Chapter 34 What are you doing here?
Xia Linxing was originally stunned by Shen Sibai's rare smile, but then he heard words that shocked him.
"ah?!"
What? !
A?!
Is Shen Sibai still in Class A? !
Did he hear wrong?!
Xia Linxing began to doubt his life.
He had been pestering Shen Sibai so much that Shen Sibai spent almost all of his practice time teaching him to sing and dance——
How come Shen Sibai still got an A? !
Is this... the protagonist's talent? !
Xia Linxing opened her eyes wide and stared blankly at Shen Sibai in front of her.
Chen Sibai didn't know why Xia Linxing suddenly looked completely stunned. He gently pulled at one of Xia Linxing's hairs that had stood up from all the jumping around, trying to get him to reconnect: "Thanks to you this time..."
At first, Chen Sibai also thought that Xia Linxing came to him to learn the theme song with the intention of finding fault; so, originally, he just wanted to be perfunctory.
Unexpectedly, Xia Linxing really came to learn from him; so, in order to teach Xia Linxing well, he spent more energy learning the theme song.
Xia Linxing, whose signal had just been reconnected, shuddered: "?"
Huh? What does that mean?
Shen Sibai said slowly: "It's because of you that I can practice the theme song so well."
He was so skilled that when facing the camera, his body seemed to have its own consciousness and moved automatically.
So, everything is so logical-
He obtained an A rating quite smoothly.
W-What?!
Xia Linxing was completely stunned this time.
Because of him?!
Xia Linxing pondered Shen Sibai's words several times, and finally reacted -
Because he pestered Shen Sibai to teach him, Shen Sibai had to study the theme song more deeply in order to teach him who had no foundation at all.
In other words—
Xia Linxing's eyes slowly turned red bit by bit.
He, he messed up again?
"No, cub! You can't think like that!"
System 999 was comforting Xia Linxing in the background, fearing that Xia Linxing would be devastated and unable to recover: "You've done very well!"
"There is absolutely no problem with your starting point (of the mission)!"
However, Shen Sibai wasn't a pre-programmed program after all. Even if this was a fictional world, he was still a living person in it.
He has his own likes and dislikes, his own ideas, and his own things to do.
This is something Xia Linxing cannot control.
So, "Don't be discouraged, kid!!!"
"You really, really, really did a great job!"
Its host was already quite obedient and diligently completed the mission. It was just that the mission's direction was beyond its host's control. What did that have to do with its good cub?!
"I, I understand..." Xia Linxing's voice choked with sobs. He knew perfectly well that System 999 was trying to comfort him, and that no one would blame him for failing the mission, but he still couldn't help but feel lost.
"I, I'll go back to the dormitory first..." He lowered his head, covered his red eyes with his hair, tried to calm the emotions in his voice, and said to Shen Sibai. Then, without waiting for Shen Sibai to answer, he ran away.
Xia Linxing returned to the dormitory.
He was so distraught that he even walked in a floating manner, as if his soul was not in his body, and he made no sound even when he walked.
Because of this, the trainees inside the door did not hear the sound of Xia Linxing returning.
They are chatting.
"Hey, did you know the first episode has already aired?"
It was Ding Shaoyuan's voice.
Xia Linxing paused as he was about to push the door open. He was a little unsure if going in at this time would interrupt Ding Shaoyuan and the others' conversation.
Just as he was about to leave and find a place to calm down, he heard the responses from the other trainees inside the door.
"I know... I also know that someone became a trending topic after the first episode aired..."
"Ah, really?! Who is it?!"
Ding Shaoyuan's voice was mysterious: "It's far away in the sky and yet it's right in front of us..."
"Huh? Which one of you two?"
"No!" Ding Shaoyuan's voice rose in anger at the other party's lack of understanding: "I'm talking about the bed opposite you!"
"Oh oh..." The trainee finally realized: "It turned out to be Xia Linxing..."
"His debut performance was indeed quite good...it's normal for it to be trending..."
"Then you're wrong..." Ding Shaoyuan's tone was smug and a little gloating: "That trending search is full of people cursing Xia Linxing..."
"Alas..." He let out a long, mock sigh, "Poor Xia Linxing, she was sacrificed in the first episode..."
Originally, he was jealous of Xia Linxing because he and Shen Sibai had the same song and was able to get a lot of screen time on the first stage. Now it seems that more screen time is not necessarily a good thing.
"Poor Xia Linxing is still being affectionate and affectionate with Shen Sibai..."
"If he knew that he was being scolded like that online because of Shen Sibai, I wonder if they would still be able to stay together~"
Xia Linxing was completely stunned at the door.
What, what does it mean?
What did Ding Shaoyuan mean by that?
"999..." Xia Linxing's voice trembled. "What's going on with the trending search Ding Shaoyuan mentioned?"
Didn’t System 999 say that all the comments online were praising him?
Why is it different from what Ding Shaoyuan said? !
It’s over, it’s over, it’s over!
When Ding Shaoyuan said the first sentence, System 999 knew something was wrong. But it couldn't tell Xia Linxing to leave immediately—that would be too much of a cover-up! Its child was naive, not stupid. Such an obvious move to chase someone away made it hard not to notice something was wrong.
So it could only watch its darling cub with a painful mask as he listened to the whole story, and heard the truth that it had managed to deceive and conceal with great difficulty.
Ding Shaoyuan, you are truly guilty of a heinous crime!!!
"Hey kid... that's because..." System 999 only felt that when it was pre-loaded at the factory, the vocabulary library was not rich enough, so it couldn't come up with a reasonable explanation now, "It's because, it's because..."
"I know, 999..." Xia Linxing's eyes, which were originally just slightly red, were now completely red. "I know you are doing this for my own good and don't want me to be sad." That's why she concealed the truth and told him a beautiful lie so that he could participate in the theme song assessment with peace of mind.
"No, kid!" System 999 frantically tried to comfort him, "The compliments to you are also true!!!" It really wasn't making this up! It just hid the bad reviews from Xia Linxing, but the comments praising Xia Linxing were real!
It’s a pity that System 999’s credibility in Xia Linxing’s eyes is no longer good enough, but Xia Linxing still regards these words as a consolation from System 999.
"I know, 999."
He wiped his eyes with his sleeve and said, "I'm fine. I just need some time alone..."
Xia Linxing left the dormitory quietly, as if he had never been there.
He walked aimlessly until he came to a small balcony, where he didn't know exactly where it was. The balcony was very remote and no one passed by it at all.
Xia Linxing leaned on the railing, looking at the scenery in the distance and feeling the cold wind outside. His originally excited emotions slowly calmed down.
He just needs to be sad for five more minutes.
Xia Linxing said to himself.
After 5 minutes, he will forget everything he just heard.
I can't cause trouble for System 999, I can't let 999 worry anymore...
Just as he had put forward his "ambition", a familiar voice sounded behind him.
"What are you doing here alone?"
Xia Linxing looked back with red eyes.
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