Day 107
“I just feel so ordinary.”
Xixi sighed.
"I was the center of this song before, so now that I'm the first to appear, it's not special anymore."
When Yin Xingheng heard this, her jaw dropped in shock.
Isn't XiXi the maknae in her group? How dare she act so provocatively? Is it really okay to just say something like that about adding drama to your own drama?
In fact, Xixi would tell him that she really didn't dare.
But...Xixi could clearly feel the fiery gazes of her sisters not far away - she didn't want to do this either, but someone forced her to do it!
So Fu Xunyan watched Xixi hug her arms in an exaggerated manner.
"So I want to add an ending pose, just me and Fu Xunyan."
The tone was completely informing, with no room for negotiation.
The atmosphere in the entire practice room froze instantly. The teachers in the rehearsal group looked at each other and looked at Yeon-yoon as if for help. As the captain of Polar Love, Yeon-yoon frowned.
"Xixi, this isn't appropriate. We agreed to perform five themes in sequence and then sing a chorus. If you still want an ending pose at the end, wouldn't that be unfair to the others?"
"But Fu Xunyan is first, why can't he have a separate ending pose? According to the idea of five themes, it deprives the concept of the center position, doesn't it?"
"If we were to choose the center position for the song now, Fu Xunyan would definitely get it. Since it's equivalent to him giving up the center position, why can't we give him more shots?"
Fu Xunyan now feels very disillusioned.
He began to think about whether there was a possibility that something unexpected had happened to Xixi.
For example, he traveled back ten years, and Xixi was possessed by someone else just like what was written in the novel?
Is it reasonable for a popular girl group to be so furious to fight for the camera with a trainee of the opposite sex?
Fu Xunyan felt something was wrong, and didn't care that the other person was his senior, so he immediately interrupted: "XiXi, the stage has been choreographed before. If you want to add an ending pose, you have to design it separately. This will increase the burden on everyone, so let's not do it."
"Also, the C position on the collaboration stage will be assumed to be the mentor, and it has nothing to do with me at all."
He is so honest - Xixi almost sighed. Under normal circumstances, she would not say another word.
But...isn't this abnormal?
"I don't care. Your opinion has nothing to do with me. This song originally belonged to Polar Love, and I am the conceptual center of "Cake," so I want the ending pose."
Xixi's attitude was too tough. Fu Xunyan looked at the expressions of the others. They seemed very angry but did not want to embarrass their youngest member in front of the camera and outsiders.
So I had to agree temporarily.
Fu Xunyan began to sense that something was wrong.
Especially during the so-called practice of the ending pose, the four girls did not say a word, and Da Pei and the others did not show up for a long time, leaving him alone in the middle of the practice room, posing awkwardly.
Yanyun and Jiang Pianpian exchanged glances, feeling relieved that this hurdle was finally over. However, before they could let go of their worries, they saw the boy who had just been practicing poses obediently suddenly stop with hesitation.
"What's wrong?" Xixi was pushed by Jiang Pianpian. She was drinking water and almost choked to death, but she could only pretend to be fine and ask Fu Xunyan.
"Why don't you practice anymore? Hurry up."
Fu Xunyan didn't say anything, just stood there, his eyes moving from Yanyun to Xixi, and then from Xixi back to Yanyun.
"Are you guys...hiding something from me?"
"ha?"
Zhang Laina couldn't stop her and could only watch Xixi jump up and down with her hands covering her face in an exaggerated manner.
"What are you hiding? Who's hiding it? Who are you hiding it from?"
No, sister, aren’t you feeling too guilty?
Now Fu Xunyan was sure that something was wrong inside, and he didn't bother about the etiquette between seniors and juniors. He crossed his arms and stared at Xixi. Xixi's forehead was sweating profusely, but her mouth was still very stubborn.
"This is the ending I finally managed to secure for both of us!"
XiXi even sacrificed herself, walked to the mirror and started smiling and pouting to act cute, as if she took the designed ending pose seriously.
Fu Xunyan probably guessed that this group of people were doing "bad things" behind his back. Apart from anything else, their guilty expressions were too obvious.
But what can we do? No one admits it.
Fu Xunyan looked around vigilantly - there was no one near the light switch, and there was no cover in the corner, so there shouldn't be any ghosts playing pranks.
I feel a little relieved...
In the following time, Fu Xunyan found it difficult to control himself from multitasking. While designing poses as required, he couldn't stop wondering what these people were up to.
"Stop!" XiXi clapped her hands to stop the music, and everyone else in the practice room stopped at the same time.
Min Hai returned to the team with a painful look on his face - please beg this lady not to stick to her script.
Fu Xunyan will really be angry!
"It's okay. I just checked with Zaiti and they have changed the script."
Da Pei came over quietly.
"What has it been changed to?" Min Hai turned sideways to block Fu Xunyan's sight.
“Ending pose design.”
"Ah, that's not bad. If we start a quarrel, Old Master will definitely be angry!"
Fu Xunyan noticed the two people chatting and pursed his lips.
XiXi pulled Fu Xunyan over and asked the choreographer, "For our pose, can he and I lie down on the stage, with some flowers, and then our teammates wake us up?"
Although the choreographer knew their "script", he thought the suggestion was really good.
"Yes, it does. It fits the overall style quite well. It's a bit like the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. But lying down doesn't help to show off the perfect face. It might give you a double chin."
XiXi pouted and pointed at Fu Xunyan, "He doesn't have it."
