Chapter 366

“Joe, is that really you?!” Lily Garland blurted out so suddenly that everyone near the doorway froze for a moment. “Joe who?” Caleb Summers looked totally confused, frowning hard. “Lily, that’s my dad. His last name’s Summers.” “Wait… you’re saying Joe Xiaqiu is your dad?” Lily was completely stunned. The people standing there looked at one another for a good few seconds, trying to wrap their heads around it. Turned out, Caleb’s father, Miles Summers, was once a big deal in the Peking opera scene—using the stage name Joe Xiaqiu. What’s crazier is they were actually from the same opera school. That particular school had a crazy tradition—only passed the heritage to male performers, and only those trained in female roles. Joe Xiaqiu nearly became that generation’s successor. But then, out of nowhere, he just quit the scene over thirty years ago and disappeared from the spotlight. When the news broke back then, Peking opera fans were devastated. Some even camped out in front of the opera