CH 54

Chapter 54: Our Daidai (2-in-1)

Hearing someone calling her name, Qiao Dai raised her head and searched blankly around the dressing room for a while. After realizing who was waiting for her, she couldn’t help but be stunned but got up and headed to the door.

“Don’t leave yet, there is another group performance soon.” A staff member hurriedly grabbed her. Today’s backstage issue had caused a mess and delayed a lot of things; now everyone was watching closely the girls so more incidents would occur.

“But…”

Qiao Dai looked at Cheng Su who was still standing at the door. Her expression was a little confused; she stopped in her tracks, not knowing whether to listen to the employee or keep walking to Cheng Su.

Seeing her embarrassed expression, Cheng Su who had just been feeling rather annoyed being interrupted felt a little better. How could there be such a dumb little sea otter?

Knowing Cheng Su’s irritable temperament, a few weeks ago, he would have impatiently urged her, even possibly forcibly taken her away. But now, looking at Qiao Dai’s ignorant appearance, there was a hint of foreign happiness in his heart and he was unwilling to make her panic even more.

Fortunately, no Cheng Group’s employees were present at this moment, or they would have been too surprised. What was happening to their president today, since when was he so easy to deal with?

The staff member who had stopped Qiao Dai was taken aback. He hadn’t seen clearly just now and had thought Cheng Su was an assistant or eventually an agent. But now that he was taking a closer look, how could he not realize this was President Cheng?

He immediately started shaking. No matter how much he thought about it, Cheng Su was not someone he could afford to offend! It was very well known the big bosses were bad-tempered and a single sentence could often offend them to death; the staff member was very afraid but as he became even more anxious, Cheng Su waved his hand to tell him to take Qiao Dai away first.

The employee was on an emotional roller coaster. But seeing that Cheng Su was not angry, he quickly led Qiao Dai to prepare for the last performance.

After the stylist finished helping them, the girls lined up one after another to prepare to go back on stage. Shi Qing, the closest to Qiao Dai, discreetly pulled on her clothes and asked: “Daidai, the male fan who helped you hold the paper was President Cheng?”

When they had arrived at the venue earlier today, Shi Qing had also been close to her and had seen him but it was only after he had appeared in the dressing room she had realized who it was.

Qiao Dai’s heartbeat suddenly stopped when she heard Shi Qing mention Cheng Su. She turned her head to look at her friend, her cheeks slightly red, and nervously replied: “Shi Qing, you recognize him?”

Qiao Dai was acting like her secret had just been exposed. Her originally fair skin was blushing and she lowered her head.

Seeing her nervous appearance, Shi Qing felt as if she was facing a panicked little animal. She couldn’t help but smile and gently embraced Qiao Dai’s shoulders, before leaning closer to her ear: “Don’t be nervous, this is normal. After all, our Daidai is so good, it’s normal for powerful people to like you.”

Shi Qing knew Qiao Dai was very simple and was a little worried; Qiao Dai couldn’t distinguish good intentions from malicious ones and she could easily be deceived in the future by people with ulterior motives. And now that she recognized Cheng Su, Shi Qing’s heart suddenly had a lot of worries.

Although she was also a trainee, she was Qiao Dai’s senior and her friend and knew more about the dark water of the circle. She knew that many so-called “big fans” of girls who participated in drafts were either in business circles or second-generation rich. They didn’t chase stars at all; they usually only wanted to “invest” in them for fun and had other purposes which were generally not simple. It was best to stay away from them.

When she saw Cheng Su, Shi Qing’s first thought was: would this man be this kind of person?

However, this thought had faded rather quickly. First, she had seen Cheng Su in casual clothes waiting in a low-key manner outside the venue with the rest of the fans, then he had helped Qiao Dai with her paper, and finally had not gotten angry when the staff had taken Qiao Dai away… These little things were really not what people playing with trainees did. And if Cheng Su was not the type and was willing to wait for Qiao Dai, did it mean…

Shi Qing raised her head and took a good look at Qiao Dai next to her, an idea spreading in her mind. An incredible and slightly unbelievable idea. Did President Cheng like Qiao Dai?

