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Chapter 1649 Interlaced (Now I eat five meals a day)

Duanmu Huai didn’t know what updates would be in this world, but now he had encountered the problem of no updates.

"Why………"

Looking at Sakurajima Mai lying on the hospital bed—no, it’s Fengbin Kazuka—Duanmu Huai sighed silently.

The incident happened on the next morning. Fengbin Hexiang had to replace Sakurajima Mai to shoot a commercial, and Duanmu Huai could not help and could only watch from the side.

As a result, Fengbin Hexiang failed several times in a row, and then... she looked very painful. Seeing this, everyone stopped filming and rushed her to the hospital.

After examination, the doctor said that there was nothing serious wrong with Fengbin and Xiang's body. It was just a temporary symptom caused by excessive tension and they just needed to rest.

So Duanmu Huai stayed here to accompany her, since he had nothing to do anyway. And this was the purpose of his coming here.

"Ugh..."

After a while, Fengbin Hexiang slowly opened his eyes and looked around blankly.

"here it is………"

"Hospital? You still remember what happened, right? You haven't lost your memory, right?"

"I……………"

After hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Fengbin Hexiang was stunned for a moment, then suddenly sat up.

"By the way, the advertising shoot..."

"It's terminated. The next time will be in a week. I hope you can adjust to your condition."

“………………Is that so…”

Hearing Duanmu Huai's answer, Fengbin Hexiang lowered his head in frustration.

“I… screwed up…”

"Well, come to think of it, I'm pretty weird."

Duanmu Huai looked at Fengbin and Xiang in confusion.

"It's just a commercial. It's not your first time, right? How did you end up like this?"

"This is different!"

Fengbin Hexiang shook his head vigorously.

"Before... I was me before, but now I am the elder sister! I will try my best to be a good elder sister! I will never make such a mistake! Even if I have a high fever and am unconscious, as long as I am immersed in the role, I can even run into the cold winter sea without changing my expression. This is Mai Sakurajima! This is the kind of person my elder sister is!"

"Are you serious?"

Duanmu Huai stared at Fengbin and Xiang in amazement.

"You're still practicing dancing when you have a fever of 38 degrees, right? Do you believe this kind of nonsense?"

“…………At that time, I felt it.”

Fengbin Hexiang lowered his head.

"The staff around me trust Mai Sakurajima so much. They believe that I can complete this task smoothly. This is not a problem for me at all... It is precisely because I realized this that I can't stand the pressure at all...!"

"As for pressure, Toyohama Kazuka, as an idol, isn't that bad either. And unlike Mai who debuted as a solo artist, you also have the group B-Komachi. If you make any trouble, you won't be the only one to suffer, right? Isn't this pressure greater than Mai's?"

"That's what I said, but... Even if I don't perform well, at least Ruby and MEM will be fine. Everyone recognizes their abilities and they just think it's my fault. But now I'm the older sister. If I don't perform well, everyone will just think it's my fault..."

Fengbin and Xiang's whispers began to become increasingly confused.

"I've had enough of this. I can't do it. I want to give up. I can't bear the pressure at all... It turns out that I don't understand what it means to be Sakurajima Mai. I don't understand it at all... I just admired her at first, but... If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have wanted a sister..."

“Worship is the furthest distance from understanding. Now I think you understand what this sentence means.”

Duanmu Huai shrugged his shoulders.

"There is no perfect artist in this world. You just think Sakurajima Mai is a perfect artist. But if you ask me, she has quite a few flaws. For example, she has a strong personality and always gets upset over trivial things. And I heard that she doesn't have many friends... Haha, I have two friends at school."

"Please don't say bad things about my sister."

Fengbin and Xiang glared at Duanmu Huai with dissatisfaction, but Duanmu Huai didn't care at all. However, soon, Fengbin and Xiang lowered their heads again.

"But no matter what, my sister is much better than me."

"Of course. She has been an artist for so many years, and you want to surpass her? If she could be surpassed so easily, then she would not be Mai Sakurajima."

"That's true..."

Fengbin Hexiang lowered his head.

"In the final analysis, I can only chase after my sister like a clown... I'm afraid my sister didn't even see me."

"I do not know then."

Duanmu Huai said this, looked at his watch, and then took out his cell phone.

"This is?"

"Today's B Komachi's LIVE broadcast, oh, it's started."

Duanmu Huai put his cell phone on the table, sat next to it, and watched the LIVE performance in front of him with Fengbin and Xiang.

The main C of B Komachi is naturally Ruby. She is seen singing and dancing in the middle, twisting her body, blooming with energy and shining brightly.

"As expected, Ruby is amazing..."

Watching Ruby's performance, Fengbin and Xiang couldn't help but sigh.

“Although I had a feeling when we were on stage together, it was only when I saw the performance from a third-party perspective that I realized why everyone liked Ruby the most.”

Cheerful and straightforward, just looking at her will draw your attention and make you feel better. No wonder Ruby has become a well-known idol.

