I Became the Top Competitor in a Talent Show Novel - Chapter 29.2

The trainees looked at each other. Some immediately turned to look at Chi Meng, having thought of something.

No way…

With only one spot left in Class A, and Chi Meng’s performance being too outstanding, they couldn’t help but wonder.

Su Mengyao’s head immediately swung over, her eyes sparkling, and she sweetly whined, “Big sister, if you take off, don’t forget to take your little sister with you! Good sister~”

The clingy voice made Chi Meng lean back. She grabbed Song Jiaqi’s wrist and quickly said, “Learn from that.”

Song Jiaqi looked completely bewildered.

“Call me that later,” Chi Meng instructed.

Song Jiaqi sneered, “In your dreams.”

019, who was following the variety show live, also popped up, holding a glow stick with Chi Meng’s name on it, and excitedly said, “Will the host be the last A!”

Chi Meng hesitated for a moment and said, “Not necessarily. The gap between me and Shen Zhu and Xue Weiran is visible to the naked eye.”

She had slept through both the current and original Class A’s evaluations, so she couldn’t compare well.

“But the mentor skipped Classes C and D to announce Class F first!” 019 was more excited.

Chi Meng told it to calm down, “That doesn’t mean anything. Little Nine, you know the saying: the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Stay calm.”

019 said “Oh,” and secretly went off to be excited by itself.

Class F had a large number of trainees, but the production team treated all trainees equally in this segment. The forty trainees went up one by one. Before Chi Meng was called, the Class F trainees who were called all moved up in rank, including Su Mengyao.

She excitedly held the card stamped with the letter “D,” waving it at Chi Meng from a distance and shouting, “Thank you to the study maniac for carrying me! I love you, Big Sister Chi Meng!”

Amidst good-natured laughter, Chi Meng raised an eyebrow and saluted Su Mengyao.

Just then, Luan Xiu smiled and read Chi Meng’s name.

The entire hall, including the staff, collectively turned to look at Chi Meng as she lightly hopped down the steps. Her hair was down, the black strands falling over her shoulders. Her smile was gentle and full of youthful energy. To anyone, she looked like an overly beautiful, ordinary student—the campus goddess, the secret crush, who lives in most people’s memories of their greener school days.

Yet, this was the girl who struck fear into many in the production team.

Before handing Chi Meng the evaluation card, Luan Xiu couldn’t help but say, “You worked hard.”

Host Xie Tongyue then raised the microphone and said, “Trainee Chi Meng’s performance is obvious to everyone, but what many trainees don’t know is that during this time, Trainee Chi Meng left the practice room every day at 1:40 AM and woke up at 5:00 AM, arriving at the practice room precisely at 5:20 AM to start practicing.”

As Xie Tongyue spoke, the trainees below, including those in Class A, looked at Chi Meng with expressions that could only be described as horrified. They gasped, suddenly understanding why Su Mengyao had called Chi Meng a “study maniac.” The title of “devil” was once again circulating.

Xie Tongyue said gently to Chi Meng, “You must take care of your health. Health is more important than anything.”

Chi Meng nodded and said, “Thank you, Teacher. I know.”

Xie Tongyue and the staff and trainees all thought to themselves: Do you really know?!

019 sighed. They’ve never seen the host work all night and still ace a test the next day, coming in first place in the whole school. It makes my system feel bald.

Even though I don’t have hair, or a head, apparently.

Teng Jia’s mouth twitched, and she asked, “Don’t you get tired sleeping so little?”

Chi Meng thought for a moment and said, “It’s fine.”

These two words instantly triggered Teng Jia’s memories. Her expression was complicated, and then she heard Chi Meng say, “I take short naps during my free time, and I eat a lot of protein and vegetables to ensure nutrition. I think my appetite is almost catching up to Mengyao’s recently!”

Su Mengyao in the crowd: “Huh?”

“Alright, open your evaluation card and proceed to your class,” Luan Xiu said with a smile.

Chi Meng bowed to the mentors and opened her card. Before she could react, she heard 019’s shocked shout: “WHY!!!”

Ah, I’m going deaf.

Chi Meng curved her lips and walked back. Under everyone’s expectant gaze, she passed Class A and stood next to Yuan Sike from Xinghuo Entertainment. The beautiful girl shook her hand and sincerely said, “Impressive.”

“Thank you!” Chi Meng smiled.

Chi Meng didn’t go to A but to B. Everyone gladly accepted this. To leap directly from Class F to Class B was an achievement only she had managed in the entire competition, and she had no prior dance foundation, leaving a lot of room for future improvement.

