twenty one
Chapter 21
When Ning Cong'an opened his eyes, the sun was about to set outside.
The warm orange sunset shone in from the window. Ning Cong'an squinted his eyes before he could see the people around him clearly.
Lin Qingyi didn't know how long he had been sitting here. He had already fallen asleep on the edge of her bed.
Ning Cong'an moved her body, and the setting sun found Lin Qingyi's face. She seemed to be illuminated by the light, and her eyelashes trembled slightly. Ning Cong'an paused for a moment and chose to lie back.
But unfortunately, Lin Qingyi had already woken up.
She opened her eyes drowsily, originally wanting to see how the person on the bed was doing, but with her eyes still blurry, she was caught off guard by Ning Cong'an's dark pupils.
Lin Qing was stunned for a moment, then quickly stood up and looked away. Feeling that she had overreacted, she calmed down and tried to maintain her usual voice as she spoke, "How are you? Are you still dizzy? Do you want me to call a doctor?"
"No need, I'm fine." After saying that, Ning Cong'an wanted to get out of bed. Lin Qingyi was worried and wanted to reach out to feel the temperature of her forehead, but the next second, the door of the infirmary was pushed open.
Several tutors, their roommates, and Tan Xiaoran came in from outside.
The sports meet has come to an end. Lin Qingyi applied to stay here to take care of her, so he did not participate in the subsequent recording.
Seeing everyone coming in, Lin Qingyi retracted her outstretched hand. Ning Cong'an looked at her arm hanging at her side without saying a word.
The mentors brought in a doctor and gave Ning Cong'an another thorough examination. Seeing that she was indeed fine, they felt relieved.
Yan Feiyang and Cen Jingshu exchanged a few simple greetings. After all, they were roommates, so Ning Cong'an just expressed his gratitude lightly.
After Tan Xiaoran finished greeting, he stood silently beside Lin Qingyi. He originally wanted to say something, but there were too many people here, and it would not be appropriate for the two of them to gossip in public, so he hesitated for a long time and said nothing.
After confirming that Ning Cong'an was fine, the cameraman arranged by the program team outside also squeezed in and filmed the scenes of them caring about Ning Cong'an. These can be edited and marketed later.
It can be a hot search for good dormitory relationships, but more importantly, it is a hot search for the tutor taking the initiative to care about the members.
Seeing that Ning Cong'an was fine, everyone stopped surrounding her. The instructors left with the camera crew, and Ning Cong'an returned to the dormitory with her other roommates.
Only Tan Xiaoran pulled her sleeve, indicating that they should talk alone.
When Lin Qing saw Ning Cong'an leaving with other roommates, he felt relieved and agreed to talk to Xiaoran.
Tan Xiaoran took her to a place she had never been to before.
It is a place without surveillance, a small space under the stairs.
Lin Qingyi was a little confused. The program team didn't forbid chatting, so why did they have to come to this place alone to chat?
But soon, she understood.
Tan Xiaoran opened the Weibo on her mobile phone, and the trend of Weibo hot searches changed after only half a day.
Her and Ning Cong'an's names were searched hotly and ranked first again.
When Tan Xiaoran clicked on it, the first video that came into his eyes was a video of Lin Qing sleeping on the edge of Ning Cong'an's bed all afternoon.
In the video, Ning Cong'an had woken up at some point and stared at the sleeping Lin Qingyi for a long time.
The video was shot very unsteadily, and the screen was shaking. It must have been shot handheld, and Ning Cong'an didn't notice it. It was probably shot secretly through the crack in the door.
Before this, when Lin Qingyi saw this kind of picture, he felt nothing in his heart. He just thought that these netizens were really good at guessing. However, this video slightly shook Lin Qingyi's heart.
Unbeknownst to her, Ning Cong'an was just looking at her.
Lin Qingyi didn't know what to feel in his heart. He felt sour, but also afraid and worried.
When Tan Xiaoran clicked on the comments below, there were naturally quite a few people supporting this couple, and the number of fans of this couple is growing day by day.
But naturally there are more bad comments below.
Lin Qingyi could still accept that they were selling a fake CP.
But the two of them didn't know when they had fans who were the only ones to follow them, and they had already started attacking each other.
Lin Qingyi slid his finger down and saw a comment.
[This can't be true, right? This is disgusting.]
Lin Qingyi's breathing stopped for a moment, and then he quickly slid away.
Tan Xiaoran called her over alone because she saw these things.
She put away her phone and stopped Lin Qingyi from watching any further.
Tan Xiaoran said seriously, "Although you have a lot of CP fans now, you have to know, are these CP fans really helpful to your career?"
