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"Squeak—"

The door to the practice room opened, and a furry head poked in.

"Hello, I am Xiang Xiaoyu."

The boy's face was flushed, and he greeted the boy somewhat shyly.

He appeared normal on the surface, but inside he was screaming.

Help--

This is way too much up close!

Xiang Xiaoyu doesn't consider herself a shy person, but this face is just too much for anyone not to feel embarrassed about! ⁄(⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄

Hello, hello.

Not noticing anything unusual about the other person, Jiao Wangshu quickly got up to greet them when they entered. However, the other person had already slipped into the practice room first, followed by a string of people. It turned out that he was followed by a group of people.

So the group stood in a row and, together with Xiang Xiaoyu, began to greet him and introduce themselves to each other.

How to put it... this scene is a bit like the boss has brought a bunch of stuntmen...

This really looks alike!

After exchanging names and getting to know each other, the group stood obediently in place, eagerly waiting for Jiao Wangshu to "leave a nameplate" and "bestow a sachet".

How did things turn out this way? Let's rewind the timeline to two hours earlier—

After announcing all the songs selected for the second performance, amidst much anticipation, PD Kang announced the song selection rules for the second round of performances:

"For this song selection, we adopted an 'interview system,' which means that the top 6 contestants have priority in choosing songs based on their ranking in the first round of performances."

"However, these 6 trainees can only choose different songs, and then act as 'interviewers' for each performance song, choosing the teammates you want most to perform together in the second round of performances."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the trainees' eyes were focused on the top 6, and their envy, jealousy, and resentment were beyond words.

Lu Chen looked at Ji Yan expectantly, "Brother, do you think it's possible that you could choose 'Xiao Feng Mang' and then rig my career behind the scenes?"

Before Ji Yan could even reply, Ji Yan himself felt like he was daydreaming.

Ji Yan is the ACE of the team and can indeed take on any position, but if we want the performance to be the most explosive, we still have to choose the dance group. Ji Yan is aiming for the center position, so he will definitely choose "Breaking Boundaries Fruit Core".

And that was indeed the case. Ji Yan looked at Lu Chen with a slightly apologetic expression, "But I wanted to choose 'Breaking Boundaries Fruit Core'."

Lu Chen clutched his head in anguish. Now that things had come to this, he could only silently pray that the "interviewer" who had chosen "Xiao Feng Mang" would take a liking to him later.

Ling Tinglan and Jiao Wangshu suffered the same pain.

Their rankings in the first round of performances were fourth and fifth, which meant they both had the right to choose their songs.

Jiao Wangshu poked Ling Tinglan with her finger, "What should we do? How are we supposed to choose?"

Ling Tinglan didn't have much of a solution. Given their abilities, they were planning to wait patiently and see which team would accept them. If all else failed, there would always be vacancies in the end, and they would fill those vacancies automatically.

Now that the power of choice has suddenly been handed over to them, neither of them really had any ideas for the time being.

Ling Tinglan and Jiao Wangshu never thought about what their position in the group could be. Since they weren't good at either, they went wherever they were needed. In other words, they were "all-around ACEs" in a certain sense.

Jiao Wangshu frowned and said, "First of all, we definitely have to rule out the two songs in the dance group. We have no dance background. If it weren't for Su Xingran leading us during the first performance, we definitely wouldn't have been able to keep up."

As he spoke, he crossed out the names of the two songs in his hand and continued his analysis, "Then there are 'Manman' and 'Leo Star.' Our singing abilities are obvious to all, and I feel that these two songs are not very good either."

After eliminating all dance and vocal tracks, all that was left for them was the rap group.

He looked at Ling Tinglan expectantly, trying to see a glimmer of hope in her face, "Do you think the two of us have a chance to become 'rap stars'?"

Jiao Wangshu, in a fit of desperation, launched into a chaotic analysis, seemingly finally finding a way out for the two of them: "Even if we can't rap, can't we at least recite poetry?"

Unfortunately, those who couldn't be killed kept attacking them.

After listening, Ling Tinglan applauded him expressionlessly, "Excellent analysis, well-reasoned, evident, and engaging..."

"But you seem to have forgotten that we're fourth and fifth place respectively."

Jiao Wangshu's face stiffened. "So that means..."

"In other words, it seems like we have a choice, but in reality, we don't have a choice at all."

Just as Ling Tinglan said, it didn't matter whether they chose or not. After the first three people made their choices, the remaining three were the ones they could choose from.

So the two of them watched helplessly as Ji Yan chose "Breaking Boundaries Fruit Core", Su Xingran took "Xiao Feng Mang" and Bian Hewen chose "THE King" - now their only hope, the two songs from the rap group, were gone.

Looking at the remaining three songs, Jiao Wangshu felt that each one offered less and less hope.

Recalling his miserable experience of breaking eight notes during his first stage performance, he simply closed his eyes and opened them again, finally choosing the dance group's "Weightless".

Ling Tinglan didn't even have time to sympathize with him. When it came to his own turn, he could only "choose the best among the worst" and select "Manman," which was relatively easier to sing.

The last song, "Leo Star," ended up going to Zhong Jun, who came in sixth place.

Looking at Zhong Jun's wide smile, Ling Tinglan and Jiao Wangshu couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. They truly envied his good luck. It's not as good as having good fortune as choosing the right song. He was the last to choose, and his "Heart's Choice Song" fell from the sky and landed right in his arms.

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These are the reasons why Jiao Wangshu is sitting here now.

Seeing this group of people in front of you, now the question is—

Which people should he choose?

Jiao Wangshu pondered quietly. First, she needed to keep all the main dancers. Although the dance group's songs all needed to be pre-recorded in the recording studio, she also needed to keep at least one vocalist...

As he thought about it, his mind drifted into a blank.

I wonder how Ling Tinglan is doing now? This is the first time Jiao Wangshu has been separated from him since they joined the show.

To be honest, he misses him a little.