The sound continues.

"Yes, Captain. This is a stage performance. There are audiences watching. And the top three teams that succeed in the final battle will receive extra votes. That's a full 150,000 extra votes, Captain."

"Captain, this is not a joke."

Luo Shixi withdrew his hand from the door handle and looked down at his toes.

Jun Yan's voice finally rang out, with a tired tone: "It was me who made the choice in the first place, and I should be responsible for him."

Jun Yan felt very guilty. If he had not chosen Luo Shixi, both parties would have had a good outcome.

But it was too late to say anything now. Luo Shixi couldn't remember the dance moves. It wasn't that he didn't try hard, but Luo Shixi's part was too difficult for him who had no basic knowledge.

"Captain, let's...let's give up Luo Shixi. If the five of us practice the dance well, we might even get a good score."

"Yes, Jun Yan, Xiao Xi is so popular, there is no way she would be eliminated, but we are different."

Everyone has had access to mobile phones for a short period of time during this period, so naturally they knew about Luo Shixi, the dark horse, whose first stage performance went straight into the spotlight.

"Things have come to this point. I believe Xiaoxi will understand us."

This time, Jun Yan's voice did not sound for a long time.

Inside the room, Jun Yan sighed softly, and the hesitation in his eyes turned into determination.

He cannot give up on any of his teammates, otherwise he would be unworthy of being the captain.

Luo Shixi's hands, which were placed beside his trousers, curled up and his eyebrows drooped. He sniffed and turned away.

The door was never opened.

Sang Zi met Luo Shixi who was leaving in the corridor and called out to him, "Hey, brother Shixi, what are you doing so late at night?"

The practice room suddenly became quiet.

Jun Yan immediately stood up and opened the door.

He only saw a piece of Luo Shixi's clothes at the corner, and the next second, the corner of the clothes disappeared.

"...Did he hear everything we had just said?" the teammate asked hesitantly.

Jun Yan looked at the direction where Luo Shixi left without saying a word, but slowly tightened his hand around the door handle.

===

Luo Shixi knew that his teammates had opinions about him. After all, the first public performance was a big stage, a place that could indirectly determine their fate. His teammates took it seriously and naturally didn't want to make any mistakes.

And he was the biggest flaw.

Luo Shixi's mind was in a mess. He just kept walking forward with his head covered, not even knowing where he was going.

Until a cool breeze blew and woke him up.

It turned out that he walked to the rooftop.

Luo Shixi usually came to the rooftop to enjoy the breeze and watch the sunrise, but he had never been here at night.

Thinking of this, he walked to the railing, looked at the bustling city outside, lost in thought.

Xili Building is located in the city center, and the program crew is on the top floor. Looking at the hustle and bustle of traffic below is like looking at a scaled-down model, with even the cars reduced to the size of rice grains.

"...I don't want to give up yet." Luo Shixi muttered to himself as he looked at the lights of thousands of homes outside.

He has come this far, why should he give up?

Why should I be the one who is abandoned?

"Give up what?"

A deep voice came from the darkness.

"who?!"

Luo Shixi was so frightened that his heart sank and he quickly looked towards the source of the sound.

Only then did he notice that there was a little scarlet light flickering in the corner to his left.

Footsteps were heard and He Yu walked out from the darkness.

"Teacher He?" Luo Shixi was shocked.

Why was He Yu not sleeping at this time of night and coming to the rooftop? And he was smoking here.

Thinking about the leave He Yu had asked for before, Luo Shixi wondered if something had happened?

His eyes were fixed on the cigarette held between the fingertips of He Yu's right hand.

He Yu raised his right hand. His hand had distinct joints, and the fingers holding the cigarette formed a beautiful arc: "Can you smell the smoke?"

Luo Shixi shook his head.

He Yu stood there motionless, made an "OK" gesture, then put out the cigarette in the ashtray on the rooftop table, and tore open a lemon candy and bit it into pieces.

When Luo Shixi heard the sound of the candy being crushed, his mouth began to salivate automatically. He frowned, and the strong sour taste of the lemon candy seemed to permeate his mouth again.

It's so annoying.

After letting the smoke dissipate and enjoying the night breeze, He Yu slowly walked to Luo Shixi's side.

Luo Shixi only smelled a faint bitter smell of tobacco mixed with the scent of lemon, exactly the same as what he smelled last time in He Yu's arms.

He Yu leaned his elbows on the railing and glanced at Luo Shixi: "What happened? Tell your instructor."

Luo Shixi looked at He Yu.

This was the first time he called himself "mentor", two words that were extremely inconsistent with his appearance.

The other person's peach blossom eyes no longer had the usual distraction, and she looked at him seriously.

Perhaps it was because the summer night breeze was too gentle, or perhaps it was because the rooftop in the early morning was too quiet and beautiful. Luo Shixi looked at the street lights extending into the invisible distance below, and inexplicably felt the urge to talk.