"And you?"
XiXi’s eyes twitched with anger. “I am a little upset, but we’re not really going to perform, so why are you exposing us like that in front of the camera?”
"Oh, I don't have any either. Otherwise—" XiXi looked around and found a few ties in the corner. "Then we can use these to cover our eyes. This way, everyone's visual focus will be on our eyes instead of our chins."
The choreographer happily agreed to this plan, and although Fu Xunyan knew that they were doing something, he didn't know what they were doing, so he was forced to cooperate.
Min Hai and Da Pei, who had been preoccupied before, suddenly became particularly excited for some reason. They jumped out and asked Zhaiti to help pin him to the ground.
"Hahaha, we really want to see Sleeping Beauty Inkstone."
Then she tied his tie tightly without saying anything.
The world fell into darkness. Fu Xunyan could almost hear his own breathing. Then someone pushed him to the ground and the choreographer turned on the sound system.
Everything went so smoothly. When he came to his senses and struggled to get up, he found that the surroundings were very quiet.
"Are you still there?"
The young man sitting in the middle of the practice room supported himself on the ground with one hand, his thin lips slightly pursed on the half of his face not covered by his tie, revealing a hint of hesitation and worry.
Is he leaving him? Fu Xunyan was stunned for two seconds, then immediately pulled off his tie.
The sky brightened.
"Happy birthday to you~"
The imagined shock did not happen. Instead, a series of people walked in from the door in an orderly manner like elementary school students lined up and surrounded him.
The lights in the practice room suddenly went out again, and the staff used their cell phone flashlights to create a bright river of light.
"Happy birthday to you~"
Fu Xunyan stood there in a daze.
Led by Da Pei, he produced a small cake with candles on it from somewhere, and the candlelight danced on his face.
Today, is it...his birthday?
Fu Xunyan suddenly felt as if he had suddenly realized something.
There's no way. He hasn't celebrated his birthday for a long time, and since he went back from 2022 to 2015, his time is a little messed up.
"You guys..." Fu Xunyan felt a slight dryness in his throat.
"Surprise!" Yin Xingheng ran over with a smile and put the prepared birthday hat on Fu Xunyan's head. "They went too far and didn't even tell me. You don't know that I almost tripped when I was dragged out just now..."
Min Hai covered his mouth with his hand to stop him from nagging.
Zhaiti couldn't wait to add: "Xunyan, you don't know, the original script was to have a quarrel and then give you a surprise. Da Pei and Min Hai would never agree, hahaha."
"Now that I think about it, it's not a good thing. It's kind of weird that your birthday makes you angry..."
The proposer, Jiang Pianpian, who was suddenly scolded, glared in anger, and Zhayiti was so scared that he hid behind Yin Xingheng.
"Hey" Jiang Pianpian pretended to hit him, and the others burst into laughter.
Fu Xunyan looked at the flickering candlelight and the sincere smiles of his teammates, and suddenly felt his eyes warm. However, before his emotions could fully develop, he was interrupted by Da Pei: "Hey, don't cry! Make a wish first!"
Under the urging (crossed out) of everyone, Fu Xunyan had no choice but to close his eyes with the birthday crown on his head. The practice room fell silent, with only the gentle crackling of candles.
At this moment, even the sore muscles and fatigue of the past few days became less important.
“I hope our stage…”
"Hello~~"
The others spoke in unison, and Yin Xingheng added to his complaints.
"For your birthday, can you please choose something that's just about you, and not about the stage?"
"We'll help you achieve perfection on stage, and it won't consume your wish."
Fu Xunyan looked at Yin Xingheng's round eyes which were clearly complaining but also smiling.
It was a magical feeling that made his limbs go numb - he hadn't felt this way for a long, long time.
This feeling of having a reliable friend who helps you fulfill your wishes behind the scenes.
"Then—I wish you a successful debut?"
In the current situation, this wish made sense, but when he looked up, he found that everyone's faces were full of disapproval.
Da Pei whispered, "What kind of wish is this? Isn't this almost the truth?"
But no one asked him to make a new wish. Instead, they gathered around him and blew out the candles.
Then Fu Xunyan's head was rubbed by countless pairs of hands. Even Xixi was bold enough to touch this brother who was two years older than her, saying that she had heard that Fu Xunyan was smart and she wanted to take advantage of his spiritual energy.
Fu Xunyan couldn't dodge it, so he had to free his hands to tidy up his messy hair, and subconsciously asked: "Although, why is this cake so small?"
Several people were silent, looking up at the sky and the earth but not at him.
"Because we originally said we'd buy it for you," Yeon-yoon explained, glancing at Dal-bae and Min-hae. "They insisted we just send our good friends, and we ended up searching through our bags and only managed to scrape together a little over fifty yuan."
Originally, Yanyun was about to make a new reservation, but Zhang Lina reminded her that the stage was about to start, so it would be better to consume less sugar.
"Look, what a standard portion! Cut it into ten pieces, just enough for one bite per person."
Looking at the small piece on the toothpick, Fu Xunyan was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Da Pei and the others were not being frugal, but they felt that Fu Xunyan probably didn't want to owe the girl group a favor because of this matter. Besides, they could give it to Fu Xunyan in the name of good brothers, so what would Jiang Pianpian and the others rely on?
To avoid controversy, the cake can be smaller. He will give Fu Xunyan a bigger one when he makes his debut.
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