So, since Chi Meng didn’t take the spot, where would the remaining A come from?

With a longing for Class A, the program continued recording. However, when Song Jiaqi silently went up to the stage and silently returned to Class F, the smile on Chi Meng’s face disappeared. She asked suspiciously, “Was there a problem with Song Jiaqi’s performance?”

Ah, are you asking me?

Yuan Sike said, “Oh, she was really slacking off in her performance. She only danced a few moves and didn’t sing at all. You were performing next to her then, so you probably didn’t notice.”

Chi Meng: “…………”

She slowly curled the corner of her mouth, her dark eyes deep, like the night sky cut down, and her smile deepened: “Okay, I see.”

Seeing the smile on her face, Yuan Sike trembled and shivered.

For some reason, she felt that Chi Meng at this moment was a tiny bit scary.

After the F class was announced, it was the D class. The thirty-two people in the D class had no A’s. Hope deepened in the eyes of the unannounced C-class trainees, especially Du Bi from Le Haian, a trainee from a large company who was rated C on the initial stage because of conflicts with his teammates over part assignments.

Chi Meng remembered everyone’s name and appearance, but she was only familiar with Qi Yan. She asked Yuan Sike, “Boss, did Qi Yan sing during the assessment?”

Yuan Sike was embarrassed: “You’re the boss to me. She sang, and she sang very well. I just didn’t expect Qi Yan, whose personality and appearance are as cold as ice, to have a soft, sweet voice, a bit like a doll’s voice.”

Chi Meng: “Isn’t it very pleasant to listen to!”

Yuan Sike: “It is! Sweet girl is awesome! Sweet girl is the best (yyds)!”

Liu Yuexin, who was a little sad nearby, heard their conversation and felt a little shocked, murmuring: “Do you call a girl with Qi Yan’s style a sweet girl?”

“How sweet is she!” Chi Meng said earnestly, “One Qi Yan, one Su Mengyao, the two of them are simply the ceiling of sweet girls in my heart!”

Liu Yuexin’s lips trembled. Her mind showed Qi Yan’s icy face and Su Mengyao’s voice, which was the Xiyangyang song that was almost off-key during the initial stage.

Lin Tingxia and An Kui, who maintained their B class rating without being downgraded, held hands and looked over gloomily: “Oh, so we are not sweet enough, sorry about that.”

Some trainees who follow the sweet girl route also looked over faintly. Chi Meng said calmly: “They are the ceiling, and you are the atmosphere, and you can even float in outer space.”

Lin Tingxia: “…Thank you.”

Chi Meng: “You’re welcome.”

With the information from Yuan Sike, Chi Meng was confident. When Qi Yan took the stage, she couldn’t help but smile and applaud.

On the stage, Qi Yan opened her evaluation card and froze.

“Congratulations, Trainee Qi Yan,” Shi Xinxin said with a smile, “Keep up the good work, and remember to be more enthusiastic on stage.”

Qi Yan’s face instantly turned red. She bowed and thanked them with a straight face, then walked to the trainees who were promoted to A class under the curious eyes of everyone, but did not move up further.

The trainees who were watching froze. The last A-class trainee was actually Qi Yan??

Among the original A-class trainees, Ning Yuze jumped up excitedly and applauded Qi Yan, looking at Chi Meng with gratitude. But she couldn’t figure out how Qi Yan was willing to speak!

Qi Yan has always been unconfident about her voice. She didn’t like her voice, and she put in a lot of effort for it, only to recite a few lines of lyrics like reading a book on the initial stage. How did Chi Meng do it?

In response, Chi Meng gave a gentle smile.

Getting Qi Yan to speak was not as difficult as imagined. For example, she asked Qi Yan to teach her and Su Mengyao how to dance, and then asked Su Mengyao to teach Qi Yan how to sing. Su Mengyao had a magical ability: the theme song in her mouth would turn into a brand new version every day, and she never felt that anything she sang was wrong. Moreover, Su Mengyao was very grateful that Qi Yan taught her how to dance, so she vowed to teach Qi Yan how to sing.

So—Trainee Qi Yan could no longer stand it and exploded.

Chi Meng commented: If this is also one of the female lead’s abilities, Su Mengyao is simply too useful!

The grading announcement did not end until noon. Everyone got their current ranking and had to use the lunchtime to change dormitories. The production team gave everyone an extra hour of lunch break. In the afternoon, they were going to Dongjiang TV Station for rehearsal and recording of the theme song.

But before that, there was one more thing to resolve.

Chi Meng, Song Jiaqi, and the three judges gathered in the hall.

They were the only five people standing there.

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