Chapter 55: First Performance
On the other side, Xie Tinglan was talking to Shen Sibai.
"You were in great shape during the rehearsal just now. As long as you maintain this state, you won't have any problems in the first public performance."
Shen Sibai nodded, "I understand, thank you teacher..."
"Hmm..." Xie Tinglan responded, then changed the subject, "By the way, how is Xia Linxing's health? Is he okay?"
"I remember you and Xia Linxing were in the same dormitory..."
Shen Sibai raised his head in surprise.
Xie Tinglan saw the surprise in his eyes and explained, "When Xia Linxing went to the infirmary before, the staff was busy, so I took him there..."
"Oh..." Chen Sibai nodded, and did not continue to ask why the staff were not available but you, a top star, were free. He just replied: "It should be fine. Xia Linxing has also participated in all the training these days..."
Xie Tinglan nodded, his eyes moving around Shen Sibai's body. "How's your health? Are you feeling any discomfort from the recent training?"
"?" Shen Sibai was a little confused as to why Xie Tinglan asked this, but considering that it might be a show of equal concern from his mentor, he politely replied, "No, I'm in good health."
As if to ease the awkwardness brought about by this sudden concern, Shen Sibai concealedly unscrewed the bottle of water that he had been holding in his hand but had not drunk because of the conversation. He opened it and used drinking water to cover up the awkwardness between him and Xie Tinglan.
Just as he unscrewed the bottle cap and put the bottle to his mouth, he suddenly smelled the rich lemon scent coming out of the bottle.
...lemon flavor?
Shen Sibai's hand paused for a moment, then he put it down calmly and tightened the bottle cap again as if nothing had happened. "Then Teacher Xie, if you have nothing else to do, I will..."
"Oh well……"
Xie Tinglan also finished asking the question he really wanted to ask, and nodded nonchalantly. He had just observed Shen Sibai while chatting, and didn't see anything different about Shen Sibai.
so--
Why did Xia Linxing keep staring at Chen Sibai nervously just now?
Even now, at the doorway, one could still see a pair of eyes observing intently from behind...Huh? Xie Tinglan turned his head and glanced at the doorway.
Where's Xia Linxing? Wasn't she just staring at him furtively?
"Very good……"
When Xia Linxing saw Shen Sibai put the lid of the water bottle back on, he knew that his mission was finally successful!
He happily told the good news to System 999, and System 999 also happily congratulated him. Everyone was as excited as if it was New Year's Day.
"Wow, Little Star, you're such a die-hard fan..."
Seeing Xia Linxing's joyful expression, the trainees in the same group couldn't help but sigh, "You're so happy after just looking at Teacher Xie for a while..."
Xia Linxing was very happy: "?"
What are you talking about!
So scary!
"Alright, alright. We'll have plenty of opportunities to see Teacher Xie in the future. For now, come with me for some practice... We'll be officially performing soon..."
The trainee dragged Xia Linxing away without saying a word, "What's the point of watching secretly? Why don't you perform well on stage and let Teacher Xie come to see you!"
He didn't!
Xia Linxing was dragged away with a wronged look on his face.
…
The first performance officially began.
Xia Linxing was so nervous that she kept spinning in circles backstage.
He said he shouldn't have gone with Zhao Jian just now!
When the performance was about to begin, Xia Linxing was spinning around nervously and was seen by Zhao Jian. Zhao Jian said he had a good way to make Xia Linxing calm down.
Xia Linxing...believed it.
Then Zhao Jian secretly pulled him backstage to see the audience who had already started to enter the venue, and said... this is called early adaptation.
What he said was true, but when Xia Linxing suddenly saw the dark crowd sitting below, he was so nervous that he burped.
Zhao Jian excitedly pointed to a spot and showed it to Xia Linxing: "Look, there are your fans! That's your light board!"
Xia Linxing was very happy, but also more nervous.
"Xing, would you like to drink some water?" Seeing Xia Linxing's extremely nervous look, the trainee in the same group suggested nervously, "I see that you haven't had any water from now on..."
At least do something else to divert your attention.
"No, no." Xia Linxing shook his head and thanked the other party for the kindness. He was already fidgeting with nervousness, and he was afraid that after drinking the water he would have to run to the toilet.
He was now beginning to feel fortunate that their group was scheduled to perform fifth. Originally, Xia Linxing thought this number was too early, but now he just felt that Shen Sibai's number was too good to be chosen.
They can die early and be reborn early!
Soon, it was Xia Linxing's group's turn to go on stage.
Xia Linxing took a deep breath, tried to calm her pounding heart, and stepped onto the stage. The lights slowly dimmed.
As the music started, the memories of practicing day and night in the past few days automatically began to emerge in his mind. The familiar music relaxed his tense nerves little by little.
It seems like everything is slowly getting better.
Until Xia Linxing's most tense high note -
I don't know if it was because Xia Linxing was too nervous, or because he practiced too many times before going on stage, or because he hadn't drunk any water to moisten his throat, but in any case, Xia Linxing's high note this time...
I didn't sing it.
When the first note of the lyrics came out, Xia Linxing knew it was bad.
But his throat seemed to be stuck by something, and it tightened unconsciously, and the harder he tried to use force, the less strength he found.
Several trainees on the same stage cast concerned glances at him as they turned and jumped. Although Xia Linxing adjusted himself in time after catching their gazes, his overall performance was still slightly affected.
The performance is over.
As Xia Linxing bowed to the audience, panting heavily, he was even a little afraid to look up. The strands of hair on his forehead fell down with his movements, covering his faintly red eyes.
"Good! The voting is now closed."
"Then let's see how much support this group of trainees gets from the audience!"
The exciting background music sounded: "The total number of votes received by the fifth group of trainees is——"
“582 votes!”
Considering the total number of votes from the 800 audience members, 582 was actually quite good. At least a few of the other trainees had a little smile on their faces.
The host paused, giving the trainees time to be happy, and then continued to read out each trainee's individual vote count, "Chen Sibai, 167 votes!"
There was an uproar in the audience.
This Shen Sibai actually took nearly 1/4 of the votes in the entire group!
"Lin Wei, 109 votes."
…
"Jian Muyang, 52 votes."
"Xia Linxing——"
"36 votes."
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