Chapter 134: Meeting Up
Gu Qinghuan hunched her shoulders: “Ye Weiyu thinks the spotlight of the program belongs to him; the students are just supporting roles. He only wants good-looking students to complement him. But he doesn’t want any males—he doesn’t want boys who look better than him stealing the spotlight.”
“Objectively speaking, in our class, the most visually striking are you and Xie Xiangxue…”
When Qin Yue first heard “good-looking students,” he had been eager to try joining Ye Weiyu’s team. But after hearing the second half of the sentence, he immediately looked disdainful.
“Xu Xinghe is right, this guy really is petty,” Qin Yue said with disgust. “And to think he’s an idol who debuted from a talent show—so worried about boys stealing the limelight.”
Xie Xiangxue also felt uncomfortable: “Why is he afraid of boys stealing the spotlight but not girls? Isn’t that basically saying he thinks girls are inferior to boys?”
If Jiang Chuchu had been annoyed when she first heard the result, listening to Gu Qinghuan relay Ye Weiyu’s thoughts now made her calm down.
She turned to Xie Xiangxue: “You don’t go. I’ll go.”
Among the girls in Class Three, the most outstanding in appearance were indeed Jiang Chuchu and Xie Xiangxue. Gu Qinghuan hadn’t even used terms like “pretty,” and the other girls understood.
As the daughter of the Jiang family, Jiang Chuchu’s presence was completely different from ordinary students. Even without moving, wherever she stood, she immediately stood out from the majority.
Xie Xiangxue, having trained in dance since childhood, had a graceful posture, expressive eyes, fluid movements, and at 1.73 meters tall, she also stood out in a crowd.
Gu Qinghuan craned her neck: “You really want to go?”
“I was angry at first, but now I think it’s fine,” Jiang Chuchu’s lips curved into a cold smile. “If he dares to treat me as a vase, he should be prepared for his head to get smashed.”
Gu Qinghuan recalled Jiang Chuchu’s “shooting star hammer” expression. Out of basic human sympathy, she mourned for Ye Weiyu for three seconds.
“By the way,” Jiang Chuchu suddenly remembered something, turning to Gu Qinghuan, “Tang Huocai gave you her business card, right?”
Gu Qinghuan nodded: “You want to use her to join Ye Weiyu’s team?”
“Exactly,” Jiang Chuchu said thoughtfully. “I feel I can work through her, and I’m also somewhat interested in her, to understand the situation.”
After pausing, she seemed a bit unsure, looking at Gu Qinghuan: “If there are any communication problems, you might have to help a bit.”
Gu Qinghuan immediately patted her chest: “Leave that to me!”
Jiang Chuchu added Tang Huocai on WeChat and busied herself considering her own tasks.
Qin Yue watched Jiang Chuchu leave and stroked his chin: “Actually, I think it’s great that Chuchu goes. Think about it—Ye Weiyu knows her identity, so he won’t dare provoke her. Others might get upset, but with Chuchu, only Ye Weiyu will be the one taking the hit.”
Gu Qinghuan nodded in agreement: “Exactly. And if Chuchu wants to investigate anything, she can ask directly without worrying about Ye Weiyu suspecting her—or even if he does, it won’t matter.”
“By the way,” Qin Yue suddenly remembered something, “who’s going to be the overall commander this time?”
“Well,” Yu Xin suddenly spoke up, “can I try this time?”
Qin Yue was surprised. Gu Qinghuan had considered Yu Xin, but she hadn’t expected her to volunteer.
“Being in charge is fine,” Gu Qinghuan said frankly. “Actually, Xin Bao, it’s great that you’re willing to help.”
Last time, when Jiang Chuchu devised the plan, she appointed Yu Xin as her assistant due to her familiarity with the tasks.
Although Yu Xin seemed not to do specific work, most arrangements were issued through her.
From this perspective, she should be fairly skilled at assigning tasks to classmates.
The only question was whether she could oversee the whole operation and formulate a plan.
