I Became the Top Competitor in a Talent Show Novel - Chapter 50

“You’re so annoying!” Ning Yuze fell to the floor, almost in tears, saying weakly, “I thought no one was here, wuwuwu!”

Ning Yuze flattened herself even more.

Chi Meng burst out laughing, reached out to pull Ning Yuze up, brushed off the nonexistent dust from her, and chuckled, “Don’t treat me like a person.”

Saying something like that at this moment is terrifying! Ning Yuze shook her head, pulled by Chi Meng to stand behind the door.

The two looked at the paper stuck on the back of the door.

A huge number 5 was printed on it, as if afraid others wouldn’t see it, and below the number was a small line of text.

[Room Capacity: 5 people]

“We need three more people to fill this team,” Chi Meng said with a light laugh.

Ning Yuze, having recovered, nodded and smiled, “Good thing the tragedy of ‘three people making a crowd’ didn’t happen.”

If Shen Zhu had chosen this room first, it would have been too lively.

But the stage would look great too! Ning Yuze now had the mood for such imaginings.

Chi Meng, standing with her hands behind her back, suddenly revealed a smile with an unknown meaning: “Who says there isn’t a third person here?”

Ning Yuze froze, seeing Chi Meng’s knowing smile, her pupils dilating in terror as she turned around.

The camerawoman carrying the camera beside them stepped back, only to be pulled back by Chi Meng. “And this teacher, of course.”

Ning Yuze: “…”

Camerawoman: “…”

“Aah!” Ning Yuze lost her gentle composure and chased Chi Meng, “I thought it was Shen Zhu! I thought Shen Zhu was hiding!”

Just then, Shen Zhu’s voice suddenly rang out: “I am here.”

The running Chi Meng and the chasing Ning Yuze simultaneously froze. They twisted their heads to look toward the source of the voice—the wall panel.

Shen Zhu’s voice was calm: “Just a wall away from you two.”

“Hahaha!” Chi Meng burst into laughter. Ning Yuze declared she wasn’t playing with them anymore and retreated to a corner to pretend to be a mushroom.

Chi Meng pursued her relentlessly, asking Ning Yuze, “Are you sure Xiangxiang really didn’t choose this room?”

After saying this to Ning Yuze, she walked to the door, and amidst Ning Yuze’s weak expression, she pulled the door open and shouted, “Dangdang!”

Outside, a gentle breeze blew by, with no sign of anyone.

“Yes, Xiangxiang definitely didn’t choose this room. Congratulations on guessing correctly,” Chi Meng maintained her smile and closed the door.

Ning Yuze fell back down with a slap, lying flat with her hands over her abdomen, maintaining a peaceful expression no matter how Chi Meng poked her.

Thank you, she was desensitized. Even if Shen Zhu really walked in now and told her they had to sing this song together, she wouldn’t have any reaction! She meant it!

Really!!

The moment the closed-eyed Ning Yuze swore this, a “dong dong” suddenly knocked on the door. Ning Yuze, who was just saying “I give up,” shuddered. Outside, PD Sister Lu, who the trainees were familiar with, pushed the door open and peeked in: “The next trainee is coming in, so be quiet now.”

“Phew~” Ning Yuze’s soul returned. With a smiling face, she gave Chi Meng a fleeting, ethereal smile.

Chi Meng silently: “Hahaha!”

019, who was floating around with Chi Meng, also “Hahaha,” happily saying, “Host is more lively now than when you were in school, you really seem like an eighteen-year-old girl!”

Chi Meng was very busy every day when she was in school, occasionally saying a few playful words when teaching others, but she had never been as playful and rowdy as she was now. 019 inexplicably felt a sense of relief and gratification.

“Is that so?” Chi Meng sat down next to Ning Yuze, rubbing her face, her smile as bright as a flower, “I’m in a good mood today!”

019 thought of Chi Meng’s third-place result, excitedly shooting off fireworks, hoping the Host would achieve such good results in the next round, and the round after that… every time! Happy every day!

While they were quiet here, the trainees’ assembly hall was silent. Ning Yuze’s earlier shout had pierced the walls and almost scared the souls out of everyone. Everyone was alarmed, looking fearfully at the corridor entrance, as if it were the mouth of a man-eating monster. Beside them, Xie Tongyue maintained a mysterious smile and, after a reminder through her earpiece, allowed the next trainee to enter the song selection area.

