Senior, You Can't Run Away This Time

When Lin Mu walked onto the stage, he found Chi Yuting standing on the other side.

Seeing Lin Mu approach, Chi Yuting winked at him and blew him a kiss.

Pure Voice The rules for the pending PK are simple: pending contestants draw lots to compete against each other in pairs.

The two will take the stage simultaneously and sing one song according to the draw order.

Then, the four mentors will light up their lamps, and the one with more blue lights will advance.

If both contestants receive the same number of blue lights, the mentors will deliberate to decide who advances.

At the same time, the program team also stipulated that the two PK contestants cannot communicate in any way while on stage.

Nor can they influence each other's performance in any form.

In the first season, the viewership curve for the PK rounds was often higher than for the initial performance round.

This is because duels where one wins and advances while the other loses and is eliminated are clearly more exciting.

Especially when two pending contestants stand on stage together, performing under the immense pressure of potential elimination.

Some might even lose control, followed by mentors arguing with each other due to disagreements.

These scenes are all things the audience enjoys watching.

As the two took the stage and stood behind the curtain, the host, Li Lan, with a smile and elegant steps, walked onto the stage.

"Although there's a curtain between us, I can already feel the tense atmosphere of a drawn sword. I'd like to ask contestant Xiao Qing first, do you have confidence?"

Chi Yuting held the microphone with the voice changer, her usual seductive demeanor gone, her tone sincere:

"I'm already content to have made it this far. I'll do my best to sing well and live up to my dreams!"

This is a standard answer in talent shows.

Not arrogant, not weak, not making mistakes.

However, the show's effect was clearly insufficient, so Li Lan asked Lin Mu:

"Contestant Dawei Tianlong, many people didn't expect you to be pending. Do you have anything to say at this moment?"

Lin Mu said, "I have something to do tonight. Can we make it quick?"

He did indeed have something important to do tonight; Fat Tiger and Zhang Hen were waiting outside.

According to the plan, he should have already gone out to meet them.

"..." Li Lan froze for a moment, looking at the curtain in disbelief.

Are you talking back to me?

What did I do to offend you?

Li Lan was a little annoyed but couldn't lash out, so she could only continue with a smile and announce the start of the PK between Dawei Tianlong and Xiao Qing.

According to the draw order, Xiao Qing would perform first.

The accompaniment music began, a classic love song.

Before starting her performance, Chi Haiyuan gave Lin Mu a seductive smile before gripping the microphone and singing.

The song wasn't difficult, and Chi Yuting's singing skills were average, just a notch above KTV level.

Lin Mu guessed that it was only because the others in the previous round were too bad that someone like her, a "trash," managed to advance.

Lin Mu couldn't help but wonder which three mentors had given Chi Yuting a blue light in the previous round.

Were they deaf?

A few minutes later, Chi Yuting finished singing, and the audience erupted in warm applause, likely from the paid extras.

However, Chi Yuting didn't understand this. Hearing the enthusiastic applause, her confidence soared.

She turned her head and saw Lin Mu looking at her with a surprised expression.

She thought he must be stunned by her singing skills.

She gave Lin Mu her most charming smile, then pressed her hands to her chest, forming a heart shape, her red lips slightly parted, and her tongue licking her lips.

If it were a young boy, he would have already entered the "sage mode" by now.

"Contestant Xiao Qing is as stable and heartfelt as ever. Now, it's up to contestant Dawei Tianlong. Go for it!"

Li Lan interjected, offering encouragement to the contestants as usual.

In this suffocatingly tense moment, how touched the contestant must be to receive encouragement from a beautiful host like herself.

If there was a more enthusiastic or even emotional response, the show's effect would be maxed out.

As Li Lan expected, Dawei Tianlong did respond:

"Mhm."

"..."

Veins popped on Li Lan's forehead, and she shot a hateful glance at the curtain.

Feng Bingbing was also staring intently at the curtain, just like her.

Moreover, Feng Bingbing's eyes widened even further, giving the impression she wouldn't rest until she saw through the curtain.

"You can't escape this time, Senior!"

She had already decided that once she confirmed this guy was indeed Senior, she would rush backstage to grab him, even if it meant violating the show's non-disclosure agreement.

She wanted to ask him face-to-face why he had come to participate in the talent show without telling her.

It was too much!

Did he even have her in his eyes anymore!

Couldn't he just let her support him?!

"Contestant Dawei Tianlong will be performing an original song – Ugly Monster."

Li Lan read the script expressionlessly and walked off the stage, feeling dejected.

Zhang Zheng rubbed his hands, suddenly feeling a long-lost nervousness. He glanced at Wang Xinzhe, noticing that Old Wang had also pursed his lips, looking as constipated as he was nervous.

Only then did Zhang Zheng feel a sense of balance. He chuckled and whispered to Wang Xinzhe, "Are you afraid that guy will choke under pressure?"

Wang Xinzhe nodded. "Too many contestants choked under pressure in the elimination rounds last season. I'm just worried about the worst-case scenario."

Zhang Zheng was silent for a moment, then turned to Feng Bingbing on the other side. "Little Feng, this is all your fault for being too mischievous."

He then saw Feng Bingbing staring with wide eyes, biting her lip, looking even more nervous than he was.

Zhang Zheng was speechless and couldn't help but tease her, "So you're nervous now? All because you kept hitting the red light."

Feng Bingbing stared intently at the stage. "Teacher Zhang, please stop talking and listen to the song!"

Her entire focus was now on hearing Dawei Tianlong's voice, to see if it was him.

Finally, music began to play from behind the curtain.

"Piano? It's piano this time."

Wang Xinzhe nodded slightly. Three consecutive guitar performances might indeed lead to audience fatigue. Singing a piano ballad was a good choice.

Zhou Yiyi, however, shook his head with a smile. "As expected, only piano and guitar. Too limited, too limited."

After the intro, a voice, completely different from the previous two performances, rang out:

"If the world is dark, I'm actually beautiful. In love, I'm just consumed by the back and forth."

The audience and the mentors were stunned.

"This voice..."

"Why did it suddenly get younger?"

"Could it be a different person?"

Zhang Zheng's eyes widened, and he turned to look at Wang Xinzhe, who was equally astonished.

"Where's my Brother Long?"

"Didn't we agree we were the same age?"

However, despite their surprise, both nodded with satisfaction.

Even though the voice had changed, the quality hadn't. It was still an instant hit!

Zhou Yiyi's mouth hung open in disbelief. With his shallow music theory knowledge, he couldn't comprehend how a singer could achieve such a drastic vocal change.

Amidst the gasps of astonishment from the entire venue, only one person's eyes lit up, a bright and joyful smile appearing on her face.

"It's Senior! This voice, it must be Senior!"

Feng Bingbing beamed, overjoyed, like a little cabbage that had finally found its pig.

"Senior, let's see how you run away this time!"