Chapter 210: 209 Righteous Aruba
Since he had already been discovered by his roommates, Wang Heng felt it didn’t matter if others saw. After all, as long as it wasn’t up close face-to-face and speaking out loud, others really couldn’t confirm that this plainly dressed girl was the one who had looked for her older brother on stage back then.
As for Wang Heng himself, he was a textbook otaku at school, didn’t join any clubs, and didn’t have much social circle. Besides his classmates, not many people knew him.
However, since they were talking about serious matters, it was still better to find a quiet place. Fortunately, the campus always had plenty of secluded and deserted paths winding through the lush green grove.
The two walked shoulder to shoulder on the path paved with small square bricks, chatting about the invitation from the Good Songs program while walking.
Wang Heng: “So, the program group’s request is to go to the Imperial Capital next Wednesday, just three days of recording, and back by the weekend?”
Pei Ningle nodded: “Because it’s just singing once on stage. They say three days, but I estimate one day is enough. The extra day is probably for contestants to prepare and rehearse.”
Wang Heng recalled the program’s competition format.
First was the blind audition stage, where four mentors listened to songs and read lyrics on site, selecting those who met the requirements. Singers selected by multiple mentors could choose their preferred mentor.
The blind audition stage had several episodes, where the four mentors selected enough songs, then entered the next stage. The mentors would eliminate another round from their selected songs, picking a few to form an album. After that, they would select a featured song from these excellent enough songs, and the four mentors’ featured songs would compete for the final champion…
Wang Heng pondered: “So, you go record one episode first. If you don’t pass the blind audition, it ends there. If you pass the blind audition, you go back a few days later to record. Is that right?”
“That’s right, but,” Pei Ningle couldn’t help asking, “how do you know about the blind audition?”
Wang Heng certainly couldn’t say he already knew the format clearly, but this small issue was too easy for him to explain.
“Didn’t I say, it’s the original production team from Good Voice? Think about it, Good Voice’s biggest gimmick is the blind audition, where mentors only turn around if it really sounds good. So, it’s normal for Good Songs to adopt a similar format.”
Hearing him say that, Pei Ningle didn’t think much of it and brought up another topic, a more important one.
“Then for this trip, am I going by myself?”
After saying that, the young girl suddenly stopped, staring at him, with a hint of expectation in her eyes.
As for what she was expecting… did that even need to be said? Wang Heng, experienced in such matters, knew it better than anyone.
Taking two days off shouldn’t be a problem. In fact, considering the number of compulsory courses on Thursday and Friday, skipping them quietly would probably work too. But on the other hand, considering his intimacy with Pei Ningle?
Under the premise that the girls’ favorability was hard to lower, what he could do was to suppress his intimacy with them as much as possible to prevent the blackening phenomenon.
In that case, how to handle the current situation was self-evident.
Wang Heng said calmly: “Next Wednesday, I’ll go with you.”
Pei Ningle’s eyes lit up, she put her hands on her hips, raised her little face and said: “Great, then please take care of it.”
Wang Heng: “But since it’s such an important opportunity, we can’t be too careless. Let’s go all out.”
The young girl smiled and nodded: “Yeah, of course!”
However, the next moment, Wang Heng added: “To go all out, since you have two agents, let’s all go together. With just me, it might not be safe enough. Adding Han Yixuan would be better.”
The smug smile on Pei Ningle’s face froze in an instant.
Soon, the young girl who came back to her senses asked: “Why wouldn’t it be safe?”
Wang Heng shrugged and explained in a very casual tone: “For this kind of program, we have no experience, there might be oversights. Isn’t it good to have more people to check for gaps? Plus, going to an unfamiliar place, more people can boost courage too.”
Pei Ningle couldn’t help retorting: “But I’ve been to the Imperial Capital, it’s not unfamiliar at all!”
Wang Heng pretended to be surprised and raised his eyebrows: “So you mean you don’t want Han Yixuan to go? But she’s your agent too. Why?”
Pei Ningle was immediately stumped.
After a moment of silence, she said softly: “Fine then, let’s call her along.”
Wang Heng: “We might not be able to call her. Three days, she has classes too.”
Pei Ningle: “Hmph, she’ll definitely want to go.”
Wang Heng asked knowingly: “How do you know?”
Pei Ningle pursed her lips, didn’t speak, just secretly grumbled to herself — does that even need asking? She definitely wouldn’t be happy to let another girl go on a trip with you!
The young girl took out her mobile phone and dialed Han Yixuan’s number right there.
After connecting, she had just explained a few sentences when she heard Han Yixuan hurriedly say from the other end of the phone: “Count me in, I’ll go too! Boys are careless and unreliable, Xiao Le, you definitely need me to take care of you!”
“Then please take care of it…” Pei Ningle gripped her mobile phone tightly.
After hanging up, she glared at Wang Heng and said: “See, she agreed.”
Wang Heng: “Isn’t that great?”
Pei Ningle: “Heh heh…”
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When Wang Heng returned to the dormitory, as soon as he pushed open the door, he sensed something was off — there seemed to be someone on his left and right.
But before he could react, his left arm and right arm were tightly hugged. Wang Ke on the left, Fu Hanwen on the right, locking him down tight, hard to break free.
Tang Hexing went around to the back, closed the dormitory door, and locked it.
Wang Heng said in shock: “What are you guys doing?”
Tang Hexing: “This is a just interrogation!”
Wang Ke: “That’s right. To prevent more ignorant girls from being harmed by you, we need to take action…”
Fu Hanwen: “Come on, Xiao Ke, you hold his hands. Xiao Fu, we’ll each take one leg!”
Soon, Fu Hanwen and Tang Hexing each lifted one of Wang Heng’s legs, while Wang Ke behind Wang Heng still locked his hands.
Wang Heng had learned a lot at the martial arts hall, but only now did he realize that all those combat techniques were for one-on-one, none teaching what to do when pinned by three people. What’s more, this was obviously just playing around; really using force to hurt his roommates would be bad.
Yes, he could only watch as his roommates lifted him up to his chair, spread his legs, and shoved toward the side of the chair back…
“Holy shit, no way?” Wang Heng shouted, “You guys want to play Aruba!”
Fu Hanwen said seriously: “What do you mean Aruba, this is a just interrogation!”
Tang Hexing: “And around here we call it nut sack.”
Fu Hanwen: “Anyway, confess honestly, exactly how many girls do you have improper relationships with?”
“None at all…” Before Wang Heng finished speaking, he saw the chair back rapidly approaching between his legs, “Stop, stop!”
While shouting, he suddenly exerted force, clamping the chair back with the insides of his thighs.
Fu Hanwen and Tang Hexing exchanged a look, tacitly lifting Wang Heng up — logically, this would make his legs unable to clamp the chair back.
However, the next moment, the entire chair was lifted by Wang Heng, off the ground.
Fu Hanwen said in shock: “Holy shit, your core strength is pretty strong!”
Tang Hexing: “How do you train that? Specifically trained hip abductors?”
Wang Heng: “You guys still not putting me down? If you don’t, watch me fuck you all up later, believe it or not!”
The dormitory echoed with the four boys’ wild laughter and horseplay…
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