The fifth trainee, An Ran, stepped forward hesitantly. The trainees behind her were still guessing why Ning Yuze had shouted earlier.

“Could it be that she really chose the same song as Xiangxiang and Meng-zai!” Someone showed an excited expression and said thrillingly, “That’s too exciting!”

“Exciting what! Aren’t you afraid of choosing the same song as them?” The trainee next to her asked in horror.

“The song that those three would choose together must be a good one, but by the time it’s my turn, it will definitely be full!” Du Yunfei laughed heartily. “No worries, no worries, choosing a song later has its advantages!”

Listening to her, the people around her were somehow convinced, and their moods strangely calmed down. They were both nervous and expectant, staring at the corridor while straining their ears, wanting to hear the movement behind the wall. Unfortunately, from An Ran onwards, everyone was very calm. Not only was there no astonishing effect like Ning Yuze’s single shout that shook the building and split the clouds, but it was so quiet, it was as if they were being digested in the stomach of a monster.

Hearing Su Mengyao and Lin Tingxia describe it this way, Song Jiaqi frowned. Her stomach, which was getting a little hungry from filming until almost midnight, instantly calmed down. She glanced coldly at the two who were holding hands and talking, thinking that Su Mengyao was less annoying when she was wailing.

Liu Yuexin, ahead of her, strode towards the corridor. It was almost Song Jiaqi’s turn. Su Mengyao, thinking of hiding behind Song Jiaqi and crying earlier, felt a little embarrassed. She held Lin Tingxia’s hand and told her “Good luck.”

Song Jiaqi’s gaze was indifferent, and she said calmly: “Ten trainees have entered now, and there has been no ‘full’ notification. Aren’t you scared? I wish you to choose a good team, like your dear Sister Chi Meng.”

As she spoke, she raised an eyebrow and smiled, walking into the corridor without looking back as the host’s voice announced her turn.

Su Mengyao, who received her “wonderful blessing,” opened her mouth, turned her head to Lin Tingxia, and said, “Song Jiaqi just smiled at me!”

Lin Tingxia: “…Yes, she did, oh.”

Su Mengyao’s eyes sparkled, “She even wished me to be on the same team as Sister Meng Meng!”

Lin Tingxia: “Mmm, mhm.”

Su Mengyao said in surprise, “How did she know I want to be on the same team as Sister Meng Meng! Thank you for the blessing, she’s so nice!”

Lin Tingxia: “Ah…”

She strategically leaned back, took a deep breath, and said, “Yaoyao, that’s Chi Meng!”

“Weren’t you training with her during the theme song? That’s the Chi Meng who led your training group!” Lin Tingxia gripped Su Mengyao’s shoulders and shook her back and forth, trying to make her sober up.

Su Mengyao, her curly hair flying back and forth, chuckled, her smile without a trace of darkness.

“I know, right!”

“That’s why I want to be on the same team as Sister Meng Meng!” Su Mengyao brushed her hair aside and prayed, “I’m willing to eat one less big bun every day in exchange for being on the same team as Sister Meng!”

After saying this, Su Mengyao clasped her hands together, a look of piety on her face, calling upon all the gods and immortals in her heart.

Lin Tingxia quietly stepped back, murmuring, “This woman, she’s scary too!”

Song Jiaqi, who had reached the selection area, stood in the center of the hall. The thirteen cubicles represented thirteen songs. With one assigned to each person, there were still three rooms remaining after the first ten people had made their choices.

But there is no absolute fairness in the world. Song Jiaqi lazily lifted her eyelashes, her gaze sweeping across the song titles. The light from above fell, her thick, long lashes like an impenetrable canopy, shielding her eyes from the light trying to invade. Her dark eyes were deep.

The PD and other staff sitting in the corner looked at her profile and were silent for a moment, quietly closing their mouths, which had been about to remind her to choose a song.

Song Jiaqi, standing alone, looked somewhat isolated. She was actually thinking about a person, a bet.

Thinking about Chi Meng, and the bet with Chi Meng.

“In the final stage, Song Jiaqi’s ranking will be higher than Su Mengyao’s.”

