Category: Perfection (Page 10 of 11)

       Right now there were only four male and one female contestant left. According to the program group’s plan, of course, the combination of men and women was the best in terms of program effects and all aspects, but now there were two male judges. Even if the invited guest was a woman, it was inevitable that a male contestant needed to form a group with a male judge.

       When the director was announcing the choice of partners to the contestants, the camera next to them was still shooting.

       Wen Jianing’s partner was the last to announce because he was sitting in the most side corner, but there was no suspense. When he heard that Yi Nan’s partner was a mysterious guest, Ni Xiaoyan was in a group with An Yongkang, he guessed that he couldn’t run away from Lu Jinlang anymore.

       However, in various senses, including the topic of the program, his being paired with Lu Jinlang was a good choice.

       The only trouble was that Lu Jinlang was not a professional singer, nor was he. Two amateurs came together to form a group. He was afraid there would be a gap between their group’s singing with the other group.

       But the good thing was that Lu Jinlang wouldn’t be able to beat his singing level.

       Wen Jianing was mentally calculating the pros and cons in his heart. When he saw Yi Nan glancing at him as he passed by after the recording, he couldn’t help but think that the program team really took care of Yi Nan and gave him the most eye-catching mysterious guest as a partner. At that time, when the time came for the official performance, he believed the response would be very good.

       With this as the highlight of this game, it seemed that the official match repertoire was not given much attention. The time for rehearsing with Lu Jinlang was not long, it should be arranged in full accordance with the other party’s schedule, so he could only coordinate the time by himself and practice the competition performance alone.

       But Emperor Lu easily spared some time to rehearse with Wen Jianing.

       Wen Jianing was waiting for him in the practice room early that day. The performance had been discussed between Wen Jianing and the instructor. Today, he only needed to seek Lu Jinlang’s opinion.

       Lu Jinlang didn’t let him wait too long. He dressed very casually today and wore a pair of sunglasses. He looked like a young man who had just graduated from college.

       The selected song was a popular song, suited to Lu Jinlang’s singing level. The song was not difficult, the singing range was relatively wide, and the lyrics were more interesting. The song’s content was basically a complaint and anger of a lovelorn man being abandoned by his girlfriend. However, in the last lyrics, he affectionately said that if she was willing to come back, he would forgive her.

       In order to make the whole performance look interesting, a female dancer was interspersed to accompany the two people. When Lu Jinlang sang, she needed to dance with Wen Jianing; and when Wen Jianing sang, she wandered around Lu Jinlang. With the lyrics of the song, the whole stage performance will look very interesting.

       Lu Jinlang didn’t have much time to rehearse. He could only talk briefly about his singing part, and then take away the song list and said that he would go back to practice by himself. As for the dance part, he needed to wait one or two days before the official competition to participate in the rehearsal.

       Wen Jianing understood Lu Jinlang’s position and status, and how difficult it was for him to do this. When Lu Jinlang left, he was accompanied by the other staff to escort him out.

       Lu Jinlang stood at the door, and said to Wen Jianing, “Work hard.”

       Wen Jianing respectfully replied, “Thank you, Coach Lu.”

       Lu Jinlang raised his hand and waved, and the tip of his finger accidentally touched Wen Jianing’s face.

       Wen Jianing didn’t know it was a deliberate action, so he could only pretend that he didn’t understand anything.

       After Lu Jinlang left, the music instructor Zou Tong patted him on the shoulder and whispered, “Don’t be discouraged, other big stars didn’t have so much time to rehearse with the contestants. Practice well yourself and don’t count on him completely.”

       Zou Tong has always liked Wen Jianing because he thought Wen Jianing was sensible and obedient.

       Wen Jianing nodded and thanked Zou Tong.

       At the end of the rehearsal that day, when Wen Jianing was packing up in the dressing room to go back, he suddenly received a call from Lu Jinlang.

       Upon receiving the call, Wen Jianing answered politely, “Hello.” He didn’t even dare to call out Mr. Lu, because as soon as he answered the phone, Yi Nan who was standing next to him turned to look at him.  When he heard his respectful attitude, he looked at Wen Jianing curiously.

       Lu Jinlang said, “Go downstairs to the parking lot now. Yunan will wait for you there.”

       Wen Jianing hurriedly asked, “Where to? Is there anything wrong?”

       Lu Jinlang said, “You only have the right to choose whether to come or not. It’s up to you.” With that, Lu Jinlang hung up the phone.

       Wen Jianing stared at the dark mobile phone screen and hesitated, but he still picked up his backpack and walked out. He felt that what Lu Jinlang said was wrong. He didn’t even have the right to choose not to go.

       Lu Yunan’s attitude towards him was as polite as ever.

       Wen Jianing got into the car and asked Lu Yunan, “Where are we going now?”

       Lu Yunan said, “We’re going to Mr. Lu’s house.”

       Wen Jianing was a little surprised. He didn’t understand what was going on when Lu Jinlang asked him to go there. And he noticed that Lu Yunan was not driving the car in the direction of Lu Jinlang’s apartment in the centre of the city. Looking at the direction taken, it was more like he was going to Lu Jinlang’s villa on the outskirts of the city.

       Wen Jianing knew the approximate location of Lu Jinlang’s home because his other friends lived in this villa area. When they came over, the friend once pointed out to him that the three-story villa was Lu Jinlang’s house.

       After Lu Yunan stopped the car, he directly opened the door and asked Wen Jianing to go upstairs by himself.

       Wen Jianing, who was still carrying his backpack, hesitated. He took off his shoes at the door and walked barefoot towards the stairs. He vaguely heard the sound of a piano on the second floor, so he followed the sound to find it.

       Finally, when he arrived at the front of a room with a door open, he saw a warm yellow light coming out of the room.

       Wen Jianing knocked on the door, and then heard Lu Jinlang inside say, “Come in.”

       When he opened the door, he saw a piano in the middle of the room, a small pub table on the right, a table and sofa in front, like a scene of a miniature bar. The wall in the room is covered by the glass from the floor to the ceiling. The whole room looked very bright.*

       At this time, Lu Jinlang was sitting on the sofa, and Wen Jianing saw a familiar middle-aged man playing the piano. He was a very talented music producer named Tan Yangxi.

       Lu Jinlang waved to Wen Jianing.

       Wen Jianing quietly walked to Lu Jinlang and sat down, trying not to disturb Tan Yangxi.

       Lu Jinlang stood up and poured him a cup of coffee from the coffee pot on the bar.

       Wen Jianing nodded his head to express his thanks.

       At this time Tan Yangxi finished playing a song, and Lu Jinlang smiled and clapped his hands. Wen Jianing stood up quickly and greeted Tan Yangxi, “Hello, Teacher Tan.”

       Tan Yangxi was a gentle person. He smiled and nodded to Wen Jianing, and said, “I watched your show. My wife likes you very much.”

       Wen Jianing smiled embarrassedly.

       Lu Jinlang picked up a glass water cup and was going to pour water for Tan Yangxi, but Wen Jianing stepped forward and took it from his hand. His fingers accidentally touched Lu Jinlang’s hand and said, “I’ll do it.”

       He poured a glass of water for Tan Yangxi, who thanked him politely.

       Lu Jinlang said, “Yangxi is my good friend. I specially invited him here today. You can ask him if you have any questions about the song in the next game.”

       Wen Jianing couldn’t help looking at Lu Jinlang when he heard it.

       Lu Jinlang was not looking at him. At this time, he was sitting by the bar, concentrating on making coffee.

       Tan Yangxi said to Lu Jinlang, “I heard that you are going to be on stage too. Don’t you have something you want to ask me?”

       Lu Jinlang raised his eyes and said, “My purpose on stage is to make him look good. If you train him well, you can treat it as helping me.”

       Tan Yangxi then pulled out the score that Lu Jinlang had handed him, and said to Wen Jianing, “Is this the song?”

       Wen Jianing nodded and said, “There is another song, which is the official competition piece.”

       Tan Yangxi said, “One song at a time.”

       In the middle of the conversation between the two, Lu Jinlang opened the door and went out.

       Wen Jianing concentrated on asking Tan Yangxi for advice, and he couldn’t help but paid attention to Lu Jinlang, but Lu Jinlang never came back.

       Time passed by without him noticing. When Wen Jianing took the time to raise his head and move his stiff neck, he found that the sky was completely dark.

       Tan Yangxi noticed that he was distracted, stopped and said to him, “Let’s rest.”

       Wen Jianing felt terribly hungry when he heard Tan Yangxi say this. The two of them went down from the second floor together and smelled an aroma from the kitchen on the first floor.

       Wen Jianing walked over and saw Lu Yunan cooking pasta inside.

       The cooked pasta was brought to the table, Wen Jianing sat down and took a bite, raised his head and exclaimed to Lu Yunan, “It’s delicious, Mr. Lu’s cooking skills are very good.”

       Lu Yunan said, “The sauce was stir-fried by Mr. Lu¹he was referring to Lu Jinlang.”

