Personality V: I will save everything

"Ah hey hey! Ouch! Oh my God!!!" With a terrified scream, the whole stage seemed to tremble. Jack fell to the ground in panic, gasping for breath.

Fortunately, despite Joke's embarrassment, he and Valletta still had a certain tacit understanding. In this performance, they successfully covered up all possible flaws, so that the audience did not notice anything unusual.

However, when the performance just ended and the heavy curtain just closed, Jack sat down heavily on the ground like a deflated ball.

He tried to struggle to stand up, but his legs felt as though the tendons and bones had been pulled out of him, and he felt limp and powerless. No matter how hard he tried, his body would not obey him.

Finally, in desperation, Muro and Lucchino hurried over, and the two of them worked together to lift Jack from the ground and slowly walked to the stage.

Actually, it was not Joke's fault. You know, his original job was just to manage the props behind the scenes. Who could have thought that there would be such an ungrateful guy who would suddenly push him to the front of the stage.

Fortunately, Jack had been a clown before and had accumulated a lot of stage experience. At that critical moment, he tried to stay calm and tense his face, so that the audience didn't notice any flaws.

But now, the curtain has closed, and the tense emotions instantly receded like a tide. Jake could no longer suppress the fear in his heart, and he suddenly collapsed to the ground, unable to stand up.

Muro struggled to lift up Joke's heavy arm and slowly moved backstage, muttering: "Joke, you were once a very popular star in our place. Who could have expected that you would be so stage frightened today!"

Qiu Ke retorted helplessly: "This is not just stage fright! Okay?"

You know, he was standing steadily backstage just now, without any psychological preparation, but he was pushed hard by someone for no apparent reason, and he flew out like a cannonball.

Fortunately, he reacted quickly and held his breath to prevent himself from screaming on the spot. It must be said that his strong psychological quality is quite remarkable.

Muro tilted his head and thought for a moment, then nodded thoughtfully, agreeing with what Qiu Ke said: "Hmm...If you think about it carefully, it seems to be the case."

Just then, Mike, who was about to go on stage to perform, hurried past them.

When passing by Qiu Ke, Mike suddenly shouted excitedly as if a light bulb had flashed in his head: "Hey, Senior Qiu Ke, I just suddenly thought of a brilliant idea!"

Hearing this, Jake couldn't help but feel a strong sense of foreboding, and a look of despair instantly appeared on his face (ー_ー)!!

I secretly groaned in my heart: It's all over, it's all over, seeing how excited this guy is, there must be nothing good waiting for me.

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The premonition came true!!!!!!

Standing on the stage, Qiu Ke really wanted to die.

Mike originally thought that the rhythm of their performance was a bit fast. At the end, when Natasha and Valletta danced together, the stage setting might be a bit rushed.

This is great. We can insert a small stage play by Senior Qiu Ke and Sister Natasha in the middle, so there will be plenty of time.

The idea is good, but it makes life difficult for Joke and others.

After all, no matter how small a stage play is, it is impossible for it to have only two people, the male and female protagonists.

In fact, this small stage is used to perform a very famous novel - "Pygmalion"

The story takes place in London in the early 20th century. Eliza is a poor flower girl who speaks with a vulgar East End accent. Linguist Professor Higgins makes a bet with his friends to train Eliza into a lady with elegant manners and a pure accent.

Higgins gave Eliza rigorous training, including pronunciation, grammar, manners, etc. In the process, Eliza gradually showed her intelligence and perseverance.

After a period of training, Eliza successfully transformed herself into an elegant lady. She shined in social occasions and attracted everyone's attention.

However, Eliza gradually realized in the process that she still longed for true love and respect in her heart. Finally, she left Higgins to pursue her own happiness.

This was the original plot, and Natasha played the flower girl Eliza, and Higgins, who trained her to be an upper-class lady, was played by Jack.

Before he was about to go on stage, Mike was still a little nervous. He couldn't help but walk over to Joke and asked softly, "Should we consider revising the ending of the script? Senior, you see, if we follow the current ending, Natasha and the character played by you won't be able to become a happy couple."

Hearing this, Jake frowned slightly, looked at Mike firmly, and said slowly: "Why change it? If a woman has experienced all kinds of hardships and difficulties in the first half of her life, but these experiences are ultimately just to be with a man, then wouldn't it turn everything she has endured into an absurd joke?"

Jack's words deeply revealed his sincere and deep feelings for Natasha.

Although he loved Natasha very much in his heart, if this love would bring Natasha even the slightest pain and torture, he would rather endure the pain of missing her alone than let his beloved suffer any harm.

This kind of love is so pure, selfless and unreserved.

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The stage play officially began.

Natasha appeared in front of people wearing tattered clothes, and there was even dirt on her clothes that was deliberately patted on.

"Buy a flower, man, buy a flower."

Natasha shocked the whole audience as soon as she opened her mouth. Everyone in the manor had heard Natasha speak before. She was very elegant and had received professional language education. But now when she opened her mouth, her voice sounded like a hoarse and unpleasant shrew.

