I was exposed for adding my female boss to my group of female friends.

He Su placed the opaque box containing the colored balls on the table, glanced around, and said, "Who wants to go first?"

No one present made a move.

Meng Xing looked around and said, "Isn't it all the same who goes first? I'll go first!"

After saying that, he took a ball out of the box and showed it to the camera.

"Blue. Next," He Su said. "Let the girls choose this time."

"I'll do it." Jin Lan was the first to raise her hand and took a ball out of the box.

"red."

Jin Lan looked at Meng Xing and said, "I'm sorry, Teacher Meng."

Meng Xing said, "We missed each other!"

“Let the boys do it this time,” He Su said.

Jia Yi looked at Chen Ya and gestured with his eyes, "You go first?"

"You go first," Chen Ya said.

Without any hesitation, Jia Yi reached into the box, turned it around, and finally pulled out a yellow ball.

"Goodness, three people, three different colors, is this fate?" Yu Xiaoxiao complained.

Jin Lan looked at Chen Ya sadly. Just now, she prayed in her heart that Jia Yi would catch the red ball, but he ended up catching the yellow ball instead.

Now, only the yellow ball is left in the creator's box, so he has to partner with Chen Liang.

For her, this was the worst possible outcome.

A bad start, what bad luck!

Chen Ya had obviously noticed this as well, and turned to Jin Lan, saying, "Then it seems we're partners."

Jin Lan forced a smile and said, "Then please guide me."

The viewers in the live stream noticed the helplessness on Jin Lan's face, and many comments started flooding the chat.

"She seems to be in so much pain."

"It's definitely frustrating to draw the weakest of the three cards."

"Jia Yi and Meng Xing are the strongest songwriters of the new generation. It's understandable that she was upset that she drew Chen Liang, who is not well-known."

"By the way, who exactly is Chen Liang? How come I've never heard of any of his songs?"

"I checked, and it seems he hasn't released any songs..."

……

The discussion in the live stream didn't last long, because it was Qin Yunshang's turn to draw lots.

Qin Yunshang took a blue ball out of the box, announcing that she would be teaming up with Meng Xing.

Meng Xing immediately raised the ball high in his hand and shouted, "Yay!"

Yu Xiaoxiao, standing to the side, said irritably, "What, are you happy to be teamed up with Yun Shang'er?"

"That's absolutely wonderful!" Meng Xing said excitedly. "Yun Shang'er has a great voice, and I've wanted to write a song for her for a long time!"

Qin Yunshang crossed her arms and said, "If the song you write isn't good enough, I don't want to sing it."

Meng Xing immediately felt embarrassed, while Yu Xiaoxiao covered her mouth and chuckled: "See? You got humiliated."

Jia Yi looked at Lu Chujiu and said, "Then it seems we're in the same group."

Lu Chujiu quickly bowed: "Teacher Jia, please give me your guidance!"

Jin Lan looked at Lu Chujiu with resentment, thinking to herself, "This guy is too lucky."

Lu Chujiu glanced back at Chen Ya, still feeling a little regretful.

Actually, she was actually thinking of teaming up with Chen Ya.

In this way, the three groups of people were determined.

Meng Xing and Qin Yunshang are in the same group;

Jia Yi and Lu Chujiu are in the same group;

Chen Liang and Jin Lan are in the same group.

After carefully writing the group information on the whiteboard, He Su clapped his hands and said:

"Alright, everyone, let's start rehearsing right now! Time is of the essence! I want to hear your new song after we disembark!"

Yu Xiaoxiao shook his arm and said:

"Teacher He, don't go too crazy, we still need to eat."

He Su was taken aback: "Do we still need to eat? I forgot."

"You can even forget about eating!" Yu Xiaoxiao said, just as a delicious aroma wafted to her nose. "The delicious food is ready!"

They were sitting outside the restaurant, and she was already impatient.

There are two restaurants on board, one free and one paid.

The meals at the free restaurant are included in the cruise ticket and are available to anyone on board; they are self-service.

However, the paid restaurants are said to be very good and have even received two Michelin stars.

However, apart from Yu Xiaoxiao, everyone else has lost their appetite.

After being divided into groups, everyone was eager to get back and prepare their new songs.

After a quick meal, the three groups went back to their rooms to practice, while the production crew, carrying cameras, wandered around with He Su, checking on the rooms.

They first visited the set of Qin Yunshang and Meng Xing's group, where the two were staring at each other in their room.

Qin Yunshang asked, "What do you plan to write?"

Meng Xing shook his head: "I don't know yet, I have to wait for an inspiration."

Qin Yunshang asked, "When will the inspiration come?"

Meng Xing replied, "When it's time to come, it will naturally come."

Qin Yunshang said, "Then what use are you?"

Meng Xing became excited: "I'm still useful! I'm a vessel for inspiration!"

"It sounds like you're weak."