"Hmph, of course. She didn't practice for nothing all these years." Duanmu Huai snorted.

"This girl wanted to be an idol when she was little. When she was about five or six years old, she told me that she wanted to be an idol when she grew up. Of course, I didn't support her at first, after all, idols don't last long, but she insisted on doing it."

"So you support her, Senior?"

"It's not that easy."

Duanmu Huai chuckled.

“I signed her up for a bunch of classes.”

"………class?"

"That's right. You may not be able to tell from looking at Ruby now, but back then she had nothing but a pretty face. She just thought, 'I'm so cute, I must be an idol.' She was just wasting her time."

"Well……………"

"So I wanted to see how determined she was, so I signed her up for dance classes, singing classes, acting training, etc. From that time on, this girl basically went back and forth between school and various training classes every day. It was because she persisted until now that I agreed to let her become an idol."

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"That means Ruby persisted for at least ten years..."

"That's right. Although there are times when I complain a lot, it takes ten years of hard work to be on stage for one minute. Although I admit that Ruby has some talent, if she can't persist for ten years, she won't be able to stand in this position."

Duanmu Huai folded his arms and looked at Ruby who was singing and dancing on the phone. In fact, the same thing happened to Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana. The foundation they laid when they were young was the reason why they qualified earlier than their peers. If the foundation is not laid well, then everything you do will be in vain.

"I think you've seen that even after ten years of practice, there are still some things she can't do well."

Duanmu Huai is not being modest. He has been in the entertainment industry for such a long time and has seen all kinds of artists. Ruby does have strengths, but she also has weaknesses. For example, her acting skills are average. She has not improved much after ten years of practice. Her variety sense can only be described as above average. This is normal. Few artists can be all-round, and Ruby is no exception.

Next, the camera switches to MEM.

“She really works hard.”

Looking at MEM, Duanmu Huai also felt emotional.

"To be honest, looking at her like this, you can't tell her real age at all."

"Ms. MEM stays up very late every day."

Fengbin Kazuka also nodded beside him.

"Although she masochistically said that she was an adult so she didn't have to worry about working late at night, I was still quite worried. After all, she drank a lot of those energy drinks that adults drink..."

"For MEM, this is the last chance. If we don't fight, there will be no chance."

Even if MEM looks very young, it will not work if she is over 30 years old. Besides, a girl idol group can't last more than a few years. If MEM doesn't try now, she will have no choice.

MEM's singing and dancing skills are average, but she has a strong sense of variety shows and is good at gaining popularity online. Duanmu Huai stared at MEM who was singing and dancing with a smile on her face, and nodded silently.

Then, the camera turned to Toyohama Kazuka—or rather, Sakurajima Mai.

"…………………"

Fengbin Hexiang was completely speechless at this moment.

She stared at herself on the screen blankly, as if she was looking at a completely unfamiliar person. Duanmu Huai knew why she had this reaction, because the "Fengbin Hexiang" on the screen was emitting a completely different radiance from before, a pure, lively, and cheerful feeling, not inferior to Ruby and MEM at all. If Ruby was the sun, MEM was the moon, and Fengbin Hexiang was just like an asteroid in B Komachi before, then Fengbin Hexiang now was like the earth - although it did not have the radiance of the sun and the moon, it had its own azure color that was full of vitality.

“……………Sister is so awesome………”

Staring blankly at the phone screen in front of him, Fengbin Hexiang spoke in a daze.

"Sure enough, I can never compare to my sister..."

"So? Are you going to give up?"

"…………………"

Faced with Duanmu Huai's question, Fengbin Hexiang fell silent.

"I don't want to interfere with your family situation. Whether you want to continue to persevere is your own problem. I just want to tell you that everyone has their own goals. It doesn't mean that you have no value in existence just because you can't compare to someone else..."

"But that's not what my mother told me!"

Fengbin Hexiang angrily interrupted Duanmu Huai's words.

"My mother always complains about why I can't compare to my sister, why I am not as good as her... If I am not my sister, then I have no value to my mother!"

"I have nothing to say about your mother... After all, I don't know her."

Duanmu Huai simply threw aside this family affair that was difficult for an honest official to judge.

"But at least someone is paying attention to you, right?"

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai pointed at Fengbin and Xiang on the phone screen.

"What are you talking about..."

"If she didn't pay attention to you, she wouldn't be able to fully display the charm of Toyohama Kazuka. The one there now is not Toyohama Kazuka, but Sakurajima Mai."

"………………………"

Hearing Duanmu Huai's words, Fengbin Hexiang froze where she was. She stared blankly at herself on the phone, and after a moment she muttered to herself.

"No...sister?"

"…………………"

"Is it me...?"

"As the saying goes, those involved are often confused, while those who are on the sidelines can see more clearly. Maybe Mai knows you better than you know yourself."

Duanmu Huai didn't say anything more. This time the problem was not something he could solve, and he was not suitable to be a confidant sister. He let the two sisters handle the specific problems themselves.

This is all he can do.