we are not friends anymore

Yan Shi snatched a bunch of grilled chicken wings from Lou Feng, turned around and saw Qiao Mingxi lying alone on the table and scratching the tablet that Lou Feng left there, then snatched the barbecue that Lou Feng had just picked up, and went to Qiao Mingxi's side.

"Ashi? What are you looking at?"

Qiao Mingxi looked at the tablet, and reached out to take the barbecue from Yan Shi: "Thank you, sister Shi."

Yan Shi rubbed his hair, and leaned over to look at the screen: "Are you interested in these artists?"

"Just take a look." Qiao Mingxi flicked through the photos one by one, then turned to Lou Feng who came over, "Brother Feng, are all the newcomers in your company here?"

"Hmm." Lou Feng walked to Yan Shi's side and rubbed her face.

Qiao Mingxi looked down at the screen, and had to say that Dongxing's principle in selecting newcomers is really based on face. Any one of the newcomers in these photos can be regarded as good-looking, and each has its own characteristics.Especially Lin Zining, who Qiao Mingxi recognized as a girl just now, couldn't find any more appropriate adjectives for his face other than beautiful, but the look between his eyebrows and eyes was very heroic, which made him look neutral but not a bitch thin.

Fingers slid across the pages and stopped next to a handsome face. Qiao Mingxi stared at the person in the photo, lost in thought.

Qiao Mingxi pushed Qiao Mingyue into the door, and the housekeeper quickly handed over a hot towel to Qiao Mingyue to wipe her hands and face carefully.Qiao Mingyue was not in good health, and she looked a little tired from the wind blowing by the lake. Qiao Mingxi stopped the housekeeper who was coming to help, and carried Qiao Mingyue back to her room on the second floor, and put her gently on the bed.

Qiao Mingyue quietly looked at her younger brother's soft hair. Qiao Mingxi felt her gaze and raised her head in doubt: "Sister, what's wrong?"

A faint smile appeared on her pale and gloomy face, and Qiao Mingyue's voice became a little colder, with the gentleness when facing her closest relatives: "I have been thin since I was a child, but now I can carry me on my back."

"Of course." Qiao Mingxi went to the window and closed it carefully, "I'm already eighteen."

The two siblings are not talkative people. Usually, one is silent and indifferent, while the other speaks and does things slowly. Now they are casually chatting about family matters, and they seem to be getting closer.

In fact, Qiao Mingxi is not Qiao Mingyue's younger brother. According to the genealogy, Qiao Mingyue is the only daughter of the previous head of the Qiao family, and Qiao Mingxi is the son of Qiao Mingyue's uncle, her cousin.

The Qiao family is a family of the underworld for a century, and the internal relationship is intricate, even between brothers and sisters.Qiao Mingyue's parents were murdered secretly by several brothers. At that time, their second uncle tried to hold the Qiao family in his hands. Unexpectedly, Qiao Mingyue, who was underage, completely inherited her father's city and methods, and joined forces with external forces to bring the Qiao family into his hands. Several brothers of the Qiao family were defeated one by one. Except for Qiao Mingxi's father, several other uncles were killed in the accident.

Qiao Mingyue carried the Qiao family on her weak shoulders, and even became life-threatening friends with the people who helped her back then. She ranked third among them. Now, except for the Qiao family, everyone in the northern circle wants to Call her "Three Princesses" respectfully.

The past is a legend after success, but it used to be a dangerous bloody road. During this period, Qiao Mingyue paid more than her legs and health.

After so many years, Qiao Mingxi watched his sister step by step from the proud girl who was held in the hands of her parents to the weak and cold woman she is now.

But no matter what she becomes, in the Qiao family today, there are only two siblings left to depend on each other.

"Don't you want it?"

16-year-old Qiao Mingyue handed the fairy tale album in front of Qiao Mingxi.

Qiao Mingxi was still a child under the age of eight this year. She looked at the album timidly, then looked up at her smiling sister, and finally shook her head hesitantly.

"No?" Qiao Mingyue asked in surprise, "Don't you like it? I saw you looking at it in front of the shelf just now, and thought you liked it."

Qiao Mingxi glanced at the colorful cover of the album reluctantly, and said softly, "It's just a glance."

"Lie, I like the look in your eyes." Qiao Mingyue said.

Qiao Mingxi lowered her head, her voice was still soft: "I just glanced at it, I don't like it, I can't just come here just because I like it."

Qiao Mingyue was taken aback, surprised by the heaviness in his tone that didn't match his age: "Why do you think that way? Who taught you?"

"...Isn't it right?" Qiao Mingxi raised her head timidly.

"Of course not!" Qiao Mingyue said, "You are a child of the Qiao family, why don't you ask for what you want? Isn't it like liking at a glance? Don't come here, who knows if you will like it more and more Woolen cloth?"

Qiao Mingxi's little head was confused by these words, and she opened her mouth to look at her cousin who was already a girl.Qiao Mingyue took his hand and stuffed the album into his arms: "Take it, this is something from my house, and I have the right to give it to you. Don't be afraid that my aunt will scold you, it's a gift from me."

Qiao Mingxi held the picture album in her arms, and her big dark eyes looked at Qiao Mingyue quietly.

"Really, how did my uncle and aunt teach you to be like this?" Qiao Mingyue rubbed his hair and smiled softly, "Remember my words, Axi."

Qiao Mingxi looked at her and nodded vigorously.

He has never told Qiao Mingyue since then that his parents never taught him, and he never had everything he wanted.Only the picture book Qiao Mingyue stuffed into his hand with a smile at that time was the first gift he got as he wished.

