A few days earlier.

The five mentors received the copyrights from the program team and began selecting songs for their collaboration stages.

Mu Xingchi propped his chin up and watched for a while, then suddenly said, "Why don't we do something special this time?"

Cui Qi asked him, "What's special?"

"The program team said that this time, we can't tell the trainees which mentor they'll be collaborating with in advance. We can only show them the song selections first and let them guess based on the songs."

"If we all choose songs according to our original styles, then the trainees will easily guess."

Mu Xingchi twirled his pen and suggested, "Why don't we switch? I don't really want to stay in my comfort zone, I want to try something new."

"No, no, no."

Cui Qi laughed and waved his hand, "Do you think I can dance?"

Chen Yiming also laughed, "I'm this old, if you make me rap, can I keep up with the trainees' speed?"

"If the mentors' performance is worse than the trainees', will we still have any face?"

Mu Xingchi shrugged and pretended to casually look at Yang Jingjing, "What about you?"

"I think it's okay."

Yang Jingjing readily agreed, "It's been a long time since I've been on stage, I want to try a new style."

"Also, I think this collaboration stage is not only a challenge for the trainees but also a challenge for us mentors."

Mu Xingchi nodded, "Agreed."

Yue Xia laughed, "I'm out, why don't you two switch yourselves?"

"Okay."

"How about this, I'll give the song I wanted to choose to Teacher Yang, and Teacher Yang will give the song she wanted to choose to me, and we'll switch styles."

"That way, the trainees won't be able to guess, and it will scare them."

"That's exciting, Teacher Mu."

Yang Jingjing chuckled, "But the song I want to choose might not suit your style, are you sure you can do it?"

Yang Jingjing showed Mu Xingchi the song she had chosen.

Mu Xingchi raised his eyebrows.

It was indeed a style he wouldn't usually challenge.

But it was also a style Jiang Ye would like.

Mu Xingchi curved his lips and said lightly, "What's not possible? That's decided then."

•••

So, a few days later, in the practice room.

Mu Xingchi looked at Jiang Ye's expression of failed prediction and felt a strange sense of pleasure, "Don't welcome me?"

Jiang Ye: "..."

Even though she was nodding in her heart, because there were cameras, she quickly adjusted her surprised expression, "Of course not, of course not."

She stood up, put on a professional smile, and clapped with her teammates, "Welcome Teacher Mu to join our 'Crush You', it's an honor, it's an honor."

But after clapping, Jiang Ye paused and asked, "… But is this not a prank or something?"

Mu Xingchi asked, "What do you mean?"

Jiang Ye, with a glimmer of hope, cautiously asked, "Like, Teacher Jingjing will switch back with you later, saying that we were just teasing the trainees."

After all, there have been similar scenes in previous talent shows.

Mu Xingchi: "..."

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "You really don't want to collaborate with me?"

Jiang Ye: "… Not really."

It's not that she's afraid of dying.

She stubbornly asked in a low voice, "So it's really not a prank?"

"Stop thinking about it, I'm the mentor for this group."

Mu Xingchi mercilessly shattered her last fantasy, "Sit down, take out your lyrics sheets, let's divide the parts."

•••

A few hours later.

Yang Jingjing came out of the practice room, humming a cheerful tune, preparing to leave work, when she found someone standing outside the practice room.

She was startled, but when she saw who it was, she smiled, "Jiang Ye? What are you doing here? Do you need something?"

"Ah, nothing much, I just wanted to see you."

After the pleasantries, Jiang Ye smoothly got to the point, "And I also want to know how you and Teacher Mu decided on the song selection? It's different from what we guessed."

She paused and included the other trainees, "Everyone is so curious, so I came to ask you."

"Surprised?"

Yang Jingjing said with a smile, "The trainees in this group were also surprised when I came in."

"We agreed to switch styles, so he chose the song I chose, and I chose the song he chose."

Jiang Ye: "..."

You really screwed me over.

Seeing her conflicted expression, Yang Jingjing asked curiously, "What's wrong? Not satisfied?"

"It's not that, it's just a pity, I’ve wanted to collaborate with you for a long time."

Jiang Ye still stubbornly tried to persuade her, "And the song 'Crush You' is so suitable for you, don't you want to try it yourself?"

"You want me to change groups?"

Yang Jingjing laughed, "Even if I wanted to change now, I wouldn't have the chance, I’ve been practicing the choreography for two days."

Jiang Ye blinked, her expression innocent and serious as she gave her a compliment, "You’re so amazing, learning a new choreography isn’t a big deal for you."

Yang Jingjing: "…?"

Yang Jingjing was amused and suddenly became interested in gossip, "Do you like me, or do you not want to collaborate with Teacher Mu?"

Jiang Ye immediately said, "Of course I like you."

Her tone was sincere, "I’ve always dreamed of collaborating with you."

Yang Jingjing also liked Jiang Ye the most among this batch of trainees.

Hearing Jiang Ye say this, she actually thought about it seriously and said, "There will be opportunities in the future."

"Work hard, after you debut, I'll talk to my company, maybe we can really collaborate once."

