Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Since their phones were confiscated, these students had become “disconnected boys,” unaware of anything happening online.
Some groups had just finalized their songs, while others had encountered problems with choreography. Everyone had been working incredibly hard lately.
When Sheng Ziyou arrived at the practice room, it wasn’t late, but there were already quite a few students there.
You should know that they rarely went to bed before dawn. In the beginning, people usually started arriving gradually after lunch.
People with regular sleep schedules were very rare, but Dou Xuan was one of them.
Unfortunately, he had already left.
“Hello, Teacher Sheng!!” The students in Gu Yuzheng’s group wiped their sweat and greeted her in unison.
Sheng Ziyou smiled and asked, “How are you all doing?”
Gu Yuzheng smiled: “It’s pretty good. Our dancing is almost done, it’s just… our singing isn’t very good yet.”
Sheng Ziyou looked Gu Yuzheng up and down. His face was slightly red, whether from being looked at or from feeling hot, it was hard to tell.
“Gu Yuzheng, you’ve lost a lot of weight, haven’t you?”
“No, right?” Gu Yuzheng looked at himself blankly.
Sheng Ziyou shook her head: “Don’t overwork yourself. Let’s go to the infirmary to weigh ourselves.”
Gu Yuzheng: “…”
Ji Ran pursed his lips, and said shyly, “No, please…”
Sheng Ziyou’s gaze immediately shifted to him, a half-smile on her face: “What, feeling guilty? Have you lost too much weight?”
Ji Ran: “…”
“Come on, come on, hurry up and put your clothes on.”
Lin Yidong readily agreed, smiling sweetly, “Okay! I’m so hot, I won’t wear a jacket!”
Fu Jiahuan chimed in, “I won’t wear it either.”
“Hurry up and put them on. It’s quite cold near the window. You’ve just been sweating, don’t catch a cold.” Sheng Ziyou disagreed.
Her stern face still carried a certain intimidating power, and the students who were close to her were reluctant to make her angry, so they had no choice but to obey.
“Okay…” Even though it was very hot and they were sweating profusely from dancing, they still obediently put on their jackets.
“Ji Ran!” Sheng Ziyou suddenly raised her voice, “Don’t put fruit in your pockets, I saw it!”
Ji Ran: “…” He awkwardly took it out and put it on the ground.
Then he looked at Sheng Ziyou with a helpless expression: “This time there’s really nothing, let’s go, Teacher Sheng.”
He stepped forward and pushed Sheng Ziyou, who still looked suspicious, out of the room.
Ji Ran placed his hand on Sheng Ziyou’s shoulder. He was a head taller than Sheng Ziyou. Although he was a few years younger than Sheng Ziyou, Sheng Ziyou’s face was so beautiful that she looked very young and well-matched with him.
At that moment, the two resembled a helpless boyfriend dealing with a serious girlfriend.
However, this atmosphere didn’t last three seconds before Lin Yidong and Gu Yuzheng each pried off one of Ji Ran’s hands.
Instantly, the atmosphere among the group changed.
The boys followed behind her, much like a teacher leading a group of students out, even though the students were all much taller than her.
“Teacher Sheng, where are you going?” Jiao Xiu asked curiously, standing at the door of their practice room.
Before Sheng Ziyou could speak, Fu Jiahuan replied, “Teacher Sheng is taking us to weigh ourselves.”
“Huh?” Jiao Xiu was taken aback.
Sheng Ziyou peered through the gap next to her and saw that their group of students were still practicing in the practice room. She scanned the room but did not see Feng Yuanxuan.
“They’ve been working too hard lately, I’m taking them to see how much weight they’ve lost,” Sheng Ziyou explained with a smile, then led the six boys, along with several cameramen and a group of staff, to the infirmary.
Jiao Xiu smiled but didn’t say anything.
Jiao Xiu’s smile faded only after the large group of people had all left.
Why wasn’t Sheng Ziyou the guest member in their group?
She worked really hard to get more attention for the group.
