Volume One, Chapter 15: So Cold He Switched from Iced Americano to Cold Medicine

“Qing, it’s bad! Your live stream clips have been reposted by marketing accounts, and now it’s trending.” The assistant had just stepped out for a moment but hurried back, looking at Xiao Yueqing with panic in her voice.

Xiao Yueqing glared back instantly, her voice trembling as she suppressed it, “Didn’t I tell you to tell the fans not to post recklessly?”

“I did... I already told the core fans, but... maybe not only fans were watching the live stream at the time.” The assistant lowered her head, not daring to argue with Xiao Yueqing.

“Day after day, I see you can’t get anything right.” Xiao Yueqing cursed, then slammed her handbag onto the assistant and turned to leave.

Her irritable demeanor left no trace of the gentle side the staff had mentioned just minutes ago.

The recording studio staff quietly shrank back, not daring to provoke this lady.

But Su Nianxi had no time to watch her tantrum—she was in a hurry!

So, while Xiao Yueqing was collapsing in frustration over the flood of insults on her Weibo, Su Nianxi was already coordinating with the new sound engineer and starting today’s recording session.

The new sound engineer was a young woman, probably new to the job, serious in her work but quite straightforward when she spoke.

Upon seeing Su Nianxi, she eagerly said, “Teacher Su, don’t worry, even if you sing every single word today, I can edit it into a complete song.”

Su Nianxi replied dryly, “Who told you I’d sing word by word?”

“Isn’t that so?” The girl looked surprised. “I heard your previous songs were all mixed overnight by the sound engineers.”

Leaning in a bit, she whispered softly, “Teacher Su, I heard your heavenly voice has driven many sound engineers crazy. When I heard about Li’s accident, I thought it was because of you scaring him, but don’t worry, I won’t be.”

Then she patted her chest confidently: “I’m hardworking, pulling all-nighters is no problem. If you ever need me, just find me—direct contact, no middleman fees.”

Su Nianxi raised an eyebrow.

So not only was she a workaholic, but also here to poach talent.

She pushed away the business card the girl offered with a bright smile: “No need, we’ll try to finish in half an hour.”

“Okay, no problem.” The girl accepted this well. At worst, it would be a full read-through; let’s see how her magic electronic music therapy would work.

Watching the girl’s expressive face, Su Nianxi guessed she was imagining something extraordinary again.

She didn’t bother to explain and simply went back into the booth, putting on her headphones again.

Half an hour later...

The sound engineer was stunned, staring at the raw audio on the computer that could easily score 3S in the national karaoke app, her jaw nearly dislocated.

“Teacher Su… are you possessed?” she asked blankly.

Su Nianxi nodded sincerely: “You can understand it that way.”

But no one really believed her.

The engineer mechanically saved the recording file, still praising nonstop: “Your original voice doesn’t even need editing, it’s amazing. Thank you, Teacher Su. Tonight will be one of my rare early nights.”

“Oh, do you really think you can sleep?” Su Nianxi pierced through the facade.

“Haha.” The engineer laughed awkwardly. “Youth means staying up late; I’m used to it.”

Su Nianxi agreed deeply: “Exactly, the life you lose staying up late is already compensated by the entertainment you enjoy. In a way, you might even be gaining.”

“Really? That’s great!” The girl brightened, smiling at the gigabytes of recording files.

After chatting with her, Su Nianxi looked toward Xiao Qu by the door: “So, shall we move on?”

“Yes, the car has arrived.” Xiao Qu said, but her expression was hard to read.

“What’s wrong?” Su Nianxi noticed her odd demeanor and asked.

“Well… the car is here, but the driver is someone you know.” Xiao Qu hesitated, unable to say more.

“I have someone I know?” Su Nianxi was incredulous. After her extreme moves these past few days, she had practically offended everyone in the circle—how could she still have an acquaintance? That was... too much.

“Hmm… you’ll see when you go.” Xiao Qu finally teased a bit, piquing Su Nianxi’s curiosity.

