Some people were so jealous that Xiang Yutang couldn't ignore it. She leaned into his arms with a big smile. "Are you jealous?"
"No way. What would I be jealous about?" Zhu Zhengchu still sounded sarcastic.
Xiang Yutang explained to him, "He's just a good friend."
"Don't tell me you're gonna team up with your good friend tomorrow?" Zhu Zhengchu looked at her suspiciously.
Xiang Yutang deliberately teased him. "Maybe. And he can dance, too. We could do a duet. Hey! Don't be mad. Don't go."
Zhu Zhengchu got up without a word, putting on his shoes to leave. Xiang Yutang didn't dare to tease him anymore. "Okay, okay. I'll definitely be on your team. Don't be mad, please. I was just joking. I won't team up with him."
Zhu Zhengchu said sarcastically, "I'm not mad. It's okay for you to team up with your childhood friend. You've known him for so long, but how long have you known me?"
Xiang Yutang wrapped her arms around his neck. "You still say you're not mad. Your face is all red. I was just kidding. Don't be mad, baby."
Zhu Zhengchu snorted. Xiang Yutang leaned in and kissed his thin lips. "Is this okay?"
Zhu Zhengchu gave her a sidelong glance. "That's enough?"
"What else do you want?" Xiang Yutang asked, blushing.
Zhu Zhengchu laid her down on the sofa. Xiang Yutang was a bit scared. Zhu Zhengchu's voice softened. "Don't be afraid. I won't do anything else."
True to his word, Zhu Zhengchu just kissed Xiang Yutang and did nothing else.
Xiang Yutang was blushing like crazy. The two of them were intimate on the sofa for quite a while.
Seeing that it was getting late and they had to get up early for the recording the next day, Zhu Zhengchu stood up first. "I'll go to the next room to rest. You go to bed early."
"I'll help you over."
Xiang Yutang helped Zhu Zhengchu over and then went back to her own room. Zhu Zhengchu's bed was very soft, just like the one she liked to sleep in at home. Xiang Yutang blushed as she lay on it, hugging the quilt and sniffing. It smelled like Zhu Zhengchu.
It was so nice.
Xiang Yutang hid under the quilt and giggled.
She was very happy, but Zhu Zhengchu wasn't. Rarely interested, he decided to search for the other male star. He wanted to see what this good friend of Xiang Yutang's looked like.
Ying Zikui had a pretty - boy look. Zhu Zhengchu used to have no problem with this kind of appearance, but now he just felt disgusted. Deep down, he thought Ying Zikui was really ugly.
Ying Zikui became an instant hit in 2021 as the second male lead in a TV drama. His popularity even outshone the first male lead. He was also well - educated and good at both singing and dancing.
Zhu Zhengchu couldn't help rolling his eyes as he read these descriptions on Baidu. Nowadays, artists could be hyped up about anything. He shouldn't have agreed when the director's team said they were adding a guest the other day. What a miscalculation!
This guy had better be smart and know to keep a distance between men and women. If he dared to get too close to Xiang Yutang tomorrow, he'd be in trouble.
Zhu Zhengchu thought about this and fell asleep huffily, without really thinking about why he was so angry.
The next morning, when Zhu Zhengchu opened his eyes, he saw Xiang Yutang sitting in front of him with her legs hugged. She looked so cute and well - behaved.
Zhu Zhengchu rubbed his eyes and sat up. "Why did you get up so early, Tangtang?" Oh right, he almost forgot they had an early recording today.
Xiang Yutang said, "Lazy bones, get up quickly. I'll help you brush your teeth and then I'll go back to the dormitory." They couldn't show up in the training room at the same time, or it would be too obvious.
Zhu Zhengchu got up quickly. His foot actually didn't hurt at all anymore, but he still pretended to be weak and leaned on Xiang Yutang's back, sighing.
"What's wrong? Did you have a nightmare?" Xiang Yutang asked with concern.
Zhu Zhengchu said sarcastically, "It's nothing. I just had a dream last night that someone was so happy to see her childhood friend that she forgot all about her boyfriend in a blink of an eye. Her boyfriend was sitting in the classroom waiting for her but never saw her."
Xiang Yutang laughed. "You're so petty."
"I am petty." Zhu Zhengchu admitted it quite quickly.
Xiang Yutang said, "I promise I'll go to your classroom!"
"You said it. You'd better remember."
After Zhu Zhengchu was done, Xiang Yutang left and went back to tell Zhuo Ziyu the good news.
"Ziyu~ Zikui is coming!"
Zhuo Ziyu was about to ask Xiang Yutang if anything inappropriate had happened last night, but she was stunned when she heard Ying Zikui's name.
"Zikui?!! Ying Zikui?!!"
"Yeah, yeah! Aren't you happy!" Xiang Yutang looked at her happily.
A big smile appeared on Zhuo Ziyu's face. "Really?!! I thought he was still filming. Is he out?"
"Yeah. He came out when we first got here. This guy didn't tell us. He probably wanted to surprise us." Xiang Yutang stretched.
Zhuo Ziyu asked, "How did you know?"
"Master told me last night."
"Did anything happen between you two last night?" She almost forgot to ask this.
Xiang Yutang said lazily, "No. He went back on his own as soon as the time was up. Nothing happened!"
Only then was Zhuo Ziyu relieved. "That's good. When will Zikui come today?"
"If we go there now, we should be able to see him. He's a special guest today."
Xiang Yutang and Zhuo Ziyu happily rushed to the recording classroom. The trainees sitting inside were all talking.
"Do you know Ying Zikui who starred in the Tang Dynasty Palace drama recently? Aaaaaah, he's so handsome!"
"Sure! I heard he might come here today. I can't wait!"
Xiang Yutang and Zhuo Ziyu looked at each other.
"We were the only ones who didn't know."
They were too embarrassed to say they were Ying Zikui's good friends.
Zhuo Ziyu was also helpless. She had been too busy recently to keep in touch.
After everyone sat down, the fat director came out to announce today's rules.
"Choose the mentor you want to team up with and show your talents in front of him to make him keep you. That's what you need to do today."
This rule made some happy and some worried. What if they were rejected by all the mentors? How embarrassing that would be.
Zhuo Ziyu whispered to Xiang Yutang, "If you're going to Teacher Zhu, maybe I'll go to Zikui's. I'm afraid no girls will know this new star and he'll be embarrassed if no one wants to be on his team."
Xiang Yutang nodded. "That's a good idea."
The two of them were trying to protect their childhood friend's self - esteem, but unexpectedly, as soon as the director said they could start, a quarter of the trainees ran to Ying Zikui.
"Aaaaaah, let me see what this handsome guy looks like!"
Zhuo Ziyu: ...
Xiang Yutang: ...