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"I'm so tired."

Several days have passed since Ling Tinglan and Jiao Wangshu last caused Su Xingran such a huge shock.

These past few days have actually been tough for both of them.

While a duo stage is a great opportunity for trainees to showcase their talents, as their individual parts are significantly increased, it presents a huge challenge for both of them.

Without the support of the team, Ling Tinglan and Jiao Wangshu had to stand up even more.

A performance is judged by its overall execution. No matter how talented Ji Yan and Su Xingran are, it won't work if they drag the team down.

So both of them went all out this time, training late into the night every day, practically living in the practice room.

However, compared to Ling Tinglan, Jiao Wangshu's life was still a bit easier.

After all, Su Xingran was only thinking about how to add more interactive movements, so their group's dance moves had been greatly simplified, and Jiao Wangshu could barely keep up.

However, Ling Tinglan was in a much worse state. For several days in a row, he was really exhausted.

Ji Yan is recognized as one of the strongest trainees and has high demands for the stage. Although he made some simplifications and adaptations to accommodate Ling Tinglan's situation, the overall difficulty of the song is still quite high.

In addition, Ling Tinglan had an inexplicable competitive spirit towards Ji Yan. Even though he was so tired that his legs were trembling, he still kept quiet in front of Ji Yan and did as many repetitions as asked.

Then he turned around and hugged Jiao Wangshu, starting to complain without repeating a single word of Ji Yan's complaints.

Just like it is now.

Today, their group practiced until after midnight again, and Jiao Wangshu, who was really worried, came to pick up Ling Tinglan.

The early winter night was rather chilly, but Ling Tinglan refused to take another step—

He was really tired.

There was nothing that could be done; Ling Tinglan had absolutely no desire to move, and even if Jiao Wangshu exerted all her strength, she couldn't drag him.

They had no choice but to rest for a while on a bench along the way between the dormitory and the practice room.

It was quiet around them, and the dim streetlights shone on them.

"You have no idea how outrageous he is!"

Ling Tinglan, filled with righteous indignation, complained to Jiao Wangshu. He leaned close to Jiao Wangshu, held up a few fingers, and recounted Ji Yan's "crimes" one by one.

"One more time, one more time! All he ever says is 'one more time'!"

"We're all Chinese, why are you trying to pull off this foreign language thing? Can't you just count the beat by saying 'one, two, three'? Do you think I can even understand if you just say 'one, two, three'?"

"This is China!"

……

Ling Tinglan became more and more excited as she spoke, and her movements became increasingly exaggerated, pushing and squeezing Jiao Wangshu from one end of the bench to the other.

Poor Jiao Wangshu had to push his head closer and closer while also trying to massage his aching arm muscles—

If he doesn't get a proper massage, lactic acid will build up in his muscles, and when he wakes up tomorrow, he'll be in so much pain that he'll whine and complain about not wanting to get out of bed.

Ling Tinglan rattled off a whole bunch of things, until her throat was dry. After venting her emotions, she still wanted to find a point of agreement at the end:

"Tell me! Isn't he going too far?!"

"right."

Jiao Wangshu spoke with absolute certainty, but in reality, he only let these words go in one ear and out the other, not really hearing what Ling Tinglan said.

But none of that matters. As a good daughter, all I need to do is stand firmly by his side.

Jiao Wangshu knew perfectly well that Ling Tinglan was being unreasonable, but so what?

He's not here to uphold justice; he's here to back him up.

After venting his anger, Ling Tinglan felt much better. He stopped talking, and the world fell silent.

Ling Tinglan quietly looked at Jiao Wangshu's lowered eyes. His eyelashes fluttered like small fans, which was quite cute.

A gust of wind blew by, and it got a little cold. Jiao Wangshu shivered involuntarily.

Ling Tinglan looked at him intently and naturally wouldn't miss his every move.

"Is it getting a little cold?" he asked.

"Actually, it's not so bad..."

Unfortunately, before Jiao Wangshu could finish speaking, a warm scarf was placed around his neck—

This is what Ling Tinglan just took off from her neck.

Jiao Wangshu instinctively wanted to tie it back on for him, since Ling Tinglan had just finished training and came out of the practice room.

"Don't give it to me! Wear it yourself first! You just sweated so much, what if you catch a cold if the wind blows on you?"

However, his strength is no match for Ling Tinglan's now.

Ling Tinglan just kept her head down, completely ignoring what Jiao Wangshu was saying, and directly started wrapping the scarf around him.

"Don't worry, I'm incredibly healthy right now. You're the one who should be more careful. You just got sick once, so you can't catch another cold."

Jiao Wangshu couldn't persuade him otherwise, and for a moment she was stunned and lost in thought.

He went from always taking care of others to being taken care of...

He had a strange feeling that he couldn't quite describe, but also a little bit of inexplicable loss and panic.

Jiao Wangshu's voice was almost inaudible, "...Um, okay...thank you."

"Jiaojiao".

Ling Tinglan didn't look at him, but suddenly called his name, "You said it would be great if we could have a duet stage this time."

Jiao Wangshu didn't know why he suddenly brought this up, but she still smiled and said it.

"Stop joking."

"It would be really awkward if there were a duet stage featuring just the two of us. Are we really going to stand on stage and perform drunken boxing for our fans?"

Ling Tinglan turned her head, vehemently disagreeing, "We're both so good-looking! What's ugly about us!"

His eyes lit up. "Besides, the two of us can dance that."