Mu Xingchi's tone was so harsh,

Zhen Jia had never seen such a scene before, she was directly scared.

She froze for a moment, then stammered, "S-sorry, I... I'll change."

"I know, I'm not your responsible mentor, it's not appropriate for me to say this."

"But besides that, I'm still the dance mentor for the entire show, I'm responsible for all the dance works in our show."

Mu Xingchi's expression was emotionless, he almost used a commanding tone, "Change the C-position as soon as possible, make some adjustments to the formations, maybe you can still save this stage."

He admitted that he was biased.

With Jiang Ye's skills, she should be the C-position anywhere.

It's fine that she didn't go to his group, but now she is actually being robbed of the C-position by someone like Zhen Jia in a less popular song, even if Jiang Ye wasn't angry, he felt sorry for her.

Mu Xingchi left after saying these few words.

As soon as he left, Zhen Jia started crying, "Jiang Ye, I'm sorry, let's switch back."

"I didn't realize... I was actually that bad, I'm sorry, I should have recognized my own abilities from the beginning, I'm sorry, really, I..."

Her friends all went over to comfort her.

Jiang Ye stood there, not even bothering to hand her a tissue.

"You say switch back, and we switch back?"

Jiang Ye was being petty, pretending to look very troubled, "We've been practicing for a few days now, you can't just say switch and we switch, I'm under a lot of pressure."

Zhen Jia: "..."

You think I want to switch??

But Mu Xingchi had already spoken, if she insisted on not switching, she would definitely be criticized by Mu Xingchi on stage during the performance.

She gritted her teeth and continued to sob, "I'm sorry, Jiang Ye, it's all my fault, it's become like this..."

"If you want to switch, it's not possible."

Jiang Ye smiled, "I'll just sacrifice my time a little. After all, it's all for the sake of our stage effect, I will definitely do my best."

Zhen Jia: "..."

The stage effect was the excuse she had just used.

Jiang Ye returned the phrase to her word for word, stabbing her in the heart with the sword she had sent out.

"But I have a few requirements."

Jiang Ye said, "First, now that I'm the C-position, I have the right to make some adjustments and changes to the stage formation."

"Well, let me think about it tonight, I'll tell you tomorrow."

She curved her eyes, subtly but quite wickedly, she added a knife to them, "Don't worry about the difficulty, I'll consider your abilities, I'll definitely make sure you can keep up."

Zhen Jia and the others: "..."

"Second, since I'm the C-position."

Jiang Ye looked at Shen Zhiyi, "Then the killing part goes to Shen Zhiyi."

Shen Zhiyi, who was suddenly called out, said, "?"

Jiang Ye said, "She's been practicing with me these days, and she's also seen me practice the killing part, I think there's no one more suitable than her."

Zhen Jia: "?"

Zhen Jia thought that at least she could get the killing part back after switching back.

But Jiang Ye went straight to the next step, directly handing it to Shen Zhiyi without giving it to her.

Zhen Jia's teeth were grinding, but she still said, "... Okay, fine."

"Since you agree, it's easy."

Jiang Ye smiled, revealing her rabbit teeth, making her look innocent and kind, "Although I'm taking on this responsibility temporarily, it's okay, there are still a few days left before the performance, let's work hard together, we can definitely work hard to put together a great stage."

Zhen Jia: "..."

If she died on the show.

She would definitely be killed by Jiang Ye.

•••

"Did you know that you were going to switch C-positions?"

"What?"

Zhen Jia and the others were so shocked by today's events that they practiced for two hours and went back to the dorm.

After they left, Shen Zhiyi went to turn off the camera in the practice room, and finally asked the question she had been wondering about.

"You were already thinking about the new stage layout yesterday."

Shen Zhiyi said, "And, you had me practice your killing part before, you were preparing for this today, weren't you?"

"Of course not."

"How could I know the future?"

Jiang Ye looked at her sideways, blinked, "I just thought it was possible, so I had you practice, it's just a precaution."

