CHAPTER 175: CHAPTER 170: DEBUT PERFORMANCE

"Alright, now let’s welcome the final group to the stage." Long Zitao announced loudly after being reminded by Yang Xiaoyue.

With the strong rhythm of the music, the two groups walked onto the stage.

In the waiting room, Lai Ruoxuan’s teammates Jiang Meixing and others were cheering her on.

Today, Lai Ruoxuan wore big white rabbit ears.

Originally, only the C-position Duan Yuxin could wear noticeable headpieces in this group.

But Duan Yuxin said every girl in their group had helped her a lot, so she shared the headpieces prepared for her by the program team with others.

Lai Ruoxuan helped her the most, actually coordinating and rehearsing the whole song and dance routine.

Duan Yuxin was just a nominal leader this time.

Lai Ruoxuan was very excited at this moment. She had given up her studies to join the girl group at the age of 16, experiencing the lowest moments in life.

The girl group she was in faced dissolution three times, meaning the best years of her youth were wasted away.

This time, participating in this program was initially just to fulfill a notice, but now she feels like it’s the best opportunity in her life.

However, she didn’t use her advantages to compete or fight but selflessly helped everyone in the group.

To her, the team is the most important, and everyone might have their thoughts, but ultimately they must submit to the larger organization.

She liked Duan Yuxin’s innocence, unworldliness, and liked that everyone in the group worked hard without scheming against each other.

Chen Yinghan was also making cute expressions towards the audience.

Lv Fangxin’s popularity was expected, as she had means to know everyone’s fanbase here.

She didn’t let Lv Fangxin be in a group with her to avoid affecting her.

Because her company had already negotiated with Penguin, ensuring she’d make it to the second round. After the public performance recording, others’ scenes would be reduced to highlight her.

On stage, Xiang Sixing from the Magic Numbers girl group wasn’t that nervous anymore.

She had a premonition that this might be her last stage and possibly the last performance in her life as an idol.

She always had a dream to perform on a big stage with her team, with fans cheering her name throughout the venue.

Today, this wish was half fulfilled!

"Hello everyone, we are the Chinese Garden Zoo." Duan Yuxin’s group said together.

Their meaning was that each of them represented a cute little animal.

The audience below looked at this group, indeed beautiful and cute, and couldn’t help but give enthusiastic applause.

Among them, the supportive cheers for Lai Ruoxuan were the loudest. Many of them were her fans.

"Hello everyone, we are the Beautiful Girl Warriors." Luo Qijia’s group also said together.

"We will use our small universe to ignite yours." Luo Qijia shouted loudly.

Immediately, deafening cheers erupted as Luo Qijia’s group, wearing those European-style dress uniforms, looked very fiery.

The trainees in the waiting room were very interested in this group’s microphones as they had a one-foot stick attached below.

This thing looked cumbersome, and they wondered why they were holding it!

"These are our last two performances today. We hope you use all your energy to cheer on our contestants." Long Zitao was giving a final pep talk.

The show had been recorded for six hours now, reaching deep into the night at 10:30, yet everyone there was still full of enthusiasm.

Pink lights lit up on the "I Like You" stage, with six girls, five sitting and one standing.

This was a clever move by them since half the group wasn’t good at dancing.

If they forced themselves to rehearse complex choreography, it would not only fail but result in a poor performance.

So they played to their strengths, which was singing. Except for Xiang Sixing, everyone in the group sang well.

Especially Duan Yuxin, who was a leading singer. Though she lacked professional singing techniques, her voice was excellent, a naturally gifted voice from heaven.

Lai Ruoxuan started the song, and her singing skills were strong. When she was in high school, she attended the best school in Deep City, and she was admitted because of her good voice.

This school had a nationally renowned choir class where her voice was melodic and magnetic.

Sure enough, once she sang the first two measures, the whole audience’s attention was drawn to her.

Next were Xiang Sixing’s two measures. This girl had a great figure, with straight legs, youthful and vibrant like fresh green onions.

Her voice was average, but she stayed in tune. Her pitch was barely satisfactory, yet many couldn’t detect pitch issues and felt this pretty girl sang well.

Followed by Chen Yinghan’s three measures, a part of the chorus.

Chen Yinghan received strict professional training; although her talent was average, years of hard work allowed her to easily handle this not-so-difficult song.

When she debuted, if Ge Xiaohui hadn’t insisted on playing "jazz," she wouldn’t have been implicated and thought incapable of singing.

Today’s performance cleared her name, and the final high note was well-handled.

At this moment, seven people gathered together: Chen Yinghan, Lai Ruoxuan, and Xiang Sixing behind chairs, while the other four posed cutely in front.

Ye Yuwei watched this group’s performance in the waiting room and felt they appeared somewhat thin.

Due to the lack of dancing, girl groups only resort to stationary performances when facing challenging songs.

But they sang well; apart from the "Dark High Heels" group, this group was one of the few with the first three singers not facing major issues.

Then the seven began a long chorus, continuously doing cute moves.

Though there was no dance or repositioning, the pure singing was still lovely.

They got up and moved to the stage center, doing a simple formation and forming a line, with the beautiful Chen Yinghan leading the way, blowing a kiss that caused endless screams from the audience.

"Wow! This girl is so beautiful! How have I not noticed before?"

"Oh my, who is this girl? She’s absolutely stunning, definitely has the face of a school belle!"

"I never noticed before. This girl is so gentle and beautiful!"

After seeing Chen Yinghan, such thoughts arose involuntarily in everyone’s mind.

Next was a solo by Gao Yingxi, who was already sweet, especially captivating when she smiled, mixing charm with sweetness.

Today she tied her hair into two braids, each divided into three segments with colorful hair ties, looking incredibly cute, enough to outshine the so-called sweet girls in anime.

The others did a small dance around her, forming a circle with arms raised like swans singing.

The next solo was Zhang Xiaohan’s, as she walked from the far right to the far left of the group, while the six formed two staggered rows and began their first real group dance.

This segment had a more relaxed rhythm, everyone stepped in time accurately, swaying hips and arms like flowers blooming in the spring breeze.

Then they repositioned again, with five people forming a line, Liu Nian at the front singing, Lai Ruoxuan and Duan Yuxin on the sides bending towards the audience.

They wore black and white rabbit ears, looking like twin sisters.