But Gu Qinghuan thought there was no need to overthink it. Just see how it goes—if something goes wrong, adjust in time.
The important thing was that Yu Xin had her own ideas to try, and that was excellent.
Yu Xin nodded: “Qinghuan, you and Chuchu both have important tasks. I also want to help everyone, so I want to give this a try.”
Since friends all worked hard, she didn’t want to just watch each time—she had to develop her own abilities.
“All right,” Gu Qinghuan said. “Xin Bao, first gather everyone’s preferences, see what tasks they want, and then make reasonable assignments.”
Seeing Yu Xin a little nervous, she added: “Chuchu and I will help you supervise.”
This made Yu Xin relax a little: “Okay! I’ll do my best!”
After school in the afternoon, Gu Qinghuan notified her family that she would be late and headed straight to the administrative building where the program team was located.
According to the program’s schedule, formal filming of Walking with Light would begin tomorrow morning.
Students like Gu Qinghuan, who were confirmed to participate, would directly join as team members and continue recruiting new members alongside the artists.
The assistant director, Wu Changxiao, was responsible for explaining precautions and instructions to Gu Qinghuan and others.
Today, besides Gu Qinghuan, there was one other student present.
Seeing the other student, Gu Qinghuan froze—it was someone she knew, or rather, someone whose background she had looked up.
“Ning Fu, Gu Qinghuan, meet each other,” Wu Changxiao said cheerfully.
Although he thought last night’s preview was okay, he was slightly surprised by how satisfied the higher-ups were.
He had secretly tried to gather information, but couldn’t find much. Director Xu Hanhai seemed to know something but only said they’d find out later.
Wu Changxiao didn’t care too much—just focus on filming the program.
Gu Qinghuan looked curiously at Ning Fu. Previously, she had asked Bao Qingsong to research Ning Fu, assuming she would face bullying in class…
Well, she did face some isolation-type bullying, but Ning Fu didn’t care.
Bao Qingsong found very little information—Ning Fu had hidden herself too well.
After searching for a long time, he finally found a five-year-old news report with a record of a girl named Ning Fu winning a singing competition.
The key was that the competition had strict regional limitations, and participating schools had military or political backgrounds.
At that point, Bao Qingsong quickly stopped and reported to Gu Qinghuan: “Don’t worry about Ning Fu. If she’s bullied, that’s a problem for the principal.”
So afterward, Gu Qinghuan didn’t pay attention to her. Now, seeing her in person, she was still somewhat curious.
“Hello, I’m Ning Fu,” Ning Fu said softly. Her bangs were long, cut into a simple bob, wearing black-framed glasses, making her quite inconspicuous.
Her voice was quiet, but Gu Qinghuan’s hearing was good enough to catch it clearly.
“Hello, I’m Gu Qinghuan,” Gu Qinghuan smiled. “I’m in Le Yi’s team. You?”
“I’m in Bai Qingyin’s team,” Ning Fu said softly.
As the two talked, the four artists also arrived.
Le Yi was delighted to see Gu Qinghuan: “Welcome to the team!”
Lou Cheng glanced at her, seemingly uninterested, and withdrew her gaze, sitting in the middle chair.
Bai Qingyin nodded slightly to Gu Qinghuan, then sat with Ning Fu on the nearby sofa, quietly chatting.
Ye Weiyu looked at the three groups, realizing Lou Cheng, like him, hadn’t found suitable students yet. He planned to use this as a topic to talk to Lou Cheng.
But before he could approach her, Lou Cheng pointed to another seat: “There’s a seat over there.”
The implication: sit there, stay out of the way.
Ye Weiyu’s face immediately darkened, but unfortunately, he had the lowest initial popularity on the program and didn’t have the confidence to confront Lou Cheng.
He could only swallow his anger and move to the seat Lou Cheng indicated.
He had already left a good impression on Lou Cheng’s manager. Once he joined Jin Ding, he would eventually take Lou Cheng’s spot!