Jiang Ye's words were a lie.

After all, anything could happen in a talent show.

So, she had prepared two plans in advance.

If they didn't switch C-positions, then she would follow her original script.

She and Shen Zhiyi would work together to suppress Zhen Jia during the performance, so that she would not have any light, and then she would sell a victim story to the fans, easily establishing the persona of a top player who was being ostracized, she would win.

If they did switch C-positions, she would get the power to speak, change the whole stage to her liking, and she could attract fans through the stage, she would also win.

The reason she told Zhen Jia and the others that the changed stage would be difficult was because she had a new stage layout in mind, and she would slightly change their parts.

After all, with their abilities, it would be enough for them to be her backup dancers.

But if she did it alone, she might be criticized for unfairly dividing the parts and taking the C-position for herself, being too selfish, but if she brought Shen Zhiyi in, it would be fine.

So, no matter which path she took, she had to get Shen Zhiyi on her side.

But luckily, although she was using Shen Zhiyi, her collaboration with Shen Zhiyi was actually quite pleasant.

Her style was very similar to Xue Zhihan's, but they were actually completely different inside.

Xue Zhihan was a fake saintly white lotus, while Shen Zhiyi was genuinely gentle and good-tempered.

Jiang Ye suddenly said, "Shen Zhiyi."

"I just realized, your name sounds like Xue Zhihan's."

"Yeah."

Shen Zhiyi said frankly, "That's her real name, and this is the name the company gave me."

"The agent said that if we both participated in the talent show, our names would look more symmetrical, it would be easier to remember."

"... Tell me the truth."

Jiang Ye's expression suddenly became serious, "Is your company brainwashing you?"

Normal companies wouldn't change their artists' names like that, would they?

Plus, Shen Zhiyi had always been quite lacking in self-confidence.

Jiang Ye was really afraid that she would be like herself in her last life, and fall into some kind of trash organization.

Shen Zhiyi smiled, "No."

"It's probably because, I really do look like Xue Zhihan."

There was no one else in the practice room, and the camera was turned off, it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Shen Zhiyi's voice was calm, she told Jiang Ye about the past.

"The company's original plan was to make us a twin persona."

"Later, the company felt that the twin persona was a bit too scattered for fans, after all, those who like this type of persona would only choose one, it would be more appropriate to focus on one."

"Then they evaluated it and felt that Xue Zhihan's overall strength was better than mine, so they decided to make her the main focus."

Shen Zhiyi said, her eyelashes drooping, her voice a little low, "So, I gradually became her shadow from the twin persona."

She and Xue Zhihan were both dance leads, both had gentle personas, and even their hairstyles were similar.

But one was the company's main focus, she got the script in advance, bought the camera time, and prepared the performance songs.

While she didn't even have a microphone on her collar during the initial evaluation.

Jiang Ye asked, "Do you want to be her shadow?"

Shen Zhiyi paused.

She had been avoiding this question because she thought it was a done deal.

But who lives to be the shadow of another person?

When she raised her eyes again, she was already a bit more determined, "No."

Jiang Ye smiled, "Then practice the killing part of this song well."

Her tone was firm, as if she could already see her future, "If your company has to support one, why don't you try to make her your shadow?"

Shen Zhiyi practiced until the early morning these days before going back to the dorm.

Luckily, one of their dorm mates had been eliminated in the first round, and of the remaining three, Tan Meng got the C-position and practiced almost every day, sleeping in the practice room, while Lin Zui was having a hard time because of the rap.

When Shen Zhiyi came back, Lin Zui was writing lyrics, there were several crumpled pieces of paper on the floor.

Shen Zhiyi glanced at it, couldn't help but laugh, "There are still a few days left before the performance, why are you still writing lyrics?"

"Cui Qi rejected my lyrics four times, what else can I do but revise?"

Lin Zui chewed on her pen in frustration, then glanced at the time, "Oh my god, it's almost one o'clock, why are you back so late?"

