Chapter 124 I Choose Him
When Xia Linxing pushed the door open with a dejected look, he was greeted by the gazes of all the trainees in the room.
But those looks, how should I put it... some of them are not very friendly.
ah……
Xia Linxing paused as he was about to enter the room, and subconsciously counted the heads in the room: Xie Ting... Oh, this one doesn't count, Chen Sibai, Lin Xiaoman, Cheng Xuezhou... Oh!
Xia Linxing slapped his thigh.
Including him, there are exactly seven people! This means the instructors will have to make a reverse selection!
Xia Linxing suddenly realized: No wonder some trainees looked at me unfriendly...
It's just... Xia Linxing glanced furtively at a certain instructor who had openly fixed her gaze on him since he entered the room, and slowly lowered her head: Alas, if he had a choice, he wouldn't want to come here...
Xia Linxing looked really reluctant when he entered the room, which was in stark contrast to the surprised and excited expressions of the previous trainees when they saw Xie Tinglan in the room.
However, the other trainees expressed their understanding: after all, when they entered the room, the number of people in the room had not exceeded 10, so their hearts and eyes were filled with joy at having opened the blind box and received mentor Xie Tinglan's greetings.
But it was different for Xia Linxing. When he pushed open the door, there were already six trainees in the room. And because the trainees could not change their choices after the door was opened, from the moment Xia Linxing entered the room, it meant that his choice had "failed", and they had to go through the stage of being re-selected by the mentors.
The other trainees can only comfort themselves: although there is a 1/7 chance that they will be kicked out of the group during the reverse selection process, they will at least have a 100% chance of getting footage of the mentor's reverse selection session.
Xia Linxing dragged his feet to the group of trainees. From beginning to end, his eyes were glued to the ground, as if there were some flowers on the ground, anyway, he was determined not to look up.
He also resolutely pretended not to notice the burning gaze that was cast upon him, which had a strong presence.
As long as I don't look at Xie Tinglan, Xie Tinglan won't see me.jpg
Xia Linxing was silently hypnotizing herself when she heard Xie Tinglan speak.
"It seems that all our people have arrived?"
Xie Tinglan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows in amusement as he watched a little ostrich walk past with its head lowered, its eyes not even turning towards him.
Ever since Xie Tinglan learned that this grouping would be a stage for mentor collaboration, he had a guess:
If Shen Sibai chose his group, Xia Linxing would also choose this group.
So after seeing Shen Sibai push the door in, Xie Tinglan kept waiting for Xia Linxing to push the door in.
Sure enough, Xia Linxing came.
Moreover, Xia Linxing clearly looked like she wanted to avoid him, but she still chose the group he was in.
So... his guess came true.
If it was before (breaking the window paper), Xia Linxing's behavior would make Xie Tinglan a little unhappy, but now, Xie Tinglan looked at Xia Linxing meaningfully: How is this not a way to catch stars?
As long as he and Shen Sibai are in the same space, he won't have to worry about not being able to catch a little ostrich...even if the other party wants to hide.
So, Xie Tinglan looked at Xia Linxing, who was looking at the sky and the earth but not at him, and curled up the corners of his mouth with great pleasure.
The staff in the room nodded and answered Xie Tinglan's previous question: "Yes, Teacher Xie, all the trainees have been selected."
"Now, Teacher Xie, you have seven trainees, which exceeds the six-person limit, so you need to make a counter-selection."
"Is that so..." Xie Tinglan nodded and looked at the trainees who had stood up and stood in a row in front of him. His gaze lingered for a moment on one, and the only, figure who lowered his head and looked at his toes.
"What kind of rules will this 'counter-election' follow?"
The staff member replied: "There are no rules. Teacher Xie, you can make your own (rules) and ask the trainees questions, or you can directly choose based on your impression of the trainees."
Xie Tinglan said "Oh" with interest, as if he had thought of something interesting, and curled his lips: "Then let's keep it simple--"
"Everyone, please tell us why you joined this group?"
