Day: September 7, 2021

       After singing the song, Wen Jianing returned to his original position, and then Shen Youzong, who accepted his challenge, began to sing.

       Generally speaking, this round was a very interesting one. It depended on the choice of the players and the underlying tension growing among the players. But the only unforeseen hiccups that surprised Wen Jianing happened to Lin Qingyu, who ranked third in popularity.

       Lin Qingyu did not choose a less popular opponent as ordered by the talent agency company, but she chose Wen Lin instead.

       Wen Lin did not appear surprised and calmly responded to the challenge.

       In fact, Wen Jianing thought that Lin Qingyu and Wen Lin are the same kinds of people. They were the ones who could be called musicians. They loved music, could compose a song and liked to sing their own songs with a guitar. Ke Xinhang should also be these kinds of people. It was a pity that Ke Xinhang was a little less talented than Wen Lin.

       Yi Nan could only be called a singer. He could sing, but he didn’t necessarily have much enthusiasm for music.

       It was no surprise that Lin Qingyu chose Wen Lin. She decided to act according to her will on this stage and chose Wen Lin because she recognized his strength.

       Not to say that he approved of Lin Qingyu’s behaviour, but at least Wen Jianing admired her courage.

       Because it was a live broadcast, after all five groups of players finished the match, the program began to broadcast commercials.

       It was inevitable that the judges would have to exchange their views.

       Wen Jianing relaxed and cracked his neck.

       Wen Lin, who stood next to him asked, “Are you nervous?”

       Wen Jianing turned his head and said, “I should be asking that to you.”

       Wen Lin smiled, “Not nervous. I have nothing to say if I lose to Lin Qingyu.”

       Wen Jianing could not help laughing when he said that.

       Wen Lin asked him what he was laughing at.

       He shook his head, and just revelled in Wen Lin’s words. He thought that if Wen Lin had lost to him, he would probably be very unwilling.

       After the advertisement, the camera switched back. After a long opening speech, the host solemnly said, “Next, our judges will announce the results of the challenge in the order of the competition. First of all, let’s welcome Coach Wang Mei—the judge of the first round, to announce her results!”

       Wang Mei sat up straight and began to comment on Yi Nan and You Hao’s performance according to the records in a small notebook in front of her.

       Yi Nan and You Hao stood in the middle of the stage. No matter what Wang Mei said, You Hao was expressionless. He probably knew that he could not escape the result of being eliminated.

       Sure enough, Wang Mei subsequently announced the result of her decision, and she chose to let Yi Nan stay.

       Yi Nan bowed to Wang Mei excitedly, and then waved to the direction of the audience.

       You Hao’s expression hasn’t changed from beginning to end. Maybe in addition to losing the game, You Hao was more angry about being betrayed by his friend. Wen Jianing looked at him, and was a little afraid that he would burst out at any time, but he didn’t. Even when Yi Nan came to hug him, he still could raise his arm and hug Yi Nan and said, “Good luck.”

       Next, it was Wen Jianing and Shen Youzong’s turn. Even if this group was not as tight in strength and popularity compared to the first group, this group was still a little suspenseful.

       Even Shen Youzong felt that he didn’t sing too good just now. If it was really based on his strength, he should not be eliminated.

       Lu Jinlang had shown his favourable treatment for Ke Xinhang, but Shen Youzong has also received Lu Jinlang’s “good” evaluation. He feels that he should have more confidence in himself.

       Holding the microphone, Lu Jinlang didn’t give a long speech, and he just said, “I choose Ke Xinhang.”

       Wen Jianing slowly exhaled. He was actually very nervous just now, because he really didn’t have much confidence in this round. While breathing a sigh of relief, he couldn’t help but feel a little bit of joy.  No matter what recognition Lu Jinlang expressed for him, at this time, Wen Jianing would rather think that it was something worth his happiness.

       But that little joy did not show on his face, Wen Jianing just chose to bend down and bow.

       Shen Youzong smiled bitterly. He might have some regrets and some unwillingness, but he felt there was nothing more to be done.

       The host said, “Can Mr. Lu tell us the reason for making this choice?” He didn’t expect Lu Jinlang to comment more. So the host thought about how to continue the topic and to not sound too cold.

