Chapter 81 I give up
The situation in the second round of team formation was completely beyond the expectations of the program team.
Yao Xin looked at the artists in the waiting hall in front of the monitor, his brows knitted together and a look of headache flashed across his face. There were too many guests who had not completed the team formation, which made the entire first round of the competition system seem unnecessary. It not only slowed down the progress of the program, but also increased the difficulty of editing.
No one had predicted that so many guests would want to team up with Shen Xingzhi. What surprised and distressed Yao Xin even more was that Shen Xingzhi hadn't even finished forming a team!
According to the rules of the program team, Yan Baiwei, who has the lowest personal love value as the captain, should be the first to choose from all the guests. After choosing one person, they will be ranked in order of love value, and Fan Xinran, Chen He, Chen Xingzhi and the guests will choose from each other. If a guest chooses to stand up, it means that he is interested in being the captain of this round. If more than one person stands up, the captain will choose the guests to form a team.
However, Yan Baiwei's first mutual selection was particularly unsuccessful. Although it was Yan Baiwei who was being recorded selecting team members, the guests' eyes couldn't help but look at Shen Xingzhi, who had a calm expression on the side. Only Li Qingzi stood up decisively, intending to choose Yan Baiwei.
Yan Baiwei and Li Qingzi nodded slightly, without a smile on their faces. She glanced at the guests sitting quietly opposite her, gritted her teeth, and tried hard to suppress the unhappiness in her heart, but the guests' absent-mindedness was too obvious!
How can we record this show?
Shen Xingzhi only has one spot, so why are people still waiting eagerly, not giving her any face at all!
In front of the monitor, Yao Xin also noticed the guests' unanimous gazes. He sighed softly and finally stopped filming. "Let's start filming again. Change the rules. Okay, you go first."
Everyone in the waiting hall was slightly stunned, but no one raised any objections. Everyone stared at Shen Xingzhi who was named by Yao Xin. Shen Xingzhi just raised his eyebrows and glanced at the camera crew with a half-smile.
The host was Chen Xi, who had already formed a team. At Yao Xin's reminder, Chen Xi repeated the opening words for the second round and changed the captain selection order from high to low passion. "...Next, please stand up, guests who chose Team Shen Xing."
Before Chen Xi finished speaking, almost all the unselected guests sitting in the waiting hall had stood up. Even though everyone knew the answer, they still couldn't help but secretly sigh at Shen Xingzhi's influence, the absolute core of the show.
"Someone still hasn't stood up."
Ren Limeng heard the guests whispering beside her. She was sitting on the leftmost side of the second row in the hall. The guests standing in the first row blocked most of her view, but Ren Limeng slowly raised her head and immediately noticed the faint gaze on the platform in front of her.
Shen Xing's jawline was tense, and he stared at her across the crowd with an expressionless face.
The only two guests who did not stand up throughout the whole process were Ren Limeng and Li Qingzi.
Chen Xi also noticed this. "So popular! It seems everyone likes Xingzhi. As a member of Xingzhi's team, I suddenly feel so honored! I also want to thank everyone on Xingzhi's behalf! Xingzhi, before you make your choice, I want to ask Qingzi and Limeng, why don't you stand up?"
The staff first handed the microphone to Li Qingzi, who was sitting in the middle left of the first row. Li Qingzi smiled and repeated the explanation just given in the training room. Shen Xingzhi looked at Li Qingzi, and seemed to be looking at Ren Limeng behind her.
At least Ren Limeng couldn't tell whether Shen Xingzhi was looking at her at the moment.
Many people in the audience couldn't help but look at Ren Limeng. Ren Limeng could feel everyone's surprised eyes, some even wondering "Who is this? Why isn't he standing next to Chen Xingzhi?"
She stood with her back straight, a faint smile on her lips, and her face was calm as if she didn't feel at all that she was "unique" at the moment. She looked silently at Li Qingzi who was speaking, preferring to stare at the back of that dark head rather than looking up at Shen Xingzhi. At the same time, she didn't seem to notice Guan He who had been standing beside Shen Xingzhi with an anxious look on his face, trying to communicate with his eyes.
Ren Limeng almost immediately understood Guan He's unspoken explanation in the corridor of the training room. Especially when she found out that Shen Xing's team was not full, she found it difficult to describe her feelings.
However, from the moment she decided to go to the bathroom, she had already made her choice, and she was not going to change it at all.
This was not a very rational decision, but Ren Limeng just didn't want to have her rhythm inexplicably disrupted by someone like she was doing now. She was afraid that she would not be able to control her fluctuating heartbeat again, and would repeat the same mistakes as before.
She admitted that Shen Xingzhi treated her very differently these past two days, and even... seemed to have said something that was easy for her to misunderstand, but she did not fail to understand!
Backstage at his graduation party, when he suddenly agreed to her marriage proposal, his gentle, smiling eyes were so bright and resolute, unlike the cold and deep eyes of the past, making her think that he had an unspoken affection for her;
On the stage of the school's New Year's Eve party, where they co-hosted it, as the voices of the crowds roared in the early morning countdown to "321," and as they gazed at the dazzling fireworks that filled the sky, Ren Limeng suddenly heard the low, single words of "Happy New Year" in her ears. These few words were enough to keep her tossing and turning, unable to sleep until dawn.
