After all, Ye Zexi had truly stunned a lot of people yesterday.
Even Ye Zexi himself was somewhat surprised.
Shan Zeyu had shed his previous sternness, and a smile appeared at the corner of his lips. "Keep it up from now on. Of course, stop chasing people too. Have a little ambition, okay?"
The moment he said that, no one could hold it in anymore. They all burst out laughing, and quite a few people teasingly looked toward Tang Jing.
Tang Jing merely smiled and said nothing.
Ye Zexi naturally caught the teasing in Shan Zeyu's tone and said innocently, "Can't help it. When love comes, you can't stop it."
Shan Zeyu immediately laughed.
Qu Xiao laughed along with him. "You absolutely must stop it. Don't let down our expectations of you. You probably don't know this, but Teacher He has such high standards. During yesterday's review, he didn't praise anyone but you! He really likes you!"
Once she finished speaking, the contestants present were both surprised and confused.
What?
Likes him?
The smile at Tang Jing's lips stiffened slightly as he raised his eyes toward He Jinyun.
Qu Xiao also realized at that moment that she had misspoken. Just as she was about to remedy it, Ye Zexi said, "That won't do. Teacher He can't be the only one who likes me. Teacher Qu, Teacher Shan, don't you like me too?"
Qu Xiao froze.
Seeing her reaction, Ye Zexi put on a dejected expression. "Then it looks like I haven't worked hard enough. I'll do my best to win over Teacher Qu and Teacher Shan too."
"Hey, hey, I haven't even said anything yet. Why are you already acting?" Qu Xiao did not know whether to laugh or cry. Knowing that Ye Zexi was helping her out, she gave him a grateful look.
He Jinyun smiled and picked up the microphone at just the right moment. "Mm, not bad acting. Are you really not considering making movies?"
A flicker of surprise passed through Ye Zexi's eyes. Why had this guy still not given up?
"Forget it, forget it." Ye Zexi waved a hand, pretending not to understand what He Jinyun meant. "Someone like me clearly isn't cut out for that line of work."
Shan Zeyu found that amusing and instinctively followed up with a question. "Then what line of work do you think suits you?"
A smile instantly spread across Ye Zexi's lips. His beautiful eyes curved, and his expression became especially carefree. Even the beauty mark beneath his eye seemed to speak of his pride.
"Probably—" Ye Zexi drew out the word.
Shan Zeyu suddenly had a bad feeling.
Sure enough, Ye Zexi said the next second, "Living off my rich second-generation family."
Qu Xiao: "Pfft."
Shan Zeyu's breath caught in his throat, neither up nor down, and he could only turn to look at He Jinyun.
He Jinyun could not stop the corner of his lips from lifting. He turned his head, deliberately pretending not to see his friend being embarrassed.
Shan Zeyu: "..."
In the end, Qu Xiao took over and told Ye Zexi to stop fooling around.
Ye Zexi felt a little helpless. How was he fooling around?
He was serious.
But clearly, most of the people present thought Ye Zexi was joking. Everyone laughed it off and did not take it to heart at all.
Only Tang Jing secretly clenched his fists where the cameras could not see.
Most people took He Jinyun's remark about making movies as a joke because they did not know why He Jinyun had joined "Era Idol."
Tang Jing was signed to the same company as He Jinyun. Earlier, he had happened to hear his manager mention that He Jinyun had joined "Era Idol" to cast roles for his new film.
Very few people knew about this matter, and Tang Jing was one of them.
His manager had even told Tang Jing to perform well. If he were truly selected, then even if his acting was not up to par, it would still be a chance to gain experience.
Thinking of what He Jinyun had just said to Ye Zexi, Tang Jing's lips pressed into a thin line.
*
The evaluations ended quickly. Li Changjian told everyone to take a short break before they continued filming the segment where the elimination list would be announced.
But with the elimination list about to be announced, who could possibly relax? The atmosphere in the recording studio was even more tense than during yesterday's livestream.
If there was anyone who was not nervous, it was probably only Ye Zexi. He even took out his phone during the break.
The moment he opened WeChat, he saw a conspicuous 99-message notification beside Wei Lifei's chat window.
When Ye Zexi opened it, he realized that Wei Lifei had not been joking when he said he would recommend some quality tops to him.
In just one morning, Ye Zexi had received more than a dozen new friend requests.
Ye Zexi was instantly speechless.
Yezi: What exactly are the people you recommended to me?
Wei: Hurry up and accept them! I sent you their basic profiles too, and there are photos.
Wei: Don't worry! They're clean everywhere. I carefully picked every one of them for you!
Wei: If you don't like some of them, you don't have to accept their requests. Pick two you like and add them for a chat, so you won't be lonely during those two months on the show.
Wei: Are you over the moon already?
Ye Zexi: "..."
Over the moon, my ass!
Ye Zexi replied with only one word: "Get lost."
As for the dozen or so friend requests, Ye Zexi rejected every single one without exception.
Who knew where Wei Lifei had found these people? One of the friend requests even included the message, "How about we look at the script first..."
Weren't they supposed to be people to date him?
Did dating require looking at a script too?
Terrifying.
Ye Zexi rejected them even faster.
At the same time, He Jinyun's phone chimed in the mentors' lounge.
Seeing the rejection notice, He Jinyun showed no surprise. He had clearly expected this outcome.
It seemed he still had to wait a little longer.
He Jinyun put away his phone. No rush. There was still time.
*
The short break soon ended, and filming resumed.
Shan Zeyu held the list of contestants to be eliminated this time. He did not beat around the bush and began announcing the elimination list directly.