       But Lu Jinlang said slowly this time, “At first when the chief director of the program invited me to be the program’s judge, I rejected him. Because I told him that I can’t sing, and I can’t understand who sings better than anyone else. And it will make the program appear to not be professional enough.”

       Wen Jianing remembered that when he first knew that Lu Jinlang was a judge, he thought so too.

       Lu Jinlang continued, “At that time, the chief director told me that I don’t need to be able to sing, I just need to listen to songs. This program is called Sing to Soul. Whether you sing well or not, depends on your soul. Everyone has aesthetic ability, even if it is a kid who has never learned songs and has no skills, as long as you think he sings well, he is good. So since I sit on the judges’ bench, I have only one requirement for all the contestants, and that’s to impress me. Don’t feel unfair, because you may not sing badly, but it’s just not enough to impress me.”

       After Lu Jinlang finished speaking, the host immediately went and said, “So sometimes it is difficult to grasp the point that touches people’s hearts. And the beauty of music is that it can choose a simple and direct way to move you. Maybe this is what we really want to get through singing.”

       After that, the host asked Shen Youzong to briefly say a few thoughts. The winning Wen Jianing was not interviewed because he still had the next round. After that, he went back to his original position.

       In the third group, Lin Qingyu, who took the initiative to challenge, lost to Wen Lin, who accepted her challenge.

       Lin Qingyu was very calm when she heard Coach An Yongkang announce the results. When interviewed, she also said that she had accepted her loss.

       The next two groups were suspenseful to the end because there was little difference in strength and popularity.

       Anyway, some people were happy and others were sad. Because they had been together for so long, it was not easy for those who were happy to be too happy, and those who were sad also have to force a smile to cheer for those who remain.

       As soon as the round was over, he immediately received a notice when he returned to the backstage dressing room. The talent agent company arranged dinner for everyone to eat together.

       Wen Jianing takes a look at the time. At this time, it was probably just a late night snack.

       The top ten were now all signed singers of Lei Xing. Although they had been eliminated, no one could tell which one laughs last. Throughout time, the champion may not be the one with the best development.

       So at the end of the game, those who were eliminated or staying in the game were all arranged to have this meal together. In addition, the company also hosted a banquet for four judges and senior executives from Starlight, as well as the main creators of the show.

       The meal was a standard Chinese meal. In the medium-sized private room of a large restaurant, two large tables with a capacity of 20 people were placed.

       Wen Jianing and his group came first. After entering the private room, they all consciously sat down at a table at the outer part.

       A moment later, Wu Dongqin, assistant to the general manager of Lei Xing, came in with the four judges and a director of the TV station, along with the producer and director of the competition program.

       There are also some other staff from Lei Xing and the TV station’s program group. After they came in, Wu Dongqin politely greeted them and asked everyone to take their seats.

       As they were about to sit down, Wu Dongqin suddenly came over and asked Yi Nan and Wen Jianing to sit at the table inside.

       Yi Nan readily accepted.

       Wen Jianing hesitated for a moment, and then got up and went to the table inside.

       Wu Dongqin looked at both sides and saw that there was still room at the inner table. He called Wen Lin and Lin Qingyu over again. Then he returned to his position and sat down.

       Wu Dongqin stood up and first expressed the greetings of the boss of Lei Xing company, saying that the other person was not in the country and could not be here in person and asked for their understanding. After that, he said that everyone has worked hard, and since this round was over, they were welcomed to have a good meal.

       When Wu Dongqin was speaking, Wen Jianing noticed that Lu Jinlang was casually wiping his hands with a hot towel. This kind of luxurious meal was obviously meaningless to him, but on this occasion, he still attended and did not embarrass the Lei Xing company and TV station.

       After that, they began to serve food and wine.

       He watched the waiter fill the glass in front of him with Baijiu*. Wen Jianing took a deep breath, knowing that it would be unavoidable to socialize on this occasion tonight.

       It was true that he has to drink. But he gave himself the limit, that was, he must not get drunk to the point of unconsciousness, and in any case, he must maintain the last bit of soberness.

       Wen Lin, who was sitting next to Wen Jianing, couldn’t help but frown slightly when he saw a glass full of Baijiu in front of him.

       Upon seeing this, Wen Jianing patted his arm without saying anything.

