we are not friends anymore

Many years later, Ji Yan recalled that at the age of 22, when he was wearing headphones and sitting in the music classroom, he never imagined that the boy who walked by would be entangled with him for a long time later.

When Qiao Mingxi just broke into Ji Yan's life like a quiet friend, Ji Yan at that time did not read the storm-like stubbornness hidden in this young man's calm eyes.

Qiao Mingxi is not a person with a strong sense of presence in the entire Dongxing, just because he has followed Ji Yan from the first day of his arrival, which made the trainees of the same period have a little impression, besides this boy Not very noticeable.

In Dongxing, the star-making factory that countless young people dream of, there are many young people who are sweating in the practice room every day with their debut and becoming popular. Qiao Mingxi, who can't dance well and sings at KTV level, is among these people. He seems too calm and leisurely, he has no aggression eager to get ahead, and no one has specifically explained where he is from. Although it is a bit mysterious, under the recent atmosphere of the company, not many people are in the mood to pay attention to him. .

Not long ago, Dongxing's gold medal managers Luna and Alian, whom many trainees hardly saw, suddenly came to the floor where the reserve staff were, and officially announced the company's plan to launch a boy group, and announced the 17 initially selected list of people.In the next two months, these seventeen trainees will train together, and finally four people will be selected to debut.

For the selected trainees, this is undoubtedly a great opportunity.

"Aren't you afraid that Yi Huan won't get the ranking in the end?" Standing outside the practice room, Alian pushed his glasses, "It's not easy to make it to the end just because of being able to write songs. I still don't understand why they are two add in."

Luna smiled slightly: "I dare to let them select together, of course I have confidence in them. I said why are you so unfavorable to Yi Huan? I didn't seem to say that Lin Zining has nothing but good looks?"

"That's because my vision is better than yours." Alian rolled his eyes, "Then we'll just wait and see the result. Let's go, I'm busy."

Luna looked at the scene in the practice room with a smile, turned around and walked side by side with Alian on high heels.

In the spacious practice room, a morning of dance training had just ended, and a dozen young boys sent off the training teacher, ushering in a short lunch break.

As early as the first day of intensive training, the relationship distribution of these seventeen people was very obvious.Zhou Haoyuan, An Ziqi, Ye Qiyuan, and An Kai who came from a family of performing arts were originally a small group, especially Zhou Haoyuan, who had a better foundation than others, didn't like to talk to others, and others didn't want to make fun of themselves.On the other side, Zhong Rui and Yi Huan, who are more peaceful in personality, and Shen Jiaen, who are enthusiastic and love to laugh, are relatively close, and the rest of the people also have their own small circles.

Besides, there are Ji Yan and Lin Zining who are more loners.

Shen Jiaen handed Yi Huan's towel to the other party, and when he wiped off the thin sweat on his forehead, he turned around and saw Ji Yan was still practicing dance steps in front of the mirror, so he raised his voice, "Ji Yan! Do you want to eat together?"

Ji Yan glanced at him in the mirror, and waved his hand: "No, you can eat first."

"You are already the best dancer besides Ari." Shen Jiaen said, "Remember to eat."

After speaking, he hooked Yi Huan's shoulders and ran out. Yi Huan, who was being dragged by him, turned his head and smiled friendlyly at Ji Yan.

Soon Ji Yan was the only one left in the practice room. While wiping his face with a towel, he went to get his mobile phone. This time is when most trainees finish their morning practice, but there is no such thing in his mobile phone. Text messages like the past few days.

Since he was transferred downstairs for concentrated training with 16 other people, Qiao Mingxi would send him a text message almost every rest time, and then waited for him to eat together at the door of the practice room.

Ji Yan didn't intend to be a lone ranger, but he kept his contacts with most people within a certain limit. He was not very repulsed by Qiao Mingxi, who always followed him, but he didn't take it too seriously. superior.

It's just that Ji Yan didn't hear from Qiao Mingxi that day, and he didn't see anyone when he walked to the door. Ji Yan was somewhat surprised.

He threw the shoulder bag on his shoulder and walked towards the elevator. Many juniors he knew greeted him with smiles. Ji Yan responded one by one with a leaky smile on his lips. After a pause, he took a few steps back and looked through the transparent glass.

Just under the opposite window, stools were lined up in a row. A boy wearing a white sweater and black jeans was lying on his side on the stool, sleeping soundly. The hood of the sweater was pulled over his head to cover half of his face. , the sound of people coming and going outside did not bother him at all.

Ji Yan squinted his eyes, turned to the door and gently opened it.

The curtains of the practice room were drawn open, and the midday sun shone in a bit dazzlingly. The boy turned his back to the window and covered his eyes with one hand, as if he couldn't bear the harassment of the sun, his delicate brows were slightly frowned.

At this moment, Ji Yan was sure that the person who was sleeping peacefully here was indeed Qiao Mingxi, he squatted down in front of him, put his hands on his knees and looked at him quietly.

