Chapter 14 Hidden Talent [Hey, that's strange, Jiang Mingyue actually has a country...]
Hey, that's surprising, Jiang Mingyue actually has international fans!
She's a member of the Clover girl group, after all; men love watching women dance.
[Why does the lady in front of me sound so sour? What's it to you if a girl dances? She's an idol; singing and dancing are her job.]
[Am I the only one who noticed the executive director's fawning smile towards Jiang Mingyue?]
[Is being an assistant director considered flattery? It's called respect, okay?]
[Executive Director: Don't call me out, I'm working]
The executive director took in the reactions of Don Juan and the others. He knew the reason better than anyone, but he couldn't explain it in public.
Teacher Jiang is awesome! Not only did she catch the pickpocket, but she also persuaded him to turn over a new leaf. The pickpocket probably realized his mistake and decided to do some good deeds, so he personally delivered a bag of food over.
Jiang Mingyue took a bite of the hamburger. It tasted alright, and there was plenty of beef filling.
Seeing that Jiang Mingyue was focused on eating, the executive director was too embarrassed to urge her. The station's higher-ups required him to always respect Teacher Jiang. Although Teacher Jiang's pickpocket fans were waiting by the car, so be it. Of course, it was more important for Teacher Jiang to fill her stomach.
Jiang Mingyue ate quickly, finishing her food in a few bites. Only after she finished did she realize that the executive director was still standing to the side. She hurriedly asked, "Director, where is he? Let me go and take a picture with him."
The executive director was just waiting for this sentence, and immediately beamed with joy as he led Jiang Mingyue over. Wei Lai and the others were curious and followed to watch.
The viewers in the live stream finally saw Jiang Mingyue's fan, who was an ordinary local and didn't seem wealthy based on his clothes.
[A hamburger costs three euros, and this bag of snacks adds up to one hundred euros. The average local worker earns six or seven hundred euros a month. Case closed, he's a true fan of Sister Jiang.]
The brothers have saved up their credit limit again.
[Haha, those haters who said Sister Jiang was holding everyone back, come out and apologize!]
I have a bold idea.
Don't be so bold, the actor's team might not be this lucky every day.
Viewers in the live stream saw Jiang Mingyue generously shake hands and take photos with her male fan, exchange a few polite words, and then her fan left excitedly.
From an angle unseen by others, the executive director's eyes widened. This Teacher Jiang and the local pickpocket were really good at acting; who would have thought they only met in the early hours of the morning?
The executive director felt immense pressure, harboring a huge secret.
After visiting the landmarks in the main urban area in the afternoon, the group drove to their next city, Noto.
The hotel cost was the biggest expense, which was too much for five people. In late autumn, we didn't need to shower every day. However, we were celebrities, and visiting landmarks was tiring for our legs. We were also sweating a little, so we wanted to find a clean place to wash up.
After discussing it together, Don Juan found a super cheap Airbnb on Booking.com for 50 euros for two rooms.
The reason it's cheap is because two rooms are in the attic, while the landlord's family lives downstairs, and a shower is also provided.
We arrived at the guesthouse at 6 p.m. The attic room looked even cramped and oppressive. Although the five of us were disappointed, we didn’t complain. Having a place to stay is better than sleeping in the open.
Fortunately, the landlady was an Orient enthusiast and was very welcoming to them. She had a collection of artifacts from ancient Eastern countries in her study downstairs and invited them to admire them.
Wei Lai and others are celebrities, after all. Even if they can't afford expensive antiques, they have visited major provincial museums across the country. They can tell at a glance that 90% of the collection that the landlady bought back is fake, and the remaining 10% is worthless trinkets from the Republic of China period.
Wei Lai and Ji Wenxuan went upstairs to wash up first. Meng Qinzhou was hungry, so he took five euros from Don Juan and went to the small supermarket next door run by Chinese people to buy instant noodles.
Jiang Mingyue bent down to look at the peach wood sword displayed in the glass cabinet and asked the landlady, "Lisa, how much did you pay for this peach wood sword?"
The landlady didn't speak English, so Don Juan acted as her translator. "She said an old man in a robe sold it to her at the temple gate for twenty euros. Her son liked the wooden sword when he was little, so she bought it."
Jiang Mingyue continued, "Lisa, I'm offering fifty euros for this peach wood sword. Would you be willing to part with it?"
Don Juan raised an eyebrow slightly. He was blind and couldn't see what was so special about the peach wood sword that made it worth buying. However, since each person had a daily allowance of twenty euros, he wouldn't object if Jiang Mingyue really wanted to buy it.
The landlady smiled upon hearing this and took Jiang Mingyue's hand. "Darling, I can give it to you if you want. My children are all grown up now, and I don't like this wooden sword either. Giving it to you will make room for the cabinet."
Jiang Mingyue understood, but still pretended not to understand and looked at Don Juan.
Don Juan translated it literally: "Lisa is free for you."
A peach wood sword made from lightning-struck wood is extremely rare, and most of the ones sold on the market are fakes, which ordinary people cannot distinguish.
Jiang Mingyue didn't want to take advantage of the landlady, so she decided to give the landlady acupuncture in exchange for the peach wood sword.
The live broadcast room had already closed, and the program crew had all gone home. There was no one else in the study at the moment. Tang Juan was a calm and reliable person, and Jiang Mingyue didn't want to hide anything from him.
She claimed to know a little about acupuncture and, during the examination, asked her landlady if she minded that she didn't have a certificate.
The landlady's right hand trembles from time to time. When she heard that Jiang Mingyue knew acupuncture, she was both surprised and delighted. She said that there was a famous acupuncture clinic in Luo City, and acupuncture was indeed effective after one session. However, it was troublesome to go there and the fees were not cheap.
“I usually go there once every six months, and I was planning to go at the end of the year. I didn’t expect to run into you. I don’t care about the certificates and you didn’t charge me. Let’s begin, Jiang.”
From the moment Jiang Mingyue asked for the peach wood sword to her offering to give the landlady acupuncture, Don Juan's curiosity about her grew stronger. This girl knew quite a lot and was rather secretive.
Don Juan thought she was going upstairs to get it, but the next second, he saw her take out a bag of unopened silver needles from her coat pocket.
"Mingyue, have you always carried these with you?"
Jiang Mingyue casually said, "Well, I used to practice dancing for too long and my calves were sore, so I bought some online acupuncture courses and also studied clinically with an acupuncturist at the Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital for a while."
"Don't worry, Brother Tang, I often give myself acupuncture, and it works very well."
Seeing that she spoke so seriously, Don Juan did not doubt her. It seemed that someone online had said that the other two members of the Clover Girls Group had many appearances, but Jiang Mingyue often disappeared from the public eye.
Forty-five minutes later, Jiang Mingyue removed the silver needles from the landlady's right hand, and a miraculous scene unfolded: the landlady's hand stopped trembling.
The elderly man, in his sixties, burst into tears of joy and hugged Jiang Mingyue tightly, hoping she could stay a few more days.
Don Juan politely indicated that they had to check out the next morning. The landlady was very sorry, but she readily waived their rent for tonight and promised to prepare a hearty breakfast for them the next morning.
Holding the peach wood sword, Jiang Mingyue happily said goodnight to the landlady.
Don Juan followed her upstairs. "Mingyue, if I need you to give me acupuncture in the future, how much will you charge?"
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