we are not friends anymore

Shen Jiaen jumped out of the car, turned around and picked up the backpack to greet the person in the driver's seat: "I'm leaving."

"Remember to eat breakfast." Lu Yuan turned his head and reminded.

"Got it, got it, see you tonight." Shen Jiaen closed the car door, threw his backpack over his shoulder, and ran into the East Star Hall step by step.

As soon as they got to the elevator entrance, a group of young men and women walked up to them. When they saw Shen Jiaen, they all laughed eccentrically: "Hey! The 'day student' is here?"

Shen Jiaen didn't bother to pay attention to them, and entered the elevator without looking sideways.

The trainees behind him also poured into the elevator. Shen Jiaen stood in the innermost part, but the curly-haired boy who called him "day student" just pretended to be invisible and deliberately squeezed in, almost stepping on Shen Jiaen's feet.

"You hit me."

A deep voice came, and when Shen Jiaen raised her head, she saw a familiar person standing sideways in front of her.

"When did I bump into you?" The curly-haired boy raised his head and stared at the visitor.

"You will hit me if you squeeze further." The visitor said calmly, "Squeeze in the elevator, don't move around."

"Mind your own business." The elevator opened quickly, and the boy walked out with the flow of people, and gave them the middle finger with his hands behind his back.

"Is Zhou Haoyuan sick?" Shen Jiaen stepped out of the elevator, jumped up and patted the shoulder of the person in front, "Thank you, Ji Yan!"

"Small things." Ji Yan walked in front, his legs were long, and Shen Jiaen had to speed up to be beside him.

The two walked to a music classroom together, and there were two lines of words written on the LCD screen next to the door: "Teacher Li Qing's vocal music practice from 08:00 to 12:00 on Wednesday".

At this time, the vocal music teacher hadn't come yet, and more than a dozen trainees entered the classroom one after another, all of them were boys of the same age. Handsome and steady.

There were several rows of stools in the classroom. Zhou Haoyuan and others from the advanced classroom had already occupied the middle position in the front row. When they saw Shen Jiaen and Shen Jiaen, they deliberately stretched out their legs to block their way.

Zhou Haoyuan originally couldn't get used to Shen Jiaen, a "relationship household" who can live in a dormitory and has a background at first glance. Just now, Ji Yan obviously helped Shen Jiaen, and he couldn't get used to him.

Ji Yan walked past Zhou Haoyuan, looking down at his outstretched legs.Zhou Haoyuan smiled provocatively at him, Ji Yan looked away, and raised his foot as if to step on his ankle directly, without hesitation at all.

Zhou Haoyuan was startled, he retracted his legs suddenly, jumped up and shouted: "Ji Yan, are you sick?"

Ji Yan ignored him, sat down on the stool by the window, and even seemed to think he was too noisy, so he pulled up the earphones hanging around his neck and put them next to his ears.

"You...!" Zhou Haoyuan made a gesture to rush over, but was grabbed by the companion next to him.Shen Jiaen walked past him with a smile, but without saying a word, she only pointed in the direction of the door, then walked to Ji Yan and sat down.

Zhou Haoyuan was taken aback for a moment, then turned to look at the door, and saw Li Qing, who taught vocal music, walked in.

"What's the noise in the classroom?"

Li Qing was in his thirties and was a well-known music producer in the music industry. His qualifications could be considered very deep, but his face looked like a boy in his twenties.

Zhou Haoyuan opened his mouth dumbly, and sat down honestly.Everyone in the classroom quietly looked at Li Qing and the strange boy who came in behind him.

"Find a seat to sit." Li Qing didn't introduce anyone, but only gave him a light instruction, and walked to the piano and sat down.

Hearing this, the boy walked towards him, and everyone in the seats looked at him with inquiring eyes.

Newcomers would come to the company from time to time, and they were not surprised by this, but the boy who came this time seemed a little too calm, unlike the newcomers who just came in who were full of excitement about entering Dongxing.Instead, as if he hadn't slept for a few days, he lowered his eyes and approached slowly, then raised his eyes as if searching, and walked towards the window.

"It's you!" Shen Jiaen lowered her voice and waved excitedly to the boy, "Come and sit here!"

Qiao Mingxi was not surprised to see this familiar boy with a baby face, walked up to him and asked politely, "Can you move one to the side?"

Shen Jiaen was taken aback for a moment, and subconsciously followed suit.Then he saw Qiao Mingxi sitting down in his original position, turned his head and extended his hand to Ji Yan beside him: "Hello."

Ji Yan turned his head, his face was not as indifferent as facing Zhou Haoyuan and others, and he also stretched out his hand to shake Qiao Mingxi lightly: "Hello, Ji Yan."

"Qiao Mingxi." Qiao Mingxi tilted her head, and there was a smile on her face, "Tomorrow's bright, hopeful hope."

"My name is Shen Jiaen." He patted his shoulders vigorously with both hands, Qiao Mingxi turned his head, and looked at the smiling face of the person behind him, "Why do you only say hello to Ji Yan? My name is Shen Jiaen, praise, thank you! "

"Shen Jiaen...?" Qiao Mingxi hesitated, "Your name is very special."