       Wen Jianing mouthed “Oh?” with a bit of surprise, Tan Yangxi next to him said, “Jinlang’s cooking skills are very good, and he also loves to do this. Today we are blessed with good food.”

       Wen Jianing really didn’t know these things. In the past, when they were filming together, Lu Jinlang wouldn’t show this side for him to see.

       After eating, Tan Yangxi offered to take a short break.

       Wen Jianing nodded, and then asked Lu Yunan, “Where is Mr. Lu?”

       Lu Yunan replied, “He’s mostly on the terrace on the roof.”

       Wen Jianing walked to the roof terrace and saw Lu Jinlang sitting on a recliner, smoking a cigarette while reading the script. Such days were actually what he missed most; a leisurely life while doing his favourite work.

       Wen Jianing stood by the door and watched for a while, He didn’t go to disturb him, but went back and continued to practice with Tan Yangxi.

       Tan Yangxi didn’t leave until late that night.

       Lu Jinlang personally escorted him to the parking place outside the villa and said, “Just sleep here. There are many guest rooms.”

       Tan Yangxi refused, “My wife will be angry, you know her.”

       Lu Jinlang put one hand on the door of the car and put the other hand in the pocket of his pants. He smiled, “Okay, be careful on the road,” and then helped him close the door.

       Tan Yangxi waved to him from the car window, then waved to Wen Jianing, who was standing behind Lu Jinlang and started the car to leave.

       Lu Jinlang then turned to look at Wen Jianing.

       Wen Jianing actually wanted to leave, but he was embarrassed to make Tan Yangxi send him off. At this time, he could only wait for Lu Jinlang to say something.

       Lu Jinlang said to him, “You are not going to say thank you?”

       Wen Jianing took a deep breath, bow down and said to Lu Jinlang, “Thank you, Mr. Lu.”

       Lu Jinlang curled his lips and grinned, and walked past him straight into the room.

       Wen Jianing had no choice but to follow him back.

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I want to say that xiao shou does not have cryptorchidism** and will not die early. He is very healthy and lives longer than xiao gong’s family. Don’t implicate me about this…….

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       Wen Jianing was still panting slightly, he looked at Lu Jinlang, and moved a little further back.

       Lu Jinlang did not continue to approach, but leaned back on the back of the sofa chair and asked him a question, “Have you ever thought about winning this competition?”

       Wen Jianing was actually a little surprised. He said, “You can make me win the competition?”

       He thought that Lu Jinlang wouldn’t be unaware that Yi Nan’s winning was already determined.

       Lu Jinlang smiled and said, “Of course what I offer is more worthy than being a champion by far.”

       Wen Jianing said, “So what do you want? Me to sleep with you?”

       Lu Jinlang didn’t speak, neither admitted nor denied.

       Wen Jianing then said, “I don’t want to win this competition, I want a role in ‘October Fireworks’.”

       This time it was Lu Jinlang’s turn who was taken aback. He was slightly surprised and looked at him.

       Wen Jianing added another sentence before he spoke, “The male lead.”

       Lu Jinlang smiled when he heard the words, “Well, what a big appetite*.”

       Wen Jianing just looked at him.

        Lu Jinlang said, “It’s not impossible, but do you think it’s enough to just sleep with me to get it?”

       Wen Jianing asked, “Then you can state your conditions.”

       Lu Jinlang smiled, and before Wen Jianing had time to react, he leaned into his ear and said, “Of course, naturally I should be able to sleep with you as much as I want.”

       After saying that, Lu Jinlang sat back again.

       The right to choose was thrown back to Wen Jianing by Lu Jinlang, but Wen Jianing did not take the bait. He said, “I want the ‘October Fireworks’ directed by Fang Wei.” Maybe Lu Jinlang has the ability to make Wen Jianing be part of ‘October Fireworks’, but he believed that Fang Wei was someone he couldn’t buy. Wen Jianing knew Fang Wei’s character, and that he was notoriously picky about the script and the actors. From shooting to the official release of his movie, every step was carefully planned by him, and it took a long time. For such a reason, it was impossible for Fang Wei to accept a small actor he had never heard of.

       Sure enough, Lu Jinlang tilted his head and said, “This is a bit difficult.”

       Wen Jianing couldn’t help but form a curve on the corner of his mouth.

       Lu Jinlang said, “But it’s not entirely impossible. It’s just that for the time being, I couldn’t think of what you can give in return for what I did, so—” He shook his head.

       This negotiation did not allow the two people to reach an agreement.

       Lu Jinlang stood up, took the towel and walked toward the bathroom. At the same time, he said, “Get some rest. I will ask Yunan to pick you up tomorrow morning.”

       He took Wen Jianing to a guest room to rest. When Wen Jianing was about to lock the door, Lu Jinlang knocked on the door and handed him a glass of water. “Because you drink too much wine, you might get thirsty at night. Go place a glass of water.”

       Wen Jianing asked when he took it over, “Are you this considerate to everyone?”

       Lu Jinlang smiled and said, “Of course it’s only for a special person.”

       After that, Wen Jianing closed the door, placed the water glass on the bedside table, and then sat on the edge of the bed.

       It was only now that he was alone that he felt like being in a strange dream, that he had kissed Lu Jinlang and was now about to sleep in the guestroom of Lu Jinlang’s house.

       Until he was lying in bed, Wen Jianing found that he couldn’t calm down his thoughts. He thought about Lu Jinlang again and again. He recalled the female celebrity who had been rumoured with Lu Jinlang in the past and remembered what Lu Jinlang told him just now and his ambiguous smile.

       Lu Jinlang now and the one he had known before seem different as if they are two different people.

       Wen Jianing placed the cup on the table and covered his head, telling himself to stop thinking about it, and that he should go to bed. But it was still a long time before he really fell asleep later. That night, he kept dreaming, as if he had returned to the stage and the wine table, and the messy pictures flashed continuously.

       The next morning, Wen Jianing was awakened by the sound of a knock on the door.

       He sat up from bed, was dazed for a few seconds, and then walked to the door to open it.

       Lu Jinlang handed him a set of clean clothes from the outside and asked him to change by himself.

       Wen Jianing took it over and found that it was a whole set of new clothes. The labels had not been cut off. They were all bought according to his size.

       After he changed his clothes and came out of the room, Wen Jianing saw that Lu Yunan was putting the breakfast he brought on the table. Only did he realise that Lu Yunan was the one who brought him this set of clothes early in the morning.

       Lu Jinlang sat at the table and greeted him to come over for breakfast.

       Facing Lu Yunan, Wen Jianing still felt a little embarrassed. He didn’t know what the other party thinks of him, but on the surface, he seemed very calm. After walking to the table, he took the porridge handed by Lu Yunan and said thank you.

       Lu Jinlang and Lu Yunan talked about today’s schedule. After listening to Lu Yunan telling him about his afternoon work, he said to Wen Jianing, “Yunan will send you back later.”

       Wen Jianing put down the spoon and said, “Thank you.”

       Lu Yunan replied politely, “You’re welcome, Mr. Ke.”

       After they ate, Lu Yunan was waiting for Wen Jianing by the door, as if urging him to leave quickly.

       Then Wen Jianing said goodbye to Lu Jinlang.

       Lu Jinlang raised his hand, and when Wen Jianing was about to leave the house, Lu Jinlang said, “What I said last night is valid for a long time, so think about it.”

       “Okay,” Wen Jianing said, “I will seriously consider it.”

       Even if Wen Jianing said he would consider it seriously, he actually didn’t intend to consider agreeing to Lu Jinlang. Although he also felt that Lu Jinlang’s proposal was very tempting. At a moment last night, Wen Jianing even thought that if Lu Jinlang could give him the role of the male lead in ‘October Fireworks’, then he might as well agree.

       Luckily, Lu Jinlang didn’t think too far to that point**, so he could avoid unnecessary entanglement.

       As for the other requests made by Lu Jinlang, in Wen Jianing’s view, it was a clear indication that he wanted to support him. As long as he agreed, he would be able to give him a chance to be a leading actor. Although it would not be ‘October Fireworks’, it could be something else.

       After thinking for a long time, Wen Jianing felt that he still needs to be a person who adhered to his bottom line.

       At the end of the ten-to-five knockout round, the whole dressing room was half deserted. There was no need to wait in line for other people like it was during rehearsal, and it felt a bit strangely deserted.

       There were four male players and one female player in the top five.

       In between the live broadcast of the next knockout game, the first thing they have to do was to shoot promotional videos.

       This episode of the promotional video was shot next to a swimming pool. The theme was young people who were sunny, healthy and enthusiastic. At the same time, the theme song MV of the program “Soul Voice” would be filmed and released as a single.

       This time, the female contestants were wearing swimsuits inside and floral shirts and skirts outside, while the male contestants were dressed in floral shirts and boxer shorts.

       Wen Jianing specially wore an extra pair of swimming trunks under his shorts to guard against any possible accidents.

