Chapter 35: Beep—Good Guy Card!
Xie Tinglan was standing at the door of the balcony, one hand on the glass door.
He was originally on his way back to his lounge. After a day of watching the trainees dance to the theme song, even Xie Tinglan felt mentally exhausted. However, as he passed the small balcony, he saw a figure that clearly shouldn't be there.
This is the rest area for the mentors. Generally speaking, trainees will not appear in this area.
One reason is that it is extremely impolite to ask the instructor for guidance without the instructor's permission. The other reason is that there are no cameras here. Even if some trainees want to create a studious image, it will be all in vain without camera records.
So when Xie Tinglan saw a figure in the corridor who was clearly wearing the trainee uniform, his first reaction was that a trainee was secretly doing something that was not allowed.
For example, secretly using mobile phones to surf the Internet, secretly making phone calls, and even secretly smoking...
But when he saw that the person who turned around was Xia Linxing, and that the other person's eyes were red, he overturned his conclusion in a second.
"What's going on?" Xie Tinglan walked slowly into the balcony.
When Xia Linxing left the assessment classroom, he was as lively as a happy puppy, but he disappeared in the blink of an eye. How come he became like this crying face?
Could it be... that I was bullied?
As soon as this thought came to mind, Xie Tinglan himself was surprised.
This seemed to be the second time he had this outrageous idea.
But... looking at Xia Linxing's red eyes and aggrieved look:
His lips were slightly pursed, with the corners of his mouth drooping unhappily. His eye circles were red, and even the tip of his nose was a little pink. His shoulders were slightly hunched, and the whole person looked... like a puppy drenched in the rain, wet.
...also looks pitiful.
Xie Tinglan suddenly understood why Xia Linxing had believed him when he had shown such a pitiful and innocent look in front of his family and friends.
It’s just… Xia Linxing had even given more exaggerated and (in his opinion) more artificial performances in the past, but at that time he was still able to completely ignore it.
But now…
"I, I'm fine..." Xia Linxing quickly stood up from the railing, wiped his face quickly, and straightened his back.
It was like trying to hold on to the last bit of stubbornness.
"I just...just...came here to see the scenery..."
Xie Tinglan was kind enough not to expose the other party's clumsy lie. He walked to Xia Linxing's side and asked casually, "Are you missing home?"
Xia Linxing shook his head in frustration.
"Are you dissatisfied with the results of the theme song assessment?"
Xie Tinglan leaned against the railing. Although he knew that this was unlikely, he still spoke to comfort her, "You've tried very hard..."
"For someone with absolutely no background to be able to learn a song and dance and perform it completely in such a short time is already quite impressive."
"Other trainees have been practicing for many years, and their fundamentals are far more solid than yours, so... you don't need to compare yourself to other trainees."
"Really?" Xia Linxing suddenly raised his head and looked at Xie Tinglan, "Have I really... tried very hard?"
At this moment, his carefully constructed psychological defenses suddenly collapsed. Xie Tinglan's words were like opening the floodgates of his emotions, and his eyes were filled with tears.
"Plop", a drop of hot tear fell and hit the ground.
"Have I really...really tried hard enough?"
Xia Linxing was not sad about being scolded by netizens for his song selection - when he decided to do this according to the original plot, he already had an expectation of the evaluation after the show was broadcast.
He was sad because—
No one likes my own stage.
He practiced so hard for so long and wanted to present a good stage to the audience, but no one cared.
Although he knew he was playing a negative role, he still felt sad when the moment really came.
However, Xia Linxing had already coaxed herself, but Xie Tinglan said that sentence -
He said, “You’ve worked hard enough.”
Just these one sentence made the emotions that he had finally controlled collapse again, and tears fell uncontrollably.
"Why are you so wronged?"
Even Xie Tinglan was a little stunned. He reached out and lifted Xia Linxing's face, wiping away the tears with the back of his hand.
"What happened?"
"No, nothing..." Xia Linxing's tears continued to fall, but she was still stubborn and refused to admit that she was feeling wronged.
"If you don't tell me, I'll ask someone else..." As he said that, Xie Tinglan was about to put his hand away and pretend to leave.
"Don't!" Xia Linxing quickly grabbed Xie Tinglan's hand and stammered, "I am, I am..."
"I just heard some of the discussion about the first episode..."
Xie Tinglan finally understood.
"Is this what you're sad about?" He looked at Xia Linxing with a bit of amusement.
He hasn't watched the entire first episode yet, but he does know a little about the comments and trends on the Internet.
He took out his cell phone, clicked on the relevant entry and took a look, and instantly understood why Xia Linxing was sad.
"This is just a way for the program team to stir up topics."
"It wasn't meant to be directed at you."
"Don't worry, when the next episode airs, no one will scold you anymore."
"Really?" Xia Linxing raised her eyes eagerly. Her eyes were wet from crying, and her curly hair had drooped a lot due to her depression. She looked more like a poor puppy caught in the rain.
"It's true." Xie Tinglan found it a little funny, "Why would I lie to you?" He just didn't expect that Xia Linxing, who had always been so arrogant and seemed to only bully others in his eyes, would have such a fragile side.
Just because I was scolded by netizens, I would hide in a corner and cry alone.
I dare not let anyone find out.
...kind of cute.
But as soon as this thought came to mind, Xie Tinglan suppressed it calmly.
"Okay, stop crying." Xie Tinglan began to change the subject: "If you cry again, you will have to record the show tomorrow with swollen eyes."
"Or are you planning to withdraw from the competition tomorrow?"
"Oh..." After being comforted by Xie Tinglan and crying to vent out his accumulated emotions, Xia Linxing felt much better.
He wiped the tears from his face and stood up straight, "I, I'm fine..."
"You're 'okay' now..." Xie Tinglan looked at his wet, tear-stained hands and almost laughed out of anger.
Originally, it was already strange enough that he used his hand to wipe Xia Linxing's tears. By the time Xie Tinglan realized what he had done, Xia Linxing had already held his hand (to prevent him from asking other people), so he couldn't take it back immediately.
But now, Xia Linxing actually took his hand to wipe away the remaining tears on her face.
Even after wiping his palms, he turned his hands over and continued wiping with the back of his hands.
Xie Tinglan almost laughed out loud: "How do I use my hands?"
Xia Linxing replied honestly: "It's a little hard." It's mainly the bones that are hard, but the skin is quite smooth.
You picked it?!
Xie Tinglan originally wanted to say a few sarcastic words to Xia Linxing, but when he lowered his head, he saw Xia Linxing's red eyes. The wet puppy eyes made his words roll around on his lips for a few times, and finally he swallowed them back.
"Then you should go back to the dormitory early. The director will be looking for someone by then..."
"Oh oh." Xia Linxing nodded honestly and left the balcony honestly.
Just before stepping out of the balcony door, he seemed to remember something, and suddenly turned around, looking at Xie Tinglan and said solemnly: "Teacher Xie!"
"Hmm?" Xie Tinglan raised his eyes nonchalantly.
“You are such a good person!”
Xie Tinglan: “…”
Xie Tinglan: “?!”
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