Chapter 144 Brother Tinglan
The recording of the program has finally ended.
Except for the few trainees who debuted, the rest of the trainees returned to their dormitories and began packing their things, preparing to say goodbye to the place where they had stayed for several months.
Because Lu Zimo and Chen Sibai, who lived in the same dormitory with Xia Linxing, had both squeezed into the debut position, Xia Linxing was the only one in their dormitory packing her things.
Although the dormitory was empty and Xia Linxing looked pitiful as he worked alone in the dormitory (from the perspective of other trainees), if you looked closer, you would find that Xia Linxing was humming a song leisurely.
Xia Linxing didn't feel the slightest bit of sadness or jealousy that all the other trainees in his dorm had debuted, while he was the only one who didn't. After all, he had a very clear understanding of himself: for a completely inexperienced trainee like him, making it to the finals of this show was already beyond his original expectations.
His singing and dancing skills are only average, and he didn't use the "money" tricks like in the original novel, so he's been able to stay until now... Xia Linxing is already very satisfied with his performance!
He! Awesome!
Just as Xia Linxing was happily praising herself, she heard approaching footsteps from behind. Xia Linxing subconsciously turned around: "You guys go back - uh..."
Xia Linxing looked at the tall man and the words stuck in her mouth.
The person who came was not Shen Sibai or Lu Zimo, but... "Teacher Xie, why are you here?"
"'Teacher Xie'?" Xie Tinglan first glanced around Xia Linxing's dormitory, then looked at Xia Linxing with a playful look, "The recording of the program has already ended, do you still want to call me 'Teacher Xie'?"
"Uh..." Xia Linxing was stuck.
No, not "Teacher Xie"... What should I call him then? Just call him Xie Tinglan? It's better to call him Teacher Xie, it sounds more polite...
Xia Linxing glanced at Xie Tinglan awkwardly, grabbed a bottle of water from the side, unscrewed it, and tried to cover up his embarrassment by drinking the water.
Xie Tinglan watched Xia Linxing's expression change with interest. After Xia Linxing's expression stopped changing, he slowly said, "Didn't you always call me 'Brother Tinglan' before?"
"puff--"
The water in Xia Linxing's mouth sprayed out directly.
What the hell?! Listen, listen to Brother Lan?
Xia Linxing looked at Xie Tinglan in horror. It was hard to imagine that these four terrifying words came out of Xie Tinglan's mouth.
"Hahaha……"
Xia Linxing's wide-eyed, terrified expression greatly pleased Xie Tinglan. He clutched his stomach and burst out laughing.
What, what happened?
The emotion on Xia Linxing's face changed from fear to confusion, and finally to expressionlessness, amid Xie Tinglan's laughter.
"Sorry, sorry..." Xie Tinglan seemed to have finally finished laughing and waved his hand, "Because Xingxing, your expression is so funny..."
Xia Linxing still stared at him expressionlessly.
"Alright, alright..." Xie Tinglan said with an expression that said, "I give up." "I'm not kidding anymore."
"You used to call me 'Brother Tinglan'."
The name "Brother Tinglan"... was not something he made up, but this name was only used by "Xia Linxing" before he was 8 years old.
He just said...
After hearing what Xie Tinglan said, Xia Linxing breathed a sigh of relief.
He said how could he use such a disgusting name - wait... Xie Tinglan just now, just now... Xia Linxing swallowed hard.
Xie Tinglan...what did you say just now?
"You used to call me 'Brother Tinglan'."
In the past, it was always...
Before the final night, Xie Tinglan's words - "When that time comes, we can talk about how you became a good boy after falling down the stairs..." - once again surfaced in Xia Linxing's mind.
Considering what Xie Tinglan is saying now...
Xia Linxing suddenly had a horrifying guess—
Xie Tinglan, Xie Tinglan... Could it be that he already knew that he wasn't the original "Xia Linxing"?!
With a stiff neck, he slowly raised his head like a rusty little robot.
"What's wrong, Xingxing?" Xie Tinglan lowered his eyes, as if he had no idea what horrible words he had just said, and as if he had no idea what Xia Linxing was thinking. He asked back as if nothing had happened.
“I…I…”
Xia Linxing opened his mouth, wanting to ask Xie Tinglan if he knew anything, but he didn't know how to start.
What if Xie Tinglan was just saying it casually, or just overthinking it? If that were the case, wouldn't he be admitting his guilt?
So he opened his mouth a few times, but finally closed it silently and lowered his head to organize his things again.
"Nothing..." He said in a muffled tone: "I...I just want to ask, Mr. Xie...what are you doing here?"
"Let me help you pack your things..." Xie Tinglan began to stroll around the dormitory. "The car is waiting downstairs. My family called and asked me to help you move your things downstairs."
Outsiders were not allowed to enter the trainee dormitories, so in the past, when trainees left, the remaining trainees would help carry their belongings downstairs. But now, Xia Linxing and the others were the last batch of trainees, and everyone had to leave, so they could only mind their own business. It had to be said that Xie Tinglan's appearance did make Xia Linxing breathe a sigh of relief.
After all, after living here for so long, the luggage seemed to multiply on its own. It was much larger than when he first arrived. It would take Xia Linxing a long time to move everything by himself.
Xie Tinglan looked around at Xia Linxing's bed, Xia Linxing's personal clothes in the closet, and the personal belongings on the table, and finally landed on the bed which he thought was the least likely to go wrong and which Xia Linxing had not had time to tidy up yet.
"Then shall I help you make up the bed first?"
Xie Tinglan asked tentatively, and even made a little joke, "There shouldn't be anything shameful on Xingxing's bed...right?"
How could there be something shameful on his bed?
Xia Linxing was squatting in front of the suitcase stuffing shoes into it. He sneered when he heard this: He didn't even put a package of tissues on the bed!
So, without even raising his head, he said "hmm", "Thank you, Teacher Xie..."
"You can take whatever you want from my bed."
"Okay." Xie Tinglan stepped on the bed ladder and reached out to grab Xia Linxing's pillow. "Then I'll help take off the sheets and quilts first."
"Okay..."
Xia Linxing responded perfunctorily. But when he heard the pillowcase zipper being unzipped, he seemed to suddenly remember something, and he took off from the spot and rushed directly towards the bed.
"Wait, wait!"
"Don't touch the pillowcases and sheets yet!"
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