All the students' eyes fell on the doorway.

Shen Shiqing opened the door, walked in, and greeted them.

"Hello, sorry to bother you." The training for the "magic" group had ended, and Shen Shiqing remembered that he had made an appointment to meet Qiao Juli later, so he came to find him.

"It's lunchtime, everyone go eat first." After saying this to the students, Qiao Juli walked straight towards Shen Shiqing.

Shen Shiqing and his classmates smiled and said goodbye before heading to the restaurant with Qiao Juli.

The trainees in the rehearsal room

Wow, what a pretty girl! Her smile is so beautiful...

"Stop being such a pervert! Besides, that's not some young lady, that's our senior!!!"

"So... Brother Qiao is talking about her? What's so special about her? Besides being pretty."

"Um... I don't know."

"Hey, Sister Yu, do you know? Are they close?" Lu Xiangnan turned his gaze to Yu Jiangnan.

"I'm not quite sure either." Yu Jiangnan shook her head. She had never heard of any relationship between Qiao Juli and Shen Shiqing.

Their meeting was quite unexpected for her.

Create a 100% perfect cafeteria.

The food in the cafeteria remained unchanged, despite the arrival of the guest performers.

The main focus is still on nutritional balance.

After all, maintaining a good physique is very important in the idol industry.

Qiao Juli and Shen Shiqing went to the window to get their food.

Qiao Juli knew every dish in the cafeteria very well. She introduced them to Shen Shiqing while picking at her food, and soon her plate was piled up like a small mountain.

"Okay, okay, that's enough, Teacher Qiao, I can't eat too much."

"It's alright, eat more. The food in the cafeteria is actually quite good." Qiao Juli was a gentleman and smiled elegantly.

Shen Shiqing would also thank Qiao Juli for her care with a smile.

When Lu Jing first arrived, this was the scene that greeted him with joy and harmony.

Following Lu Jingchu's gaze, Xiao Shixia spotted Shen Shiqing.

"Hey, brother, it's Sister Shi." Xiao Xia looked closer. "Hey, why is Teacher Qiao here too? Are they close?"

"And she's laughing so happily, brother, you'd better watch out." Xiao Xia couldn't help but take the opportunity to make a sarcastic remark, since she had been suppressed by her brother's bloodline all day.

Lu Jingchu didn't seem to have much of a reaction.

However, no reaction is the biggest reaction. Xia knows her brother best, so she just pretends.

It won't be able to install it in a little while.

Shen Shiqing and Qiao Juli sat down by the window, where they could see the scenery downstairs and in the distance.

The weather is great today, with not a cloud in the sky.

Joachim Giulie appeared to be a refined and cultured person, but he had a knack for making people happy with his words, and it was a pleasure to dine with him.

Shen Shiqing smiled broadly.

Another place.

After Lu Jingchu finished serving the food, her gaze fell on their table.

Xiao Xia and the members of the "nana" group had dinner together.

"Where do you think Brother Lu will sit?" Xiao Xia asked in a low voice. "If you guess right, I'll secretly treat you to something delicious."

"Huh? Why did you eat it secretly?" Zhuoran asked, puzzled.

"No... then can you eat it openly and honestly?" Xiao Xia said speechlessly.

"Yeah, that seems to be true."

“I guess… Brother Lu will come to us.” Lu Qingcheng had already started calling him brother, and Lu Jingchu let them do so.

"No, no, no, I don't think so. I think Brother Lu will eat by himself!" Lin Yuchen interjected.

"I think Brother Lu will probably eat with other guests, or maybe with the mentors," Chen Xiaoyuan said, sounding quite certain.

“I think Brother Lu will go and eat with Professor Qiao.” Chen Hexuan’s answer caught Shi Xia’s attention.

"Why? Please explain your reasoning!!!"

“Hmm…actually, I don’t think Brother Lu went there for Instructor Qiao.” Chen Hexuan’s eyes darted around. “He was probably going there for the beautiful lady sitting across from Instructor Qiao.”

What do you mean?

Young man, you have a real knack for gossiping.

"It's obvious. Brother Lu's eyes were glued to that beautiful lady. It felt very different."

Okay, it is quite obvious.

When Shi Xia looked out the window again, Lu Jingchu was gone. When she looked again, she found that her brother was sitting next to her sister.

Wow, you're pretty quick on the uptake. I told you, you were just pretending.

Pretending not to care will only give you away quickly.

