Chapter 53: So Touched, But Dare Not Move
One public day.
"Xia Linxing, what happened to you today?"
In the dressing room, Shen Sibai, who had already finished her makeup, asked Xia Linxing, who was sitting in front of the makeup mirror and looked very uneasy, with concern.
Since getting up this morning, Shen Sibai felt that Xia Linxing was a little strange:
After he finished washing up, he invited Xia Linxing to go to the dressing room to do her hair. Xia Linxing, who used to agree obediently, actually found an excuse to refuse. When Shen Sibai asked him the reason, Xia Linxing stammered and couldn't say it. In the end, he could only stammer that he had something to do, and then ran away alone in a hurry as if there was a ghost chasing him.
When he came back, Xia Linxing, who said he had something to do, only had a bottle of water in his hand.
Originally, Shen Sibai thought that what Xia Linxing said was over, but after returning, Xia Linxing... was still weird.
Not to mention that he kept holding the bottle of water tightly in his hand, even holding it tightly in his hand when he was putting on makeup, which attracted the makeup artist's teasing. Just to mention that while he was putting on makeup, Xia Linxing didn't know how many times she had secretly looked at him.
But Xia Linxing didn't know that his little action had been discovered by Shen Sibai a long time ago, and he still glanced at him furtively out of the corner of his eye.
"Is it...nervous?"
Chen Sibai thought about it and finally came up with only this guess: After all, the performance is different from the first stage. During the first stage, there are only the instructors and other trainees who are also very nervous in the audience, but the performance has more to face than just that - they also have to face the audience.
"Relax..." Chen Sibai stood beside Xia Linxing. He originally wanted to touch Xia Linxing's head to comfort her, but when he saw the curly hair that had just been done, he changed the direction of his hand and placed it on Xia Linxing's shoulder, patting her. "We practiced very well. Didn't Teacher Zhou praise us before?"
Chen Sibai was talking about the pre-performance quiz that had just ended.
After all, the program team also has to ensure the quality of the stage. They cannot let the trainees perform publicly directly after practicing on their own. This is irresponsible to the audience.
Although the program team has assigned mentors to each group of trainees, one mentor is responsible for several groups. In addition, the mentors do not stay in the program team 24 hours a day, and they also have their own jobs, so strictly speaking, the teaching time is actually not much.
So the program team recorded a short test. When the trainees had almost finished practicing, they asked them to perform in front of the mentors and give them evaluations and suggestions for improvement.
This was the small test that Shen Sibai was talking about.
Speaking of this, Xia Linxing, who was already nervous, suddenly became even more nervous. He was originally just nervous about drugging Shen Sibai's water and had been fidgeting anxiously waiting for the opportunity, but Shen Sibai mentioned the quiz again...
Xia Linxing suddenly became so nervous that the fingers holding the bottle began to turn white.
What Shen Sibai said was not wrong. During the quiz, they were indeed praised by instructor Zhou Xubai, but at the same time, their group's shortcomings were also pointed out sharply.
In Xia Linxing's part, his high note... wasn't very good.
It’s not that Xia Linxing can’t sing, it’s just that his level is... a little unstable.
For example, out of ten times, he would often fail to sing three or four times.
During the quiz, Xia Linxing was nervous and couldn't sing. Although he was able to sing it again when he sang it alone with the encouragement of several instructors, it was still a huge problem.
Even though you only fail to sing three or four times out of ten...it seems that the probability is okay, but when you are on the stage, you will have two choices: "not being able to sing" and "singing".
Just "0" and "1", no percentages.
So after being "comforted" by Chen Sibai... Xia Linxing, who was originally only worried about whether he could complete his task, suddenly remembered that he seemed to be worried about whether he could complete his first public stage smoothly. His little face, which was already painted with foundation, instantly became paler, and the bottle that he had been holding in his hand was squeezed and made a sound.
Woohoo, so tight and dirty, so tight and dirty...
Xia Linxing felt so busy - he was almost too nervous to handle it!
So Xia Linxing thought about it and decided to do it one by one - after getting nervous about the first one, he could get nervous about the second one!
He looked down at the bottle in his hand.
The water bottle in his hand was undoubtedly the task item he had specially prepared this morning after sending Shen Sibai away - water with medicine added.
However, because of his own painful lessons before, Xia Linxing learned from his mistakes and made some small adjustments to prevent Shen Sibai from accidentally drinking the water in the bottle.
He replaced the original water with a lemon-flavored sports drink.
——The kind where you can instantly smell the lemon scent when you unscrew the bottle cap and get close.
——In this way, even if Shen Sibai didn’t notice that his water bottle had been replaced, as long as he unscrewed the lid, he would realize that something was wrong and would not actually drink it!
Originally, Xia Linxing planned to go to the cafeteria and ask the auntie who served the food for some salt, sugar, or other things with distinct flavors to add to the water with dissolved medicine. That way, as soon as Shen Sibai took a sip and tasted the water, he would know that something was wrong and would stop drinking it.
But Xia Linxing, who has become quite cautious now, feels that it is still not safe enough. For example, what if Chen Sibai just drinks the water when he is thirsty?
It's well known that when people are extremely thirsty and frantically guzzle water, the water first enters their stomach, and only then does their brain register the taste of the water. Xia Linxing didn't dare, nor did he want to, gamble on this possibility.
So the super smart Xia Linxing had an idea -
Replace the drugged plain water with a drugged lemon-flavored sports drink! This way, Shen Sibai will be able to find out something is wrong before he drinks it!
Humph, Xia Linxing is no longer the same as before!
If System 999 hadn't stopped him, Xia Linxing would have even wanted to get some ink to adjust the color of the water, making it easier for Shen Sibai to notice anything was wrong.
At that time, he only needs to find Shen Sibai's water, pour the water in his bottle to the same amount as Shen Sibai's bottle, and then switch them. The perfect substitution will be completed!
What a perfect plan!
So from the moment he entered the dressing room until now, Xia Linxing had been stealthily watching Shen Sibai, trying to find a suitable opportunity to change the water.
Originally, Xia Linxing was planning to wait for an opportunity, but considering that if this task was not completed, he would always remember it and would not be able to concentrate on the next stage, Xia Linxing decided to make a quick decision.
Die early and be reborn early!
But perhaps because he felt guilty and a little unnatural, Shen Sibai noticed his abnormality and stood beside him to comfort him.
While accepting the comfort from Chen Sibai, Xia Linxing was whining in her heart:
I was so touched, but I didn't dare move.
For the first time, Xia Linxing felt that the protagonist was too nice... but that didn't seem like a particularly good thing. QAQ...
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