I Became the Top Competitor in a Talent Show Novel - Chapter 51.2

The PD responsible for the interview excitedly flipped through the papers in her hand, thinking, Even the coldest ice will thaw someday, and even the coldest person will have their interview day. You’ve finally fallen into my hands!

“Congratulations to trainee Song Jiaqi for achieving an excellent rank of eleventh in the first round of voting. Do you have anything you’d like to say again to our Star Makers?” the PD asked gently.

The moment she finished speaking, Song Jiaqi, surrounded by the dreamy decor, immediately broke into a brilliant smile, like an iceberg melting and spring arriving in the depth of winter. Those naturally seductive eyes were filled with youthful, innocent charm, and her voice was gentle: “Thank you, everyone. Thank you for taking the trouble to vote for me.”

After speaking, Song Jiaqi sat up straight on the sofa and bowed. As she bowed, she squeezed the arms of the rabbit doll she was holding. When she stood up, she spoke as if muttering to herself, making the rabbit doll stand on her knees, and said with a smile, “Ms. Bunny also thanks everyone on my behalf!”

The white rabbit bowed, its long ears falling onto the pink edge of Song Jiaqi’s skirt.

“I hope everyone continues to support me. I will repay everyone with my best performance in the second public show,” Song Jiaqi said gratefully, petting Ms. Bunny’s head and letting it sit on her lap.

While saying these words, she maintained a straight posture and a gentle smile. Her gesture of raising her hand to brush her hair was confident and clean. No matter how many cameras were in front of her or how they captured her, she always presented her best side.

The stunned cameraman felt the familiar ease of shooting celebrities, like Xie Tongyue and the other mentors, who were comfortable in front of the camera. When an artist has good camera presence, it makes the cameraman’s job easy.

The interviewing PD also felt like she was dealing with a mature artist. The person in front of her spoke flawlessly, seeming completely different from the person she was in the show previously. Had Renxing taken Song Jiaqi back for special training during the break, and had Song Jiaqi finally realized the need to change?

The truth was unknown. The PD only felt that the interview was very comfortable. The interview length was much longer than planned, but it wasn’t a major issue. The PD closed her notebook and asked the final question with a smile: “It’s been almost a month since you entered the camp and got to know the other trainees. Every trainee has their own personality traits. Out of everyone, which trainee do you find the cutest?”

The PD reached out and pointed to the board next to her, laughing, “Choose the cutest trainee in your heart and show it to the camera.”

Song Jiaqi elegantly turned around, her long eyelashes slightly lifted, and her gaze softened.

In the room next door, Chi Meng, with a fox doll perched on her head, stood in front of the board. She was holding the fox doll’s forelimbs, searching among the rows of headshots. Seeing the board completely blocked by her, the cameraman quickly walked over and stood beside her to film.

“Ah, sorry,” Chi Meng quickly moved aside, gave an embarrassed smile, and reached out to peel off a badge with a headshot on it, extending her hand to show it before the camera could zoom in.

“Ta-da! The cutest trainee in my heart is, of course, our little classmate Song, our trainee Qi Qi,” Chi Meng said without hesitation.

The PD interviewing Chi Meng thought Chi Meng would choose Su Mengyao or Lin Tingxia. Both trainees had a good relationship with her and were lively and cute. But why Song Jiaqi? She wasn’t yet aware of Song Jiaqi’s unusually different demeanor in the next room, and all she could recall were Song Jiaqi’s cold, dark eyes.

“Then… what do you think is the cutest thing about trainee Song Jiaqi?” the PD couldn’t help but ask.

Chi Meng took the fox doll off her head, stuck Song Jiaqi’s headshot badge on the fox’s forehead, and said with a grin, “Every part of her is cute! Especially those eyes. Don’t they look like a fox’s? Whether she’s angry or upset, they always have that upturned look. It’s very beautiful!”

The words ‘Fox Spirit’ drifted through the PD’s mind. She smiled, “Alright.”

She signaled that the interview was over and Chi Meng could leave.

Chi Meng rubbed the fox doll with some hesitation, thinking that she would need a pillow to sleep on since the filming was likely to last for a while. The PD noticed Chi Meng’s reluctance and told her to just take the doll. These dolls were basically one-time props and would be stored in a warehouse or disposed of later; one missing wouldn’t hurt.