After listening to the conversation between the two, the live stream chat was flooded with comments:

"Hahaha! Meng Xing is hilarious!"

"It's all for the sake of the show!"

"Poor Yunshang'er, it looks like she's going to lose all her hair!"

……

He Su turned to Yu Xiaoxiao and said, "I feel like there's nothing we can do to help them. Let's move on to the next group."

Yu Xiaoxiao nodded: "I agree."

So, the group left in tacit agreement and arrived at the door of Lu Chujiu and Jia Yi's group.

This group is making good progress because Jia Yi's song is readily available, and the two of them have already started practicing singing along.

Jia Yi prepared a song with a high key, and was initially worried that Lu Chujiu wouldn't be able to sing it. But unexpectedly, Lu Chujiu turned out to be a natural nightingale, and even her a cappella performance sounded quite good.

The two of them sang two or three lines, one for each of them, and the viewers in the live stream started flooding the chat with messages.

"This song is really good, as expected of Jia Yi."

"It's no wonder that it's ranked second in the 'Close Range' competition. They actually have such a good song hidden away. If it weren't for this show, they probably wouldn't have shown it."

"I think this girl sings quite well too. It seems that the contestants this time are all quite talented."

To prevent too much information from being leaked and for confidentiality reasons, the film crew stopped filming them and even muted the sound, filtering out Lu Chujiu's a cappella singing.

There was nothing for He Su to guide this group, so the group continued to visit the next group.

The group arrived at Chen Ya's door, but the door was closed.

After He Su knocked on the door, Chen Liang's voice came from inside:

"Please come in!"

When He Su and the others entered, they were surprised to find that Jin Lan, who was sitting on the sofa, had red eyes.

Yu Xiaoxiao quickly asked, "Oh dear, Jin Lan, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"

When Jinlan saw them come in, she looked at them as if they were her saviors and quickly said:

"He just said he wanted to hear my vocal range, and kept making me sing the same line over and over again. I feel like he's deliberately torturing me!"

He Su and Yu Xiaoxiao were both surprised. Yu Xiaoxiao stepped forward and hugged Jin Lan, then turned to Chen Ya and asked:

"Chen Liang, is what she said true? What exactly happened?"

She definitely didn't believe that anyone on the show would dare to deliberately torment their teammates.

But she didn't know Chen Liang at all, and she didn't know anything about his character.

Chen Ya rubbed his forehead and said, "This is a misunderstanding. I just asked Jin Lan to cooperate so I could hear her high and low ranges."

With a sob in her voice, Jin Lan said, "There's no need to keep making me sing the same lyric over and over again, is there?"

Jin Lan was originally quite pretty, but when she cried like this, she looked like a pear blossom in the rain, appearing pitiful and quite sympathetic.

The viewers in the live stream almost instantly switched sides to Jin Lan's side.

"What is Chen Liang doing? Why torture the singer before writing the song?"

"I've never heard of someone considering a singer's vocal range before creating a song. Is he incapable of writing it himself?"

"This group started making trouble right from the beginning. I don't have a high opinion of this group. I feel like they're doomed."

He Su didn't quite believe Chen Liang would deliberately torment his teammates, but Jin Lan certainly wouldn't cry easily, so he said in a serious tone:

"Chen Liang, you should apologize to her first. Teammates should get along well and be considerate of each other."

Chen Ya gave a wry smile and said, "Then I admit I was wrong this time. Let's think of another way..."

Before he could finish speaking, Jin Lan stood up and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I need to calm down first."

After saying that, she rushed out the door.

Chen Ya sighed heavily.

Unexpectedly, he encountered such a bizarre situation.

In front of the production crew and the cameras, and to save face for Jin Lan, he couldn't reveal the truth...

The truth is—this Jinlan is tone-deaf!

...After the groups were divided, he rehearsed with Jin Lan.

Songwriting is not a problem for him at all. If he wants, he can create another Jiang Xinhai or Xu Xiangxiao.

But the prerequisite is that the singer must have the talent of Jiang Xinhai and Xu Xiangxiao.

He wanted to hear Jin Lan's vocal range so he could adjust his songs accordingly based on her voice.

Unexpectedly, this test revealed a problem.

This Jinlan singer isn't exactly tone-deaf, but he's just completely off-key!

Hearing this, Chen Ya began to feel uneasy and quickly closed the door, asking Jin Lan to sing along.

As a result, Jin Lan was not only tone-deaf, but she also had no awareness of her tone-deafness.

She's the kind of tone-deaf person who inspires the most despair; you can tell at a glance that her singing is off-key, but she's completely oblivious to it.

If you tell her she sang off-key, she'll get angry: "Where did I sing off-key? Didn't I just sing the same thing as you?!"

So when the production team asked him later, he couldn't reveal the truth.

Just kidding, if everyone knew Jin Lan was tone-deaf, would the competition even be able to continue?

Let's just admit defeat!