Immortal Koi Is Going To Debut - Chapter 56

 

Chapter 56: Pink Hair

The fifth round of competition started quickly.

After spending a long time in the training camp, immersing yourself in practice every day, you don't feel like the days are dragging on. On the contrary, time always feels insufficient.

You practice for a while, then you get called for recording interview videos or for taking promotional pictures. Lately, the program team even began to arrange for them to take on advertising shoots.

The more popular you are, the more assignments you get.

In this round of competition, the program team also invited guest singers. Since the participation of these guests also attracts their fans to the site, there's no secret about it.

All the contestants know that Lu Wenxi is coming. Many have turned into fans, excited beyond measure.

To think about it, in the beginning, Lu Wenxi was harshly criticized when he became popular as a young, fresh face. He was even nicknamed "The Kissing Scene Guy".

However, over time, he managed to turn his image around. A video of him rescuing people from a landslide went viral and skyrocketed his fame, making him the artist with the most followers on Weibo.

Nowadays, the mention of Lu Wenxi is mostly met with praise. There are only a few criticisms, which are usually bombarded by a horde of vehement defenders.

He's truly a shining example of a turnaround story; his presence in the show carries significant weight.

Sitting in the dressing room, Bobo kept fiddling with Su Jinli's hair, suggesting, “How about changing your hair color? You've stuck with black for four rounds already.”

“Like An Zhihan's golden hair?” Su Jinli asked.

“He dyed his. It’s too late for you to dye yours now, I’ll just give you some temporary color. How about green?”

“Sure?”

An Zhihan, who was sitting next to Su Jinli, chuckled when he heard this, “It's rare for Su Junli to do a duet with a young lady, and you’re putting green on his head? Who are you trying to ridicule?”

Straightforwardly, Bobo brought out all her color options to let Su Jinli choose, “I have green, pink, gray, blue, purple, and maroon.”

An Zhihan glanced at them and pointed at the cherry blossom pink, “Choose pink. Let him be all pink today, just like being in love.”

Su Jinli, who didn't quite get these things, just went along with An Zhihan's choice.

Bobo used a temporary hair dye paste. In no time, she had Su Jinli’s hair fixed up. Su Jinli stared at himself in the mirror for a while, finding the whole transformation quite magical.

His hair had really turned into a pink color.

"Your hair is too dark; it's not easy to dye. Fortunately, the result is quite good. Indeed, fair-skinned people can pull off any hair color well." Bobo said satisfactorily while looking at Su Jinli.

After getting completely dressed up, Su Jinli went to find Zhang Caini.

Zhang Caini had her makeup done earlier and was currently smoking outside. Seeing Su Jinli coming, she immediately put out her cigarette.

"Your style today is rather bold." Zhang Caini commented when she saw Su Jinli.

"Did your head explode?" Su Jinli pointed at Zhang Caini's instant-noodle-like hairstyle and asked.

Zhang Caini no longer wanted to chat with Su Jinli. She was lucky to have given up early, otherwise, she would have been irritated by Su Jinli seven or eight times a day.

While they were talking, a staff member called Su Jinli over.

Su Jinli thought it was about arranging some shooting and followed them. However, he was led into Lu Wenxi's dressing room.

As soon as he walked in, Lu Wenxi clapped his hands, "I like this hair color of yours. I dyed my hair this pink color when I met my husband for the first time. After that, he never let me dye this color again."

"Is that good or bad?" Su Jinli asked uncertainly.

"The old comrade doesn't like it, but I think it's pretty good." replied Lu Wenxi.

"Lu-ge, do you have something to tell me?" Su Jinli asked politely after entering.

"I have some news for you. Zhou Wenyan is dead."

"What... what?" Su Jinli was so surprised that his eyes widened. Could they have been that ruthless?

"Originally, I thought that provoking him a bit would make him give up his struggles. I didn't expect him to give up so thoroughly, like some sort of masochistic suicide." Lu Wenxi frowned slightly, recalling Zhou Wenyan's appearance.

Su Jinli was stunned and didn't know what to say for a long while.

"At first, I thought Zhou Wenyuan cared about his parents and didn't want to shorten their lifespan. But when I investigated, it turned out that his parents indeed took him to the Gu family to extend his life. His parents must have known that Zhou Wenyuan continuing to live would consume their lifespans."

"So, the parents sacrificed themselves for their child?"

"Yes, doesn't that sound touching? But it turns out that it wasn't the case. Soon after Zhou Wenyuan's life was extended, his parents adopted a girl who was about the same age as Zhou Wenyuan. You can guess what happened next, right?"

Su Jinli was completely shocked. He sat down on the chair arranged by Xu Chen, unable to snap back to reality for a long time.

"So... his parents adopted a girl to extend Zhou Wenyuan's life?" Su Jinli asked.

"Yes, for every extra year Zhou Wenyuan lives, the girl would lose three years of her life. After Zhou Wenyuan learned about this, he voluntarily chose to die. The Zhou family members knew that he had changed his fate, and they kept quiet after the incident."

"Zhou Wenyuan mentioned his sister during the recording of the show."

"I guess they had a very good relationship, otherwise, Zhou Wenyuan wouldn't have done this, right? Don't you think this situation suddenly has some deeper meaning?" Lu Wenxi raised his eyebrows and asked Su Jinli.