"But it's impossible this time."

Yang Jingjing waved her hand and said goodbye to her, "Don’t be sad, Teacher Mu is also a very good idol, I wish you a smooth collaboration, good luck!"

Jiang Ye: "..."

She looked at Yang Jingjing’s back and sighed again.

Although she had unexpectedly received a promise from Teacher Jingjing for the future.

But that’s not what she wanted!

Chasing Light Girls dedicated forum.

【The song selection gossip is out!】

【Mu Xingchi "Crush You": Jiang Ye, Tan Meng, Shen Zhiyi, Yu Chenchen, Lu Xiaowan.】

【Help! The Xing Ye Jian Cheng CP I’ve been shipping actually ended up in the same group! I’m shipping them already!】

【Oh my god, please let Xing Ye Jian Cheng have more interactions and sweet moments on stage, please forgive me for all the hardships you’ve given me before, wuwuwu.】

【Sisters ahead, don’t be so blatant, the mentor fans will come to assassinate you later.】

【First, I’m kneeling down for our Jiang Mei, everyone knows that Jiang Ye only loves beautiful girls! Our whole group of mother fans don’t eat BG! And the show hasn’t aired yet, so we don’t know the selection rules, so please, dear mentor fans, show mercy!】

•••

The next day, Jiang Ye woke up and checked her phone first. After seeing the direction of the wind on the forum, she was so upset she didn’t even want to get out of bed.

If the program team really listened to some of the CP fans and edited Mu Xingchi and her interaction to be very ambiguous.

Then she would have to spend a long time cleaning up the mess on her square?

Cheng Zhen had already packed her things and looked at her, "If you don’t get up now, you’re going to be late."

"Cheng Zhen."

"Why don't we switch groups?"

Jiang Ye suddenly sat up, her expression sincere, "I’ve actually wanted to sing vocals for a long time, really, I also really like Teacher Chen Yiming, talk to him, see if I can be switched over."

Cheng Zhen: "..."

Cheng Zhen patted her head, "Face reality."

Jiang Ye slumped back onto the bed.

Complaining was complaining, but the stage task was still a task.

No matter who her collaborator was, Jiang Ye’s attitude towards the stage was always very serious, so after rolling around on the bed for two rounds, she successfully recovered and went to the practice room.

She comforted herself as she walked.

Although it was a mentor collaboration stage, generally speaking, the mentors weren’t always with them.

After all, the mentors themselves had their own schedules and work, they didn’t have the time to be in the practice room for eighteen hours a day, like the trainees.

Usually, the trainees would practice their parts and familiarize themselves with the stage movements in the first few days, and then the mentor would join in at the end and rehearse a few times before it was considered successful.

So, the edited practice room footage of their interaction shouldn’t be too much.

She can take this opportunity to interact more with the other trainees in the group, trying to lift Yi Ye Zhi Qiu and Ye You Cheng Meng, and then no one will notice the BG CP!

Jiang Ye went to the practice room with a cheerful attitude.

Then she saw Mu Xingchi.

He looked up and said, "Good morning."

Jiang Ye immediately closed the door.

Mu Xingchi: "..."

A few seconds later, the door was opened again.

"… Sorry, sorry, my hand slipped."

Jiang Ye walked in, looking at the empty practice room, forcing herself to say, "You came… early."

She cursed herself silently for being lazy.

She should have gone around Tan Meng’s dorm and brought Tan Meng and Shen Zhiyi with her.

Mu Xingchi’s tone was calm, "It’s my first time leading a collaboration stage, I don’t have much experience, so I wanted to come early to practice with you."

"By the way, I heard."

Mu Xingchi looked at Jiang Ye, "You seem to dislike me?"

Jiang Ye: "?"

She immediately said, "No."

"We’re about to have a collaboration stage."

Mu Xingchi’s tone was businesslike, "If your state isn’t right, it’ll easily affect the stage’s effect."

"So I want you to tell the truth."

Mu Xingchi looked at Jiang Ye and asked directly, "What are you dissatisfied with about me?"

Jiang Ye was stunned.

Actually, Jiang Ye did not have any opinions about Mu Xingchi himself.

To be fair, although he was strict with the trainees, the problems he pointed out were always on point, and he wasn’t deliberately targeting anyone.

And in Zhen Jia’s incident, Mu Xingchi actually helped her.

So Jiang Ye felt that he wasn’t unreasonable, she honestly said, "I'm afraid your fans will attack my square because of our collaboration."

Mu Xingchi looked at her for a while, then suddenly smiled.

He looked much more relaxed than before, "Just this?"

Jiang Ye nodded, "Just this."

Mu Xingchi said, "Then with me here, you don’t have to worry about that."

Jiang Ye: "..."

Does he think he sounds very cool, very domineering, and very much like the male lead in a romance novel?

But it’s because of him that she’s afraid.

"Oh."

Jiang Ye immediately changed her words, "Then I'm afraid my fans will attack your square."

She thought for a moment, putting on a troubled expression, "Then I would be betraying my teacher, wouldn’t I? That's too rebellious, that's not good."

Mu Xingchi: "..."