Shen Jiaen: "..."

Luna and Alian walked out of the elevator side by side, and looked at each practice room for a while. Alian lowered his head and flipped through the information on the tablet in his hand, and said to Luna as he walked: "I have seen the top ten people on the primary list, and there are a few who are in class upstairs. I don't think there are any outstanding ones so far. "

"Go up and have a look." Luna said, "Zhong Rui and An Kai just now are okay. Zhong Rui is very good at pop dance music, and he can be a dancer after training; An Kai's voice is not bad, and I heard from Teacher Li that the range is very good. Guang, you can look at cultivating treble."

"But their facial features are not very distinctive." Alian said, "It lacks the characteristics that catch fans at first sight."

Luna nodded: "Yes, so let's make the second option."

"Why does the boss suddenly want to promote the men's team?" Alian pushed his glasses, "Among the current batch of reserve players, except for Zi Ning and Yi Huan, I can't tell at a glance that they are outstanding."

"In this market, building a men's group will indeed have a future." Luna smiled, "Just pick people slowly. If you want to create a first-day group in the next ten years, you can't rush for a day or two."

Alian rolled his eyes angrily when he heard the words: "Can you be more conceited? I really don't understand why the boss asked me to help you."

"Because we all believe in your vision." Luna raised her eyebrows, "Let's hear about the remaining few."

"There are five people left." Alian lowered his head and swiped the screen.

"One is Ye Qiyuan, who came back from the United States. He has an advantage in height, is better at singing, and is weaker in dancing. The details will depend on the next two months of training."

"Shen Jiaen is 17 years old. She is the youngest, and her appearance is considered outstanding. She can mainly attract her sister's fans. But—"

Luna reached out and pressed the elevator button: "What?"

"He was recruited by Lu Yuan. When he came in, the selection and assessment was just a cutscene. The specific conditions have to be observed by real people."

"Yeah." Luna nodded, "What about the others?"

"Zhou Haoyuan. His family is from an acting family, and his foundation is better than others, but his facial features are not very distinctive. He is handsome, but he has no memory."

"An Ziqi, you can have a fresher style, but he and Zining are a little different, but he doesn't look as eye-catching as Lin Zining."

"There is one left..." Alian frowned, "I don't think so."

Luna walked out of the elevator with her, and turned to look at her: "Ji Yan, right?"

"It's him." Alian said as he walked, "The conditions are really good. He was the first in the assessment in the first half of the year, and his appearance and temperament are also very distinctive, unlike most newcomers who are handsome. Attracted female fans of a wide age range. But he was already 20 years old when he signed in. At that time, he considered doing solo promotion in the future. He is a bit older for an idol group. But if he is promoted to be the captain, It’s okay to take a mature and steady route.”

"Captain Yi Huan is more suitable." Luna frowned, "Since there is Yi Huan, the rest should be younger."

Alian nodded: "It's a pity."

While the two were talking, they had already reached the door of the music classroom. Alian took a look inside, and happened to see Qiao Mingxi who was wandering, "What are you going to do, that young master of the Qiao family?"

"He is very suitable to be an idol." Luna paused and added. "I'm talking about appearance—if he really wants to enter this circle, he probably needs to change his personality."

"I think it's okay." Alian laughed, "Have you talked to him? Is he serious?"

"We haven't talked about it yet," Luna said, "Boss said that it's fine to let him play first, let's leave him alone, let's take care of it, it doesn't look like he's serious."

Alian glanced at Qiao Mingxi's empty eyes again, and nodded in agreement.

The morning vocal class was over quickly, the boys stood up and sent Li Qing off politely, then left the classroom laughing in twos and threes to have lunch.Shen Jiaen greeted Qiao Mingxi while lowering her head to pack up the class materials: "Where do you eat at noon? You probably haven't eaten in the company's cafeteria for the first time, right? I'll take you there—"

After talking for a long time, Qiao Mingxi did not respond. Shen Jiaen raised her head in doubt, Qiao Mingxi had long since disappeared from the classroom.

Shen Jiaen: "...?"

Ji Yan walked through the corridor unhurriedly, and trainees passing by would greet him from time to time, and he answered them one by one with a smile on his face.

A few more girls approached him, smiling and walking towards him: "get out of class is over, Brother Yan!"

"Just got off." Ji Yan smiled a little, with a bright look, "Are you going to eat?"

"If you don't eat, you won't be able to jump anymore!" The girls giggled, and one of them jumped over and boldly poked Ji Yan's arm exposed under the rolled-up sleeve, "No, every time I see it, I want to poke it." , Brother Yan, your muscles are so beautiful."

"Eat well to have the strength to practice more." Ji Yan smiled steadily, and gently brushed the girl's hand away calmly.

The girls laughed and joked a few more times, and said goodbye to him warmly.Ji Yan smiled and waved, but instead of waiting for the elevator, he turned around and entered the stairwell.

As soon as he turned around the door, he stopped and turned to look at the person behind him: "What are you following me for?"

Qiao Mingxi stopped in her tracks, with a look of naturalness on her face: "I want to take the stairs too."

