Immortal Koi Is Going To Debut - Chapter 51

Chapter 51: Muah

Fan Qianting mischievously asked, "Do you two want to change the song to 'One Like Summer, One Like Winter'?"

"If you talk nonsense again, I'll rock your bed when we return to the dorm tonight!" An Zhihan angrily threatened. He felt like fighting with the others there and then due to his resentment towards the song selection.

"Ha-ha! No need. I'll just be lulled by the rocking caused by Su Jinli's bed, along with Wu Yu," Fan Qianting laughingly replied.

Su Jinli felt very wronged and hastily defended, "I'm pretty quiet when I sleep..."

"Quiet? One night, I watched you sleep. You were rolling around like you were swimming. You flip over, changing your head to foot direction. Amazingly, by morning you turned back around," Fan Qianting, who bunked above Su Jinli, knew this best.

"Is that even possible? The bed is so small, and Su Jinli is so tall," Zhang Caini, Su Jinli's future teammate questioned.

"Oh? You're really concerned about him?" Fan Qianting playfully asked.

Zhang Caini felt helpless as the surrounding people began joining in the banter.

Su Jinli never knew what he looked like when he slept. All he remembered was that his elder brother didn’t like to sleep with him. Whenever they did, his brother would have sleepless nights. 

Afterwards, he used to sleep alone and only started staying in the dormitory after joining the training camp.

He remembers once waking up to see Wu Yu, exasperatedly getting up and shaking him awake.

Another time, Fan Qianting climbed into his bed, pulling on his leg. Waking up in a daze, Fan Qianting explained to him, "Your position looks like your leg got stuck in the bed rail."

Rubbing his leg, he found it really hurt.

But, he sleeps so deeply!

He didn’t feel like he moved!

When he woke up each day, he didn’t have any strange movements.

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Later, Gu Ju took out the cards and announced the rest of the groups.

Once all the announcements were over, Gu Ju declared this round's internet voting rankings. The announcement was brutal: the bottom 15 contestants would all be placed in the danger zone.

If, among these 15, the number of votes remained insufficient during the live show, then ten would be eliminated.

For the individuals in the safe zone, the five with the lowest live votes would also be eliminated.

The final voting results were:

1. Su Jinli
2. Wu Yu
3. Wei Jiayu
4. An Zhihan

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13. Chang Siyin
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18. Fan Qianting

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21. Zhang Caini

Su Jinli, amidst all the chaos, surged to first place within two days.

Wu Yu and Wei Jiayu also maintained their places in the top three due to their skills, whereas An Zhihan dropped in rankings.

Fan Qianting, despite being a highly skilled contestant, entered the danger zone due to lack of camera focus.

As for Zhang Caini, even though she could get some screen time alongside Su Jinli, it was too late, and it still affected her votes.

Moreover, Zhang Caini has quite a few competitors. She didn't gain much popularity and often received backlash.

Fan Qianting seemed to have anticipated this and didn't show any reaction. These days, he had become a lot more composed.

In fact, being able to stay until now was already very good. After all, he knew that he didn't have the conventional appearance for an idol.

At this moment, An Zhihan suddenly clapped his hands.

Everyone looked towards An Zhihan, thinking he was going to cause another commotion. Then they saw Su Jinli and An Zhihan acting silly together behind Fan Qianting.

The two of them started dancing and shouting a slogan simultaneously: "Left hand makes a heart, right hand makes a heart, then draw a big heart on your chest. Oh, the heart has flown away, catch it, dust it off, and here, give you my heart, I love you the most, wooden horse."

Fan Qianting, who was sitting on the chair, was stunned. He looked at them and asked, "What are you doing?"

"We are canvassing votes for you!" Su Jinli replied.

"No... this is like a public execution." Fan Qianting felt this scene was incredibly embarrassing.

An Zhihan clapped his hands again and shouted, "One more time!"

Su Jinli then reached out to drag Wu Yu over, who reluctantly came and joined Su Jinli and An Zhihan in a line.

The three of them had obviously practiced beforehand, and their movements were quite in sync. They formed a heart with their left and right hands, then drew a heart on their chests. Next, they acted as if the hearts flew away and jumped to catch them.