Joyfully clutching her small backpack, she headed downstairs.

While waiting for the elevator, she passed by the news room outside, where Xiao Yueqing was still yelling for the company to suppress the trending topic.

Xiao Qu looked at the cluster of assistants trying to calm Xiao Yueqing, only to be pushed away, and felt sorry for them: “With Xiao Yueqing’s connections, the live stream issue will probably be covered up by a company press release, having no real impact on her career.”

“Then why was she yelling so loudly just now?” Su Nianxi was shocked. With a company so eager to pave the way for her career, how could someone still be so ungrateful?

“Can’t help it. These child stars are always pampered from a young age. It’s normal for them to act out when they fail for the first time.” Xiao Qu had worked under other stars before and was used to their personalities.

People like Su Nianxi, who drained netizens rather than employees, were rare.

No, actually, she was unique.

The two reached the basement, but Su Nianxi stared at the empty garage and blinked: “Where’s the car?”

“There.” Xiao Qu, now with deadpan eyes, pointed left without looking up.

Following her finger, Su Nianxi heard two engine roars, and the next second, a vintage convertible from the last century pulled up beside her.

In the driver’s seat sat a man in a flashy pink suit, holding the steering wheel with one hand and sipping an iced Americano with the other: “Get in.”

“Whoa.” Su Nianxi dashed behind Xiao Qu, took off her hat clipped to the backpack, and fastened it.

Who was this guy? So embarrassing, she wanted to escape.

“Damn! Su Nianxi! I finally got some free time to pick you up today, why are you hiding? Come here!” The man on the car, displeased by her reaction, took off his sunglasses and shouted.

Su Nianxi peeked out and appraised the man radiating a decadent, sinful glow all over: “Su Yan?”

“How dare you call me by my name so casually!” Su Yan glared at her and waved his hand: “Get in quickly!”

Su Nianxi pouted but reluctantly pulled Xiao Qu into the back seat.

How had she forgotten? City A was the Su family’s hometown, and her idle eldest brother lived here.

Thinking this, Su Nianxi’s heart sank.

Not good. She’d only been here a little over a week and had already encountered the estranged eldest brother and second brother of the original owner. At this rate, her tangled relations with the heir sister and the two retired patriarchs wouldn’t be far behind.

Wait, tangled relations... hic, she was hungry.

Su Yan looked at his sister, who sat in the back, lost in thought, and clicked his tongue: “What’s the latest trending topic about you? Why are you always getting bullied lately?”

“That’s almost resolved.” Su Nianxi shrugged. “Don’t worry, who can bully me?”

“True, no one’s crazier than you.” Su Yan snorted and took another sip of his iced Americano.

Su Nianxi stared at the cup for a while and quietly said, “Brother, I think you’ve been tricked. That might be instant coffee.”

“Why do you say that?” Su Yan shook the cup, as if savoring a vintage wine.

“There’s residue.” Su Nianxi pointed to the granules at the bottom. “Did you buy a 9.9-yuan coffee coupon too?”

“Oh, that.” Su Yan imitated her tone, “That’s not coffee.”

Su Nianxi raised her eyes.

“It’s cold medicine.”

So it wasn’t 9.9 yuan, but 999.

My bad.

Suddenly, Su Nianxi felt she wasn’t so out of place in this family after all.

With a brother who drives a supercar in a pink suit while sipping cold medicine, what was special about her, a little sister who just vents online?

Still, she was a bit puzzled: “Why are you drinking cold medicine in midsummer?”

“Well, we’ve had a lot of overseas tourists lately, always taking pictures of our cars. A few friends in our group thought, since that’s the case, why not drive around and show off every day? We even made a schedule.” Su Yan explained, “But they scheduled me for the late shift, driving a convertible at night on the highway. I was so cold, the iced Americano turned into cold medicine.”

He shuddered.

Listening to his explanation, Su Nianxi silently ranked his craziness above her own.

Alright, after the little brother with 250 problems, she now had the supercar big brother.

She was growing more and more interested in the Su family.