Chapter 48
The song selection for this group was not decided by drawing lots, so the impact of the original book's plot was limited. Except for Wei Ziyu and Jiang Chenglu who were still in the same group, Chu Yu and Luo Jiayu's choices were different from those in the original book.
The name of the sixth song is "December". As the name suggests, it is a lyrical slow song with the theme of snowy December.
In the original plot, the members of this song were all unknown minor supporting roles, so naturally they did not make any splash in the subsequent official performance.
But when the instructor played the sample video for them, Luo Jiayu watched it very carefully. The female singer in the video, with artificial snow draped over her shoulders and quietly holding a guitar and singing a solo in front of the microphone, reminded him of Chu Yu in high school.
It was one night after evening self-study get out of class. The two of them sneaked into the school auditorium through the window. For fear of being discovered, no lights were turned on. Only the flashlight held by Luo Jiayu illuminated the people on the stage. His childhood friend sat casually on the stage and sang an old song from more than ten years ago in front of him, the only audience member.
In fact, Luo Jiayu has always felt that if it weren't for the audition rules, his childhood friend wouldn't have to learn these singing and dancing skills, and could still stand on the stage and move the audience.
What suits Chu Yu best is to stand quietly in front of the microphone, immerse himself in his own world to feel a song, and then bring his little world to other listeners. Although he is not aware of it, the clean singing voice itself can bring power.
That's why he so confidently suggested that he choose the sixth song. The sixth song may not be suitable for many people, nor for the overall atmosphere and style of the show, but it must be the most suitable for him.
The number of trainees who chose Chu Yu's team was the least. Even when it came to Luo Jiayu, who was ranked 54th, there were still two spots left in the team, which meant that he and the last-placed trainee were transferred in together.
After the long song selection process, it was time for the exciting election of captain and division into groups A and B.
Song Lai's eyes sparkled, and she clenched her fist into a fist and punched Chu Yu's arm: "Handsome boy, wherever you plan to go, I'll follow you."
Chu Yu turned his head stiffly and looked at the shy hunk who was a head taller than him.
Song Lai shyly twisted her body and said, "Although my heart has been broken into 180 pieces, and each piece has fallen in love with a different man, handsome boy, you are still the one at the top of my heart."
Chu Yu turned his head in slow motion and looked for help at Luo Jiayu, who was rubbing his hands and eager to run for team captain.
Luo Jiayu noticed his childhood friend's actions and glanced at Song Lai with a look of vigilance: "Buddha does not save durians."
"..." Song Lai frowned, stamped his feet, and shook his head, "What a straight man who doesn't understand romance."
The straight man, who didn't understand romance, sneered and leaned forward to confront him solemnly: "How dare you define me as a straight man?"
As soon as these words came out, people around him, whether familiar or unfamiliar with him, all looked at him sideways.
Chu Yu was also stunned and blinked several times at his childhood friend's back.
Song Lai stared at the handsome face in front of him with suspicion, which looked a little sick, and hesitated to say a word: "You...?"
"What if I'm a plastic bag from Walmart?" Luo Jiayu said calmly.
The pattern is too small.
Song Lai raised his eyes and rolled them in shock.
Chu Yu nodded thoughtfully, as if considering the probability of this situation happening.
The probability that his childhood friend is actually a Walmart shopping bag disguised as a human is small, but definitely not zero.
Luo Jiayu went on stage to run for the team captain, leaving Chu Yu to listen to Teacher Zhao in his mind asking him:
"Haven't you ever told your childhood friend about your sexual orientation?"
“No,” Chu Yu replied. “He didn’t ask.”
Teacher Zhao looked puzzled and asked, "So you guys have never discussed sexual orientation?"
Chu Yu thought about it and it seemed like there was once.
The two of them sat on the rooftop, each holding a bottle of Coke, looking into the distance and enjoying the breeze. Halfway through, Luo Jiayu mentioned it casually and asked him, "Brother, we've been together for so many years, why have I never seen you like any girl?"
His answer at the time was that he did not have such worldly desires.
Then the two of them drank Coke while enjoying the cold wind for the whole afternoon. After coming back, one of them had a cold and stayed in bed for a whole day, while the other had a cough and drank half a bottle of medicine.
