Elder brother's garrison

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"So, the person she just insulted was..."

"It must be Miss Luming, right?"

"As expected..." Xiaobai gave a wry smile.

"Miss Lu Ming is so young and beautiful, and she became a national-level actress in just a few months since her debut. These achievements must make her quite jealous," Baltimore said, covering her mouth. "That's why she took the opportunity to say those harsh things in public just now..."

"I see." Xiaobai nodded twice, but quickly smiled and looked at Baltimore. "Hey, Baltimore, you seem to know a lot about this stuff?"

"Ah, I, I used to enjoy listening to music in human society, so I know a little bit about it..." Baltimore was taken aback. Looking at Xiaobai's smile, her face quickly turned red. She lowered her head, squeezed her hands between her thighs, and swayed shyly a couple of times.

Xiao Bai withdrew his gaze, looked at the passageway behind the scenes, and couldn't help but sigh.

Regardless, it seems that Dui Luming doesn't have much affection for this former celebrity named Xie Ying.

The human world is so complicated.

As Xiaobai was thinking, suddenly, the sound of the door outside the studio opening came from outside.

"Oh oh oh oh, deer cry, deer cry, deer cry—Miss Deer Cry, go for it!"

Amidst a series of almost boisterous cheers, a familiar slender figure entered the studio, protected by several burly men.

The staff inside the venue subconsciously looked towards the entrance, and their eyes lit up when they saw who had arrived.

Genuine affection cannot be hidden.

Xiao Bai doesn't even need to turn around to tell who it is from the staff's reactions.

With the answer in her heart, Xiaobai turned to look at the entrance of the studio.

really.

It's the familiar Miss Luming.

Perhaps because she was going to be on television, Lu Ming wore some light makeup, her chestnut hair was neatly styled, and she was dressed in elegant and exquisite clothes. Even without any makeup, Lu Ming already possessed an overwhelming natural beauty. Now, with some subtle enhancements and embellishments, her beauty was like a blooming flower, quiet yet dazzling, captivating those who gazed upon her.

Looking at Lu Ming's current state, Xiao Bai couldn't help but recall the potted plant on the table when she and Lu Ming ate fish and chips a week ago.

I think it's called—Freesia?

Xiaobai also looked up this variety of flower. Freesia, also known as small freesia, symbolizes purity and happiness and is a common ornamental flower used in potted plants.

The current deer's cry gives Xiaobai the feeling that a freesia flower has come to life.

After entering the studio, Lu Ming first looked around curiously, as if searching for something. When Lu Ming's gaze swept over the large number of staff, over the huge stage, and finally landed on Xiao Bai in the audience, a smile appeared on Lu Ming's serene face.

Under the watchful eyes of all the staff, Lu Ming jogged from the entrance to Xiao Bai.

"Miss Lu Lin, you've arrived." Lu Ming smiled at Xiao Bai.

"Yes, I just arrived." Xiaobai smiled at Luming. "Miss Luming, you're a little late?"

"There shouldn't be any laters..." Lu Ming glanced down at the time.

"After all, there are always people who complain that you didn't arrive early enough..."

"Hmm?" Lu Ming tilted his head in confusion.

Just then, a cry of surprise rang out from afar.

A female staff member carrying a program list called out Lu Ming's name from afar and ran over with long strides.

"Miss Lu Ming—you've finally arrived!" The staff member ran up to Lu Ming, panting heavily, but her eyes were fixed on Lu Ming's face, her face full of ingratiating smiles. "Miss Lu Ming, we've been waiting for you for a long time. Your private dressing room is already..."

The female staff member was speaking with a smile, but when her gaze shifted, she saw Xiaobai in front of Lu Ming.

The female staff member froze the moment she saw Xiaobai.

"Ah." Xiaobai looked at the female staff member and exclaimed in surprise.

"What's wrong?" Lu Ming asked Xiao Bai.

“This lady… I know her.” Xiaobai smiled gently and said to the female staff member, “This lady is the staff member who just greeted us, right? What a coincidence, we meet again.”

"Y-you...hello..." The female staff member's eyebrows twitched, and she looked at Xiaobai with an awkward expression.

The woman who appeared before Xiaobai was the same staff member who had been cold to Xiaobai and his group before, and who had even forbidden Xiaobai, an "unrelated person," from going behind the scenes. Although she was cold to Xiaobai, she showed a warm and even attentive attitude when she received Luming, revealing her double standards.

"You two know each other?" Lu Ming looked at Xiao Bai and the female staff member and suddenly realized.