Soon, someone took a new doll from a box and placed it in the empty spot.

Chi Meng went back to the cubicle to sleep, hugging her new toy. The fox doll still had Song Jiaqi’s badge stuck to its head, which she peeled off and casually put into her pocket.

In the interview room, while waiting for the next trainee, a staff member by the PD drew a line under Song Jiaqi’s name on the statistics sheet and casually said, “Speaking of which, Chi Meng picked Song Jiaqi last time too. She really is consistent in choosing the same person.”

“Indeed. We asked to choose the trainee they find cutest, and this is the first person to choose Song Jiaqi. Maybe Song Jiaqi will only get this one vote?” someone joked. “I wonder who Song Jiaqi will choose.”

In the room opposite, behind the closed door, the girl holding the rabbit doll looked serious. She pressed the badge with Chi Meng’s photo onto the rabbit’s white belly, her lazy voice becoming stern.

“She’s just like this rabbit—white, tender, and seemingly gentle, but actually incredibly terrifying. She uses a harmless face to lure you into a horrifying trap. By the time you realize it, you no longer want to escape, and you can’t. You obediently accept her rule.” Song Jiaqi pinched the rabbit to cover her face, a slight smile escaping from her dark eyes. “But this kind of ‘white on the outside, black on the inside’ personality feels even cuter, don’t you think?”

The hand holding the rabbit doll swayed, making the long rabbit ears dangle. The staff members’ stunned faces were reflected in the rabbit’s round black plastic eyes.

The pen slipped from the PD’s fingers and fell onto the question book. She snapped back, closed her mouth, looked at Song Jiaqi, looked at the rabbit, and then looked at the Chi Meng badge stuck on the rabbit’s belly. The girl in the photo had a clean smile and eyes as clear as a lake.

Choosing Chi Meng as cute was fine; others had chosen Chi Meng before. But what kind of reasoning was this? Thinking of Song Jiaqi’s words, and Chi Meng’s current nickname as the “Demon” in the camp…

“Gulp!”

Someone unconsciously swallowed. The PD, amidst Song Jiaqi’s smile, managed a strained nod: “Cu-cute.”

You call this cute. What are we supposed to say?

“I didn’t expect trainee Chi Meng to have this image in your mind, haha, it’s quite interesting, haha… Well, since you like this rabbit so much, you can take it with you.” The PD said with a forced laugh, feeling like she wouldn’t be able to look at rabbits normally for the next few days!

Song Jiaqi stood up, naturally picked up the rabbit doll, and upon leaving, saw a staff member standing at the door—the woman who had mentioned the CP name earlier. Seeing Song Jiaqi, her eyes fell on the rabbit doll in her arms, and her expression became somewhat strange. She raised her hand to cover her face with the clipboard and said something to the person next to her.

Song Jiaqi’s gaze fell on the tightly closed door opposite. She asked the staff member softly, “Did Chi Meng leave?”

The staff member nodded.

Noticing their subtly strange expressions, Song Jiaqi continued to ask, “Did she choose me?”

The staff member deliberately put on a mysterious smile, “It’s a secret. We can’t tell you now. You can go ask her, hehe.”

Is that so.

The staff member deliberately looked at Song Jiaqi with an expression that suggested “the result is not certain.”

“It seems like it was me,” Song Jiaqi said.

Squeezing the rabbit doll, she added casually, “Otherwise, you wouldn’t be making those faces.”

The smiles of the two staff members froze. They raised their hands to touch their faces. What’s wrong? Is their acting bad?

The true actress Song Jiaqi smiled: “You can’t hide the joy of getting a treat. Did ‘Jiaqi Ru Meng’ just give us some fan service?”

The staff members’ smiles slowly vanished. They immediately fixed her with a look of condemnation that said, “Don’t you know everything already?” She knew everything but acted all calm before the interview!

Song Jiaqi held up the rabbit, squeezed its ears to make a heart shape, and laughed, “It seems so. In the words of the internet, is this what you call ‘a two-way street’?”

The staff members on-site, consuming the fan service: Ah~

Song Jiaqi, who has experienced everything: Heh

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