       For this episode of the promo, Wen Jianing has been a bit tense when shooting, but his nervousness didn’t seem too obvious compared with several other people who were not good at acting.

       Fortunately, although there were shots where the shirt was opened, there was no shot that made him go into the water. There was only one shot of him sitting on the edge of the pool, and then Wen Lin came over and sat on his back, and then it developed into a slapstick shot of several people pressing on him together.

       During the shooting, the only female contestant Ni Xiaoyan came over, stretched out her arm and compared it with Wen Jianing, saying, “Your skin looks fairer than me.”

       Wen Jianing smiled and didn’t say anything. His pale skin probably had something to do with Ke Xinhang’s physique. Even if he was under the sun, he would not get tan so easily.

       After shooting this cheerful promo, everyone’s mood was still a little high. Several people raised the assistant director aside and threw him into the swimming pool.

       Wen Jianing originally stood by and watched. He didn’t know who pushed him from behind and pushed him into the water.

       He knew how to swim, and the water in the swimming pool was not deep. After he sank into the water, he raised his hand and wiped his face with his hand.

       Later, Wen Jianing found that a young female staff member at the swimming pool was taking pictures of him with her mobile phone.

       He was not unhappy about it, but he refused to come up from the swimming pool until he asked the staff for a big towel. As soon as he got ashore, he wrapped his lower body and walked toward the dressing room.

       Later, the female staff member who took the video with her mobile phone sent the video to the Internet, and sent more than ten exclamation marks in a row, saying: Ke Xinhang is really handsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

       Although the young man in the video had his entire face wet with water and his hair was smoothed to the back of his head, his facial features were exceptionally beautiful, his entire face was well-defined, and his smile was bright and sunny.

       Now, Ke Xinhang’s fans on the Internet have grown to a large scale. They even formed a fan group spontaneously. They usually publish news of Ke Xinhang, and some people would organize to watch the scene at the TV station or stay at the door of the TV station to take pictures of Ke Xinhang.

       Anyway, several contestants participating in the STS talent show are popular. As for whether it was just short-lived fame, up to now, no one could say clearly.

        The next game was a five-to-three knockout round.

       There were fewer players. In order to maintain the length and brilliance of the whole game, the program team had to think of more rich performance content to fill in.

       So this time, in addition to the competition, the judges were invited to sing a song with the contestants. Of course, this song was only for show and was not included in the later formal competition.

       Four judges and five contestants, so the program group invited a famous singer as a special guest. And the program team took this as a publicity gimmick. The real identity of the guests would not be announced until the day of live broadcasting.

       However, the players didn’t really need to wait until the performance day to know, after all, they still had to go through rehearsals before they would officially perform. This time, it was not up to the contestants to decide which judge to sing with, but the program group would manage the arrangement.

       As for this unique arrangement, of course, the director asked for the opinions of several judges and then decided through discussion.

       Moreover, the program team would film the announcement of the ensemble choice and the rehearsal process and broadcast them as show highlights.

       After Wen Jianing heard the program group’s arrangement, he couldn’t stop himself from guessing whether Lu Jinlang would choose to sing with him.

       He thought Lu Jinlang might want to avoid suspicion, but based on Lu Jinlang’s previous demeanour, he was not a person who would pay attention to avoid suspicion. It seemed possible for Lu Jinlang to choose him.

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What else needs to be explained? I have explained Wen xiao shou’s physiological structure clearly enough, do I have to draw a schematic diagram…

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*What a big appetite means that Lu Jinlang is saying Wen Jianing have a big ambition.
**Actually the real translation of “Lu Jinlang didn’t think too far to that point” is Luckily he didn’t have the sperm on his brain which translated to he didn’t think too far to that point (thanks to my friend Trin clarification, tehe~) It’s a way for Wen Jianing to sarcastically say that Lu Jinlang is basically brainless

Notes: …. I developed a stye…. probably because I’ve been spending too much time on the laptop… so I planned to rest 1-2 days, and I will continue the steady release of minimum 2 chapters/day so I can get to chapter 55 soon… I’m not planning to drop it, and will continue posting the previous translation to reach the danmeimtl’s version before continuing to ch 56. After that I will drop 10 chaps in one go ଘ(੭*ˊᵕˋ)੭*

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       Wen Jianing was supported by Lu Yunan and carried into Lu Jinlang’s car. Today, Lu Yunan didn’t drive Lu Jinlang’s luxurious nanny car but instead drove a low-key car.

       Although Wen Jianing pretended to lie unconsciously on the table, he did drink a lot, and his mind was not really sober.

       He sat in the back seat of the car with Lu Jinlang, and Lu Yunan started the car in the front driver’s seat.

       Wen Jianing felt that he was a little slow in thinking right now. After he got in the car, he stared at Lu Jinlang blankly.

       Lu Jinlang looked at him calmly and asked, “What are you looking at me for?”

       Wen Jianing said, “Do you think I am not as good as you?”

       Lu Jinlang laughed when he heard his question, but he didn’t say anything. He raised his hand and brushed Wen Jianing’s hair.

       He sat in the back seat of the car with Lu Jinlang, and Lu Yunan started the car in the front driver’s seat.

       Wen Jianing raised his eyes and looked up. No one had done this to him for many years. Since his mother re-married and left home.

       Sometimes, people like to be treated as children by others, especially when they were vulnerable.

       It was already late at night. Lu Yunan was driving along the empty street. Wen Jianing stared at Lu Jinlang for a while and began to feel a little uncomfortable in his stomach. It was probably because he drank too much.

       He reached out to find the switch and pressed the window down, but he fumbled for a long time in the dark and couldn’t find it.

       Lu Jinlang suddenly leaned over, and one arm went around him and helped him press down the car window’s button.

       Wen Jianing tensed his body.

      After Lu Jinlang helped him push down the car window, he sat up straight again. However, at that moment he still clearly felt Wen Jianing’s nervousness. He asked him, “What are you nervous about?”

       Wen Jianing shook his head. He closed his eyes and let the wind out of the car window blow on his face. He told himself not to think about anything so as not to vomit in the car.

       However, as soon as the car stopped, Wen Jianing couldn’t help but feel nauseated. He suddenly opened the door and rushed out, squatting on the roadside and vomiting all the contents in his stomach.

       Lu Jinlang opened the door and asked him, “Are you okay?”

       Wen Jianing raised a hand and waved it.

       When he finished vomiting, he felt much better and his head became clearer. He raised his head and looked around and asked, “Where is this?”

       Lu Jinlang said, “Parking lot.”

       Of course Wen Jianing knew that this was the parking lot, but he didn’t know where the parking lot was. He thought that Lu Jinlang would send him home directly.

       When Wen Jianing stood up with one hand on his stomach, he saw that Lu Yunan had turned around and left in his car.

       Only he and Lu Jinlang were left here.

       Wen Jianing looked at Lu Jinlang and was at a loss for a moment.

       Lu Jinlang said, “My house is upstairs. You can go up with me and change into clean clothes.”

       Wen Jianing hesitated, he understood what Lu Jinlang meant and why Lu Yunan left. He only had two choices here today, either go upstairs with Lu Jinlang or embarrass him and be left here alone.

       But how could he possibly reject and embarrass Lu Jinlang now?

       Wen Jianing reached out and rubbed his forehead, and said to Lu Jinlang, “Okay.” At the same time, he was trying to figure out how to get away, but in any case, he believed when Lu Jinlang said he would not force him, he would not.

       This apartment was a house that Lu Jinlang bought in the city centre and it was a high-end neighbourhood. There was a park nearby and there were no high-rise buildings around. The apartment had only seven floors in total, and the house Lu Jinlang bought was on the top floor.

       Lu Jinlang obviously came to live in this house often. After he opened the door and went in, what Lu Jinlang did first was finding Wen Jianing a new set of pyjamas and let him take a bath first.

       Wen Jianing felt that he was a little dirty and didn’t smell good, so he didn’t refuse and took the clothes and walked towards the bathroom. After he entered the bathroom, he carefully locked the bathroom door and began to take off his clothes.

       After relaxing and taking a bath, Wen Jianing put on a clean and soft pyjamas and came out of the bathroom.

       Lu Jinlang poured him a glass of warm water, let him rest, and then went to the bathroom to take a bath by himself.

       Wen Jianing sat on the sofa in a daze and suddenly thought that he might as well slip away while Lu Jinlang was taking a bath, but soon he felt that this behaviour was a bit childish and ridiculous. Furthermore, he was afraid it might lead to Lu Jinlang reacted badly, so he gave it up.

       Wen Jianing took a sip of water in his glass, raised his head and leaned on the back of the sofa chair. He thought about whether choosing Lu Jinlang to be his judge today seems to give Lu Jinlang some hint in his opinion.

       In fact, when making this choice, Wen Jianing felt it was somewhat inappropriate. After all, he still took advantage of Lu Jinlang’s unusual thoughts toward him to get himself another chance to advance.