"My basic skills are too poor, and the choreography this time is difficult... I can't learn it. Even if I get sick and hospitalized during the process, I still can't learn it. I can only become a burden to my teammates."

The night wind blew Luo Shixi's hair, and the strands of hair brushed across his cheeks, and then he tucked them behind his ears.

He Yu listened quietly.

He knew that Luo Shixi did not tell the real truth, but he could guess it more or less.

Luo Shixi is a person who is difficult to defeat from the inside. He Yu had a hunch about this after watching him get promoted from Class F to Class B. What made him care must be something happening outside.

"I always feel that this is very boring. Sometimes I wonder if I was right to agree to the director's offer... But I was short of money at the time. I think I would agree to it again, but the price might be higher..."

Luo Shixi mumbled something again, and He Yu listened carefully beside him.

After he finished complaining, Luo Shixi finally reacted: "Ah! I'm sorry, Mr. He, I didn't mean to say that, I just... just..."

"It's okay." Seeing that Luo Shixi "just" couldn't come out, He Yu chuckled, changed his posture, leaned on the railing, and looked at Luo Shixi: "Then why don't you come to me?"

"Ah? Why are you looking for Teacher He?" Luo Shixi was puzzled.

He Yu said with a "tsk". "Actually, Fasuo asked me before whether I should sign you into my studio. I did have this idea. I wanted to build a good relationship with you first and take advantage of you while you are still young and inexperienced."

Seeing Luo Shixi's eyes wide open, He Yu sneered: "I was just kidding you. But later when I heard that you were approached by the director, I gave up the idea - to be more precise, I gave up half of it."

If Luo Shixi himself didn't know whether he could continue in this line of work, He Yu would not make decisions for him because he was not able to bear this responsibility.

"So..." He Yu leaned closer, looking at Luo Shixi's eyelashes that kept blinking, and said with a smile at the end of his voice, "In order to be the first person to sign you after you decide to continue on this path, I'm happy to lend a hand."

===

With a click, the lights in the practice room turned on.

Everyone has gone to bed at this time and the corridor is quiet.

"Let's go for this one." He Yu walked in, stood in front of the mirror in the middle, and said to Luo Shixi at the door: "Dance your dance completely for me."

Luo Shixi walked over and stood in the middle. He Yu turned on his phone and pressed the play button.

Familiar music sounded and Luo Shixi danced along.

He Yu sat nearby, stroking his chin in thought.

Halfway through the dance, the music suddenly stopped. Luo Shixi didn't have time to control his strength and turned around to look at He Yu in a daze.

He Yu came over and said, "No, Luo Shixi, this is a song by Leng Yufeng, not a children's song. Change your expression and be sexier."

Sex, sexy?

Luo Shixi had never come into contact with these two words in the past eighteen years. He spent a long time adjusting his expression in front of the mirror, but still could not meet He Yu's requirements.

He Yu was silent for a long time, then asked Luo Shixi: "Do you have someone you like? If the person you like is standing in front of you, don't you want to do something to her?"

Luo Shixi said, "Ah," "I don't have anyone I like."

He Yu didn't give up: "No one you secretly love?"

Luo Shixi shook his head.

The two looked at each other in silence for a long time.

“…”

He Yu: "Well, I'll make an expression and you imitate my expression."

Luo Shixi nodded: "Oh, okay."

He Yu raised his eyebrows and looked in the mirror, meeting Luo Shixi's eyes in the mirror. His peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his eyes curled up, as if there was a hint of lingering affection, and an ambiguous atmosphere flowed between the two.

Luo Shixi met He Yu's gaze and stood there in a daze, with surprise flashing in his eyes.

Teacher He is like this... it's too tempting!

"Tsk, why are you in a daze? Learn quickly." He Yu's voice interrupted Luo Shixi's daze.

Luo Shixi readjusted his expression in front of the mirror.

He Yu: "Lift the tail of your eye a little higher... How about this, I'll stand in front of you, and your task is to seduce me, understand?"

"I understand." Luo Shixi nodded with a red face.

Since it is a cold and lustful wind, it must be lustful. It is good only if it can arouse the hottest fire in people's hearts.

Luo Shixi licked his lips, leaving a streak of water on his rosy lips. He imitated He Yu, lowered his eyes slightly, and looked sideways. His curled eyelashes trembled restlessly like butterfly wings, and the small mole at the end of his eye added a bit of charm.

He Yu looked at Luo Shixi.

The boy was looking at him, teasing him boldly and immaturely, biting his red lips. The loose class uniform hung on his body, revealing his delicate collarbone and slender neck. Perhaps because of nervousness, he swallowed. Under He Yu's gaze, his small Adam's apple rolled up and down.

Pure and sexy.

He Yu's mind went blank.