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"Wh...what?"

Li Shu still had snot bubbles on his face. He stared blankly at Ling Tinglan, unable to believe what his ears had just heard.

However, Ling Tinglan remained unfazed, her face still stern, and emphasized again, "I said, since you'll be targeted by others no matter which side you choose, then just go and be the center."

"There is no reason for us to be bullied on our own turf."

The path that Li Shu never even dreamed of was so casually mentioned by Ling Tinglan.

For a moment, he didn't know whether he had gone mad or Ling Tinglan had gone mad.

Whether at the company or in his current group, Li Shu is very self-aware. His dancing is not the best, his stage presence is not the strongest, and he doesn't even have much "personality." As someone without any outstanding characteristics, Li Shu doesn't know what advantages he has to compete for the center position.

However, Ling Tinglan and Jiao Wangshu did not think so. Even if Li Shu's overall strength was not strong, he was still far ahead of them. Moreover, in their opinion, the other members of Group B of "Neon Confession" were even worse. When everyone's level was about the same, why couldn't the center position be Li Shu?

Father, like son.

Li Shu may have just lacked that little bit of courage.

So now, let the two of them give him a push.

"That's right."

Jiao Wangshu agreed wholeheartedly, but at the same time he began to think, "However, if Li Shu were to stand up now and say that he also wants to compete for the center position, I'm afraid they would turn their guns on Li Shu instead of fighting amongst themselves."

Such concerns are not unfounded; more accurately, this scenario is 100% likely to occur.

"So... we're going to make sure they absolutely can't say a word against you being in the center position!"

Looking at Jiao Wangshu's bright eyes and Ling Tinglan's eager expression, Li Shu felt it was absurd. How could this be?

But strangely, his throat tightened and his eyes stung, and he couldn't utter a single word of refusal. Perhaps he himself didn't realize that he was actually still harboring a secret expectation in his heart.

In short, after that night's conversation, Jiao Wangshu and Ling Tinglan put Li Shu under intense pressure to practice for the next few days.

Their goal is to pass the first performance test.

The B group of "Neon Confession" still hasn't decided who will be the center, but the training progress won't stop because of this, so the members of the B group actually came up with the weird idea of ​​"two centers".

Led by Song Se-jun and Jeon Sang-hoon, the two took turns occupying the center position, so that only the stage positioning needed to be adjusted. Everyone else also accepted this plan, and as for Lee Seo's opinion, that was not important.

However, compared to his "teammates" who ganged up on him, Li Shu clearly preferred the atmosphere of Group A. What level are Song Shijun and Quan Shangxun? How dare they compare to Su Xingran and Lev?

They were performing the same song again, and the two groups' practice rooms were right next to each other. Li Shulian didn't even need to change her dance moves. Every day, after "clocking in" in Group B, she could seamlessly transition into Group A.

Sometimes even the cameramen filming the scenes would look at their own shots and wonder: When did Group A of "Neon Confession" have six people?

This day, it was Group A's practice room again.

The powerful footsteps followed a neat rhythm, but the occasional sluggish or off-key notes sounded somewhat discordant.

"I already told you that you should have pulled your hand back a little slower."

Su Xingran maintained his smiling expression—if only the veins on his forehead hadn't throbbed so noticeably.

In the past few days, Su Xingran has come to a profound understanding of what "selling bromance" and "business" really mean. If he is guilty, God would rather send down a lightning bolt to strike him dead than let him teach a bunch of lazy, brainless pigs to dance.

In their "Neon Confession" Group A, only he and Lev are truly capable, but Lev is currently providing one-on-one support to You Youyou.

Perhaps it's because the chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) teenager has a special buff, but Lev is miraculously able to connect with Youyou's brainwaves and understand her "Youyou language". The progress of one teaching and the other learning seems to be quite good.

This put Su Xingran in a difficult position, as he had to take care of Ling Tinglan, Jiao Wangshu, and Li Shu all by himself.

It's said that whoever tutors their children will break down. When he saw Ling Tinglan bending over backwards again and successfully tying herself up once more, Su Xingran's murderous intent resurfaced.

The veins on his forehead throbbed twice more, and he almost squeezed out a sound through clenched teeth:

"It's okay, I'll demonstrate it again."

As he spoke, Su Xingran raised his hand, and his entire upper body, pulled by gravity, smoothly and lightly bent over. Because the movement was quite large, the bottom corner of his hoodie was lifted up slightly, revealing a section of his lean waist. Despite his seemingly extremely slender and fragile body, his muscles bulged in that instant, unleashing tremendous power.

This was a surprising contrast to his usual image. Su Xingran looked thin but was not weak. It was obvious that without a strong core, he would never have been able to complete this move.

Many people have prejudices against idols' appearances, but in reality, they compare their own fat bodies to other people's muscles.

It's obvious that idols not only have to control their diet and not eat enough, but they also have to spend all their time in the practice room training to sing and dance. Isn't that just dieting every day plus high-intensity aerobic and anaerobic exercise? Those who aren't in good health wouldn't even make it to debut, they'd be long gone.

After demonstrating, Su Xingran breathed softly and looked back.

The three people, from shortest to tallest, had somehow formed a row of Wi-Fi signals and were clapping like seals, seemingly oblivious to what they were doing.

Su Xingran felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, her head throbbing even more from Chongtian's idiotic aura.

The time spent in the practice room flew by, and soon it was time for the first group assessment.

Because the first performance was a group competition, the group evaluations of Groups A and B were conducted simultaneously. This not only allowed the trainees to see the differences between the two groups directly, but also increased the show's discussion level.

PD Kang and dance instructor Jin arrived late, having just finished evaluating the previous group.

Group A will be the first to take the stage.

Before the official start, everyone must first find their place on the stage.

Ling Tinglan swayed and brushed past Su Xingran.

Whether it was a conditioned reflex or triggered the underlying code of "boy band studies", Su Xingran had already forgotten the torment of being utterly ravaged these past few days, and her "corrupted spiritual root" suddenly went online.

He suddenly smiled and whispered something to Ling Tinglan:

"take it easy".

——AKA's amazing male vocal bubble voice.

Unfortunately, the voice was too soft, and Ling Tinglan's hearing was too poor.

He turned around sharply, his face clearly showing the question on his lips:

"What did you say?"

Su Xingran stood in the center of the stage, took a deep breath, and slammed his eyes shut. He shouldn't have talked to that idiot!