Chapter 26 Chapter 26 New Ideas

It is said that a friend in need is a friend indeed. Ding Ling felt that what the ancestors said was indeed true. When everyone returned to the company after a good rest in the afternoon, Ding Ling clearly noticed that everyone's attitude towards Lu Yao had softened a lot.

It’s not that the trainees had a bad attitude towards Lu Yao before, but when a new member joins a group, even if the original members of the group don’t reject him, the sense of closeness and distance between people is difficult to conceal.

The direction you subconsciously turn your head when talking, the unconscious destination when strolling, the person you are waiting for in your peripheral vision... these are not controlled by personal will, but are completely the purest actions from your heart.

The trainees had no subjective ill will towards Lu Yao, but no one would think of him unless they mentioned it deliberately. So when they were resting after practice, Lu Yao would sit alone in the corner. No one would take the initiative to pull him into the conversation, and no one would take the initiative to stay and wait for him when they were busy doing the next thing.

Every time Ding Ling saw Lu Yao, she only saw him alone.

His face showed no emotion, nor did it reveal his acceptance of the situation.

So Ding Ling could only talk to him as many times as possible, hoping to dispel the possible pessimism.

And now, Ding Ling saw Lu Yao even chatting with Cang Zizheng as he entered the practice room.

It's a rocket-like breakthrough.

After confirming that everyone was in good condition, Ding Ling did not waste any time and canceled a morning class. Not to mention that it had a great impact on the progress of concert preparations, it did affect some subsequent arrangements. She could only squeeze out more time every day to let them intensify their training.

The afternoon training had not yet ended, and many people quietly appeared outside the practice room.

After the class, the trainees couldn't wait to rush towards those people.

Lu Yao heard a few words and understood their identities.

Parents of trainees.

After initially handling the report, Li Qiang contacted the parents of the trainees as soon as possible.

The first night was too late, and even if they contacted the parents, they might not be able to reach them immediately. It would be better to gather everyone together for easier management and communication. But by the next day, such a serious matter could not be concealed. Furthermore, the trainees were still young, and even if it wasn't apparent on the surface, Li Qiang and the others were still worried about the trauma it would leave on them. Besides arranging a meeting with the company's psychologist, communication with the parents was also essential.

A happy family environment is the first key to a child's healthy growth.

When the parents heard what had happened, they rushed to the company as soon as possible. After the children finished class, they immediately asked about their children's well-being and details. It was a harmonious and warm scene.

When Ding Ling finished her work and rushed to the practice room, she saw a group of trainees talking to their parents, but the person she was looking for was nowhere to be seen.

After asking several people, I finally got the answer that Lu Yao might have gone to the cafeteria.

Rushing to the cafeteria again, Ding Ling saw that Lu Yao was indeed eating slowly. She breathed a sigh of relief, got some food for herself, and sat down next to Lu Yao, intending to show him some gentle care.

Lu Yao was not surprised at all when Ding Ling appeared.

After spending half a month together, Lu Yao discovered that Ding Ling, in addition to being the person in charge of the fifth generation, also basically played the role of the head of the family.

A 'communal mom'.

At this moment, the 'mom' is concerned about her child: "How is it, are you okay?"

Lu Yao swallowed the food in his mouth and put down his chopsticks, "Not bad."

Ding Ling looked at Lu Yao's calm face as always, and listened to the answer that never changed in her ears. Suddenly, she felt a little sad, "Aren't you afraid?"

"I'm not afraid." Lu Yao shook his head, "Why should I be afraid?"

——Because everyone will be afraid.

Ding Ling was silent.

Is Lu Yao really not afraid?

She remembered what Li Qiang said about Lu Yao, who was like a knight in a martial arts movie last night.

She didn't know Lu Yao's previous life, didn't understand what Lu Yao had experienced, and she couldn't truly empathize with Lu Yao and understand his feelings.

But facing Lu Yao's calm eyes, she couldn't ask the question she had asked countless times: "Are you okay?"

Under the guidance of his master, Lu Yao, at the age of ten, began to think about his future life; at the age of thirteen, Lu Yao made his own choice of life path; at the age of fourteen, Lu Yao came to a strange city alone and walked on the path he had chosen.

Every step of the way was an experience she could never have imagined.

Ding Ling felt relieved.

Is fear or not important to Lu Yao?

Maybe she should trust the kid a little more.

I believe he has already made sufficient preparations to face everything that life will bring him.

Ding Ling smiled: "There's really no need to be afraid."

Lu Yao didn't know what Ding Ling was thinking. For the first time, a truly relaxed smile appeared on her face, instead of the pity that could not be hidden under the smile like before.

Seeing that Ding Ling had no intention of talking anymore, he lowered his eyes and picked up his chopsticks.

Seeing this, Ding Ling looked at the full plate of food on Lu Yao's plate and smiled even more happily, "Eat slowly, eat more." While saying this, she quickened her eating speed. When she finished eating, Lu Yao had only eaten a little bit of the food on his plate. He didn't stay any longer, but just said, "I'm leaving first, eat slowly." After saying hello to the trainees and their families who came to the cafeteria to eat, Ding Ling once again hurried to the next task.

The seats next to Lu Yao were filled by the trainees who came to eat. Cang Zizhen sat on Lu Yao's right and introduced his parents enthusiastically. Cong An sat on Lu Yao's left and introduced his sister who had just learned to walk. Jiang Mu even came to greet Lu Yao while holding his cat.

It’s so lively.

The company was busy dealing with this emergency, but also did not ignore the Internet.

