Tonight, countless of Ji Lin’s fangirls kept a close watch at the Fashion’s official blog, they kept refreshing the page over and over. Waiting anxiously for any announcement about the release of the newest magazine.

  《Fashion Icon》, it was the top fashion magazine in China. As early as a few months ago, it was said that they invited Ji Lin to work together with them. When the fans heard the news, they were very excited. After all, this person named  Ji Lin was somewhat like ‘Buddha’. Although he was very popular, however, except for necessary jobs, he would seldomly participate in variety shows or commercial activities. As he said, wouldn’t it be nice to play some games during that time? Why on earth would I have to torture myself?

Most of the fans had been following Ji Lin’s journey in the climb for fame step by step ever since he was fifteen years old. It immediately caused the female fans who were eyeing this pup to eagerly have mixed feelings of love and hate towards his ‘chill about everything’ mannerism. In the end, they could only helplessly agree with what he wanted to do: Fine… Fine! As long as you’re happy. Who told you to be so cute?

Now, it wasn’t easy to wait for the important news of Ji’s collaboration. The fans were immediately boiling with excitement —— ’Buy! Buy! Buy!  This period’s 《Fashion Icon》is contracted by our Ji!’ 

Because of Ji Lin’s status alongside Fashion that had always concealed it and acted mysteriously. The fans all believed that Ji Lin’s photo would definitely be on the cover page. And so, with these thoughts early in the morning, they closely watched their Weibo account while waiting for the photos to be published. This was so they could hurriedly collect them and lick his handsome face. (Editor Woof’s Note: Wut?) (Riel: Yes, they are that crazy 0.O)

As it turns out, at 8 p.m. Feng Shang had indeed punctually posted an announcement. However, after a single glance, the fans were left dumbfounded. 

 【Fashion V】:Qiang–Qiang–Qiang¹~ The new 《Fashion Icon》is estimated to be published next week. The theme for the cover page this time is ‘the day when the rose withers’, which shows the gorgeous last moment of a sleeping beauty’s life. Thank you model Xiao-Jiejie @Zhou Siyu Yuyu for your devoted performance! [T/N: I think 周司雨鱼鱼 Zhou Siyu Yuyu is Zhou Siyu’s nickname in the entertainment circle]

Wait a minute… What about the collaboration with Ji Lin? Where was the news about the cover photo? Why did the advance notice just have a lick of mention of his name? The Xiao-Jiejie fans were angry at once. Don’t joke with us! Furthermore, where did this 18-line model, Zhou Siyu Yuyu, come from? We have never even heard about her!

Was the [Fashion]’s brain kicked by a donkey? They actually exchanged  Ji Lin with this unknown little model for the cover page’s picture?

Original Translation at foxaholic.com only. If you are reading this on another website, it’s just a copy done without the translator’s consent.

The fans sneered as they clicked the promotional picture posted in Weibo with flames of fury. They wanted to see what kind of person had the ability to push down the most liked superstar, Ji Lin! Or perhaps, maybe it was because this woman had a financial backer behind her.

Countless people held the same thoughts when they opened the photo, and then… there was silence.

[Fashion] released three pieces of high-quality pictures in total. In the first picture, Siyu was sitting amongst the flowers with one hand twisting a red rose as she slightly turned towards the camera with a smile on her face. Her complexion was obviously unhealthy and pale. However, It wasn’t that kind of fake sickly look that was created by powdered makeup, rather, she had a very natural and realistic look. The feeling of weakness and powerlessness in dying seemed to break through the boundary of the lens. Her lips were stretched into a smile while the delicate eyebrows were slightly knitted as the eyes were filled with agony;

In the second picture, Siyu was kneeling in front of the camera. Both hands were powerlessly supporting herself from the ground with a withered rose at the side. Blood trailed down from the side of her lip, it dyed red the pure white dress and dropped onto the rose’s petal. People with discerning eyes could all see that her state right now was like an arrow at the end of its flight. Her life was just like a withered rose. However, what made people surprised was the fact that the dying sensation that it emitted was so strong, it almost caused people to forget that this was merely a piece of a picture on the phone. It was even to the extent that it made people have this impulsive desire to stretch out their hand and take good care of this delicate person;

In the third photo, all of the roses in the cluster of flowers had withered. Siyu lay on thick layers of scattered rose petals that had formed a large bloody ‘carpet’. The bloodstain on her face and dress was extremely eye-catching. She half-raised her hand to the sky and her fingers were slightly curled as if she wanted to grasp something, but her hands were still empty. Hence, the hope in her black eyes disappeared little by little until it became still and quiet. She seemingly had accepted her own death and smiled at the world one last time. However, this smile wasn’t longer heavy nor hazy, only that, it contained the feeling of relief and freedom, she was like a pure who was leaving the world.

1: It’s a sound effect. Something similar to a drum roll played before someone announces something that the audiences are eagerly waiting for.

