"Xiao as in carefree, Can as in brilliant."
"Do you know my name?"
"Of course, you're Shen Jingqi."
Lin Xiaocan bit into the pizza, forked another piece, and handed it to Shen Jingqi.
Shen Jingqi was a bit surprised.
"Don't pretend you don't know me. I know Li Baiyu even fed you before!"
Shen Jingqi felt his cheeks heat up.
"You're being so polite, it's really funny!"
"I'm just giving you a piece to try, the rest is mine. I'm still growing, need to eat a lot."
Shen Jingqi watched Lin Xiaocan devouring the pizza fiercely.
Sweet features, fair neck, and the rise and fall of her body.
"What are you looking at! I've noticed you staring straight at Li Baiyu. She lets you watch, but I don't!"
Shen Jingqi felt his ears burning, as if Lin Xiaocan had pinched them.
Quickly took a sip of orange juice to calm himself.
"Is the seafood pizza good?"
Shen Jingqi moved his pizza over to her.
"Actually, you even helped me remove the bones from fish once!"
Lin Xiaocan laughed gleefully.
Shen Jingqi's hand stopped mid-bite.
The person who ate the fish with him that night was also Lin Xiaocan.
"Why do you come out now?"
Lin Xiaocan made a funny face.
"Stop playing around, tell me quickly."
"I came out, of course, for that idiot Li Baiyu."
"When she can't handle it, I come out."
"Is it related to her illusions? Around noon, a girl appeared in the elevator."
"How do you know? It seems there's a reason Li Baiyu came to you. You could actually see that person."
Lin Xiaocan suddenly became serious.
"I'll tell you depending on my mood. After all, with you around, I'm not so bored. But I can tell you one thing: when I appear, Li Baiyu's illusions make her scared, and she runs away. Once, I chased her, but for some reason, she suddenly vanished. It's like she just disappeared from this world."
"Couldn't find her at all?"
"Yeah, just like a transformation or invisibility trick, disappearing out of thin air in front of you."
"It's a bit strange."
Shen Jingqi was initially surprised that they couldn't see Cong Nanxue's information header. Now listening to Lin Xiaocan's description, she can disappear into thin air, which made it even stranger.
"Have you told Li Baiyu about this?"
"I don't want to tell her, we're at odds."
"Why not? Let me tell you, Li Baiyu is a deserter. When her illusions appear, she hides."
"When I come out, she doesn't appear, so naturally, she doesn't want me out. But she's not strong. When her illusions appear, she faints. So, I come out to bear it for her. And once the storm passes, she appears, and I can only disappear. We can't coexist, only one of us can exist."
Lin Xiaocan bit fiercely on the straw of her milk tea.
Li Baiyu's outfit matches the familiar face, but with a completely different expression.
"When did you first appear?"
Most of the food was gone, leaving only the drinks they both ordered.
Shen Jingqi slowly sipped his orange juice and asked.
"The very first time, let me think, was five years ago. At that time, Li Baiyu lived in a villa. One day, Cong Nanxue came to see her. They argued. After Cong Nanxue left, Li Baiyu suddenly fainted. After that, I came out."
"I'm very different from Li Baiyu. I like excitement and going out to have fun. I went to a music restaurant and met the owner, who said I had musical talent and released two singles for me. By morning, Li Baiyu woke up. The next time I appeared, I realized I became a singer. I registered my own account and contacts, etc. The third time I appeared, I set up one of the villa's rooms as my own and added a password, so Li Baiyu wouldn't interfere with me."
These years, I've been managing my singer career and acquiring many of my own things. For example, my dressing style is completely different from Li Baiyu's. Look at what she's wearing, so formal. I prefer young, trendy outfits."
Unexpectedly, Li Baiyu has been suffering from multiple personalities for so many years.
Shen Jingqi felt some sympathy for her.
"It's just that my appearance was noticed by that monster under Li Baiyu's management."
"Her driver and bodyguard."
"Uncle Li? How can Uncle Li be a monster?"
"He's a monster. If you interact more with him, you'll know. Shh~ He's outside the school gate, better not to talk about him, anyway I'm fine now."
Lin Xiaocan seemed a bit scared when mentioning Uncle Li.
"It's nothing, he just said I took over the missy's body and wants to drive me away. He just doesn't know that Li Baiyu and I are originally one, so he doesn't dare do anything to me."
Around them were Lin Xiaocan's fans, ordering food and staring in her direction.
Lin Xiaocan and Shen Jingqi were sitting close, speaking very softly.
"Hey, Shen Jingqi, with your head so close, my fans might think we're dating!"
"Seems like you leaned over here!"
"If I didn't get close, could you hear me well?"
"Let's just chat as we like, no need to mind their views."
"Some of those fans are very gossipy, exaggerating things until the stories sound outrageous. Then, my sweet girl persona would be affected."
"Isn't that a bit exaggerated!"
"Of course it is, you're not in this circle, you don't get it."
"You say your sweet girl persona, is it really you? Or was it designed by your company?"
"My voice is pretty sweet, and all the songs I sing are sweet, so it naturally formed this image."
"Xiaoxiao, your fans call you like that~"
Shen Jingqi opened the search bar and clicked on Lin Xiaocan's personal page.
On mainstream platforms, Lin Xiaocan had a massive following, rivaling Li Baiyu.
There were many personal videos of Lin Xiaocan, many showing her performing on stage.
One video with tens of millions of likes showed Lin Xiaocan in a princess dress, looking so sweet! Googlᴇ search NoᴠᴇFɪre.nᴇt
There were countless fan-made videos as well.
"Yeah, you should call me Xiaoxiao too~"