"I don't think it's a big deal if there are too many CP fans, but have you ever thought about what would happen if one day you wanted to go it alone and your fan base was dominated by CP fans?"
Seeing Lin Qingyi was about to speak, Tan Xiaoran interrupted her.
"I don't doubt whether you are in a relationship or not. It's not important. What's important is your image in the public eye."
"If you guys finally debut as a group and are tied together for a year or two, that's fine, but what will you do when the contract expires?"
"You need to think carefully about the impact of such close contact between you two on your careers."
Lin Qingyi knew that Tan Xiaoran was talking about him for his own good and was not a threat to him.
She lowered her eyes and said nothing more.
Seeing her like this, Tan Xiaoran felt a little sorry, patted her shoulder and said, "I know we 11 have always been very kind to everyone, but as a public figure, you must pay special attention to the boundaries between people."
Lin Qingyi still didn't say anything, so Tan Xiaoran gave her some space and said nothing more, letting her go back to the dormitory and think about it carefully.
She returned to the dormitory in a restless mood. She originally wanted to subconsciously check on Ning Cong'an's physical condition, but when she thought of what Xiao Ran had just said to her and the comments on the Internet, she just glanced at Ning Cong'an quickly. The two did not speak to each other all night.
Lin Qingyi lay in bed, she couldn't sleep again.
Whenever she thought of the comments online, she felt vaguely uncomfortable. To be honest, she didn't take those who cursed her to heart, but the ones who cursed Ning Cong'an made her more and more annoyed the more she thought about them.
Unexpectedly, one day, her desire to be friends with someone actually became a means and place for some people to attack her.
friend.
Lin Qingyi rolled this word in his mind.
She turned over gently, but couldn't figure out the word.
Ning Cong'an next door seemed to be still awake.
She never heard the other person's steady breathing, and occasionally there seemed to be the sound of quilt rubbing against each other.
Lin Qingyi suddenly remembered the video.
She could not forget the look in Ning Cong'an's eyes when he looked at her, nor could she understand it.
What exactly does Ning Cong'an mean?
She turned over again, and the person facing her seemed to turn over as well. This time there was a sound of hair rubbing against the pillow.
So close.
Lin Qing was in a state of confusion, but he couldn't find the answer. In the end, he closed his eyes resigned to his fate.
Let’s talk about the future later.
The next afternoon, just as everyone was getting ready for a nap, the speaker in the room suddenly rang.
【Please gather on the first floor of the dormitory now.】
【Please gather on the first floor of the dormitory now.】
The horn honked twice, made some noise, and then died down.
Lin Qingyi was a little confused, but he quickly guessed that it was time to assign the next task.
After relaxing for two days, Lin Qingyi did feel better.
After hearing the broadcast instructions, everyone quickly packed up and went to the first floor of the dormitory. When Lin Qingyi and her friends arrived at the dormitory, there were already many people standing on the first floor.
After everyone arrived, the six instructors entered from the main entrance and stood right in front of them.
Although the mentors were also fully made up, they still couldn't hide their fatigue. It was estimated that this task was a surprise attack by the production team without anyone knowing.
Ke Jiyao stood in the middle, holding the script in her hand, and forced a smile with some difficulty.
"Hello, members. Does this sound a bit sudden? I'm asking everyone to gather here now."
“In fact, our instructors also felt it was very unexpected because we were also notified to come here about half an hour ago.”
"What are we doing here? I'm sure everyone knows. Of course, it's to announce the next mission."
"The next task is the second performance."
"The rules for the second performance were actually announced two days ago after the elimination mission ended. To prevent everyone from forgetting, I'll announce it again."
"For the second performance, the groups are different from the last time. Everyone will choose their own repertoire this time, and there will still be six groups of eight people each."
"If more than eight members choose this song, the members within that group 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."
"So, now, everyone should move to the spare room to choose the music."
Following the instructor's instructions, the 48 members, with nervousness in their hearts, moved to the spare room in a mighty procession.
Of course, it is definitely not as grand as the first performance when the mission was released.
Everyone moves around in dormitories. After living here for more than a month, everyone has basically become familiar with their roommates.
Yan Feiyang and Cen Jingshu, who were walking in front, always kept a little distance from each other. They didn't communicate much in the dormitory. I don't know how they became familiar with each other. Lin Qing thought about it and thought it might be because she and Ning Cong'an were not very talkative.
And Ning Cong'an beside him...
Lin Qingyi glanced at her.
In fact, their relationship is still the same as usual. Apart from training together and communicating, other situations are more like a pair to prevent others from being left alone.
Although neither of them looks like someone who needs a companion, they still eat together on a regular basis, probably because they are roommates.
Lin Qingyi thought about it, were they really too close?
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