       If he really wanted to avoid suspicion and show it to Lu Jinlang, he shouldn’t choose him at all.

       But so what? Even now, Wen Jianing didn’t plan to give himself in. What’s more, with his body like this, even if he wanted it, it would only scare Lu Jinlang.

       He took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

       When he heard the bathroom door opened, he opened his eyes and turned to look in that direction. He saw that Lu Jinlang was wearing only a pair of pyjamas, and walked out of it with his upper body naked. While walking, he wiped the drops of water on his neck with a towel.

       Lu Jinlang’s figure was very good, and he obviously trained in the gym after deliberate planning. His whole body was slender and strong. In fact, Wen Jianing had seen Lu Jinlang’s naked body in the past, but he found that it was the first time that he had looked so carefully, with a different emotion than in the past.

       Wen Jianing remembered that two years ago, an entertainment website held a poll. The topic of the poll was: The male star who is most wanted to have a one night stand with. The result of that vote was that Lu Jinlang had always been at the top of the list, and Wen Jianing himself was on the list, but he ranked eighth.

       At that time, he felt a little unconvinced and asked his agent which part that the women would think of him as less to Lu Jinlang.

       The agent directly looked for the comments of a woman who participated in the voting to show him. In the comment, the lady compared Lu Jinlang and Wen Jianing, saying that Wen Jianing looked too elegant, and in fact, it didn’t meet women’s sexual fantasies and was more suitable to be a husband. If it was a one-night stand, of course, Lu Jinlang was sexier and more attractive.

       Wen Jianing didn’t think so at the time, but now he felt convinced because he was suddenly aware of Lu Jinlang’s sexiness.

       Lu Jinlang sat down next to him, and the refreshing fragrance of the shower gel floated over. He asked Wen Jianing, “Feeling better?”

       Wen Jianing nodded and said, “Thank you.”

       After Lu Jinlang sat down, he unconsciously arched his waist slightly and made a defensive posture.

       Lu Jinlang noticed that and he was somewhat concerned about Wen Jianing’s repeated obvious rejection. He asked, “Do you still think I can’t be trusted?”

       “No,” Wen Jianing reached out and put the glass on the coffee table. He was organizing his thoughts, trying to find a way to resolve the situation that would not be embarrassing for both of them. He said, “Mr. Lu, I see I’ve seen many of your movies and always liked you.”

       Lu Jinlang leaned one elbow on the back of the sofa chair, propped his head, and said, “Are you not a fan of Wen Jianing?”

       Suddenly hearing his name from Lu Jinlang’s mouth, he was taken aback. He couldn’t react to what he said, and then he remembered that when he first spoke to Lu Jinlang and asked him about ‘October Fireworks’, he said he was a fan of Wen Jianing.

       Lu Jinlang continued, “And do you also like me?”

       Wen Jianing said, “This is not a contradiction.”

       Lu Jinlang asked, “So?”

       Wen Jianing was interrupted by him and didn’t remember what he was going to say next.

       Lu Jinlang then said, “So you want to say that I shouldn’t take action against a simple fan, even though that fan used me in the game today to make him qualify smoothly.”

       “I didn’t use you,” Wen Jianing retorted immediately, “If I had to say that I used something, it would be the rules. Isn’t that why the rules are formulated like that? Is it not so people can take advantage of it?”

       Lu Jinlang looked at him with a smile.

       Wen Jianing found that he had never seen Lu Jinlang’s smile. He once analyzed Lu Jinlang’s acting skills; the way he laughed in different roles was different, but Wen Jianing had never seen this kind of smile.

       His eyes were bent downward, like the shape of the moon, the corners of his mouth are slightly upturned, and his handsome face exudes a soft smell. Such a smile, even when he was acting in a romantic film, Lu Jinlang never showed it to the heroine.

       But Wen Jianing couldn’t help but look away.

       Lu Jinlang stretched out a hand, pinched Wen Jianing’s chin, made him turn his head, and then slowly approached and kissed his lips.

       Wen Jianing did not resist.

       He had acted in a lot of kissing scenes in the past. It didn’t matter whether the other party was a man or a woman, and it didn’t matter whether he felt good or not. He could kiss as long as he was acting. But in fact, Wen Jianing’s private life was quite clean. Of course, it was not that he lived a life of abstinence, but he had lived for 34 years and had not experienced any unforgettable love. He preferred a quiet and comfortable life to a woman’s companion.

       The moment Lu Jinlang kissed him, he couldn’t tell the difference between reality and acting, but then he realized that he was wrong. Lu Jinlang’s kiss was not very intense, but it was very hot. He felt the other party’s tongue reach into his mouth and entangled his gently and with irresistible strength. He tried to take the lead, but unfortunately, it was not possible. Perhaps in some respects, even Wen Jianing was still too innocent compared to Lu Jinlang.

       Wen Jianing was a little out of breath, but what he thought in his head was some gossip about Lu Jinlang.

       Lu Jinlang then held his chest with one hand, his thumb pressed teasingly on his chest.

       Wen Jianing suddenly pushed Lu Jinlang away. He knew he couldn’t continue. He couldn’t let Lu Jinlang touch his bottom line.

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       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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I’m here to explain again! The “insult” I spoke before means that one is shamelessly playing around, and the other is blushing and eager to refuse but welcoming the act!*

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*I guess some debate happened about xiaogong going to “insult” when author means that xiaogong will only teasing the xiaoshou
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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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       After the tidbits of the draw were broadcasted on TV, Yi Nan was attacked by netizens who liked Ke Xinhang, and Yi Nan’s fans stepped in to defend Yi Nan, which immediately caused a fan war.

       Of course, Yi Nan and Wen Jianing who was at the center of this storm would not be ignorant. When they were alone, they could not avoid being awkward to one another, and it was mainly caused by Yi Nan’s incomprehensible hostility towards Wen Jianing.

       Yi Nan’s hostility had become more and more severe following the quarrel on the internet.

       The two of them had to choose a song to sing together, and the instructor suggested that they choose a love song duet performed by a man and a woman.

       Yi Nan immediately said, “I hate it, that sounds disgusting.”

       Wen Jianing said nothing.

       But the teacher didn’t seem pleased because of the rude retort.

       Because Yi Nan didn’t cooperate, several ideas were rejected in succession. According to Yi Nan’s idea, he should sing solo, and Wen Jianing would just give him the harmony.

       Yi Nan even said that this would prevent them from being eliminated. Otherwise, with Wen Jianing’s level, he might also be dragged down.

       The instructor became unhappy and said, “Whatever you like,” then he turned and left.

       With only the two of them remaining, Yi Nan and Wen Jianing were not able to reach any consensus, so they naturally parted unhappily.

       When he went back to the dressing room, Wen Jianing suddenly wanted to give up. He thought that if he gave up and pulled Yi Nan down along the way, it would be worth giving up. However, he soon denied this idea, and felt that it was meaningless to compete with Yi Nan. With Yi Nan’s personality, even if he won the championship this time, it would be difficult for him to smoothly mix in the entertainment industry in the future.

       Before he packed his things and left, Wen Jianing wanted to go to the instructor again to discuss the next arrangements. He carried his bag and walked to coach  Zou Tong’s waiting room. When he wanted to knock on the door, he noticed that the door was not completely closed, and there was a sound of two people talking coming from inside.

       One of them was saying, “Mr. Zou, that kid Yi Nan is not sensible, so you should endure it a little bit more.”

       Zou Tong’s tone was not very friendly. “How can I bear it? He just said: I’m not satisfied, to everything that I said. “

       The other person said, “He has this temperament, but we can’t help it. You know it too, this year’s champion can only be him.”

       Zou Tong did not speak.

       The person said, “Lei Xing and Starlight have already agreed when they cooperated that Yi Nan is the champion of this year. He’s a bit of a prick, but he also has the talent.”

       Zou Tong said, “He asked to sing solo, and Ke Xinhang should just give him harmony. Do you think it is possible for them to advance to the competition like this?”

       The other person sighed, “I’ll find someone to tell him, Coach Zou, don’t be angry anymore.”

       Zou Tong said, “Go ahead. I don’t care what you say if you can persuade him.”

       When Wen Jianing heard this, he quietly turned and left. A moment later, he ran into Wu Dongqin in the corridor around the corner. Wu Dongqin was an assistant to the general manager of Lei Xing. Wen Jianing had met him when he signed a contract with Lei Xing.

       Wu Dongqin nodded to Wen Jianing and left. The direction he came from was from Zou Tong’s lounge just now.

       Wen Jianing stood there for a while, and didn’t plan to go to Zou Tong anymore. He now knew that he had drawn a jackpot. Even if he lay down on stage to sing, he would definitely not be eliminated in this show.

       Two days later, the “Sing to Soul” program shot a set of the latest promotional videos. This time the top 20 and the four judges would participate in the shooting.

      The entire shoot was done in simple and bright tones. Everyone’s clothes were white. The male players were in white shirts and loose slacks, and the female players were in white short dresses.

