If you can't solve it, just listen to me. Sister, you are really...
"Hey, you're here to walk the red carpet!"
As soon as she entered the Celia Theater, she heard a dog barking. Zhen Zhu was really annoyed and gave a cold look at Yan Xiaozhen who was standing in the backstage dressing room blocking the door.
"Get out of the way."
"Hey, I won't let you, what can you do to me?"
Yan Xiaozhen hated Zhen Zhu to death. When she thought about how she had worked hard to practice piano for more than 20 years and had been in the Celia Theater for five years, but her position was snatched away by a young girl who had just started out, she felt unhappy and stood up straighter, blocking the door of the dressing room.
"Aren't you capable? Why did you come to my small theater? Why don't you perform abroad? You have to take my place!"
Zhen Zhu was too lazy to pay attention and glanced at Zhen Min'er behind her: "Zhen Min'er, pull her away."
If she wasn't a woman, she would have asked the two bodyguards behind her to take action long ago, huh.
Zhen Min'er immediately took two quick steps forward and reached out to tug at Yan Xiaozhen's clothes: "Um, please move aside, my sister wants to go in."
"Oh."
Yan Xiaozhen refused to give in. She also couldn't stand this girl who always followed Zhen Zhu. She cried all day long, as if someone had bullied her. She was very bored and asked, "What's the matter? Did your master let you come out and bite people?"
"Ouch, your bite doesn't hurt."
Yan Xiaozhen glanced at Zhen Zhu and said, "Your master needs to get a new dog!"
Change the dog? No, my sister can only have her by her side.
Her originally soft and tearful eyes suddenly became sharp. Zhen Min'er raised her head and looked straight at Yan Xiaozhen with an expression as if she wanted to bite her to death.
Yan Xiaozhen was startled, "You——"
"I don't have a dog around me, but the barking of the dog at the door of the dressing room is so loud that it's giving me a headache."
Zhen Zhu reached out and pulled Zhen Min'er, who was in front of her, behind her. Then she told the bodyguard beside her, "Call the headmaster over."
"No, you are a kindergarten doll!"
Hearing this, Yan Xiaozhen didn't care about Zhen Min'er's eyes just now, and quickly reached out to stop Zhen Zhu's bodyguard from leaving, "If you can't win the argument, you have to find an adult!"
"You called me a dog!"
"oh."
Zhen Zhu snorted coldly. She was at least 1.7 meters tall in her high heels. She stared down at the dissatisfied woman in front of her: "I scolded you. You think I'm not as good as you? Then if you have the ability, bring some income to your headmaster, or even an audience."
"Now you have nothing, yet you're still competing with me. What? You've pissed me off and now your headmaster has no money to earn. Will he forgive you?"
Zhen Zhu curled her lips, her narrow fox eyes swept across the solemn air, the hem of her clothes swung slightly behind her, and she pulled Zhen Min'er past Yan Xiaozhen and into the dressing room.
Yan Xiaozhen could only watch as Zhen Zhu brought a dozen people behind her into the dressing room, pushing the original makeup artist into the corner. Several of them picked up their makeup bags and laid out their equipment, all of which were the latest cosmetics from various luxury brands, and gently applied makeup on the young lady's face.
What are you putting on airs for?! Furious, Yan Xiaozhen was about to step forward to argue again when her arm was pulled. She was about to curse, but when she turned around and saw the sweaty Director Lu, she swallowed her words back: "Director Lu?"
"Oh, my little ancestor, please stop causing trouble!" Director Lu lowered his voice and warned Yan Xiaozhen.
"You can't attend this performance today."
“Why?!”
Yan Xiaozhen raised her voice an octave and was about to speak when Director Lu covered her mouth and pulled her arm to another corner.
Yan Xiaozhen shook off Director Lu's hand in dissatisfaction: "Director, you didn't see how arrogant and domineering that newcomer is! She..."
"Stop talking, stop talking." Director Lu was sweating profusely. "She is... Anyway, just forget about it. Don't participate in today's performance. After she leaves, you will still be the principal."
"Why?" Yan Xiaozhen was unhappy. "If it were usual, it would be fine. But didn't you see that there are so many people in the theater today? What if she ruins the performance?"
