhere he looked, as beautiful as the most beautiful color picture on the page of a comic book.

Shu Mo was stunned for a long while before she came back to her senses from the other person's smile. She noticed the rope in the boy's right hand and had a bad feeling in her heart.

"you……"

"Nice to meet you. My name is Ye Jibai." The young man's eyes curved and he pulled the rope in his hand.

Shu Mo subconsciously looked up and saw cherry blossom petals falling like rain, followed by a huge object.

Before she could see what it was, her arms hanging at her sides were lifted up and she was forced to catch the thing steadily.

Shu Mo lowered her eyes and froze for a moment.

It was a huge, pink, soft, teddy bear.

"Do you like it?" The boy reached out and pinched her cheek.

“…” Shu Mo widened her eyes and looked at this strange man who suddenly appeared.

"I knew you would like it." The boy smiled and helped her pick off the petals on her hair. "I originally wanted to give her a cherry blossom bear, but unfortunately Dad told me too late. When he went to pick you up this morning, he told me about Aunt Qian. I didn't have time to prepare a gift."

Shu Mo listened to his words and gradually understood, "You are Uncle Ye's..."

"Son," Ye Jibai said, "I don't usually live here, so I don't know about Aunt Qian and you, but it's not too late to find out now."

After he finished speaking, he pulled Shu Mo's arm and pulled her forward.

Shu Mo's half body was in his arms, pressed against his chest.

This posture made her very resistant. When she frowned and wanted to push the person away, Ye Jibai put one hand on her head and gestured.

"I heard from my dad that you were fifteen years old, or did I remember it wrong? Why are you so short and don't look like it?" He said puzzledly while comparing.

Height has always been Shu Mo's weakness. Although she is fifteen years old, many people mistake her for a twelve or thirteen-year-old elementary school student because she is short.

But misunderstanding is one thing, and Ye Jibai is the first person who dares to say it so bluntly.

Shu Mo gritted her teeth and threw the bear back at him, "I'm malnourished."

"..." Ye Jibai was stunned for a moment, then stuffed the bear back into her arms and asked, "Is your family poor?"

“…”Shu Mo.

She didn't think Ye Jibai was so stupid as not to understand her sarcasm, so it could only be intentional.

Holding the bear, she took two steps forward and said sarcastically, "Poverty and nothing."

"It doesn't matter. We will raise you to be plump and white in our house."

Ye Jibai flicked her cheek lightly with his finger and said, "Grandpa is going abroad for treatment and won't be back for half a year. I'll be staying with Dad during this time. I'll make you gain ten pounds first and grow ten centimeters taller."

"..." Shu Mo stopped and turned to look at him in disbelief, "Are you... so familiar with everyone?"

"I won't do that with anyone else, but from now on you are my sister, not anyone else's." Ye Jibai said sincerely, reaching out to brush off the cherry blossoms on her shoulders.

"..." Shu Mo didn't know what to say now.

As for Ye Feng, she had only met him once before. She couldn't say whether she liked or disliked that man with a mild temper, she just didn't care.

She can accept her mother's remarriage, but that doesn't mean she accepts strangers as family members.

Living under the same roof without interfering with each other, she could live her life at the same pace as before - this was her initial expectation.

But when this familiar person appeared in front of her, she realized that this might not be easy.

This person said he wanted to live here for half a year.

My mother said that when she got married, she didn't mention that in addition to her "father", she would also have a "brother".

When Shu Mo looked down and saw a big fat bear in pink, she was even more speechless.

But... since she was a child, this is the first time someone has said that they want to raise her to be plump and white...this kind of concern.

Gain ten pounds, grow ten centimeters taller...

Fuck those ten centimeters!

"Momo, don't walk so fast, wait for us!" I suddenly heard my mother's voice behind me.

Shu Mo was forced to stop, turned around holding the funny fat bear, and saw Ye Feng and Qian Ruoling walking towards them.

The two people who only knew how to show their affection probably realized that she was missing halfway through their journey, so they turned back the same way.

"Dad, Aunt Qian." When the two of them came closer, Ye Jibai called out politely.

"This handsome boy must be Ji Bai." Qian Ruoling looked at the boy lovingly and took out a small, exquisite box from her bag. "This is our first meeting, and I don't know what to give you. This is a small gift. I hope you like it."

"Thank you, Auntie." Ye Jibai took it.

"You're welcome. We'll be a family from now on." Qian Ruoling smiled.

"This is Shu Mo. It seems that you two already know each other. I won't say any more. We are a family from now on. Take good care of your sister." Ye Feng said from the side.

"I will." Ye Jibai stretched out his hand and hugged the thin Shu Mo. The smile on his face was brighter than the sunlight shining through the cherry trees. "From now on, I will take care of her!"

"What a sensible child." Qian Ruoling smiled from ear to ear. "Momo always envied others for having brothers and sisters, and now she finally got what she wanted."

"..." Shu Mo's mouth twitched. No matter how hard she tried to recall, she couldn't remember ever envying such a thing.

She felt a headache as she looked at the handsome boy who was laughing for some unknown reason.

…

Although the Ye family's villa is not very luxurious, it is quite large including the front and back courtyards.

It took quite a while to visit all the way.

Ye Feng was a gentle and considerate man. After standing in the woods for a while, he suggested that Qian Ruoling take Shu Mo back to the room to rest.

"Momo is tired after a morning of work. Take her back to rest first, and we'll look at the rest of the afternoon."

"I'll take her back first. Ji Bai finally came back, so you should spend more time with him." Qian Ruoling said, and left with Shu Mo.

Ye Jibai originally wanted to follow, but was stopped by Ye Feng.

"Dad" he raised an eyebrow in confusion.

"I have something to tell you." Ye Feng watched the mother and daughter of the Shu family walk away in front of him, then turned around and walked slowly in the other direction.

"Your Aunt Qian and I are newlyweds, so there might be times when I won't be able to take care of Momo. Dad hopes that during this time when you're home, you can help me take care of Momo whenever you're free, so she doesn't feel that your Aunt Qian is remarried and she's being neglected."

"I will." Ye Jibai followed behind, walking slowly at Ye Feng's pace.

Shortly after he was born, his mother died of health reasons.

Because my grandfather was a military officer and was very strong-willed, he was afraid that he would be mistreated by his stepmother, so he took him in to raise him. He rarely had the chance to return home.

From childhood to adulthood, although his grandfather loved him, even more than his uncles' children, his uncles also disliked him because of this.

None of his uncle's brothers and sisters are close to him.

So he always hoped to have a younger brother or sister.

Unfortunately, my father remarried three times, and each ended in failure. Aunt Qian was the first one to marry in with a child, and he really wanted to get along well with Shu Mo.

Especially after seeing that Shu Mo is a short, soft, cute and short-tempered girl.

"I will be staying at home for the next six months while my grandfather recuperates, so Shu Mo will be left to my care." Ye Jibai caught up with Ye Feng in two steps and walked side by side with him.