Chapter 39 Outside the resting room. “You guys, what do you think is going on? The old master and Jesse have been inside for over twenty minutes without coming out?” Li Jing said anxiously while checking the time. He asked what was happening, but the others present were just as confused. After Qi Shejiang and Old Master Meng finished their performance, they found a resting room to step into, and no one had seen them come out for quite a while. It’s said that the old master had received an enthusiastic response from the audience after his performance; he seemed to be in good spirits, not the kind who would need a hospital. They still wanted to congratulate them, so why were they behind closed doors? Meng Jingyuan was performing on stage and could only send Xu Siyu to knock on the door, calling out, “Old master, Jesse should be going up to finish the show.” Now that the program on stage had concluded, it was time for the ending act to take the stage, which is the grand finale of the entire performance. Today was particularly important since it was Qi Shejiang and Xu Siyu’s first solo show; they had to keep the momentum going. “Got it. You tell Jingyuan to stretch it out a bit.” Old Master Meng’s voice came from inside, and his tone sounded normal. “
Xu Siyu realized that they weren’t finished yet. He hurried off to the side curtain, signaling to Meng Jingyuan and Zeng Wen to stretch the program a bit longer and keep talking.
Inside the room, Old Master Meng and Qi Shejiang looked at each other in silence. When he called him “senior brother” on stage, Qi Shejiang was momentarily stunned, his mind a whirl. Even after his junior pulled him to a secluded spot, he still couldn’t utter a word, unsure if he should respond.
Old Master Meng sighed at that moment, “Senior brother, I’m already of this age; I’ve long since come to terms with life and death. If you don’t respond, I might just die here.”
