Not far from Li Linlin’s studio, Chen Xi’s studio had an unexpected visitor in the afternoon.

She was helping Li Linlin repair the Snow White dress that had been torn up, when she heard the gardener she hired running over and calling out to her, “Boss, there’s a beautiful woman outside looking for you.”

He lowered his voice and mysteriously said, “She appears to be a celebrity.”

“Celebrity?” Chen Xi raised her eyebrows. She put down her work and walked out.

In her tiny courtyard stood a woman wearing a gray diamond checkered coat, a pair of large sunglasses and maple leaf colored lipstick. When the other party saw Chen Xi come out, she took off the sunglasses on her face with one hand and smiled at her. “Hello, I’m Lu Siyu.”

Lu Siyu hadn’t introduced herself to anyone for many years. After all, everyone in the country knows her face. Chen Xi naturally recognized her, but she wasn’t a fan of the movie queen and she didn’t have any interactions with her either. When the other party suddenly appeared in her tiny courtyard, Chen Xi felt that it was somewhat fantastical.

Lu Siyu seemed to have become accustomed to everyone’s surprised looks whenever people saw her. She walked up to Chen Xi in her high heels and said with a smile, “I know it’s presumptuous to make a sudden visit.”

“No, no.” Chen Xi finally regained her composure and invited the big star inside. “Movie Queen Lu, please have a sit.”

Lu Siyu followed her in and surveyed Chen Xi’s studio. There were many mannequins in the room, all wearing clothes designed by Chen Xi. There were also some cut fabrics and a few drafts scattered around.

“Sorry, the place’s a bit messy.” Chen Xi tidied things up a little and asked the gardener to pour water for Lu Siyu.

“No need to bother.” Lu Siyu held the sunglasses in her hand and smiled at Chen Xi. “My main purpose today is to ask you to help make a dress for me.”

Chen Xi was astonished. “A dress?”

Lu Siyu didn’t normally have opportunities to wear her own clothes as whenever she attends an event, there would be brands providing her with one, so why would the other party suddenly come looking for her to have a dress made? Chen Xi thought she wasn’t that famous yet.

Lu Siyu quickly answered her doubts, “At the charity gala last time, I thought the dress Little Sister Linlin was wearing is very beautiful. After asking her about it, I found out that you made it for her. I really like the dress you designed, so I want to ask you to make one for me as well.”

“Oh, I see.” Chen Xi nodded and did not reply immediately. She didn’t know whether what Lu Siyu said was true or false, however, she didn’t want to guess the other party’s thoughts. Anyway, she really didn’t have time to do one for others right now. “I’m sorry, Teacher Lu, I don’t have much free time since I’m still in school. I’m currently only making clothes for Linlin.”

From time to time, Li Linlin would post the clothes she made on Weibo and many people would ask her if they could order online, however, Chen Xi really didn’t have the energy right now.

Lu Siyu smiled and seemed not to mind the problem. “It’s okay, I’m not in a hurry. You can take your time doing it.”

Chen Xi pondered for a while before telling the other party, “How about this, I’ll recommend you one of my senior sisters. She also makes beautiful clothes and she has more experience than me.”

Lu Siyu’s eyes flickered and she looked at Chen Xi with a smile. “If Little Sister Xixi is really too busy, I won’t force it. I’ll wait until you’re officially running your studio but be sure to reserve a slot for me.”

“Okay, okay.” ‘Next time’.

After sending Lu Siyu away, Chen Xi wasn’t in the mood to repair the Snow White dress anymore. The news between Lu Siyu and Chen Yiran was still on Weibo that day. She didn’t believe that this kind of news was created by Chen Yiran, moreover, Lu Siyu had no intention of refuting the rumor even after such a long time, simply wanting to acquiesce.

Lu Siyu must have her eyes on Brother Yiran!

Chen Xi immediately called Li Linlin and told her about the matter of Lu Siyu coming over. As soon as Li Linlin heard it, she realized that the matter wasn’t simple. “On the day of the charity gala, she was throwing shade about my dress. How come she turned around and asked you to make her a dress? She must have an ulterior motive.”

“I think so too. She wants to win me over and ask me to help her chase my brother.”

“Preposterous! I obviously thought of that method first!”

Chen Xi: “……”

Heh, this plastic sisterhood. 🙂

“Don’t worry, I didn’t promise her. Plus, is my brother that easy to chase? I’ve been helping you for so long and you haven’t caught him yet.”

Li Linlin: “……”

That’s a great point.

“By the way, have you finished altering my Snow White dress? The show is coming up soon.”

“It will be ready by tomorrow, so come and get it here.”

“Okay, then I’ll give you the tickets by the way.”

Li Linlin and her drama club was just a student organization and their performances were all done in the theater on campus. Students at Imperial University could purchase tickets through the school website at a much cheaper price than commercial performances outside. The club would also give members some tickets so they could invite their relatives and friends to watch. Li Linlin would give them to Chen Xi every time.

