Chapter 606 - 614: I the Monk

"I’m even worse." Benjamin Worthington laughed helplessly. Since he was a child, he’d been in sports school and hardly focused on cultural classes. Where would he have found the time to learn to dance?

"Jane Sampson, how come you don’t know how to dance?" Charlotte Miller looked incredulous, "I heard you were a child star. I thought all child stars were multitalented."

After Charlotte Miller finished speaking, the expressions of all seven people, including Jane Sampson, changed slightly.

"I’m not a child star," Jane corrected Charlotte Miller seriously, then added, "There’s specialization in every art. Just like Benjamin’s time was spent on sports, my time was spent on the piano. Is it strange that I can’t dance?"

Charlotte Miller realized her words might have been inappropriate, so she stopped pursuing the topic and quietly hung her head, looking a bit wronged.

"Charlotte Miller, you’re really funny." Mair Williams laughed as if amused by Charlotte, "How did you end up feeling sorry for Jane Sampson?"

Charlotte Miller’s face changed, and she quickly moved away from the lens, managing to avoid the embarrassing expression being captured by the camera.

Hibiscus Wood, who had been silent until then, spoke up, "I’ll dance then. I can do a classical dance, although I haven’t practiced in a long time and might be rusty."

"Can the program crew prepare this costume?" Jane asked on behalf of Hibiscus Wood, turning to look at the director. Seeing the director nod, Jane complimented him for his understanding, though it could be said the flattery was somewhat half-hearted.

"Jane Sampson, how about we perform a crosstalk act?" Benjamin Worthington suddenly called out to Jane. The eight of them, everyone else had their acts planned, so Benjamin felt that he and Jane should pair up.

"Not the crosstalk you’re thinking of, but a purely comedic one, with self-edited lines and scenarios, and making our own props. I remember having such performance experience when I was studying."

"Sure!" Jane, no stranger to performing, quickly nodded in agreement and started discussing with Benjamin, "So, what shall we perform?"

"Legend of the Green Snake and White Snake?" Benjamin suggested with a smile, "You play the Green Snake, I’ll play the White Snake. Then you play Monk John Lawsea, and I’ll play Immortal Miller. Each of us plays two roles, one on the front and one on the back, and we make our own props."

"For the costume of Green Snake, we can pick green leaves from the mountain village and sew them together to make the Green Snake’s dress and Monk John Lawsea’s robe." Jane thought for a moment and then turned to look at Helen Watson, who was laughing with her mouth wide open, "I remember Sister Helen Watson has a scarf that is almost the same color as a monk’s robe; can I borrow it to tie in front of my chest? And I can borrow a broom, stick two words on it, ’I the Monk.’

"Hey, hey, hey, what did my scarf ever do to you?" Helen Watson playfully scolded Jane but agreed by nodding her head, "I’ll give you the scarf later."

"What about my white dress?" Benjamin Worthington asked, "And Immortal Miller’s?"

"We have bath towels for the white dress," Charlie Peterson said, almost splitting his sides with laughter, "This will definitely be the most fairy-like White Maiden in history."

"I have a dress in my suitcase; I’ll cut it up for you to use as Immortal Miller," Mair Williams said, pointing to Jane, "You learn from her, one side with ’Maiden’ for White Maiden and the other side with ’Hubby’ for Immortal Miller."

"I suddenly feel really looking forward to this show." The director chimed in from the side, and after speaking, he burst out laughing, "You all are quite talented."