“Shi Qing, what’s wrong?”

Qiao Dai’s worried voice interrupted Shi Qing’s train of thought. After she recovered, she shook her head quickly to indicate she was okay, before giving Qiao Dai another big hug. She buried her head in her friend’s shoulder and said with emotion: “Daidai.”

“Yes?” Qiao Dai could feel Shi Qing’s hair tickle her neck. She squinted her eyes and turned a bit to look at her before blurting in a very cute voice: “It tickles.”

Shi Qing’s heart trembled; Qiao Dai was just too adorable. She kept hugging her and said with a little reluctance and subtle jealousy: “I can’t let go.”

Whenever she thought that more and more people would like them the more they stayed in the competition, of all the friends and maybe boyfriends they would eventually get, Shi Qing was a little reluctant to let go. She wanted to spend as much time as she could with her friends.

The cameraman on the scene was recording this scene. Although he was pretty far and the camera couldn’t grasp what the two girls were saying, this did not prevent the audience from smiling after the live broadcast. They all watched the loving daily life of the girls and netizens’ hearts were instantly tugged.

[Ah, ah, ah, they’re too cute!]

[Daidai looks so soft, I also want to hug Daidai.]

[I’m rushing over to steal her!]

After the performance, Shi Qing posted a Weibo called “Our Daidai” with a picture taken in the dormitory. On it, she was holding Qiao Dai and in addition to all the comments, other players rushed over to express their jealousy. Soon after, Luan Zhen, Song Yiqi, Lu Ying, and Lin Xiaoxiao also posted photos of them and Qiao Dai on their own accounts with the same caption.

[There is this weird feeling that the little sisters are competing for Daidai’s favor.]

[It turns out she was not just the cute pet of the show but also the little emperor hidden in the program.]

[Wolf King, wolf King! Loot at me, I also want to take a photo with Daidai!]

***

After leaving the dressing room, Cheng Su went back to the scene directly. After watching the last stage, he stared at the petite girl in the center; she was dazzling and everybody knew in their heart she would win. Because she was so dazzling, people could not ignore her existence.

She was born for the stage.

If such a person could not be victorious, how could anyone be?

At the end of tonight, the players followed the first public performance’s schedule and waited for the result. However, unlike last time’s ups and downs, Qiao Dai won first place again without any suspense, both on-site and online voting.

When Cheng Su returned home, the players were already back in their respective dormitories and rushing to upload pictures of them hugging Qiao Dai. This caused a huge wave on the Internet and made his eyelids twitch slightly.

It turned out Qiao Dai was very fond of girls?

Cheng Su wasn’t sure what he thought of it and to distract himself, he opened his circle of friends. Who knew the first thing that appeared was a message from Gu Yan, officially a loyal fan of Qiao Dai, complaining: “Why only girls? I also want to take a picture with Daidai!”

To that, their female friends answered: Dog men, get out! Daidai is ours!

Cheng Su: …

***

After the end of the second public performance, it was another vacation. Ling Na was the same as usual and came to pick up the COCO trainees in the morning.

After the first public performance’s experience, Qiao Dai opened her mouth as soon as she got in the car: “Sister Ling, is there any filming to do during this holiday?”

Seeing such a sensible Qiao Dai, Ling Na was almost moved to tears. But this time, she smiled and patted the girl’s shoulder: “What filming? Do you really believe your sister Ling only thinks of making you work?”

Her smile was gentle and she added: “Silly girl, didn’t you forget something? It will be your birthday soon and the company wants you to celebrate well. Take the time to rest, isn’t the show tiring?”

Qiao Dai was startled and recalled that everyone in the human world had a birthday. Seeing her in a daze, Ling Na told her: “Qiao Dai, do you know who you want to invite?”