116: Chapter 116 You... can you rub it for me too?

Jiang Che felt his head spinning. Before she could even speak, Stinky Girl sent another message: "You jerk! You're so annoying! I'm never talking to you again!"

After cursing him out, Stinky Girl hung up the phone immediately.

On the giant screen in the center of the stage, the look of utter frustration on Jiang Che's face was clearly visible.

Just as the atmosphere became a bit awkward, Su Su, who was on stage, walked to the edge. She first looked at Luo Yao with a meaningful expression, then turned her gaze to Jiang Che: "Is this your younger sister?"

Her expression clearly said: Do you take me for someone who can't recognize faces?

Looking at Su Su, who still had the energy to meddle at a time like this, Jiang Che felt like crying but had no tears. However, already being put on the spot, he had no choice but to keep making things up.

"Yes, she is my younger sister."

When he said this, Luo Yao, standing beside him, pouted slightly, but she still had to maintain her composure; after all, her face was currently being watched by the entire audience.

"Oh?" Su Su made a meaningful sound, then looked at Jiang Che with a smile: "What is your name?"

Jiang Che felt extremely speechless, but he couldn't expose the lie, so he could only say: "My name is Jiang Che."

"And you?" Su Su looked at Luo Yao again.

Being asked this by Su Su, Luo Yao was suddenly in a bind. My name is Luo Yao... But he said I'm his sister. He has the surname Jiang, and I have the surname Luo. It's going to be exposed...

"I, I'm called Jiang Ning..." Luo Yao finally said in a very low voice.

Both of them had very strange expressions, looking as if they were being forced to do this.

At this moment, the phone in Jiang Che's pocket was vibrating wildly. Unsurprisingly, it was Stinky Girl throwing a tantrum and starting a text message bombardment...

Just destroy everything... I'm tired...

Seeing that the two of them had created great entertainment value, Su Su changed the subject. She didn't make them kiss, but instead asked them to sing a few lines a cappella.

Initially, Su Su asked Jiang Che to sing a couple of lines of one of her songs, but the problem was... Jiang Che didn't know how.

Su Su, who was almost angry enough to stomp her feet, could only turn back to Luo Yao with a smile.

The good news was that Luo Yao knew how to sing.

The bad news was that she was too nervous, and after singing a few lines, she was completely off-key.

In the end, Su Su quickly had a staff member take back the microphone, and then, going against her conscience, she praised her: "Little sister Jiang Ning sings really well!"

Jiang Che's face turned ashen. Videos of Su Su's concert would definitely circulate online, and the scene between him and Luo Yao would surely be edited into a video—the funny kind.

Luo Yao singing off-key would undoubtedly go viral. That wasn't the main point, though. The key was that videos across the entire internet would label the off-key Luo Yao with the name 'Jiang Ning'...

Stinky Girl was going to take the blame, and it was all because of him.

Thinking of this, Jiang Che regretted it. He shouldn't have come to this concert.

After Jiang Che and Luo Yao, the event selected a few more groups, but the two of them off-stage were no longer in the mood.

Luo Yao was nervous because she had just lied.

Jiang Che... picked up his phone, and sure enough, there were dozens of messages from Stinky Girl.

Besides that, there were messages from An Ran, Tang Xinwei, and several former friends, classmates, and colleagues who were watching Su Su's concert.

Among them, one message from Stinky Girl almost made Jiang Che fall out of his seat: "Hmph! I'm going back now to change the door locks! Then I'll tell Mom and Dad that you don't want me anymore! You found yourself a new 'good sister'!"

Jiang Che was sweating bullets. He first consoled himself, thinking that Stinky Girl was just jealous and that he just needed to coax her; it wasn't a big problem.

But then he thought again... This girl, she even dared to force a kiss at school, what wouldn't she dare to do?

"Don't overthink it, that was just an accident. I'll explain it to you."

Jiang Che had just sent the message when Stinky Girl replied instantly: "I'm not listening, I'm not listening! You big jerk! You big jerk!"

Jiang Che: "..."

Kiss? An Ran must have seen it, and Jiang Ning must have seen it too. That would mean dying twice.

Don't kiss, pretend to be siblings, and die once with Stinky Girl...

Either way, he was doomed.

Seeing that he couldn't get through to Jiang Ning, Jiang Che had no choice but to give up. At worst, he'd just hire a locksmith to open the door when he got home.

He then checked the messages from the others.

