Qin Wei, Are You Complimenting Your Archenemy?

Si Di said nothing.

He had originally thought that mastering the theme song's singing and dancing in such a short time would be enough to secure his place in Class A.

Only now did he realize there were always greater heights beyond the mountains, greater people beyond the people.

Wu Biao sighed, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "It's late today. Go back and get some proper rest. Tomorrow is the last day, so cherish it and practice hard, understand?"

Si Di nodded obediently.

Managers could not stay for too long.

After speaking, Wu Biao prepared to leave. He walked a few steps, then turned back.

"Didi, practice hard. If you make it into Class A in this theme song evaluation, I'll secretly bring you a phone."

A slap, then a sweet treat.

Wu Biao leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Your online boyfriend is still waiting to chat with you."

"..."

Si Di returned to the dorm a little absentmindedly. He lay on his bed for a while, then climbed back up anyway.

He changed into Class F's gray tracksuit.

Then he dug out a headband from his suitcase and put it on.

He went out, entered the empty Practice Room No. 2, turned on the lights, and closed the door.

Facing the wall-sized mirror, he took a deep breath.

Then he began practicing.

At five in the morning, people gradually began leaving Practice Room No. 2.

The two people who had mocked Si Di during the day heard the sounds inside. When they pushed open the door and saw Si Di practicing alone, drenched in sweat, their brows immediately furrowed.

Damn!

Si Di was way too scheming!

He had let everyone lower their guard during the day, only to sneak over and practice in secret at night.

Just as the two were about to continue sneering, Huo Xiao happened to pass by with his jacket in hand and cast them an unfriendly glance.

That look could freeze a polar bear to death.

The two lowered their heads and hurried away.

The corridor fell silent.

Huo Xiao walked to the entrance of Practice Room No. 2 and watched the boy dancing nonstop through the crack in the door.

A faint glimmer flickered in his world-weary eyes.

Only after watching for a long time did he turn and leave.

Seven in the morning.

The loudspeaker began playing the eighth set of radio calisthenics, and only then did Si Di leave the practice room.

His hair was soaked.

Si Di shook his hair like a little dog shaking off water, then carried his jacket back toward the dorm building.

Just then, a black Cayenne drove past.

Chen Wei, the manager sitting in the passenger seat, looked at the figure outside the window and asked, "Is that Si Di?"

At the mention of that name, Qin Wei did not even lift his head.

"Si Di just came out of the training building. His clothes and hair are soaked with sweat." Chen Wei was slightly stunned. "Did he practice all night?"

This time, Qin Wei looked up and gazed at Si Di through the car window.

Si Di had already reached the steps of the dorm building. His back was tall, thin, and slender, and a large patch around both shoulder blades had been darkened by sweat on his loose tracksuit.

It was a chilly October morning.

Yet his hair was still damp.

Chen Wei shook her head. "I really didn't expect Si Di to work this hard too. I thought he was used to being carefree and wouldn't put much effort into things."

Watching him enter the dorm building, Qin Wei withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "He's not someone without ambition."

Back in high school, Qin Wei had been the class study representative.

Driven by sheer stubbornness, Si Di attended thirteen tutoring classes over one summer vacation.

He had forcefully raised his weakest subject, English, from failing to excellent.

On the first day of their sophomore year, he successfully ran for the new class study representative.

Unfortunately, they split into arts and sciences in their sophomore year. Si Di chose arts while Qin Wei chose science.

After graduating high school, Qin Wei had a sudden growth spurt.

In order to catch up to him, Si Di drank milk nonstop for an entire year.

He kept going even after the very words "milk" made him dry-heave.

It turned out drinking milk really could make you taller.

Si Di successfully wriggled his way up from 178 centimeters to 180.

When he looked back, Qin Wei had already shot up to 188.

Si Di was so furious that he never drank milk again.

Thinking of those things, a smile unconsciously welled up in Qin Wei's eyes.

The corners of his thin lips lifted slightly.

He said gently, "Actually, Si Di has never changed. That refusal to admit defeat in his bones has never disappeared."

Chen Wei stared at him for several seconds before asking steadily, "Qin Wei, are you complimenting your archenemy?"

The smile on Qin Wei's face instantly cooled.

His narrow eyes shifted toward the window.

"What I hate most is his stubborn persistence."

Chen Wei said nothing.

After two seconds of silence, Qin Wei opened the car door and got out, releasing a restrained breath as he walked.

After butting heads for so many years, had he actually thought, for one fleeting moment, that the little lunatic was kind of cute?

What the hell was wrong with him?

Qin Wei quickened his pace, turned, and entered the filming building.

Meanwhile.

Si Di returned to the dorm, showered, dozed lightly for a while, then plunged right back into the practice room.

The livestream comments were all discussing:

[Si Di when he's focused on his career is seriously so lovable!]

[When talented people start working hard, their improvement is insanely fast.]

[4D already seems outstanding among these people. Getting into Class A should be a sure thing, right?]

[Si Di is working so hard now... Honestly, I kind of miss how fierce he used to be. Every now and then, he'd argue with Qin Wei or get into a fight with him. It was actually pretty lively...]

[Hahaha, I want to see Si Di get popular first, then fight Qin Wei again. Top star versus top star—just thinking about it is exciting.]

[Ship the Dichlorvos CP! The harder they fight, the happier we ship them.]

On the night before the theme song evaluation, Si Di did not stay up late.

After one final round of practice, he went to rest early and conserve his energy.

He slept dreamlessly through the night. At six in the morning, the loudspeaker started up ahead of schedule.

Unlike the previous two days of practice, the theme song evaluation was quite formal. The edited final cut a month later would also be a major highlight, so the trainees had to get up early to have their makeup and hair done.

Breakfast time was too rushed, so Si Di did not eat much.

While getting his makeup done, he kept his eyes closed as he ate small bread rolls.

The makeup artist was a young woman in her twenties. Seeing how adorably dazed he looked, she blended a touch of crimson at the corners of his eyes to suit the occasion.

She looked at him from both sides.

Then she added just a tiny bit of blush as well.

Si Di did not notice anything and left immediately after his makeup was done.

It was not until he entered the secondary recording hall that Yu Ning grabbed him and said, "Wow, Didi, your makeup today is absolutely stunning!"

Si Di looked completely confused.

Before the makeup, the artist had shown him the reference look. It had just been an ordinary sparkly idol stage makeup look.

Yu Ning pulled a small mirror from a trainee's pocket nearby and shoved it right in front of his face.

Whoa.

Si Di sucked in a sharp breath.

That pale pink at the corners of his eyes was absolutely lethal!

His skin was fair, and his eyes were big and bright. With that touch of crimson, his original youthful air had faded, leaving him inexplicably more delicate and pitiful.

Pure and innocent, yet alluring and seductive.

Sparkling and irresistibly lovable.

Si Di, the iron-blooded tough guy, truly could not stand it. He raised a hand to wipe it off.

Yu Ning was so frightened that he even dropped the mirror. He clung tightly to Si Di's arm and said, "Don't wipe it off, don't wipe it off! You absolutely can't wipe it off! Didi, listen to me. Girls these days like soft, obedient big brothers. As soon as you appear on camera with this makeup, it'll definitely set off a wave of screams!"

His words became prophecy!

The two were still fooling around when the camera suddenly swung toward them.

The comments instantly exploded!