How many of them hadn’t lost weight during this period? Just the fact that she took her students to weigh themselves and they had lost weight would become a selling point about how hard they had worked…
Jiao Xiu looked at the woman who seemed short among the boys in the group. Teacher Sheng’s favoritism… it was truly enviable.
“Jiao Xiu, let’s dance!”
“They’re here—”
The door was closed.
“Wow! It’s really cold!” Fu Jiahuan shivered.
Lin Yidong sidled up to Sheng Ziyou, asking curiously, “Why didn’t they close the window?”
Sheng Ziyou explained to him, “No one passes by here, so leaving the windows open lets the whole building get some fresh air.”
“Teacher Sheng, I’m so glad I listened to you…”
Sheng Ziyou glanced at them and asked, “Who was it that didn’t want to put on clothes just now?”
Fu Jiahuan and Lin Yidong touched their noses, looking guilty.
The group chatted as they arrived at the infirmary.
“What’s going on?” The temporary doctor was also startled by the sudden influx of so many people.
Sheng Ziyou explained with a smile, “It’s nothing, doctor, I just brought them here to weigh themselves.”
“Oh, sure, there’s a scale over there.” The doctor smiled and pointed to a corner.
Sheng Ziyou nodded politely, then stood next to the scale: “One by one!”
“Teacher Sheng, you go first!”
Sheng Ziyou rolled her eyes at him. She weighed herself in her room every day; why would she need to weigh herself here?
As if remembering something, she said, “By the way, doctor, do you have their medical examination data from when they entered the training program?”
“Sure.”
As the doctor spoke, he took a stack of reports clipped together from the drawer and handed them to her.
Sheng Ziyou took it, glanced at the first page, and paused slightly.
It was a student who had left…
Sheng Ziyou remembered this student because the student was very polite and talented.
His favorite thing to do was sit alone in a corner and write songs, but very few people saw him. He was thus eliminated in the last round…
Sheng Ziyou shook her head and started flipping through the list, quickly finding the list of Gu Yuzheng and the other six people and placing it at the top.
“One person, who goes first?”
As soon as she finished speaking, Fu Jiahuan stood up.
This scale looked a lot like the one used during school physical exams; it could measure not only weight but also height.
Sheng Ziyou reached out…
She couldn’t reach it.
Sheng Ziyou: “…” A little embarrassed.
She stood on tiptoe, about to pull herself down again, when Gu Yuzheng reached out a hand from behind her and measured Fu Jiahuan.
Sheng Ziyou: “…”
“Pfft—” Everyone tried to laugh discreetly, even Gu Yuzheng was secretly chuckling behind their backs.
Sheng Ziyou: “…”
Forget it, I won’t argue with a child.
She glanced at the data, then looked at the documents in her hand: “Fu Jiahuan has lost one kilogram.”
“Huh? I only lost two pounds?”
Sheng Ziyou glanced at him and said, “You’re not that overweight, losing two pounds is already a lot! This is a training class, not a weight loss studio.”
She glanced at her height and laughed: “Height, 0.5cm less.”
“Impossible!” Fu Jiahuan jumped down and looked at himself.
Jing Xianglei patted him on the shoulder: “Brother Huan, you’re not getting any younger…”
Fu Jiahuan: “…” But I don’t have to be reduced in size!
Sheng Ziyou laughed: “Next.”
Lin Yidong immediately jumped up: “Let me try, I feel like I’ve grown taller.”
Sheng Ziyou glanced at it and smiled: “Yes, you’ve gained weight. Your weight hasn’t changed, but you’ve grown 2cm in height.”
Fu Jiahuan pulled him down, gripping his neck, and yelled angrily, “Ahhh, how did you grow so much?! I’m angry!”
After that, Jing Xianglei stood up. His height remained the same, but his weight decreased by three kilograms.
That was quite a lot; these dancing children were all rather thin to begin with after all.
“Xianglei, your weight is not good. You need to eat more,” Sheng Ziyou advised.
Jing Xianglei didn’t pay much attention to his weight. He had been too anxious and overworked recently, so he was bound to lose weight.
But Sheng Ziyou gave him instructions, so he nodded.
Then Gu Yuzheng stood up. His height hadn’t changed, but he had lost 3.5 kilograms, a full seven pounds!
