He Xizhou was so enthusiastic, Ye Ying was too embarrassed to refuse, so she said: "."
He Xizhou was happy now. He hummed a little tune proudly while beating eggs. If he had a tail, it would have been raised high long ago.
Ye Ying: "Brother He, could you please pass me the sugar?"
He Xizhou took the sugar and turned around to see that Ye Ying's nose was stained with white flour. It must have been accidentally stained. He naturally reached out to help him wipe it off and smiled, "Your face is all stained."
Qi Rui accidentally saw this scene again: "..."
No... not boyfriend. This is a newlywed couple!
Qi Rui realized what he was thinking belatedly and suddenly shuddered. He knocked his head incredulously and walked away shaking.
The rich aroma of Class A attracted students from other classes, and they were all shocked by the dazzling array of dishes and desserts.
"You guys did this??"
"Oh my god, this is amazing!"
"What? For the sake of our brotherhood, can you try a 'milk' yellow bun?"
More and more students gathered, even stopping to cook for themselves, and enthusiastically offered to help, and then happily received a cola chicken wing or a small cake.
"It's so delicious," the student burped happily. "Speaking of Brother Fei and Ye Ying, even if you two don't debut and open a restaurant, you will probably be famous all over the country just based on your cooking skills and looks!"
The food festival was held vigorously for the whole morning. After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Pan Li appeared and asked, "Are you all full?"
The students touched their round bellies and said, "We're full!"
"Let's have a relaxing chat while digesting our food." Pan Li motioned for everyone to sit down in a big circle on the floor, and then brought a cardboard box and placed it in the middle of everyone. "It's been almost a month since we entered the camp. Although the training every day is very hard, we have also learned a lot of new knowledge and made some great friends."
"We may not want to say these things directly to our friends, so today, you can write down what you want to say to them anonymously on a piece of paper and put it in the box, either to encourage or thank them. Those who want to receive the note will be more energetic and confident to face the next challenge."
The students exchanged ideas with each other, smiling, and seemed to think this model was very interesting. The staff gave everyone paper and pens, and everyone spread the paper on the ground and started writing.
Ye Ying had just written two strokes when she noticed someone coming over and she quickly covered the paper.
He Xizhou was dissatisfied: "Why are you so stingy?"
Ye Ying whispered, "I said it's anonymous, why are you still reading it?"
"See what's going on," He Xizhou stared at the note he was holding, as if he wanted to see the name written on it through the back of his hand, "Who did you write it to?"
Ye Ying: "I won't tell you."
"Tsk." He Xizhou snorted coldly, and turned back angrily, like a bad student who failed to copy the homework.
The students finished writing the notes one after another, folded them up and put them in the middle box. Fifteen minutes later, all the students had finished writing. Pan Li picked up the box and shook it, saying with a smile, "Let's take a note and read it now."
He casually pulled one out and unfolded it: "This one is written to Ji Lu."
The students all smiled and turned their eyes to Ji Lu from Class B. Ji Lu also seemed nervous and sat up slightly.
"Ji Lu, I've never told you in person, but I admire you very much. I admire your perseverance, your persistence, and your unyielding heart." Pan Li whispered, "I know you've had a hard time this year, but you've never given up on your dream. You said that even if there's no future, you'd still give it a try; as long as there's a chance to stand on the stage, you'll never give up on it."
"You are very good, and I believe that your excellence will be seen by everyone one day. Don't be discouraged, your brothers are always behind you, come on."
Ji Lu's eyes actually turned red after hearing this short speech. He is already 27 years old this year, and a "returnee" in talent shows. He has participated in three talent shows before "Dream Maker Project" and ranked in the top ten every time, but he has never made his debut. Many people laughed at him for not recognizing reality, saying that he is so old and still pretends to be young and handsome, and he doesn't mind the audience being disgusted.
But he just loves the stage and wants a chance to sing and dance. At a time when he is facing setbacks and is bleeding, someone saying these words to him is like timely help, which really warms his heart.
He raised his eyes and blinked, trying hard not to let the tears fall. The students around him hugged his shoulders and kept saying, "Come on, Brother Lu."
Ji Lu shed tears. He thought, as long as his dream and his friends who supported and encouraged him were there, he would never stop.
Pan Li continued to read one by one. These notes were full of warm encouragement, not deliberately sentimental, but they made me want to cry; the tone was relaxed and lively, and the humorous words concealed genuine concern and comfort. After ten notes, Pan Li opened the one he had just taken out: "This is written to Ye Ying."
The students in Class A all turned their eyes to Ye Ying, and Xu Qiongzhi pricked up her ears like a rabbit.