The two illegitimate fans who were taken to the police station last night were very "famous" in the fan circle. After a night of investigation, their information was already on Ding Ling's desk.

The nickname of the illegitimate girl in the basement is Lele, and the nickname of the illegitimate girl in the closet is Green Bottle. In the past, they could often be seen outside the community or outside the company, and Green Bottle had been caught and sent to the police station a long time ago.

This time, it was Green Bottle who proposed it, Lele responded, and the two of them planned it together.

Without mentioning how they entered the villa, after entering, the two installed eavesdropping devices in the villa, filmed many videos, and posted some of the videos in their group chat.

Later, when Green Bottle was hiding in the closet, he filmed the whole process in video and posted a message with obvious direction in the circle of friends.

After calling the police, Ding Ling immediately asked the other party to delete all the content, but someone still took screenshots and posted them online.

[Title: Does anyone have a Green Bottle friend circle? What did she do?]

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Main Building

[Image] This is a screenshot of Green Bottle's Moments. What is she doing? She's talking nonsense.

[1st floor]

Guess where I am? What does she mean by that? The picture is also pitch black, what can you tell?

【2nd floor】

Where else could she be? It couldn't be in the villa of the fifth generation.

【3rd floor】

Hey, don't tell me, don't tell me, that crazy woman from Green Bottle is really likely to do such a thing

【4th floor】

Why should I care about what a crazy person is doing? She is mentally ill and abnormal.

[5th ​​floor]

Yes, who in their right mind would do something like her? We shouldn’t pay attention to people like this. Our gaze is their best stimulant, and it will only make them crazier.

【6th floor】Owner

It was my oversight. Please don't reply. I will delete it now.

Fortunately, the news did not spread, Green Bottle and Lele were caught in time, and their messages were quickly deleted.

After following the news online for a long time and confirming that there was no other news, Ding Ling reluctantly let go of her worries.

The behavior of illegitimate children continues despite repeated bans. If such things are spread, it will only cause more concerns and will be of no use.

The company has continuously advocated and taken many measures, but extreme individual behavior can never be stopped. This time a loophole was found, and Ding Ling could only patch it to prevent similar incidents from happening in the future.

The safety of the villa was in doubt, so that night, the trainees went back to their homes. After Ding Ling asked Lu Yao for his opinion, Lu Yao stayed alone in the hotel last night.

After the villa was replaced with a new door and equipped with smart monitoring equipment, the trainees moved back into the villa. It was already Friday, and the "Fifth Quadrant" EP03 Special: A Day of the King was released.

The trainees were sweating in the practice room, while the fans had prepared snacks early and were watching materials in front of the screen.

Song Rui has gradually accepted the fact that she cannot see the materials first. When she gets home from get off work, she listens to music, relaxes herself, and puts the tedious work behind her. She does not pay attention to the news on the Internet, nor does she pay attention to the discussions in the fan circle.

There are too many people on the Internet, and everyone has their own stance. They stand at different angles, constantly magnifying the trainees' every move and interpreting what they want to interpret.

It was clearly the same video, but what she saw was completely different from what Song Rui saw.

Song Rui was fed up with this extreme atmosphere.

When rumors of a debut plan came out a few months ago, she vaguely noticed that there were undercurrents in the fan circle. After the release of EP01 of "The Fifth Quadrant" two weeks ago, the undercurrents were exposed, attacks and insults emerged one after another, and reports of rumor-mongering also began to emerge.

Song Rui had been reading the rights protection statements for a week. She was already sad about the fact that the trainees were about to go their separate ways, and she fell into even more pain. Debut was originally a beautiful word, but at this moment it was cast with an ominous shadow.

The competition in front of the screen has not yet begun, but the fighting on the Internet has already begun.

Song Rui suffered from insomnia almost every night that week. Even after EP2 was released, she didn't have time to read the comments on the Internet before she was caught up in her busy work. She was so busy that she no longer had the energy to think about things other than work and life. Today, when she looked at the calendar, she found that it was another Friday.

Once upon a time, Friday was the day she looked forward to the most, because this was the day when the fifth-generation practice biological materials were fixed online. But since when did this day become the beginning of her pain?

This afternoon, Song Rui finished her work and sat in the office. The proposal she submitted was on the computer screen. She ordered herself a cup of milk tea. There was bright sunshine outside the window, and her heart felt a long-lost fulfillment and happiness.

She suddenly understood.

In the past few weeks, she had unknowingly gone down the path of paranoia.

She is a fan of the fifth-generation trainees, but she is just a fan.

Fans should not enter the lives of their idols, let alone interfere in their lives.

She was just a spectator.

She and the trainees are two parallel lines that will never intersect. The only connection between them is the screen on Friday.

She watched their lives, their efforts, their dreams, and was inspired and encouraged by them, but that was all.

But the real life belongs only to yourself, and the real experience belongs only to yourself.

The breeze, the sunshine, the delicate touch of the paper cup, the crisp sound when it is placed on the table, the bitter and sweet taste of milk tea... these are her, these are them.

She could never feel their feelings, nor experience their lives. Her life belonged to herself and only to herself.

She is a fan, an audience member.

And debut is a life that belongs uniquely to the fifth generation.

Although debuting may mean competition, life is never a zero-sum game. There is no winning or losing in life.

The journey of the fifth-generation trainees has just begun, just like the year she finished the college entrance examination.

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The author has something to say: Ding Ling: My family, I’ve figured it out!

Song Rui: My family, I understand it too!