There is a four-year age gap between the two, and Qiao Mingxi is still an out-and-out young man. His demeanor is that of a child who has not encountered too many setbacks. In Dongxing, everyone knows that only by working hard can one have a chance of being selected. , Even if you pretend, you have to pretend to be working hard.Only this young man still has the heart to sleep carelessly here.

For a moment, Ji Yan thought it was a little funny, and reached out to pull off the hat of Qiao Mingxi's sweater.In his sleep, Qiao Mingxi waved his hands as if chasing flies away, instinctively wanting to turn over.

But he was lying on a narrow chair, and when he turned over, he would roll to the ground, Ji Yan frowned, and stretched out his hand to support him.

Qiao Mingxi opened his eyes in a daze, and stared blankly at Ji Yan for a few seconds before rubbing his eyes and sitting up: "Are you done practicing?"

"What are you doing here?" Ji Yan stood up.

"Wait for you to eat." Qiao Mingxi yawned and stood up. His soft hair was curled up from sleep, and the black hair was poked at the top and curled disobediently. "You guys are so slow."

It turned out that there was no text message, so he fell asleep, Ji Yan sighed, and took advantage of the height difference to rub Qiao Mingxi's forehead hair: "Let's go."

Qiao Mingxi shook his head, quickly walked a few steps and walked out the door side by side with him.

On the other side, in the stairwell.

"Why was Lin Zining selected?" An Ziqi crushed out the cigarette in his hand, and threw the cigarette end into the trash can in the corner.

Zhou Haoyuan exhaled a puff of smoke, frowned and said, "Okay, you've been complaining for a few days, what's the use?"

"Brother Yuan!" An Ziqi felt aggrieved, "Look at these seventeen people, only Lin Zining and I clashed in style, doesn't it mean that we have to choose one of us?"

Ye Qiyuan didn't smoke, sat on the steps a few steps away from them, pressed his phone and said without raising his head: "Isn't it, Shen Jiaen and you are on the same side, and both of them are prettier than you."

"Ye Qiyuan, can you talk?" An Ziqi gave him an annoyed look.

"It's okay, why are you arguing?" Zhou Haoyuan said, "I really don't like Lin Zining so much, so I try to get rid of him."

An Ziqi opened his mouth, obviously still suppressing a wave of resentment: "There were rumors before that Sister Alian wanted to praise him. If she wanted to praise him, why did she come to form a group and compete with us for resources?"

Zhou Haoyuan took the last puff of the cigarette, lowered his head and crushed the end of the cigarette, and said leisurely: "Wouldn't it be better to put it in? As long as you step him down, he won't be able to compete with you when he debuts in the future."

"...It's easy to say." An Ziqi kicked the wall sullenly, "Where do you think he did it? The technique is too good."

Ye Qiyuan laughed with a "puchi", and was glared at by An Ziqi again, he quickly waved his hand to signal not to pay attention to him, lowered his head and continued to press the phone while suppressing a smile.

An Ziqi stared at the wall for a while, then said quietly: "However, what's the use of a face? I won't let him stand in my way. It's not like I don't know how to use methods in this circle."

His voice was very soft, but exuded a sense of coldness, Ye Qiyuan raised his head and frowned, Zhou Haoyuan didn't see anything strange when he heard the words, he just raised his foot and lightly kicked An Ziqi: "An Kai went to the bathroom for so long? Go and call He, I'm going to starve to death."

An Ziqi sat quietly for a few seconds, turned around and went out of the stairwell to call for someone, Zhou Haoyuan got up and threw the cigarette butt, put his hands in his trousers pockets and walked towards the elevator; Ye Qiyuan also got up and followed behind him, but was walking When he got to the door of the stairwell, he looked back.

Qiao Mingxi raised his head to look at Ji Yan, but saw that his expression was calm, and his sharp eyebrows were slightly frowned.

"What are the methods in the circle...?" Qiao Mingxi asked puzzled.

The few people who spoke just now had already left, Ji Yan raised his long legs and walked downstairs: "You better not know."

"Oh." Qiao Mingxi nodded, apparently not paying much attention, and followed Ji Yan down the stairs to the first floor.

The stairwell was very quiet, and the echo of their footsteps could even be heard. Ever since Qiao Mingxi walked up the stairs with Ji Yan on the first day they met, the two of them almost stopped taking the elevator when they went downstairs.Young master Qiao, who was pampered materially since he was a child, has never walked the stairs above the fourth floor, but he doesn't look unhappy at all.

"Is your competition fierce?" Qiao Mingxi asked.

"Seventeen people, four places, the debut is Dongxing's strong support, and it is very likely to be a hit; if you fail, you can continue to go back to be a trainee, and it is very likely that you will practice until the end of the contract." Ji Yan said, "What do you think?"

Qiao Mingxi tilted her head: "Do you want to be selected too?"

Ji Yan stopped, stood under the steps, turned back to Qiao Mingxi, who was a few steps above the steps: "Why did you come here?"

Qiao Mingxi thought about it seriously, and felt that it was better not to tell the truth, so she just shook her head slightly: "I don't know."

Ji Yan chuckled, turned around and continued downstairs.

After a while, Qiao Mingxi heard his cold voice coming from the front.

"I'm not like you."