Chapter 269: Chapter 269 - 266: Was It Really You?

During the filming of the sword dance scene, Jun wasn’t present. She only knew of its existence, but had no idea how Shi Su performed it, nor the style of the dance.

She had known Shi Su for so long, even knowing of Mianmian’s existence, yet never knew Shi Su could dance, let alone dance so well!

Especially when comparing this dance with the one Shi Yunyin was awarded for five years ago, there really are too many similar traces.

The flexibility of her body and many movements are simply identical!

The netizens started a heated discussion about whether the choreography and martial arts direction of "Yao Platform" plagiarized the movie’s dance moves.

Xia Yilin’s fans jumped in, forcibly turning this trending topic into accusations of Shi Su plagiarizing Shi Yunyin’s dance, guiding the public to place Shi Su on the stand of guilt for plagiarizing dance moves.

Even though the online storm has been deliberately stirred to such a degree, the appearance of this trending topic, while causing an uproar within Shi Su’s studio, did not seem to faze Shi Su, as her Weibo remained silent without a single explanation.

On the contrary, Shi Yunyin’s side was scrambling to find ways to retract the trending topic.

But Mrs. Shi, Xv Yaru, calmly assured her daughter, saying retracting the trending topic now would be pointless. Given that the online narrative has already led to accusations of Shi Su plagiarizing dance moves, it would be better to go with the flow, letting Shi Su become the public enemy, as it’s already been five years since the incident; Shi Yunyin’s dance at the time had made a lasting impression. No matter if Shi Su now claims that she performed the dance five years ago, who would believe her?

As long as the narrative is managed well and the mud is flung swiftly and accurately, even if this situation was something Shi Su strategically buried a long time ago, they wouldn’t be afraid.

After all, the dance in the movie back then was performed behind a veil, and no one could see the face clearly, with no personal testimony or physical evidence. No matter how Shi Su tries to create a scene, she has no proof, and at most, it would cause suspicion about the incident, but before public doubts arise, concluding Shi Su’s plagiarism of dance moves would prevent this trouble from falling on them.

Shi Su personally went to the studio, where Jun had been waiting with her arms crossed for half a day.

"What is going on with that dance? I saw that scene was almost filmed in a single cut, with the dance moves being very smooth without any pauses." Jun looked thoughtfully at Shi Su, "When I signed you in the United States back then, your profile didn’t mention you could dance."

Shi Su looked at Jun and calmly stated the fact: "I used to study dance professionally for about seven years."

Jun stared at her incredulously for a while, "Seven years? You know very few actresses in the industry can truly dance; most just use it as a gimmick. Why didn’t you tell me earlier about your skills?"

"Just abandoning some past experiences, but to seek justice for myself, unavoidable to dust off some long-unused skills; if the knife isn’t sharpened, it rusts."

Jun: "Forgive me, I don’t understand."

Shi Su merely smiled faintly: "Didn’t you say five years ago how well Shi Yunyin danced in that movie ’Chi Xiao’? You liked it very much, almost becoming a fan."

Jun: "...?"

Jun looked at Shi Su for a long while before suddenly examining Shi Su up and down.

"Wait! Why am I only realizing now! Shi Su, Shi Yunyin... you’re both surnamed Shi..." Jun murmured, "Before I signed you, all I knew was that you didn’t have any parents or relatives around, and I never investigated your past. Shi Su, could you and Shi Yunyin be...?"

Shi Su didn’t speak and lightly gave her a look.

Jun immediately clutched her chest: "Are you from the same family? Are you Shi Yunyin’s sister?"

Shi Su asked with an odd expression, "Do I look that young? She’s younger than me by half a year; technically speaking, I’m the older sister."

"...You indeed look younger than her; how could sisters be half a year apart?"

"Different mothers, same father." Shi Su didn’t think it necessary to mention whether they were from the same father during such timing, as this matter had no relation to what she intended to do now.

Jun took a while to digest this news, then asked with deep confusion, "What did you mean when you mentioned that dance just now?"

Although suddenly having a bold guess, she didn’t dare to assume so wildly.

But Shi Su’s look today seemed to explain everything.

Suddenly, Shuj9 opened the office door and came in, "The martial arts director for ’Yao Platform’ just posted a suggestive Weibo; now Shi Su’s Weibo is being attacked with thousands of comments accusing Shi Su of plagiarism against Shi Yunyin..."

Jun immediately frowned, "Why is the martial arts director speaking up now? What did he post on Weibo?"

Shuj9 said anxiously, "The martial arts director posted on his personal Weibo that only the sword dance moves in Shi Su’s scene were designed by them, but the dance moves were not designed by them, those were Shi Su’s own choreography! He even subtly implied that even if it is indeed plagiarism, it is Shi Su’s personal behavior. Now due to the martial arts director suddenly adding chaos, the official public relations draft from the studio can’t be released, they are still watching, but Shi Su has been continuously attacked, with all the narrative and direction pointing towards Shi Su!"

"Does the martial arts director have a problem? Did we offend him? At this time all crew members should remain silent and not speak; him stepping out to add chaos and directing the mud towards Shi Su seems intentional!" Jun picked up her phone to check Weibo, "No, right now Shi Su’s popularity is rising, I’ll contact the public relations team at Yijia Entertainment immediately, can’t let them pour mud to our side, this is obviously deliberate! How could the production side be so unreliable?"

"It’s not the production’s problem, someone paid off the martial arts director." Shi Su wasn’t flustered, resting her chin on one hand at Jun’s desk, "Don’t bother contacting the agency’s PR team, I initiated this issue myself, I can resolve it."

"Resolve it how?" Jun looked grim, "This drama is now too hot, watched by countless people both inside and outside wanting desperately to find any reason to take it off air, or reduce its reputation, how do you clean up plagiarism accusations?"

Shi Su remained calm, silently watching her, seemingly waiting for her to cool down.

Jun watched her for a while, suddenly asked Shuj9 to leave, then looked at Shi Su.

"You say you initiated this issue yourself, does that mean when you filmed this scene, you were already prepared for today’s situation?"

"Shi Su, this dance and the one Shi Yunyin performed five years ago are really similar, there’s no way to clean up plagiarism accusations."

"Unless, that dance back then, was performed by you."

Shi Su leaning on the desk, fingers lightly tapping the table edge, tilting her head watching her.

Jun’s eyes widened in shock: "Could it really be you who performed it?!"