Chapter 39

As soon as half an hour was up, a certain kid deleted the photo neatly, but this did not prevent the entire super topic from continuing to explode, and it was an all-round explosion from private messages to group chats.

Among those who sent him private messages was the sister Kuangye from the beginning. Luo Jiayu only noticed today that this sister’s original Weibo ID was “My young master can swing on vines.”

My son can swing on vines: Little brother, little brother, are you there?

[AAA peerless chief handsome guy: Your id [question emoji]]

My son can swing on vines: What's wrong, kid? Please tell me [well-behaved emoji]

[AAA peerless chief handsome guy: Nothing]

[AAA peerless chief handsome guy: I just found out that my brother is sharing the same burden with you, he might be a little upset when he sees your ID]

My son can swing on vines! I'm so impressed by this guy's defense! Is he just too stressed out preparing for the junior high school entrance exam? [Question emoji]

[AAA peerless chief handsome man: ...]

My son can swing on vines: It's okay. Tell that centenarian kid to be open-minded. Life is a wilderness. [Sunglasses emoji]

Luo Jiayu looked at the chat page in disbelief.

Then he turned to look at his good brother and opened his mouth tentatively: "Life in the wilderness?"

Chu Yu took the last uneaten French fry from the box in his hand and replied without looking up: "Humans are wild."

“Life is a wilderness?”

"You can also skip classes."

Luo Jiayu was satisfied and clinked his unfinished beer with him: "Genius."

Chu Yu clinked her empty box of chips with him perfunctorily: "You're not bad either."

The two systems sat inside their heads, watching the two of them engage in a back-and-forth dialogue. Finally, Luo Jiayu's system couldn't help but take a deep breath. "...I felt like a Trojan virus was crawling all over my body while I was listening to them talk."

Teacher Zhao patted her shoulder sympathetically and told her to get used to it. Then he kindly reminded the host next door: "Xiao Luo, your phone just popped up a lot of new messages."

The new messages were all similar. Apart from a bunch of praise for him for sending pictures to benefit the people, there was also a series of questions about where he got the pictures from.

Luo Jiayu dismissed all these curious and ignorant people with the six words "Please do not ask through private channels", then exited the CP super topic he had created, clicked into the super topic of the industry benchmark next door, and began to spy on military intelligence.

First, let’s look at the number of fans on the super topic. As expected, the duet wave performance on the first public stage was a hit, which led to a surge in the performance of his opponent. From this point of view, he still has tens of thousands of fans to go before surpassing the opponent.

The road ahead is long and arduous.

Secondly, look at the highlights and popular posts in the super topic - this is actually a bit hurtful to one's self-esteem. After all, when fans of one's own CP are still screaming and running around calling on sisters to come to their children's playground to play in the water, the other one seems to have been operating in an orderly manner like an army, with everyone doing their job.

The gap is a heartbreaking gap.

Luo Jiayu didn't think about whether the reason for this gap was also due to his status as a big host. He turned off the screen of his mobile phone and put it back in his pocket, thinking about the CP business counterattack plan to catch up with the United States and surpass the Soviet Union.

But after thinking for no more than two seconds, he jumped directly to the happy ending where their popularity soared to the top of the domestic entertainment industry and they made a lot of money. The plan gradually turned into a fantasy, and then into a delusion.

"When we go on a world tour, I want to use colorful laser lights so that I can wear my black leather jacket in a dazzling array of colors."

"?" Chu Yu turned to look at him, not understanding why the topic suddenly jumped to this point. "You can also put a colorful laser light on your head, so that the darkness of the whole world will be illuminated by you and sparkle with colorful lights."

"It's not impossible." Luo Jiayu nodded, indicating that he accepted his constructive suggestion.

“No.” Chu Yu’s expression looked exactly like the question emoji on her phone. “Why did you actually plan this?”

Luo Jiayu put his arm around his shoulders and took a sip of the beer in his hand: "We can definitely debut in the top two and complete the mission successfully."

"Well, mission accomplished successfully."

"After we complete the mission, the sky is the limit. We can do whatever we want."

"what you up to?"

"what you up to?"

Chu Yu was held in his arms, looking towards the shadow of the street lamp on the side. She was silent for a long while, which was rare in front of her childhood friend.

"I want to go home." Chu Yu's eyelids and voice drooped at the same time. He looked and sounded tired. "I miss home a little."

Luo Jiayu's grip on his arm tightened little by little, and his voice, which had always been dull, became softer.

"Well, let's go home together."

On the second day, all the trainees gathered in the studio for the announcement of the rankings for the first round.

This was the first official large-scale elimination scene since the start of the talent show, which meant that the word "farewell" that had seemed vague not long ago finally became real at this moment.

The rankings were announced by Ling Wei as usual. At eight o'clock in the morning, half an hour before the official recording, a handsome guy with sunglasses on finally entered the studio door dragging a half-dead body.

"Don't sleep yet, don't sleep yet. Once you're seated, lean on me and sleep... There's a threshold ahead, be careful!"

It was too late. Chu Yu, eyes closed, bumped into the door sill like a chicken pecking at rice, nearly getting his bolenggai stuck on the skin. Fortunately, Luo Jiayu caught him before he fell to the ground.

"..." Chu Yu opened his left eyelid a little and patted Luo Jiayu's shoulder vaguely, "Whoever saves me will be rewarded."

Then his whole head tilted to the side and he fell asleep again.

"Where's the reward, my king? Where's the reward?" Luo Jiayu pressed Chu Yu's power button several times, but the computer showed no response, so he could only continue to drag him to the empty seat left for them.

