Chapter 54: For Private Use, Better To Monopolize It Early
Source: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=5821232
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com
Before asking Bai Wenxi to deliver the strawberries, Lin Qingyi felt conflicted.
This woman is so fickle, always appearing on hot searches with any random person every few days. This unfaithful woman must be taught a lesson. She must be educated properly, to deeply understand who her real master is. Even if some random person touches the Vase, it’s considered disloyalty to the owner and deserves punishment. With her cleanliness OCD, Lin Qingyi now wanted to clean the Vase that others touched until it shone. Otherwise, how could it hold her flower? she thought, a bit narcissistic.
Seeing the whole internet mocking Qin Shiyue made Lin Qingyi unhappy. Her woman could only be teased and bullied by her, not by anyone else.
Lin Qingyi had planned to personally check on the Vase at the center of the mockery, but seeing how this Vase misbehaved recently, she gave up and only sent Bai Wenxi. A lesson must be taught, but protection is also needed.
Right now, Lin Qingyi’s phone screen was frozen on Qin Shiyue’s beautiful nine-square drama stills. The Vase is just too pretty, still unowned, which is why many people have been noticing her. Lin Qingyi’s fingers unconsciously traced the overly beautiful face on the screen. She thought she should soon mark the Vase with the owner’s name, so no one else notices her.
As for the three-month cooling-off period, Lin Qingyi had long forgotten it. She now agreed with Bai Wenxi’s theory: first get the fish into her own bowl, then educate and train it slowly. Later, she could use it however she wanted. Leaving it free outside risks others noticing and dirtying the Vase, which would annoy her.
This is for private use, too personal, better to monopolize it early.
Lin Qingyi was thinking how to close the net and firmly catch this big fish.
“Your Baby was very happy to eat the strawberries you sent, she finished the whole box,” Bai Wenxi reported back.
“Oh.” Lin Qingyi sounded indifferent, but inside she was pleased.
“She’s been hoping you would deliver them personally,” Bai Wenxi added, expressing that Baby Qin'er wanted more than just strawberries.
Lin Qingyi thought, that’s true. That lustful Vase was eager to have her delivered personally. Last time she said it so openly. Even though she’s a baby, she’s a lustful baby.
“She wants the Movie Queen to be her delivery girl? She’s dreaming,” Lin Qingyi snorted coldly.
Looking at her proud White Peacock, Bai Wenxi suddenly thought of a slightly spicy fanfic: Teacher Lin becomes a delivery person, one day delivering to Baby Qin'er, who just got divorced, a beautiful and charming woman. Teacher Lin notices her beauty and can’t stop thinking about her. Baby Qin'er also notices Teacher Lin’s amazing looks and secretly likes her. Baby Qin’er starts ordering online often just so Teacher Lin can deliver every day. Every time Teacher Lin delivers, Baby Qin’er warmly invites her in for a drink…
Bai Wenxi realized that ever since writing fanfic, her own taste had shifted, and recently became a bit heavy.
“M Channel invited me to join their New Year’s Eve Gala, right?” Lin Qingyi asked. M Channel always invites whoever is popular, so they must have invited Baby Qin’er too.
“Yes. I followed your usual rule and already declined.” Bai Wenxi quickly shut down the spicy fanfiction in her head and answered seriously.
“Tell them to arrange me and that vase on stage together.” Lin Qingyi ordered Bai Wenxi.
Bai Wenxi was shocked. Except for a few galas, her boss usually doesn’t join these local station events. This time her boss actually wanted to go herself and even named Baby Qin’er. Could this be prep for an official announcement?
Roar roar roar. Bai Wenxi felt like she was about to fall in love and get married herself. She got a bit excited.
“Okay. I’ll arrange it right now.” Bai Wenxi couldn’t hide her excitement. She had a feeling M Channel’s New Year’s Eve Gala was going to blow up the ratings.
“Baby, do you want to join M Channel’s New Year’s Eve Gala?” Fang Xinhua asked Baby Qin’er.
“I don’t want to go.” Qin Shiyue thought her singing was just average. Lip-sync and people talk. Sing live and people laugh. So it's better not to go.
“Lin Qingyi is going. She even asked to join with you. M Channel and Lin Qingyi’s official Weibo already announced it and even @ us. Are you sure you don’t want to go?” Fang Xinhua asked. She thought Lin Qingyi was really domineering. She didn’t even discuss it with them and directly announced she and Baby Qin’er would join together.
“What!?” Qin Shiyue was stunned. She quickly opened her phone. Sure enough, she saw the newest hot search. Lin Qingyi really was going to be on stage with her. She kept refreshing, scared it might be fake news. Her heart started beating fast again. She saw the program list. It was even a love song. Oh no, oh no. Qin Shiyue felt like she couldn’t take all this stimulation.
Lin Qingyi usually didn’t do much public activity, but suddenly she announced she would, and even said she’d do it together with her, and the song was a love song. Damn, this really made Qin Shiyue overthink. She kept patting her pretty little face, trying to calm herself down. It’s just singing a song together, it doesn't mean anything at all.
But Qin Shiyue couldn’t calm down at all. Her heart was restless beyond reason.
Fang Xinhua watched her Baby Qin’er blushing while slapping her face and sighed in her heart. Baby Qin’er had fallen into Movie Queen Lin’s pit and could only be kneaded however she liked. Such little backbone, it’s just a stage performance together, was it really worth getting this excited?
Fang Xinhua logged into Qin Shiyue’s official site and replied to Lin Qingyi’s Weibo.
