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Chapter 22 Uncle Sen, Emergency Assembly at Night

Jiang Hanying finished the interview and had just returned to her dormitory when the lights-out whistle blew, and the lights in the room went out.

Wen Wei and Yuan Chaoyu were already in bed.

Even with a chaotic mind, physical exhaustion was still overwhelming. I lay down, covered myself with the blanket, and soon drifted into a half-awake state.

Even when they heard the lights-out whistle and the sound of Jiang Hanying returning to open and close the door, they didn't react much.

Jiang Hanying stood there, blinked to adjust to the darkness, then casually took off her coat and pants and draped them over the back of a chair. She walked to the bedside, pulled open the folded blanket, took off her shoes, and got into bed.

I closed my eyes and fell asleep instantly.

Her sleep quality is undoubtedly enviable.

Although the guests, who had been through a long day, had all fallen asleep, many more remained awake.

The production team's behind-the-scenes staff are still reviewing the day's events and holding meetings to discuss them.

Several live-streaming cameras are still running, one on the dormitory side and the other on the playground, but there are hardly any people around, so it looks almost like a surveillance camera.

Even the night owls who hadn't slept yet weren't bored in the live stream. They sent comments to discuss the guests' performances during the day and what new training content would be available the next day. Some were even forcing themselves to stay awake to see what surprises awaited them in the middle of the night.

The lamp in Li Chengxiao's room was still on.

After asking Wang Jun to leave, he sat down at his desk and revised the training plan for the next month in one go.

Of course, he treated Wang Jun's so-called proposal as nothing but nonsense!
After finishing my work, I looked up at the time and it was almost 11:30. I could still take a short nap.

He got up and was about to go to bed when his phone, which was in the drawer, suddenly rang.

I took out my phone, saw the incoming call notification, and promptly answered it.

"Uncle Sen".

"Haha, I reckon you're done with your work by now," a deep, cheerful voice came through the microphone. "How was your day? Were all the celebrities behaving themselves?"

"It went quite smoothly, and everyone was obedient." Li Chengxiao stretched and sat back down in his chair. After a pause, he added, "I also discovered a promising talent."

"Oh?" The man on the other end of the phone raised an eyebrow in surprise. "You think you can pick out a good talent from this group of celebrities?"

"Yes, she's quick to learn and has great stamina and endurance. But we've only been observing her for a day, so we'll need to check her potential in other areas later. If you're curious about her, you can watch the live stream when you have some free time. I won't mention her name, but once you watch the live stream, you should be able to recognize who I'm talking about at a glance."

"What you've said has made me quite curious. Okay, I'll check it out when I have time. Your show is called 'Absolute Experience,' right?"

"That's the name."

"Okay, I got it. Get some rest once you're done. Don't push yourself too hard on just one show; your injury is the most important thing. Honestly, I shouldn't have been so soft-hearted as to agree to let you do it in the first place..."

Hearing that he was about to continue rambling on, Li Chengxiao quickly interrupted, "The injury is no longer a problem. It was just a simplified version of basic training. Anyway, I'm just killing time. I'll hang up now, and you should get some rest too."

I hung up the phone and glanced at the time on my phone screen.

There are less than ten minutes left until midnight.

There's no need to take a nap in bed anymore.

Li Chengxiao put his phone back in the drawer, changed into his training uniform, grabbed his stopwatch, turned off the lights, and went downstairs!

As midnight approached, the military training base, located in the far suburbs, was very quiet. Even the chirping of insects among the bushes and grass had stopped, and the program crew members who had been busy all day had mostly fallen asleep.

Even in the live stream, a considerable number of people couldn't stick with it. Some didn't even realize when their phones slipped from their hands, while others struggled in a half-awake state, wanting to sleep but reluctant to do so.

Suddenly, a piercing whistle broke the night sky.

The sound instantly reverberated throughout the entire base.

It also woke up many people who had fallen asleep while watching the live stream.

