TL: Hua
“Then how about tomorrow…”
Before Song Yingming could finish his sentence, the sound of the fans behind him drowned him out.
“No!! Right now!!!”
Song Yingming immediately wore a look of helplessness, frowning and looking hesitantly at the large screen.
Song Yingming wasn’t truly hesitant; he was just stalling to give the editors some time to find the footage.
Once he heard “OK” through his earpiece, he spoke again, “Alright then, let’s play it now.”
Of course, he didn’t tell the audience that even if they hadn’t asked, he had already planned to put this segment into the officially broadcast main episode tomorrow.
It had been edited long ago.
With such an explosive scene, how could he possibly not release it to boost ratings!!
But the audience didn’t know that, so they were extremely happy right now.
As soon as he agreed to broadcast it, the sound of exceptionally joyful cheers immediately erupted from behind him.
A shrewd look flashed in Song Yingming’s eyes after the camera turned away; his merits remained deeply hidden.
So very quickly, the large screen broadcast the intimate scene of Gu Siye and Lin Yanran demonstrating the final reversal in the practice room that day.
The production team also clearly understood what the audience wanted to see. All the dialogue between the two beforehand was skipped, and the broadcast began right from when Lin Yanran had applied lipstick and was standing face-to-face with Gu Siye.
Amidst the ambiguous murmuring of the BGM, Gu Siye was the first to reach out.
His beautiful, slender fingers gently stroked the other person’s slender waist, and then with a little force, his fingers sank deeply into the other person’s white T-shirt.
The beautiful curve of the waist, which had been loosely covered by the white T-shirt, was instantly revealed to the camera.
That scene alone was enough to make the audience in front of the screen’s blood pressure soar.
[F**k, that waist, it makes my thing stand up]
[That waist is so perky and round]
[What is the person upstairs babbling about? It’s clearly the butt that is so slender and soft]
[This figure, hiss hiss]
The screen on the stage was extraordinarily large, and every detail was magnified countless times.
As the distance between the two suddenly closed, Lin Yanran looked panicked and scared. He raised his fair and smooth arm, wanting to push away the person in front of him and escape.
But, utterly helpless, he was like a little white rabbit waiting to be slaughtered, firmly constrained by the hand on his waist, completely unable to move.
And Gu Siye, in his clean cut suit, was the hunter coldly observing the prey struggling desperately in his grasp.
After savoring Lin Yanran’s desperate expression with amusement, he was finally satisfied.
So he put away his gentlemanly and elegant demeanor. His eyes were dark and deep as he looked at Lin Yanran, who was pressed against his chest.
The corner of his mouth curled into a light, casual, and charming smile. He carelessly lifted the other’s chin, wickedly appreciating the unconcealable panic and unease in his eyes.
Gu Siye lowered his head slightly; the distance between his sharp jawline and Lin Yanran’s snow-white chin tip was less than two centimeters.
This was an extremely dangerous distance. If he lowered his head just a little more, he could cover and kiss the other’s beautiful, bright red lips.
All the audience members on site had forgotten how to breathe.
And the bullet comments in the live stream were dominated by screens full of “AAAAAAAHHHHH” and “Kiss him!/Kiss now!!”
It’s insane, insane, this scene has completely killed everyone!!
It was a plot they had already seen, but when these two people did it, the feeling was completely different.
There was no beautiful stage design, no exquisite and gorgeous styling.
Lin Yanran had only simply applied some lipstick, and Gu Siye was wearing a very simple, everyday suit.
But the two standing together—one exuding an unintentional sense of fragility, and the other a completely unrestrained sense of aggression…
The sparks of sexual tension and CP chemistry between them far surpassed Ji Shuai and Qiao Ye by countless times.
[Who’s crazy? I’m crazy!!]
[Kiss!! Just kiss already!!!!]
