"She didn't have much free time to spend on this, either."
"But..."
Zhuge Yun waggled a finger.
"Things have changed."
"Chu Kexin became a trainee."
"I think Zhao Ke and the others got one thing right: Anna was definitely jealous about this."
"It was just a matter of how jealous she was."
"Of course, I understand her."
"If anyone had worked hard for so long without reaching a goal, only to see someone else achieve it with ease..."
"Especially if that person was right by your side. You were good friends, you knew her, and she knew you..."
"She knew how hard you'd worked to make that dream come true..."
"How would you feel?"
"Personally, I'd feel incredibly resentful."
"I wouldn't end the friendship, but I really wouldn't want to see her for a while."
"So I was pretty surprised that Anna was willing to teach Chu Kexin to dance."
"Watching Chu Kexin stumble through the dance moves, wouldn't she think, 'Someone like her—'"
"Of course, I'm not putting Chu Kexin down."
Zhuge Yun explained, "I'm just trying to imagine things from Anna's point of view."
"Chu Kexin, who couldn't do anything, became a trainee without even trying..."
"So what did all that hard work of hers... mean?"
Wouldn't she think that way?
Wouldn't she doubt all the effort she'd put in up to now?
Maybe even wonder whether she was cut out to be a trainee?
Question the dream she'd always held on to?
"...She was practically torturing herself."
Zhuge Yun concluded.
"Either explode in silence or perish in silence."
Zhang Bo murmured.
"Exactly."
Zhuge Yun snapped his fingers.
"Especially since Anna didn't have any friends nearby to comfort her."
"Her best friend was precisely the source of all her inner conflict."
"So many feelings had been building