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Chapter 19
Lin Qingyi was naturally stunned for a moment.
She turned her head and saw that Ning Cong'an's face, which had originally been expressionless, suddenly became a little embarrassed.
Ning Cong'an thought in despair, if he had known this earlier, he would not have raised his hand.
But Lin Qingyi quickly realized that the other party was comforting him.
It is extremely difficult to get someone like Ning Cong'an to take the initiative to comfort others, but Lin Qingyi succeeded.
Lin Qingyi smiled and said, "I'm fine."
Ning Cong'an murmured "hmm" softly, and put his hand down as soon as Lin Qingyi turned his head, but Lin Qingyi always felt that the warmth of the other's palm still seemed to remain on his shoulder.
After all the eliminated members left, Jin Yan said, "The remaining members, you were chosen by the contestants and mentors as excellent members, but this does not mean that you can make it to the end."
Among those who stayed now, there were naturally some who were complacent. Jin Yan's words were like a monster chasing them from behind, constantly urging everyone to wake up from their fantasies.
The fewer people there are, the more brutal the competition becomes. Everyone understands this.
Those who remain now are not necessarily better than those who were eliminated; some of them are just lucky.
Lin Qingyi sighed slowly. At the beginning, she thought that she might just come here for the experience and would go home soon, but based on her current ranking, since she could make it to the top seven, she felt that she had hope of working towards the debut position.
What people fear most is hope, and what they need most is also hope. Now that she has the goal of making her debut, Lin Qingyi can only work harder and harder. Once she has a goal, she will not give up easily. No matter how hard or difficult it is, she will grit her teeth and persevere.
"Of course, according to the competition rules, the next step is of course everyone's second performance."
"For the second performance, the groups were different from the last time. Everyone chose their own repertoire, and there were still six groups of eight people each."
"If more than eight members choose this song, the members who vote later will need to compete to determine who is eligible to stay."
"Of course, the center position will be decided by your own discussion within your team. No one will interfere with your choice this time. All choices will be made through competition."
After Jin Yan finished speaking, the atmosphere on the field became tense again.
If we said we still had someone to cling to last time, this time it’s really uncertain. Who knows whether the powerful members will form a team on their own.
Seeing everyone's nervous expressions, Jin Yan continued, "Don't be too nervous, the second performance won't be that fast."
"Everyone can relax for the next few days. Around this afternoon, everyone will get their phones, and the time will last until the evening. Everyone can call their families and send text messages."
"Starting tomorrow, we'll play a little game to help everyone ease the tension. That's—"
"Sports meet!"
When Jin Yan said that she would give everyone mobile phones, the atmosphere at the scene had already begun to liven up. Now everyone was even happier when they heard that a sports meet was going to be held.
Everyone is looking forward to chatting and making phone calls with parents this afternoon, while also looking forward to tomorrow's sports meeting.
While one family is happy, another is worried. Thinking of his parents, Lin Qingyi suddenly became stunned. Who should he call? Who could he call?
If the program crew found out that he and Yan Feiyang called the same parent, he wouldn't know how to hype it up.
When Tan Xiaoran heard the news, she didn't care to be happy, and looked directly at Lin Qingyi who was in a daze.
Ning Cong'an, who was standing next to Lin Qingyi, didn't look very good either.
The staff started distributing mobile phones in the afternoon. When Lin Qingyi got the phone, he looked at the lit screen and swiped it around. In the end, he did not choose to make a call, but simply sent a text message to Yan Jieping.
After receiving a call from Yan Feiyang, Yan Jieping knew what was going on. She originally wanted to call Lin Qingyi directly, but she remembered that Lin Qingyi had not signed a contract to become an artist under her. If people knew that they were a family, it would definitely have a significant impact on Lin Qingyi.
After hesitating for a long time, Yan Jieping decided to make a WeChat call.
When Lin Qing saw the WeChat call ringing, her heart stopped for a moment. She quickly picked up the phone to prevent others from seeing the name noted on her phone.
Although she did not note Yan Jieping's name, it would not be good if her profile picture was seen by others.
"Hello, Mom."
This was the second time Lin Qingyi called her that. There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone, and then he said, "How have you been doing in the past month? I watched the live broadcast, and you performed very well."
"I've been doing fine this month, and I've gradually gotten used to all aspects of life."
After she finished speaking, the two fell into silence.
Just as Lin Qingyi was hesitating whether to end the call himself, a voice suddenly came from the other end: "If there is anything, tell me when you get the phone back. I'm always here."
Hearing the last sentence, Lin Qingyi felt a sore nose. She rubbed her nose and hummed softly.
The phone was hung up.
When Yan Feiyang saw her coming in from outside after finishing her phone call, he rarely said anything and didn't give her any expression.
When Lin Qingyi came in, she saw Ning Cong'an still sitting there in a daze.