"...This is the 21st floor." Ji Yan raised his eyebrows.

"Oh." Qiao Mingxi nodded calmly, "So? Do you want to go back and take the elevator?"

Ji Yan stared at his dazed face, couldn't help laughing, then retracted his gaze and walked down the stairs normally.

Qiao Mingxi also walked down behind him, watching the sunlight come in from the tall windows in the corridor, spread over Ji Yan's head and shoulders, and outline his whole body with a faint halo.

After taking the first step, Qiao Mingxi curled the corners of her mouth in a good mood, and a gleam of brilliance gradually burst out on her face, which always looked like she hadn't woken up.

Ji Yan is a special existence among this group of trainees, and even the entire Dongxing reserve team.

In the eyes of many managers and mentors, his qualifications are as good as those of Yi Lin and Yi Lin who everyone is optimistic about, and his appearance is even more outstanding than Yi Huan.He can take the first place in all the assessments of the trainees, and he is also hardworking and polite. Almost all the instructors praise him.But I don't know why the company has never let him debut after coming to Dongxing for almost two years.He himself never seemed to be in a hurry, and he didn't even take the initiative to talk to the company once.

You know, usually the reserve soldiers who have been in the company for more than a year can't help but look for various opportunities to ask the company about their plans, but he never did it once.

On the other hand, he is very popular among the trainees—at least most of the trainees. Girls comment on him as having a cold appearance, easy-going personality, and stability and reliability.

However, he is very popular, but he has no real fixed friends, and he walks alone every day.

However, on this day, there was one more person by his side.

The boy following Ji Yan seems to be the company's newly signed trainee. He looks very young, a slender boy at all.Ever since he came, he and Ji Yan had a good relationship, and he went wherever Ji Yan went, so everyone guessed that he was a friend Ji Yan knew before he joined the company.

"He doesn't live in the dormitory either?"

An Ziqi looked at Qiao Mingxi's figure getting into the car from a distance, and said dissatisfiedly to Zhou Haoyuan next to him: "Could it be another related household?"

Zhou Haoyuan frowned as he watched the car drive away.

Dongxing's management of trainees can't be said to be strict, but it can be regarded as strict.For the purpose of centralized management, trainees generally need to obey the arrangement of the company to live in a dormitory. Even though Zhou Haoyuan's parents are both senior actors, they still live in the dormitory honestly.But Shen Jiaen's place in the dormitory was always vacant, and the company never cared about him.In fact, when he first came, there were rumors that he had a backer behind him.

Now there is another one who can not obey the company's arrangement, and I don't know who is behind it.

"I don't think you need to worry." Ye Qiyuan put his hands on An Ziqi's shoulders lazily, biting his drink and said, "How can you come to be a trainee with such an amazing background? You made an early debut and got pushed by the superiors. "

"That's true." An Ziqi nodded, "But I heard—"

He paused, and beckoned others to approach him: "The company seems to be preparing to launch a group to debut. After thinking about it, it should be selected from our group. If there is really a backer behind this newcomer, we have to be careful."

"The company is going to launch a group?" Zhou Haoyuan was a little excited, but looked at An Ziqi suspiciously, "Where did you hear that?"

"I met the chubby assistant next to Miss Luna in the elevator that day. I guessed it from his phone."

"If you heard me right, it should be out of ten." Ye Qiyuan rubbed his chin with great interest, "I'm really curious who will be chosen, the combination—"

"It's our turn." An Ziqi said, reaching out to pat Zhou Haoyuan's shoulder, "Brother Yuan must be there! In terms of grades, Brother Yuan is second every time."

There was a smug smile in Zhou Haoyuan's eyes, but he snorted coldly: "We must really look at the results."

"I can't help it, the entertainment industry, it's all about relationships." Ye Qiyuan yawned, "You just ask your father to tell the higher ups that you don't want to."

Zhou Haoyuan glared at Ye Qiyuan, not knowing whether he did it on purpose or if he sincerely suggested - if his father really has this face, he still needs to worry about other people getting involved here?

An Ziqi sneered at the side: "Don't worry, so what if someone else makes his debut through connections? That Qiao Mingxi doesn't know anything in class today, and he doesn't have the strength to do it after his debut."

"But he's pretty good-looking." Ye Qiyuan poured cold water on him.

"...It looks like a whole thing." An Ziqi snorted coldly, "That Lin Zining in the next room is much prettier than him."

Zhou Haoyuan frowned and looked at Ye Qiyuan: "Which side are you standing on? If you can't speak, can you not speak?"

Ye Qiyuan rubbed his nose and shrugged helplessly.

"Excuse me."

A voice came from behind, and they stepped aside subconsciously, only to see a familiar tall figure walking between them.

Zhou Haoyuan stared at Ji Yan's back, although he has always been the number one on his head, but Ji Yan joined the company a year earlier than him, but the company has not made any arrangements for a long time.After a long time, Ji Yan was classified as a passer-by in his heart, but for some reason, the more he looked at Ji Yan, the more he disliked him.

Since the company wants to promote newcomers, Zhou Haoyuan must be a member of this group.