After catching the hearts, they dusted them off and sent them out, followed by blowing a kiss.

"Oh my god!" Fan Qianting felt overwhelmed with embarrassment, and it seemed unbearable.

"You guys have a great relationship in your dormitory," Gu Ju remarked.

"A dormitory with four people is more lively!" Su Jinli replied.

"Yeah, otherwise the three of them would be like a family." After Fan Qianting finished speaking, he pointed at An Zhihan, "Mom," then pointed at Wu Yu, "Dad," and finally at Su Jinli, "Son."

"Why am I the mom?" An Zhihan was dissatisfied.

"I must have gone blind to marry him," Wu Yu chimed in.

"Like I could be interested in you," An Zhihan shot back

Soon, they started arguing again.

Seeing that the camera was focused on him, Su Jinli repeated their heart-dance for the camera. In the background, Wu Yu and An Zhihan were arguing, like some background board.

While blowing a kiss, he smirked naturally, his laughing eyes seem to be the most powerful killer move.

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This time was the same, after announcing the vote count, their phones would be returned to them for two days.

In the dormitory, An Zhihan was a typical night owl, staying up late. He held his phone, turned on the barrage, and watched the latest episode of National Idol.

Su Jinli, on the other hand, messaged Shen Cheng on WeChat the moment he got his phone: Brother! I got my phone back, and this time we have two days. Let's chat!

After sending the message, there was no reply for a long time. Su Jinli guessed that Shen Cheng must be busy.

He held his phone, listening to the song he was supposed to sing next, which was in a style he had never tried before.

After memorizing the lyrics, he leaned in and sang it to Fan Qianting. After hearing it, Fan Qianting, who was holding a razor, looked bewildered: "Are you reciting a poem?"

"Ah, but isn't that what this section of the song is saying?"

"That's not rap from you at all, it's more like poetry recitation. It's totally incorrect."

Wu Yu also stood up from his lower bunk and sang Su Jinli's part to teach him: "It should be like this."

"You're so talented; you can sing in any style." Su Jinli exclaimed.

"It's not that great. You try again."

Su Jinli sang it again, and after exchanging a glance with Wu Yu, Fan Qianting commented: "Why don't you recite a poem for us to listen instead?"

Su Jinli nodded: "The wind and moon pavilion stands precariously, and the delicate music needs no hurry. The host is just reminiscing about the past. By the side of the splendid zither, one must be drunk..."

"Hmm, whose poem is this?" Fan Qianting asked.

"Xin Qiji, my idol!"

"Great job!" Fan Qianting praised, "Your singing and poetry recitation have the same tone. Why don't you try to imitate it with your ventriloquy?"

"Or, perhaps you could adapt the song with Zhang Caini? She has a husky voice, and your voice isn't particularly good right now. If you change it a bit, it might sound pretty cool. Your poetry recitation tone could be changed into a more theatrical tone." Wu Yu suggested.

"I'll discuss it with her tomorrow." Su Jinli agreed.

Su Jinli returned to his bed and started browsing on his phone again.

After about ten minutes, Shen Cheng finally replied.

Shen Cheng: I just finished filming. What are you doing?

Su Jinli: I'm looking up how to remove the fishy smell. The stuff you gave me last time didn't work very well!

Shen Cheng: What did you find?

Su Jinli: They say to add some ginger and green onion to remove the smell; some also suggest adding pickled vegetables. Do I put raw or cooked ones? Do I need to soak them in water too?

Shen Cheng: Mmm, remember to use hot water, as hot as possible, then boil it, and you'll be able to eat it.

Su Jinli: Eat?!!!

Shen Cheng: This is a method to remove the fishy smell when cooking fish.

Su Jinli: What?! How could this be? The internet can be so terrifying!

Shen Cheng: It's late, get some rest.

Su Jinli: But I want to chat with you!

Shen Cheng: Be good, get some rest early. Your health isn't great right now. Once you're out of the training camp, come live with me.

Su Jinli: Okay.

After putting down his phone, Su Jinli instantly fell into a blissful sleep.

