Chapter 47: Summer Solstice has a very abstract name.

This feeling of being suddenly dumped made Chen Xing a little depressed. He didn't want to agree, so he could only answer tactfully: "Well... this..."

As a result, Xia Huanming's voice became more earnest: "Is it not possible?"

The corners of Chen Xing's mouth drooped a little.

Why are you so anxious? It's not like you don't have contact information. You can chat with each other through WeChat, right?

Chen Xing hated that Xia Huanming used him as a stepping stone, but he still wanted to be a good person and help Xia Huanming make friends.

After all, Xia Huanming really doesn't like to talk to other teams. By the end of the recording, maybe at the end of the show, Xia Huanming's list will only include them.

After Chen Xing thought it over, he nodded heavily: "Okay, let's change it."

Xia Huanming said happily: "That's great."

Before Xia Huanming could be happy for a few seconds, Qi Yinrui held the number plate between his index and middle fingers, looking very sad: "I actually wanted to change my seat, but the staff said that this number plate is recorded, and changing the number casually may cause confusion in the process, so I didn't change it."

Qi Yinrui's words instantly changed the mood of the two people.

Chen Xing suddenly became happy, and pulled the corner of Xia Huanming's clothes, his tone unable to conceal his joy: "Then don't change it."

Xia Huanming's eyes were filled with unknown emotions, and he finally pursed his lips: "...Okay."

After they took their seats, Xia Huanming kept looking at Chen Xing.

Qi Yinrui asked Chen Xing with a smile: "Are your glasses real or just for decoration? I rarely see you wearing glasses."

Chen Xing replied: "Yes, but it's very shallow."

Qi Yinrui said thoughtfully: "Well, then I should be able to see clearly, my two eyes are not very powerful."

"Brother Rui, please try it." Chen Xing took off his glasses and handed them to Qi Yinrui.

Qi Yinrui took the glasses carefully, as if he was afraid of damaging them. After putting them on, Qi Yinrui showed them to his teammate on the left, who praised him, "Oh my god, you are the boss." Then he turned to Chen Xing and asked, "How is it?"

The glasses make Qi Yinrui look more shrewd. If Zheng Peiya were here, she would have been able to make up a story about industry elites watching a musical.

Chen Xing praised: "Handsome."

Qi Yinrui deliberately leaned forward, with a smug smile on his face, and asked Xia Huanming: "How is it? Is it suitable?"

"Not bad," Xia Huanming glanced at him perfunctorily, his eyes lingering on his face for less than a second, then he turned to Chen Xing in a gentle voice, "I want to try it, too."

Chen Xing pointed at the corner of his eye and asked doubtfully, "Don't you have good eyesight?"

Xia Huanming did not explain, but just repeated it again in a soft voice, even softer than before: "Let me try."

Chen Xing had no choice but to take back the glasses, lift his butt slightly, and help Xia Huanming put on the glasses.

He and Xia Huanming looked into each other's eyes. Xia Huanming had no intention of looking away. He stared straight at Chen Xing's eyebrows, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Chen Xing felt itchy when he was watched, so he hung it up accurately and fell back to his seat.

Xia Huanming pushed his glasses, leaned forward slightly, and casually rested his elbows on the armrests of the chair.

"How about it?"

Xia Huanming's tone was casual, as if he was just asking casually, but the eyes hidden behind the lenses were staring at Chen Xing closely, trying to capture his every subtle reaction.

Although he feels a little dizzy when looking at people now, if Chen Xing likes men with glasses, he can wear glasses every day.

Chen Xing responded favorably to him wearing glasses, gave him a thumbs up and said, "So handsome."

Xia Huanming was not very satisfied and teased Chen Xing: "Why is it the same as praising Qi Yinrui? Don't you have any other words?"

“Then…” Chen Xing clapped his hands, imitating the video of fans connecting with idols that he had seen, “Wow – this outfit suits you so well, you’re totally naturally beautiful! You’re a total genius with a face! It would be a loss for us if you go to school with this face instead of making your debut! You’re the human Tiffany, the human Chanel!” After saying that, he winked at him.

