【@SweetHoneyLoveLetter-QY: |TalentShowWork| The two babies went to work together again today! Same car! Are they discussing their experiences as mentors?】
【After what happened last night, I wonder if they got any sleep. I think the little Captain’s condition looks pretty good, but Keke seems a bit haggard?】
【Keke really cares about the little Captain. Sigh, I didn’t sleep last night either, busy with comment cleanup and anti-fan campaigns, I was so angry I cried several times!】
【The two babies definitely slept together last night!】
【Let me see who’s wearing a turtleneck today? Teacher Song is wearing a black velvet choker, is it to hide hickeys [doge]】
【I can already picture it. Last night, they had a little to drink, the little Captain couldn’t hold her liquor, fell into Keke’s arms, melted into a puddle, and was at her mercy.】
【Here’s the pen, please continue writing.】
【When is the book coming out?】
“I had Xiao Nan buy you coffee.” In the mentors’ lounge, Song Yushi handed a steaming cup of coffee to Qi Ke, her face full of apology. “Are you okay?”
Last night, she had fallen asleep on Qi Ke’s shoulder in the car. Afraid of waking her, Qi Ke only closed the convertible top and remained motionless the rest of the time. By the time she woke up, it was the middle of the night.
The great lead singer Qi’s shoulder had gone numb.
Fortunately, the Qi family’s driver was waiting on the road and quickly came to pick them up and switch cars. By the time they got home, removed their makeup, and showered, they had slept for less than two hours before being woken up by Xiao Nan.
After another chaotic rush, the two managed to look as glamorous as they did in the photos of them arriving at work.
Qi Ke yawned and shook her head. “I’m…” Another yawn. “…fi…” Another yawn. “…ne!”
Xiao Nan, watching from the side: “…”
I can’t tell at all, Teacher Qi! Could you at least try to make your acting a little more convincing!
Song Yushi also: “…” Although she could tell from Qi Ke’s clumsy acting that she was faking it, why did she still feel so sorry?
Song Yushi, also holding a cup of milk tea, looked outside with a strange feeling. “I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but I feel like the staff are looking at me strangely today.”
Song Yushi asked Xiao Nan, “Did I do anything strange during the livestream yesterday?”
She had gone out with Qi Ke right after the livestream ended, wanting to clear her head, so she didn’t bring her phone. This morning was too rushed, so she still hadn’t checked the online feedback.
“Was there? I don’t think so?” Xiao Nan said vaguely. “If there was anything strange, it was just that Teacher Qi suddenly appeared. The CP fans went crazy. But it wasn’t a bad thing!”
She was hemming and hawing, unable to even tell a lie smoothly.
Song Yushi looked strangely at her assistant, deciding not to listen to her nonsense and to just check online herself. With that thought, she opened her bag on the table and froze. “…Where’s my phone?”
“I can answer that!” Before Xiao Nan could speak, Qi Ke, who was sipping coffee on the sofa, suddenly interjected, “Did you forget? Your phone is charging at home!”
Song Yushi’s brow furrowed slightly. “…Is that so?”
She had a very good memory. How could she not remember putting her phone to charge?
Qi Ke had already found an excuse for her. “You were drunk. It’s normal to have a bad memory. Sometimes when you were drunk before, you wouldn’t remember what you did. You’d even deny it the next morning.”
Song Yushi: “…”
Xiao Nan: “…”
Wait! Should she make herself scarce right now?
But—Xiao Nan was conflicted. Getting a front-row seat to the sweetness was so satisfying! She was the happiest Qi Yu CP fan in the world!
But Song Yushi wasn’t so easily fooled. After being the captain for so many years, she had developed a sensitivity to the subtleties of interpersonal relationships. She looked at Xiao Nan, then at Qi Ke, and asked, “Today is Qi Ke’s first time recording this show. Logically, Sister Ming should have come along. Why isn’t she here?”
Xiao Nan: “…” She couldn’t make up any more lies!
Xiao Nan looked at Qi Ke for help. Qi Ke took a sip of coffee. “Alright, stop hiding it from her.” She took out her phone and said, “I didn’t want to affect your mood. Yesterday, when I appeared in your livestream, our two fanbases started fighting. The comment sections were a complete bloodbath.”
Song Yushi was still a bit suspicious. She didn’t take the phone Qi Ke offered her, simply saying, “You know I don’t really care about these things.”
Qi Ke pressed her lips together.
Song Yushi stared at her intently. “…Don’t lie to me.”
Qi Ke closed her eyes, defeated by her captain’s gaze. She took a deep breath and gave Song Yushi a big smile. “The trainees are already waiting for us in the practice room. Your state of mind will affect them, so let’s talk about this after the recording is over, okay?”
Song Yushi was completely bewildered. “I’m not that fragile.”
“But I’m scared.” Qi Ke stood up, walked over, and rested her hands on the back of Song Yushi’s chair. She leaned down slightly, looking into her captain’s eyes. “Even if there’s a 0.1 percent chance you’ll be heartbroken and break down, I want to delay it as long as possible. For the sake of… my shoulder, just indulge me.”
Sweet words are moving on their own, but coming from the person you like, they are even more likely to make one’s face flush and heart race.