"Yes." Xiaobai smiled at the female staff member.

The ship girls around Shiro, apart from the four members of the Fubuki group who were engrossed in playing on Shiro's phone, also had the other three looking at the female staff member with amused smiles.

The female staff member blushed slightly. For a moment, she didn't even dare to look Xiaobai and the ship girls in the eye. She could only manage a somewhat awkward smile as she said to Luming, "Miss Luming... it's time to go to the dressing room..."

"Mm." Lu Ming nodded.

"Then, then come with me..."

“Okay.” Lu Ming turned around, but soon seemed to realize something. She looked back at Xiao Bai, who was standing there smiling, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Lu Ming stopped, pointed at Xiao Bai, and asked the female staff member.

"What about her?"

"Uh, she...she..." The female staff member was sweating profusely and her face was flushed. She wanted to explain something, but only then did she realize that she couldn't even remember Xiaobai's name.

"..." Lu Ming looked at the female staff member's hesitant manner. Although she was a little puzzled, she didn't press for details. She just asked again, "Can she come with me?"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes—" The female staff member nodded frantically, as if afraid that Lu Ming would notice that she disagreed in the slightest.

"Then, they..." Lu Ming pointed to the ship girls next to Xiao Bai and then to the female staff member.

"We can stay here." The ship girls smiled and waved at Shikamaru, looking satisfied. "Thank you, Miss Shikamaru."

“…Oh…” Lu Ming finally put his hand down.

Chapter 2288 Director Chen's Fury

The female staff member, her face stiff, finally handed the backstage access pass to Xiaobai's ship girls with trembling hands.

The ship girls generously accepted the access passes handed to them by the staff, and thanked them with bright smiles.

The ship girls from Xiaobai's family weren't particularly evil. Seeing the staff member who had previously neglected them and Xiaobai hand over their access passes, with such a disgruntled expression on their face, the ship girls' anger dissipated considerably. There was no need to continue mocking them. As for the backstage access passes in their hands, they became a precious souvenir of a slap in the face.

As for whether or not to use an access pass to follow Xiaobai behind the scenes... the ship girls said they really weren't interested in that, and it was more fun to stay in the audience and play on their phones.

The ship girl's voice was soft, gentle, and melodious, but to the female staff member at that moment, it sounded like invisible slaps, making her expression increasingly awkward.

The female staff member escorted Xiaobai and Luming to the backstage entrance.

The backstage area of ​​the studio is indeed "behind the scenes" in the truest sense. Right behind the stage, there is an area covered by a deep red curtain, with only a curtain hanging at the entrance that can be lifted to allow one person to pass through.

The female staff member stood awkwardly at the backstage entrance. She bowed and made a very respectful gesture, indicating to Lu Ming and Xiao Bai, "Miss Lu Ming, this is the backstage entrance... Your private dressing room is at the end of the corridor."

"Aren't you going with them?" Xiaobai asked, listening to the female staff member's words.

"Uh... I'm sorry, I... I have other things to do..." the female staff member stammered.

Lu Ming is a rising starlet with a wonderful personality; the line of people wanting to have dinner with her could stretch from Earth to the Moon. As a staff member responsible for hosting Lu Ming, how many wouldn't want to spend a few more minutes with her? But unfortunately, this particular staff member had just offended "Lu Ming's good friend," and now, being near Lu Ming only brought her burning cheeks and embarrassment; she couldn't enjoy any pleasant experience whatsoever.

"What a pity," Xiaobai said to the female staff member.

"Then let's go in." Lu Ming nodded to the female staff member, who pulled back the curtain, and he and Xiao Bai went inside.

As the female staff member watched Lu Ming and Xiao Bai disappear behind the curtain, she let out a long sigh of relief, and then her whole body went limp like a deflated balloon.

"She, she's actually Miss Lu Ming's friend... This is terrible..."

"Isn't this practically offending Miss Luming..."

"This is an opportunity I fought so hard for..."

The female staff member held up the program schedule in her hands and muttered to herself listlessly, her face full of regret and grievance.

Just as the female staff member was feeling dejected, she happened to hear a man's shouts from behind her.

"Stagehand! Stagehand over there!"

The female staff member turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses and with messy hair running towards her. The man was waving his arms anxiously as he ran, and he was sweating profusely.

The female staff member looked surprised the moment she saw the middle-aged man.

"Director Chen?!"

The person who came was the female staff member's boss, and the director of the latest episode of "Happy Base".

