But then the cat said, "I choose Wuji, Aiyou."
Kang Jiao's heart sank, but she managed to keep it from showing on her face. Jiu Maomao, was she lying to her? She actually chose someone else?
Host: "We're so nervous! Let's hear what Ms. Ge Man will choose!"
After hesitating for a moment, Ge Man finally said, "I think the one who can continue to stay on this stage is Ai You and Kang Jiao!"
Host: "Congratulations to Kang Jiao and Ai You for advancing to the next round!"
After the dance battle, the next step was to divide the participants into groups and select members. The 28 people were divided into four groups of seven.
Kang Jiao looked at the cat on the stage but couldn't come up to speak because the dancer was being taken to another venue. Actually, she really wanted to ask why the cat hadn't chosen her earlier.
However, someone asked on her behalf.
Ge Man said to Maomao, "You and Kang Jiao are from the same company, right? Why didn't you choose her to avoid suspicion? Actually, there's no need for that at all. Our competition should be based on ability."
The camera followed the two of them closely.
This is a reality show, so naturally all the footage will be recorded, and even the guests themselves won't know how it will be edited in post-production.
Cat looked at Ge Man and said, "I'm just looking at skill. Mistakes aren't allowed on stage. Kang Jiao made a mistake."
Before Ge Man could say anything more, Maomao said, "Teacher Ge Man, do you mean that your dance troupe can often tolerate such mistakes during performances?"
Gorman was speechless. "That's true..."
The cat went off in another direction.
Ge Man sneered inwardly, looking down on Maomao's behavior. She was just a popular celebrity who dared to talk about her abilities.
When the cat was choosing its group members, the last person it chose was Ji Yang.
When Ji Yang saw Maomao come over to choose her, he excitedly went up and hugged her, "Sister Maomao, I knew you would choose me. I've been waiting for you."
His smile was exceptionally bright.
Knowing he did it for the sake of the show, the cat was still dissatisfied and pretended to playfully kick him away, saying, "Stop it, I'm just here to save you from having no one else to choose from."
After much fuss, the cat has chosen her seven dancers, and Kang Jiao is not among them!
After the recording was finally finished, a bunch of reporters were waiting outside. As soon as they saw the cat come out, they swarmed over.
"Cat, you eliminated so many dancers in the first two episodes, and netizens said you were a ruthless elimination judge. Will you continue this style in this episode?"
"Cat, is there a script for the show 'Martial Soul'?"
"I heard the champion has already been decided inside the club. Can you tell me?"
The reporters' questions were increasingly pointed, and the bodyguards cleared a path for the cat, who, wearing sunglasses, didn't utter a single word.
As they were leaving, the crowd suddenly tilted in one direction because it was so crowded! The cat tripped and almost fell! Suddenly, someone caught her from behind, seemingly holding her.
The flash went off several times as reporters frantically took pictures.
"Are you alright, Sister Cat?" Ji Yang asked with concern, looking down as if he were whispering something to her.
It was too noisy around, and the cat was too lazy to talk, so it just shook its head.
Soon after, the cat finally got into the car, and the nanny van drove away quickly.
The cat, wearing sunglasses, simply closed its eyes and rested in the car; reality shows are too tiring.
Just then, her phone rang. It was her work number, and Chen Doudou answered it for her.
"Hello." After answering the call, Chen Doudou quickly said to the cat, "It's Kang Jiao calling."
The cat reached out and turned on the speakerphone.
"What's up?" the cat asked.
Kang Jiao asked, sounding a little aggrieved, "Kitty, didn't you promise to choose me when we were forming groups?"
Cat made up a story on the spot: "Ge Man praised you highly and insisted on choosing you, so I couldn't help it."
"But I still want to be in the same group. We know each other so well, it will definitely be more pleasant to get along with each other."
Cat listened to her rambling for a few minutes, gave her perfunctory replies, and then hung up the phone.
Chen Doudou said, "How dare Kang Jiao call and ask... Boss, Ge Man and Guan You are so fierce. I don't think they like you."
Do I need them to like it?
Ge Man and Guan You are well-known dancers, and everyone on the show treated them with great respect. With them on board, everyone spoke to them with utmost courtesy.
But Maomao was the only one they didn't treat with any respect. They wouldn't even call her "teacher." They would either avoid calling her by her name or simply call her by her first name. When Mao Amo first called them by their names, the two of them immediately disliked Maomao.
But would a cat care about these things?
Chen Doudou nodded, "That's true. Anyway, after the show is over, nobody will know anyone else."
A few days later, after the third episode aired, the online criticism of the cat grew louder. The show's post-production team added many clips of Kang Jiao training hard and even getting injured, attributing Kang Jiao's mistakes on stage to her injury.
Furthermore, the dialogue between the cat and Ge Man was edited out, and the topic of "Martial Soul" topped the trending searches.
[Kang Jiao is amazing! Her dancing really moved me. To be able to dance almost like a professional dancer in such a short time is incredible!]
[Isn't the cat being too harsh? This person went on stage injured and didn't say a word. Even if they made mistakes, they still danced better than everyone else!]
My heart aches for Kang Jiao, she's been working so hard...
[That celebrity who constantly talks about their talent, please take a look at whether they even have the right to say that.]
[Shouldn't the least talented person on this show be that popular celebrity? Sigh, this era of prioritizing popularity is so sad...]
Kang Jiao was very satisfied with the result. It was worth all the money she spent on hype. Her fans were growing and her popularity was soaring.
The cat's fans were furious! However, they didn't come forward to argue.
There are also fan clubs in the super topic who are comforting fans every day. It has to be said that in the past few weeks, the cat's fans have become much more organized.
In addition, Ji Yang's name has been frequently mentioned. His interaction with the cat on the show attracted many passersby, and a scene taken outside the recording site that day even sparked a small rumor about a romance between the cat and him.
Because of the angle of that photo, Ji Yang helped the cat up, as if he were hugging her, and the two of them were whispering to each other, looking very intimate!
As a result, many marketing accounts started stirring up trouble, even fabricating stories that Maomao and Ji Yang had actually been together for a long time, starting with Ji Yang's single, and even saying that they had been together for several months!
When Chen Doudou saw this trending topic, she was so shocked that she almost threw her phone away. Boss... is there really a scandal this time?
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