Natasha just stood on the stage, making the gesture of selling flowers over and over again to a person who did not exist, or to be exact, to the air. Her acting skills were really superb, and people could even tell from her actions that she was rejected by passers-by over and over again.

The disheartened Natasha, or rather Eliza, sat on a stone step.

At this moment, Higgins, or rather Joke, was chatting with the people next to him and came to Natasha.

Natasha once again tried to sell the flowers in her hand to Jack, but her hoarse voice sounded as unpleasant as the sound of slaughtering a pig.

Joke couldn't stand it anymore and mocked Natasha, saying that people like her could only stay in the slums all their lives.

At the same time, Jack boasted to his friend (Murro) that in just three months, he could make this woman as elegant as a duchess, not only allowing her to freely enter the royal balls of the upper class, but also allowing her to find a decent job.

But what I didn’t expect was that the speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional.

Unexpectedly, Natasha knocked on Qiu Ke's door that night.

Joke didn't expect that Natasha would remember his casual boasting, but Natasha insisted on staying in Joke's house.

What's more, Muro, whom Joke boasted about, was also in his room at that time. Muro was also very curious whether Joke could successfully transform the girl, so he proposed to Joke that if he could really transform the girl within three months, then he would be willing to pay all of Natasha's tuition.

Joke also wanted to try whether his bet could succeed, so he agreed to let Natasha stay here.

Joke's training of Natasha was very strict. He used percussion music to help her find the emphasis, filled her mouth with glass beads, and asked her to read aloud the speech in front of her.

They trained like this day after day, almost until late at night every day, until one day the huge pressure made Natasha unable to bear it anymore.

"I really can't stand it anymore. What's the point of doing this? Oh, God, I can't even find it. Have I changed at all? I'm just like a leaf drifting with the current. Have I really changed?"

Joke was shocked by what Natasha said.

"Say it again."

"I am just like a leaf drifting with the current."

She finally learned it.

Everyone was very excited, and Jack decided to take Natasha out for actual practice tomorrow.

The next day, Natasha appeared in a black and white dress and an exaggerated high-brimmed hat, at the horse racing field where only upper-class nobles could appear.

Everything was going very smoothly, but Natasha had only learned how to speak.

Finally, she couldn't help it anymore, and when the horse she supported was about to be overtaken, she shouted loudly.

"Come on!!!! Dover!!!!!! Shake your big butt!!!!"

Her shouting meant that all their efforts were wasted. There was no other choice but for Qiu Ke to take her back.

Jack's poor performance at the racecourse made him realize that if he wanted to package Natasha as a noble, he had to change her from the inside out. It was not just about changing her accent and clothes, but also about changing her connotation and temperament.

Two months passed and Natasha finally underwent a complete transformation.

For tonight's royal ball, Natasha even wore a white ball gown inlaid with diamonds, and paired it with a red velvet jacket to make her look more elegant and luxurious.

Natasha stood at the Royal Military Council and did not seem out of place at all. She even seemed dazzling.

Even the Queen of Romania (Valletta) couldn't help but gently lift Natasha's chin and said, "Charming, so charming."

Having won the favor of the Queen, Natasha quickly became the focus of the audience.

Her outstanding temperament was even noticed by Prince Mike, who immediately invited her to dance with him.

However, Natasha's mysterious identity also attracted the attention of a linguist (Norton). Fortunately, Natasha is now able to deal with it easily, and the linguist did not find any flaws.

So after dancing with Natasha, the experts concluded that Natasha was a real princess, a Hungarian princess whose blood was as pure as the Blue Danube.

Soon the news spread from one person to another, until it reached Joke's ears. Joke could no longer hold back and laughed out loud.

It was obvious that Jack won the bet. He was complacent and reveling in his victory. He never mentioned a word about Natasha's contribution. She stood aside with a sad face, as if she had been forgotten.

Natasha was thrown into the corner like that. Now to Ke, Natasha seemed like a successful trial product.

Now that the experiment is over and Joke has been relieved of his heavy burden, Natasha has been thrown into a dark corner like a burden.

This made her feel very lost and she didn't know what to do. She was now a fake aristocrat and had no way to integrate into the real upper class society, nor could she go back to the slums to be an ordinary flower girl.

Late at night, Natasha packed her luggage, left a letter, and left Jack.

When she returned to the slums, to the street where she used to sell flowers, everyone she met respectfully and politely addressed her as "Madam."

These ladies, one after another, seemed to be telling Natasha over and over again that she could never come back here and live the life of the lower class, and that she was out of place here.

When he woke up in the morning, Jack found that Natasha was missing. His life became a mess. No one made coffee for him, and no one reminded him what he should do today.

But unexpectedly, after some searching, Joke actually found Natasha in his mother's house.

Now she has decided to be self-reliant.

She told Qiu Ke that she had learned a lot in these days and maybe she could become a teacher in the future.

In the end, although Natasha did not become a real duchess, she changed from a sloppy and hopeless flower girl to the confident, elegant, strong and independent woman she is today.

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Finally the performance is over.

The five key figures, Jake, Natasha, Valletta, Murro and Mike, held hands and bowed to the audience together.