"..." Teacher Zhao was silent for a long time, and finally chose to give up understanding, as long as the young man was happy.
Because there were no trainees who ranked particularly high among those who chose the sixth song except Chu Yu and Song Lai, and there were only two people in the entire sixth team including Luo Jiayu who was running for captain, he became the captain of Group A without any resistance, and returned triumphantly with the intention of recruiting new members.
Their song is a five-member group, and with the addition of their childhood friend, the wiggle, and the love-brained Song Lai, who must stick to his childhood friend in the short term or else he'll lose all his good qualities, there are still two spots left.
"I really don't want to add you." Luo Jiayu wrote down the team members on the roster while talking to Song Lai standing in front of him without looking up. "I always feel that if you are added, some of the social etiquette, good morals, and even the soul of our team will be lost."
Song Lai retorted angrily: "The team led by the dead straight man doesn't have these things."
"How many times have I told you I'm not straight? Please call me a Walmart plastic bag."
Luo Jiayu frowned, raised his head and stood up, wanting to pull two more team members, but soon he saw someone approaching from behind Chu Yu and cautiously tapping Chu Yu's shoulder.
Chu Yu turned around and saw his roommate Tang Yanning.
Tang Yanning was the one who was sent here together with Luo Jiayu and ranked last. He was ranked 55th in the first public performance and barely made it to the second round of eliminations. However, compared to Luo Jiayu, his situation was better. He was the main singer, and his literary and sad style was also suitable for this lyrical song.
"I want to be in a group with you guys, is that okay?"
Luo Jiayu, who was standing not far from Chu Yu, saw this scene and his eyes lit up: "Wow, a normal person has come."
The roommates in Room 602 were probably the people Chu Yu was most familiar with in this camp, apart from Luo Jiayu. He nodded in relief, and then his brain started working rapidly, remembering the third point in the "Guide to Contact and Interaction with Humans" written by Teacher Zhao: to praise the other person more.
"Your glasses look really nice today."
Tang Yanning was clearly not the type to be polite. Hearing the business compliments, he shuddered and instinctively responded with compliments, "Thank you. Your hairstyle looks great today, too."
Chu Yu didn't do his hair today. If you must say it, it was the pillow and bed sheet that did it for him.
Rule 4 of the "Guide to Interacting with Humans" is to never let the other person's words fall to the ground.
"Thank you, your ears look really nice today."
Tang Yanning touched his ears and felt that they were just as beautiful as they could be, neither more nor less, just two.
"Thank you. Your nose looks great today too."
Chu Yu touched his nose and felt that it was just the right size, neither too many nor too few. It was indeed very beautiful.
"Thank you, your jawline looks great today."
"Thank you. Your cheekbones look great today too."
Luo Jiayu, who was standing behind Chu Yu, silently lowered his head and crossed out the note "normal person" behind Tang Yanning's name.
Introduced by Chu Yu, Tang Yanning successfully joined this big family of crazy people.
"Hello, I'm Song Lai." Song Lai looked down at the trainee in front of him who was nearly 20 centimeters shorter than him, and extended his hand with a nude manicure secretly done on it in a friendly manner.
After confirming through eye contact, it is impossible that he is the corresponding model. In front of ordinary teammates, he still behaves like a normal person.
"Hello." Tang Yanning looked up, the gold-rimmed glasses chain hanging from the crystal frames swaying gracefully and reservedly. "My name is Tang Yanning. Thank you for your guidance in the future."
"What are your hobbies?"
"Reading."
Song Lai: "Really? I like reading too."
Tang Yanning: "I've recently been researching the historical significance of Homer's epics, The Iliad and The Odyssey. What about you?"
Song Lai: "I'm watching 'The Rich Wife Runs Away with the Baby: Stop the Trouble, Mrs. Overbearing'. My goal is to figure out how to abscond with the money after tricking an older man into giving me gold coins."
"This is a study with great philosophical significance." Tang Yanning nodded in appreciation. The two men reached a consensus and shook hands with each other solemnly.
Captain Luo, who listened to the entire conversation, held his head in disbelief.
The system in his brain solemnly concluded his statement:
"A jerk, a troll, a love-brained guy, a mentally unstable art boy, and all of them are insane... Host, the future of our team is truly bleak."
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