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The dispute did not affect the trainees' daily training the next day.

The other members of Group A did not openly discuss yesterday's controversy in front of the camera; they asked a couple of questions privately and then dropped the topic.

Zhou Ran avoided the live stream cameras and asked quietly during the break, "Are you alright?"

Jiang Zhiyu swallowed hard: "It's nothing."

"If there's anything I can help you with, just let me know." After saying that, he patted Jiang Zhiyu on the shoulder and turned to leave.

Jiang Zhiyu watched Zhou Ran's departing figure, then silently tightened the bottle cap.

Another assistant choreographer, Wang Hongduan, was nowhere to be seen all day. In the past, even if he only made a perfunctory appearance, he would still show up briefly. But today, he was nowhere to be seen at all. No one from the production team mentioned that he had asked for leave, as if he had vanished into thin air.

The atmosphere in the training room was great. The rehearsal went smoothly all day, progressing steadily without any hiccups. It was as peaceful as an ordinary training day without any waves.

Even more unusually, the previously ubiquitous harassment from stalkers seemed to have vanished completely overnight.

Jiang Zhiyu did not deliberately turn off his phone today; it was quietly placed in his bag in the corner of the bench.

Throughout the entire day, there wasn't a single unfamiliar call or spam text message pop up; it was completely quiet, without even the slightest vibration or buzzing.

Quite coincidentally, they all fell silent today.

The weather was lovely today, with a rare coolness in the air and the sun not scorching, maintaining a comfortable body temperature.

The "mole" who colluded with outsiders to slip a threatening doll into Jiang Zhiyu's gift was discovered during his lunch break, when he was still anxiously contacting the person he was in contact with.

The phone rang for a long time without being answered. He made several calls in a hurry, and finally got through when his patience was about to run out.

He couldn't wait to say, "Brother Liu, you haven't paid me the balance yet."

The voice on the other end had a heavy accent: "Final payment? What final payment? What final payment?"

He suddenly became a little anxious: "No, you surnamed Liu, are you trying to renege on your debt? You begged and pleaded with me to help you back then, and now you want to turn your back on me? Let me tell you, that's impossible. I have evidence on hand. Transfer the remaining payment to my account before dark today, or don't blame me for selling you out."

The person on the other end of the line spoke in a much gentler tone, reassuringly saying, "Oh, Chen Feng, it's not that we don't want to give it to you, it's just that our company is too busy and chaotic right now... Tomorrow! It will definitely be here by tomorrow!"

Chen Feng rolled his eyes and said angrily, "It has to be today. How long does it take to transfer the money? Let me tell you, Hong Liu is about to find me. I have to get the money and run away before he finds me, do you understand?"

"oh oh."

"You, you—" Chen Feng slammed his fist on the wall, his chest heaving violently, panting heavily, his eyes bloodshot.

Overwhelmed by anger and panic, Chen Feng didn't hear the approaching footsteps outside the corridor. He cursed into his phone, insulting the other person's entire family.

What infuriated him most was the attitude on the other end of the phone—negligence and perfunctoriness. The person didn't get angry even when he broke down and started yelling; they just responded with "uh-huh, yes, too bad, oh dear" throughout, every word of which infuriated him.

Finally, he took a step back: "If I don't see the final payment by nine o'clock tomorrow morning, we'll fight to the death."

"Hahaha." The person on the other end laughed a few times, then slowly replied, "Okay."

Chen Feng's face flushed red, and he gritted his teeth as he pressed the hang-up button hard.

Along with the end-of-call tone on the phone, there were several loud knocks on the door.

Chen Feng was taken aback, his gaze drifting towards the tightly closed door.