His peripheral vision casually fell on Xia Linxing, and not surprisingly, he saw Xia Linxing's body tremble slightly.
He found it funny.
The reason why Xie Tinglan asked this question... was purely because of his personal bad taste.
The more Xia Linxing didn't want to see him and the more she acted like she didn't want to talk to him, the more he... wanted to tease Xia Linxing into talking to him.
The reason he chose was also very plausible: if he asked Xia Linxing alone, Xia Linxing could just say "hmm" and "ah" to get it over with; but if he chose this question, Xia Linxing could not escape and had to answer it properly.
After all, since he chose this group, it means that he definitely wants to join this group; even if Xia Linxing is not sincere, he must show his attitude of sincerely wanting to join the group in front of the camera.
Xie Tinglan calmly crossed his arms, wanting to hear what the little ostrich had to say.
Although the trainees felt that Xie Tinglan's request was a bit puzzling - after all, generally speaking, at such times, the trainees would be asked to sing or dance a song of their choice, and then be selected based on their performance - they just explained the reasons and treated it as an interview. The trainees still honestly explained the reasons for choosing this group one by one in the order they entered.
Some said it was because they liked the song, some said it was because they liked the dance, and some honestly said it was because this song suited them best.
But the most honest one is Xia Linxing——
He lowered his head, staring at his toes, his fingers tugging at the edge of his clothes, his voice as soft as a mosquito: "Because, because, the dance for this song... looks the simplest."
The other trainees who were waiting to hear high-sounding words like "passion" and "dream": "..."
Should I say it or not... If other trainees said this reason, they might think that this trainee was being pretentious, but if it was Xia Linxing who said this...
Well, he must be telling the truth.
Xie Tinglan also burst out laughing.
When Xia Linxing heard this, he lowered his head even lower, and his toes in his shoes began to dig into the ground uncontrollably.
Xia Linxing was desperate: What could he do? He couldn't just say he chose according to the original storyline, could he? He was last in line, and all the other trainees had said all the possible reasons. He had no choice but to find another way.
Fortunately, the dance for this song is the simplest among the demos released...which gives him a reasonable excuse.
"Is that so?" Xie Tinglan finally smiled and gave Xia Linxing a meaningful look: "I'm glad you think so..."
Huh? Xia Linxing didn't even bother with the embarrassment and looked up in surprise.
No, what does Xie Tinglan mean?
Why does he have a bad feeling?
However, Xie Tinglan obviously had no intention of answering him online. He turned around and started the reverse selection at the signal of the staff nearby.
"Lin Xiaoman..."
“Chen Sibai…”
…
Soon, the five spots were filled by the first five trainees who arrived.
There is only one spot left, and two unselected trainees - Cheng Xuezhou and Xia Linxing.
Cheng Xuezhou swallowed hard and wiped his slightly sweaty palms on the side of his pants.
He no longer has the confidence he had before: when he was a trainee ranked lower, he felt that he had the same chance of being selected as those trainees ranked higher, and that ranking was nothing. He was confident that the mentors would not be so superficial as to make choices based solely on rankings.
But now, when the person competing with him became Xia Linxing, who was ranked behind him, Cheng Xuezhou began to expect Yu Xie Tinglan to make a superficial choice based only on the ranking.
His ranking is ahead of Xia Linxing, which means that his ability is stronger than Xia Linxing! Xie Tinglan shouldn't give up on him who ranks higher and has stronger overall ability and choose Xia Linxing's... right?
At this moment, countless possibilities flashed through his mind.
Time seemed to be stretched out, and every second was like being tortured on the edge of a knife. Just when Cheng Xuezhou's heartbeat was almost bursting out of his chest, Xie Tinglan, whose eyes had been shifting back and forth between Cheng Xuezhou and Xia Linxing, seemed to have finally made up his mind and finally moved.
"The last spot..."
Xie Tinglan stretched out his hand and pointed at one of them with a clear target: "I choose him..."
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