Day 127
Aside from Bai Zhen and Wu Ruike, the others' expressions weren't exactly good. Zhou Qi was rather panicked, but after a look at Fu Xunyan, he clenched his fists and suppressed his resentment.
Even if he had said he would start over, it didn't mean he had given up the competition and become a saint. Zhou Qi had his own persistence, and Fu Xunyan had known this for a long time.
He thought he was quite capable, but he didn't expect that he would fall to this level among the three officials.
When Jiang Han stood up, he hugged Fu Xunyan tightly.
He was still smiling, and his baby face was very cute. He was worthy of being called Samoyed by his fans.
"Brother, it seems that I have no chance to debut with you."
Jiang Han felt a little regretful - he really liked Fu Xunyan too much. Whether as a friend or a teammate, he was the most ideal candidate in the world.
But Jiang Han also understood that the strong must be surrounded by top players, and his current level was far from enough.
So although he felt a little disappointed, he was not too unwilling.
"But at least I was able to sing the last song with you. It seems we are still destined to be together."
Putting his hand on Fu Xunyan's shoulder, Jiang Han's eyes were filled with tears. He turned around and left amid Jiang Sulin's repeated urging on him.
Fu Xunyan only felt that his hands became empty in an instant, and the warm breath was instantly withdrawn.
He was a little dazed.
He watched Jiang Han walk up to the platform, but another scene appeared before his eyes.
The young boy in his prime, pale and thin, walked up to the platform in despair and then jumped down.
There were omens, but no one took them seriously—everyone, including Fu Xunyan himself, was deceiving themselves.
Isn't it just being slandered? Who in the entertainment industry hasn't experienced this? What's so special about Jiang Han?
He is not a fragile person, so he will definitely get through it.
But a one in ten thousand probability becomes a hundred percent once it becomes a reality.
In this trance, Fu Xunyan watched the people around him go on stage one by one.
When it was the ninth person's turn, everyone looked at Jiang Sulin in shock, with an expression of disbelief on their faces.
"Ninth place. He's the little prince on stage, always at ease. He's the elegant young man in 'Moonlight'..."
"Moonlight?" Chen Chi murmured, "No way, isn't that..."
"He's also the threatening demon in 'Chains.'
Hiss~~Bursts of gasps rang out throughout the venue.
The reason was simple; the outcome was already a foregone conclusion—there were only nine people left, and the only one who participated in both Moonlight and Chains was...
"Congratulations to trainee Ye Lai."
What!
Not only the internet, but even the scene was in an uproar. No one could believe that Ye Lai, who ranked first in the first public performance and second in the second public performance, would be ranked ninth in the third public performance.
"The termination of the contract has a huge impact on him, right?" Chen Chi stared blankly at the boy who had no idea of his mood and just walked up slowly to take the microphone from Jiang Sulin.
Ye Lai put the microphone to his lips and stammered.
I want to say something, but I can't seem to get the words out.
Standing in front of the microphone, the light fell on his slightly drooped eyelashes.
He was silent for a few seconds, and when he looked up again, he showed a clean but complicated smile.
"Without a doubt, I have to thank everyone who has voted for me so far to be in this position."
"I know there's been a lot of noise surrounding me lately. Ninth place... this number is honest. It tells me that choices inevitably come with a price. I've chosen to follow my inner contract, so I must also calmly accept the market's reassessment."
Having said this, he spread his hands, and the depressing atmosphere that almost made everyone cry disappeared. He returned to the beginning, a clean and refreshing boy, a junior who looked back and smiled in the breeze under the shade of trees on campus.
"Even though I'm comforting myself like this, it's obviously a bit self-deceptive—I'm doing the right thing."
He omitted many things that were inconvenient to say.
"But numbers don't tell the whole story." After jokingly lightening the slightly tense atmosphere, he turned serious and said, "When the numbers strip away the halo that doesn't belong to me, what remains is what truly belongs to me. No matter what the ranking is, my most primal love for the stage itself cannot be taken away."
"It may sound a bit hypocritical to say this, but this is really what I want to say at this moment. Terminating the contract doesn't mean starting over, it just means changing the track with all my experience. This is just the beginning for me, this stage, all the people who support me, and my own contract."
Ye Lai's handsome face does not look childish. In terms of experience, he is the senior of all the trainees present.
Now he just stood here sincerely.
"Thank you everyone. Thank you number nine. I will set sail again and work hard."
The wailing of online fans nearly brought down the livestream, with trending searches popping up one after another, though seemingly lacking enthusiasm. Shen Ziqing scrambled to spend money to remove the trending searches, but after estimating the price, he gave up in despair.
"Just wait, once the top seven are announced, Ye Lai's trending searches will be suppressed."
That was true, because the next one was Bai Wenji—and Bai Wenji and Ye Lai's fans quickly started to fight. Ye fans called Bai Wenji a troublemaker, while Bai fans called Ye Lai a fake saint.
Good heavens, it would be better if this trending search hadn't changed. Shen Ziqing held his head in pain, and there had never been a moment more eager for Fu Xunyan to appear than now.
It would be nice if there was a progress bar, after all, Shen Ziqing knew very well how many mines would come next.
