Chapter 8: Doing bad things, but it seems that I am more afraid
That night.
When even the most diligent trainees had returned to the dormitory to rest, a sneaky figure was walking in the corridor, looking back every few steps.
"Cub..."
System 999 watched Xia Linxing walk on tiptoe against the wall, wanting to speak but stopping himself. "Aren't you... giving yourself away?"
The feeling of stealing is about to overflow!
Are they afraid that others don’t know that they are doing bad things?
"But..." Xia Linxing also knew that he was a little frightened now, but this was indeed the first time he did something bad.
Although the original body had already dealt with the order of the performances, Xia Linxing had to complete the task of getting Shen Sibai to perform the song by himself.
Because Xia Linxing and System 999 had no idea who the staff member that the original body bribed was—
It’s not even in the plot!
Perhaps the original author thought this insignificant supporting role was unimportant, so the relevant plot was only briefly mentioned. This made it difficult for Xia Linxing and System 999——
Originally, Xia Linxing could have contacted the other party directly using his cell phone. In the original storyline, this would have been a matter of a text message. Because his original self wasn't someone who came to the competition honestly, when the staff asked him to hand in his cell phone upon entering the base, he only handed in a spare phone.
But the problem is, Xia Linxing came through later.
After Xia Linxing came over and was returning to the audition base from the infirmary, the accompanying staff casually said, "Don't forget to hand in your communication equipment."
The staff was just going through the motions, but the good boy Xia Linxing took it seriously——
He obediently took out the cell phone from his pocket and handed it over.
And that's how it turned out :)
"Go ahead with confidence, my dear." System 999 patted his chest and assured Xia Linxing, "I've checked all the surveillance!"
"There's no one else in the corridor except you now."
Even if there really are people in a place that was missed by the surveillance and they are unlucky enough to see them, they can just say that they planned to stay up late at night to practice in the practice room.
It's much easier to explain than... being caught sneaking around.
So it is better to end it quickly, and the time saved can allow the kid to go back and catch up on his sleep.
"Really?" Xia Linxing hesitated, still unable to control the shame of doing something bad.
"Really? Don't worry!" System 999 patted his chest and promised, "When you get back, I'll secretly hack into the system and overwrite the surveillance footage with yesterday's content."
"No one will ever know you were here today!"
…
In the director's room.
Xie Tinglan sat on the chair, quietly watching the particularly sneaky figure in the surveillance footage.
When Xie Tinglan heard the conversation between other staff members in the office today, he roughly guessed that Xia Linxing was probably going to do something.
Xia Linxing is not a person who can stay content with his lot.
What's more, he is not a generous person.
Originally, Xia Linxing had some grievances against Shen Sibai, and Shen Sibai had previously made Xia Linxing look bad (he failed to find fault and ended up falling down the stairs), so based on his understanding of Xia Linxing, Xia Linxing would definitely not let it go.
Sure enough, after hearing the conversation between the staff during the day, he became more certain of his guess.
But what would Xia Linxing do?
The reason he was sitting here was to find something to hold against Xia Linxing. It would be best if this was enough to get Xia Linxing kicked out of the program.
He really didn't want to endure Xia Linxing's endless harassment and noise for the next few months.
However, he thought Xia Linxing had bribed the staff to do something tricky. Unexpectedly, Xia Linxing was even more stupid than he expected.
He actually went out in the middle of the night and did it himself.
It saved him some trouble.
However, Xie Tinglan looked at the figure in the surveillance footage and slowly frowned.
This attitude of having the courage to plan but not the courage to do it...what's going on?
…
"It's just after turning left, kid!"
"Come on! Only one step left!"
The encouraging voice of System 999 made Xia Linxing, who had been frightened all the way, breathe a sigh of relief.
Great, it’s finally here!
Along the way, Xia Linxing was so nervous that her heart almost stopped beating:
The curtains were blown by the wind, and Xia Linxing was startled;
The lights in the corridor flickered, and Xia Linxing jumped in surprise;
The wind made a sound as it blew through the corridor, and Xia Linxing jumped again;
…
Xia Linxing was so scared that he felt embarrassed.
Fortunately, hard work pays off, and Xia Linxing finally found the door of the coordination office. He carefully pushed open the door.
The office was pitch black. Xia Linxing didn't dare turn on the lights. He could only open the office door wide to let the light from the corridor pour into the office.
"Cub, find the file!"
"Okay!" Xia Linxing started to work around the desk like a hardworking little bee.
"Registration form for the first stage performance...Registration form for the first stage performance..."
"Ah! Here it is!"
Xia Linxing raised the folder in his hand with joy.
"Hurry, hurry, turn to the back and see the song Shen Sibai is performing." System 999 was also happy.
"Okay, I'll flip it over!"
“Crash—”
“Crash—”
After a few rustling sounds, Xia Linxing exclaimed in surprise: "I found it! What he's going to perform is—"
"What is it?"
A cold voice suddenly sounded above Xia Linxing's head.
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