Xu Ruyan has always been a pitiful person exploited by her parents in the group, but this person has many eyes and it was Shen Nanqing who discovered by chance that she had money.

Once, the army gate sentry box notified that someone was looking for Xu Ruyan. According to the other party's description, the situation was extremely urgent. Shen Nanqing didn't know where Xu Ruyan had gone. She was afraid that something might happen, so she went to the gate to find out the situation first.

The person who came was Xu Ruyan's sister. This girl was timid and cowardly, and Shen Nanqing had seen her several times before.

She said that her younger brother had a dispute with someone and beat him up. The other party demanded compensation, otherwise they would call the police. Her parents asked her to ask her sister for money.

When Shen Nanqing was young, she often heard Xu Ruyan complain that her parents were too patriarchal and that she had to hand over 35 yuan of her monthly salary to him. If she didn't give it to him, she would come to the army to make trouble. She was afraid of the bad influence, so she had to grit her teeth and agree.

"Your sister gives the family 35 yuan every month. How can she come up with the money? Go back and ask your parents to find another way." Shen Nanqing said indignantly.

"35?" Xu Runan was puzzled. She muttered softly, "It's only 15 yuan per month."

Shen Nanqing was just stunned for a moment at the time. Her family never asked for her salary, and even subsidized her. Girls had many places to spend money, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

Later, Xu Ruyan came by herself. As for how the matter was resolved, Ana Shen was not sure, but for some reason, the reputation of Xu Ruyan's parents as bloodsuckers spread.

From then on, the eyes of the 꺶 family looking at Xu Ruyan were full of sympathy.

Now it seems that the news was probably spread by Xu Ruyan herself. At least when she took advantage of Shen Nanqing again, the family did not discuss it and even took it for granted.

Xu Ruyan obviously remembered this matter and reluctantly returned the remaining money.

With the huge sum of money in hand, Shen Nanqing's mood improved a little. He glanced at Xu Ruyan, who had a gloomy look in her eyes, and said sarcastically: "By the way, the sand in the dancing shoes is evidence, you have to keep it well."

After that, she glanced at Li Zhen and the other two who were still standing there, and said in a light tone: "Do you still want to report? If you want to go, do it quickly."

"Humph." No matter how stupid Li Zhen was, he knew that Xu Ruyan had tricked him. He glared at Shen Nanqing, turned and walked towards his bed. When he passed Xu Ruyan, he deliberately bumped into her, muttering "bad luck".

Zhu Xiaomeng and Liu Hui looked at each other, they hated Shen Nanqing's sarcasm in their hearts, and came to Li Zhen's bed unwillingly, with their mouths slightly open. Li Zhen obviously didn't want to pay attention to them, and turned over with his back to them.

Seeing this, the two could only walk away dejectedly, secretly glanced at Shen Nanqing, picked up the enamel basin from the shelf and went outside to wash.

The world is completely quiet, and Shen Nanqing has time to carefully examine the environment in which he will live in the future.

The room was quite spacious, with three wooden bunk beds, the kind used as upper bunks, and the bedding on the beds was folded neatly into tofu blocks.

There were performance posters on the wall, some of the corners were curled up, there were some books on the table, clean and tidy, and there were some unknown green plants on the windowsill, adding a bit of air to the slightly old house.

It feels okay.

The moonlight was like water. With the long and clear lights-out signal, the laughter and playfulness outside the door gradually faded away, and everything returned to silence.

In the darkness, the people in the dormitory were not quiet.

Xu Ruyan slept on the upper bunk of Shen Nanqing. She gently lifted the mosquito net and stuck her head out to look outside, trying to see some clues. When she saw no movement, she lay back down.

She really couldn't understand why Shen Nanqing seemed like a different person. She knew that Shen Nanqing was most concerned about his reputation and was afraid of being laughed at. Even if he knew that there was something going on between her and Li Haoxuan, he didn't dare to announce it to anyone. He only dared to do some small things behind her back.

Shen Nanqing was a person who had no concept of money. In the past, she would never do such a thing as debt collection, because she would think it was vulgar and mercenary. Thinking of those few pictures, Xu Ruyan felt like someone was cutting her flesh with a knife. It was really painful.

She turned her thoughts to tomorrow's casting, and the depression in her heart eased a little.

Before the festival, Li Haoxuan secretly told himself that the General Political Department would come to the group to select people to participate in the art performance. It was said that they would perform for the great man. This was undoubtedly a way to success.

Shen Nanqing has always been the A-lister in the group. As long as she is there, she knows that she will never be able to stand out.

So this time he decided to push Shen Nanqing off the stage. As the saying goes, it takes a day to heal a broken bone. As long as Shen Nanqing is not there, no one in the group can beat him.

Xu Ruyan seemed to have seen the door of the General Political Department open for her. The smile on her lips could no longer be suppressed, and she fell into a sweet dream.

When Shen Nanqing woke up, she was the only one left in the dormitory. She hadn't slept so soundly for a long time. After she became famous, her work schedule was very full and she was seriously lacking in sleep. Later, because of the illness, she was tormented to death and slept even worse.

Now that I woke up, my head didn’t hurt as much and I felt much more relaxed.

She stretched herself, slowly picked up the watch beside her pillow, and looked at the time. It was almost 12 o'clock. She remembered that the training started at 12 o'clock.

Without caring about much, Shen Nanqing quickly put on her clothes, picked up the enamel basin and hurried out to wash. This was her first time to participate in the training of the art troupe, and she couldn't be late.

The rehearsal room used to be a theater. It is spacious with windows on two walls. Sunlight shines through the glass onto the wooden floor, making it warm and bright. Half of the room is occupied by the vocal department, and the other half is used for dance practice. Leg stretching bars are arranged neatly against the wall, and on the inside is a whole wall of mirrors. The dancers love to show off their beauty in front of the mirror, and many of them have been criticized by the group leader for this.

Shen Nanqing was late after all. When he opened the door of the rehearsal room, he was greeted by the youthful vitality and high spirits. The girls were wearing uniform training clothes and dancing to the music.

Her arrival attracted many people's attention.

"Where are you all looking? Pay attention and keep your distance." Song Huaizhi said in a serious tone, her peripheral vision swept along the sight of the crowd, and when she saw Shen Nanqing, she was a little surprised, but she quickly recovered. She raised her hand to signal her to wait a moment.

Ana Shen nodded obediently.

Her feelings for Song Huaizhi are a little subtle.

Before, Shen Nanqing's parents divorced and remarried, and ignored her. She lived with her elderly grandparents. It was very expensive to cultivate an artist, and her grandparents obviously could not afford it. Shen Nanqing had to give up the dance she had learned since childhood.

When her teacher, Ms. Li, found out about this, she couldn't bear to see this promising young girl die, so she supported her until she became an adult.

Song Huaizhi and Ms. Li are really alike, not in appearance, but in the way they deal with people. They both cherish and love each other, and are grateful to Shen Nanqing for his help.

During the intermission of the rehearsal, Song Huaizhi took Ana Shen to the office, first looked at her head, and asked with concern: “Does your head still hurt?”

Shen Nanqing shook his head: "Actually it's just a swelling, the doctor checked and there's nothing wrong."

Song Huaizhi breathed a sigh of relief, but then thought about today's casting and said with some regret: "If I had known this, I should have put your name on the list yesterday."