"Damn, it really is." Chen Hexuan's expectant gaze fell on Xiao Shixia. "So, Senior Shixia..."

Tell me secretly what you want to eat, and I'll secretly order it for you.

The members of the "nana" group couldn't stop smiling.

On Lu Jingchu's side.

"May I sit here?" Lu Jingchu's voice reached Shen Shiqing's ears, and Shen Shiqing looked up at him in a daze.

"Um?"

“Yes, of course.” Shen Shiqing replied, realizing what was happening.

Qiao Juli also gestured for Lu Jingchu to sit down.

So Lu Jingchu sat down next to Shen Shiqing, and the meal became a three-person meal.

But the atmosphere wasn't awkward.

Lu Jingchu and Qiao Juli got along very well, which was completely unexpected by Xiao Xia.

What kind of love rival-to-friend drama is this? Shouldn't it be full of tension and a battlefield shrouded in smoke?

Xia Xiaoxia's current "gossip mentality" is that she enjoys watching the drama unfold.

However, the melodramatic plot she was hoping for didn't materialize, which left her a little disappointed.

On the other side was the table of the "magic" students.

Si Binghe, Yuan Shuchen, Lin Rujing, Sang Yiming, Lianyunxiang, and Jiang Lu sat in a row.

Opposite them sat another row of contestants from "Comet XP"—Li Yuyan, Mo Ling, Gu Yu, Jiang Yixuan, Lu Jiayuan, and Qi Yuan.

These two groups of trainees are quite familiar with each other, mainly because Gu Yu and Qi Yuan get along well with the trainees from the "magic" group.

Gu Yu was immediately captivated by Shen Shiqing's smile, as was Qi Yuan; a simple greeting from him made him pretend to be breathing heavily.

Before they could even ask about Shen Shiqing from the "magic" group, someone else had already asked first.

"Hey, I heard that Shen...senior from your group doesn't seem to have a good reputation outside."

"Yeah, I've heard that too. Some people in the industry say she does have a bad temper, so it seems to confirm the rumors, right?"

"And even before we came to the closed training recording, she already had a lot of scandals."

"You guys in the 'magic' group need to be on your guard."

With so many mouths speaking at once, vying to be the first to speak, the contestants of "Magic" were completely bewildered by the questions.

"Do you...do you even know what you're saying?" Yuan Shuchen wondered if there was something wrong with her ears. How could Senior Shen be that kind of person?

"What industry insider? Who told you this?" They hadn't expected that Si Binghe, who was usually so mature and composed, would get involved.

"Senior Wen... Although Senior Wen didn't say it directly, that's roughly the gist of it." A group of students from Comet XP spoke hesitantly.

“I think people who speak ill of others should be more wary of,” Si Bing said coldly, his gaze falling on Wen Xinran in the distance.

"How could she talk such nonsense? How could my sister Qing be that kind of person?" Sang Yiming said indignantly.

He has now become a loyal fan of his sister Qing and cannot tolerate anyone saying a bad word about her.

Furthermore, it's incredibly annoying that those people make baseless accusations without ever having met or witnessed anything!

"You little brat, you're just taking advantage of your cute looks. You're so disrespectful, going around calling everyone 'sister'," Jiang Yixuan said.

"So what? Anyway, Sister Qing agrees to let me call you that." She said, raising her proud little head.

"Holy crap, really?" The person on the other end looked unconvinced, as if Sang Yiming was just bragging.

“Yes, really,” Si Binghe said.

Since Si Binghe has spoken up, it must be true, since Si Binghe disdains lying.

So Senior Shen wasn't as unapproachable as he said?

"I heard she's very fierce."

"No, Sister Chen is very gentle, at least I think she is very gentle." Lian Yunxiang said with a smile.

"I heard she had plastic surgery."

“How could that be? Sister Chen’s face doesn’t lie,” Jiang Lu chimed in.

"I heard that she didn't get along with the other guests."

"No way, look over there, isn't my sister chatting with Actor Lu and Mentor Qiao?" Sang Yiming called her sister directly.

"I also heard that she's very diva-like and completely uncooperative."

"Are you kidding me?" Lin Rujing looked up from her plate. "Our group's songs were all rearranged with the help of Teacher Shen."

“Yes, and they corrected all our shortcomings,” Yuan Shuchen chimed in.

So everyone looked at Si Binghe, and he was the only one who hadn't spoken yet.

"Yes, she's fine."