"Don't worry, she'll be fine." Director Lu said quickly, "She's quite strong."
Zhen Zhu ignored the faint sounds of quarreling and criticized her stepsister while waiting for the makeup artist to take action.
"Why, you're such a dog! The other person scolded you, and you didn't even know how to scold back!"
Thinking about this morning, Zhen Zhu became more and more angry: "You dared to push me this morning, and now you are so cowardly?!"
After saying this, Zhen Zhu realized something was wrong, "I didn't care about what happened this morning!"
"Anyway, you will..."
"I'm sorry, sister..."
Before Zhen Zhu could finish her words of atonement, she heard Zhen Miner's apology.
Zhen Zhu was forced to swallow the reprimand back into her stomach. After a few seconds of annoyance, she finally replied, "Hmph, I'm glad you got it."
Sister, you are so cute.
The time came, and Zhen Min'er watched her sister go on stage.
Zhen Zhu walked calmly, and her long skirt was like a red carpet for her, cool and elegant, yet stunningly luxurious.
"Hey, I heard that you are that girl's sister? Really her sister?" A harsh voice interrupted Zhen Min'er's gaze that was fixed on her sister.
It was so noisy. Zhen Miner was disgusted, but she had to act. She lowered her head and spoke as usual, aggrieved: "Well... I am your sister's younger sister, but we don't have the same parents."
Her eyes grew darker, and Zhen Min'er hated herself many times, wondering why she was not her sister's biological sister, so that she could be with her sister forever.
Sister... Zhen Min'er looked at the person who bent gracefully under the light and lifted up her skirt, and listened to the warm applause from the audience... How could such a beautiful sister be seen by so many people!
Zhen Min'er turned her gaze slightly to look at Yan Xiaozhen, who was looking surprised, and said hesitantly, "Actually, there's no need to be jealous of me. I'm only here for one day. Even if all your listeners fall in love with me, they won't be able to find me after that."
As she spoke, Zhen Min'er looked at her sister under the light, and her voice was leisurely and soft, with a strange and bewitching tone: "The light is so bright, it would be better if it could be dimmed a little."
"Of course...it can't be too dark."
"Otherwise." Zhen Min'er pursed her lips, worried: "Sister won't be able to see the music score."
Noticing Yan Xiaozhen's flickering eyes, Zhen Min'er stopped talking and just nodded. Most decisions require one to make one's own decision.
In this way, she will feel that there is no problem and she can continue to be a good and obedient sister to her elder sister.
But...Zhen Min'er was standing behind the curtain, and there were quite a few men in the audience at the side corners of the curtain.
Disgust flashed in her eyes. Zhen Min'er slowly clenched her palms until they stung unbearably. Only then did she realize something was wrong. To distract herself, she looked at Yan Xiaozhen, who was still silent beside her. She tilted her head and opened her beautiful little doe eyes: "Why are you still here? I'm glad I have my sister here. As long as my sister is here, you can rest assured."
Rest assured?! What does this woman mean? Yan Xiaozhen gritted her teeth, glared at the innocent-looking girl, and turned away.
She would never let this Xibei guy on the stage steal her position!
It seems to have succeeded. Zhen Min'er kept her eyes on Zhen Zhu. If her sister panicked later, what could she do to make her like her more?
If her sister was injured, she would probably be more worried about her.
Zhen Min'er glanced at the small table at the back where the props were placed, and saw a pair of scissors on the table. She picked it up, stretched out her finger and pressed lightly on the top of the scissors.
The fingertips felt painful, first turning purple, and then a drop of blood slowly oozed out. Zhen Min'er spread it evenly, picked up the scissors and put them inside her long sleeves. Her deer eyes sparkled with anticipation, and she slowly looked towards her sister who was looking up at the applause on the stage and walking gracefully in front of the piano with her head held high.
Refusing help from others, Zhen Zhu picked up her overly long skirt, raised her hands and spread it behind the piano bench, reached out to adjust the skirt, sat down, and gently lifted the piano lid.
He spread out the music score in his right hand on the piano, pressed it down, and nodded to the conductor beside him.
Place your fingertips on the black and white keys, look at the music score, and press the first key -
"bite--"
“Click.”
The lights on the stage suddenly went out.
It was pitch black.