At the club's partner selection meeting, when everyone teased him about choosing her again, he smiled faintly and explained nonchalantly, "Junior and I have a good understanding, we're a good host." For a moment, she felt as if his dark eyes, looking at her, were filled with a turbulent current, carrying a mystery that she was willing to explore her whole life...
Ren Limeng, don't be so self-indulgent. He abandoned you so decisively back then. Even though you were so humble, he divorced you without hesitation. Do you still want to try that feeling again?
The scenes of the distraught days after the divorce were still vivid in Ren Limeng’s mind. She didn’t want to go through the past again. Now, the only thing that could make her heartbroken and keep her going till dawn was her career!!!
She put in so much effort both on and off the show just for the sake of hosting and her own shaky career.
She must find ways to stand out in "Shan Hai". Only in this way can she let the platform see more of her value, leave the agricultural channel and complete the transformation.
She couldn't hesitate any longer, Ren Limeng secretly warned herself.
"Li Meng, what about you? Do you also have someone you love like Qingzi? Speaking of which, you, Qingzi, and Baiwei are all on the same team. Did you three have a prior agreement?"
When Chen Xi thought of this, he exclaimed, and there was a hint of tentativeness in his eyes when he looked at Ren Limeng.
"No, but I do have other plans. Sister Chen Xi, I want to communicate more with other guests and try out new partners."
Ren Limeng smiled sweetly and calmly explained to everyone present why she did not stand with Chen Xingzhi. If she stood out at this moment, it would easily attract hatred. Ren Limeng was not afraid of trouble, but she would naturally not miss the opportunity to calm down the storm with a few words.
It’s just…Shen Xingzhi doesn’t seem to have any intention of letting Ren Limeng go.
"Oh~ that's a pity!"
Chen Xi smiled meaningfully. She turned her head to look at Shen Xingzhi who was watching coldly, and said in a playful tone, "Xingzhi, I bought you a lot of time. Now you should have thought about the last member of our team, right?"
Shen Xingzhi's face was stern, his deep eyes without any warmth, as if he had not noticed the expectant gazes of the guests around him. He just looked at Chen Xi calmly, "I abstain."
"ah?"
Chen Xi exclaimed in shock this time. She was not a professional host to begin with, and Shen Xingzhi's shocking choice made her brain freeze for a moment. Her eyes were filled with incomprehension and disapproval, and her voice became a little shrill, "Xingzhi!"
Shen Xingzhi's second choice of her was a complete exchange of interests.
Chen Xi agreed to help the program team deal with Yue Qian's elimination in the first public performance. Compared to standing up for the young actress that the company is promoting, Chen Xi naturally cares more about her own interests. She has too many ways to prevent her agency from pursuing this "small matter".
Chen Xi kept noticing the eager looks the guests gave Shen Xingzhi. She felt indescribable pride and joy in her heart. Being able to work with Shen Xingzhi was worth her company's efforts.
However, Chen Xi couldn't accept Shen Xingzhi's stubbornness and persistence. Why did he have to choose Ren Limeng?
It was just like that in the training room!
Chen Xi clenched the microphone in his hand, recalling what had just happened.
She originally wanted to team up with a familiar first-line star, and dominate the second public performance with her traffic and status, but Chen Xingzhi hinted to her before the recording that she would team up with Ren Limeng. This was not unacceptable. It was okay to bring her junior sister Li Qingzi, and there was nothing wrong with bringing her schoolmate Ren Limeng.
In the second public performance, Chen Xingzhi was the captain. His ability and status were above hers, and Chen Xi could accept Chen Xingzhi's "dictatorial" behavior.
But isn’t Ren Limeng’s attitude too ungrateful?
Not long after Shen Xingzhi entered the room, he stood up and said he wanted to go to the bathroom. He had no sense of being a "burden". Not only did he not take the initiative, but he even waited until Shen Xingzhi's team time was over and didn't return to the training room!
Chen Xi had been watching from the sidelines, secretly smiling at Shen Xingzhi who was surrounded by the guests, watching him silently refuse without saying a word, and watching the guests continue to recommend themselves without giving up.
She might be the only person in the entire training room who could guess what Shen Xingzhi was thinking. Shen Xingzhi had been patiently waiting for Ren Limeng to come back, until the last second when the program team announced that his 20-minute team formation was over!
Even Guan He...
Chen Xi couldn't help but wonder if it was related to Ren Limeng?
The other guests might not have noticed, but Chen Xi's team had been standing next to Shen Xingzhi. She treated herself as a bystander, observing secretly, and obviously discovered a detail that was very easy to miss -
Shen Xingzhi suddenly led everyone towards Guan He's direction after Ren Limeng left the training room.
Chen Xi didn't believe it, and Shen Xingzhi didn't notice that Ren Limeng had a brief stop and exchange with Guan He before leaving the training room.
Chen Xi sneered secretly. When Guan He saw Shen Xingzhi and his group approaching, he thought it was just an accident. He casually said a few polite words to Shen Xingzhi. Shen Xingzhi actually stared at him for a few seconds and suddenly invited him to join a team.
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