An Ran: "How come you went to the concert?"

Tang Xinwei: "Senior, you're on TV! But who is that girl next to you?"

Jiang Che avoided the important questions and replied to them one by one. As for that group of former classmates and friends, he would deal with them after the concert ended.

The concert lasted for nearly three hours.

By the end, Jiang Che couldn't help but wonder, how did Su Su, who was on stage, have so much energy?

Now that he thought about it, a while ago, she would often disappear in the middle of chatting with him, saying she was running around all day and only sleeping two or three hours a day. It wasn't an exaggeration at all.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the concert finally came to an end.

After the final song, which included singing and dancing, Su Su brought the entire concert to a perfect close.

As Su Su exited via the stage lift, Chen Xuan quickly found them from the side.

Seeing that the two were about to leave with the crowd, she quickly called out to them.

"Isn't it over?" Jiang Che asked.

"Don't you want to go backstage? Su Su said she wants to grab a late-night snack with you."

Upon hearing this, Luo Yao was immediately surprised and excited. She looked at Jiang Che and nodded vigorously.

Seeing this, Jiang Che didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he had no choice but to agree.

Led by Chen Xuan, the two soon walked through the side passage of the stage to the lounge in the back.

"Wait a moment, she's taking off her makeup in the dressing room."

After Chen Xuan finished her instructions, she left temporarily. Luo Yao looked at Jiang Che, suddenly having an expression as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"Do you need to go to the restroom?" Jiang Che saw her embarrassment at a glance.

Sure enough, Luo Yao nodded.

The lounge only had the two of them at the moment. Helplessly, Jiang Che had to walk toward the closed dressing room.

After he knocked, a voice immediately came from inside: "Who is it?"

"Ms. Su Su, it's me, Jiang Che."

Soon, the door opened, but it wasn't Su Su. It was a woman, who looked like the makeup artist removing Su Su's makeup.

Su Su, sitting in front of the mirror, glanced at him through the mirror, then asked with some curiosity: "What's up? Are you peeking at me removing my makeup?"

The makeup artist seemed quite familiar with Su Su, so the latter didn't hide the fact that they knew each other.

"No, it's just that Chen Xuan left, and I was wondering where the restroom is here?"

"Go out, turn right, walk straight past two intersections, and then turn left."

Su Su said it very fluently, but Jiang Che felt speechless. "You have to go that far just to use the restroom?"

A flash of embarrassment and annoyance crossed Su Su's expression: "I have a van, thank you."

Jiang Che only then realized that most celebrities have their own vans when attending events, and naturally, they wouldn't let others use them casually.

Jiang Che turned around and told Luo Yao. Hearing such a long list of directions, Luo Yao was stunned at first, then said "Oh" and left by herself.

Soon, the makeup artist left first. Seeing Jiang Che at the door preparing to leave, Su Su simply said: "Come on in, there's no one else here."

"Aren't you not done removing your makeup yet?"

"I applied something, and I have to wait another ten minutes or so before I can remove the rest."

Jiang Che looked around. Apart from the seat the makeup artist had just vacated in front of Su Su, there was nowhere else to sit.

"Just sit." Su Su said casually.

Jiang Che hesitated for two seconds, then sat down.

Su Su looked at herself in the mirror, adjusted her hair, and then asked softly: "How was the experience tonight?"

"It's my first time watching a concert. It was very impressive."

Hearing him say this, the corners of Su Su's mouth curled up. "The effect was pretty good?"

Jiang Che nodded, but then he asked with some curiosity: "Is every performance of yours this long?"

Su Su found it a bit strange why he would ask this, but she still nodded.

"Singing and dancing, and for so long, it's the first time I've felt you're really impressive."

Jiang Che's words slightly stunned Su Su. Afterward, she turned her head away, her cheeks slightly flushed. "It's the first time I've heard you praise me. Truly rare."

While speaking, Su Su took off her performance shoes, but she couldn't help but frown.

"Is the size not right?"

Jiang Che asked casually.

"It's not that. It's just that I've been dancing for too long, and it hurts a bit."

"It would be strange if it didn't hurt. In the past, when my sister participated in a performance in middle school, she was jumping around for half an hour, and her feet hurt a lot too. She even cried. In the end, I had to rub them for a long time before she felt better."

Hearing Jiang Che's words, Su Su looked at him, slightly dazed. Then, she inexplicably said:

"You... could you rub mine too?"