T/N: For those who notice, my lovely editor/proofreader, Daed, is taking her holiday for the time being. So, TheImmortalWoof will be helping me proofreading this novel until Daed come back~

Three photos were released, each one was more intense than the previous. They repeatedly told the audience that the beautiful woman was at the end of her life. Her beauty was blooming like a rose, yet it too withered too easily like one. The day when the rose wilted was the final glory of her life.

Ji Lin’s fans dazedly stared at the three pictures. They could only swallow back the curses they intended to say. At this moment, they had even forgotten that they were going to ‘avenge’ Ji Lin. They couldn’t help themselves but look at those pictures over and over again. Their inner shock couldn’t even be expressed with words. 

It’s too real, it’s truly too real! The model didn’t stage it, right? Once they saw the pale and sickly state the woman was in, they really couldn’t bear it and wanted to cry. Mere makeup and post picture editing truly couldn’t be able to achieve such an effect. Could it be that the model herself was really sick?

These fans couldn’t help but interrogate [Fashion] for more information. They were getting really pumped up and continued to crazily flood the comment section with questions such as: “How’s the Model Xiao-Jiejie’s health?”. However, maybe because [Fashion] was frightened by their mannerisms, in the end, an official notice had to be released: “Please be assured, Xiao-Jiejie is fine now.”

If she’s already fine then that’s good. The fans were extremely relieved, however, a short while after the hype, a young girl with sharp eyes stared at the pictures as she thought, ‘Eh? This model’s face looks so familiar. I seem to have seen her before… Is- isn’t she that girl from “The little angel who saved people from the car” who became the hot search on Weibo some time ago?!’

  【Have inhale Ji-ge today】: Sisters, look! Although the video resolution is a little bit poor, it could still be vaguely seen that the model Xiao-Jiejie is the same Xiao-Jiejie who dove under the wheel to save a person! They’re the same person! Moreover, you guys see, Xiao-Jiejie also vomited blood after she saved that girl. Now, I’m a little worried about her health… Don’t you guys think that the blood in the pictures doesn’t look fake at all?

This piece of comment caused a stir and left the fans stunned for a few seconds, after which, they immediately looked for the past trending rescue video. As it turned out, they were really the same person!

Original translation at foxaholic.com only. If you are reading this on another website, it’s just a copy done without the translator’s consent.

It caused great clamor this time. Like a swarm of bees, countless frightened young girls went to ‘Zhou Siyu Yuyu’s’ Weibo. However, Siyu’s Weibo was empty, the fans could only keep sending her private messages non-stop. This feat of anxiousness made people forget that they were in fact, Ji Lin’s die-hard fans just moments ago and not the fans of this “18-line small model” they just talked about. 

 

The fan club’s power to mobilize things was extremely formidable. Not before long, another young girl spotted a comment from [Fashion]’s personnel under the ‘Saving A Person’ video. The comment mentioned that all this time, Siyu’s health hadn’t been in a very good condition. There were even instances where she had also vomited blood during the shooting, and yet, she still dedicated herself to persevere until the end. 

There was a ‘V’ added on the Weibo of this [Fashion]’s personnel. So, this person was obviously an internal staff member, and naturally, the credibility of his words was high.  When the fans looked at it, they thought, ‘doesn’t this confirm our previous speculation?’ Sure enough, Siyu was shooting while being sick. It’s no wonder that the effect of the pictures looked so real, she was in poor health all along! 

【Ji is Madam Ji’s Ji】: Oh my God, Siyu Xiao-Jiejie is too dedicated! Remember to rest a lot when you’re not in good health!

【Certified Official Motherfans】:I swear, previously I really wanted to rip this lady apart because she snatched our Ji-ge’s place for the cover page. However, now that we know, Siyu Xiao-Jiejie, are you running out of medical supplies? It’s also impossible for this little angel, who’s able to risk her life to rescue someone, to snatch things from others! Furthermore, I feel that the theme this time around suits her very much. I feel really distressed now. If the shooting was really done by Ji-ge, I’m really afraid that I wouldn’t dare to see it for a second time!

Some of the most active fans said so and the other fans naturally stopped interrogating. There were even some people who felt remorseful because of their previous accusations before and had privately messaged Siyu an apology. However, even with all this, there were still a number of fangirls who were not convinced and continued hooting on why they replaced Ji Lin, they demanded that [Fashion] had to give them an answer. Otherwise, they would never buy the magazine. 

These fangirls fought in the name of ‘Truly Love Ji Lin’. They impertinently and crazily flooded the forums with curses directed at Siyu. This continued until some girls couldn’t stand them anymore and went up to persuade them to stop. And yet, they still continued to make a ruckus and shouted, ”You guys aren’t Ji Ge’s real fans. You should have supported Ji Ge after he faced such a grievance. What a fake fan!!”

However, this arrogance from this group of fangirls was immediately doused out by a new post from Ji Lin on Weibo. 

Ji Lin, without warning, forwarded the [Fashion]’s pre-announcement on his Weibo and added, “ One truly needs a specialized skill to model such things, however, I’m not good at that so I will graciously leave it to the professionals. Shhh… Be quiet… I’ll continue to sing for you.”

