CHAPTER 173: CHAPTER 168 ALONE ABSORBING FLOWER

The lights dimmed, and the applause dwindled.

At the same time, the stage on the other side was brightly lit, like a courtyard under the summer sun.

The opening formation set by Jiang Xijie’s group was quite interesting.

She and Lv Fangxin stood at the head and tail, with the other four divided into two groups positioned diagonally on either side of them. From above, this arrangement resembled a flat quadrilateral.

This positioning was actually a necessity.

Lv Fangxin had no dance background and almost no sense of rhythm. Someone had to give her a reminder for her to not miss the beat.

So Jiang Xijie had Lv Fangxin follow her movements, though in opposite directions, creating a better stage effect.

As sounds akin to a marimba’s pleasant harmony echoed in everyone’s hearts, the six, dressed in white princess tulle dresses, began to move to the dance.

This opening dance move was the most challenging among the 14 groups, incorporating continuous eight-beat leg and hand movements.

With the music, they shifted into a circle formation, placing their hands on their waists and swaying playfully.

When the main song began, they took on a chorus form, much like Lu Bingbing’s group earlier.

But Jiang Xijie did this out of necessity, as there was no one with a strong opening voice.

They held the mic with one hand, rested the other on their waist, and their right leg shifted along the beat like kicking a shuttlecock, though minutely, not surpassing the calf.

During the second eight-beat sequence, they made a playful move.

With their legs clamped together, they jumped from side to side, simultaneously waving the hand without the mic, like a cheerleader cheering.

After a few eight counts, Lv Fangxin, who originally thought she would mess up the singing, gained confidence because she hadn’t missed a dance move so far, always looking at Jiang Xijie ahead before moving.

After three eight counts, Jiang Xijie began singing two bars solo, without the slightest hitch, though her timbre was quite average.

Then another position shift began, this time led by Pan Junya from the Milky Way Girl, cleverly moving Yang Chaoyue behind Wu Youxuan and Lu Peiqin.

Yang Meizhu, one of the twins, stood at the C position, her loud voice just enough to put the song through, not unpleasant to hear.

At this point, everyone continued moving, transforming into a 132 formation, with everyone dancing to the rhythm, Lv Fangxin being the 1, beginning her solo singing part.

Nervously, she heard the audience let out cries, unsure how many men screamed with all their might, "Village flower, I love you!"

In her blank mind, she thought, "So many men like me. If my mom knows, she’d kill me."

Lv Fangxin only sang a bar here, which was her limit.

Then came Pan Junya’s singing segment, swapping positions with Lv Fangxin while the formation changed. The former moved to the far right corner, still having Jiang Xijie diagonally ahead, ensuring she didn’t miss her steps.

Pan Junya, with a ballet background in dance, was decent on that front, though her singing was average, roughly able to keep pace.

Here, Wu Youxuan harmonized, as they continued their cheerful dancing.

As the rhythm speeded up, the audience expected a vigorous dance but instead, everyone except Wu Youxuan and Lu Peiqin squatted to perform background moves.

Lu Peiqin welcomed her first singing part, her voice still pleasant, a graduate from an accredited music college, delivering the best vocal among them.

Simultaneously, they re-shifted positions with synchronized dancing. This time, it was a 222 formation, narrower at the ends with more distance in the middle, their waist and skirts swaying, exuding youthfulness.

Wu Youxuan sang a short segment here, though her tone was fairly average and lacked pitch, just merely keeping up with the rhythm.

Lv Fangxin consistently followed behind Jiang Xijie with her main issue being a lack of musical sense, unaware of the musical beats corresponding to the dance moves.

If the music stopped, she could effortlessly perform the dance.

This was akin to being able to recite lyrics but not sing the song.

If she followed someone else’s singing, she could keep up.

Next was the chorus of the middle part of the song, where they all sang together.

Standing in staggered side positions, they faced the audience in a 123 formation.

Jiang Xijie stood in the 1 position closest to the audience, with Yang Meizhu and Wu Youxuan beside her, and the third row had the other three.

This formation was interesting, not three vertical lines centered by the leading person, but Jiang Xijie in position 1 aligned between Yang Meizhu and Wu Youxuan.

The leader of the third row, Lv Fangxin, was the same, enabling the latter to still see the former while dancing.

After two eight counts, all six turned to face the audience, swaying to the right on the spot, simultaneously lifting their right hands and waving like a beckoning cat.

The audience instantly erupted in cheers, feeling this group was truly youthful and adorable.

The most important part was that they could now hear what the group was singing.

At this moment, all six continued transitioning formations, turning into a perfectly triangular shape, with Pan Junya and Jiang Xijie in front, lifting their arms to form a large heart.

The trainees in the waiting room couldn’t help but sing along with them.

This song itself was extremely lively, and although the group’s singing was fairly average, their movements and dance were mesmerizing.

Add to that the eye-catching white silk material of their princess outfits, which was extremely appealing.

Lu Bingbing watched from the other stage, feeling the victory slipping away.

Although the group on the other side was slightly inferior in dance compared to her side, it wasn’t much of a gap. Initially, she could rely on vocal skills to shine, but an incident occurred.

Lv Fangxin, who was expected to be a drag, surprisingly performed well, even stronger than Lu Xiaoman, who also couldn’t dance.

A beat played, with Lv Fangxin and Yang Meizhu standing in the middle, the two twisting their waists with ever-changing dance moves, culminating in mutual scissor hand gestures and a wink to the audience.

This instantly made Li Ke and almost all the men excited.

There were also girls who liked these youthful young ladies.

"Village flower! Village flower!"

"The hope of the whole village! Fangxin!"

The hormone-charged shouts nearly flipped the stage.

Lv Fangxin was extremely excited at this moment, wondering if this was what it felt like to be loved and adored!

In the past watching TV, it was how those big stars usually were.

"My goodness! I like this feeling; oh my God! I’m falling into it; am I being too vain?"

After this eight count, Lv Fangxin and the other four suddenly stood there doing simple moves, with Jiang Xijie and Lu Peiqin synchronizing to a jump rope-like move.

This move looked quite intriguing on stage, instantly refocusing everyone’s attention on them.

Lu Bingbing endlessly sneered from there: "So this is how you cut corners if you can’t dance!"

Doing aerial flips or difficult dance moves would be proper.

Once again, they lined up in rows, with their hands behind doing the kicking shuttlecock move synchronized to a beat change.

With a single leg lowered, the five squatted while Lu Peiqin at the far left walked out in time to the beat, beginning the song’s most challenging three eight counts.

When she reached the far right end, everyone stood up, aligning behind her, moving like clock hands toward the audience.

They then suddenly dispersed, with Wu Youxuan leading an eight count, though the completion was poor; their dancing, however, still had appealing points.

Finally, the chorus of the song began, where they chose to sing together and didn’t opt for a static finale, continuing to insert positional changes.

They were like the intricate dolls in a music box, continually performing beautiful and captivating dance moves to the music.

Among them, Jiang Xijie and Pan Junya faced each other, with their hands making graceful water ripple movements, appearing the most enchanting.

The stage ended in an inverted triangle formation.

The entire audience erupted in thunderous applause, with Yuwei also involuntarily clapping, acknowledging the stage’s excellence, minus the singing.

Lv Fangxin integrated well into it, with no part dragging the team down.

A conceited Lv Fangxin even blew a kiss to the entire audience, making Li Ke subconsciously pout, feeling immensely joyous.

Yet he also saw that chubby guy with a blissful look, instantly feeling sour and wishing he could beat the guy for enjoying the "flower" alone.