       Since his debut, he had joined a lot of these kinds of meals. In the beginning, he drank himself to the point of unconsciousness. Later, he could sit in his seat and watch others drink, and then even he could refuse to participate in the meaningless meal. He was then able to slowly quit drinking, and maintain his body. He finally reached that point after working so hard little by little.

       However, now, after so many years of hard work, he had been beaten back to the drinking ritual again. Even if he knows that this was harming his body, he still couldn’t help it.

       Wen Jianing picked up the wine glass, and politely rejected some toast, and even helped Wen Lin block some wine.

       At the end of a meal, he saw that Yi Nan had begun to talk nonsense to Wang Mei excitedly, while Lin Qingyu was unexpectedly brazen and drunk. Up until now, Wen Jianing was still sitting in his seat refreshingly and warmly and spoke to Wen Lin in a low voice.

       Wu Dongqin was still encouraging Wen Jianing to drink more.

       Wen Jianing’s mind had begun to be blurred. He felt that he was approaching the limit. So he simply fell forward, lying on the table and pretending to be unconscious.

       So after a short while, the banquet ended.

       Most of the contestants in the competition were drunk and were sent away first by the staff of companies and television stations who did not drink. Several famous judges also stood up and left one after another, and someone quickly followed and escorted them out.

       At this time, Lu Jinlang suddenly walked behind Wen Jianing and said to Wu Dongqin, “I will send Ke Xinhang back.”

       Wu Dongqin didn’t pause at all when he heard the words. He nodded and smiled, “Oh dear, if it’s not too much trouble for you, Mr. Lu, then I will leave xiao Ke to you.”

       Wen Jianing heard their conversation and immediately wanted to sit up.

       Lu Jinlang had reached out to help him and said in a low voice in his ear, “If you want to pretend to be drunk, act like it.”

       Wen Jianing suddenly stiffened and didn’t move anymore.

       Just as Lu Jinlang helped him up, Lu Yunan had already come over. He took Wen Jianing from Lu Jinlang to help carry him, and walked out of the private room with Lu Jinlang.

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       For the next round of the challenge, what the TV station publicised was: to choose an opponent, choose a judge, challenge the opponent, and defeat them by yourself.

       The director explained the rules in detail to ten contestants, that was, one player would choose an opponent from the remaining players in the order, and then the player would also choose a judge to be the judge for this two-person match.

       One of these two people would be eliminated, and the elimination decision was made entirely by the judges chosen by the players.

       Because there were a total of ten players, it means that only five people had the right to choose, and the other five could only accept the challenge if they were selected. Therefore, the player who chose first had the advantage, the key to this game was the order of challenge.

       How was the order of the challenges determined? It was very simple. They just have to look at the popularity of the contestants among the audience. After they announced the challenge rules, the TV station would open the SMS voting channel and count the popularity of contestants through paid SMS. One phone number could only vote once, and they would refuse to count more than one vote from the same number. The one with the highest popularity would get the first turn to choose in the challenge round.

       Judging from the current popularity of this program in the country, it would cost them so much money to buy votes for themselves, so this rule was relatively fair.

       After he heard the announcement of the contest rules, Wen Jianing subconsciously took a look at Yi Nan, who happened to be looking at him.

       Although Wen Jianing had never registered a Weibo account for Ke Xinhang, he also searched the internet for related news about him from time to time. He knew that Ke Xinhang’s popularity was also quite high now, perhaps only slightly less than Yi Nan.

       If Yi Nan came first in the voting, he didn’t know if Yi Nan will challenge himself immediately. It would be troublesome if that happened because he knew Yi Nan won’t be eliminated.

       Yi Nan didn’t know that he would be reprimanded by the top management of Lei Xing after the last ballot drawing incident was broadcasted. Now he had begun to learn to control his expression in front of the camera. He just looked at Wen Jianing and turned his head without expressing any thoughts.

       In addition to Wen Jianing and Yi Nan, there were two other popular contestants, Wen Lin and a girl named Lin Qingyu. That was to say, these people would probably occupy the top four in the voting rankings.

       But Wen Jianing didn’t expect that on the day after the rules were announced, the people of Lei Xing company talked to him in private and proposed not to challenge Yi Nan, Wen Lin and Lin Qingyu in this challenge.

       Wen Jianing immediately understood what they meant. The TV station wanted to fight for ratings and create conflicts in the program to attract viewers, but he was reluctant to really eliminate popular players because there were still two games in the future. If several popular players were eliminated and Yi Nan was left alone, the program will have little to watch.