       Each of the ten groups had a separate shot.

       Speaking of which, Wen Jianing’s group was the most eye-catching group. Because the director of the filming seemed to have a bad temper, Yi Nan didn’t feel like creating any problems and fulfilled the director’s requirements seriously.

       The shot of the two of them was one sitting on a high place playing the piano, the other watering the flowers, and then smiling at each other.

       Wen Jianing’s shots were all taken once, and the director couldn’t help but praise him for his acting talent.

       When all the shots of the contestants were over, and after waiting in the studio for some time, several judges came over.

       In the face of these big-name judges, the director’s irritable temper has been reduced a lot. When filming, as Wen Jianing expected, Yi Nan stood in a very good position, behind Wang Mei and Xu Rujing. His own position was not too strategic, and An Yongkang was in front of him.

       This photogenic shot of all the members was repeated several times. Several judges stood in the front and needed all the players behind to jump up and make a gesture full of joy and expectation.

       Later, in the process of jumping up, he didn’t know who was behind him and hit Wen Jianing, who accidentally hit An Yongkang’s face with his elbow.

       An Yongkang was wearing glasses, but the glasses were knocked off by him.

       Wen Jianing immediately helped him pick up the glasses, and then apologized to him.

       But An Yongkang’s face still looked upset.

       After the shooting, Lu Jinlang suddenly walked to Wen Jianing and patted him on the shoulder, and said, “Wait for me when you are done.”

       Wen Jianing was stunned. He couldn’t refuse and nodded.

       After chatting with Zou Tong in the afternoon, they finally decided to sing a male song. The main reason why it was chosen was that Yi Nan was good at singing this kind of song, although it was not so easy to sing with Wen Jianing’s voice.

       Zou Tong said to Wen Jianing, “Rearrange it, raise the tone for your part, and alter it well. You can think about it when you go back.”

       Wen Jianing nodded and planned to go to the bar to find his bandmates for help.　

       But he still didn’t dare to leave when things were over, because he promised to wait for Lu Jinlang after he was finished. He didn’t know when Lu Jinlang’s work was over. Perhaps Lu Jinlang had forgotten about him and he had left by himself.

       Nevertheless, he still planned to wait here a little longer. If Lu Jinlang didn’t call him after the TV station was off work, it was still not too late for him to leave.

       After a while, Wen Jianing received a call from Lu Jinlang’s assistant, Lu Yunan, and asked him to go directly to the underground parking lot to find a nanny car with a license plate tail number 357.

       Wen Jianing knew that the car was Lu Jinlang. He had seen it more than once on the set before.

       Sure enough, as soon as he opened the door, Wen Jianing saw Lu Jinlang sitting inside and said to him, “Get in.”

       The driver was Lu Yunan, and Lu Jinlang was the only one in the car except him.

       Wen Jianing didn’t understand what Lu Jinlang meant, and he wasn’t even deliberately pretending to be alerted. He asked carefully, “Is there anything wrong Mr. Lu?”

       Lu Jinlang said, “Let’s have dinner together.”

       Wen Jianing took a deep breath, he suddenly thought of something, and he didn’t dare to sit down with him. Based on the Lu Jinlang he had known in the past, he had never imagined that Lu Jinlang would be such a person.

       Of course, it was not that there was something wrong with Lu Jinlang doing this kind of thing, but the Lu Jinlang he imagined was always more upright.

       The place to eat was a fancy restaurant.

       Before they got off the car, Lu Jinlang handed him a pair of sunglasses. He took them and put them on his face. Unexpectedly, Lu Jinlang didn’t wear anything, and he got out of the car and walked directly to the private room of the restaurant.

       After Lu Jinlang entered the private room, Wen Jianing discovered that besides the two of them, there was An Yongkang.

       Although Wen Jianing was not familiar with An Yongkang in the past, he has heard some news that An Yongkang’s personality was very ungenerous and spiteful.

       What happened today was purely an accident, and he didn’t hurt him, but it made An Yongkang lost his face.

       Wen Jianing suddenly understood that Lu Jinlang was creating an opportunity for him to make amends.

       On the surface, An Yongkang appeared to not mind, but his stares at Wen Jianing were really not very friendly.

       After Lu Jinlang beckoned him to sit down, he personally stood up and took the wine bottle, and helped An Yongkang pour a glass of wine. After pouring the wine, Wen Jianing picked up the wine glass and said, “Coach An, I’m really sorry today. I offended you. I’m here to toast you a glass. I hope you adults don’t think much of this vile me.”

       An Yongkang looked at him indifferently, picked up his glass and clinked the glass with his.

       Wen Jianing drank his wine and sat back in his seat. He felt that it was really hard to deal with people like An Yongkang.*

       At this time, Lu Jinlang picked up his wine glass and said to An Yongkang, “Let me propose a toast to you for him. Children are not sensible, and there will be a direct lesson in the future, so there is no need to be angry with him.”

       An Yongkang’s complexion changed when he faced Lu Jinlang. He took his wine glass and said, “What is this, do you think I’m angry about this trivial thing?”

       After drinking the wine, An Yongkang put down the glass and said, “I am a little curious. Jin Lang, you really like Xiao** Ke.”

       Lu Jinlang smiled, and said, “This young man is enthusiastic, he reminds me when I was young, and I wanted to give him a hand.”

       An Yongkang obviously didn’t believe it all. He smiled vaguely, and then said to Wen Jianing, “Look at Coach Lu’s support for you. Why don’t you have more drinks with your Coach Lu.”

       Wen Jianing suddenly became a little angry. In fact, he was quite familiar with this kind of occasion. People like him appearing here are equivalent to being a drinking companion***. Everyone instructed him to drink, and he had no way to refuse.

       When he picked up the wine glass again, Wen Jianing said to himself, “Remember, you must not get drunk. You still have secrets you can’t let others know!”

       After he finished prepping his mind properly, Wen Jianing raised his glass to Lu Jinlang with a smile. “I always remember Coach Lu’s care in my mind. Thank you very much. I’ll drink first.”

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I think my setting has been misunderstood. Regarding xiao shou’s body, it is not so it’ll be known by everyone in the future to later insult him. But to carry out “the following indescribable insult” after being known by xiao gong****. But since I can’t describe it, I can only brainstorm it…

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*In China, you are expected to offer a toast to apologize on your mistakes, and if the other person is not drinking the wine that you toast, you are considered as not being forgiven. That is why Wen Jianing think An Yongkang is difficult to handle to due not wanting to accept his apology.
** xiao = little, it’s like saying Lil’ Ke
***drinking companion = bar girl
**** xiao gong= the top (seme)

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       In the second round, only several individuals were eliminated, and twenty people would enter the next round. Compared with the first preliminary round, this round was carefully rehearsed and prepared by the contestants. The stage effects of costumes and props were all considered, so the performance effect would be much better.

       When they performed on the stage, all the contestants have to participate, and then perform in turn in the order of the previous lottery. Wen Jianing’s order was relatively behind, and his position on the stage was relatively remote. Unless they deliberately looked for him, not many people would notice him.

       However, he had accumulated a lot of popularity from the first preliminary round.  From time to time, Wen Jianing’s corner was taken by the camera, and he did not dare to look too relaxed.

       The performance Wen Jianing prepared for him today had a little taste of stage drama. This was also the advice of the music consultant teacher invited by the TV station during the rehearsal, because his advantage was not too big if he was just singing. The teacher said that since it was a show, it was not only necessary to listen to the sound, but to comprehensively consider the effects of various aspects. There would always be different considerations for various types of singers, so that the competition would be good.

       Wen Jianing chose a song called “The Puppet”. While he was singing, he would play as a thread puppet without a soul from beginning to end until he finally broke free from the thin thread binding the body. At the same time when his soul was liberated, he also paid the price of being alive.

       During the rehearsal process, even the teacher who saw his performance was impressed. The teacher said that it was a very wonderful performance.

       Wen Jianing’s performance order was on the nineteenth. The recording has been going on for a long time, and everyone was already a little tired.

       The stage lights suddenly dimmed. Wen Jianing stood in the corner of the stage and slowly sang the first notes with the sound of music. The first half of this song was about always watching the world from the puppet’s eyes. People come and go in the circus, but he was always a rigid soul held in the hands of others. While singing, Wen Jianing was expressionless, but his plain voice was full of longing for the unknown world. His eyes had been empty, but if you look carefully, you would find that he was looking at the distance.

       The climax of the song was at the moment when he tried to break free from the shackles, and he became thrilled and his eyes became firm. Even if he knew that death might follow, he still chose to get rid of the rope that bound his body. In the end, the puppet fell to the ground and lost his life, but his eyes were smiling, and he ended his life with satisfaction and joy.

       The light hitting him dimmed, and applause began to sound at the scene.

       Wen Jianing was a little breathless. It was because he was too immersed in the performance. He stood up in the dark, calmed his emotions, and then stood in place waiting for the host.

