Among the crowd of trainees, Su Ruowan kept her eye on He Lu and knew that the latter was up to no good by the look on her face when Mr. Xixi made an appearance.
Sure enough.
He Lu carried a bowl of congee filled to the brim and was headed towards the mentors' direction.
Ha! The d*mn b*tch must be trying to fake an accident to catch Mr. Xixi's attention. Well, nice try. The b*tch had to go through her first.
From her seat, Shen Xi caught Su Ruowan snapping her beaded bracelet off from the corner of her eye. The beads scattered onto the ground.
Su Ruowan then abruptly stood up and chased after the rolling beads. She happened to be ing in their direction as well.
He Lu had the perfect plan. Mr. Xixi was sitting at the table by the aisle. Surely Mr. Xixi was not going to sit by and watch if she took a fall while passing by.
She was smug while playing out the perfect plan in her mind.
One step.
Two steps.
She was inching closer and closer to Mr. Xixi.
Timing it right, she kept it together for the killer move. She was nearly there.
Just a meter away from where she was supposed to fall, Su Ruowan suddenly came from He Lu's left and rammed onto her before she could duck.
They collided and Su Ruowan was knocked backward from impact towards Mr. Yun Xiao.
The trainees and the mentors facing them had no chance to ask Mr. Yun Xiao for help or tell him to watch out and get away as Su Ruowan was about to crash into him. However, Mr. Yun Xiao had by then gracefully wiped his mouth, stood up, and took a step to the side.
Yes, he stepped away. He got up and stepped away from his seat.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye. Su Ruowan landed onto the chair in a loud thud. A cry of pain ensued.
It was quite a ruckus when the chair made contact with the floor.
Shen Xi lowered her gaze to hide the chill in her eyes. Tilting her head, she looked over to find Su Ruowan knocking the chair over and crashing onto the ground in a rather inelegant manner. She was covered in congee from head to toe.
Opposite her, He Lu was in a similar predicament, going down like a sack of potatoes and seasoned with breakfast of the day.
Su Muyan came bolting over and nervously helped Su Ruowan up. Worry was written all over his face. "Wanwan, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. Muyan, you should check on Lulu." Su Ruowan may be teary-eyed, but her priority was still other people.
It never crossed her mind that she tripped just as Mr. Xixi got up. Had everything gone as planned, she should have tumbled onto his back.
The remaining mentors stood up all at once to examine whether medical attention was needed.
All their work would go to waste if any accident were to happen right before they hit the stage.
Xia Mi and Fang Yao went over to help He Lu up. The pair were caught in between feeling relieved for Mr. Yun Xiao or taking pity on Su Ruowan's unfortunate incident.
They brushed past each other in that split second. If it were 0.01 second sooner, Mr. Yun Xiao could possibly catch Su Ruowan with his back.
However, Mr. Yun Xiao might be caught off guard and end up tumbling along with her.
Shen Xi glanced at them expressionlessly before advising, "Be careful."
These two girls were a pair of fake b*tches made for each other. Judging by their behavior and the mess, Shen Xi could piece together what had happened.
He Lu must be carrying the congee over to fake an accident and the likeliest prey was her.
Nevertheless, Su Ruowan was not the kind to stand down to allow He Lu to steal the show. Hence, Su Ruowan must have planned to crash the party by bumping He Lu off route.
Standing right next to Shen Xi, Qi Xiu took a glance at her. Lil' Chairman Shen was able to dodge just in time. Otherwise, Qi Xiu would have to answer to Chairman Yuan if anything happened to Shen Xi.
Others might not have noticed, but Qi Xiu picked up that Shen Xi saw it ing when Su Ruowan crashed into He Lu. How else was she able to get the timing down?
Girls nowadays would rather take shortcuts than work their way towards success themselves.
Qi Xiu did not buy that it was such a coincidence for two living beings with great vision to bump into each other.
"I'm sorry, Lulu. It was an accident. My bracelet broke. I was just picking up the bead." Su Ruowan immediately apologized to He Lu and pointed at the closest bead.
"I'm okay. I'm happy you're not hurt," He Lu said as she appeared tolerant when she picked up the bead and handed it to Su Ruowan. Inside, she was seething with rage.
Su Ruowan ruined it for her. Was it an accident? Of all times her bracelet could break, why did it have to happen now?
She could have retrieved the bead anywhere, but why did it have to be in her way?
The trainees were aware of how close the pair were. Genuine or not was a matter of opinion. Those who believed they had a good relationship would think they were sisters from another mother.
Others who thought them to be frenemies would sneer at their play of pretense.
After apologizing to He Lu, Su Ruowan apologetically turned to Shen Xi. "I'm sorry, Mr. Xixi. That was reckless of me. I hope I didn't knock you over."
Shen Xi replied, "No."
With that, she indifferently took off, leaving them a view of her standoffish back.
Su Ruowan had prepared a speech but was cut off just like that. Upset and aggrieved, she could explode from all the pent-up emotions.
This was not as she had imagined. Even if Su Ruowan failed to crash into Mr. Xixi, the latter should not be so heartless. He should be asking if she was hurt or at least show some concern in front of the camera!
Qi Xiu gave everyone the nod and excused himself before running after Shen Xi.
The onlooking trainees whispered among themselves, split between their opinion of Mr. Xixi.
The rational trainees thought Mr. Xixi was overly insensitive. Other mentors would look out for the students in question regardless of whether it came from the heart. Mr. Xixi, on the other hand, did not bother with the window dressing and took off.
His die-hard fans a.k.a. trainees had Mr. Xixi's back, and he could do no wrong in their eyes. They thought Mr.. Xixi was charismatic, had character, was prim, proper, and classy. They could totally dig that!
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