CHAPTER 218: CHAPTER 217: DUO

Chapter 217: Duo

Everyone’s confusion turned into surprise at her words. Xu Xinyi looked as if she was still the usual mentor who got easily angry and just blurted all her thoughts without hesitation as she continued.

"If you feel indignant, why don’t you go ask the audience one by one why they picked him?" Xu Xinyi sneered. "If you feel wronged, why don’t you ask yourself if you did better than him? If you did, then why didn’t they choose you then?"

"..." Everyone was speechless.

Xu Xinyi’s sharp glares shot at them one by one as she emphasized. "Whether Chen Wei’s score is higher than you expected is not something that you have the right to question because just like everyone, he won it fairly. He did it after working hard and turning himself in on stage. Are you not satisfied with that?"

"..." The crowd didn’t say anything but just looked away guilty.

Meanwhile, the young man stared at Xu Xinyi with disbelief. For the first time again, he not only received compliments but the evil woman actually defended him in front of everyone!

Xu Xinyi scoffs again before turning her head to him. But when their eyes met, Chen Wei didn’t know why but he quickly averted his gaze. The woman didn’t say anything about his reaction but just signalled the staff to continue the shoot.

"For the fifth trainee to enter the S Class, with a total score of 85 points, he received 29 points from both Xu Xinyi and Jiang Su and 27 points from Lin Yu... Congratulations for moving forward Qin An."

Fortunately, the attention of the crowd shifted to Qin An when the scores were announced. 85 points? And he actually even got the smallest point from Lin Yu? It’s more possible from Xu Xinyi but it came from him?

The crowd couldn’t help but look at each other in confusion. Why did Lin Yu give this score to Qin An? It was very unlikely to him. It’s just that Lin Yu didn’t say anything about his decision so they didn’t know how to figure it out.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu looked at the young man who remained steady as a lake as he went to his position beside Shen Lou. He knew that everyone was curious but he didn’t even know how to explain.

It’s not a personal grudge or he saw something wrong because even Xu Xinyi herself gave the young man a high score. How did he decide this? Maybe because Lin Yu felt something wrong.

Looking at Qin An wearing a uniform, he just felt that the young man looked very unsuitable. The young man doesn’t have an aura of being a soldier even if he looks sharp and mature. Maybe because he was too young? That was his first thought but looking at Qin An’s teammate made him think otherwise.

Qin An seems to be more suitable and perfect with something that drives them to a mysterious feeling. A strange thing that draws them to an unknown that no one could fully understand. Seeing that state made him somehow reject it a bit.

Qin An looks like someone who can really do something for the world but not in a way of how a soldier would do.

Lin Yu had a hard time figuring out that feeling anyway but he decided to follow his thoughts and gave him that score. Not because the young man didn’t deserve a high score but he just felt that there’s something that just had not been seen. Like an incomplete soul.

For the next time that passed, the last three trainees to enter the S Class were also announced. It was Han Suwen and He Yan who climbed up again. As for Lu Nanxiao who was removed from the class, he became the first member under A Class this time with Sheng Yan, Xing Ren and others.

Afterwards, the names from different trainees were called one by one to officially advance to the next round until all the remaining 20 trainees were called.

The 25 trainees that were not called stood on the stage and bowed together before they waved at their friends above to say goodbye with tears on their faces.

It was another goodbye again but since this happened for the third time, maybe the trainees finally got used to it after a brief emotion, they were able to calm themselves and thus the next round was quickly revealed.

"From the three groups, MVP’s were also chosen. Please step forward on stage Gu Yijin, Chen Wei and Nan Moyi." The artificial voice of a woman sounded at the venue and the three trainees also went forward.

"The MVP’s from the third round of group performance will be given benefit after being chosen by the mentors. In addition to the points that they had, they also have the benefit to choose for the next round of competition."

Two virtual screens floated above and the artificial voice from the woman continued.

"For the next round, a new challenge will begin. Instead of performing as a group, this round will be performed as a duo."

"!!!"

The last word shocked the crowd. Duo?

"The remaining 20 trainees will be divided into 10 pairs and will perform again in front of a live stage. With the given three categories, each pair will perform on stage."

Three words also appeared above them; Romance, Rivalry, Rapport.

"These rounds entitled 3R’s will be performed live again. The scores will ultimately be based on the audience choice with one pair chosen for MVP from the mentors. Trainees, please choose your partner with full consideration."

The trainees looked at each other. Duo? Who will be their perfect pair? Some of them immediately looked at the directions of their friends and nodded with a tacit understanding.

As for the upper classes, it was not only Chen Wei and Sheng Yan who stiffened but also Qin An.

It’s just that different from the first two, the young man has a different dilemma.

Chen Wei didn’t know who to approach because of his past attitude towards everyone and Sheng Yan knew that no one would probably choose him after his incident. This new challenge is their ultimate seatback for the competition.

As for Qin An anyway, his body froze not because he didn’t know how to find a duo but rather because of the gazes that he felt.

Not only one or two but he felt six gazes towards him from others. And as expected, when he looked around, he saw the eyes of some familiar people looking at him.

"..."

Qin An were just left speechless as he felt a foreboding trouble again.

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