Seeing her staring blankly at her phone, Lin Qingyi looked at her a few times, but in the end didn't go up to her and say anything.
There is still half a day left before the phones need to be handed in, so after everyone makes a simple phone call, it will naturally not end like this.
It has been a month since they came to the island. Except for Tan Xiaoran who secretly hid her mobile phone, many members are curious about the current online comments. Lin Qingyi naturally wants to click on it and take a look.
Lin Qingyi felt a little guilty when she thought that the unfounded entries about herself and Ning Cong'an might be seen by other people.
She looked at Ning Cong'an next to her, hoping that he would not open Weibo.
But those who sign up naturally also have the ability to surf the Internet.
Lin Qingyi learned her lesson this time. She first opened the account registration page and registered a new account for herself. She even registered it while hiding from the camera, for fear that the screen would be seen by sharp-eyed people.
After registering an account, she felt at ease and clicked on the trending searches on Weibo.
The popularity of the first public performance faded very quickly. Yesterday, I could still see some hot search terms about the first public performance, but now I can't see them at all.
Lin Qingyi searched several times before he found a little bit of comments about the first public performance under the entertainment hot searches.
But it is obvious that this should be a hot search bought by the program team. It has nothing to do with the members. It is just a simple first performance.
Seeing that her and Ning Cong'an's entries had disappeared, Lin Qingyi felt relieved. What she least wanted was for Ning Cong'an himself to see them.
She had just registered her account and returned to the dormitory when she saw Ning Cong'an's phone screen was on, and it seemed to be the Weibo interface.
Lin Qingyi scrolled left and right, felt a little bored, and was too lazy to continue reading.
Ning Cong'an next to him seemed to find it boring not to see anything, so he quickly put away his phone. Neither of them chatted with anyone, and they just lay on the bed and rested tacitly.
Yan Feiyang, who was sitting outside, was typing so fast that Lin Qingyi guessed that she was probably chatting with Yan Jieping.
Maybe she was too tired these days. After Lin Qing put away her phone, she actually fell asleep. When she opened her eyes again, the loudspeaker in the dormitory started calling her.
[All members, go to the first floor of the dormitory and hand in your cell phones.]
Lin Qingyi was a little dazed from his sleep. When he opened his eyes and heard these words, he was a little slow to react.
She picked up her phone, the last thing she had access to, and checked the time.
It's already seven o'clock in the evening.
She drew aside the curtains and felt refreshed.
I haven't slept so well in several days.
Hearing the noise, there was also a little sound from the bed next door.
Ning Cong'an opened the curtain a step later than her. When Lin Qing looked up, she saw that the other person's eyes were also dull, as if he had just woken up.
After hearing the announcement over the loudspeaker, everyone took their cell phones and went to the first floor of the dormitory to hand them in.
The timing is just right, I can go eat directly after handing in.
I saw a group of people invade the cafeteria after handing over their mobile phones.
Lin Qingyi originally wanted to go find Tan Xiaoran, but when she saw Ning Cong'an walking alone in front of her, she suddenly felt a little reluctant.
She quickened her pace and walked next to Ning Cong'an and said, "Want to eat together?"
Seeing that it was her, Ning Cong'an nodded and did not refuse.
The next morning, everyone was woken up by the sound of the broken horn again.
The worst off was Lin Qingyi, who was woken up twice in less than 20 hours.
But Lin Qingyi quickly got up and packed up.
The member who had previously livened up the atmosphere in the dormitory had left, and the remaining four people didn't talk much. Compared to the others, they seemed to have no emotions.
The students in other dormitories were all excited when they thought that today was the sports day and couldn't wait for it to start. However, dormitory 409 was relatively silent.
Lin Qingyi took a quick look and still felt that the atmosphere between Yan Feiyang and Cen Jingshu was weird. Although the four of them basically didn't communicate much, she felt that there was some background behind the lack of communication between the two that she didn't know.
But Lin Qingyi wasn't that curious. She just felt strange but didn't say anything to anyone.
The sports meet was still held on the first floor of the dormitory, and then according to the broadcast instructions, everyone moved to another venue.
After talking about holding a sports meet, everyone thought of many venues, but no matter how much they thought, they all wanted to hold it indoors.
Unexpectedly, as we walked, we ended up outdoors.
The members hadn't seen the sun for a month, and they felt a little uncomfortable when they first stepped outdoors.
But soon, everyone started cheering.
There was a large lawn outside.
The first thing Lin Qingyi noticed was not the grass, but the 400-meter track.
Are there really such events at the sports meet? Shouldn't it be long jump, tug-of-war, or something like that?
She was so immersed in the shock brought by the runway that she didn't notice Ning Cong'an next to her. The moment she saw the layout of the venue, her face turned pale.
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