After their confessions were rejected, they regretted it for the rest of their lives.

At noon, in the company cafeteria,

Le Yi looked at Xia Weichan, who was clearly scrolling through her phone, and asked:

Aren't you worried about Zhou Juzi?

Why should I worry about her?

Xia Weichan calmly countered with a question,

Zhou Juzi is an adult, not some little girl in kindergarten.

Besides, the training room is almost entirely filled with children of the same age, so getting along and adapting shouldn't be a problem.

Moreover, Zhou Juzi doesn't compete with them; she can just find a place to practice and have fun on her own.

We must not repeat the mistakes of Kurimaki Tsuruo.

He remembered what Leyi had told him back then.

You shouldn't let your target become too dependent on you. If you don't even need to confess, why bother building up your affection level?

Azusa Funagi's playing technique is already excellent, and she also has the help of Tsuruo Kurimaki to guide her in other aspects.

Xia Weichan felt that all she needed to do was build a platform and then wait for things to blossom and bear fruit.

Once the initial stage is over, depending on the condition of Zhou Juzi, it's fine to consider letting them roam freely.

This is what Xia Weichan thought.

"These are all processes that Tachibana Azusa must go through. As for other things, I don't intend to waste my energy on them. She has a pretty good ability to withstand pressure."

"Is that so? To be honest, as your boyfriend, I really can't see any emotional concern from you for Zhou Juzi."

Le Yi thought about how the two of them had interacted, and she continued:

"Of course, I don't mean you're concerned about her career as a musician, but rather from the perspective of a girlfriend."

"..."

The two weren't really a couple to begin with.

They were forced into this situation by the system and had no other choice but to resort to this forced approach.

Xia Weichan was truly distressed at the mention of this lousy system…

This morning, he looked at it again, and the double image kept appearing endlessly; it was as if an extra page had inexplicably appeared on the binding interface.

No matter what I do, I can't get it going.

At first, Xia Weichan didn't care that much. He thought it was probably just a simple display bug in the system.

However, ever since meeting Ke Yueci yesterday, Xia Weichan has had a vague feeling that this time loop is unusual.

Does he need to bind two accounts?

Doesn't that just force him to become a scumbag?

Whether he's a jerk or not, Xia Weichan doesn't really care. After all, he and Zhou Juzi have only known each other for a few days and can barely be considered familiar friends.

His worry was how to find a second partner to bind with.

Go and bind Ke Yueci?

Seeing that the only direction for the girl's development was [business], it would be crazy for her to go back to the Ke family and mess around with herself.

Xia Weichan sighed and opened the system panel again, looking at the double image.

[Remaining time: 79 days and 23 hours]

[Please bind your character to your development target as soon as possible.]

Is the double image getting more and more obvious...?

Upon noticing this change, Xia Weichan frowned slightly.

The joy of successfully confessing my feelings this week has been overshadowed by this unexpected bug.

Rather than clinging to a sliver of hope and doubting whether this broken system really intends to bind me to a second development goal.

It's better to take action sooner rather than later.

Why don't we take advantage of the birdwatching to look for a second target that we can tag along with?

If all else fails, I'll just start a fourth, fifth, or sixth playthrough...

Anyway, there's no real loss, since I originally died and then transmigrated here.

After failing three times, Xia Weichan's attitude towards the system became increasingly dismissive.

It's a miracle it didn't explode...

"After I left this morning, I stayed in the rehearsal room watching Tsuru sing, but her voice seemed a little hoarse, so the effect wasn't very good."

Upon hearing Le Yi's sudden report, Xia Weichan closed the system panel that only he could see.

Snapping out of his daze, as Le Yi had observed, he asked:

"You seem to care a lot about Tsuruo?"

Xia Weichan remembered that in the last playthrough, when Kurimaki Tsuruo met Leyi, she would at most greet her, and sometimes she wouldn't even bother to turn her head.

Le Yi smiled and said:

"Xia Weiyu was kind to me, so it's only natural that I should care about the people he liked when he was alive."

"Is that so?"

"Besides, Tsuruo doesn't seem to be doing well. She doesn't have many friends, and you care more about Tachibana Azusa, so for the sake of the company, shouldn't I, as a senior executive, also show some concern?"

"really…"

Xia Weichan nodded. Le Yi's words made a lot of sense, and the idea of ​​repaying kindness was also very heartwarming.

He couldn't help but say:

"Thank you for your help. When you're with He Xu, please try to let her rest as much as possible."

"Don't worry about that. I'm more worried about Tachibana Azusa. After all, your actions seem a bit like forcing a duck onto a shelf, which I don't understand..."

Le Yi looked at Xia Weichan and deliberately reminded her:

"When Xia Weiyu placed Kurimaki Tsuruo in the debut group, she was only placed in the next two seasons, so she had at least a month to prepare. But Tachibana Azusa only had a week."

"You don't need to understand, this is my decision."

"You and Xia Weiyu are really alike... Fine, whatever. But let me say this: even if you get Ju Zi into the debut group, it's not like she'll be guaranteed a spot. If she gets into trouble, it will be handled according to the normal rules and regulations."

Le Yi specifically emphasized this to Xia Weichan, because for trainees, it's common for talented people to get in through connections.

However, that doesn't mean that person can be superior just because of their connections. Gao Jingshu, the head trainee of the instrument group, likes to scold any trainees who join the group.

However, Azusa Tachibana probably won't have this problem...

.........

"You made three mistakes this morning and during lunch break, Zhou Juzi."

"..."

"You play on your phone all morning, want to go out at lunchtime, and then want to go get your phone back during lunch break. Are you really that addicted to your phone?"

During the lunch break, Gao Jingshu put her hands on her hips and looked at Zhou Juzi, who was awkwardly curling her hair with her fingers.

She said in a serious tone:

"Don't think that just because you know me well and we spent a few days together in that little training room, I'll make an exception for you. Do you understand the importance of separating public and private matters?"

"Know…"

Zhou Juzi pursed her lips, her voice muffled, like a child who had made a mistake.

During her lunch break, the girl tried to steal a phone when no one was around, but was caught red-handed and scolded, which made her feel bad.

I didn't eat much at noon because of my anxiety.

Zhou Juzi was very unaccustomed to the formal group training life, starting yesterday.

After Xia Weichan finished saying those words…

A seed that had always been buried deep in a young girl's heart, but never sprouted.

But it was precisely this morning's nourishment of negative emotions that gradually took root in the deepest recesses of their being.

Even Lian Zhou Ju Zi herself didn't realize that this thing, buried deep in her personality by her terrible family environment...

The girl lightly kicked the edge of the wall with her toe, then looked down at the patterns on the ground, dejected, and prepared to go back.

Suddenly, a faint "tap-tap" sound was heard, the sound of hard-soled leather shoes stepping on the ground, and it was getting closer and closer.

At that moment, a clear yet somewhat indifferent voice came from not far away:

"Gao Jingshu, my name is Yizhou Juzi."