Xia Huanming: “…”

Qi Yinrui, who was next to Chen Xing, lowered his head to try to hold back his laughter, his shoulders shaking with laughter. He then took out his cell phone and began typing, signaling Xia Huanming with his eyes to read the message.

Xia Huanming glanced at him sideways, and refocused his eyes on Chen Xing's face, although it took him much longer to focus than usual.

"Give it back to me. I see your eyesight is a little dazed," Chen Xing took off his glasses again and reminded him kindly, "Close your eyes and open them again. Take your time."

Xia Huanming did as he was told, closing his eyes first, then opening them again after a dozen seconds. Although it was useless, he still pretended to be surprised and said, "Wow, it's so clear."

Chen Xing believed it, wiggled his index finger proudly, and put on his glasses again. Xia Huanming was touched by his little action and smiled.

Qi Yinrui turned sideways and asked Chen Xing: "Hey Xingxing, have you watched the pilot episode highlights?"

Chen Xing nodded: "I saw it. I just saw it yesterday. It made me laugh to death. It was the first time I knew that Brother Li Mu was so talkative."

“Is that so…”

During the break between the two people's conversation, Xia Huanming opened his mobile phone to check the message sent by Qi Yinrui.

[Old Fox]: Don’t you think it’s cute?

[Old Fox]: I made up the number and said it was recorded. I was lying to you.

[Old Fox]: Because I want to sit with Xing~Xing~

Xia Huanming: “…”

[Xia Huanming]: I can already call him that, you don't need to provoke me

After Xia Huanming finished typing, he was too lazy to chat with Qi Yinrui anymore and just put the letter in his pocket.

Everyone waited for another minute or two before the instructors took their seats.

The lights dimmed, and only the host under the big screen had a spotlight.

The host came on stage and began to announce the names of the teams. Every time a name was mentioned, the screen would show the names of the team members excluding the screenwriter plus the team name, and then introduce the representative works of each member.

The host flipped the script card and said, "Group 2 - lunch boxes are uncovered."

There was thunderous applause from the audience, and the contestants began to discuss for the best show effect.

"What a strange name."

"Iron was thought up by Wang Baiyue and Zhao Xingyu, those two abstract people..."

Zhao Xingyu and Wang Baiyue held their heads high and chests puffed out confidently, while Xia Huanming and Zheng Qi were particularly calm.

Amid the roar of applause, only Chen Xing was speechless.

The name itself was related to an embarrassing incident, and it was then played in a 3D loop using a microphone in such a grand theater.

He got goosebumps!

Chen Xing was rubbing his arms when Qi Yinrui next to him asked him, "Why do you call yourself this?"

Chen Xing whispered, "You'll know when the show airs... No, you'd better not watch it."

"It's about you, right?" Qi Yinrui's eyelids drooped, and he deliberately narrowed them into a slit, and raised his voice, "Then I will definitely read it, and I'll take a screenshot to show you."

"No, let me go!" Chen Xing lowered his head and hunched his shoulders.

Qi Yinrui and Xia Huanming, both discerning people, immediately understood the meaning of Chen Xing's action: as long as he didn't look at Qi Yinrui, Qi Yinrui would not look at his dark history.

This is simply the legendary case of covering one's ears and stealing the bell?

In order to stay away from Qi Yinrui, Chen Xing naturally leaned towards Xia Huanming.

Xia Huanming glanced at the head in front of his shoulder, then looked back at the big screen without saying a word.

So the camera captured the following picture of the three people: Qi Yinrui leaned his body, his eyes curved like a fox; Chen Xing seemed to bury his head in his stomach, covering his ears and leaning to the side; Xia Huanming next to him leaned lazily on the back of the chair, his body slightly tilted back, his long legs casually crossed, seemingly nonchalant.

But if someone watched it frame by frame, they would find that the corners of Xia Huanming's mouth slowly rose at a subtle speed.

