BXBX NOVEL Chapter 149 - 149: Someone I Haven ‘t Seen in a Long Time
Although Xia Jinmeng had already planned to seduce Lu Shiyuan to boost her status, she still couldn’t help but feel unhappy when she thought about how Lin Shanchu had more votes than her.
She couldn’t possibly be inferior to someone like Lin Shanchu, a good-for-nothing who couldn’t even compete against Tang Qidai.
If this wasn’t due to the blindness of the audience, it must be from the production crew playing tricks on her.
And Nan Mu, the organizer of the program and also Lin Shanchu’s boss, was the mastermind behind this.
Yes, this must be it!
The more Xia Jinmeng thought about it, the angrier she got.
However, she was still standing on the stage so she could only take deep breaths to suppress her anger.
Meanwhile, Lin Shanchu was having a conversation with the system in her mind.
Just five minutes ago, she heard the voice of the system in her mind:
[Love Line Points +1.]
“Are you malfunctioning?” Lin Shanchu asked, confused.
She had been dancing on stage all this time and hadn’t done anything else.
She couldn’t justify the system’s sudden awarding of points as anything other than a malfunction.
The system fell silent.
Then, the system asked:
[Does the host want to view the detailed breakdown of the points?]
Lin Shanchu replied, “Yes.”
The system scanned through the data for a while before reporting.
[The most recent point addition would be a reward of 1 point under the
‘Heartbeat Value’ category.]
“Who is it from?”
This time, she was 100% sure that this ‘Heartbeat Value’ point had nothing to do with her.
After all, she had only spoken to the two male hosts on stage and their conversation barely went past three sentences.
The system replied:
[Sorry, the source cannot be viewed at the moment.]
Before Lin Shanchu could ask any more questions, she heard the host calling out her name.
“Lin Shanchu”
Lin Shan Chu came back to her senses and realized that everyone was looking at her.
She had been too focused on talking to the system to pay attention to what the host was saying.
She felt a moment of confusion.
Yu Weixin naturally helped her out of the awkward situation, “You seem a bit tired from practicing dance late into the night recently.”
As he spoke, he glanced at the big screen behind Lin Shanchu.
Following his line of sight, Lin Shanchu turned her head to look behind her as well.
The screen was playing a clip of her practicing dance in the early morning.
During each group’s performance, some pre-competition edited videos would be broadcasted to increase the exnosnre of the trainees and create snsnense for
the show.
This particular segment was an additional clip chosen by the production team.
Comment section:
[She’s so dedicated! It’s 3 a.m., I’m not even asleep at this time!]
[Wasn’t she promoting a healthy lifestyle of waking up early and sleeping early? Did she flip over so quickly?]
[Isn’t this against the trend of anti-exhaustion? She’s secretly working hard here!]
[No wonder her performance was so good despite having lesser time than others. She really went all out.]
The microphone was handed to Lin Shanchu.
“I didn’t stay up late for training. I just couldn’t sleep.”
Comment section:
[Is that really the truth?]
[Isn’t insomnia normal? Who doesn’t have sleep disorders nowadays?] [What? Is she playing the victim card now?]
[Someone like Lin Shanchu who doesn’t need to worry about anything. What does she have to be anxious about? She’s just being dramatic.]
The director was pulling his hair with a worried expression behind the camera.
No matter where the popularity lies, it often behaves unpredictably.
The program broadcasted this segment to let everyone see how hard-working Lin Shanchu was.
She only needed to say a few heartfelt words and he could easily gain another wave of fans.
Sigh!
The director sighed silently.
Forget it, he was being overambitious.
Yu Weixin intended to smooth things over with a few words and move on from this part.
However, Ji Yuan spoke up and asked Lin Shanchu, ‘Why couldn’t you sleep?”
Yu Weixin had no choice but to follow up, “Is it because you’re worried about the competition?”
Lin Shanchu remained calm as she replied, “No, I’m just worried about the company.”