       However, this free challenge model was doomed to have risks. In order to avoid risks, the program group and the talent agent company had to take this approach. The other party’s negotiation skills were very exceptional. What they told Wen Jianing was that they didn’t want him to challenge Yi Nan and several of their popular players. The reason was that Lei Xing valued ​​Wen Jianing very much, and hoped that he would be able to advance until the end, so the company could invest more in him in the future. Although they believed that he had the strength to compete with other players, they still hope that he could choose a more secure way.

       Wen Jianing had worked hard in the entertainment industry for so many years and he fully understands Lei Xing’s plan. He was not surprised, fighting Yi Nan was the same as fighting to his own death. To tell the truth, he was more worried that Yi Nan deliberately came to him for trouble.

       So Wen Jianing agreed to the company’s request without hesitation.

       But even so, when facing the other six players, Wen Jianing felt that he had no confidence at all, because if he talked about singing skills alone, probably no one would lose to him.

       He could only look forward to God’s blessing.

       In the conversation with the talent agent company today, Wen Jianing believed that the same would happen to Yi Nan and the others. But it was not clear whether everyone was as obedient as he was.

       During the period before the official competition, the program group repeatedly broadcasted the voting status on the Internet and TV every day, with the purpose of urging fans who had not yet voted to vote as soon as possible.

       Wen Jianing also paid close attention to it every day and found that he always stays in second place. The first place was Yi Nan, the third place was Lin Qingyu, and the fourth place was Wen Lin.

       Although his votes were getting closer to Yi Nan’s the later he got, he was unable to make a comeback in the end.

       On the day of the official competition, Wen Jianing sat in front of the makeup mirror and the makeup artist of the TV station was applying makeup to him. Yi Nan suddenly walked behind him and sized him up with his arms crossed.

       There were fewer and fewer players left in the dressing room. Compared with the liveliness in the early period, it looked a bit deserted. Almost everyone else would notice when someone walks around or talks.

       Just like now, while Yi Nan was staring at Wen Jianing, others were secretly staring at Yi Nan.

       Wen Jianing glanced at Yi Nan. The makeup artist that was drawing his eyeliner said unhappily, “Don’t move.” So Wen Jianing obeyed and stopped moving.

       Yi Nan looked at him for a moment, came forward, put a hand on his shoulder and said, “Be prepared later.”

       The whole dressing room was quiet for a moment, and the only sound that could be heard was the buzzing sound of the hairdryer in the hands of a stylist who was blowing the contestants’ hair.

       Wen Jianing, of course, ignored him.

       Sitting next to Wen Jianing was a male player named You Hao. He usually walked very close to Yi Nan. At this time, he smiled and raised his thumb to Yi Nan.

      Yi Nan smiled and hi-fived him.

       Wen Jianing looked at Yi Nan’s childish behaviour and suddenly felt that if Yi Nan went on the stage and challenged him, he didn’t know if he would probably admire him or not.

       Today’s competition was broadcasted live, and so were the next few rounds. Two hours before the start of the competition, the SMS voting channel was closed.

       After the opening performance was over, the first thing the host did was announce the result of the vote.

       In fact, there was actually nothing suspenseful, because one hour before the end of the voting, Yi Nan was still the first and Ke Xinhang was the second.

       Yi Nan was the first to be invited to the stage. The host asked him to say the name of the opponent he wanted to challenge.

       The atmosphere was very tense for a while. This tension mainly comes from the contestants on the stage, because no one wanted to be Yi Nan’s opponent.

       Wen Jianing felt that Wen Lin who was next to him was looking at him.

       He turned his head and smiled at Wen Lin.

       Then Yi Nan announced his opponent for the challenge. Instead of choosing Ke Xinhang, he chose You Hao.

       The camera zoomed onto You Hao’s face. He was smiling before, but at this moment, he couldn’t even maintain a forced smile, and his expression turned desolated all of a sudden.

       The expression was so wonderful that it was even replayed on the big screen.

       The host invited You Hao to the middle of the stage and asked him what he had to say.

       You Hao felt a little emotional, he said, “A brothers, there’s nothing I can say.”

       The host smiled and started the round.