"Okay, I won't take screenshots for you." Qi Yinrui suppressed his laughter and called Chen Xing back, "Come back and sit down?"

Chen Xing waited until Qi Yinrui said this before he sat up straight carefully.

After the second group was introduced, it was Qi Yinrui's group's turn.

The opponent in their group is very ordinary, and its name is: Changing rapidly.

Chen Xing clapped his hands and asked, "What do you think?"

Qi Yinrui replied: "Li Mu came up with it. He was listening to a song at the time and there was this word in the lyrics, so he said it out. We were too lazy to think of a team name, so we just decided on it."

It really has the lazy characteristics of their team.

Chen Xing remembered that his team had spent a long time thinking about a name, almost delaying the meal, so he said: "You guys are very straightforward. We struggled for a long time, but none of them were abstract enough."

Qi Yinrui smiled and said, "Yours is the most abstract, right?"

Chen Xing turned his eyes away, pretending not to hear, and continued to listen carefully to the host introducing the team members.

The screen turns black.

"Okay, next," the host paused, his voice clear and loud, "this performance ends here."

Chen Xing: “?”

Everyone: “?”

There was a commotion among the crowd, and many people thought they had heard it wrong, and asked the people sitting next to them for help in confusion.

“Is this the end?”

"Aren't you finished yet?"

"What's going on? Is there a mistake in the script?"

…

"What do you mean?" Chen Xing asked in confusion, "Why is it over?"

He looked at Xia Huanming. Xia Huanming was different from them. He did not show any surprise or astonishment and sat there motionless like a mountain.

Then he covered his right hand with his left hand and said calmly, "It's all for show."

"What do you mean?" Chen Xing asked.

Xia Huanming raised his chin.

Chen Xing followed Xia Huanming's line of sight and looked at the row diagonally downward. If Chen Xing remembered correctly, that was the group that Shen Miao was in.

While others were looking around, those heads didn't move at all, as if they were listening to the host carefully.

Combining what Xia Huanming said, Chen Xing had an answer: "Ah, could it be that."

Xia Huanming stroked Chen Xing's knuckles, seemingly agreeing with his idea.

Chen Xing laughed dumbly. If it was really what he thought, then Shen Miao's group was too...

It’s a bit abstract!

When the commotion died down a bit, the host picked up the microphone again. He seemed to be in a good mood and said in a very cheerful voice, "Okay, everyone, please be patient. The above... is the name of the first group of girls."

The contestants in the audience: “?”

Then, the big screen changed from black to the introduction page.

[Women's group, this performance ends here: Shen Miao, Shao Shuxian, Huang Can, Ni Jiangke, Sheng Yue]

Everyone: “…”

...Can anyone come up with such an abstract name?

When everyone was quiet, the girls in Shen Miao's row finally couldn't hold it in anymore and started to laugh.

"Ha ha ha ha--"

"Hahaha……"

“The host cooperated really well!”

The host nodded proudly: "My segmentation is pretty good, isn't it?"

The girls all gave a thumbs up at the same time: "You are indeed the most professional."

The contestants then realized that they had been fooled by this group and the host, and they were speechless and laughed.

"Oh my god, why are each group more abstract than the previous one?"

"I say enough is enough, this is an acting competition, not an abstract competition!"

"Damn it, we lost."

"What on earth are you competing for?"

Zheng Qi, who was on Xia Huanming's right, patted Xia Huanming on the shoulder and whispered, "No wonder that god was so mysterious, it's really abstract."

Zhao Xingyu, who was sitting in the back, made a surprised sound: "I'll go."

Chen Xing turned around and asked, "Why, are you shocked too?"

Zhao Xingyu nodded thoughtfully: "So it's possible to have such a long name? If I had known it could be like this, our group would have been called Sanmei のメダルが一つとなり, Soul を変えてよ, and 仮面ライダーオーズ."

Xia Huanming, Zheng Qi, and Wang Baiyue: “?”

Chen Xing helped explain: "The transformation lines of Kamen Rider Oz."

Xia Huanming looked at Zhao Xingyu's face and said, "Sure, if our group is really called this, you will transform every time you say the team name."