"What's that noise?! It's so loud!" "Is that an earthquake warning? Is an earthquake coming?"

Someone grabbed their phone from beside their pillow, didn't even look at it, and ran outside without thinking, wrapped in a sheet. When they got to an open area, they picked up their phone and saw a tall, slender figure standing on the other side of the playground in the live stream, blowing a whistle.

Suddenly, wrapped in a bed sheet, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry!

Base dormitory.

When the whistle blew for the first time, no one realized it was an emergency assembly whistle.

Some people even instinctively covered their ears, muttered "Why is it so noisy?" and turned over to continue sleeping.

When the second sound rang out, Jiang Hanying and Yuan Chaoyu, who had been sleeping restlessly due to the discomfort of the bed, sat up almost simultaneously.

The two looked at each other in the darkness, their confusion instantly vanishing as they realized what was happening and quickly got out of bed.

Jiang Hanying rolled to the foot of the bed, grabbed her coat and pants hanging on the back of the chair, quickly put them on, and then, seeing that Wen Wei was still not moving, she simply kicked the bed leg and said, "Get up!"

The force of that kick was comparable to an earthquake; Wenwei almost fell off the bed and was instantly jolted awake.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that Jiang Hanying and Yuan Chaoyu were getting dressed quickly. Without thinking, I threw off the covers and got out of bed barefoot to get my clothes.

While Jiang Hanying was still looking for her socks, she grabbed her hat and rushed out, with Yuan Chaoyu following closely behind.

Wenwei was anxious, but she was too embarrassed to ask the two to wait for her, so she could only grit her teeth and speed up.

Jiang Hanying ran to the entrance of the building and glanced at the direction of the boys' dormitory. The door was still closed.

She ran to the entrance of the boys' dormitory and kicked it again, making the thick door shake several times. Then she shouted at the top of her lungs, "Emergency assembly!"

She had already gotten up in a fluster, so how could her friends, who had spent a pleasant day with her, still be sleeping soundly!
Everyone get up and have some fun—oh wait, I mean, let's gather on the playground!

It took a little time to kick down the door, but Jiang Hanying and Yuan Chaoyu, who was a few steps behind her, ran to the instructors waiting on the playground almost at the same time.

After they stood at attention, Li Chengxiao glanced down at the stopwatch that was still ticking, "Four minutes and twenty-three seconds."

After waiting for about two more minutes, Chu Yuan and Gao Juyao came running over, one after the other, a little out of breath.

Li Chengxiao glanced at their barely-neat training uniforms, his voice revealing neither joy nor anger: "Six minutes and fifty-five seconds."

It wasn't until almost ten minutes after the whistle had been blown that Xi Ming and Xun Zhou finally managed to catch up with the team.

The viewers in the live stream burst into laughter upon seeing the two individuals' appearances.

Xun Zhou probably washed his hair before bed and fell asleep before it was dry. Now, with his hair sticking up and sticking out, combined with his aloof face, the contrast is incredibly cute.

Xi Ming was even more ridiculous; he had been pulling up his pants the whole way, with his waist loose and his belt nowhere to be seen.

The two met the instructor's gaze and lowered their heads in shame.

Haha, these two are definitely hard to get out of bed.

I thought Yao Ge would be the slowest, but he turned out to be the fastest.

[Yao Ge and Chu Yuan are both veteran actors, and they probably often film all night, so getting them to get up in the middle of the night isn't that difficult. As for Lao Xun and his younger brother, one has been practicing early to bed and early to rise since retiring and maintains a healthy lifestyle, while the other is still in high school and has a relatively regular schedule. Getting these two to go against their biological rhythms in the middle of the night is indeed a bit difficult.]

[That makes sense. 】

I just want to know where my brother's belt went?

Either you don't know where you lost it and couldn't find it in your haste, or your roommate accidentally wore it. Don't panic, little brother, I'll send you the belt remotely!

[Haha, I'm going to die laughing in this live stream!]

(End of this chapter)