Chapter 116: Countdown to Rollover
And Shen Sibai...also confirmed it.
"This is your original performance costume from the Sangong performance, right, Shen Sibai?"
A mobile phone was suddenly handed to Shen Sibai.
Shen Sibai felt a little strange and took a look subconsciously.
On the lit screen was a photo. The photo seemed to have been enlarged, and the picture was a little blurry, but Shen Sibai could still see clearly from the blurred pixels that the enlarged part of the photo was the performance costume that he had not been able to wear during the third public performance.
So he raised his eyes from the phone screen, glanced at the trainee who was "enthusiastically" handing his phone to him, and said "hmm".
“That’s true!”
Cheng Xuezhou, who handed the phone over, suddenly made a fuss, and when Shen Sibai looked at him in confusion, he covered his mouth artificially, looked around, and sneaked up to Shen Sibai.
“Alas, I can’t explain it…or Shen Sibai, you can just look at it yourself…”
As he spoke, he used his fingers to shrink the photo on his phone, revealing the full photo.
“I was actually quite shocked when I saw it on the trending search…”
Cheng Xuezhou sighed long and somewhat artificially: "I thought I saw it wrong, so I came to ask you..."
"I didn't expect it to be true... Sigh... How could Xia Linxing do such a thing?"
Xia Linxing? Star?
Shen Sibai, who had originally had no interest in Cheng Xuezhou's performance, raised his eyes and returned his gaze to the phone after hearing the key words.
The complete photo appeared on the phone - against the dim background of the dressing room, Xia Linxing was holding a pair of scissors, holding a performance costume that he was very familiar with, and was concentrating on destroying it.
His performance clothes...is this how they got damaged?
Cheng Xuezhou was staring at Shen Sibai intently, and when he saw Shen Sibai's expression, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
It really paid off that he risked exposing his phone just to sow discord.
Although the outside public opinion has characterized this incident as "self-directed and self-acted", Cheng Xuezhou is still unwilling to let Xia Linxing go.
He couldn't change the public opinion outside now, but in the program group, he could still let Shen Sibai know the truth of the matter...
"Chen Sibai, are you okay?"
Cheng Xuezhou looked hypocritically concerned: "I know this news will be a big blow to you..."
"I didn't expect Xia Linxing to do such a thing!"
"The audience outside didn't know what was going on and thought Xia Linxing was cutting her own costume, but I could tell something was wrong..."
"Because you've been taking good care of Xia Linxing since the show started, I was thinking..."
Cheng Xuezhou's expression hesitated for a moment, then gradually turned into determination. The emotional progression of the entire performance was quite complete: "You should know the truth! You can't be kept in the dark!"
Chen Sibai glanced up at Cheng Xuezhou. There was no particular expression on his face; his demeanor and emotions were all indifferent, making it difficult for Cheng Xuezhou to tell whether he had succeeded in provoking him.
"I see..." Chen Sibai started, and Cheng Xuezhou politely thanked him: "Thank you for your 'reminder'..."
Although he did feel a little complicated when he saw the photo.
But... he also didn't trust Cheng Xuezhou, who had once tried to trick Xia Linxing (although failed).
He watched Cheng Xuezhou leave with ill intentions and tapped his fingers lightly on the table twice.
The photo Cheng Xuezhou showed him had no traces of photoshop, so it must be real. So…his performance clothes during the third public performance were really ruined by Xia Linxing on purpose.
But why did Xia Linxing do this?
Shen Sibai recalled how Xia Linxing had eagerly tried to help him find a solution after he saw his performance costume was damaged, and he really couldn't understand Xia Linxing's intention.
If Xia Linxing wanted to prevent him from participating in the performance by destroying his performance clothes, Xia Linxing would run around to help him find a solution after his clothes could no longer be worn, and even went to find Xie Tinglan to help him borrow suitable clothes.
If Xia Linxing didn't want to disrupt the performance, there was no need for him to destroy his costume first. "Destroying it first and then trying to repair it" is simply a waste of time.
I always feel like... there's something hidden that he doesn't know...
Wait…Shen Sibai suddenly thought of the third person in this incident.
Speaking of which, why did Xie Tinglan happen to bring a suitable piece of clothing that he could wear to the performance that day?
Does he know something?
Shen Sibai stood up from his chair and decided to go find Xie Tinglan to ask.
He was lucky. When he arrived at Xie Tinglan's lounge, Xie Tinglan was resting there.
When Xie Tinglan saw that the person who pushed the door in was Shen Sibai, he raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"What's up?"
In his opinion, Shen Sibai was a person who would not come to the temple for no reason. He suddenly came here at this time, so something must have happened again.
Xie Tinglan thought about it carefully. He and Shen Sibai seemed to have only one common connection, so he asked directly, "What happened to Xia Linxing?"
Shen Sibai nodded, then shook his head, “I saw the photo on the trending search…”
Xie Tinglan understood.
Before Shen Sibai pushed the door open, he was just looking through the events that Fang Xuyang had compiled for him, covering all the hot searches.
Chen Sibai continued, "I just wanted to ask Teacher Xie why he happened to be wearing that dress on the day of the San Gong performance."
"'Just right'?"
Xie Tinglan raised his eyes and repeated the words in Shen Sibai's words in an ambiguous way, then understood the real meaning of Shen Sibai's words: "Do you think...what happened when you were the Third Duke was planned by Xia Linxing and me?"
Shen Sibai lowered his head, “I didn’t mean that, I just thought it was a bit of a coincidence…”
"Unfortunately, I've been keeping that dress in the closet in the lounge. It's not what you'd call 'just' with me."
"Is that so..." Shen Sibai nodded: "I'm sorry, Teacher Xie, because after I found out that my clothes were damaged, Xingxing immediately asked me to ask you for help, so I got pregnant-"
"You said Xia Linxing's first words were 'I want you to ask me for help'?!"
Xie Tinglan suddenly interrupted him rudely.
"Yeah..." Chen Sibai nodded, not quite understanding why Xie Tinglan suddenly seemed angry, but he still explained for Xia Linxing: "But I refused at that time. I felt that I couldn't trouble Teacher Xie, so Xingxing came here by herself and asked Teacher Xie to help me borrow clothes..."
"So that's how it is..."
Xie Tinglan raised the corners of his mouth with a forced smile.
He seemed to suddenly understand what Xia Linxing was busying about...
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