CHAPTER 103: COURTING DISASTER

After the first public performance aired, "Cocoon" stayed trending for two whole days. Not to mention across various short video platforms, it sparked a wave of enthusiasm.

How could they not know each other?

Why is Shirley Golden seen practicing Mia Sutton’s group’s dance in the video, and she apparently has been practicing for a long time, even showing a frustrated expression because she couldn’t dance well?

And why were those few trainees looking at Shirley Golden that way, while she limped out of the practice room alone?

Why are the words "foot injury" in the video!

The video is only about twenty seconds long, but it’s enough for the online viewers to imagine a lot of things.

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After shutting off the live stream, Shirley Golden smiled slightly and returned to her dorm.

She was supposed to be in the "Cocoon" group for her first performance. She thought the dance was too difficult, so she left, but they clearly had a solution. Why didn’t they tell her in advance?

If they had informed her, she wouldn’t have left the group, and in the end, everyone’s rankings went up, except hers went down.

She should have been part of that popularity wave!

So it’s not excessive for her to ride this wave of popularity now, after all, the video didn’t add anything random, it just intentionally blurred some things.

She didn’t say anything specific, so she couldn’t care less about what the netizens think.

Moreover, she had checked with the assistant director, and it’s no big deal; the netizens will discuss this for a while and then move on.

She’s just riding a wave of popularity, which won’t affect them at all. After a while, the netizens will forget it, won’t they?

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Meanwhile, Shirley Golden’s live stream fans and netizens were enraged after watching the video!

They mentally dramatized a big scene from that brief video.

That is: Shirley Golden was originally in the "Cocoon" group, she worked hard to practice dancing but accidentally injured her foot. However, the group members kicked her out because of her injury.

Clearly, Shirley Golden worked so hard on her dance, yet she was ostracized and expelled from the group due to her foot injury.

In an instant, Shirley Golden’s fans were furious because only Mia Sutton had a live stream, and Mia Sutton was the center in that group.

They rushed into Mia Sutton’s and Lynn Joyner’s live streams, attacking verbally without hesitation.

Some even directly went on Weibo, posting and ranting.

Accusations like abandoning an injured teammate for victory and directly kicking the teammate out of the group.

Some said that a person like that, even if they win the competition, their moral character is bad.

Fans directly stated that such people should be eliminated.

Vivian Summers was also heavily insulted, with claims that she occupied the position and honor that originally belonged to Shirley Golden.

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After cursing Mia Sutton and her group, they turned to console Shirley Golden under her Weibo, telling her not to be sad and that such people aren’t worth it.

They vowed to support her in the future.

Instantly, Shirley Golden garnered a lot of sympathy, and her Weibo followers increased by tens of thousands.

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Mia Sutton only learned about this situation after finishing her broadcast.

Vivian Summers came to find her, eyes red and voice choked, "Mia Sutton, look."

She handed the phone to Mia Sutton and angrily said, "How can Shirley Golden do this, she clearly didn’t want to stay!"

Mia Sutton glanced at the video, thinking: How could someone volunteer to deliver themselves on a platter.