Pan Li looked at the contents of the note, and suddenly a strange smile appeared on his face. He cleared his throat and read:
"Smile more. You look really good when you smile."
There was only one sentence on the note. After Pan Li finished reading it, the air was quiet for a moment. The next moment, the boys began to laugh and make noises, with occasional whistles. One of the actors even stood up, put his arm around her shoulders and sang at the top of his lungs:
"You look so pretty when you smile, like a spring flower~~"
Actually, there is nothing wrong with this sentence. Boys have no limit to being wild. It is normal to hug a buddy, kiss him and say "I love you, baby". Why do you think of it in a crooked way? Just smile more, why add "very pretty?"
Would a man say "You really look at it" to his buddy?
The more he thought about it, the more wrong and ambiguous it seemed. Luo Zihui was afraid that the world would not be in chaos and shouted: "Who is it? Who dares to covet our brother Xiao Ye? Stand up bravely!"
A student from Class B retorted, "You guys from Class A are keeping such a close eye on Xiao Ye, how could he have any chance? You guys are just stealing from the company!"
The boys were laughing and laughing. Although Ye Ying knew that everyone was joking to liven up the atmosphere, she still rubbed her nose uncomfortably. But He Xizhou came over and asked, "Who wrote this for you?"
Ye Ying: "...How do you know?"
He Xizhou frowned, glanced at the boys around him suspiciously, and muttered in a low voice: "Damn, there won't be another Zhao Liang hiding."
No matter how dissatisfied he was, he couldn't find out the anonymous person, so he had no choice but to give up. Pan Li read out ten more notes, and due to time constraints, the activity ended.
“Friends are like this. They may not be able to walk with you on the same road forever, but as long as you care about each other, you will never grow apart.”
After hearing this, everyone realized something and gradually quieted down.
Pan Li took out a list and said, "The results of the second round of voting have come out. In this round of ranking, the last 34 students will face elimination. Now, let's start announcing the list of eliminated students."
The students had heard the news before that the first batch of students would be eliminated after the first public performance. Many of them had already prepared themselves mentally for their own performance, so they did not show any sadness on their faces, and quietly waited for Pan Li to announce the elimination list.
"Ninety-eighth place, Zhao Lin; ninety-seventh place, Song Xi..."
The names of the eliminated students were read out one by one. The students themselves were relatively calm, but their close friends began to blush and shed tears, and walked over to give them a silent hug.
After announcing the names of the 35 students, Pan Li said, "Unfortunately, your Dream Plan ends here. Your life has just begun. I wish you good luck."
All the students whose names were not called entered the second round. It is no exaggeration to say that they now have a feeling of "surviving a disaster". After all, everyone wants to stay in the competition a little longer, and get closer to the shining dreams in their hearts one by one.
"Next, we will announce the rankings of the students who will enter the second round." Pan Li pulled out a new list, "Students whose names are read, please go to your seats."
There were 65 small circular platforms arranged on site in a stepped pattern, with 55-65 in the bottom row and 1 in the top row, which was very similar to the golden triangle during the initial stage evaluation.
Pan Li announced the students' rankings in reverse order, and finally only the most critical top ten were left.
There are only six spots left for debut, and no one knows the final list until the last minute. The top ten students will undoubtedly have a better chance. The students whose rankings have not yet been announced began to take deep breaths nervously, and the other students also looked expectant, wanting to know if their rankings have changed since the first round of voting.
"Tenth place, 1,002,265 votes," Pan Li announced in reverse order, "Xu Shaoyang."
There was a low commotion among the students. Xu Shaoyang ranked fourth for the first time, but this time he fell to tenth and slipped out of the debut position, which surprised everyone. Thinking about it carefully, he really didn't have a good performance in the show. This competition is so cruel. If you don't make progress, you will be surpassed by those behind you.
Xu Shaoyang could not hide his disappointment and walked to his seat without saying a word.
"Ninth place, 1,253,341 votes, Qi Rui."
"Eighth place, 1,302,098 votes, Luo Zihui."
The outstanding performance of these two in the first public performance made many audiences remember them, not to mention that they were both lively and popular with the audience, so their rankings rose quickly. The two boys looked at each other, smiled and clapped their hands, and walked onto the round stage together.
"Seventh place, 1,889,908 votes, Xu Qiongzhi."
Xu Qiongzhi smiled, revealing a small canine tooth, and trotted onto her own round platform No. 7.
"Sixth place, 1,905,574 votes, Lin He."
There was a faint discussion among the students. One student whispered to his companion, "I didn't expect Lin He is still in the debut position... He must be blessed with a large fan base."
His companion said: "To be honest... I don't think his ability is suitable for debuting. Xu Qiongzhi is better than him in every aspect, but she is ranked behind him..."