Chen Ganxuan wasn't originally the director of "Happy Base," but after Lu Ming officially announced his participation, Chen Ganxuan seemingly appeared out of nowhere and naturally took over the show, becoming the temporary director for this episode. The leadership made no move regarding Chen's appearance; it all seemed to be a matter of course. Many employees who got in through connections, out of curiosity, inquired with higher-ups about this, often receiving only ambiguous replies—apparently because this episode of "Happy Base" had invited a guest who was quite important to Director Chen.

The employees were somewhat bewildered by this conclusion, but after a little thought, they came to their own conclusions.

The only guest who could command the respect of a world-renowned film director like Director Chen to appear on a variety show... no matter how you look at it, is Lu Ming.

Under the watchful eyes of the female staff member, Director Chen stopped in front of her.

"Huff... huff..." Director Chen was breathing heavily. Before the female staff member could react, she asked urgently, "You, you, you, judging from the program list you're holding, you should be a stagehand here, right?"

"Uh..." The female staff member subconsciously tucked the program behind her back.

"I received word that Lu Ming just arrived at the studio?" Director Chen ignored the female staff member's subtle movements and continued to ask.

"Yes... just now, she went to the dressing room," the female staff member said. "The one who just went in was..."

"Hmm? Then why are you still here?" Director Chen asked. "Aren't you going to take her to the dressing room?"

"This……"

The female staff member immediately began to stammer.

Looking at the expressions of the staff, Director Chen suddenly frowned. His long experience in film and television work gave him an instinctive feeling that something was wrong.

It's like... accidentally dropping a rat dropping into your porridge while cooking—a strange intuition.

"Did you do something?" Director Chen asked cautiously, his gaze shifting to the female staff member's work badge on her chest. Then, his eyes suddenly sharpened. "Hmm? Wait, something's not right. Doesn't your work badge say you're a regular employee? How come you have the stagehand's stuff? Where's the stagehand?"

"Uh!" The female staff member shuddered as if a sore spot had been touched.

"Speak!" Director Chen shouted impatiently when the woman didn't speak.

"The original stage manager is on leave, I... I'll cover for him..."

"A request for leave? I'm the director, how come I didn't receive any leave request? Long leave? Short leave? When does it start and when does it end? I'm the director, and you didn't even notify me of this? Is this your work process?" Director Chen squinted behind his sunglasses, staring intently at the female staff member.

The female staff member was so overwhelmed by Director Chen's aggressive questioning that she dared not speak and could only tremble.

"...You wouldn't have wanted to see a celebrity up close, so you gave the production assistant a red envelope to have him switch shifts with you for a few minutes during this insignificant time, would you?" Director Chen paused for a moment, then continued to ask thoughtfully.

"I, I..." The female staff member trembled even more violently, unable to hold the program schedule in her hands. "Director Chen... I'm so sorry..."

"Don't apologize yet. I only have one question for you." Director Chen took a deep breath, trying to calm himself down. Then, he raised his hand, his face serious, and said to the female staff member, word by word, "Did you do anything wrong just now, in those so-called insignificant few minutes?"

"Have……"

"What have you done?"

"Miss Luming's friend..."

"Miss Lu Ming's friend?" Director Chen froze for a few seconds, then felt a chill run down his spine, gasped, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask, "You! What did you do to Miss Lu Ming's friend?!"

"I..." The female staff member, on the verge of tears, quietly recounted what had just happened to Director Chen.

Director Chen listened with his mouth agape to what the female staff member had to say.

After listening to the female staff member's words, Director Chen was momentarily speechless for a considerable period of time.

"Director Chen, everything should be alright!" The female staff member, seeing the malfunctioning Director Chen, quickly stepped forward to explain, "I treated Miss Lu Ming very well! There shouldn't be any problems on her end... I..."

The female staff member was halfway through her sentence when Director Chen, who was in a daze, raised his hand and stopped her.

Director Chen gently gestured for the female staff member to shut up, then silently walked around in place twice with his hands on his hips.

Director Chen stopped and looked at the staff on the stage.

Director Chen took a deep breath in front of the stage.

"You son of a bitch, the planter!!!! I'm giving you three seconds, you fucking get out here right now!!!!"

Director Chen's neck veins bulged as he launched into a tirade of curses.

Chapter 2289 The Makeup Artist's Intuition~

"You son of a bitch, the planter!!!! I'm giving you three seconds, you fucking get out here right now!!!!"

Inside the studio, Director Chen's furious shouts and curses sounded like a million soldiers fighting in the air.

All the staff working on the field were startled by the sudden shouting and looked over.