Not only did this post clear up the rumors of Siyu stealing his place for the cover, but it had also stopped the fans’ despicable abuses towards Siyu. Sure enough, after Ji Lin said this, the fangirls who were stomping their feet angrily just now immediately went quiet. 

The other fans all said; ‘OK, OK, We’ll all listen to you. We’re obedient and not as shameful as those fangirls just now. Moreover, they also flaunted; not only did we not curse, but we also showed our concern about Xiao-Jiejie’s health through her private messages. Xiao-Jiejie is so good and dedicated. Who has the heart to talk so harshly towards her?!’

Ji Lin looked through the comments and couldn’t help but laugh for a moment.

Xiao Ai, who was busily working like a dog at the side, immediately sent a resentful look as she said with anger, “Ji-ge, didn’t you say that you would discuss things with me first before you post on Weibo? How could you act on your own!”

Ji Lin was indifferent to her rant, “What does this have to do with anything? Anyway, I also took part in the shooting, I’m just helping to publicize it.”

He then switched to his smurf account, clicked Zhou Siyu Yuyu’s’ Weibo, and immediately added it into the list for special attention. This was his sister’s Weibo! Previously, he didn’t really have the chance to ask, and now,  he finally got it today. Later on, should he or shouldn’t he send a goodnight every day?

Ji Lin happily held his mobile phone. His smurf account only had two special attentions listed into its account. One was his sister, while the other one is an artist called ‘Koi’ that made him unhappy. What made Ji Lin more discontented was the fact that this Koi drew a picture and then quickly ran away. If that person had the ability to ruin his image, then obviously, that person must also have the ability to draw a few more!

Because Ji Lin was unhappy, he joined the group that urged Koi to post more. Every day he followed the crowd of readers who wailed dejectedly that there was no food to eat. Fortunately, no one knew of his smurf account. Otherwise, if Xiao Ai knew about it, she would probably want to whip him. [T/N: no food to eat = no chapter to read]

However, right now, Xiao Ai felt very tired, “Ji-ge, my Ji-ge, It’s not your turn to publicize anything yet, why are you so eager to do that for?! Is it because of that Zhou Siyu?

In Xiao Ai’s heart, Siyu had already been labeled as ‘A Fox who bewitched men’. Look at what kind of person the steady Ji-ge had lately turned into! 

With a sigh, Xiao Ai clenched her fist and said, “ Ji-ge, if you’re really interested in Zhou Siyu, then…. Chase her boldly. I’ll help you conceal it….. “

Ji Lin’s eyes twitched. He then rolled the script in his hand and hit Xiao Ai’s head lightly, “Don’t spew nonsense. We’re in another kind of relationship!”

Xiao Ai gasped: Another kind of relationship? … Don’t tell me… they are secretly married?!

Even with all this going on, the bloodbath on the Internet didn’t reach Siyu. She was dragged by Yu Ling to choose some clothes in the mall as preparation for Huanyi’s banquet tomorrow evening. Women’s energy in shopping was endless, if it wasn’t for Siyu’s worrywart body, Yu Ling would have dragged her all over the shopping mall. 

However, because midway during the shopping spree, Siyu began to vomit blood, Yu Ling had to regrettably cease the shopping trip, and pick a white skirt for Siyu to change into.

“I have already inquired about it. The new president of Huanyi is said to be fond of the pretty and innocent types. You, yourself, are suited to wear white, there certainly wouldn’t be any problems! Then… your face would need a light make-up or else it would look a bit too pale….”  Yu Ling rambled on. 

Siyu couldn’t help but say, “Ling-jie, I’m not going to sell my body.” [T/N: HAHAHA~ Ling-jie really scared Siyu]

Yu Ling stared at her, “ I won’t let you sell your body! This is only because if maybe you dress up according to the president’s liking, you’ll have a better chance of persuading him to sign you up. Besides, could we even get close to him? It’s the Lu family, don’t you know how many people are waiting to befriend them?”

Just as Siyu tried to make Yu Ling stop thinking about the beauty scheme, a soft and weak voice came from behind them, “Wrap this for me.”

Siyu subconsciously looked back and saw a long-haired girl who was choosing clothes. She looked quite pure and lovely. Seemingly aware of Siyu’s gaze, the girl glanced over towards her too.

At this sight, Xu Qingwan’s hand that was holding the dress suddenly tightened.

It never occurred to her that she would meet Siyu under such circumstances! Right! That’s right. This time, she snatched Zhou Siyu’s female lead position in the MV. Due to this, Ji Lin would have no chance to get in touch with her. Zhou Siyu should have been very downtrodden because of this. How come she’s able to stroll in this kind of high-grade shopping mall?!

Unsettled by the unknown, Xu Qingwan’s eyes were wide open. She retreated back like she was avoiding the plague. After taking two steps back, she cried out involuntarily, “Zhou Siyu, Why are you here?!”

Riel: Psssshhh… starting this point onwards, I want to try putting explanations (and commentaries) directly after the paragraph. Since I felt (and personally experienced) that people tend to forget or skip it if the explanation is placed on the bottom of the page. If you guys disagree, just put your thought in the comment section and I’ll change accordingly.

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