Nogami Mieko's voice wasn't quiet; not only Wan Jiao, Lu Fenfei, the program staff, and the other sisters present, but also hundreds of millions of netizens in the live stream could hear it clearly.
That broken, heavily accented Manchu dialect was highly recognizable. Besides Mieko Nogami, who else could speak it?
The chat in the live stream exploded!
[Wanbanxian is amazing! He actually managed to get the Japanese nationality dance queen, Nogami Mieko, to ask to become his apprentice.]
[Wan Bansian, accept Mieko! From now on, she will change her nationality from Japan to China, becoming our country's international dance queen. Wouldn't that be wonderful?]
[A nobody from the 108th tier strongly suggests that Half-Immortal Wan bring Mei Huizi to Sheng Kingdom.]
There have been rumors that the Cherry Blossom Dance that made Mieko famous originated from Sheng Guo. If Mieko could become a citizen of Sheng Guo, that would be a wonderful thing.
[A petition with thousands of signatures begs the immortal Wan Banxian to accept Mei Huizi as his disciple]
[It's not ten thousand people, it's a petition written in the blood of a hundred million people, begging the Half-Immortal Wan to accept Mei Huizi as his disciple.]
[...]
This was a 24-hour live broadcast, not a recording. Nogami Mieko directly expressed her desire to become Wan Jiao's apprentice, which shocked Wan Jiao herself.
She looked at Mieko Nogami, thought seriously for a few seconds, and then whispered a reminder, "Mieko, this is a live broadcast."
Would Mieko Nogami not know that this was a live broadcast?
The answer is no.
The truth is, she not only knew it was a live broadcast, but it was precisely because she knew it was a live broadcast that she deliberately chose to say those words in such a setting.
She had a secret, a secret she had never told anyone.
Her parents were originally from Shengguo, and the Cherry Blossom Rainbow Dance that she created and made famous was passed down from her mother's ancestors, and very few people knew about it.
Its original name was: Dance of the Remnants of the Nation.
The Yi people were a very ancient ethnic group in the Sheng Kingdom. Ancient books record that they had already disappeared more than two thousand years ago.
However, the truth is that a portion of the remaining members of the clan hid away in order to conceal a secret that could not be revealed to outsiders.
Mieko Nogami's mother was the last survivor of the family.
Or to be more precise, Nogami Mieko was the last survivor of the family.
Back then, her parents fled with her when she was seven years old. They ended up in Japan, where they both died. She was adopted by a wealthy businessman and changed her name to Nogami Mieko.
Her original name was: Keiko Iyama.
She had always intended to return to the Sheng Kingdom, but she lacked an opportunity. Wan Jiao was that opportunity. Furthermore, she suspected that Wan Jiao was connected to the secret, untold secret of their remnant clan.
Perhaps, Wan Jiao is the "god" that the Yi people have been waiting for!
After waiting for Wan Jiao's reply, Nogami Mieko's red lips parted slightly, and she said again, "I sincerely want to become your disciple. If you are willing to accept me, I am willing to become a citizen of Sheng Kingdom."
"May I?"
The cautiousness on Nogami Mieko's face and the expectation in her eyes were so clear that not only Wan Jiao, who was looking at her, could see it, but practically everyone in the universe could see it.
It was really quite sudden!
…
Wan Jiao felt like she had fallen into a trap.
No wonder she felt a little uneasy when she woke up this morning; so this was the reason for her unease. She wondered why she felt so connected to Nogami Mieko; it turns out it was like this.
Ha, what a huge "joke".
Wan Jiao raised her eyes, glanced meaningfully at the sky outside the window, and then surprisingly picked up where Nogami Mieko left off, "Birth date and time."
Nogami Mieko paused for a few seconds at first, then, as if she had thought of something, said something only Wan Jiao could understand: "September 13th, everything else remains the same."
Wan Jiao secretly calculated, and thought, "Good heavens, these are truly two very special birth charts. They complement each other and enhance each other, yet they are completely different."
One is the perfect life of Mieko Nogami now.
The other one is the current Nogami Mieko in the first half of her life, but will embark on the path of a mystic in the second half.
Since we're live now, there are some things Wan Jiao can't ask, so she can only say something that's neither good nor bad: "Our Nanshan Temple believes in fate when accepting disciples. It's true that we are destined to be together, but in the end, I still have to ask the patriarch."
"Grandmaster?" Nogami Mieko looked at Wan Jiao in shock.
Wan Jiao nodded, "Since the Ancestral Master agrees to let you join my Nanshan Temple, I will accept you."
Nogami Mieko didn't understand what kind of existence the patriarch was, so she nodded very seriously, "Then I will definitely make the patriarch recognize me and accept me into the temple."
The little episode of Nogami Mieko insisting on becoming Wan Jiao's apprentice ends here.
After being divided into groups, the sisters began packing up and heading out to complete their tasks. The production crew also divided their tasks, carrying the live-streaming equipment and following them.
…
Wan Jiao's task was to prepare a table full of dishes: three meat dishes, two vegetable dishes, and a soup.
Mieko Nogami's task is to sing and play a hit pop song, a really popular one.
Lu Fenfei, on the other hand, set up a fortune-telling stall and earned 5,000 yuan.
Honestly, if Lu Fenfei hadn't been incredibly lucky to be in the same group as Wan Jiao, this task would have been impossible to complete. But thankfully... there are no "ifs".
Mieko Nogami's task was more difficult, so after discussing it, the three of them first sent her to an institution to learn to sing and play instruments.
After that, I set up a stall to prepare for Lu Fenfei's fortune telling.
Viewers saw the movements of Wan Jiao's red team on the split screen, and the barrage of comments immediately started.
[This mission is so confusing! Who came up with this mission? It's absolutely outrageous, ridiculously absurd! It's ridiculous beyond belief!]
【Haha~ Letting dancers sing and play instruments, letting hosts set up fortune-telling stalls, and letting fortune-tellers cook—that's typical of Director Xia's style!】
I don't know why, but even with the all-knowing fortune teller Wan Banshen around, I still feel that the Red Team's mission is doomed...
[To the guy upstairs, your idea is very bold and well thought out. Keep thinking about it next time.]
【ah? ? ? 】
He meant: You're not the only one who thinks this way.
[...]
The staff in charge of the live stream breathed a sigh of relief when they saw these comments.
Fortunately, netizens didn't overwhelmingly criticize Director Xia, nor did they overwhelmingly believe that the red team would definitely win; this was exactly the effect the production team wanted.
After all... a show with no suspense isn't worth looking forward to.
…
When Wan Jiao helped Lu Fenfei set up her fortune-telling stall, no one paid any attention to it; even stray dogs passing by wouldn't give them a second glance.
Wan Jiao remained calm, but poor Lu Fenfei was nervously fidgeting as it was her first time setting up a fortune-telling stall, especially with such an important group assignment...
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