[The Head-Pressing Squad[mfn]Head-Pressing Squad (按头小分队) is a Chinese fandom term referring to fans who strongly wish two characters/idols would kiss and metaphorically want to force their heads together.[/mfn] assemble! Quickly, make them kiss for Mom!!]
[The ‘Head-Pressing Squad’ JJWXC division is here!!]
[The ‘Head-Pressing Squad’ Haitang[mfn]Haitang is a Chinese online novel platform known for its R18/smut content, often BL.[/mfn] division is here!!]
[Gu Siye, you won’t fiercely kiss the other person’s lips even now, are you impotent!!]
[Are you impotent +1]
[Wait, that’s it, that’s the end?? Is the rest unlocked if I pay!! Song Yingming, quickly open a paid channel, I want to watch!!]
After this segment of the video finished playing, the screams from the venue did not stop.
Some bolder individuals even took the lead in shouting “Kiss!”
Lin Yanran hadn’t thought much about it when he was demonstrating with Gu Siye, but today, after watching the scene on such a large screen in front of so many people and hearing the sound of the crowd cheering…
He only belatedly realized that the performance he and Gu Siye gave in that segment really did look a little too… intimate?
Lin Yanran directed his gaze towards the stage.
He just happened to meet the eyes of Gu Siye, who was standing by the big screen and also looking at him.
The moment their eyes met, it was like the convergence of two electric currents.
Lin Yanran’s expression was normal, and his eyes were clear, but the back of his ears felt slightly hot.
The live reaction was too enthusiastic. The show’s host tried to regain control several times without success.
It was only when Gu Siye stepped forward that he managed to pull the audience, who were already on the verge of madness, back.
He first went along with the crowd and made a joke, “If you miss the voting time because of this video, Teacher Yanran will probably block me.”
The audience screamed again upon hearing this.
[Teacher Yanran, don’t block Teacher Gu!!]
[Teacher Gu, stop being such a flirt!!!]
[Vote, vote, I’ll vote for this group, okay!!]
[Stop shipping, sisters, stop shipping, voting comes first!]
After reminding all the audience members to vote, Gu Siye finally put away his smile and pulled the program flow back on track.
He raised the microphone again and announced earnestly, “All four groups have now completed their performances. Audience friends who liked their performance, please cast your valuable vote for them.”
After Gu Siye spoke, all four groups of trainees came onto the stage.
After each group of trainees showed off the talent they had prepared during the final appeal time, the voting sound effect played, and the program could finally proceed smoothly.
The program only allocated three minutes for voting, but because of a major change in the voting rules and the sheer volume of votes, the counting took a long time.
During this period, to prevent an awkward silence, the production team replayed interviews and heart-to-heart segments recorded by the various trainees on the big screen.
Since some trainees would leave the stage after the votes were announced, they were quite nervous during the vote counting period.
Seeing this, the mentors all walked onto the stage to comfort and encourage the trainees in their respective groups.
Lin Yanran was speaking quietly with his trainees, but because his group was positioned towards the center, as he spoke to them one by one, he inadvertently walked to the very center position.
And that was exactly where Gu Siye had been standing all along.
Thus, the moment he looked up and his eyes met Gu Siye’s, the crowd below screamed again when they saw the two of them in the same frame.
Lin Yanran was dumbfounded and amused.
Well, it seemed the audience was determined not to let him and Gu Siye off the hook tonight!
Ten minutes later, the notary from the on-site notary office came onto the stage and opened the votes.
Without suspense, Lin Yanran’s group secured the first place with an overwhelming lead.
Since Lin Yanran had previously led the “dead group,” which had the lowest popularity and the least expectation, to achieve a reverse victory with their stage in the first public performance, many audience members had actually expected them to take first place this time as well.
However, while everyone could guess that Yanran’s group would win first place, no one had expected that Pei Luo’s group would rank last this time.
Even Han Zhe’s group, who followed Lin Yanran’s group to put on a conceptual stage, got many more votes than them.
