Entertainment: If you asked him to be a star, he'd just want to quit.

Three dishes and a soup were served.

One meat dish, two vegetable dishes, and a vegetable soup—women always like to eat some vegetables, saying it's to maintain their figure, but actually it's because they're afraid of gaining weight and losing their shape.

The three women didn't eat much, and it took them three to finish half of the meal.

Hu Jiao wrapped the rest in plastic wrap and put them in the refrigerator, so that Chu Ci's lover could heat them up and eat them when he came back.

Lin Yue and Hu Jiao put the dishes in the sink to wash, while Chu Ci went back to her room to change her clothes.

"Sister Yue, I didn't expect you and Teacher Chu to be so close!" Hu Jiao asked curiously while Chu Ci was away.

"Well, I've known Teacher Chu for almost five years. We keep in touch and meet up often, so how could our relationship not be good? You've only been with me for a short time." Lin Yue took a clean towel, took the dishes that Hu Jiao had washed, wiped them dry, and put them in the cupboard.

"So long!?" Hu Jiao was surprised upon hearing this and continued to ask, "Sister Yue, how did you two meet?"

She had only been with Lin Yue for a little over a year. As far as she knew, Lin Yue had joined Starlight Entertainment three years ago and had been working as a manager ever since.

She was unaware of anything else that had happened before.

Lin Yue paused in her movements, a ripple appearing in her beautiful eyes, as if recalling past events.

Hu Jiao thought she had talked too much and brought up past events that Lin Yue didn't want to recall, so she quickly apologized.

"I'm sorry, Sister Yue, I talked too much."

Lin Yue smiled faintly upon hearing this, a hint of relief appearing on her face.

"It's nothing, just some old, trivial matters from the entertainment industry."

"After entering the industry, I managed to carve out a niche for myself in a small entertainment company, but with fame came some trouble."

“A capitalist took a liking to me at the time. At a party, he tried to take advantage of me while I was drunk. I fought back and injured him. Luckily, Teacher Chu was there at the time and she helped me out. After that, the capitalist tried to suppress me and make me submit.”

"My company couldn't compete with them, so they wanted me to back down and spend the night with them. Back then, I was young and impetuous, and in a fit of anger, I sued the company. The result was obvious: I couldn't avoid being blacklisted. Later, Teacher Chu somehow found out about this and contacted me to help me terminate my contract with the company. Then I remained silent for a year or two and switched careers to become an agent."

He does not mean that.

Hearing Lin Yue's story, Hu Jiao was filled with anger, and she gritted her teeth in hatred for the person who hurt Lin Yue.

At the same time, I was extremely disappointed by the weakness of that entertainment company.

A company that can't protect its own artists is truly terrible.

Hu Jiao comforted Lin Yue and stood up for her.

Seeing the little girl beside her speaking up for her, she couldn't help but smile and reached out to rub the latter's round face.

"It's okay now. After so much time has passed, I've come to terms with it."

Hu Jiao nodded angrily, "Sister Yue, do you still want to be an artist in the future?"

Lin Yue shook her head without much hesitation.

"It shouldn't be like that. In the past few years, I've seen too many dirty things. Although they are very real things, I still feel ashamed. So I'm very grateful to Teacher Chu for helping me escape that cage back then."

"Besides, I'm quite happy with what I'm doing now. I manage artists and don't get involved in those messy things, so I don't get upset."

……

In the afternoon, the three of them went out, and Hu Jiao drove towards the beauty salon that Chu Ci had mentioned.

Chu Ci had a rule that she wouldn't talk about anything else while eating, so they didn't discuss the competition at all.

It was only while she was doing her skincare routine that Lin Yue asked about the competition.

"Aunt Chu, are there any promising talents in this competition? Not someone from an entertainment company, just an ordinary person, someone Aunt Chu has high hopes for?"

"I knew you couldn't hold it in." Chu Ci couldn't help but smile upon hearing this.

"Hehe, after all, this is how I make a living."

"Now that you mention it, I do have a contestant I really think is promising." Chu Ci smiled. She knew Lin Yue's personality; she liked girls like that—straightforward and unpretentious.

"Oh? Who is it? What's their name?" Lin Yue immediately became interested upon hearing this and couldn't help but raise her head. The towel covering her body slipped down, revealing her fair and translucent collarbone, with a deep valley faintly visible, making her look sexy and charming.

"This young man is very outstanding. He almost became Chen Kaige's student on the spot. Fortunately, I stopped him in time, otherwise he would have snatched him away."

Thinking of Li Mingxuan's performance and talent, Chu Ci couldn't help but sigh, "Truly, every generation produces its own talented people."

Lin Yue was also surprised when she heard this. She didn't expect that the person would cause two teachers to fight over him, which showed that he was indeed quite capable.

"Aunt Chu, stop keeping me in suspense and tell me quickly," Lin Yue said coquettishly.

"This guy's talent is truly amazing. He has two original songs, each of which is an absolute classic. Although they haven't been released yet, based on my many years of experience, I can guarantee that they will dominate the charts as soon as they are released."

Talent, originality, chart-topping? Lin Yue felt this was an opportunity for her.

"Wow, that's amazing." Lin Yue's interest grew even stronger. She had no doubt about Chu Ci's judgment. Although Chu Ci had released very few new songs in recent years, every song he had released in the past was a classic.

"Aunt Chu, what's his name?"

"His name is Li Mingxuan, and he's a very handsome young man," Chu Ci said.

"Li Mingxuan?" Lin Yue murmured to herself, the name seemed somewhat familiar to her.

Suddenly, a photo and name on an ID card reminded her of something. But she quickly shook her head, thinking she might be overthinking it; it was probably just a coincidence of names.

She reached for her phone, which was lying next to her, and asked a question as she did so.

"Aunt Chu, could you tell me the names of those two songs?"

"You're in such a hurry, aren't you?" Chu Ci smiled helplessly. "One song is called 'Summer Breeze,' and the other is called 'Blue and White Porcelain.' Or you can just search his name. There should be a video about him on Weibo in a while. Mu Zi Li, Ri Yue Ming, Xuan Lang."

She still vividly remembers how the young man introduced himself.

Lin Yue opened Weibo and typed in the three characters "Li Mingxuan".

She then saw many accounts named Li Mingxuan. She filtered them one by one and finally found one named Li Mingxuan. The personal information introduced his works, which were the two songs that Chu Ci had mentioned.

The latest post on this account was just published, announcing that two songs have been recorded and uploaded to Tencent Music, along with screenshots of the songs.

She reached out and handed the phone over so that Chu Ci could see the screen.

"Aunt Chu, take a look, is this it? He just posted something saying he's released two songs."