Zhen Zhu raised her fingertips and frowned as she looked at the commander. What was going on? Was this an accident?
The conductor looked around nervously and whispered, "Why are the lights on the stage gone?"
Seeing Zhen Zhu looking at him, the commander quickly took two steps forward and said, "Miss Zhen, there must be a small problem. The light should be back in a few seconds."
Seeing that he was so nervous that he was sweating after just a short while, Zhen Zhu snorted coldly: "I'm fine, but the audience won't accept such a big mistake in the performance."
Almost as soon as Zhen Zhu finished speaking.
There was a lot of noise from the audience.
"What's going on?"
"Why hasn't it started yet?"
"Is there something wrong?"
"What's the reason? Did something terrible happen? The headmaster? Where's the headmaster?"
At first there were only whispers and noises, then they grew louder and louder. In just three minutes, the noise from the audience grew louder and louder.
The conductor had clearly never experienced this kind of incident before. He, the violinist, and the other choir members gathered in a circle on the stage, each one muttering to themselves what to do. They were also muttering about what if they went backstage and the lights came on, and what if they didn't go and the lights stayed off.
It's really a small theater, and people panic over the slightest thing.
Zhen Zhu's face also revealed a hint of sharpness: "Alright, stop nagging, nagging won't solve the problem, it's just a small matter, what's the big deal."
Zhen Zhu immediately took over the conductor's position and directed everyone: "Conductor, please go backstage. The choir should stop singing, and the accompaniment band should also stop moving. Wait for the conductor to come back."
Everyone remained motionless, looking at Zhen Zhu as if she were an ignorant person.
"Who are you to give orders? What if something goes wrong?"
"What if the lights suddenly come on?" The commander stopped the person who was talking, secretly wiped his sweat, and asked nervously.
"At least it won't make the stage a laughing stock."
Zhen Zhu frowned, "Why don't you go backstage and ask the headmaster what's going on?"
"You go over and solve it now. The command here belongs to me. I will be responsible for any problems that arise." Zhen Zhu said coldly.
"Okay, okay." The commander nodded repeatedly, "I feel at ease with Miss Zhen here."
"Listen to Miss Zhen!"
The commander spoke to the crowd and immediately ran behind the curtain.
Seeing the conductor running towards the curtain, Zhen Zhu waved everyone back to their seats: "Just listen for a moment, and we'll perform the original piece after the conductor arrives."
"What exactly do you want to do?" someone asked in a confused manner.
A smart one widened his eyes and said, "Miss Zhen, are you going to..."
"Just be obedient."
Zhen Zhu raised her head impatiently. In the dark environment, her clear eyes seemed even brighter. She stared coldly at everyone and said, "If you can't solve it, then listen to me."
The commander ran quickly towards the curtain and bumped into Zhen Min'er, who looked nervous. He wanted to scold her, but when he saw it was Zhen Zhu's sister, he had no choice but to pull Zhen Min'er, who had fallen to the ground, up.
"Um...what happened on the stage? Is my sister okay?" Zhen Min'er's eyes were filled with tears as she held on to the conductor tightly. "I...I..."
"Oh, auntie, please let me go backstage first..."
Even though the girl was pretty, the conductor didn't dare stay any longer because the future of the theater was at stake. He wanted to let go, but he didn't dare to use any more force.
While the two were arguing——
The sound of the piano rang out, not the melodious and graceful sound of the original piece, but an exciting one that instantly suppressed the noisy voices from the audience.
Only the sound of the piano can be heard.
Like a majestic force, it pours down in an instant.
The sound of excitement and joy in the darkness instantly brought the confused and nervous crowd into a state of excitement and joy.
From the flowing water in the mountains, through the cheerful singing of birds, from the fierce battlefield to the bustling place.
"Click--" The originally dim lights on the stage suddenly lit up.
The woman in red under the spotlight had swaying long hair and the red hem of her skirt dancing with the movement of its owner's fingers. Zhen Min'er couldn't see her sister's expression on the stage clearly, but it must be calm, fearless and gentle.
Sister, you are so beautiful.
The hand that had been tightly grasping the commander's clothes loosened, and looking at his sister, Zhen Miner on the stage, he once again realized his own despicableness.
But I can't stop myself...from wanting to get closer.
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