"After a month of collective training, many of us have left behind precious memories. Looking back on the past few days, there have been laughter and tears..."

Chu Yu slept very peacefully during his nap. When he woke up, he found that it was dark all around. The air conditioner in the hall was on very strong, making his hands and feet cold. Only his childhood friend's shoulder was still warm when he leaned on it.

Social phobia system report, location: studio, number of people S+, crowd density S+, danger level SS+, response measures: Silence is golden, as long as I don’t speak, I am a mute.

Chu Yu looked around and didn't find any camera lens pointed specifically at him. It seemed that Luo Jiayu had taken special care of him when choosing a seat, choosing a small corner with less exposure. Otherwise, with his childhood friend's personality, he would have felt that the spotlight was not bright enough even if he sat in the middle of the first row.

Chu Yu was moved by his selfless act.

He tugged at his childhood friend's sleeve, and the latter wisely leaned over to listen. Chu Yu leaned over and whispered to him, "Where did the teacher leave off?"

Luo Jiayu patted his shoulder again, and he wisely leaned over to listen. He then heard the other person whisper in his ear, "I didn't hear it either."

“…”

"And now, a new journey is about to begin. We will announce who will be able to board the cruise to the next destination soon."

Luo Jiayu tugged at Chu Yu's sleeve and whispered in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Are you okay now? Are you nervous?"

Luo Luo is very worried about you and turns into a mental status detector to ask you.jpg

"Not bad." Chu Yu whispered back, "I don't feel anything."

He only has a fear of humans. Apart from humans, his expression will not change even if the sky falls. He may even sleep better because the world is about to be destroyed and he won't have to work 996 every day.

So the rankings didn't matter too much. The only one who was probably anxious was Teacher Zhao, whose thoughts were spinning around in his head.

The trumpeter himself is still unaware of the fact that he is a trumpeter, nor does he know how much damage his unstable mental state can bring to the world.

Luo Jiayu rubbed Chu Yu's hair and continued to squat in the corner with his childhood friend, acting like two quiet handsome mushrooms.

"We will first announce the names of the top twelve trainees, starting with number 12 and working our way up. Congratulations on securing the top debut spots in the camp."

"...Eighth place, Lu Yiyang...Seventh place, Xue Liu..."

When Chu Yu heard a familiar name, he applauded along with the crowd; when he heard an unfamiliar name, he returned to his capybara form, hid behind Luo Jiayu, and yawned.

"Fifth place, Jiang Chenglu...Fourth place, Chu Yu."

He was halfway through a yawn when he realized that this time the applause was all directed at him.

He dared not move. His childhood friend's arms might not be as big and broad as a double-door refrigerator, but at this moment they had become a wall in his life.

Finally, the applause ended, and Ling Wei continued to announce the top three trainees. Chu Yu was glad that she survived, and the other trainees were glad that their ears were saved.

Luo Jiayu raised his eyebrows. He didn't hear Xiao Loudspeaker's loud voice, which meant that the person next to him was really in a stable mental state at this time. So he turned around and wanted to tease him, but he saw Chu Yu pursing her lips and looking at him solemnly.

"Hasn't your name been called yet?" he whispered.

"No." Luo Jiayu shrugged. "There are fifty-five spots in total, and there are still more."

Chu Yu stopped talking. Two of the top three were the prince and his ex-husband, but he didn't applaud.

"Okay, the twelve debut spots have been filled. Next, we will announce the names of all the trainees who can continue on our show, starting with 13th and continuing up to 55th."

The thirteenth place is not Luo Jiayu, which is expected.

Fourteenth place also counts.

The twentieth place is still considered a top position in the camp. It is normal that a certain brother is new here and is not ranked first.

30th place.

...40th place.

Chu Yu suddenly turned her head to look at him, her fingers unconsciously gripping his sleeve. "You said the other day that your popularity was negative. Does that actually affect your ranking?"

"A little, but not much." Luo Jiayu patted the back of his hand soothingly, "Don't be nervous."

Until the 50th place, the names Ling Wei called out sounded unfamiliar to Chu Yu.

He had never imagined this would happen before today.

Luo Jiayu waved in front of his face again and again: "Ayu? Xiaoyu? Brother? Baby?"

Chu Yu’s grip on his sleeve grew tighter and tighter, her fingers trembling a little.

"It's really okay, it's really okay, this is just a small bump in my road to becoming a superstar..." Luo Jiayu whispered to comfort people, but it seemed to have little effect. A certain Capybara looked like he was about to cry.

For the first time, he regretted taking out a loan to spend ahead of schedule.

Ling Wei reported number 52, but it was still not Luo Jiayu's name.

"Okay, baby, hug me." After saying that, Luo Jiayu hugged the person in his arms. The person in his arms seemed to be certain that she would never see him again. Not only did she not refuse, but she buried her head in his shoulders and held on tighter.

No. 53, Chu Yu only heard clearly that it was a two-character name.

He raised his head with tearful eyes filled with the thought of life and death, his voice trembling a little, and trying to keep the volume as low as possible:

"If you go to the overpass to set up a stall selling phone screen protectors in the future, I won't know where you'll be sleeping when I get out."

"Which bridge arch should I go to find you?" As he spoke, he felt his eyes getting misty, so he wiped them vigorously.

"No. 54, Luo Jiayu."

Chu Yu was halfway through crying, tears streaming down her eyelashes as she glanced towards the stage:

"ah?"