       Actually, the reason Yi Nan chose You Hao was for the simplest reason that You Hao was relatively weak among the remaining people. He was a friend when they laugh and joke together. Once the key interests were involved, a friend means nothing.

       Wen Jianing suddenly sighed, he had worked hard in the entertainment industry for so many years and had many friends, but there were not many of them who are real friends.

       Then Yi Nan chose Wang Mei, who had always liked him, as the judge of the match, and so the two-person match officially began. However, the results of the game would not be announced immediately. The program team must keep the suspense until the end of the game, and it was said that even several rounds of advertisements would be inserted in between.

       The game between Yi Nan and You Hao ended, and it was Wen Jianing’s turn to choose.

       Wen Jianing’s choice was very ordinary, he chose a male player named Shen Youzong as his opponent. The selected Shen Youzong took a deep breath and even showed some relaxed expressions for a moment. Perhaps compared to Yi Nan and Wen Lin, he felt that he had a better chance of winning against Wen Jianing.

       He thought that as long as you do your best, nothing is impossible!

       Shen Youzong clenched his fist and stepped onto the stage.

       After a brief interview with the host, Wen Jianing was asked to choose his judges.

       Wen Jianing chose Lu Jinlang to live up to everyone’s expectations.

       Of course, at this time, there would be some viewers who didn’t like him and booing in front of the TV.

       The host thought it was a topic worthy to speculate on. He asked Wen Jianing, “Xinhang, can you ask why you chose Mr. Lu Jinlang as your referee?”

       Wen Jianing replied, “Should I not choose a judge who knows how to appreciate me?”

       The host smiled and said, “So it’s to guarantee your success?”

       Wen Jianing said, “There is no sure guarantee, but only to give my best.”

       The host again asked them to express their determination, and then the official competition began.

       The lights of the judges went out, only a beam of light shone at Lu Jinlang’s spot, and at the same time, a beam of light shone on Wen Jianing’s body on the stage.

       This was a game that was completely determined by the judges, so the only purpose was to impress the judge you choose.

       Wen Jianing chose a lyrical slow song. As the music played, his body swayed gently, but his eyes were firmly locked on Lu Jinlang.

       That song was for lovers to tell their hearts. The melody was a little monotonous, that was, to express their love over and over again, telling it over and over again, which made the people who listen drunk in the words.

       Wen Jianing also had no choice. He couldn’t fight other people with his singing skills, so he simply returned to the basics and impressed the judges with the most primitive emotions.

       Lu Jinlang propped his face with one hand. His posture seemed a little idle, but his eyes didn’t move away from Wen Jianing’s face.

       The director looked at the expressions of the two people looking at each other, and simply let the two scenes be broadcasted at the same time, showing close-ups of the two people respectively.

       The last line of Wen Jianing’s song was “I still love you, do you love me?” He finished singing in a very soft tone, and slowly moved the microphone away from his lips, while still watching Lu Jinlang.

       Lu Jinlang turned away at this time, picked up his pen and wrote something in the notebook in front of him.

       Xu Rujing glanced sideways and saw that Lu Jinlang had just drawn a circle on a blank notebook and then blacked out the middle of the circle.

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      The meal was a bit torturous for Wen Jianing, and he only hoped it would end quickly.

       But he didn’t expect that in the middle of the meal, the person in the private room next door came and knocked on the door. The person turned out to be Fang Wei, the director of ‘October Fireworks’, and he was eating in the same restaurant.

       Wen Jianing had mixed feelings when he saw Fang Wei.

       Fang Wei obviously didn’t notice him. He sat down and talked with Lu Jinlang and An Yongkang. Later, the topic of the upcoming ‘October Fireworks’ filming came.

       Wen Jianing sat aside and listened to them silently.

       Suddenly, Lu Jinlang said to Wen Jianing, “You have to also offer a toast to Director Fang too.”

       Wen Jianing was taken aback, took the wine glass and said to the other side, “Director Fang, I toast for you.”

       Fang Wei looked at Wen Jianing, although he didn’t think he was a figure worthy of attention, on the surface, he still maintained a kind and polite manner.

       Lu Jinlang said, “I think you might have more future in acting than singing.”

       This statement was made to Wen Jianing, but it was more like it was said to Fang Wei.

       Sure enough, Fang Wei asked, “This young man has good acting skills?”