Upon seeing this result, not only the trainees in Pei Luo’s group but also the audience were stunned.
[Isn’t Pei Luo very popular? Why is the voting difference so large?]
[It’s normal, isn’t it? He’s had all sorts of drama recently, and he’s lost a lot of fans.]
[Their stage this time wasn’t superior to the others either. The show has so many casual fans; it’s not entirely dependent on fandoms voting.]
[Pei Luo’s fans seem to have fallen out with Xuan Yihan’s fanbase. They didn’t seem to push for votes this time.]
[Why is it Xuan Yihan again? Didn’t Pei Luo protect him a lot before?]
[Pei Luo’s fans say not to mention that unlucky name; being associated with it is bad luck.]
After the results were announced, the elimination began with the lowest-ranked group, Pei Luo’s group.
Because they were in last place, the first round required them to eliminate the 7 trainees in their group with the lowest votes, based on vote count, while the other two teams would eliminate 5 and 3 people, respectively.
Then, these 15 eliminated trainees and the 5 who had not had a chance to perform previously would enter the final elimination stage.
Ultimately, only three people would be kept, and the remaining 17 would leave the stage.
Pei Luo’s group only had ten people in total, so eliminating seven at once created a sudden void.
After two rounds of elimination, unfortunately none of the seven trainees in their group remained, and in the end only Xuan Yihan and two other trainees with slightly higher rankings were left.
Li Yuan, who barely missed the cut, was eliminated by a mere one thousand votes.
He stood in the elimination zone, his head buzzing.
Looking at the ten people from Yanran’s group who had all made it through completely intact, he was filled with intense regret.
Some of those people’s vote counts were actually lower than his own, but because they benefited from the team, they were directly saved.
He had had that opportunity, too.
When the group members were being selected, Yanran highly valued him and had even invited him…
But why had he been so utterly confused at the time, listened to Pei Luo’s nonsense, and made such a stupid decision?
If he had chosen Yanran then…
Just as Li Yuan was filled with regret, the production team ushered the eliminated trainees off the stage and began the final segment of concern to the audience:
The real-time rankings of the trainees who remained.
The program team announced the rankings in reverse, starting from 28th place.
The rankings of most trainees were similar to before, but a few people’s rankings had undergone enormous changes.
One was Qiao Ye.
He had been ranked second for the previous eight periods, but this time he finally overtook Qin Jun with his outstanding performance and won the hard-earned first place.
Another person whose ranking significantly changed was Xuan Yihan.
Having consistently held a spot in the ‘God Seven’ in the previous episodes, he dropped out of the top ten this time.
While giving his speech, Xuan Yihan, who had always maintained a strong and optimistic image in front of the camera, couldn’t help but get red-eyed.
“I feel like everything I do lately seems to be wrong… Sometimes I don’t even dare to speak, afraid I might say something wrong again. I feel like I’m losing more and more confidence.”
After appropriately playing the victim to the audience, he smiled at the camera again, “But I am very grateful for the support of my fans. Thank you for being willing to tolerate me, support me, and like me. Although I am very imperfect, I will continue to work hard in the future to become better.”
It must be said that playing the victim was effective.
In the live stream, Xuan Yihan’s fans were heartbroken by this scene. They immediately started sending out “mind-control packets” to passersby, insisting that the previous C-position incident had nothing to do with Xuan Yihan and was all Pei Luo’s choice. At the same time, they swore they would definitely send him back to the top seven in the next episode.
After the camera cut away, Xuan Yihan walked to the 12th place position and looked at Lin Yanran with a look of resentment.
Everyone clearly hated him during the first three episodes.
He was so close to being kicked off the show.
How was it that the further the competition progressed, the more stable he remained, and the more fans he gained?
Thinking of the video that had caused the entire venue to scream uncontrollably earlier, Xuan Yihan felt a pang of pain in his chest.
Even Gu Siye, whom he couldn’t even approach, Yanran had managed to establish such a good relationship with so easily…
The more Xuan Yihan thought about it, the more he regretted it.
