Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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“Are you feeling smug?” a voice came from the side.
Feng Yuanxuan was taken aback and turned his head to look. A person walked out from inside the emergency exit.
His face emerged from the shadows, holding his phone, seemingly unconcerned whether Feng Yuanxuan had seen him.
Jiao Xiu.
Jiao Xiu came out.
He had a half-smile on his face, completely different from his usual friendly demeanor.
“It’s you…” Feng Yuanxuan’s face also darkened.
Jiao Xiu still had that ambiguous smile on his face. He then turned on the phone he was holding and scrolled through it: “Huayao… Heh, Sheng Ziyou set you up, didn’t she?”
Feng Yuanxuan remained silent.
Jiao Xiu tilted his head, looking completely harmless: “Sheng Ziyou really helped you… Teacher Sheng’s favoritism is truly enviable.”
Feng Yuanxuan looked at him with a cold expression: “Teacher Sheng’s help will only be given to those who rely on their own abilities.”
“Hehe.” Jiao Xiu chuckled, stepped forward, and stood very close to Feng Yuanxuan. “Do I lack strength?”
“Jiao Xiu, what exactly do you want?” Feng Yuanxuan glanced around. It was already past midnight. Apart from the fixed cameras in the practice room, most of the staff had left.
“Can’t I just chat with you if there’s nothing wrong?”
Feng Yuanxuan narrowed his eyes, feeling that Jiao Xiu might be waiting for him.
Jiao Xiu looked at him, his expression completely hidden: “You’re quite pleased with yourself, aren’t you? You’ve already signed with Huayao. It doesn’t matter whether you debut or not, as long as you get some prestige.”
“Yes, I’m very pleased with myself.” Feng Yuanxuan, who was usually indifferent, suddenly became sharp. “And I should thank you. If you hadn’t harmed me, I wouldn’t have had this opportunity.”
Jiao Xiu sneered: “You just got lucky.”
As he said this, he couldn’t control his violent temper. Why did they get all the opportunities so easily? While he had to be so careful to get to where he was today.
Feng Yuanxuan didn’t speak but quietly looked at him.
“Feng Yuanxuan, there’s plenty of time ahead, don’t get too cocky.”
Jiao Xiu gave him a cold look, then turned and left.
Feng Yuanxuan stared blankly at Jiao Xiu’s retreating figure.
He suddenly remembered the preliminary rankings, when he felt that he didn’t actually have much ability.
After all, it seemed like he didn’t know anything else besides singing.
Jiao Xiu arrived while he was already there, and he watched as this young man bravely took the second spot in the debut lineup.
At the time, he, sitting below, greatly admired this person.
When he looked over, the other person gave him a polite and gentle smile.
Feng Yuanxuan had a very good impression of him.
Later, when the performance began, all the other trainees on stage were excellent, and there were many all-rounders who could do everything.
Jiao Xiu was the same; he danced with several other dancers, their movements synchronized and unrestrained.
Later, he performed his own original songs, which he sang quite well and wrote even better.
At that time, Feng Yuanxuan thought that if there was an opportunity in the future, he could discuss music with him again.
However, after entering the training class, Jiao Xiu became incredibly popular, getting along well with everyone. As for him, who didn’t like to talk, he only had a nodding acquaintance with him.
After that, Ji Ran’s ranking dropped, and he became the most popular performer for two consecutive performances, which made him even more arrogant.
Before forming a team last week, Feng Yuanxuan even thought that Jiao Xiu would surely debut in the center position, and he himself didn’t know if he could become his debuting teammate.
Feng Yuanxuan chuckled to himself, thinking that there must be more than just one such person. They may have a perfect facade, but only those who have suffered losses truly know what’s inside.
If I hadn’t come in first place in the last performance, and if I didn’t know how to create music, I probably would never have known what Jiao Xiu was really like.
He shook his head and walked towards the dormitory.
As for Jiao Xiu’s statement that there was plenty of time, Feng Yuanxuan wasn’t actually afraid.
He already knew his true colors in the training class, so he would naturally be wary of him. Online, Jiao Xiu had someone who could help him, but Huayao certainly wouldn’t abandon him.
There was nothing to be afraid of.
At five o’clock in the morning, Sheng Ziyou was still dreaming when her phone started vibrating incessantly.
She frowned, tossed and turned in bed several times, but didn’t move.
The phone stopped vibrating, then rang once more— it was the sound of a message.
Sheng Ziyou still didn’t move.
Then ten minutes later, a hand emerged from under the covers, eyes half-closed, brows furrowed, as it read the message.
Yang Yun had sent only one sentence—
[Sister You, I just heard an ambulance siren. Ji Ran got sick; it seems he’s already in shock.]
Sheng Ziyou was stunned. She sat up abruptly and, without even turning on the light and made a phone call to the staff member from the program team who was in charge of the trainees’ lives.
“Sister Xu, what’s wrong with Ji Ran?” Her voice was still a little hoarse, as if she hadn’t woken up properly.
The person on the other end was clearly talking to someone and hurriedly replied to Sheng Ziyou: “Ji Ran had been vomiting since the early hours of the morning. When Gu Yuzheng and the others came, he vomited some more blood and is now in shock and has been sent to the hospital.”
The staff member sounded anxious; at this point, no one had yet given an order to keep quiet, so she just told Sheng Ziyou directly.
Sheng Ziyou’s expression changed drastically.
In that instant, many thoughts raced through her mind. Ji Ran’s behavior might be due to her previous suggestion, but the current situation was clearly different from “faking illness”…
Which hospital was he taken to?
After receiving a reply on the other end of the phone, Sheng Ziyou threw her phone on the bed and quickly got up to get dressed.
If Ji Ran’s matter was really related to her, Sheng Ziyou could not ignore it, otherwise she would live with guilt for the rest of her life.
After getting dressed, she quickly washed her face, didn’t bother with anything else, and went outside wearing a hat and mask.
When Sheng Ziyou arrived downstairs, Gu Yuzheng, Lin Yidong, Fu Jiahuan, and Jing Xianglei were squatting at the door, looking completely bewildered.
“Teacher Sheng—” The moment Lin Yidong saw her, it was as if he had seen a lifeline.
“What are you doing here?” Sheng Ziyou frowned.
Gu Yuzheng said in a hoarse voice, “Teacher Sheng… please take us… to the hospital…”
Sheng Ziyou stopped and looked at Gu Yuzheng with a serious expression.
“Then tell me first, what exactly happened?”
“Tell me the truth, don’t lie to me.”
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