Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Lin Yidong was feeling anxious. Ji Ran in front of him turned around, patted him on the shoulder, and said softly, “Don’t be afraid. We will stay.”
Lin Yidong looked at him in surprise. Ji Ran was gentle and polite to others, but in fact, except for Gu Yuzheng, he seemed to be separated from everyone else.
It’s rare that he actually took the initiative to comfort him this time.
Ji Ran’s words distracted him, and he didn’t care to be nervous, because the person in front of him called out his name –
“No. 19, Lin Yidong, with a total of 904,352 votes.”
Lin Yidong was a little dazed and stood up blankly. His ranking had been declining before, so how come he rose by two places this time?
The corners of Sheng Ziyou’s mouth also slightly raised. Before in the practice room, she kept calling Lin Yidong and praising him. This invisibly increased his exposure, and his ranking would naturally move forward.
Ji Ran supported himself on the ground with one hand, gritted his teeth, stood up, reached out, hugged Lin Yidong, smiled, and let go.
Gu Yuzheng also stood up and hugged Lin Yidong: “Come on, you will advance.”
Hu Changming’s eyes widened in surprise. When did Lin Yidong become so close to Ji Ran and Gu Yuzheng?!
Didn’t the two of them look down on Lin Yidong who wanted to be seduced?!
He passed this news to these two people, so he naturally knew that these two people despised Lin Yidong at that time…
What was going on now?!
Lin Yidong was also confused. He obviously didn’t expect these two people to hug him. He stood there with a stupid look on his face.
“Yidong, get your results!” Sheng Ziyou said to him with a smile.
Lin Yidong ran up in a panic and bowed to the 20th person.
“Hahahaha, it’s the other way around! The camera is over here!” the students laughed.
Lin Yidong quickly turned around and bowed to the camera.
Sheng Ziyou looked back and met Ji Ran’s complicated gaze. She just nodded and turned back.
It was no wonder, this silly Lin Yidong was worried about Ji Ran’s stomachache and came to ask her to buy porridge for Ji Ran.
Ji Ran and Gu Yuzheng were ranked very high and had many fans. They had always been good friends and had good relationships with other people, but they didn’t have better friends. The duo had thus attracted a lot of CP fans.
The two of them hugged Lin Yidong like this, exuding friendship. Then some of their fans would surely follow their idol and give Lin Yidong a vote.
The next person Lin Yidong announced was the student who was on the verge of promotion. He said in a childish voice:
“No. 18, Jing Xianglei, a total of 1 million 1,321 votes!”
Sheng Ziyou was stunned. She didn’t expect Jing Xianglei to be ranked so low!
But what surprised her even more was Fu Jiahuan, who was ranked 15th.
“Ah? How is that possible?”
“How can Brother Huan be so low?!”
“Hasn’t Brother Huan always been ranked 9th or 10th? How come he has dropped so much?!”
….
Even Qu Feng couldn’t help but wonder, “Fu Jiahuan is 15th?”
Xiang Yuan frowned: “It’s a bit low.”
Ran Youqing and Sheng Ziyou nodded in unison.
If they really only looked at overall strength, Fu Jiahuan, who could both sing and dance, was the most suitable person to form a group and should definitely be in the top six.
He had a bold personality and a big brother aura, and was very suitable to be the soul of a group, but this person was now ranked 15th? He may not even make it to the finals!
Fu Jiahuan was also stunned. It took him a long time to stand up. He smiled and said, “Oh, my ranking has dropped!”
Still smiling happily, this guy could get along well with everyone because of his generous personality, and everyone who had been with him liked him very much.
But the audience was not someone he was with; they were separated from him by a screen and editing.
Fu Jiahuan announced the next person’s result with a smile, and also made a strange move, which made everyone laugh.
Hu Changming, a student whom Sheng Ziyou didn’t like very much, ranked very well this time, 8th. Wen Shanshan smiled with satisfaction.
“No. 7, Long Jisi.”
This was a student who was easily overlooked by Sheng Ziyou and others, but he looked good and had a good ranking.
He came from a folk dance background, and most importantly… he was the artist of the organizer and had a lot of shots.
The top six were the ones who had the potential to form a group, and the results of the group would be announced by the instructor.
Wen Shanshan read out the 6th place, Xiang Yuannian read out the 5th place, and Sheng Ziyou had the 4th place in her hand. She took a look and was a little surprised.
“No. 6, Feng Yuanxuan, with a total of 4,907,653 votes!”
“No. 5, Lu He, with a total of 5,106,789 votes!”
Sheng Ziyou calmly read out the name on his hand——
“No. 4, Ji Ran, with a total of 5,692,536 votes!”
Ji Ran had a complicated expression when it came to get his results. Sheng Ziyou thought, he was probably unhappy. After all, he had been declining, which was not a good trend.
“No. 3, Guan Yike, with a total of 6,104,352 votes!”
Qu Feng got the last two names and raised his lips slightly: “I will read the last two!”
There was no doubt that the first place was either Jiao Xiu or Gu Yuzheng.
Of course, Sheng Ziyou was almost certain that Jiao Xiu would be the first.
“Let me talk about the first place first. The most popular student right now is Jiao Xiu! He has a total of 7,397,253 votes!”
“No. 2, Gu Yuzheng, with a total of 6,619,077 votes!”
The votes of these people…were not that different.
The gap in votes between the top 6 and those outside the top 18 was huge, and there was almost no possibility of catching up.