       Lu Jinlang said, “If Director Fang has a project, you can give him a try.”

       Lu Jinlang’s words were purely to build a bridge for Wen Jianing. Wen Jianing didn’t know what to feel when he heard it.  He glanced at Lu Jinlang, but Lu Jinlang was not looking at him, and his expression was calm. Wen Jianing didn’t even know what he was thinking.

       After drinking with Fang Wei, Lu Jinlang asked him to go next door for a drink. Even if Wen Jianing told him to hold on, Lu Jinlang was somehow not paying attention. The few unspoken gratitude to Lu Jinlang were now all turned into unspoken complaints.

       Wen Jianing stared at a table of dishes and began to be dazed.

       An Yongkang checked the time and stood up and said goodbye.

       Wen Jianing looked at An Yongkang and knew that he was going to leave, but his brain reaction was slow for a few beats, and he didn’t know how to react.

       Before An Yongkang left, he patted Wen Jianing on the shoulder and said, “Develop well.” Then he said to Lu Jinlang, “Good night!”

       Lu Jinlang waved his hand, didn’t get up to see him off, but nudged Wen Jianing, “Let’s go back.”

       Wen Jianing looked at him and nodded, but his body did not move.

       Lu Jinlang asked him, “Can you stand up?”

       Wen Jianing nodded again and stood up by himself.

       He followed Lu Jinlang out and still got in Lu Jinlang’s nanny car. The air conditioner was turned on in the car. On the contrary, Wen Jianing felt more and more uncomfortable because the car was closed tightly.

       His head was a little empty, but he firmly remembered one thing, that was, never let anyone see his body.

       So when Lu Jinlang saw that he was uncomfortable, he reached out to open the refrigerator to pour him a glass of ice water, but accidentally touched his thigh, he suddenly shouted nervously, “Don’t touch me!”

       He shouted loudly, and his tone was full of panic. Even Lu Yunan who was driving could not help but turn his head slightly.

        Lu Jinlang looked at him, and seemed to think it was a little funny, “I think you have misunderstood something.”

       Wen Jianing heard what he said, but he couldn’t comprehend his words properly. He tried to move away from him and pull his legs together, thinking that with that no one could touch him.

       Lu Jinlang said, “I am interested in you, but I will neither force you nor do anything to you while you are drunk. You don’t have to be so nervous.”

       Wen Jianing shook his head. He didn’t understand what Lu Jinlang was saying.

       Lu Jinlang looked at his defensive posture and said, “You are too nervous. Relax a little, where do you live? I will send you back first.”

       Wen Jianing understood this time, he said, “My home? Beiao Garden—No, my home is on Jinyang Street.”

       “Beiao Garden?” Lu Jinlang noticed the place he was talking about. Although Lu Jinlang did not live there, he knew that Beiao Garden was an upscale garden villa complex in the city, where many celebrities and wealthy people lived.

       Wen Jianing had no way to pay attention to his slip of the tongue. He stretched out his hand to cover his head and groaned uncomfortably.

       Lu Jinlang asked the driver to drive him to the residential area where Wen Jianing was now renting. The car stopped at the door of the residential area. Lu Jinlang opened the door and let him get off.

       When he got off, Wen Jianing still remembered to thank Lu Jinlang properly. He bowed and said, “Thank you, Mr. Lu.” But he didn’t remember how frantically he refused Lu Jinlang in his car just now.

       Lu Jinlang didn’t say anything. He closed the door and asked Lu Yunan to drive immediately.

       Lu Yunan couldn’t help but whisper, “Mr. Lu?” He felt that Lu Jinlang was probably a little unhappy.

       Lu Jinlang said, “It’s alright, no need to say anything.”

       So Lu Yunan didn’t speak anymore. He was a very quiet and calm person. He had followed Lu Jinlang for many years, and he had followed him since his debut.

       Lu Jinlang’s private life was actually very clean. It’s been a long time since he showed an obvious interest in a person like this.

       Wen Jianing returned to Ke Xinhang’s small rental house. He felt that he was really safe when he finally closed the door, and he could no longer hold on and fell down on the bed.

       He felt really depressed, and the things weighing on his heart were driving him crazy. He suddenly knelt on the bed and began to pull his clothes and trousers. He stripped himself completely in one breath. After leaving nothing, he fell asleep on the bed contentedly.

