Chapter 167: The Feint is Real – This Fake Fall is More Than He's Seen Before…
The season selection program is scheduled to be recorded at 8 pm tomorrow, so after reporting to Zhuang Menghua today, Li Sishi specially brought a lot of souvenirs and gifts back to Liaojie to distribute to her uncle's family and neighbors.
"Sigh, it's rare that you have time to come back, cousin, but it's a pity that Guangzai isn't home right now..." Zhou Huichang held her own big bag of gifts, and then looked at the other bag of gifts next to her, which could only sit pitifully on the cabinet because its owner was not there, and couldn't help but sigh.
“Guangzai joined the team midway, so he definitely needs more training,” Li Sishi said with a smile. “We’ll hand him over when he comes back.”
After much persuasion, Zhou Huiguang's uncle and aunt finally reluctantly allowed him to try his hand at becoming a professional football player.
Taking advantage of the summer vacation, Zhou Huiguang, with his parents' consent, joined the Qizhi team at Lei Shenglin's invitation. He is currently training intensively with a group of young teammates, striving to secure a spot on the field in the year-end promotion tournament. Although Lei Shenglin has high hopes for him and has specifically focused on strengthening his sprinting talent, the promotion tournament is still a very important competition. As a newcomer, he can only accumulate match experience by playing on the field and cannot immediately become a key player.
However, taking advantage of his younger brother's training with the team, Zhou Huichang often used visiting his brother as an excuse to go to the stadium to watch Qizhi's team train. As for his real intentions, that was a question that made the neglected Zhou Huiguang roll his eyes from time to time...
Occasionally, when Li Sishi called home, she would find Zhou Huiguang at home. He would complain to Li Sishi about Zhou Huichang's "favoring her sister over her brother" behavior, saying that Zhou Huichang was clearly his own sister, but she would often applaud and cheer for Lei Shenglin who did well, but not give her, her own brother, any encouragement. His tone was so aggrieved that Li Sishi didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"You said it yourself, it's because Captain Lei performed well that Changchang applauded and cheered for him. If you want people to applaud and cheer for you, then you should learn from Captain Lei. When you become a starting forward or something, naturally many people will clap their hands until they're hoarse and shout their throats out for you..." Li Sishi comforted Zhou Huiguang over the phone, and then promised that as long as he had the opportunity to be a starter, she would try her best to find time to watch his games to show her support. Only then did she manage to appease her little cousin who was feeling unbalanced.
Perhaps it was because of her promise that Zhou Huiguang persevered with such high-intensity and long-duration training even in the sweltering heat.
I glanced at her, beaming with pride, as she boasted to the neighbors about her older cousin.
Looking at Zhou Huichang and then at her uncle and aunt, who were also laughing heartily, Li Sishi felt quite gratified by this harmonious and happy scene.
Those whose lives were disrupted by this incident finally found themselves on a smoother, more open path thanks to her lifelong efforts.
The question of giving new life to the people she cares about is one that she is constantly concerned about while changing her own life.
Fortunately, everything is currently moving in the direction she hoped for.
Returning to the Li family mansion with such a sense of relief and joy, Li Sishi hadn't even had a chance to present her souvenir to Old Madam Li when she was stopped by Old Madam Li, who had been waiting for her return: "Sishi, come here quickly, another batch of clothes that were ordered has been made. Grandma knew you were coming home for dinner tonight, so she specially had them delivered over early for you to try on..."
Whether her beloved granddaughter is a celebrity or a socialite, she always needs to wear clothes, shoes, socks, and jewelry when she goes out!
The thought of Li Sishi being tortured on television tomorrow night, in addition to singing on stage, for the sake of the gifts sponsored by the business, made Old Madam Li very distressed. Although she did not object to her beloved granddaughter's involvement in the entertainment industry, and the so-called "status of celebrities is not as low as that of actors in the past," the nature of them being entertainers has not changed.
In addition, with a TV station like TBL that's very relaxed when playing games, she'd be worried if the child bumped or bruised something.
"Grandma, don't worry. The games in the Jade Solid Gold Awards season aren't as intense as the charity event. At most, it'll just be some lighthearted banter, and that'll be it." Li Sishi coaxed the old lady while trying on her new clothes, "Once I get the bird's nest vouchers from the sponsor, let's go eat together, okay?"
"Good, good, good, our Sishi is the best, she really understands me! Why do you say grandparents love their grandchildren more?" Hearing Li Sishi say that she would eat bird's nest with her when she had time, Old Madam Li, who was originally a little dissatisfied with the sponsor's gifts, immediately smiled.
Seeing Madam Li's beaming smile and quick agreement, Li Sishi couldn't help but smile too: It's fortunate that Madam Li doesn't have that "noble" nature of being picky about food; she's especially easy to coax when it comes to people she likes and cares about.
The old man and the young girl chatted happily for a while. As dusk fell, Li Jinhao, knowing that his beloved daughter was coming home for dinner today, finished work early and drove back to the Li family mansion with Zhou Jiaxian.
The people at the law firm were used to their boss's family-oriented nature.
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After marveling at how lucky Li Sishi and her daughter were, Aijia, taking advantage of the boss's initiative to slack off, quickly called out friends and family to go out and relax. He explained that in their line of work, sometimes it really is day and night, and while the overtime pay is tempting, it's always good to take a break and relax occasionally…
Similarly, I wandered outside for about ten days before returning home.
