Chapter 2

     Although Shi Xi didn’t really believe what the system said, she still asked her agent to submit her resume to “Àimù”.

     She didn’t hold out any hope, and even prepared to be bald for a month, thinking that if it didn’t work out, she thought if it really didn’t work, she would just choose the right time to take a small hair growth advertisement.

     Lin Ying stayed in the game all the time, occasionally coming out to get some fresh air late at night, which didn’t affect Shi Xi much, and she continued to live the irregular life of a young actor.

     Two days later, there was still no news from the “Àimù” crew, and Shi Xi thought it was probably a failure.

     She was about to call her agent to ask if there was any work, when the phone rang.

     “Shi Xi!” Agent Lin Wenyi’s voice was full of joy: “You are famous!”

     Shi Xi was a little confused: “What’s going on? Did everyone finally find out that I am a treasure actor?”

     “…” Lin Wenyi was speechless: This has nothing to do with your professional skills. Why don’t you search for ‘Corpse digger Xiao Shi’ on Weibo yourself? Everyone’s looking for you. Wow, Shixi so you still have this skill?

     “No way, it blew up because of that?” Shi Xi clicked on Weibo to search doubtfully. The most popular Weibo post had nearly 30,000 likes. It is no exaggeration to say that the popularity of all Shi Xi’s Weibo posts combined is not as high as this one.

 

  【Surprise! The anchor went to a haunted house to live broadcast a ghost search and actually dug out a corpse! The whole network is looking for the most beautiful corpse digger, Xiaoshi! 】

 

     This Weibo post is a hit title. It also comes with an edited version of a live video of ghost hunting, which tells the tortuous and bizarre process of ghost hunting and corpse digging. In the video, Shi Xi, wearing a mask and holding a shovel, looks very different and mysterious, attracting the attention of netizens, so someone started the topic of “Looking for corpse digger Xiao Shi”.

     As we all know, netizens are all Sherlock Holmes. Soon someone found her Weibo through her eyes and the iconic cinnabar mole, and discovered that she is really an actress and very beautiful. She does not seem to have anything to do with “corpse digging” or “ghost hunting”.

     The more contrasting something is, the more curious we become. The stranger it gets, the more captivating it becomes. Shixi’s Weibo following is skyrocketing. Some fans are drawn by the mystery, while others are simply captivated by her beauty.

 

  【Xiao Shi, are you going to dig corpses tonight? 】

   【Xiao Shi, did the owner really ask you to dig corpses? 】

   【Is this an ancestral craft? Do you accept apprentices? 】

   【So beautiful, so beautiful, I thought it was a silly Weibo post, but I didn’t expect the heroine of the story to be so beautiful】

 

     Shi Xi slowly typed a question mark: “Can this also go viral? It must be fake.”

     “It really went viral!” 

     Lin Wenyi laughed: “You can post a Weibo post to claim it, think about the content carefully, and keep this wave of popularity.”

     At this time, another call came in. The number looked like it was from the police station. Shi Xi said: “Sister Wenyi, I’ll take the call first.”

     The police station informed Shixi that the forensic results were in. The skeletal remains belonged to the homeowner, a former renowned actress with no family and only a master who had been searching for her. Now that the master knows what happened, she want to present them with a banner through the police station.

     An hour later, Shi Xi met the anchor Jiaming and an elegant grandmother at the police station.

     Grandma’s hair was meticulously groomed, with a small white flower pinned to her temples. She held their hands, her eyes reddened: “Thank you for finding my disciple’s body.”

      Shi Xi felt a chill around her, and when she looked down, she saw Lin Ying coming out at some point, kneeling on the ground, and kowtowed to Grandma three times.

     Grandma looked in that direction as if she had felt something, a tear slid across her old face, and she called out softly: “Ying’er.”

     Lin Ying trembled with her shoulders and replied: “Hey.”

     “I seem to be dazzled, I thought I saw my disciple.” Grandma rubbed her face in disappointment, took out two silk banners from her bag, handed them to Shi Xi and Jia Ming solemnly, and thanked them again.

     Shi Xi looked at Lin Ying, her eyes were also hot, she whispered to her grandmother: “Grandma, Lin Ying told me in a dream before that it was too cold underground, and she wanted to change to a brighter cemetery.”

     “I remember, girl, you and my disciple are destined to be together,” Grandma held Shi Xi’s palm and patted it, and then looked at Jia Ming: “Come to grandma’s house when you are free, grandma will treat you to cakes. My disciple has loved the osmanthus cake I made since she was a child. She hasn’t eaten it for fifteen years. This year… this year she can finally eat it.”

     The two nodded obediently and agreed.

     Shi Xi unfolded the silk banner and saw that the melancholy lingering in her heart dissipated: “Grandma, the words on your silk banner are really appropriate.”

     Grandma said: “It was the store’s suggestion. He said that young people like this.”

     Back home, Shi Xi told Lin Wenyi: “Sister, I know what to post on Weibo to claim the title.”

     Shi Xi posted a photo of herself holding a silk banner, which read: Enthusiastic in digging corpses, superb skills.

     The Weibo post reads: “Reporting for duty, Shixi, a specialist in recovering remains. Hoping to bring peace to all departed souls.”