Comment section:
[Huh???]
[Pfft! Is she referring to the Lu Corporation?]
[It must be the Lu Corporation. Didn’t their shares recently plummet because of the incident with Jing Ming?]
[Wow, and just a moment ago, someone said she was being dramatic! Anyone would be anxious over something like this.]
[A few days ago, I read the news about Lu Shiyuan attending an event together with Tang Qidai. Don’t those two feel some shame?]
[F * ck! Now that you mentioned it, I do feel a bit sorry for our beauty Lin Shanchu.]
[I’m wishing that scumbag of a man and that ghostly-looking bitch a miserable end-]
The number of participants in Group Two is fewer than in Group One, so their performance ends relatively earlier.
After all the performances are over, it’s time to announce the winners for the ‘Most Popular Team’ and the ‘Overall Popularity Winner’.
The hosts first announce the ‘Most Popular Team’.
Before he announced the winner, he kept the audience in suspense. The host pointed the microphone toward them and said, “Everyone, tell us which team you think performed the best today.”
The audience cooperatively screamed the names of the groups they believe were the best.
Amongst them, voices that said “Love me” were the most common.
The emcee retracted the microphone and said, “I’ve heard everyone’s voices, and yes, today’s ‘Most Popular Team’ is ‘Love Mel !”
The comment section was flooded with comments saying “As expected”.
Then, it was time to move on to the ‘Overall Popularity Winner’.
On the big screen, the total votes of all team members appeared in sequence.
Yunwu’s vote is the last one to be revealed.
Once her votes were out, it was clear.
The comment section and the audience were all shouting Lin Shanchu’s name.
“The most popular person today is Lin Shanchu!”
“Let’s congratulate her!”
Lin Sanchu’s name just kept rolling in the comment section.
Backstage, the staff members who were looking at the real-time data sighed softly, “Lin Shanchu is really popular. Those who don’t know better might think that he has already debuted…”
Lin Shanchu’s costume was matched with a pair of Martin Boots that didn’t fit her really well.
As soon as the live stream ended, she immediately went backstage to take them off.
Xia Jinmeng walked up to her from behind and sarcastically said,
“Congratulations on being the ‘Overall Popularity Winner’.”
Lin Shanchu stood up with the shoes in her hand and raised an eyebrow at Xia Jinmeng’s wishes, “Thank you.”
Before Xia Jinmeng could say another word, Lin Shanchu left with her shoes.
F * ck!
The silhouette of this woman’s walk was so graceful, she looked as if she was wearing high heels even when walking barefoot.
The more Xia Jinmeng looked, the more annoyed she became.
Having nowhere to vent her frustration, Xia Jinmeng kicked the stage leg beside her.
Unexpectedly, she used too much force and ended up numbing her foot.
Meanwhile, Lin Shanchu was thinking about the heartbeat points as she speed-walked back to her dormitory.
She fully intends to be the first to return.
However, on the way back, she met someone she hadn’t seen for a long time.
Although the figure flashed past, Lin Shanchu was certain it was Li Mo.
Li MO and Huo Xunzhou had always been an inseparable duo.
If Li MO was here, does that mean…
Without giving it any further thought, Lin Shanchu chased after Li Mo.
Not far into the chase, sure enough, she saw Huo Xunzhou.
He was in his wheelchair as usual. His shirt and trousers were impeccably ironed, giving him a stern, meticulous look.
Nan Mu was also there, standing opposite Huo Xunzhou.
Wearing a playful smile, he said something to Huo Xunzhou, but his only response to him was a cold expression, which was like a slap to Nan Mu’s face.
Then, Huo Xunzhou seemed to have sensed something and quickly shifted his focus in the direction that caught his attention.
Using her agile movements, Lin Shanchu retreated her step just in time to slide into the blindspot at the corner of Huo Xunzhou’s line of sight just before he noticed her..