       The order of comments began with Xu Rujing. She hesitated and said, “I can only say it’s a very good performance. To be honest, I like your performance very much, but there are too many things in your performance, which distracts me from your singing.”

       Wang Mei always praises more than criticizes. Over time, everyone will find that this may have something to do with her personality, but it didn’t show how much she likes the contestant’s songs.

       When it was Lu Jinlang’s turn, he suddenly asked, “Can you dance?”

       Wen Jianing took a deep breath, and then asked, “What kind of dance is Coach* Lu asking of?”

       The host interjected, “He means what other type of dance can you do?”

       Wen Jianing said, “I know a little jazz.”

       Lu Jinlang nodded, “Let’s dance next time.”

       After that, Lu Jinlang didn’t say anything.

       Wen Jianing still advanced from the second round. Compared with the preliminary round, his advancement in this round did not cause such a big commotion. The performance of that song was indeed wonderful. Although the whole song was not what you called as difficult, he sang at least without obvious mistakes. Compared to the few people that were eliminated, Wen Jianing still played well.

       After the round was over, everyone went back to backstage area. They hastily changed their clothes and prepared to leave and go back to rest. Wen Jianing never squeezed in when the dressing room was crowded. He sat quietly for a while, and waited until everyone had almost changed their clothes, and had to pack their things to leave, before he took his clothes and walked towards the locker room.

       Wen Jianing came out after changing his clothes, and all the contestants in the dressing room left, leaving only the cleaning staff to start cleaning.

       He picked up his bag and walked outside. When he walked into the elevator and saw that the elevator going downward was closing. He speeded up two steps and rushed to block the elevator door. The elevator door that was about to be closed, slowly opened again. Wen Jianing immediately saw Lu Jinlang, Xu Rujing, and An Yongkang. Among the four famous judges, only Wang Mei was missing.

       At this time, someone who knew their place would step back and let them go first. Of course, there were still people who would happily squeeze in and wanted to say a few words to them.

       Wen Jianing was naturally the former. After he regained his senses he took a step back and said, “Please, go ahead.”

       However, Lu Jinlang kept pressing the elevator button, waiting for him to come in.

       Xu Rujing smiled and said, “Come in, it’s okay.”

       Wen Jianing still wanted to refuse, but Lu Jinlang’s agent Song Dong said, “Hurry up, they are all waiting for you.”

       So he was embarrassed to refuse again and stepped in.

       Inside the elevator, Lu Jinlang, Xu Rujing, and An Yongkang were originally standing in the front. Of course, Wen Jianing could not go next to Xu Rujing, so he could only stand in front of Lu Jinlang.

       They were standing close to each other, and Wen Jianing was standing with his back on Lu Jinlang. However, he could even feel Lu Jinlang’s breath lightly tapping on the back of his neck. He had never felt so uncomfortable before, but he had no room for deliberate movement.

       Fortunately, Xu Rujing started a conversation with him and asked, “How do you feel about being promoted today?”

       Wen Jianing quickly answered politely, “I’m very happy, I’m thankful to the coaches.”

       Xu Rujing smiled and said, “The internet said that you are relying on Lu Jinlang for your promotion. Shouldn’t you give something to express your gratitude?”

       Wen Jianing knew that Xu Rujing was joking, and it was a joke with a little malice. If he was really a junior who had just entered the entertainment circle, he was afraid he would be grateful for Xu Rujing’s joke and thought at least he could have something to do with Lu Jinlang. But now he didn’t like the joke at all.

       He could only turn his head slightly, without even looking at Lu Jinlang’s face, and said, “Thank you, Mr. Lu, I hope that one day my singing will be truly recognized by all teachers one day.”

       Unexpectedly, Lu Jinlang said, “That’s it?”

       Wen Jianing was stunned. He turned his head and looked at Lu Jinlang. Lu Jinlang was half a head taller than him. At this time, he lowered his head slightly to look at him. There was no special emotion in his eyes.

       Hearing that, Xu Rujing burst into laughter, “You hear it. Coach Lu said it wasn’t enough.”

       Wen Jianing didn’t know what to say for a moment, and after this brief hesitation, the elevator had reached the first floor.

       As the elevator door opened, Wen Jianing hurriedly went out first, and Lu Jinlang and his party soon came out of the elevator and walked towards the door. No one was paying attention to him anymore. These people were talking as they walked, Wen Jianing guessed that they were probably going to have dinner together.

       He exhaled a long breath and pulled his backpack’s strap. After these people left, he went outside the door to take a taxi.

       Later, Wen Jianing thought of Lu Jinlang’s “That’s it?” comment and never understood whether Lu Jinlang was joking or really felt that his way of thanking him was not enough. But no matter what it was, Wen Jianing could be sure that Lu Jinlang deliberately gave him a spot for promotion instead of recognizing his singing talent. As for the reason, Wen Jianing couldn’t figure out the reason. He found that he knew too little about Lu Jinlang.

       After the top 20 spots were selected, the TV station interviewed each contestant individually and negotiated the signing of the contract with the TV station’s performance agency that cooperated with the STS program.

       This was the unspoken rule of talent shows. If you didn’t sign a contract, you would probably be eliminated in the next game. Wen Jianing knows how to play, so he didn’t hesitate to sign the contract.  It was just that he hadn’t heard of the talent agency company called Lei Xing in the past. It seemed to be a new company, but judging from their attitude and handwork in investing in the program of STS, maybe their backup was not small.

       Wen Jianing chose to sign the contract. He had no other choice for the time being.

       Moreover, Lei Xing has expressed enough interest in him and hoped they could cooperate well in the future.

       After signing the contract, they were preparing intensively for the next round of competition. Five people were eliminated in the previous round. Now there were a total of 20 people left. The program team announced that the next round will be divided into ten groups, with two people in each group as a pair. In this game, half of the people will be eliminated, that was to say, if someone in the group was eliminated, then two people would be eliminated at the same time.

       The grouping was determined by drawing lots. The whole process from the drawing of the lots to the rehearsal to the competition would be tracked and filmed. Whether the two people were agreeing, disagreeing, or anything, it would be broadcasted in the next program.

       “This is unfair!” someone said.  “If the person in my group performs badly, am I not being dragged down?”

       The chief director of the program said, “Who told you that the world is fair?”

       After that, the drawing lots ceremony began, with more than a dozen cameras set up next to it, trying to capture every interesting expression.

       The numbering of the ballot was divided into ten groups, with two places for AB in each group, that was, 1A and 1B were in one group, and so on.

       Wen Jianing guesses that no one wanted to be paired with him. It was predicted that some people’s expressions would turn brighter later. Wen Jianing drew first, drew 5B, and then stood by and waited.

       After a while, Yi Nan crumpled the ballot in his hand. Although he tried to control his expression, he was obviously not successful. Wen Jianing heard the host announce that Yi Nan’s draw was 5A.

       Wen Jianing suddenly laughed, raised his hand and waved to Yi Nan, but Yi Nan ignored him.

       All this was captured by the camera.

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Come on, it’s just ordinary small. Like a slender ham sausage? I said children didn’t say it has babies’s size…….**

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       After he heard Lu Jinlang’s voice, Wen Jianing forced himself to calm down and warned himself not to misbehave in front of Lu Jinlang. He turned around slightly and said, “Sorry, Mr. Lu, my pants are wet, it’s not very convenient now.”

       He thought Lu Jinlang would leave after hearing what he said, but he didn’t expect Lu Jinlang to come in and asked, “Wet?”

       Wen Jianing pinched his palm and told himself it was okay. He couldn’t see it.

       In fact, he should have not been able to see it at all. His pants were wet, but they were only slightly stuck on his body, and he couldn’t see any detailed outline. On the contrary, he reacted a little too much because of his nervousness.

       Sure enough, Lu Jinlang took a look and said, “Wait.”

       After he said this, Lu Jinlang went out. Wen Jianing didn’t understand what he meant, but soon Lu Jinlang came back and took a pair of clean pants for Wen Jianing.

       Wen Jianing has always avoided facing Lu Jinlang head-on, but it could also be understood as an adult avoiding embarrassment.

       As soon as he received the pants from Lu Jinlang, Wen Jianing quickly thanked him and took them to the dressing room to replace his wet pants.

       After he changed his pants, Wen Jianing was able to calm down and wondered why Lu Jinlang was here at this time and why he would show such obvious kindness to him.

       From Wen Jianing’s view, this was indeed a very obvious good intention. In the past, when they were on the set, except for when they were on the scene, he only talked no more than three sentences in total to Lu Jinlang.

       But when he came out of the locker room, he found that Lu Jinlang had disappeared. After he brought Wen Jianing a pair of clean pants, he had already left.

       Wen Jianing was a bit at a loss, but he could only understand that he didn’t understand Lu Jinlang. Perhaps Lu Jinlang was an enthusiastic and kind-hearted man by nature.

       When Wen Jianing went back that night, after changing his pants, he found that it was a very high-end custom brand. If he could wear casual pants of this brand, it must be Lu Jinlang who owned the pants.