Because there were fans who want to come in to watch Li Linlin’s play, some students at Imperial University would take advantage of the situation and sell tickets at high prices outside. Although the school had been cracking down on this kind of behavior, there were always some that slips through the net.

Every time Li Linlin has a performance, she would make a point to urge people on Weibo not to buy scalped tickets at high prices, though it didn’t have much effect.

This time the club gave her two tickets and she gave them both to Chen Xi. “There’s an extra ticket so you can ask a classmate to accompany you.”

Li Linlin originally wanted to give the other ticket to Chen Yiran, but after the double whammy of her confession and the KTV episode, she didn’t dare see him.

Chen Xi didn’t say anything and just showed the altered dress to Li Linlin. “Take a look, is this okay?”

Even with Chen Xi’s superb craftsmanship, she couldn’t completely repair the damaged area without leaving any traces. In order to prevent leaving visible stitches, she specially added extra designs and used some embroidery and bows to mend it.

“My goodness, you embroidered this yourself?!” Li Linlin looked at the extra embellishment on the dress and exclaimed, “Xixi, you’re so awesome!”

These embroideries not only sewed the dress up together, but also had exquisite and delicate patterns that add to the details without looking the least bit out of place.

“I love this dress.” Li Linlin held it in front of her body before storing the dress into her suitcase. “I have to go back to school for rehearsals. I’ll treat you to dinner when the show is over!”

“All right. Let’s go to that hot pot restaurant last time!”

“En. Don’t tell Wu Hui’er, the two of us will go there secretly.” Wu Hui always told her to go on a diet so she didn’t want to take Wu Hui to eat hot pot.

After returning to the drama club, Li Linlin showed everyone the mended dress and went to put on makeup and change clothes. When she was doing her hair, Ning Le, who was playing the queen, was also present. The other party had already changed into her costume and was sitting next to Li Linlin to touch up her makeup.

Li Linlin glanced at her and asked, “Ning Le, where were you last rehearsal?”

Ning Le replied as she was curling her eyelashes, “Didn’t Lu Sheng and I went out of town to see the stars? He said that there would be an astronomical wonder, as a result, we didn’t make it back in time to catch the plane, causing me to be scolded by the club president.”

“Oh……” Li Linlin responded as if deep in thought while curling her hair.

“I heard it was very lively here last time. Missing such a big melon feels like missing out on a hundred million.” Ning Le finished curling her eyelashes and picked up the mascara. “But Shen Jie is still willing to continue to go on stage, which I didn’t expect.”

“It’s not easy to find a replacement in such a short time, plus she’s been practicing for so long.” Li Linlin continued to blowout hair and leaned towards Ning Le curiously. “Ning Le, Ning Le, how did you catch Lu Sheng?”

Ning Le glanced at her and asked, “Why did you suddenly think of asking this? Little Sister also wants to fall in love?”

Although Li Linlin and Ning Le were on the same year, because Li Linlin skipped a level, her actual age was younger than Ning Le.

Li Linlin smiled and said vaguely, “I’m just curious. Everyone says that Lu Sheng is the coldest male idol in our school. Tell me, how did you make the iceberg melt?”

Then she’d try it on Chen Yiran.

“How did I make the iceberg melt?” Ning Le put down the mascara brush, looked at her, and curled her lips into a smile. “I used money to warm him up bit by bit.”

Li Linlin: “……”

She fell silent for a while before asking Ning Le, “What if the other party has more money?”

Ning Le nudged her forehead. “Silly. Who asked you to really give money, how tacky is that? You have to cater to the other person’s preferences and give him something he likes.”

“Oh!” Li Linlin smacked her palm, as if she had some realization.

“Take Lu Sheng for example, he likes astronomy, so I helped him find all sorts of original books, invited him to see exhibitions, and even gave him a DSLR to take pictures of the stars.” Ning Le shared her experience. “What does your guy like?”

“He……” Li Linlin thought for a moment, “likes buying houses.”

Ning Le: “……”

Then it might cost a little more money to warm the other person up.

Li Linlin sighed in her heart, feeling sorrow. In her memory, Chen Yiran really didn’t like anything in particular. When he was studying, he was focused on his studies. After returning to the country, he was focused on work. The only small hobby he had was buying houses.

Was she going to give a house to Brother Yiran? But he didn’t lack them either. She even suspected that he himself couldn’t remember how many houses he owned.

Li Linlin felt as if she was facing the problem of the century—— If she had money, she would be farther and farther away from love, but if she had no money, what would she use to warm the iceberg?

She suspected that heaven was deliberately making things difficult for her, Li Linlin.

———

On the day of the official performance, the theater at Imperial University was packed. Before Li Linlin even went on stage, she heard the sound of her name being shouted from behind the screen. She secretly took a look and saw that there was indeed a small group of people holding support banners in the audience.

An improvement was that no one was carrying lightsticks this time.

She sighed and glanced in the direction where relatives and friends were seated. A small area was specially designated in the theater to receive people invited by the members. Chen Xi had already arrived, and next to her, was Chen Yiran.