CEO's Sweetheart is a Super Idol-Chapter 447 - 439: With Malice

Room

Li Zimeng wandered around bored; none of her teammates had arrived.

This was also her first time participating in a program on her own, so she felt very uneasy.

She wanted to immediately go out and look for her team, but she didn’t want to trouble the production team, so she could only roam gloomily around the room.

Another Room

Ye Yuwei and Lai Ruoxuan were chatting with Lu Bingbing, Ma Xiaohui, and Yuan Yaoyao.

The atmosphere in this room was relatively harmonious.

Everyone was familiar with one another, and Ye Yuwei was chatting deeply with Lu Bingbing like sisters.

Lai Ruoxuan was also joking around with the others.

At this moment, Ma Xiaohui suddenly exclaimed, "I hear a man’s voice."

Lai Ruoxuan froze when she heard this. Was it unusual for there to be guys here?

Ye Yuwei, on the other hand, knew that Ma Xiaohui was pretending to have the "fear of men" that fans loved.

In reality, she had a "megafan" supporting her behind the scenes.

Yuan Yaoyao also looked terrified. "Why are there men here? Aren’t the rooms separated?"

Ye Yuwei nearly laughed out loud. Separated rooms? What, like they were getting married?

Lu Bingbing, however, was calm and composed. She was already halfway out of the "village," so to speak.

She hadn’t participated in performances for a long time and no longer lived in the dorms.

She actually wanted to get closer to Ye Yuwei. After all, Ye Yuwei’s popularity was very high in her eyes.

And she knew that Ye Yuwei had a major backer behind her and would most likely become a big star in the future.

"I’ll go take a look. Seems like it’s a boy group," Lai Ruoxuan said as she walked over and opened the door. "It really is a boy group; there are quite a lot of them."

Ye Yuwei smiled and said, "This is a rare opportunity. A lot of base girls are here; let’s take a group photo together!"

She didn’t want to spend more time with these two "man-phobic" girls.

"Sure!" Lu Bingbing said with a smile.

"I’ll go call the others!" Ye Yuwei walked out.

As the captain of Natural Girl, her influence was still very strong, and all the members of Natural Girl participating in the program came over.

The production team even gave them the biggest room for the photo shoot.

"Gao Ziyi, you’re here too," Lai Ruoxuan said warmly, holding the other girl’s hand.

This girl, who once garnered a lot of attention and nearly debuted, was now much thinner.

Her looks had also become more delicate and charming.

"Yeah! But how come I haven’t seen Yang Ni?"

"She’s on another variety show and will be here tomorrow to record."

"You guys are amazing! You’re the most popular girl group now."

Gao Ziyi’s words were filled with envy, but her face showed a trace of sadness.

Since stepping into the room, she hadn’t looked at Jiang Mengqi even once.

The same went for Jiang Mengqi; the two were seemingly tacit about it.

Although the reason she didn’t debut was her own ruined persona later on, people are strange emotional creatures.

Every time she thought about that period, she firmly believed that without Jiang Mengqi, she would have been one of the eleven.

"Tiantian, I don’t have any gigs after the show ends. Let’s go eat salads together," Jiang Mengqi said, holding her friend Luo Tiantian’s hand as they spoke.

The two had stayed in touch even after leaving the base, though they’d kept it very low-profile.

"Zi Meng!" Xu Qianhua grabbed her hand and jumped up joyfully.

"You look like you’ve lost weight."

"Haha, I have! I don’t even know why, but I just lost weight after leaving."

"I’ve listened to your new song—it’s great!"

"I’ve also listened to your group’s new album."

The two had always gotten along well, often studying singing techniques together in the past.

"Leafy!" Gao Yingxi ran over and hugged her tightly.

"It’s been so long! I’ve watched all your variety shows."

"Haha, thanks for supporting me."

Seeing everyone gathered, Ye Yuwei knew they couldn’t occupy the room for too long, so she organized the group photo.

She sat at the center, with everyone else forming a pyramid around her.

