In the end, Jiang Ye and Liang Yu each led a team.

Each team had four people, they divided the different parts and began practicing the performance song.

"Tiny" was a typical hip-hop style song.

The verses were all rap, and the chorus was a vocal part with a simple but catchy melody.

The choreography was pretty simple, but it was still challenging for trainees who were weak in rap.

And it was said that there were trainees in their group whose fans had originally wanted to vote for other groups, but unfortunately, the spots were already full, so they were forced into this group, trainees who couldn't rap at all.

That trainee originally thought she would just slack off, anyway, she probably wouldn't make it to the next round.

But Jiang Ye insisted on not leaving any trainee behind.

Even if she had to teach them from scratch, she would still put together a perfect eight-person stage before they were eliminated.

With her encouragement, the atmosphere of the group immediately changed from "Ah, forget it, we're all going to be eliminated anyway, what is the point of practicing" to "So what if we're eliminated, even if we're eliminated, we'll show you our skills before that, we'll make you regret not voting for us twice" a full-fledged juvenile driven by passion and determination mentality.

Jiang Ye and Liang Yu divided the work.

Liang Yu's group would take the trainees who were weaker in rap and teach them from the pronunciation and flow.

While the trainees who were a little better at the basics would follow Jiang Ye, they started to practice the whole song properly.

And besides their usual practice, the eight members of the "Tiny" group had to get up at six in the morning, run ten laps downstairs before coming back to eat breakfast.

After all, physical training was also very important.

So, when Cheng Zhen woke up the next day, Jiang Ye had already finished running ten laps and come back.

Cheng Zhen: "?"

She hugged her pillow, her pupils dilated in shock, "You guys are... doing military training?"

She silently clasped her hands together, her face full of relief, "I thought it was my fans' mistake to choose "Wind by the Sea", now I really have to thank them for not putting me in your group."

"..."

Jiang Ye silently took a large gulp of milk before asking, "What's wrong, you're not satisfied with your fans' song selection?"

"It's not that I'm not satisfied."

Cheng Zhen yawned, got up and combed her hair, "My fans said why they chose the song, they had heard a lot of vocals before, so they wanted to see me challenge a sweet song, saying that it matched my style."

She frowned, looking pitiful, "But did they think about the fact that I'm really not good at dancing?"

"I heard about it."

Jiang Ye comforted her, "It's okay, there's Tan Meng in your group to help you with the dance, it's no big deal."

Although she didn't know how Tan Meng ended up in that song, it was a blessing in disguise, the dancing of their entire group was saved.

After Jiang Ye finished speaking, she heard a knock on the dorm door.

"Hurry up."

Tan Meng glanced at her watch and said, "If you're any slower, I'm leaving without you."

"!"

Cheng Zhen was caught chatting, she immediately started packing her things, "I'm coming!"

"It's okay, no need to rush."

Jiang Ye smiled, "Tan Meng is the type who says she's leaving without you, but even if you take an hour to pack, she'll still be standing at the door and not leave."

Tan Meng: "?"

Cheng Zhen: "Really?"

Tan Meng immediately retorted, "... Of course not! Don't listen to her nonsense!"

Jiang Ye laughed, "Why don't you try it?"

After finishing, she took her milk carton and went to the practice room, before leaving, she gave them both a cheering gesture.

Tan Meng: "..."

Jiang Ye originally thought that this group of lower-ranking trainees was seriously overstaffed, and it would be more difficult to lead them in practice.

But after they started training, she unexpectedly found that these trainees' rap was actually much better than she thought.

Many of them just didn't have the opportunity, it didn't mean they weren't skilled.

Although they had only practiced for a few days, they could already dance the whole routine, but there were still a lot of details that needed attention.

When Jiang Ye went to the practice room, Liang Yu was leading the trainees who had already arrived in doing plank exercises.

One minute was up, and the trainees all fell to the ground.

"I'm tired."

"I'm tired too."

"I'm not doing it anymore, I'm not doing it anymore, I'd rather die."

Liang Yu was unyielding, "Get up, get up, do ten more sets."

"Do the plank exercises while reciting this rap part, it's a good way to train your breath."

A trainee covered her ears and wailed, "Just have mercy on me."

It was terrifying.

How could Liang Yu have such a cute face, yet say such devilish things.

She looked up and saw Jiang Ye coming in, she looked like she saw a lifesaver, "Jiang Ye! Jiang Ye, save me!"

Jiang Ye threw her milk carton into the trash can, directly lay down with them, and smiled, "Come on, I'll do it with you."

"..."

Having two big demons leading the group, it was truly a living hell.

Jiang Ye's stamina was very good, after several sets of plank exercises, she was not tired at all.

Even Liang Yu could not help but look at her.

During the break, she took off her hat and asked Jiang Ye, "I heard you only have two years of trainee experience?"

"No."

Jiang Ye started to make up a story, "The two years on the information is fake. Actually, I started practicing singing and dancing when I was six years old, my first stage was a kindergarten talent show, I went up and danced a section of "Nobody" and won first place."

The other trainees: "?"

Her tone was so serious that the other trainees really started to doubt the authenticity of her story.

After a long time, Jiang Ye couldn't hold back and burst into laughter, "You guys actually believe it? No way?"