 

   【Are you really a female star? You are so silly, hahaha~】

   【From today on, you are the harbor of my soul. 】

   【Next time I have a job, I will find you to see how superb your skills are. 】

    【This is a banner sent by the family of the victim, it is inexplicably warm. 】

 

     Shi Xi just expressed her feelings and never thought about becoming famous, but she still became a little popular because of this incident and gained more than 100,000 fans.

     The next day, she received a notice from the crew of “Love” that she got the opportunity to audition!

 

     The system was a little proud:

   【I told you, listen to me, you will definitely reach the peak of your life! 】

 

     Shi Xi touched her hair: “Now I just want to keep my hair.”

     This was the first time Shi Xi got the opportunity to audition for the third female role in a movie. Even though it was a small-budget movie, she took it very seriously. After getting the script, she stayed at home and studied it intensively.

     It was only after this study that she discovered that after inheriting half of Lin Ying’s talent, her acting skills were indeed different. Although it cannot be said to be a complete transformation, it has definitely reached a higher level.

     Three days later, Shi Xi went for the audition.

 

     While reading the script in the waiting area, the system kept whispering in Shi Xi’s ear:

   【The time to test Lin Ying’s talent has finally come! 】

 

     Shi Xi nodded: “The time to solve my baldness crisis has finally come.”

     The actor sitting near her: “?” Is there this sentence in the script?

     When it was Shi Xi’s turn to audition, the judges who had worked for a whole morning were already aesthetically fatigued and were not very interested. Even the two assistants who helped with trivial matters were not in high spirits and were just waiting to get off work.

     Shi Xi showed a warm smile: “Good morning, judges. I am Shi Xi, interviewing female number three.”

     Hearing this name, several people in the judges’ seats laughed at the same time.

     “I remember you, the corpse digger, right?” The director looked at her with interest: “You were not on the interview list originally, but your deeds successfully attracted our attention. Let’s start and see if your acting skills are as superb as the corpse digging skills.”

     Shi Xi bowed to the judges, and when she looked up, her expression had changed, and she was obviously already immersed in the play.

     The theme of “Àimù” is youth love. This scene is about the third female reuniting with her first love, and the first love has become a tombstone.

     Shi Xi lowered her eyes and looked ahead. In her eyes, there was a tombstone in front of her, burying the boy she had admired when she was young.

     “A lan, it’s been fifteen years, and you’re still the same.” Shi Xi suppressed her throat, and her voice became much older. She raised her hand and touched the non-existent pear tree in front of her, and her eyes softened: “Only me and this tree are old.”

     As soon as Shi Xi opened her mouth, she pulled everyone present into her emotions.

     Before this, the director’s impression of her was that she was a silly corpse digger, who had nothing to do with this slightly heavy play. Unexpectedly, the contrast was quite big when she was acting.

     He exchanged glances with the screenwriter, and they nodded in tacit understanding.

     After Shi Xi and “A Lan” talked about the past, she quietly looked up at the treetops full of flowers. A tear slowly slid down from the corner of her eye. She whispered: “The pear blossoms fell all over my head, and I also counted it as a white head together.”

     After a while, Shi Xi wiped away her tears: “My performance is over, thank you judges.”

     The judges were still immersed in the performance just now, and they slowly came back to their senses after being called. 

     The director praised: “You are quite fast in acting.”

     Shi Xi smiled, and her voice was still nasal: “It’s all part of an actor’s self-cultivation.”

     As soon as she opened her mouth, she led everyone out of the sad atmosphere.

     The screenwriter had a good impression of her: “The emotions in this scene are quite heavy, and you acted well, as if you really experienced the separation of life and death for fifteen years. I have searched your previous works, and your acting has improved.”

     “It’s really good,” Director Liu tapped the table and pondered for a moment: “Shi Xi, go back and wait for news.”

     Shi Xi certainly did not experience the separation of life and death for fifteen years, but she witnessed the reunion of Lin Ying and her mentor after fifteen years, and she was quite touched, and naturally performed the regret of not being able to meet.

     Lin Ying’s talent allowed her to present this kind of emotion more delicately. Shi Xi was quite satisfied with her performance, and the rest was to wait for news.

     The efficiency of the “Àimù” crew was good. A week later, Lin Wenyi told Shi Xi that she found out that several judges were inclined to choose Shi Xi, so it should be stable, and they just had to wait for the crew to give a definite answer.

     Shi Xi happily slept a beauty sleep. When she woke up the next morning, she woke up with a smile. After she woke up, she suddenly felt something was wrong… that is, her head seemed a little cold.

     “No way…” Shi Xi reached out and touched her head. It was smooth and there was no hair at all.

     There was no hair on the bed. Her black hair seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

     Shi Xi quickly checked her phone and saw that Lin Wenyi sent her a full screen of crying emoticons.

   【Shi Xi, the third female role you want was snatched away! I found out that it was given to Lu Lanlan of Future Video. 】

     Shi Xi also wanted to cry. She replied: “Sister Wenyi, please help me pay attention to reliable hair growth advertisements recently.”

     Lin Wenyi: 【What’s the matter? Are you suffering from hair loss due to too much stress?】

     Shi Xi: “No, I’m completely bald.”