Six years ago, he should have convinced his parents to keep that person locked in the internet addiction treatment center and never let him out!!
After all the rankings were announced, the live broadcast for the night officially ended.
However, after the Super Idol broadcast ended, various topics immediately exploded.
The content of tonight’s broadcast was naturally one of them.
Ji Shuai’s makeup, Qiao Ye’s first place, Truth rearrangement, Yanran’s group stage, and so on, hit the hot search one after another.
Besides these topics related to Super Idol, another topic also went viral:
The Siyan CP.
Earlier during the live broadcast, Gu Siye had used his crowd-control skills to bring the CP topic back to normal.
But on the forums and Weibo outside the stage, the segment between Gu Siye and Lin Yanran had already been discussed and analyzed extensively.
Especially in some more discreet forums, Siyan CP fans were completely obsessed, shipping them to the point of fainting.
[From today on, Siyan is my ultimate OTP! Sisters, let’s go for it. If it’s not good, come find me.]
[Ahhhh, Teacher Gu’s gaze is absolutely perfect, and Yanran’s contrasting cuteness tonight is too sweet. That pitiful, charming look—I’m immediately like, ‘Hi, wife!!’]
[I’ve been a fan of Teacher Gu for seven years, and this is the first time I’ve seen him have such great CP chemistry with someone. I’m investing in Siyan immediately!!]
[Sisters, don’t you think Teacher Gu treats Yanran very differently from everyone else?]
[More than just different, I’ve never seen him treat anyone that well.]
[Who was killed by the sweetness tonight? I was killed by the sweetness tonight! It’s not just that video, did you forget the random camera shots before!! They were standing so close, and Teacher Gu even tricked Yanran into helping him adjust his necklace!!]
[Teacher Gu is truly cunning!]
[Sisters, did you notice!! They were wearing couple outfits tonight!!]
[OMG, there are so many hints!]
[Sisters, I suddenly remembered, there was an anonymous chat log exposed before that said when Yanran fainted from an allergy, Gu Siye held onto him and wouldn’t let go…]
[Not just that, not just that! Do you remember a staff member who said that the necklace Yanran wore before was falsely accused by a trainee of being stolen, but it was actually borrowed from Gu Siye?]
Hearing someone bring up this old rumor, the CP fans immediately went to scrutinize the video of the selection in the fourth episode to look for the necklace Lin Yanran was wearing.
They didn’t expect much, but after checking, they actually found something.
[Friends, I didn’t find Teacher Gu wearing this necklace, BUT!! I found this!]
This sharp-eyed CP fan cropped a close-up image of Lin Yanran from the show.
At the bottom of this picture, the necklace on Lin Yanran’s neck was captured.
So, the fan magnified the image multiple times and circled a spot.
[Sisters, look, doesn’t it say ‘sy’ here?]
Everyone followed suit, transforming into “microscope girls” to look closely at the picture.
Good heavens, good heavens…
It really was those two letters!!
[The necklace Yanran is wearing actually has ‘sy’ written on it… No need for the ‘Head-Pressing Squad.’ Ship, I’ll ship, okay!]
However, while the CP fans were rejoicing, they were still mindful of boundaries. After secretly shipping, they all had a strong sense of self-preservation and didn’t dare to bring it up directly to the real people.
So, when the fans, who rushed to the scene ready to reclaim their idols after hearing about the Siyan CP, arrived, they saw that every CP fan’s post was followed by a disclaimer:
[Wuwuwuwu, I’m dying from shipping them, I’m dying from shipping them (Solemn declaration: I explicitly know that Gu Siye and Yanran are merely colleagues and have no feelings for each other beyond friendship. I hereby loudly state three times: Yanran and Gu Siye are straight men! Straight men! Straight men! If anyone feels offended, I apologize in advance!)]
Gu Siye fans: …
Lin Yanran fans: …
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