Lv Fangxin ran to the very top, becoming the pyramid’s peak.

The photographer helped them capture the shot.

Soon after, it was lunchtime.

Everyone ate in their respective rooms, but the production team had a little trick up their sleeve.

One room had an array of delicious food—egg tarts, grilled fish, skewers, chicken legs, snacks.

Other rooms, however, only had cucumbers and cabbages.

Next came the physical activity tests.

Yu Qingjia finally saw her favorite Lv Fangxin.

They did the rope test together, and Yu Qingjia really wanted to interact with her, but Lv Fangxin didn’t say a single word.

This left Yu Qingjia very disappointed and made her realize something.

That her own thoughts had been overly naive.

"Bingbing!" During a break in filming, she ran into her long-lost older sister in the fire escape.

"Qingjia!" Lu Bingbing greeted her with a big hug.

For a moment, Yu Qingjia didn’t know what to say.

The two had been apart for nearly a year.

Lu Bingbing hadn’t planned to join this program but came because her new movie needed promotion.

Their first meeting in a year had been earlier that morning outside the stadium.

"Qingjia, you look radiant," Lu Bingbing said.

"Not really. Big Sis, I’ve really missed you."

"Haha, me too."

Lu Bingbing looked at her little sister, whose bright, sparkling eyes held deep disappointment.

"You seem troubled."

"I’m really envious of you guys—making it out of the ’village’ and into the industry. We all loved Natural Girl back then, but..."

Yu Qingjia didn’t want to voice these feelings. But she felt she had to share them with her big sister.

Because deep inside, she felt sad and wanted to confide.

"This is the true entertainment industry. What we were in before was just kindergarten."

"Yeah... I was too idealistic, thinking we were all just girl group members."

"Haha, they’re not girl group members—they’re actresses."

Lu Bingbing saw through the nature of things very clearly.

"Qingjia, just think of them as the equivalent of our main roster and regular members."

"...True. If we push too hard, their fans will definitely attack us."

"Exactly. There’s no need to try too hard to get close to them. We have our own paths."

Lu Bingbing’s expression became serious, reminiscent of her days as Galaxy’s captain.

"Let’s head back. If we stay too long, your roommate might overthink."

"No, she’s really nice."

"Haha."

Lu Bingbing chuckled, instinctively wanting to pat Yu Qingjia, but she stopped herself.

Yu Qingjia glanced up at her and suddenly hugged Lu Bingbing tightly.

"Big Sis, when everything settles down, I still want to be with you."

"...I’ll wait for you!"

Lu Bingbing was overwhelmed with emotion, her eyes welling up with tears, almost wanting to cry her heart out.

These sisters’ youthful days were slipping away, and time would never wait for anyone.

They left one after the other.

In the stadium, everyone was practicing.

A young, clean-cut, and handsome man was staring greedily at Wu Zixuan, who was playing with a gymnastics ribbon.

Her slender and graceful figure was like a joyous swallow.

"Bro, what are you doing?"

"Nothing!"

"Give it up; she’s way out of your league. That’s Natural Girl’s Left Protector."

"Haha, how would I know unless I try? Don’t you have a thing for Lv Fangxin?"

"A lot of people like her, but have you seen anyone make a move? Everyone knows she’s unattainable."

Chen Jianfeng ignored his teammate and continued watching Wu Zixuan from a distance.

His boy group had been doing fairly well recently.

They had almost disbanded in obscurity, but thanks to the success of Natural Girl, some major channels started their own similar shows.

His group participated as well. Though they hadn’t won a debut spot, they gained decent popularity.

Ever since he laid eyes on Wu Zixuan, he had become infatuated with her.

However, due to his status as a flop idol, he hadn’t even had a chance to approach her.

This time, he finally had an opportunity to showcase himself.

At the same time, he started scheming. Even if he couldn’t win over Wu Zixuan, he’d settle for dating any member of Natural Girl.

That way, he could use their fame to gain clout and satisfy his ego.