While the fans were extremely excited, Zhou Yu’er did not sweat in the dance studio practicing as they imagined. She actually left the filming location of the show and took a car to a nearby teahouse.
This teahouse was for exclusive members only. No one without membership was allowed to enter. In short, it was very private. Many celebrities would often go there in pairs, rent a small private room, drink some tea, and relax.
Zhou Yu’er thought about Su Cheng who had asked her to meet him here, and her steps grew a little excited.
Su Cheng had deep facial features and affectionate eyes; he was a very handsome man.
When she was still an ordinary person, she could only watch TV dramas and read the entertainment news to get a glimpse of the man’s life.
But now it was different. She has entered the entertainment industry herself as she wished, and her former idol has also fallen in love with her.
At this moment, a clear and crisp voice sounded in her ears, with a hint of entanglement in its tone, “Can you not go to see him?”
Zhou Yu’er paused, looked around, and when she saw no one was around, she lowered her voice and said, “A’ Lai, I like him so much. He finally asked me out, so just let me go.”
“But he only likes your face. There is no bond between you two.”
Zhou Yu’er felt pain in her heart. She gritted her teeth and said, “Please let me have this dream a little longer! Oh, remember to cast a little more charm on him. I’m afraid it will be too weak.”
“…… Okay.”
Zhou Yu’er felt relieved after hearing what he said, but at the same time she felt a little depressed. Was A’ Lai angry with her?
Maybe it was because she wanted more and more from him each time.
She met Hu Lai when she went back to her hometown during the Spring Festival and picked up a little fox in the mountains. The little fox’s feet were caught in a trap and blood was dripping everywhere.
She rescued the fox and took it home, taking good care of it. The little fox had lively eyes, looking as if it could understand her words, and was very smart.
Zhou Yu’er’s looks were very ordinary, even a little ugly, and her grades were very average. She would never have a good campus love, and the teachers would never give her praise.
She lived like this, and in order to find a sense of existence, she began to chase stars. Maybe the more she lacked something, the more she liked it, so she really liked handsome men.
She would occasionally show the little fox photos of herself chasing after her idol and excitedly say how great it would be if she could be lovers with her idol.
The little fox seemed to be listening to her very seriously, staring at her with sincere eyes.
However, after recovering from its wounds, the little fox went away.
Zhou Yu’er was very sad to see her fox friend leave, thinking that they would never meet again in this life. Unexpectedly, the fox friend seemed to have succeeded in cultivation, and when he came back, he asked her for a title.
She said that it looked like a human, so the fox transformed into a human form and became a fox spirit. He said that he wanted to repay her.
Zhou Yu’er was so excited that she immediately asked if he could make someone fall in love with her. The little fox seemed to be very conflicted, but he finally agreed and performed the secret technique for her.
So, Zhou Yu’er got her wish and became lovers with her favorite boy band member, Yixing.
With the little fox’s spell, she could charm whoever she desired—the other members of Yixing’s boy band also fell in love with her.
At first she felt a little guilty, thinking that this was deceiving people after all, but as she deceived more and more, she became more and more accustomed to it.
Soon she was swept up in vanity and extravagance. Who didn’t like to be surrounded by countless idols and have many fans who adored them?
She wanted more and more—and Hu Lai never rejected her. She was sensitive and felt that something was wrong. Did Hu Lai like her?
It was very likely, otherwise he would not have helped her so unconditionally. Weren’t those female ghosts and yaoguai in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio1 all ‘giving their bodies in return for saving their lives’?
Being so favored, Zhou Yu’er felt fearless; so she became more and more self-indulgent.
Zhou Yu’er gathered her thoughts and excitedly went straight to the teahouse, ready to meet the boy she once liked.
When she arrived at the agreed room, she opened the door and saw the handsome Su Cheng holding a cup of tea, sipping it quietly. His restrained and neat appearance was exactly the same as in the TV series.
Zhou Yu’er’s eyes sparkled with love. She pursed her lips, suppressed her excitement, and said to Su Cheng, “Have you been waiting for me for a long time?”
Su Cheng looked at her as a lover would, his eyes full of affection, “I didn’t wait long, I just got here too.”
Zhou Yu’er blushed profusely, and her heart was screaming like crazy, Ahhhhh, he is so gentle!
Su Cheng put down the teacup, as if having remembered something, then picked up his phone to check, “Sorry, my girlfriend is waiting for me at home, I can only stay with you for half an hour.”
Zhou Yu’er pretended to be reserved and hmmed agreement, “Okay.”
She knew that the man had a girlfriend, but she still let the fox cast a spell on him. Anyway, she would not sleep with him; she just wanted to experience the feeling of being admired by someone she once looked up to.
So she didn’t feel that she should be sorry to his girlfriend.
Su Cheng didn’t dare to look at the face of the person sitting across him. He turned sideways, picked up his bag, and said pointedly, “I searched for your previous photos on the Internet. Why do you look different from before?”
Zhou Yu’er was stunned for a moment, and her smile was a little unnatural, “… Girls change a lot when they grow up.”
She couldn’t say that it was only an illusion that gave her a new face.
Su Cheng pretended to be calm, feeling that he was using all his acting skills to the fullest at this moment, and his tone remained nonchalant, “Then do you like me?”
Zhou Yu’er wanted to say that she liked him, but in order to push him around, she didn’t say what was in her heart and pretended to be a little disdainful, “You think too much, we are just friends.”
Su Cheng: “…”
Her body was already this greedy and yet she’s still so dishonest with her words?
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Chapter 58.1 — Lady of Mount Tai
Chapter 58.2 — Lady of Mount Tai
Chapter 58.3 — Lady of Mount Tai
Chapter 58.4 — Lady of Mount Tai
FOOTNOTE:
- Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Nearly 500 stories collected over 40 years from late 1600s to mid-1700s. Wiki says the ‘scary stories’ are not intended to be frightening, but to blur the borders between the supernatural and everyday reality. I guess it’s like Twilight Zone, except with yaoguai… ↩︎
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