"I think maybe it's better if he's a little nervous?"
Xie Chuchu furrowed her brows, thinking.
"Yes."
Teacher Gao nodded.
"I had the other students listen to music while they waited to go onstage, so they could relax."
"But I had Xue Jiamin look over his sheet music again and do some practice runs on his own."
"I wanted him to feel a little nervous."
"Teacher Gao, thank you for all your effort."
After hearing this, Xie Chuchu made up her mind.
"Teacher Gao, I won't go see Xue Jiamin before the competition."
"I don't want to interfere with his preparations."
It was good that the boy was looking over his sheet music now.
If she went over, wouldn't she interrupt his preparations?
She'd better not go.
"That's probably for the best."
Teacher Gao nodded.
"You can go see him backstage after the competition."
"Go to the concert hall."
"I need to get back to the lounge, too."
"The closer it gets to the competition, the less room there is to let your guard down."
Thinking of how some students had been so nervous during the preliminaries that they kept running to the restroom and nearly missed their turn onstage, she couldn't quite put her mind at ease.
"Mm."
Xie Chuchu smiled.
"Teacher Gao, thanks for all your hard work."
"Goodbye."
After Teacher Gao disappeared around the corner, Xie Chuchu turned around.
"Let's go."
"We're heading to the audience seats."
Xiao Xiao followed behind the two girls.
He unobtrusively watched their surroundings.
So far, he hadn't spotted Zhujian.
Yesterday, Zhujian had waited until the competition was halfway through before slipping into the concert hall through the door opened by the audience ahead of it.
Today...
Would it show up halfway through the competition again?