       That being the case, Wen Jianing couldn’t dispose of these pants at will. He specially sent them to a dry cleaner for cleaning that night. On the day of the official recording of the second round a week later, he took the pants to the TV station.

       Before the official recording started, the dressing room was in full swing, and everyone was busy putting on makeup and trying on clothes. On the contrary, Wen Jianing was the simplest. He had good skin and only needed a simple repair and put on the prepared costumes.

       Taking advantage of this free time, he took out Lu Jinlang’s trousers from his backpack and took them to the direction of Lu Jinlang’s waiting room.

       Lu Jinlang’s and the other’s waiting room was very quiet. Several doors were closed, and several big stars stayed in their respective rooms. Even the voices of someone talking and chatting couldn’t be heard.

       Wen Jianing knocked on the door of Lu Jinlang’s waiting room and heard the person inside say, “Come in.”

       When he opened the door, he saw that Lu Jinlang was alone in the waiting room. He was sitting on the sofa and reading the newspaper.

       Seeing that it was Wen Jianing, Lu Jinlang lowered the newspaper in his hand, looked at him, and asked what his intention was with his eyes.

       “Mr. Lu,” Wen Jianing gestured to him with the pants in his hand, “I’m here to return it to you.”

       Lu Jinlang glanced at it and said, “Put it here.”

       Wen Jianing glanced at the waiting room’s surroundings, walked over and put his pants on the sofa, and said again, “Thank you.”

       Lu Jinlang folded the newspaper and put it aside. He asked Wen Jianing, “I heard you were ostracized by other contestants?”

       Wen Jianing was taken aback for a moment, and then said, “No, where did Mr. Lu hear about it?”

       Lu Jinlang did not answer his question.

       Wen Jianing couldn’t help but wonder, “Mr. Lu, can I ask why you voted for me that day?”

       Lu Jinlang hadn’t spoken yet. The waiting room’s door was suddenly pushed from the outside. Lu Jinlang’s assistant and agent came in from the outside together. When they sawWen Jianing inside, they all paused.

       These two people actually knew Wen Jianing in the past. Lu Jinlang’s assistant, Lu Yunan was a very honest and responsible person, and he didn’t talk excessively. Lu Jinlang’s agent, Song Dong, was a lot slicker and liked to measure down someone’s weakness, but this kind of personality was very helpful for his work.

       When he saw Wen Jianing, Song Dong’s eyes were a little unspeakable. He asked Lu Jinlang, “Are we disturbing you?”

       Lu Jinlang shook his head.

       Wen Jianing had no intention of staying after seeing this situation. He thanked Lu Jinlang again, opened the door and went out. Before going out, he noticed that Song Dong was still looking at him.

       The moment he closed the door, Wen Jianing suddenly understood the meaning of Song Dong’s eyes. In the past, when he saw some unknown actresses leaning in front of Lu Jinlang, Song Dong also showed those kinds of eyes.

       Wen Jianing couldn’t help being a little amused thinking that Song Dong actually looked at him this way. He then walked towards the large dressing room without looking back.

       Although the preparations started in the morning, the official recording would not start until the afternoon.

       At noon, a lunch box was prepared by the TV station.

       When he saw everyone rushing up to get the box lunch, Wen Jianing was not in a hurry to squeeze in. He sat in his seat and looked at his mobile phone. At this time, a person came over and handed him a box of lunch.

       Wen Jianing looked up and saw a young man named Wen Lin.

       Wen Jianing was very impressed with Wen Lin from the first sight, because he felt that Wen Lin’s character was very similar to Ke Xinhang in his imagination. He looked handsome, slightly reclusive, and liked music. When Wen Lin was free, he played guitar alone in the corner.

       Wen Lin took the initiative to help Wen Jianing get a lunch box. Wen Jianing was actually very grateful. He smiled and was about to thank him, when a person behind him reached out and took the box lunch and said, “Thank you.”

       Wen Jianing and Wen Lin were a little surprised. They turned around and found that the person who grabbed their lunch was Yi Nan. Yi Nan was the most dazzling contestant in this competition. He had a seductive appearance and could sing well. After the preliminary rounds were broadcasted, Yi Nan became extremely popular online.

       Yi Nan was not close with Wen Lin and Wen Jianing, but he was a very high-profiled person and didn’t hide his popularity at all. At the same time, because of his high popularity, many players would unconsciously take the initiative to please him and build a good relationship with him, because many people think that Yi Nan was likely to be the champion of this competition.

       Yi Nan’s behaviour of snatching a lunch box would be regarded as a joke or even a playful gesture.

       But Wen Lin obviously didn’t think so. He immediately looked upset, and said, “Please give it back to me. If you want to eat, you can get it yourself.”

       Yi Nan had already cracked the disposable chopsticks with a smile. When Yi Nan heard his words, he looked up to Wen Lin and jokingly said, “Just go get another box. Please give this box to me.”

       Wen Lin said, “Please take it yourself, I’m not happy to invite you to eat.”

       Yi Nan couldn’t maintain his composure anymore, he stood up and said, “But you can just invite this little white boy* to eat?”

       At first, Wen Jianing wanted to persuade Wen Lin to forget it, but when Yi Nan said something about himself, he felt uncomfortable. He also stood up and said to Yi Nan, “Mr. Yi should be a little more polite. “

       Yi Nan said, “Why do you think I’m rude to you?”

       Wen Lin was obviously angered by what Yi Nan said to Wen Jianing. Wen Lin angrily said, “Cut the crap!” and then he reached directly for the lunch box.

       Yi Nan blocked him for a while, and Wen Lin couldn’t hold the lunch box firmly. Then the lunch box suddenly fell to the ground.

       The entire dressing room’s attention was drawn to them, and a TV station staff member was already asking loudly, “What happened?”

       The atmosphere here was tense, and Wen Jianing really worried that Wen Lin and Yi Nan would argue with each other again. When he was about to speak, suddenly he heard someone knock on the door of the dressing room and asked, “Is Mr. Ke Xinhang here?”

       It was a little abrupt because the entire dressing room who had been quiet because of Wen Jianing’s quarrel all turned their heads and looked over at the same time.

       There he saw that the person standing at the door turned out to be Lu Jinlang’s assistant, Lu Yunan.

       Lu Yunan held a plastic bag in his hand. He didn’t seem to think that there was anything wrong with the atmosphere inside, and he directly walked toward Wen Jianing with his bag.

       He put the plastic bag on the table in front of Wen Jianing and said, “Mr. Lu asked me to bring it to you.”

       Lu Yunan said that and left.

       Wen Jianing was a little surprised. In addition, all the eyes in the entire dressing room were focused on him, and he felt a little uncomfortable. He untied the bag and saw that there were two carefully packed lunch boxes inside. It was all an exquisite meal.

       These were obviously not lunch boxes that were sold outside for more than ten yuan**, but were packed in big restaurants.

       Under such circumstances, no one could say anything for a while.

       The dispute between Yi Nan and Wen Lin also stopped. Yi Nan went to get a box of lunch by himself and hummed vaguely before leaving. Probably in addition to mocking Wen Jianing, there were some inexplicable meanings behind it.

       Lu Jinlang’s obvious care could be understood as Wen Jianing had really come to this round by having a backup, or it could also be understood as Lu Jinlang’s special recognition for Wen Jianing, so he was willing to support him.

       No matter what, it was an enviable thing.

       Lu Jinlang’s concerns were all sent over. Of course, Wen Jianing couldn’t refuse. He invited Wen Lin to eat with him, but Wen Lin said, “No, you can eat by yourself.”

       Then Wen Lin took the box lunch and sat beside him to eat.

       Wen Jianing sighed for a long time, decided to ignore the gazes around him, and sat down to eat the meal first.

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Although it’s brief and unimportant, it’s not so exaggerated. He’s just nervous. I found the topic difficult to get around…..

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       The recording of the program didn’t end in one day. When he returned at night, Wen Jianing was so tired that he didn’t even want to take a bath. He just lay on bed and immediately went to sleep.

       When he woke up every morning, he would be in a short trance. He wouldn’t be able to remember exactly where he was, and then he would recall that he was now a young man named Ke Xinhang, aged twenty, with singing as his hobby.

       He had now formed a habit, that was when he went for a bath and went to the toilet, he would try to avoid seeing his physical abnormalities. Sometimes when you couldn’t see it, you could force yourself to think that it didn’t exist.

       However, the most troublesome thing in the past two days was the bathroom at the TV station, because there were too many people there. If Wen Jianing waited for the cubicle to be freed up every time, it would take a lot of time.

       He felt that Ke Xinhang must be very strong to be able to grow up healthily.

       While waiting at the backstage area today, a hostess brought a cameraman to ask him questions. The hostess asked him what he thought of Lu Jinlang saying “Good acting” to him yesterday.

       Many people in the backstage area looked in his direction.

       Wen Jianing smiled shyly and said, “Can I take this sentence as encouragement to me?”