Everyone immediately booed.

Jiang Ye laughed along, then thought for a moment.

Actually, in a way, she wasn't lying.

If she started at six years old, it would be exactly twelve years this year.

"Okay."

Jiang Ye said, "Break time is over, do ten more sets."

"No way—"

•••

Inside Shengrui Entertainment's office.

"As you requested, I've got all the footage of our two artists in the main episode before the second performance and the ranking announcement."

Xu Lin said, "Take a look, is there anything wrong, if there's no problem, we'll release it like this."

They would review the content of each episode at the company.

This job was usually given to the staff, but his boss seemed to like to do things himself, every time he would go through it himself, and if he thought there was no problem, he would let the people below review it again.

Qin Yue nodded.

When he got to the part where they called their families, he suddenly frowned.

He pressed pause and asked Xu Lin, "Who is she talking to here?"

Xu Lin took a look.

On the screen, Jiang Ye was on the phone.

He had also reviewed it before, so he quickly said, "It's probably an old friend of her grandmother's, what's wrong, do you think there's anything wrong with this part?"

It was best for trainees to avoid any contact with male friends.

But this shouldn't be a big deal, they didn't sound familiar at all on the phone.

Qin Yue: "... That's not what I meant."

Jiang Ye was a trainee he picked up on the side of the road, he thought she had good conditions so he signed her, so he didn't investigate her background much.

He didn't look at the information she sent over carefully later, he only remembered that the "parents" column was filled in as deceased.

An eighteen-year-old girl, both parents deceased, isn't that a little strange?

Qin Yue felt something was wrong, he was silent for a moment before saying to Xu Lin, "Go and check Jiang Ye's background, be specific."

•••

The next day, someone suddenly posted a revelation on the forum.

Title: 【Has anyone dug into Jiang Ye? It seems like she grew up in an orphanage?】

This title was full of information, and the entire forum exploded in an instant.

【?? Is there any proof?】

【Oh my god, no way? She doesn't look like it.】

【??? No way, is the little sister this miserable? I'm about to break my heart.】

【Although, but is it really okay to dig into her past growth background? It's a bit too much.】

【Every trainee will basically be dug into, any black material can be avoided in advance, I'm more curious about why she's being dug into now, shouldn't she, a top trainee, have been dug into long ago?】

【Because she was dug into before, but besides her background of practicing in Korea, nothing else was found, it felt like she was a real amateur, so everyone stopped digging into her past.】

【Here it comes, here comes the proof! [Picture] xn.】

【This is too much, is there a class representative to summarize it?】

【Class representative is here, someone dug up that Jiang Ye's former stage name was Jiang Ye, and then there was a child named Jiang Ye in the xx orphanage, she left the orphanage at sixteen years old, if you calculate the age, she would be eighteen this year, the location of the orphanage is the same as the hometown Jiang Ye filled in on her information, it basically all matches up.】

【Ah, someone also dug up a photo from the orphanage's fundraising event, look at the little girl sitting in the bottom, doesn't she look like Jiang Ye when she was younger?】

【Ah, this is her amateur period, she was still a child, don't dig into it, it's not good for the little sister.】

【Omg, this is shocking, but if it's true, then Jiang Ye is so miserable... She doesn't look like an orphan at all.】

Indeed, Jiang Ye has a strong idol consciousness.

Whether it's on stage or not, as long as there are cameras or fans, she's always smiling, her eyes always sparkle, it makes people feel that she's always full of energy, always happy.

But who would have thought that she had such an unknown past.

These few days happened to be the crucial voting period.

Fans were already trying their best to find heartbreak points.

This hammer came out, okay, everything else, like not being able to debut and having to go back to a place where you can't see the light, is weak, this is the real·top-level heartbreak hammer.

Jiang Ye had been busy practicing these past few days.

When she went back to secretly use her phone in the early morning, she unexpectedly found that the entire forum was talking about her past.

And #Jiang Ye#, her solo name, was directly on the hot search list.

Jiang Ye: "?"

Jiang Ye had never planned to use her status as an orphan to make a fuss.

First, because the current talent shows are no longer like those from a few years ago, where the most touching stories could make you debut.

More importantly, she knew that although some people would sympathize with her, it also meant that the orphanage she had been to would inevitably be dug up.

Even if most people wanted to protect her privacy, there would still be some busybodies who would go to watch, and that would definitely affect Grandma Jiang and the children who were still in the orphanage.

And the problem was, everything was fine before, how come it was suddenly dug up today?

Jiang Ye took a deep breath, calming herself down to find the original post.

The person who dug into her identity didn't seem to be deliberately targeting her, there was no schadenfreude or gossip, they expressed sympathy for her childhood experience and admired her for being able to be an idol under such circumstances.

Therefore, the current public opinion was all about how miserable she was.

But Jiang Ye didn't want this kind of sympathy.

She calmed herself down and sent a message to her manager.

【Sorry, Xu Ge, I just saw those messages online.】

【If it's convenient for the company, can you help me deal with it?】

Jiang Ye had never asked the company for anything.

But this time, the public opinion was related to the artist's own influence, she felt that the company should help her suppress it.

Although it was late, the reply came back quickly.

【Don't worry.】

【This is Qin Zong's order.】