       When he woke up the next morning, Wen Jianing rubbed his aching forehead.

       He looked up and saw his clothes scattered on the ground. Then he looked at his body and thought he might be have gone crazy.

       Luckily he hadn’t forgotten to close the curtains.

       Wen Jianing took out a clean change of clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower. While taking a shower, he remembered that he seemed to have offended Lu Jinlang in his car. He hammered the glass in the shower room with some annoyance and let out a long sigh.

      However, he didn’t have so much time to be annoyed. The rehearsal would officially start this morning, and he had to rearrange the selected songs. Even if he got Yi Nan’s death-free gold medal, he didn’t dare to fool around for the audience was not a fool.

       He hasn’t seen Lu Jinlang for more than a week, and the song he sang with Yi Nan unexpectedly worked well.

       After the modification, the chorus part was simply changed into two voice parts. Wen Jianing’s clear voice matched Yi Nan’s low and slightly hoarse voice, and the harmony part turned out to be extraordinarily flavorful.

       But Yi Nan didn’t cooperate anyway. During the rehearsal part of the stage performance, the rehearsal teacher simply let them stand beside one another without making eye contact at all.

       Yi Nan sang in front of the microphone stand all the way on the stage, while Wen Jianing moved around. The chorus part was on the part where he sat on a swing and the light came down to create a soft atmosphere.

       Wen Jianing was not nervous at all because he knew the result of this game in advance, but on the day of the official recording, his performance could almost be described as stunning.

       At the end of the performance of their group, Xu Rujing praised him when commenting, “Ke Xinhang, your performance today is even more eye-catching than Yi Nan. This song is modified to suit your voice and the result is really good.”

       It is the first time that Xu Rujing has said so much to praise him. Even if he was not serious about the outcome, Wen Jianing can’t help smiling and nodding in thanks.

       After the performance, Wen Jianing went back to the backstage area and waited.

       Actually, there was a bathroom behind the dressing room, but Wen Jianing never went there. Even if he came down from the stage with sweat, he would only go into the dressing room to change his clothes instead of taking a bath.

       He didn’t even know the structure of the bathroom.

       At this time, they have to wait for the result, and they would be on stage again later. Everyone was both excited and nervous. Of course, some feel depressed because of their poor performance.

       Wen Jianing heard that Yi Nan was talking to others excitedly, and he was obviously satisfied with the performance just now.

       Yi Nan was talking to a young female contestant. She said, “I’m very nervous. What should I do?”

       Yi Nan quickly said, “I am also very nervous, but it doesn’t matter, you should have confidence in yourself.”

       Wen Jianing couldn’t help but laugh and thought: Of course you would have confidence in yourself.

       This day was also the first time Wen Jianing saw Lu Jinlang since the filming of the program’s promotional video.

       Lu Jinlang’s attitude towards Wen Jianing was never written on his face, and Wen Jianing didn’t know if he still cares about what happened that day. That day, Lu Jinlang made it clear that he was interested in him.

       Wen Jianing had been speculating before about the fact that Lu Jinlang might be interested in him, so he was not surprised that he finally heard him say it that day.

       He himself was a person who has been in this circle. He understood that Lu Jinlang’s interest might mean “I have a crush on you”, “I want to sleep with you”, or “I like you very much”, but it would never be understood as “I’m in love with you”.

       In fact, the answer was very simple. No matter what Lu Jinlang’s desire was, Wen Jianing would absolutely never agree. Because of his body’s condition, he rejected all possibilities.

       Right now, Wen Jianing could still occasionally think about it optimistically. But if Lu Jinlang really saw his body, he might be frightened and so he dismissed the idea immediately.

       Before, Wen Jianing was still hesitating whether to apologize or not to Lu Jinlang after the recording was over, but after he thought about it in the backstage area, he thought it might be better not to go so Lu Jinlang would not misunderstand him.

       Later, at the end of the competition, all the players came on stage to hear the announcement of who advanced to the next round.

       Of course, Wen Jianing and Yi Nan won’t be eliminated, and they even won first place eye-catchingly.

       After announcing the results of the competition and sending the eliminated five groups off the stage, the host announced that the mode of the next competition will be a challenge.

       As for the specific events of the challenge, the audience has to wait and see.

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