       “Well,” the hostess wanted to appear more friendly, but the question she asked was very intense. She then continued, “Don’t you think it is ironic?”

       Wen Jianing replied, “I think it is very helpful to my approach towards singing.”

       Who didn’t know how to avoid by going in circle?

       The hostess did not follow up, she asked a few more questions and then went to interview others. Later, when it was officially aired, Lu Jinlang’s words and Wen Jianing’s embarrassing smile were cut into trailers. Of course, this was a story for another time, and Wen Jianing has not thought that far.

       He thought he should be eliminated today.

       When he came on stage again, Wen Jianing found a quiet corner to stay. There were more than 20 people waiting to be confirmed. Many of these players have not been absolutely recognized, but instead became the highlight of the first game.

       Wen Jianing didn’t care much about this. He thought he had done his best, and he helped Ke Xinhang finish the step he had planned to take. How far he could go was really beyond his control; he was still thinking about whether he should contact some friends and find some other ways.

       He couldn’t attend school because he didn’t dare to go to the physical examination, and he didn’t want to live in the dormitory.

       He couldn’t reveal his identity when he was looking for his friends, but he could say that he knew Wen Jianing in the past and was introduced through Wen Jianing. It was not impossible to start from a small role.

       Wen Jianing was distracted until he heard the host calling his name.

       He came back to his senses and walked out of the crowd, and stood next to the host.

       The host handed him the microphone and said, “Is there anything you want to say to the judges? You have one last chance, which is in the hands of our four judges.”

       Wen Jianing felt it was somewhat unexpected. He took the microphone and said only one sentence, “I will work hard and hope to be recognized by the judges.”

       The host smiled and said, “It doesn’t sound very sincere. Which judge do you think is most likely to vote for you?”

       Wen Jianing looked at the four people on the opposite side. Right now, everyone’s expression was very relaxed. Wang Mei even made a gesture of opening her arms and said, “Come on!”

       This action made the audience laugh.

       Wen Jianing said, “I don’t think I can think about it casually. Otherwise, what if there were other judges who wanted to vote for me, but I blocked them out by myself?”

       The host smiled and patted him on the shoulder, then turned to the next person for an interview.

       These shots would not necessarily be broadcast at the same time, and would probably be left in dust. Unless for some of the particularly interesting interviews.

       The host took up a lot of time, making the whole atmosphere more and more tense, and then said that now each of the judges would announce the last contestant left to qualify in their hands.

       Several judges discussed and decided that An Yongkang would announce it first, according to the ranking of seats, and Lu Jinlang would be the last.

       When it was Wang Mei’s turn, Wen Jianing became nervous. Wang Mei was probably his only hope. But Wang Mei obviously wouldn’t do things as she pleased. After thinking about it for a long time, she voted for a female contestant whom she had praised vigorously before.

       The camera lens immediately aimed at Wen Jianing, trying to capture his expression.

       But he was still very calm, because he knew that the world depends on one’s strength, not luck.

       Wen Jianing felt a little tired. The temperature in the studio was very high, and the stage was scorched by the lights. He felt that he was sweating a little hard, and his lower body was particularly uncomfortable. He didn’t know whether it was because he was particularly concerned about the cause.

       He just wanted to finish early.

       It was finally Lu Jinlang’s turn. Since it was the last person to qualify, the host began to try his best to set off the tense atmosphere. After he said a series of words with the microphone, he raised his hand in the direction of Lu Jinlang and said, “I welcomed Mr. Lu Jinlang to announce which lucky player he voted for in the end!”

       Lu Jinlang had been sitting against the back of his chair. At this time, he sat up straight, reached out his hand and moved the direction of the microphone in front of him closer to his mouth, and said the words in a very calm tone, “Ke Xinhang.”

       There was a small uproar at the scene.

       Wen Jianing himself was stunned, but the host was the first to react. He asked Lu Jinlang in surprise, “Can Mr. Lu tell us why you made this choice?”

       Lu Jinlang said, “I want to hear him sing more songs.”

       After saying that, Lu Jinlang had no intention of continuing to express his opinions.

       The host had no way to make him talk more. He smiled and concluded the round. The recording of the program was almost over here. Finally, he congratulated the contestants who passed, expressed regret for the contestants who lost the audition, and then announced that the recording was over.

       Wen Jianing still hadn’t recovered. He saw Lu Jinlang stand up and walk towards the backstage with Xu Rujing beside him. A female contestant who participated in the competition ran to him to ask for an autograph, but he politely refused.

       The preliminary competition has officially ended, and a total of 25 contestants advanced to the next round. The competition would not continue to record to the next round until the preliminary editing was broadcasted. At that time, the competition would focus on the contestant’s performance. During this period, the players would be given professional training and stage makeup. The final speech of the general director was summarized as: it was not a competition, but a wonderful concert.

       All the contestants who entered the next round of the competition were very enthusiastic, as if they were really looking forward to their concert.

       However, Wen Jianing’s mood was a little complicated. When he packed up and left, he even heard the two girls walking in front talking about who was his backup.

       They didn’t notice that Wen Jianing was behind them, and Wen Jianing didn’t deliberately pass by them. He listened to them guessing all the way until they left the gate of the TV station.

       Back home, Wen Jianing called Su Shan about him passing the preliminaries.

       Su Shan was surprised and said, “I will give you a few days off. If you become popular, remember to come back to the bar and have a concert.”

       Wen Jianing smiled and thanked him.

       After that day, the professional music team hired by the TV station began to train these contestants in turn. Wen Jianing had to run to the TV station almost every day.

       Until the first round was officially broadcast, the program had become popular all over the country. Of course, there are many factors, including Starlight’s original influence, the famous judges, the strong candidates selected through the audition, and the excellent post production.

　　 The program Sing to Soul**, which is called STS for short on the Internet, triggered many topics at once, and several contestants became popular in the simple preliminary round.

       Ke Xinhang was one of them. But in reality, he became popular because he was different from other contestants. He was the only contestant in the program who entered the semifinals with his face. Some people joked that he was so handsome that he moved Lu Jinlang and had gone beyond the boundaries of gender.

       Of course, this did not prevent a large group of girls from falling in love with him and a fan group soon formed.

       Wen Jianing went online to read this news, but he didn’t pay too much attention to it. It was a good thing to be noticed, no matter how far he could go in this game, after all, it opened a way for him.

       However, what bothered him a little was that some contestants who entered the semifinals were obviously showing some resistance to him. It seemed that he had been labeled as having a backup. Impressed Lu Jinlang by singing? As if the devil believes it! As for getting chosen because of his face, if it was Wang Mei they would believe it more. But Lu Jinlang would not choose him because he was good-looking. The final result of the discussion was that he should have a backup.

       Those judges have probably been greeted in advance by his backup. Anyway they must’ve arranged something to ensure that Ke Xinhang would not be eliminated.

       These were the words discussed behind his back and would not reach Wen Jianing’s ears, but he could always feel the unfriendly attitude of those people.

       At the end of the rehearsal that afternoon, when Wen Jianing was packing up in the big dressing room backstage to leave, a girl next to him looked into the mirror while drinking water from a glass.

       The two men behind them started joking and bumped into the girl’s elbow. All her water in the glass splashed on Wen Jianing’s pants.

       The girl screamed, put down her glass and went after the two noisy young people, then turned back and asked if Wen Jianing was all right.

       After Wen Jianing was splashed with water on his pants, his first reaction was to sit down. He was very nervous, because he wore a pair of loose casual pants today and it all stuck to his body as soon as he got wet. He was very afraid of what others could see from the outline of his pants.

       When the girl asked him if there was anything wrong, he shook his head and said it was all right, but his face looks unwell.

       The girl looked at him closely and said, “It’s not boiling water, It’s not that serious, right?”

       Wen Jianing took his bag to cover his leg and said, “It’s nothing, it’s not hot.”

       The girl then said to him, “I’ll get the hair dryer for you to dry it.”

       Wen Jianing refused, “No, I’ll handle it myself.”

       The girl looked at him again, seeming to think that his attitude was not very friendly, so she stopped caring about him anymore.

       Soon, the people in the dressing room packed up their things and left one after another. They left Wen Jianing alone in the room, still sitting in his seat.

       He was too nervous, and he couldn’t help thinking more about it. Is there a surveillance camera in the dressing room? Will he be photographed by the surveillance camera?

       Actually, the dark trousers he wore might not be noticeable at all, but he just couldn’t convince himself not to care.

       When the people were almost gone, he knew that a cleaning staff would come in to clean in a while, so he stood up and reached for a hair dryer that was not far away.

       Just when he got it in his hand, he heard a person’s voice at the door, “What are you doing?”

       Wen Jianing dropped the hair dryer on the ground. He recognized that the voice belonged to Lu Jinlang.

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How can you be groomed to rise in ranks…… But don’t worry, this story main plot is based on emotion

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*Sing to Soul is originally written in English like that

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