Zhao Xingyu's eyes lit up: "Is it really possible?"

"It's fake." Xia Huanming sneered and turned his body to straighten up. "How can you be a Kamen Rider if you are so easy to deceive?"

Zhao Xingyu: “…”

"How can you say that about my chivalry." Zhao Xingyu lay on Wang Baiyue's shoulder and pretended to cry.

Wang Baiyue patted him calmly: "Okay, okay, why did you provoke him, silly son."

Zhao Xingyu's mouth drooped: "Go away."

The host continued to introduce the names of the next two groups according to the process.

In comparison, Group 1 and their group are really very abstract, and Shen Miao is slightly better.

After the host has finished speaking the names of all the groups, he will introduce the mentors one by one, and finally the all-important screening time.

Before the screening, the host gave everyone ten minutes of free time to go to the bathroom.

Chen Xing and Wang Baiyue left the table to go to the bathroom. Xia Huanming opened his phone idly and found that Shen Miao had sent him a message.

[Shen Miao]: We won

[Xia Huanming]: How does it feel to deceive everyone?

[Chen Miao]: Cool

[Chen Miao]: But you definitely weren’t deceived

[Xia Huanming]: Yes

[Chen Miao]: Why is your group called this? It does seem abstract.

[Xia Huanming]: You will know after it is broadcast.

[Chen Miao]: Very mysterious

At this time, WeChat has new messages

[Old Fox]: The little pig is still the best~ He bought me a drink

Next is a photo that is a bit blurry, but you can tell it is of Chen Xing. Chen Xing is holding a drink, as if he is going to pass it to the person taking the photo.

Xia Huanming turned his head suddenly and found that Qi Yinrui was also missing.

[Xia Huanming]: When did you leave?

Qi Yinrui answered him irrelevantly:

[Old Fox]: I have already explained it to you, you don’t need to thank me too much

[Xia Huanming]:? Explain what?

Qi Yinrui did not reply to him.

It was not until the phone screen automatically went black and reflected Xia Huanming's face that he realized that he was frowning.

A few minutes later, Chen Xing came back with a bottle of milk tea. He happily handed it to Xia Huanming: "This is for you."

Xia Huanming took the milk tea, said thank you first, and then asked thoughtfully: "What did you talk about with Qi Yinrui?"

After Chen Xing sat down, his expression was a little awkward: "Ah, it was just some misunderstandings, now it's cleared up."

"What misunderstanding?" Xia Huanming asked.

This misunderstanding is hard to explain. Chen Xing felt a little embarrassed.

What happened was, after he finished using the restroom, he met Qi Yinrui in the corridor and they chatted for a few minutes.

Chen Xing was like that, he would not keep his frustrations to himself. Taking this opportunity, he asked directly whether Qi Yinrui and Xia Huanming had a good relationship.

Qi Yinrui was stunned, and replied with a smile: "How did you know that?"

"He wants to sit with you when he sees you." Chen Xing said it without thinking.

Qi Yinrui squinted his fox eyes and asked thoughtfully: "Then, will you be unhappy?"

"Why would I be unhappy if you guys made friends?" Chen Xing lowered his head and spoke his mind, "I just don't like the feeling of being thrown around."

"Just threw it away? Hahaha, don't worry, he wanted to change his seat just because... we had something to discuss before," Qi Yinrui smiled and touched Chen Xing's hair, "Although I am not very familiar with Xia Huanming, he is not the kind of man who forgets his principles for the sake of profit. You should know this better than me."

So there was something urgent to discuss? That was indeed the case. Chen Xing understood what Xia Huanming had done.

In order to thank Qi Yinrui for his answer, he invited Qi Yinrui to have a drink. Thinking about the misunderstanding he had just made with Xia Huanming, he bought a drink for Xia Huanming as well.

Chen Xing recalled this and concluded, "I just misunderstood you for being greedy, so I want to make it up to you."

Xia Huanming: “?”

Forgetting righteousness when seeing profit?