The eighth is Bo Mi, the seventh is Yin Xingheng, the sixth is Zhou Hengyu, and the fifth is Chen Chi.
Very good, the fans of No. 8 and No. 7 are definitely not just scolding my brother at this position.
Fifth, fans of Shen Chi were begging everyone not to scold their child. They had gone to great lengths to help him get to the top because Shen Chi’s birthday was approaching.
And then... then it was obvious that everyone's criticism was directed at Zhou Hengyu.
That’s right, except for the top three and the twentieth place who have not been announced yet, the fans of all the trainees were unprecedentedly united and all rushed to Zhou Hengyu’s official Weibo.
However, the prince had taken precautions and the internet trolls he hired actively diluted the insults, confusing the uninformed people online.
[No, what on earth is "New Century"? Why do I see it so often?]
[The hottest variety show of the spring, you haven’t even watched this, you should be fired as a passerby in the domestic entertainment industry]
The war of words didn't last long because everyone was more concerned about the order of the top three than stepping on the resource-rich people.
[Do I need to guess? Fu Xunyan - Da Pei - Min Hai, it would be a bit unreasonable not to copy this answer.]
Who told you Min Hai was third? Can't my brother Hai be second?
[…Stop making fun of me. Your family's perpetual third place status has been established. Please don't get involved, okay?]
[Wow, wow, wow, Yefen is heartbroken, coming here to beg for shelter]
[Min Hai's family is very good at voting. Although his ranking may not seem high in the early stage, he has always been suppressing it. Among all the trainees (except for a certain monster), his data is the most stable]
[The main reason is that Min Hai’s biggest fan is so awesome. What’s wrong with other fans’ brains?]
[Yeah, maybe it was because I was stimulated by Zhou Qi at that time]
[??? Take Qiqi away, please stop talking nonsense, okay?]
What are you complaining about? Didn't your Qi do anything shameful? Even if he's turned over a new leaf now, that doesn't mean the past can be wiped out.
[Hey, hey, hey, we've gotten off topic. I still think Dal-bae is more likely to be second. He was always entangled with Ye Lai before, mainly because Ye Lai has a lot of overseas fans. Now that his contract is terminated, many overseas fans have left. The possibility of Dal-bae taking the top spot is 100%]
[…I have a bold guess. What if Da Pei, Min Hai, and Fu Xun Yan were ranked like this?]
[…Child, stop playing, put down your phone and do your homework]
[You’re tired of laughing, so you’re here to tell a joke?]
The spotlight was like a hot sword, precisely splitting the stage in half.
Jiang Sulin invited all three of them to the stage.
Fu Xunyan was supposed to be the last one to go up, but Minhai and Dabae paused before going on stage. Dabae kept making faces, as if to let Fu Xunyan go first. Seeing this, Minhai also wanted to squeeze in, but was blocked by Dabae's "tall and majestic" body.
Fu Xunyan covered his forehead.
"Stop playing, it's live streaming."
[Live (covering my eyes quietly) I didn't see anything, you guys keep going, keep going]
[This is hilarious! Dal-bae, you're so mean! You can separate Min-hae by pushing Xunbao to the first place, right? You little bastard!]
[Min Hai is not a fool. He has always been close to Xunbao. Dal Bae's trick is too obvious. He can't be fooled.]
They really didn't fool people, so in the end the three of them were squeezed together on the steps and almost caused a traffic jam.
Fu Xunyan couldn't bear it any longer, so he clamped each of their arms with one hand, stood in the middle and pulled the two men up.
Looking at Fu Xunyan's cheeks puffed up due to exertion, Jiang Sulin covered his mouth with amusement.
"So these three trainees are here to perform a sandwich?"
Fu Xunyan said seriously: "No, they were walking too slowly so I helped them."
Jiang Sulin glanced at his wrist, which was still wrapped in protective gear. "That's really wrong of you. How can you let the injured help you?"
Min Hai and Da Pei said nothing, but just smiled at each other, but that smile was full of sparks.
Until they stood on the stage, one of them put his arm around Fu Xunyan's shoulder and the other held his arm.
"Hey, hey, hey, let go, go back to your little platform."
Chen Chi, who was already seated upstairs, couldn't stand it anymore and stood up to manually use the loudspeaker to shout to the people below.
Yin Xingheng was afraid that the world would not be in chaos, so he joined in the discussion.
"Let go, let go quickly, Xunbao's shoulder is mine!"
Everyone above was laughing.
Fu Xunyan pretended to be disgusted and shook the two people off, pushing them onto the small round table to prevent them from leaning against him and getting too hot.
"Is everyone standing? Can I begin now?"
[Jiang Sulin seems to be that kindergarten teacher]
[The three kids laughed to death, looking guilty.]
[Kids, why would I feel guilty about treasure hunting? I was very calm about treasure hunting. After all, it wasn't him who was causing trouble.]
[Speaking of which, why are these people so obsessed with the treasure-hunting shoulder and arm? I want to see what kind of magic is there.]
[I can even hear the abacus above from outer space...]
[Please, Fu Xunyan's broad shoulders and biceps look so good to touch. I'd touch them too. They're free!]
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