Song Yushi hurriedly averted her gaze from Qi Ke’s burning stare, but her face turned slightly red. It was like rouge falling into water, gently dispersing and spreading to the tips of her ears.
Xiao Nan pressed herself against the wall, trying to be invisible, but inwardly she was biting a handkerchief and wiping away tears: Not being able to record such an iconic scene and post it on the Super Topic for everyone to enjoy was truly one of life’s greatest regrets!!!
Qi Ke finished her makeup first and went ahead to the practice room. Song Yushi’s personal makeup artist was a bit slower, meticulously applying the makeup bit by bit. However, Song Yushi was absent-minded today, completely entrusting her face to the makeup artist, her thoughts elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Xiao Nan ran out to answer several phone calls. Before leaving, Song Yushi looked at her and made a bold guess: “Don’t tell me Qi Ke came out online while I was asleep?”
Xiao Nan looked shocked.
Song Yushi nodded. “Okay, so it’s not that.”
Xiao Nan: “???”
The talent show progressed quickly. While the first episode with the initial stage evaluations had just aired online, offline they had already moved on to the position evaluation segment. The trainees chose to be in the vocal, dance, or rap groups to perform their selected songs.
Song Yushi was in charge of the dance group and had her own classroom, with the dance subgroups attending classes at different times. So when Song Yushi pushed open the practice room door and saw Qi Ke singing and dancing with the trainees, her mood was: “…………??”
After a two-second pause, Song Yushi backed out of the room and looked at the temporary sign on the wall: Dance Studio.
She hadn’t gone to the wrong room.
Song Yushi opened the door again. The music in the practice room had stopped. The trainees and Qi Ke were all looking at the doorway. Ignoring the trainees, Song Yushi announced to Qi Ke, “You’re in the wrong classroom.”
But Qi Ke said, “No, I’m not. I’m here to teach dancing.”
“You’re teaching dancing?”
“That’s right.”
A small question mark seemed to float over Song Yushi’s head. “Aren’t you a vocal?”
“I can sing and dance.” Qi Ke lifted her chin at Song Yushi, with a look that said ‘Captain, you know me best.’ “No way, no way? Don’t tell me there are still people who don’t know that Sweet Day, Sweet Day, is the all-rounder group?”
Song Yushi looked skeptical. “Is…” Her voice rose at the end. “…that so?”
Qi Ke pretended not to hear the doubt in Song Yushi’s tone and nodded calmly. “Uh-huh.” She even sought others’ opinions. “Don’t you all agree?”
The onlooking trainees nodded reflexively, chiming in, “Yes, yes.”
“Sweet Day is the best!”
“They’re legendary in my book!”
“Anyway, I’m a group stan, I love every one of them!”
“Teacher Meng is great too! Her dancing is very… unique!”
Qi Ke said seriously, “Whatever Meng Ying is paying you, I, Qi Ke, will double it.”
The trainee: “…”
Song Yushi stared at Qi Ke for a moment, and her thoughts shifted. Qi Ke was doing this for the show’s entertainment value. She nodded and said, “Then I’ll go check on the other classroom. You… teach them well. They have their dress rehearsal tomorrow.”
“Wait!” Seeing that Song Yushi was really about to leave, Qi Ke quickly called out to stop her.
Song Yushi raised an eyebrow slightly.
Qi Ke went to the classroom door, leaned out halfway, and pretended to look at the sign on the wall, feigning a sudden realization. “Ah—Teacher Song, it turns out I really was in the wrong classroom!”
The trainees, collectively: “…”
Your acting is terrible, Teacher Qi!!! You should get some lessons from Teacher Song when you have time!!
Song Yushi watched Qi Ke’s performance with a smile. Only after she was finished did she slowly refuse, “No, you’re not in the wrong room.”
Qi Ke: “?”
Song Yushi maintained her smile. “You can just teach them dancing here. I believe in you, you can do it.”
Qi Ke: “??”
That’s not what you said just now!
Song Yushi patted Qi Ke’s arm and turned to leave. Qi Ke quickly lunged forward and hugged Song Yushi’s waist from behind. “I was wrong, I was really wrong! Captain, I was wrong!”
Caught off guard, Song Yushi’s face instantly flushed red. She turned her head to the side. “…Where were you wrong?”
In the one or two minutes that Qi Ke was admitting her mistake, the trainees in the practice room had already exchanged countless knowing glances.
“kswl kswl, is this what it feels like to ship a couple from the front lines? If the production team hadn’t confiscated our phones, I would definitely go on the Super Topic and start a screaming thread and scream for three days and three nights!”
“Speechless, speechless, why are they being so lovey-dovey during work hours? Isn’t the production team going to do anything about it? Is it okay to be in a relationship at public expense!”
“Teacher Qi is truly the top choice of the lesbian community. This little wolf dog and big sister are such a perfect match!!! I’m shipping them so hard I’m exploding on the spot!”
“Idols dating is a disqualification. Dating within the group is a super-qualification. Yay! I’m a master of double standards!”
“This old married couple vibe is so great to ship, isn’t it? Should I find a CP to pair up with too?”
“Why is my teammate looking at me strangely?”
Uh, it seems like something strange got mixed in?
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