However, the votes for the top six were not difficult to catch up, as most of the contestants participating in this competition were very strong, and the votes were severely split, so that there was no student who could be sure of debuting as the center.
Jiao Xiu had this tendency and was working hard to do so.
There was still a qualifying match and a final to come, and this gap… may be reshuffled at any time.
After receiving their results, the students had different reactions, but no matter what, they were definitely worried.
There was a game tomorrow, so they couldn’t even relax today.
The faces of the students who saw no hope of improving their rankings only showed dejection.
With hundreds of thousands of votes, how do you chase millions?
Ran Youqing was feeling a little depressed. So he stood up and suddenly said, “Come on, everyone, form a circle and let’s chat.”
Several instructors sat down first, and then the students also sat down.
Lin Yidong originally wanted to sit next to Sheng Ziyou, but he noticed Ji Ran rubbing his stomach again, so he took two steps forward and said, “Ji Ran, go back to bed, rest early, and conserve your energy. If you are not in good condition tomorrow, it will be fatal.”
Gu Yuzheng nodded and pulled Ji Ran with one hand: “Go back, don’t force yourself.”
Ji Ran looked at the two of them in a daze. He had not enjoyed this kind of care for many years. Ever since he left home to earn money, he had never received any care.
When he was live streaming before, the live streaming agent was quite nice to him but mostly asked him to eat more and broadcast longer.
To a boy who was only focused on making money and had almost no social interaction, friends were just a noun.
It may sound a bit speechless, but Ji Ran, who was gentle and polite and talked and laughed well in front of the camera, actually had no friends.
Instead, he came to this competitive program and met his first friend Gu Yuzheng.
Well… Lin Yidong could barely be counted now.
Ji Ran raised the corner of his mouth slightly and nodded.
The two of them didn’t support each other too obviously, but they followed one on the left and one on the right.
“You guys go back, there will definitely be shots tonight…”
“Don’t talk about this. Your health is important.” Gu Yuzheng interrupted him.
Lin Yidong nodded: “Yeah! I want to rest early too!”
He paused for a moment and suddenly said, “Ji Ran, Brother Zheng, I have a bad relationship with a student in our dormitory. Can I move to your dormitory?”
Many students had left, and there were many empty beds.
Gu Yuzheng glanced at Ji Ran, the other party nodded, and Lin Yidong smiled.
After returning to the dormitory, Ji Ran lay on the bed. It was too early and he didn’t want to sleep, so he just stared blankly with his eyes open.
Gu Yuzheng was listening to music and reading a book next to him. The dormitory was very quiet and neither of them spoke.
“La la la la, I want to run! Run towards our…” Lin Yidong hugged the quilt, his whole body almost buried by the quilt, and he came in humming a song.
They both looked at him.
Lin Yidong picked an empty bed, put his things down, and then took out a hot water bottle.
“Hahaha, you never thought I would have this!”
He came over with a hot water bottle and stuffed his hand into Ji Ran’s quilt: “Hurry up and cover your stomach with it. I’ll go get a rice cooker from Teacher Sheng tomorrow, and we’ll make porridge in the dormitory from now on.”
“Hey, Brother Zheng, can I put my computer here?”
“Ji Ran, let me put this away for you!”
“Brother Zheng, please make way for a moment.”
“Ji Ran…”
“Brother Zheng…”
There was someone chattering away, but it wasn’t actually annoying, it was quite lively.
That’s what Gu Yuzheng and Ji Ran thought.
Sheng Ziyou saw Gu Yuzheng and the other two leaving, but she didn’t say anything.
If Lin Yidong was not feeling well, she would have forced him to go back and rest long ago. However, her relationship with Ji Ran was a bit sensitive, so it was difficult for her to say anything.
Seeing that everyone was in a bad mood, Ran Youqing told everyone about his debut and the situation in the entertainment industry at that time.
When he debuted, let alone this group of teenagers, even Sheng Ziyou was not born yet, and they had no idea what the entertainment industry was like at that time.
The students listened with great interest. From time to time, some of them got nervous and went to other practice rooms to rehearse a few more times.
From time to time, students went to the toilet, etc.
So when Fu Jiahuan went out, he did not attract Sheng Ziyou’s attention.
But half an hour passed and he still hadn’t come back.
Sheng Ziyou frowned slightly, thought for a moment, stood up and left the practice room.
This floor was this small. After Sheng Ziyou walked around, she saw Fu Jiahuan in the safety passage.
The man sat with his back to her, not knowing what he was thinking, and did not move.
Fu Jiahuan had always been full of energy. If a student was unhappy, he could quickly make that person laugh, as if he had never seen that person unhappy.
This boy from Sichuan and Chongqing was cheerful and friendly.
When he received his results today, no one noticed anything. He was still smiling, but it turned out that he was also sad…
Sheng Ziyou sighed and stepped forward: “Why do you all like to sit here?”
Lin Yidong said that he found Ji Ran at the stairs of the safety passage, and she also found Fu Jiahuan here.
The other party obviously didn’t expect Sheng Ziyou to come, and his face was full of unconcealable surprise.
After a moment, he grinned: “Teacher Sheng, are you here with me to think about life? I tell you, I feel like I have been enlightened here, and my inspiration is overflowing. I think I can now…”
“Fu Jiahuan,” Sheng Ziyou interrupted him, “Stop smiling.”
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