You can't say that you don't like it just by looking at it. If you want it, just ask for it.

He always remembered what Qiao Mingyue taught him back then.

Qiao Mingxi walked slowly through the long corridor, went to the innermost practice room and looked in, but he didn't see anyone. He blinked, turned around to go out, but was greeted by young boy stopped.

"It's you again!" The boy jumped up in front of Qiao Mingxi with a smile, his eyes were crooked with a smile on his baby fat face, "You have been here for several days in a row, and you just take a look and leave, what are you doing?" what?"

Qiao Mingxi had the feeling of being followed and found out for no reason, and coughed lightly: "Hello."

"Are you a trainee too?" the boy asked, "I haven't seen you before, are you still someone's friend?"

"Trainee?" Qiao Mingxi repeated the unfamiliar term, "What is it?"

The boy looked at him in surprise: "You don't even know about this?" He looked down at himself, then pointed to the young man in the practice room behind him, "That's just... us."

Seeing Qiao Mingxi's blank face, he asked again: "Then you are not a trainee, what do you come here every day?"

"Hmm..." Qiao Mingxi thought for a while, but she couldn't explain why.

"When will you debut?" He suddenly asked a question.

The boy looked at him like he was looking at an alien: "How do I know this? It all depends on the arrangement of the company."

After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves, and smiled so hard that his teeth showed: "But I should be able to do it soon! I am the future superstar!"

"Oh..." Qiao Mingxi nodded, glanced at the practice room, and suddenly became curious about this topic, "Will everyone here make their debut?"

"Of course not." The boy said, "Some people may have to be trainees for several years, and some may not be able to make their debut until the contract ends. It's normal."

Qiao Mingxi couldn't understand: "If you can't make your debut, why do you come here?"

The boy's face showed the look of looking at aliens again: "What are you doing here?"

"Excuse me."

A deep voice sounded behind the two of them, and both of them were startled. Qiao Mingxi raised his head and saw the handsome face of the person who came up.

The boy who was talking to Qiao Mingxi took a step aside. Seeing that Qiao Mingxi was still standing there, he gave him a hand.

"...Hello." Qiao Mingxi still stood still, staring at the person who came, and suddenly said something.

The person who came was also taken aback, but nodded to him cooperatively: "Hello."

Qiao Mingxi smiled a little: "Goodbye." Then he walked sideways and ran straight to the elevator.

The two people who stayed there looked at each other, and the baby-faced boy rubbed his hair suspiciously: "What is this person doing?"

The person who was questioned shook his head and entered the practice room without looking back.

Qiao Mingxi huddled on the sofa in the living room with his laptop in his arms, staring at the computer screen seriously. The long popular science articles on "trainees" made him dizzy.

After reading the article, he typed "Dongxing Entertainment" in the search engine, and more information came out.Most of these contents carry the names of many domestic superstars that even Qiao Mingxi has heard of.

He stared at the screen, rubbing his chin thoughtfully.

The auntie housekeeper passed by behind him, and she poked her head out of curiosity a couple of times—why did the young master look so engrossed?Really rare.

Qiao Mingyue is watering flowers on the rooftop, and the wind blows her long black hair slightly. If the protagonist of this picture is someone else, there will be a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.But sitting under the blue sky, she seemed lonely for no reason.

"Sister." Qiao Mingxi pushed open the roof door, but Qiao Mingyue, who heard the voice, didn't turn her head, and only responded softly to show that she heard it.

"I want to join Brother Feng's company."

She heard Qiao Mingxi talking behind her, her voice was very soft, still at the usual slow speed, but she sensitively heard a difference.

Qiao Mingyue stopped her movements: "What?"

"I like it just by looking at it." Qiao Mingxi said slowly, "If you like something, you can ask for it, right, sister?"

Qiao Mingyue turned her head, a smile appeared on her pale face: "Yes."

Luna knocked on the door and entered Lou Feng's office, and put a stack of documents in her hand on his desk: "I've made a preliminary plan for the men's team, please take a look."

"The efficiency is pretty fast." Lou Feng picked up the first document and flipped through it, "Do you have any candidates?"

"Except for Yi Huan and Lin Zining, there are no other specifics yet." Luna said, "I discussed with Alian and decided that there should be four members, and the remaining two will be based on the trainees' performance in the next two months of assessment and Combined performance."

Lou Feng smiled: "This kind of rigid assessment is not like the style of the two of you."

"No way." Luna shrugged, "Natural idols are not found everywhere. You have to give us a little time, and we can always slowly discover malleable talents."

"It's no problem." Lou Feng nodded, "Just let it go and do it."

He put down the document in his hand, and said again: "By the way, I have a new trainee here to hand over to you."

"A trainee?" Luna frowned, "It's not my business."

She is one of Dongxing's three gold medal managers, and she doesn't need to take care of things like newly signed reserve players.

Lou Feng, with a smile on his lips, took out a document from the side and handed it to her: "It's not easy for me to make it too obvious about going through the back door."

Luna took the information dubiously, and understood when she saw the name on the first page: "The person whose surname is Qiao? The third princess?"

"Hmm." Lou Feng's chair slid back, and he yawned a little boredly: "My third sister is the brother of the son of a criminal minister who shares the same illness and loves each other."

"What a mess." Luna quietly rolled her eyes, "What do I need to do? Put him in the boy group?"

"Let's talk about that later." Lou Feng said, "It's fine to take care of it a little more, let him do whatever he wants—play anyway, kid."