Chapter 12 He Can't Do It
Because he was "working overtime" to steal in the middle of the night, when Xia Linxing woke up the next day, he was the only one left in the dormitory.
Xia Linxing sat up from the bed with sleepy eyes, his eyes still hazy. His oversized pajamas hung loosely on his body, and the neckline was tilted, revealing half of his collarbone and a patch of fair skin.
There were still marks on his face from the wrinkles of the pillowcase, and his slightly curly, fluffy chestnut hair stuck up messily on his head. The early morning sunlight shone through the curtains that didn't block out much light and fell on him, casting a fluffy shadow on the quilt.
Xia Linxing stared blankly at his own shadow for a moment before turning his head to look around. When he saw the other trainees' beds, he was visibly stunned, a look of bewilderment in his eyes.
...Where is he?
"Baby, you're awake..." System 999, which had been paying attention to Xia Linxing, immediately said hi to its darling baby enthusiastically as soon as it detected that Xia Linxing had woken up.
After hearing the voice of System 999, Xia Linxing's brain, which had not yet fully awakened from sleep, finally started to work.
Ah... Xia Linxing blinked twice, and he remembered: he was in the world of the book, completing the task of playing "Xia Linxing".
Speaking of missions…
The events of last night began to resurface in his mind.
Xia Linxing shuddered and quickly shook his head, trying to shake off the image in his mind.
He couldn't recall it! He had finally forgotten it! He desperately needed to think of something else to distract himself.
Oh right, the mission! Xia Linxing's eyes lit up. Although the process of completing the mission was not...very smooth, but judging from the result, he finally completed the mission successfully -
He already knew what the protagonist Shen Sibai would perform on the first stage!
So today, he is going to find the assistant lady to report the show he is going to perform.
Xia Linxing climbed down from the bed quietly.
The other trainees in the dormitory had long disappeared. They probably went out early to prepare for the recording of their first stage.
As for why no one called Xia Linxing, one reason is that "Xia Linxing" is not popular, and the other is that the impression left by "Xia Linxing" is that he has a "bad temper" - this can be seen from the fact that he was picking on Shen Sibai before the official recording started.
So the trainees in the same dormitory had no idea whether this spoiled young master needed practice just like them. What if they kindly woke him up, but he didn't appreciate it and instead blamed them for disturbing his sleep? So, based on the principle of less trouble, the others tacitly agreed not to wake Xia Linxing.
If this happened to someone who wasn't content, they might even create a story about being bullied and ostracized by fellow trainees. But Xia Linxing was completely oblivious to this. He quickly tidied himself up and happily opened the door to look for his former assistant.
He was even telling System 999 on the way that the people in the dormitory were really nice. They were so quiet when they got up early that they didn't wake him up.
System 999, who probably knew a little bit of the truth: "..." Never mind, let its cubs believe it...
To get to the assistant's office, you need to pass through the trainees' rehearsal room.
Xia Linxing was listening to the song played for him by System 999 and humming the melody as he passed by. What he saw was the scene of other trainees wearing their loose clothes and sweating in the classroom.
Xia Linxing, who saw this scene for the first time, stopped unconsciously.
In the practice room, even though the air conditioner was running non-stop, the mirror on the wall would occasionally be covered in a thin layer of mist due to the heat from the trainees standing close to it.
One after another, trainees stood in front of the mirror, wearing headphones, repeating their dance moves over and over again, striving to make every expression and every fixed pose flawless.
Opened and sometimes empty plastic bottles of energy drinks littered the walls and corners. Sweat trickled down their foreheads, cheeks, and chins, melting into the dark, already soaked marks on their clothes.
Obviously, they had been training for an unknown amount of time before Xia Linxing arrived.
"999, they..."
Xia Linxing leaned against the small window on the door and said in admiration, "Everyone is so serious..."
"Yeah..." System 999 was also very moved: "After all, debuting is the dream of every trainee..."
"Then we..."
Xia Linxing lowered her head and pursed her lips. After a moment, she asked 999 in a low voice, "If we do it like the plot says, isn't that a bit... not so good?"
Xia Linxing, who had never paid any attention to the entertainment industry in his previous life, actually had no idea about "talent shows" or "first stage".
But at this moment, when he saw these trainees he didn't know, all practicing spontaneously in the classroom early in the morning just to present a perfect first stage, the good boy Xia Linxing felt his conscience condemned.
It seemed that he could no longer treat his "first stage" as just an ordinary task as before.
He couldn't do it... to trample on other people's efforts and look down on other people's dreams with a clear conscience.
“999…”
Xia Linxing stood in front of the small window at the door of the practice classroom, looking at the trainees who were practicing attentively inside, his eyes gradually became firm.
"I, I want to prepare well for my first stage."
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