“Do you think she can do it?”

That person seemed to be standing right behind her, asking her gently with a bright, laughing voice.

Song Jiaqi, Su Mengyao.

Supporting female character, female protagonist.

Chi Meng asked: Su Mengyao, Song Jiaqi, who do you choose?

Song Jiaqi suddenly wanted to ask herself, “Song Jiaqi, yourself, and the female protagonist, who do you choose?”

“I choose…” She unconsciously opened her mouth.

In one of the rooms, a girl with her hair tied in a ponytail glanced sideways toward the other side, separated by the wall.

The wooden floor reflected a dazzling light. Golden stars sparkled on the pink wall panels, reflecting the light from everywhere. The world was bright and glorious, its brilliance filling her eyes. The girl sitting quietly curved her lips, listening as that person’s footsteps outside walked towards a door.

The camera zoomed in, filming her profile. The girl who had stopped her movement lowered her gaze. The camera’s view followed downward to a pair of slender, delicate hands that looked like they had never suffered hardship, resting on the iron doorknob. She slowly grasped it and turned it.

The opening door made a soft sound. The girl inside, who had been waiting for the movement, opened her eyes in surprise and clapped a moment later. An Ran looked at the unfamiliar yet unforgettable beautiful girl in surprise, politely extended her hand, and smiled, “Welcome to ‘Worth It’”

“We’re a team, let’s work hard together this week.”

Song Jiaqi shook An Ran’s hand, a gentle smile appearing on her cold face: “Please take care of me.”

Confronted directly with Song Jiaqi’s smiling face, An Ran’s heart fluttered. She could barely suppress her astonishment, her smile deepening as she shook Song Jiaqi’s hand up and down, feeling flattered. “Go, go!”

Song Jiaqi kept her smile, subtly glancing at the camera in the corner. Her lowered lashes concealed the look in her eyes, which she then lightly raised. Her dark eyes were bright like stars. She swept her long hair behind her, the clear lines tracing from her forehead to her neck, merging with her snow-white skin into the pink fabric. The young girl, bright-eyed and white-toothed, stood boldly in the center of the shot, maintaining her smile as she sat down with An Ran.

In a different cubicle, Ning Yuze, holding a sponsor’s milk, quickly put down the carton. After swallowing the milk in her mouth, she said in surprise: “I heard it! Song Jiaqi chose ‘Worth It’”

Worth It!

It’s a song-and-dance piece!

The thin foam partition barely blocked any sound, so Chi Meng naturally heard it too. A smile on her face, she asked, “It’s a good song, right?”

Ning Yuze gave a thumbs up—it was very good!

“I just watched the choreography for that song. If Song Jiaqi dances it… wow! Tsk!” Ning Yuze mentally substituted the dancer in the video she watched with Song Jiaqi’s face and couldn’t help but shake her head. Explosive!

As fellow trainees, everyone paid attention to others privately. Her appearance goes without saying; they had been discussing it since the first stage. Everyone had their own preferences, but they all confirmed Song Jiaqi’s beauty in their casual conversations. What was often mentioned along with her good looks was Song Jiaqi’s stage presence. She was a beautiful woman whose presence was almost non-existent in the main broadcast, but every one of her individual shots could be taken out and used as a screen saver, especially her stage footage, which was even affirmed by the mentors and professional actress Sister Tongyue.

She had achieved an eleventh-place vote ranking relying only on the footage from these two episodes. Not to mention, the promotion for her was rumored to be so poor that her new fans protested, even suspecting that Song Jiaqi had offended her company, until an insider revealed that Song Jiaqi was the CEO’s biological daughter, which barely managed to quell the rumors while adding even more questions.

For the trainees who trained together, Song Jiaqi was cold and didn’t like to interact with people. Otherwise, her popularity would definitely be one of the best in the camp. It would be too simple for such a beautiful girl to make friends if she wanted to.

If she wanted to exert her charm on camera… Chi Meng rested her cheek on her hand, half her face submerged in her palm, the exposed corner of her mouth curving high.

Since Jiaqi decided to perform this stage, she should go listen to the song after the recording is over, Chi Meng thought happily.

Song Jiaqi clicked on her skill panel, smiling.

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