The Fake Daughter is a Max-Level Green Tea [Transmigrated into a Book] - Chapter 10

Chapter 10: Favorable Impression 0.5

At this point, only a dozen people remained. The company did not add any new trainees to this batch, and the number of people who would ultimately form the group gradually became clear.

Lu Chaoqing already knew who her teammates would be, so there was no suspense, but watching the tears shed by the girls who were eliminated after practicing so hard still couldn’t help but make her feel a pang of sadness.

Perhaps those people were not necessarily inadequate; it was just that the competition for debut spots was too brutal, becoming increasingly difficult the further it went. Whether there would be a chance for them to debut at other companies after this was a big question mark. Missing out sometimes means missing out, and it’s very hard to recover.

Chen Zixin might have learned her identity later. He was very polite to Lu Chaoqing throughout. After filming, the two exchanged contact information and went their separate ways, one continuing to prepare for his solo debut and the other beginning to await the final group list.

Three days later, the eagerly awaited debut roster was announced.

The leader was surprisingly not Lu Chaoqing, but a tall, athletic girl named Chen Li. She had a naturally sweet face but a devilish figure, a charming contrast. Her height of 174cm secured the highest altitude in the entire group, and her long legs were particularly eye-catching. She was the main dancer in the group. Lu Chaoqing had interacted with her when she first joined, occasionally teaching her a few words in her hometown dialect, so their relationship had always been quite good.

The officially promoted visual was Jiang Qishuang, 169cm, 22 years old, the group’s lead dancer. She had a strikingly beautiful face with a hint of aggression, but she was actually a clumsy airhead who still got lost after living in the dorms for a long time.

The main vocalist was Ji You, 163cm, 22 years old. She didn’t have a very prominent appearance and was the group’s main rapper. She was more reserved during training, rarely speaking unless performing, but her rap skills were excellent, truly allowing her to stand out among countless others.

The maknae (youngest member) was Lu Chaoqing, 167cm, 20 years old, and the only publicly announced trainee in the entire group. She followed a sweet and soft route and was considered the ACE, being impeccable in singing, dancing, and rap.

Lu Chaoqing had some interaction with the first three, but the group’s rapper was her most familiar person: Yao Xichen.

Yao Xichen was the teammate in the plot who relied on the original owner’s power to bully others within the group.

Before formally interacting, Lu Chaoqing always thought she was a particularly calculating person, but she turned out to be quite clueless, which Lu Chaoqing realized from the moment she tried to overtly and covertly butter her up to secure the female lead role in the MV. However, the fact that this person was full of malicious ideas was truly annoying. If Lu Chaoqing could choose, she would rather swap teammates with her previous roommate, Jiang Sicui.

At least Jiang Sicui, although cold-faced all day, genuinely didn’t have malicious intentions.

After the group list came out, everyone signed new contracts and moved into new dorms. The next day, they were to begin the MV shooting in a hurry.

The new dorm was a three-bedroom, one-living room apartment. Since they would be living together, they had to divide the rooms. Before Yao Xichen could suggest being roommates with her, Lu Chaoqing proposed drawing lots, asking the leader to prepare the slips to ensure fairness.

Lu Chaoqing quietly communicated with the system beforehand and, sure enough, did not end up in the same room as Yao Xichen.

She didn’t care about a single or double room; she just didn’t want to be with someone like Yao Xichen. After drawing, she noticed Yao Xichen’s displeased expression, and Lu Chaoqing couldn’t help but curve her lips, quickly stifling her smile.

Lin Chumu received a new message that night.

Little Green Tea: I moved into the dorm today, and I feel one step closer to my dream! Shooting the MV was tiring, and tomorrow we have to shoot our own, but I’m very happy! Little Green Tea: Anyway, thank you, Sister, for your help! Muah (Heart-hands.jpg)

Lin Chumu couldn’t help but reply, “What nonsense is in your head all day long,” but she thought better of it and retracted the message, preparing to delete the obviously cheesy chat history. However, the moment she retracted it, she immediately received a new message.

Little Green Tea: I’m thinking…

Little Green Tea: I want to try hard to make Sister like me more, okay?

The woman frowned in slight annoyance, but her finger hovering near the delete button ultimately did not press it.

After the single light in the darkness went out, new people entered the dreamland.

When Lu Chaoqing woke up, she checked the favorability rating and found that the APP unusually showed Lin Chumu’s favorability had increased by a pitiful 0.5.

But even 0.5 was enough for her.

After their previous interaction, Lin Chumu’s favorability toward her had been completely reset to zero, adding insult to injury to the already awkward Lu Chaoqing, who wanted to throw her phone away when she saw it.

Although the current 0.5 was small, it was like a much-needed warmth in the snow, slightly cheering Lu Chaoqing up. It made her feel that her daily efforts to flatter Lin Chumu, despite her hectic schedule, were not in vain.

In fact, she had always felt that Lin Chumu’s attitude toward her was a bit strange.

To say she hated her didn’t seem entirely true. They had slept together before, but now she seemed to be acting as if nothing had happened, trying to appear unbothered. Yet, at times, she would actively help her. Lu Chaoqing initially thought it was a setup for a later downfall, but then felt that Lin Chumu wasn’t as ruthless as she imagined sometimes.

If Lin Chumu were a straightforward person, Lu Chaoqing would definitely be direct and ask, but she knew asking Lin Chumu about such things wouldn’t yield an answer.

Just as she was contemplating whether to send Lin Chumu a “Good morning” to boost favorability, there was a knock on her room door. When she opened it, Jiang Qishuang’s clean, beautiful bare face was revealed.

“Qingqing.” Jiang Qishuang blinked her large eyes. “The scriptwriters discussed it last night and temporarily decided to add a short two-person interaction scene to our MV, which will involve an extra person making a cameo. They decided to have you cooperate. Since your character is a broken-winged angel, the scene where you leap from a high platform needs a mysterious person to catch and hold you. It’s a girl, are you willing?”

The MV for the song was primarily plot-driven this time, rather than simply focusing on looking pretty, so it was common practice to have other people make cameo appearances to help. Lu Chaoqing certainly wouldn’t refuse a reasonable new plot point and readily agreed: “Sounds good.”

“That’s great!” Jiang Qishuang smiled shyly. “The person originally scheduled for the cameo was Senior Fang, but she suddenly had something come up and couldn’t make it. Coincidentally, Miss Lin, Lin Chumu, is here today, so Senior Fang asked Miss Lin to help out. It’s only about ten seconds, anyway.”