Li Sishi relaxed so much that she almost slept in the next day. But Li Jinhao remembered that she had told him she wanted to study with him during the day, so he came early to knock on her door and wake her up. This even caused his mother, Old Madam Li, to come up and scold him for pushing his daughter too hard. She said his daughter worked so hard and couldn't even sleep in occasionally. He was really heartless...
After being scolded by his mother, who had forgotten about her son since she had a granddaughter, Li Jinhao was both amused and exasperated. Only then did he beckon to Li Sishi, who had already woken up and changed her clothes, to have breakfast before going to the study.
Although this was the first time in his life that he had been scolded so badly for no reason, Li Jinhao couldn't help but smile when he saw his mother looking so energetic and caring for her family. This kind of noisy family life was something he had never experienced in the past few decades.
A leisurely and peaceful morning passed. After lunch, Li Sishi waved goodbye to her family and took a car to the TV station to prepare for the evening's program recording.
She was one of the first to arrive. She checked her assigned dressing room number and went to the large dressing room. Inside, besides the dancers who were still rehearsing for the night, there was her senior brother Cheng Erjian, who was nicknamed "Big Gray Rabbit," and the petite but experienced and powerful "Little Princess" Chen Weilan.
So Li Sishi greeted the two of them with a smile: Although she liked Pei Yansang very much, she was not the kind of die-hard fan but a fan of all kinds. She also had some appreciation and goodwill towards Chen Weilan, who had also made a name for herself in the fiercely competitive music scene back then and then retired gracefully.
Chen Weilan smiled and waved in response. Since she left the entertainment industry to study abroad and returned, the industry has changed a lot. However, a newcomer like Li Sishi, who has talent, connections, and good looks, is bound to be remembered even in this rapidly changing era.
"Why are you here so early today?" Cheng Erjian walked over.
"Come earlier if you have time, after all, I still need to bring souvenirs to distribute." Li Sishi shook a basket containing a bunch of small gift boxes in her hand and smiled at him.
As for worrying about him
The "truth" about being bullied by scheming cats and dogs is, of course, something that can't be told—but this is just her overthinking it. Given how busy Shang Hanyou and Ling Chen are, they probably won't arrive early.
Li Sishi came early just in case, and also to take this opportunity to send out the souvenirs she brought back as soon as possible.
After all, compared to Cheng Erjian, a shut-in with few friends, she was definitely a person with a wide circle of friends. Moreover, she was going to become an "older sister", so she would inevitably have to do small things like treating people to sweet soup and giving them local specialties as gifts to "win people's hearts".
"Wow, giving out gifts! Is there one for me?" A deep voice came from behind, but it couldn't hide the liveliness in its tone. Li Sishi turned around and saw that it was indeed Huo Gucheng, the boy who hadn't changed at all except for his appearance becoming a handsome man.
“Yes, everyone gets a share.” Li Sishi handed him a small gift box and added, “But this is a bit high in calories. You have to dance later, so eat it after the show.”
"Received!" Huo Gucheng handed the small gift box to his assistant and skipped over to the dance rehearsal area to discuss the performance details for singing.
After handing out the souvenirs, Li Sishi chose an empty seat to start putting on makeup. As for Cheng Erjian, who was a gamer without a game console, he had his eye on a small TV in the corner and stood by the wall watching TV programs.
When she was almost done with her makeup, people started arriving one after another. Li Sishi waved to each of them and then turned around to see Shang Hanyou wearing a baseball cap.
"Hi!" Li Sishi waved to him.
"Is this seat empty?" He asked as he walked over, noticing that no one was sitting there to Li Sishi's right.
"There's no one here, please sit down."
Before Li Sishi could speak, Zou Huayan, who was sitting to Li Sishi's left, had already cheerfully answered his question, "I've almost got it sorted out too."
So Shang Hanyou pulled out the chair to Li Sishi's right and sat down: "Phew... thankfully I made it in time!"
Damn, he beat me to it!
Assistant Quan escorted Ling Chen in, and seeing that both seats next to Li Sishi were occupied, he couldn't help but stomp his foot: He had driven out of the company earlier than Shang Hanyou's car, but he had been surrounded by enthusiastic fans outside the TV station, causing him to be a few minutes late...
Just a few minutes short, and there were no seats left next to Li Sishi!
Ah Quan gritted his teeth, turned to look at Ling Chen, who was hanging his head and trying to walk to another empty seat on the other side, then looked at the seat just a few steps away from them, and couldn't help but lean close to Ling Chen's ear: "Why don't you pretend to fall halfway through, and then I'll help you to Zou Huayan's seat? Anyway, he'll be done soon..."
"No need... Although I knew that my old classmate and assistant, Quan, wanted to help me out, I was too lazy to care about a seat in the dressing room. I shook my head and continued to walk towards the empty seat I had my eye on."
"Huh?!"
Unexpectedly, perhaps due to the director's recent ordeal and his poor mental state, he tripped over a roll of confetti left behind by some props colleague on the ground, lost his balance, and was about to fall forward—
"Oh dear, how could you be so careless!" Zou Huayan had just finished putting on her makeup and stood up when she turned around and saw Ling Chen about to fall forward. So she quickly reached out and grabbed him to help him up, and then very easily pressed him down into her seat. "You can sit in my seat, it's closer here, and I've already taken care of things."
Looking at the still-shaken young man sitting in his seat in the early hours of the morning, Zou Huayan couldn't help but shake his head: "Sigh, these young people these days are really willing to go to great lengths to win over girls. This fake fall is more 'real' than any feint he's ever seen in a match!"
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