“So looking forward to it.” Fang Xinhua added a hopeful emoji.
After Qin Shiyue’s official account replied, Bai Wenxi sent over the already divided lyrics of the love song, confirming the parts Qin Shiyue would sing and the parts for duet.
Qin Shiyue clearly valued this performance. She put all other work on hold and even hired a vocal teacher to guide her, determined to sing the song well. Although she had never heard Lin Qingyi sing, she thought with Lin Qingyi’s perfect personality, since she agreed to sing on stage, her singing couldn’t be bad. Qin Shiyue also didn’t want to fall too far behind Lin Qingyi.
[Your Movie Queen Lin’s charm is really great. She’s truly got my Baby Qin’er in her hands. She’s never taken singing this seriously before.] Practicing again and again until late at night, Baby Qin’er’s seriousness even moved Fang Xinhua a little, impressed by the strong power of love. She couldn’t help sending a message to Bai Wenxi with a sigh.
Source: https://www.jjwxc.net/onebook.php?novelid=5821232
This translation was originally posted on https://love4baihe.blogspot.com
[I think it’s your Baby Qin’er who has the real charm. My Teacher Lin never joins these galas. This time she actively wanted to, and even asked to sing a love song with your Baby Qin’er. It’s clear her intention is elsewhere. I feel like we’re about to become family, soon.] Bai Wenxi was quite looking forward to it.
Even if the two little bosses really got together, what would that have to do with their two managers?
“By the way, my daughter really liked those bear cookies you gave me last time. Where did you buy those handmade cookies?” Fang Xinhua had a six-year-old daughter who didn’t like to eat and was picky. She was thin and small, which worried her a lot. Fang Xinhua herself didn’t like sweets, so she brought the bear cookies Manager Bai gave her back home. Her daughter accidentally ate one and loved it. She even finished them all and asked for more.
“I made them myself. If she likes them, I’ll make some more for you next time.” Bai Wenxi grinned happily.
“If it’s too much trouble, then forget it.” Fang Xinhua felt it wasn’t good to trouble others to make things by hand.
“It’s no trouble. We’re almost family already.” Bai Wenxi was very willing to make them for Sister Fang, and she still felt grateful for Sister Fang’s help last time.
Fang Xinhua was at a loss for words. Manager Bai saying “family” at this moment sounded a bit strange.
Lin Qingyi started public activity, and her fans were very happy. But doing it together with Qin Shiyue, their feelings were complicated. There was a faint trend of their Movie Queen Lin becoming the Empress in Vase Qin’s harem. After all, their Movie Queen Lin had never interacted with anyone this often, and suddenly coming out to do public activity was already unusual. Her favoritism toward Vase Qin was too obvious, especially since it was even a love song duet.
Sisterhood, it must be sisterhood. Lin Qingyi’s fans kept hypnotizing themselves.
Ignoring Vase Qin’s existence and her arrogant, shameless fans, Lin Qingyi’s fans were still very much looking forward to the New Year’s Eve Gala. They had never heard their Movie Queen Lin sing, and their anticipation was so strong it almost hurt. When the time came, they could just blur out Vase Qin themselves.
Compared to Lin Qingyi’s fans, Qin Shiyue’s fans were overjoyed. This was not them riding the hype, it was Movie Queen Lin herself giving the hype. Movie Queen Lin’s special treatment for their Vase was something even her own fans could not deny. Whether it was sisterhood or not, Movie Queen Lin just treated their Vase differently. They too could not wait for the New Year’s Eve gala to come, so they could ship the CP together.
Qin Shiyue’s fans were happy, and shipping the CP was fun, but very few really believed their Vase and Movie Queen Lin had anything real. It was just one-sided shipping for joy, feeling smug over the advantage.
Good things kept coming for Qin Shiyue. On one side was the news of her sharing the stage with Lin Qingyi. On the other, her idol drama [My Princess Girlfriend] had just aired its fourth episode.
Watching episode four, everyone was shocked to the point their jaws almost dropped. Was this the same drama as the first three episodes? Was Qin Shiyue still the Vase Qin who used to be an acting black hole? She was not awkward anymore, and even looked pretty natural.
After episode four of [My Princess Girlfriend] aired, Qin Shiyue once again shot to the top of the hot searches.
Hot search content: Qin Shiyue’s acting was actually not awkward!
Hot comment: I must have watched a fake Qin Shiyue drama.
In this drama, the first three episodes were awful, but the view count stayed high. Part of it came from Qin Shiyue’s fans and some face-value watchers, and part came from passersby who wanted to see how bad her acting really was.
After episode four aired, the view count shot up even faster. Many passersby who mocked Qin Shiyue before now switched to watching just to see Qin Shiyue having acting skills. After all, Qin Shiyue having acting skills was as rare as watching a giant panda.
The worse her acting was in the first three episodes, the more curious people got about episode four. Most people just did not believe Qin Shiyue could have any acting skills.
After finishing her singing practice, Qin Shiyue sneakily used her alternate account to scroll through her recent Weibo posts, grinning like a fool.
Damn, finally this old lady could hold her head high for once!
Qin Shiyue felt like every cell in her body was singing the victory song of serfs turning over, her whole body relaxed and happy.
Author's Note:
Do you all want a double update tonight? Come on, drop your comments.
Qin Shiyue: Am I about to win both career and beauty? My head’s a little dizzy, hurry and shake me, tell me I’m not dreaming.
Lin Qingyi: I’m your great benefactor.
Qin Shiyue: Baby, how about pledging myself to you?
Lin Qingyi: Approved.