"It's not right to consume others' lifespans to live longer oneself. I think Zhou Wenyuan made the right decision."

"..." Lu Wenxi found this boring, as he wanted to discuss the dramatic plot twists. He couldn't help but curl his lips in disappointment.

"I still can't understand why he tried to harm me."

Su Jinli lowered his eyes, showing no sympathy for Zhou Wenyuan as he was supposed to die in the first place. Ending his own life seemed justified.

However, he couldn't understand why Zhou Wenyuan wanted to harm him when they didn't even have much interaction.

Just as Su Jinli finished speaking, someone knocked on Lu Wenxi's dressing room door.

Lu Wenxi gestured to Su Jinli, and Xu Chen opened the door. An Zhiyan walked in from outside, holding a script, seemingly wanting to discuss the flow with Lu Wenxi.

Upon entering, he saw Su Jinli sitting inside, and his steps involuntarily paused.

"You know each other?"

"Hi~" Lu Wenxi greeted An Zhiyan, revealing his signature... flirtatious smile.

Su Jinli obediently greeted as well: "Hello, Brother An."

"Didn't I ask you to change your way of addressing me?" An Zhiyan handed the script to Lu Wenxi as he entered the room.

"I’ve thought a lot, but I haven’t figured out how I should call you," answered Su Jinli honestly.

"Do you have any alternate names? Let me help you come up with one," Lu Wenxi found this matter very interesting.

"Da Bikong," replied Su Jinli. (Note: 大鼻孔 [Dà bíkǒng] = big nostrils)

"Ah, very fitting," Lu Wenxi gave a thumbs up. An Zhiyan's nose was indeed more prominent than most, likely due to his mixed heritage.

"Get lost," retorted An Zhiyan.

"You said his nostrils are delicate, you can call him 'Xiao Jingzhi', Lu Wenxi suggested again. (Note: 小精緻 [Xiǎo jīngzhì] = Little delicate)

After considering Lu Wenxi's suggestion, Su Jinli felt it could work. He nodded and said, "Alright."

Unable to hold back, An Zhiyan asked, "What, have you also been watching the show?"

"I don't have time for that. I just watched the edited version, which totaled only a few minutes, and it just happened to include that bit."

"What have you been busy with recently?"

"Ever since I stopped getting criticized, I've been swamped every day, with commercials and scripts coming in non-stop. A year later, I started my concert tour again. I've had no leisure time, sigh." Lu Wenxi sighed, turning to An Zhiyan, "I know you don't have these worries, after all, you've been criticized time and time again."

An Zhiyan gave a particularly fierce laugh, glanced at Xu Chen, but didn't bother arguing with Lu Wenxi.

A wise man should know how to pick his fight.

Knowing they had matters to discuss, Su Jinli immediately stood up and said: "Brother Lu, Brother Xu, Xiao Jingzhi, I'm off."

Su Jinli seriously addressed An Zhiyan as Xiao Jingzhi, causing Lu Wenxi to laugh uncontrollably. Even Xu Chen, who was cosplaying as air at the side, chuckled.

Not daring to linger, Su Jinli quickly ran off.

Watching Su Jinli leave and closing the door behind him, An Zhiyan remarked, "You unusual people always end up grouping together." Though he seemed to be casually checking his hairstyle in the mirror, he was in fact observing Lu Wenxi's reflection.

"Yeah, us outrageously handsome young men just love hanging out together."

"That child earlier is seven years younger than you. How could you?"

"But I have a baby face."

"Do you all practice Dao? It's the sort of thing from novels." An Zhiyan turned around, facing Lu Wenxi directly, and continued probing.

"At your age, you shouldn't be obsessed with such fantasy novels."

"Well, it was unexpected. Suddenly seeing things appear from out of nowhere, it's kind of scary."

Lu Wenxi couldn't help but give An Zhiyan a second look. He had already guessed that An Zhiyan was testing the waters, so he started dodging: "Why don't you ask that child? He seems incapable of lying."

An Zhiyan lowered his head, his gaze dropping. He sighed, "I'm not mentally prepared yet."

If he suddenly found out the truth, would he be able to accept it?

Yet, his own abnormalities made him more prone to believing strange things.

"However, I advise you not to worry too much. He won't hurt you or your brother, and he can even make you money. You just need to quietly be a good boss." Lu Wenxi gave advice to An Zhiyan. If An Zhiyan dared to do anything to Su Jinli, Shen Cheng might explode.

An Zhiyan saw that Lu Wenxi indeed knew something, but was unwilling to say more, so he stopped asking.

"According to the schedule, you'll perform a song. Then, in the final segment, you'll collaborate and interact with the most popular participant," An Zhiyan began outlining the procedure.

"Okay."

"Tomorrow, we have to follow the production team to participate in another public sports meeting... ah, previously it was the national water festival, then the national music festival, now it's the national sports competition."

"Alright, I got it."

An Zhiyan didn't linger and left directly.

Turning a corner, he spotted Su Jinli helping move things for the drama crew, seemingly unbothered about ruining his makeup.

He called Su Jinli over and asked, "Feeling better now?"

"Yes, much better."

"Your voice sounds better than before. Have you been using any medicine lately?"

"Well... Athlete's foot clearing liquid."

"???"

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