Although Lin He has accumulated a large number of fans and popularity through costume idol dramas, this is a music talent show after all, and only those with strong enough singing and dancing skills can convince others. Lin He has been mediocre since he entered the camp, his singing and dancing are very poor, and his rating is always in Class F, but his ranking is still fixed at the debut position, which can't help but cause slight dissatisfaction among other students.
Lin He listened to the commotion around him, his expression not paying much attention, but trying to maintain a big smile, and walked to the round platform marked with number 6.
"Fifth place, 2,802,349 votes, Qiu Shuang."
"Fourth place, 3,549,874 votes, Ming Yuechen."
Ming Yuechen's momentum has been very stable, and Qiu Shuang has also gained a lot of fans because of his outstanding performance in the first public performance. Everyone is convinced of their ranking and applauded and congratulated them.
"This time the number of votes for the tenth place has reached one million!" he said in surprise, "It's increasing too fast!"
In the first round of voting, the tenth place received only over 100,000 votes, but now it has more than increased tenfold, which shows that the reputation of "Dream Maker Project" has indeed been established, with more and more viewers and higher popularity!
"And the top three are only He Xizhou, Li Jingfei and Ye Ying!" said a student. "Li Jingfei and Ye Ying are really two dark horses. In the first round of ranking, they didn't even make the top 14, but this time they both made it into the top three!"
"Li Jingfei is really amazing. Ye Yingye has improved so fast that I almost didn't recognize him at first." Another sighed, "It seems that strength is the most important thing."
Pan Li smiled and looked at the three people whose rankings had not yet been announced: "How are you? Are you nervous? Are you excited?"
"Why should I be nervous?" He Xizhou said nonchalantly, "I'm still number one anyway."
The tense atmosphere was completely ruined by his words. The boys laughed and said, "Brother He, when can you be humble for a moment?"
Pan Li also laughed: "Okay, you've eliminated all the suspense - you are indeed first, 4,574,331 votes, congratulations!"
The students started screaming:
"Oh my god, more than four and a half million!"
"This is amazing! There's a gap here!"
"Brother He is too strong... He is not even on the same level as the others!"
Pan Li looked at Ye Ying and Li Jingfei and said with a smile, "Congratulations to you too. Li Jingfei, 3,883,746 votes, third place; Ye Ying, 4,006,862 votes, second place!"
The string of numbers Pan Li said seemed light and unreal, but they were engraved heavily into her heart. Warm congratulations and applause rang out, and Ye Ying followed her instinct and walked onto the round stage marked with number 2 under a bunch of gazes, feeling her heartbeat like a drum, as if she was in a dream.
He never thought that he would reach such a high position one day.
I never thought that so many people would like and support him.
A joy that was close to happiness overflowed from his heart, bubbling with sweet bubbles, and at the same time, a calm and sober voice told him: Not enough. You haven't done enough.
Only by redouble your efforts and growth can you be worthy of the love and expectations you have received.
Patting him from behind, Ye Ying replied that He Xizhou was standing on round platform No. 1, which was one step higher than him, looking at him.
"Don't slack off," the boy said arrogantly, "You still have a long way to go if you want to catch up."
Ye Ying smiled gently, her eyes faintly shining with a crystal luster: "."
"Also," He Xizhou leaned over and asked in a low voice, "Who did you write the note to?"
Ye Ying: “…”
Why are you still struggling with this issue?
"How about this, let's exchange." He Xizhou said mysteriously, "Tell you who you wrote it for, and you tell you who you wrote it for."
Ye Ying hesitated to speak.
He didn't know whether he should say to He Xizhou, you really look like kids in kindergarten exchanging secrets.
Looking at the boy's burning gaze, Ye Ying was defeated: "...Okay."
He Xizhou immediately said: "I wrote it for you. What about you?"
Ye Ying whispered: "It's also written for you."
He Xizhou was delighted now, his handsome eyebrows raised: "What did you write?"
Ye Ying refused to say anything: "I won't tell you."
He Xizhou was disappointed, curled his lips and said stingily: "I won't tell you either."
A smile appeared on Ye Ying's lips, which she didn't even notice, and she turned away.
He Xizhou lowered his eyes and looked at the back of the boy in front of him who was standing on a step lower than him, and thought, it’s not enough.
Just as he didn't have the chance to say, the words written on the note -
Catch up.
Waiting for you at the top.
Ye Ying raised her finger and rubbed the tip of her nose. He didn't deliberately not tell He Xizhou the contents of the note, he just didn't want to say it in front of him.
A sentence he wanted to say to the boys a long time ago——
Thank you.
Thank you for bringing me to see the starlight at a height I have never seen before.
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