That afternoon, Shan Le called him because of the online video of him beating and swearing at people. He said that he had found out who was behind the rumor-mongering: his younger brother, Wen Zijia.

Zhao Zhao was not surprised and knew it was him at once.

"Zhao Zhao~ I think we might not need to clarify things so quickly. As the saying goes, even if you're black and red, you're still red. At a time like this, you might be able to use this traffic to expand your fame. Once the traffic stabilizes, you can release a clarification video to attract another wave of traffic."

Just being scolded by netizens for a few days can have such an effect. It sounds really good. Anyway, he has a strong ability to withstand it.

However, unexpectedly, the online criticism of Zhao Zhao came to an abrupt end in the evening. Someone clarified for him, hired internet trolls to fight back, and even bought hot searches to release the unedited video for him.

But this was not done by the company, but by Xiao He.

That night, Xiao He came to show his courtesy to Zhao Zhao, but he didn't know that he had disrupted his boss's original plan.

Zhao Zhao still has complicated feelings towards Xiao He, but seeing how much he cares about her, she can't help but soften her heart.

He explained his boss's plan to Xiao He, but he just said, "I don't want to see you get wronged. Don't worry, with me here, your future career will definitely be bright."

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The assessment after three months of training arrived as scheduled. The remaining six trainees started preparing for the assessment early before dawn, and the atmosphere was quite tense for a while.

The company was very sorry about Xiao He's departure. Shan Le and Qi Nanxing were both worried these days.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the assessment officially began. They entered the dance studio in turn according to the order of the draw to perform singing and dancing, and the camera also recorded their performance.

The rankings were announced on the spot after the assessment. Lan Sen was undoubtedly the first, Yu Xingli was second with both singing and dancing skills, Zhao Zhao had made some progress in dancing but was slightly inferior to the others, but fortunately his singing skills were very good, so he ranked third, Zhou Zhiyan was fourth, Wen Muqing was fifth, and the last one was the Buddhist Bai Siyi.

After the results came out, the atmosphere between Zhou Zhiyan and Wen Muqing was very depressing, because their strengths were comparable. Zhou Zhiyan ranked ahead of Wen Muqing in this final assessment, while Wen Muqing had always been ahead of him in Le Yu's trainee assessment.

However, if nothing unexpected happens, the debut spots will probably be based on the top four in this assessment.

"I'm a little tired. I want to go back and rest for a while." Wen Muqing looked at Zhou Zhiyan who came out, forced a smile and went back to the room.

Zhou Zhiyan just lowered his head and said nothing.

He wanted to debut, but now he had to compete with his best friend for the debut spot, which made him conflicted and in a very bad mood.

They were going to return to China soon after the assessment, so Shan Le took advantage of their rare free time to book a high-end hotel and gather all the staff and trainees together for a meal.

The company has a clear ban on trainees drinking alcohol, so everyone present just follows them and drinks.

On the surface, the atmosphere was cheerful and easy-going, but in reality, there was a lingering sense of low pressure.

"Mu Mu." Zhao Zhao's voice was muffled, staring blankly at Wen Muqing in the corner. After the assessment was over, he never spoke a word to them again.

Wen Muqing noticed his gaze, which could not be ignored. He looked up at him and gave him a nice smile. He stood up and sat closer to Zhao Zhao, reporting, "I'm going out for some fresh air."

Zhao Zhao nodded and stood up with him, "I'll accompany you." Being in a foreign country, especially in a hotel, it was not safe for him as a teenager.

Wen Muqing actually just wanted to be quiet, but Zhao Zhao had already caught up with him, so he just let him be.

They leaned on the railing outside and looked into the distance. When Zhao Zhao was admiring the exotic scenery, he suddenly heard a few words in a foreign language that he could not understand.

"Zhao Zhao." Wen Muqing looked warily at the foreign men walking towards him, while standing in front of him.

"What do you want to do?" He communicated with them in English. Zhao Zhao's spoken English was not good and he could only barely understand a few characters.

He listened with a confused look on his face, and saw the man in front of him and some people around him chattering a few words in bird language, then he smiled and reached out to touch Wen Muqing's face.

"Hey! How dare you touch me!" Zhao Zhao punched the man without thinking, but before he could hit him, he was held down by the people next to him.

Zhao Zhao's face turned red with anger and he struggled hard, but unfortunately he was too weak and couldn't get free at all.

Wen Muqing slapped the man's hand away and asked in English, "If you have anything to say, can you please speak properly and let my friend go?"

"It's nothing serious. You are very beautiful, so I would like to invite you to my private room for a drink." The man also spoke in English, but still looked at him with a smile. However, in Zhao Zhao's opinion, this man was lustful and did not look like a good person.

Wen Muqing's face darkened. "Sorry, it's not convenient for us right now." As he said that, he forcefully pulled Zhao Zhao to break free from those people's restraints.

"Let go."

Following the sound of bird calls behind them, those people let them go.

Wen Muqing protected Zhao Zhao and took a tentative step back. Seeing that they did not stop him, he ran and dragged Zhao Zhao back to their private room.

Back in familiar territory, the two of them felt safe and breathed a sigh of relief. "Damn, are these foreigners crazy?"

This was the first time Zhao Zhao heard Mu Qing swear, but he was obviously annoyed by those impolite people. He smiled and comforted him, "Don't take it too seriously. Anyway, we're going back home soon."

They have no grudges against each other, so it is impossible that those people will still bother him after he returns to his country.

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