Shen Zhiyi said, "Our group switched C-positions, we have to rearrange a lot of things."

Lin Zui was surprisingly calm when she heard this, "Oh."

"You're not surprised?"

Shen Zhiyi remembered that Lin Zui's expression when she first heard that Jiang Ye wasn't the C-position looked more angry than if she herself was the C-position.

"I guessed, after all, the mentor isn't stupid."

Lin Zui said, "It's fine if they ganged up in the first round, but they're still ganging up for the position evaluation. They deserved to be switched."

She said as she crumpled another piece of paper, "Go to sleep early, I'll write some more."

Shen Zhiyi hummed, but she wasn't in a hurry to sleep.

She sat on the edge of the bed, using the light from Lin Zui's side, she looked in the mirror, trying to clip her bangs up with a hair clip, then she blinked at the person in the mirror.

Just a small change, but it felt different.

Jiang Ye was right.

Why did she have to follow the company's arrangement and be Xue Zhihan's shadow?

She wanted to be seen too.

Those things she never dared to imagine before.

Now, with Jiang Ye's repeated persuasion and encouragement, she actually had a little bit of courage.

Shen Zhiyi closed the mirror, her eyes becoming firmer.

She wouldn't let Jiang Ye down.

•••

On the other side, Zhen Jia could not swallow this anger no matter what.

Everything was going according to her plan.

Then there was Yang Jingjing, and now Mu Xingchi had appeared.

How come the whole world was protecting Jiang Ye, what's so good about her?!

What's worse, she didn't dare to imagine what would happen to her reputation and scores if this segment was aired.

The more Zhen Jia thought about it, the more anxious she became, she couldn't sleep at all.

After thinking for a long time, she decided to take the initiative.

She went to the Chasing Light Girls forum, pretending to be a melon-eater, and posted the information to step on Jiang Ye, saying that it was the program team's black box operation that forced Jiang Ye to be the C-position, what an unfair act!

Zhen Jia made up her mind, she hid under the covers and quietly logged into her small account, she was familiar with how to pretend to be a melon-eater and post in the forum.

Title: 【Heard that the "Listen to the Night Rain" group switched C-positions?】

Chasing Light Girls had gradually gained popularity with the reputation it had built up in the first few episodes, and the number of people in the group was also increasing.

So, even though it was in the middle of the night, the replies came quickly.

【Switched C-positions?!】

【OMG, isn't "Listen to the Night Rain" Jiang Ye's group?! Who switched Jiang Ye's C-position??】

【Damn, what's wrong with them, switching my daughter's C-position, what does the program team want to suppress my daughter again? It's confirmed that they're trying to sabotage her!】

【Wuwuwu, how tragic is Jiang Mei, when I heard that she chose this song I thought she was at a disadvantage, how could she encounter this kind of trouble of being switched C-positions?】

Seeing that the discussion was going in the right direction, Zhen Jia quickly added a line.

【The original C-position wasn't Jiang Ye, she was temporarily replaced as the C-position.】

【Don't you think it's unfair to the original C-position? It feels like the program team's black box operation.】

She then added a line to cover her tracks.

【But I just heard it from a melon-eater, only they themselves know what really happened.】

New replies started to pop up.

【OMG, Jiang Ye wasn't the C-position?】

【So, the C-position was switched because even the mentor couldn't stand the original C-position?】

【Of course, who would switch C-positions for no reason, I'm saying, how bad must the original C-position be to be replaced?】

【Then how come they chose her to be the C-position in the first place? I can't help but think about conspiracy theories, after all, who knows, our Jiang Mei is the one with the most ambition in the whole show, she made the biggest concession for the stage effect during the last round, and she's definitely not going to give up the C-position in the second performance.】

【Wuwuwu, what happened to my daughter, Mom is so worried about you, if you're being wronged, tell Mom, okay?】

Comparing the two, the double standard was obvious.

Zhen Jia: "?"

Zhen Jia was completely furious.