Chapter 82: First Love Sweetness

Li Lian looked at his face and nodded faintly. "I'm fine. I'm sure you two are very fine without my presence, don't you think?"

Xie Hue Lin quickly took up Li Lian's sarcastic remark and prepared to reply sadly. "-Jie -Jie that's not it we- we... are very sad ab-"

"Ah! Oh my, I'm sorry Xiao- Lin, I'm only joking. It's been a long time since we've talked and I was only trying to ease the tense atmosphere. Dear me, did you take it seriously?" Li Lian stood up and softly caresses Xie Hue Lin's shoulder.

Xie Hue Lin felt coldness creeped out to her heart and flinched from the touch of Li Lian's somewhat cold fingers that felt sharp to her skin.

"Ji-"

At the same time Xie Hue Lin was about to answer, Qing Jiang Mei's assistant walked to the hall to start the audition.

"To the auditioners in the hall, we have given everyone the lyrics and the soundtrack a few days ago. The audition would start now. Please enter the stage after your name had been called. The first one, Ms. Xie Hue Lin."

Xie Hue Lin whose name was called to be the first one pursed her lips.

He Chang Min pat her back gently and gave a kiss on her cheek to cheer her up. "Good luck, Xiao- Lin, do your best! I'll be watching from here."

Xie Hue Lin bashfully nodded before casting a glance toward Li Lian and gave the kindest smile possible.

Before she left, Xie Hue Lin whispered to Li Lian, full of confidence that there would be no way for her to ever win. "Good luck, Jie-Jie. Let's see how long you can still keep your smile. "

Li Lian replied back with a stale smile. "Mei-Mei, you too, good luck. I can't wait to see the end result."

Xie Hue Lin narrowed her eyes coldly. -'What are you saying, b*tch? There's no place for you anymore-'

"Mrs. Xie Hue Lin?" The assistant called her name once again.

Xie Hue Lin lightly clicked her tongue and glared at the assistant before walking up to the stage.

Qing Jiang Mei and the other two song makers next to him sat in front of Xie Hue Lin as the judges.

Bitterly, with a still-irritated face, Qing Jiang Mei squinted his eyes toward Xie Hue Lin and scoffed. -'This is the girl they told to make sure she wins? Her father must have been the movie's sponsors.'

"Tch." Qing Jiang Mei clicked his tongue. He looked down toward the auditioners and spotted Li Lian in the crowds.

As he thought, whenever he remembered Li Lian's singing voice and her deep expression as she sang, there's no one better than her in his opinion.

Remembering the reason for his anger, Qing Jiang Mei cursed once again. 'That d*mnned b*stard!! If it wasn't because my crew is also in this, I would have stepped out of this project! D*mnnit!'

"Mr. Qing..." The songwriter beside him asked for his permission to start the audition.

Qing Jiang Mei uninterestedly waved his hand, commencing the audition.

Although Xie Hue Lin was annoyed by his expression, because he is the judge, she still slyly held her facade.

"Starting from line 4-12" The person beside Qing Jiang Mei spoke.

"Yes," Xie Hue Lin nodded and test her voice for a moment before shutting her emotions according to the song's story.

Like a young girl with a twinkling expression- Xie Hue Lin's delicate face soften. Seeing this, the judge's attention instantly taken by her.

"Moon beside the night sky. " The title for the ending song of "The Handmaiden" movie.

"The Handmaiden" a historical romance-mystery story about the lady-in-waiting of the distinguished Gu family. The story started when the main character, Song Ru was hired to be the handmaid of the daughter of the house, Gu Ren.

Because Song Ru and Gu Ren's face was alike, many people sometimes mistake their identity and thought that Gu Ren was playfully trying to work as a handmaiden.

Song Ru and Gu Ren's relationship are close like a sister, however, one day, Gu Ren died because of poison. Before Gu Ren's death, she asked Song Ru to live as her to find out the killer in order to save the household

As Song Ru lives as Gu Ren to found out the killer's identity, she fell in love with Gu Ren's fiancee, Wei Shuen. Resulting in her bitter-sweet relationship Wei Shuen, the guilts and affection.

The content portrayed in the ending song is about the first time when Song Ru ever met Gu Ren's fiancee and the time when she falls in love at first sight with him.

A sweet song that contained lullabies.

What Qing Jiang Mei want for the song wasn't only the high notes that the singer has to achieve but also the feelings of first love sweetness.

Xie Hue Lin smiled, she knew exactly what judges desire and start to sing.