“Gu Yuzheng, you too, eat more! At your age, this is the time to eat well!”
Gu Yuzheng scratched his head sheepishly and agreed.
Fan Jiaxu lost one kilogram, which was within the normal range and not bad.
“Ji Ran!” This was the person Sheng Ziyou wanted to focus on, and also the main purpose of this weighing event.
Ji Ran had remained silent, trying to hide himself, but he hadn’t succeeded and was still exposed by Sheng Ziyou.
Gu Yuzheng shoved him forward and glared at him, saying, “Hurry up!”
Ji Ran stood up reluctantly.
Sheng Ziyou glanced at it.
“!” She then looked up and glared fiercely at Ji Ran.
Feeling guilty, Ji Ran scratched his head and said, “Um…”
“Ji Ran!! You’ve lost five kilograms!! You’re 1.82 meters tall and only weigh 52 kilograms!” Sheng Ziyou glared at him fiercely.
Ji Ran felt even more guilty and shrank his neck.
This time, no one helped him; everyone criticized him.
“Ran Ran, you need to take care of yourself!”
“Yes, don’t push yourself too hard!”
“You’re losing weight like you’re risking your life.”
….
Sheng Ziyou led them back, and along the way, everyone was still criticizing Ji Ran.
Upon arriving at the practice room, the cameramen all left; there were already plenty of cameras inside, so there was no need for them to follow.
Sheng Ziyou gave Ji Ran a look, and the other obediently followed.
Once they reached a secluded spot, Sheng Ziyou said to him—
“Ji Ran, stop eating in the practice room. Please eat normally. Also, eat soft foods, drink more porridge, and if you get hungry, stop practicing and go back to the dorm to drink porridge. Eat small meals frequently. Drink plenty of hot water, and don’t eat anything raw or cold anymore. No more snacks either. Your teammates will understand, so take care of yourself.”
“I……”
Sheng Ziyou interrupted him: “I know what you want to say. Tomorrow, I will give you a plan. Now do as I say, do you hear me?”
Her voice was stern, but her eyes were warm. For some reason, Ji Ran’s eyes felt a little sore.
Half a minute later, Ji Ran nodded.
He didn’t know what solution she was going to offer, but he couldn’t bear to refuse her.
“Oh… I’ll listen to you,” Ji Ran said.
Sheng Ziyou was satisfied. She stood on tiptoe and patted his shoulder: “A good child is one who listens. Let’s go.”
Ji Ran muttered, “…You’re not that much older than me.”
“What did you say?”
“Nothing!”
The two then walked out together.
“Teacher Sheng!” Not far away, Jiao Xiu seemed to be coming from the direction of the restroom.
Sheng Ziyou smiled and nodded.
What are you doing here?
“I wasn’t in a good mood, so Teacher Sheng talked to me for a while,” Ji Ran replied, offering a perfunctory explanation.
“Oh!” Jiao Xiu suddenly realized, and patted Ji Ran on the shoulder. “Ran Ran, you can come to us if you have any questions. It’s okay, you can talk to us.”
“Okay.” The three of them walked back together.
Sheng Ziyou didn’t go into the practice room: “I’ll go back to my room first, and I’ll come back to rehearse with you guys this afternoon.”
“Okay.” Ji Ran nodded in agreement.
Sheng Ziyou walked forward and stopped in front of the practice room where she had met Feng Yuanxuan the night before. She didn’t know why, but she still pushed the door open.
Sure enough, Feng Yuanxuan was inside.
“Feng Yuanxuan,” Sheng Ziyou said.
Feng Yuanxuan turned around and smiled brightly when he saw Sheng Ziyou: “Hey! Teacher Sheng!”
Meeting his smile, Sheng Ziyou’s eyes flashed with complexity, but in the end she just smiled and asked him, “Why are you writing songs here all by yourself again?”
Feng Yuanxuan scratched his head: “My song isn’t suitable for their choreography, so I’m still revising it…”
Sheng Ziyou’s face darkened slightly as she asked him, “Didn’t you write the song first and then choreograph the dance based on it?”
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