Brother Dao Took the Entertainment Industry by Storm, Fans Beg Me Not to Kill Anymore Chapter 369: Penguin Gala Rehearsal Wraps Up Smoothly

Xiao He had no idea what had happened in the practice room.

Over the next few days, his main tasks were to practice singing and dancing, and to squeeze in a few business appointnts and events, trying to appear in front of fans as much as possible.

There were still quite a few year-end events, and Xiao He even took several flights to other cities in the anti to promote the upcoming web drama Corner Also, so his trips to the practice room beca less and less frequent.

By coincidence, every ti Xiao He did make it to the practice room, he only ever crossed paths with Xie Jingshi, while the other person always seed to be stuck in transit, never aligning with their normal schedule.

The last ti, it was only because Xiao He and the others left a little later than usual that Lu Yuxi finally arrived, all dolled up and late.

The three people set to perform together were finally eting at last.

But the atmosphere among them was extrely awkward.

Xiao He and Xie Jingshi felt like Lu Yuxi’s eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose—in other words, if it weren’t for the upcoming joint performance, they both wanted to show Lu Yuxi the cold shoulder.

Even for the sake of appearances, Xiao He wouldn’t indulge the guy.

He had long since finished his own training plan. Why should he stay here? To rehearse with Lu Yuxi one more ti?

Whose ti isn’t valuable?

Glancing at his wristwatch, Xiao He used his afternoon flight as an excuse and left the studio first.

In the end only Xie Jingshi and Lu Yuxi were left, staring at each other.

“That Xiao He really knows how to run off fast!”

Xie Jingshi let out a bitter chuckle inwardly, cursing Xiao He slyly, but now that it had co to this he couldn’t also be rude and storm off like Xiao He. So he stayed an extra hour to run through things with Lu Yuxi.

What surprised Xie Jingshi was that Lu Yuxi still couldn’t rember so of the placents or kept tripping over choreography. During one position change he even stepped on Xie Jingshi’s foot.

Xie Jingshi’s temper shot up in an instant, giving him the sa mix of anger and helplessness that Wen Huiyan had shown.

—Mainly because even after running through it, this person never concentrated on dancing. His movents were sloppy and careless, as if he was sure he had it in the bag, but in reality he looked like a street loafer dancing with an oily swagger.

Xie Jingshi couldn’t be bothered to scold him, he simply waved and left directly as well.

Who should bother saving face for whom when the dancing looked like that? Anyway, it wouldn’t be them standing on stage feeling awkward.

Xiao He was smart—he left quickly and didn’t get angry. Next ti he’d learn properly.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was mid-December.

The Penguin gala was scheduled for the 23rd, Peach’s gala on the 24th, aning Xiao He would be performing two nights back-to-back. The rehearsals for those events were arranged for the afternoon of the 22nd and the morning of the 23rd respectively.

Fortunately the venues weren’t far apart, so the transfers weren’t too exhausting, and Xiao He’s rehearsal for the Penguin gala on the 22nd went very smoothly.

To promote Corner Also, the lead actors sang one of the drama’s the songs.

The female lead of Corner Also was Guo Xinya. As a veteran actress, her professional skills were outstanding;

singing was sothing she could do effortlessly. Yuan Sitong, as one of the marketable rising stars, also sang very well. Xiao He and Li Haoxuan each had their own difficulties.

For Xiao He it went without saying—this was his first ti performing on stage;

he was still a complete novice. If he could keep from going off-key and not drag the others down, that was already excellent. As for Li Haoxuan, it goes without saying that a man who couldn’t even speak Mandarin well being forced to sing a Chinese song was putting him in a tough spot.

Luckily the production team knew this and chose a the song that included an English chorus, so that part was generously given to Li Haoxuan during the performance.

So the four of them stood on stage with microphones, singing, backed by a group of dancers;

the full rehearsal looked presentable.

Finally, the rehearsal for that segnt ended smoothly.

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Just as Xiao He was about to leave, Yuan Sitong called him over.

“Let’s take a photo, let’s take a photo.”

Yuan Sitong also pulled Guo Xinya and Li Haoxuan in.

Everyone knew it was mostly for promotion, so they clustered together and struck poses for the cara.

After the shoot, Guo Xinya smiled and said, “Xiao Yuan, rember to send these to later, I want to post them to my Monts.”

“Sure, no problem.”

Yuan Sitong also forwarded the photos to Xiao He and Li Haoxuan.

They had been apart for a while;

Li Haoxuan’s complaints about Yuan Sitong had cooled considerably, but he still criticized the photos when he saw them: “OH, no! Ugly.”

Xiao He glanced and almost stifled a laugh.

He didn’t know how Yuan Sitong had managed it, but when everyone took a group photo, sohow Li Haoxuan looked the worst in every single shot;

his facial lines appeared twisted and looked nothing like him.

—And it wasn’t just one photo. Every photo taken in quick succession was unflattering—either he blinked at the exact mont or sothing else was off.

Xiao He half suspected Yuan Sitong had deliberately used so trick to make him look bad if she hadn’t shared the shots in front of everyone.

When Li Haoxuan complained, Yuan Sitong rolled her eyes instinctively: “I’m doing you a favor by letting you be in the photo, why fuss so much? Quit whining—if you don’t want to be photographed, go stand over there.”

To be honest, whether it was grudges ford during the Corner Also shoot or they were just natural rivals, Xiao He felt that Yuan Sitong was much harsher to Li Haoxuan than she had been to Zhao Qinyuan;

she spoke without holding back.

—Of course there was another likely reason: Li Haoxuan didn’t understand what Yuan Sitong was saying, so her harsh words didn’t really matter.

But Li Haoxuan wasn’t an idiot. From the eye roll alone he could infer the aning behind her tone, and instantly he angrily started shouting in English: “You were the one who dragged us into taking this photo! Don’t bla for how it turned out! Do you think I wanted to take pictures with you? If it wasn’t for promotion I would’ve left already!”

“Then leave! Go ahead and leave. You’re ugly and you bla my photography—why aren’t the others ugly and only you are? Reflect on yourself!”

Based on past on-set dynamics, the two were about to start another pointless argunt, but this ti Xiao He listened more carefully and strangely realized that, although they didn’t fully understand each other’s languages, they sohow managed to sync up ntally and reply in ways that matched, which led to this absurd situation where cross-language exchanges ended up working.

Xiao He: …

You could only say these two had so kind of tacit understanding.

Guo Xinya listened nearby with a smiling face and said the sa thing Xiao He was thinking: “They really have that love-hate couple vibe. If a director handed them a script, the heat wouldn’t be low.”

Xiao He shook his head: “I don’t think so. Yuan Sitong’s company probably wants her to gradually transition—she’ll likely do fewer idol dramas going forward.”

Of course, that assud Record of Chasing the Wind didn’t flop and Yuan Sitong’s transformation role received external recognition.

Still, as an actor in the sa production, the male lead acting opposite Yuan Sitong should be able to help her transition through Record of Chasing the Wind. Yuan Sitong’s acting skills were solid and she had natural talent;

if she devoted herself fully to acting, her future achievents would be significant.

It was just that this young miss… well, she most likely preferred watching gossip and sleeping in.