Superstar's Development Diary
Chapter 294 - 295 Curiosity is the Beginning of a Fluttering Heart

Chapter 294: Chapter 295 Curiosity is the Beginning of a Fluttering Heart

"And then?" Deng Xiaoxiao urged from inside the guesthouse.

Zhang Yuanyuan smiled, and mischievously said, "After that, Zhang You, brother, got recognized by a few girls in the crowd, and they even took a video and uploaded it online. So many people screamed out Zhang You, brother’s name that he couldn’t even deny it if he wanted to."

"The crowd surrounding him got bigger and bigger, and Zhang You, brother had no choice but to grab that street singer and start running. They were chased for several blocks! Later on, even more people joined the pursuit; it was already fortunate for Zhang You, brother to escape."

Deng Xiaoxiao listened, puzzled, "Wait, why did Zhang You have to pull the street singer along while running?"

"Because he’s a guest I had a hard time finding!" Zhang You came out from the kitchen, carrying two bowls of fruit salad, and placed them on the table.

He laughed and said, "I had finally found a guest who had time tomorrow and understood music. Naturally, I couldn’t let him slip away. After shaking off the crowd with him, I brought up the matter of coming to our guesthouse tomorrow, and he agreed readily."

Zhang Yuanyuan said, "Zhang You, brother, you have such a pull. When someone in the crowd shouted you were Zhang You, I saw that singer’s jaw drop!"

After all, the man had been imitating Zhang You’s singing style. Suddenly, having the original singer appear before his eyes, could it not be shocking?

Speaking of finding guests, Deng Xiaoxiao turned her head towards Zhang Yuanyuan, curiously asking, "What about you guys? Did you find your guest?"

Zhang Yuanyuan nodded: "We did, a newlywed couple, though we’re not sure if only the woman will come tomorrow or both of them."

"Even though we don’t know if one or both will come, we still have to prepare in advance. Everything should be ready in duplicate, in case both show up. Otherwise, we’ll be scrambling to get an extra set of everything at the last minute," He Jinxia’s voice suddenly came through.

Looking up, they saw her pushing a small cart, which carried neatly packed items they brought in.

They had to take a boat back, and with so many big and small packages, there wasn’t enough space on the boat. So they decided to move in two batches.

One batch to bring people to the guesthouse, and another to pack the purchased items into boxes and bring them over together.

No sooner had the boxes arrived than He Jinxia hurried over to fetch them.

Zhang Yuanyuan quickly stood up and ran over to help, while Zhang You also brought in his own box.

From the size of the boxes, it was evident that Zhang You’s was much larger.

However, upon opening both boxes, the gasps of amazement were no less from one than the other.

One contained intricately ornate and luxurious Hanfu, and the other was a playful musical instrument full of charm. Both were very eye-catching, and Deng Xiaoxiao began to look forward to tomorrow.

After dinner, the two celebrity designers started decorating the rooms. As Zhang You’s instruments had to be placed on horizontal boards, which requires drilling holes into the wall to secure them, his work took a bit longer.

When He Jinxia got everything in place and checked the angles and positions again to make sure there were no issues, she and Zhang Yuanyuan left the room to rest. However, Zhang You had just finished drilling the holes and set up all the horizontal boards.

He Jinxia and Zhang Yuanyuan thought for a moment, then ran over to Zhang You’s side to ask if he needed help.

Under time pressure, Ji Jiaming wiped the sweat from his forehead and spontaneously said he needed help, while Zhang You only got as far as a "no" before Ji Jiaming and Zhang You looked at each other for a moment. Zhang You’s mouth twitched slightly, and he reluctantly changed his tune, "Um, yes, I need help."

He Jinxia smiled and shook her head, then walked in to lend a hand to Zhang You.

Seeing He Jinxia’s smile, Zhang You was slightly taken aback.

He had thought that He Jinxia would dislike him, ever since her team issued a statement in the early hours of the morning, that feeling had lingered in Zhang You’s mind.

Although the scandal wasn’t his intention and instead a strategy devised by his team, he ultimately agreed that being involved in a scandal with He Jinxia was better than being linked with those female singers; relatively speaking, He Jinxia was of more value.

On the other hand, Zhang You was also a bit curious about He Jinxia.

He remembered that last year when he was on a show, He Jinxia was just a fatso who had made a do-or-die declaration to lose weight on the program, sparking a nationwide heated debate.

It was at that time that He Jinxia left a deep impression on Zhang You.

He Jinxia... What kind of person was she really?

Meanwhile, as they were busily engaged in their room, Deng Xiaoxiao, her husband, and Liu Xiaoqin sat in front of the TV, turning it on to catch up with "Small Bridge, Flowing Water, People," in which He Jinxia acted.

Deng Xiaoxiao bit into her apple, making "crunch, crunch" sounds, and took the opportunity during the commercials to check Weibo.

Not sure what news she stumbled upon, her eyes widened as she muttered vaguely, "Damn it, damn it!"

Luo Sijie patted her on the shoulder, frowning as he said, "Why are you cursing now?"

Deng Xiaoxiao quickly shook her head, swallowing the piece of apple in her mouth, and excitedly said, "It’s amazing, it’s amazing, ’Small Bridge, Flowing Water, People’s’ TV ratings have pushed the third-place holder down, rising from fourth to third place, and it’s not far off from the second place’s ratings!"

Liu Xiaoqin, curious, opened Weibo on her phone and checked it, "Small Bridge, Flowing Water, People ratings in third place," was a phrase that had already entered the top twenty trending search terms, and as the discussion increased, the ranking of this phrase continued to rise.

Clicking on the phrase to read the news, the reaction of netizens was mostly congratulations, but these congratulations also carried a hint of reluctance.

"Congratulations, congratulations, it would be great if they could change the Sunday schedule from one episode to two episodes like on other days."

"I’m chasing it every day, after watching the TV series, I run to watch the online videos again and again, it’s really good, especially the supporting characters. Luo Dingxin and He Jinxia, this pairing is so cute, so cute, so cute~!"

"I didn’t expect Gu Runfei and newcomer Luo Sifang’s performances in this series to be noteworthy as well. If there hadn’t been a cheating scandal, I absolutely would have become a fan of theirs. Now, it’s hard to find good actors. And the Fat Emperor, the Fat Emperor looks so beautiful in ancient costume!"

"Wait a minute, I saw the preview for the next episode. Why do I have a bad feeling about this? Ciming Jiayou and Qingwan indeed match well, but Jiayou can’t just keep tailing Su Qingying, right? I feel like there’s quite a bit of interaction between the two of them; it’s almost as much as with Qingwan!"

—— This comment received many replies:

"You’re not alone!"

"A thousand thumbs up!"

"I also think there’s too much of their storyline. I prefer watching Su Qingwan, Su Qingwan’s acting skills are so much better than Su Qingying [dog head][sly]"

...

While browsing Weibo, the second episode of "Small Bridge, Flowing Water, People" came out.

Expectations were high, and with a critical eye, Deng Xiaoxiao and the others watched the second episode attentively.

The color grading wasn’t too vibrant, slightly elegant, full score.

The costumes were not entirely ancient, but all looked good. This isn’t a show that scrutinizes ancient times, being a fictional history, so it gets a full score.

The actors’ appearance, not bad, not bad, even newcomer Luo Sifang seemed to have a natural soft light filter under the camera, very pretty, full score.

The actors’ acting, it’s okay, eighty points.

As for the storyline... having not seen the previous parts, so no score given, but judging by the enthusiasm of netizens following the drama, it should be good.