On the other side, An Zhihan finished watching the video. The segment where he and Su Jinli took a photo together in front of the camera during the MV shoot was actually broadcasted!

When he later checked Weibo, he saw that both of them unexpectedly made it to the top of the trending search list!

#Su Jinli and An Zhihan's photo

Clicking in, he saw the screenshots of the photo taken by netizens. All the photos showed Su Jinli looking beautiful, while he was just a blurry figure in the background, the camera unable to capture his complete beauty.

Despite this, netizens added captions like: "I've tried my best, but I absolutely can't save An Zhihan, this goofball."

He was so annoyed that he couldn't sleep, and surprisingly started a live broadcast past midnight, even borrowing Fan Qianting's phone for it.

He put his own phone on a lazy stand, adjusted the direction towards the curtain, to avoid showing the messy dorm room to his fans.

Then, holding Fan Qianting's phone and swiping through the screen, he said to the camera: "Look at the screenshots you guys took. They're absolutely ex-boyfriend material. Especially this user named 'Sheng Er,' blaming me for blocking Su Jinli with my pose. How much do you not want to see me?"

Bullet-screen comments were also in chaos.

【Ahhh, stay away from fans' private lives.】

【A public slaughtering scene.】

【Little Koi is so beautiful, no one wants to ruin his stunning face with a bad screenshot!】

【The one who got publicly named and criticized was me, damn!】

【If I post on Weibo now, will An Zhihan see it?】

【Zhihan, how is Little Koi's health?】

Seeing the bullet-screen comments, An Zhihan stood up and picked up his phone: "He's much better, it's just that his voice hasn't fully recovered yet. I haven't even criticized the lousy song you guys picked for me!"

As An Zhihan said this, he adjusted the camera to face Su Jinli's bed and quickly lifted the blanket: "Look, your Little Koi... What the... It's just his foot!"

【Little Koi is so restless when he sleeps.】

【Little Fish's high-difficulty sleeping position.】

【Pale feet, clean toenails, extra points!】

An Zhihan went to the other side of the bed and finally dug Su Jinli out of the blanket, laughing as he spoke: "Live broadcast of Su Jinli's artistic swimming-style sleeping position, your girlfriend will suffer in the future."

Su Jinli, who had been asleep just moments ago, opened his eyes groggily and looked at An Zhihan, seeing him holding a phone in front of him. So, he asked, "What are you doing?"

"Come on, greet the fans who care about you."

Su Jinli wasn't familiar with live broadcasts, reaching out to take the phone to see it, but An Zhihan quickly turned the phone around for him to look at the screen.

Su Jinli saw An Zhihan's face filling the screen as well as a barrage of bullet screen comments streaming past, none of which he could really read.

An Zhihan quickly rotated the phone back and continued to film Su Jinli's groggy sleeping face.

"Hello, everyone." After Su Jinli spoke, he burrowed back into his blanket, only to have An Zhihan pull the blanket away again.

"Give them a little 'muah'."

"What?"

"Everyone's worried about you. You need to give a little 'muah' to show your appreciation. Like this, pout your lips and say 'muah'."

Su Jinli looked at An Zhihan, mimicked him, and gave the screen a little "muah".

【Ahhhh, late-night special.】

【Satisfaction achieved.】

【Little Fish is so cute!】

【I can't sleep now.】

【Requesting the powerful ones to make a GIF!!】

【Son! I love you!】

Watching the screen, An Zhihan suddenly found it amusing and told the viewers in the video, "Come on, I'll take you guys to raid Chang Siyin's room. Watching Wu Yu? Why bother watching him, go see Chang Siyin instead."

Having said that, he walked off with his phone.

Su Jinli groggily glanced at the phone, noticing someone had friend-requested him. The verification info listed 'An Zhiyan'.

He immediately added An Zhiyan as a friend.

Soon enough, An Zhiyan messages him.

An Zhiyan: How's your health?

Su Jinli: Much better.

Remembering what An Zhihan had just taught him, when people show concern, return it with a little 'muah'. He opened the short-video recording feature that he'd only just learned from An Zhihan.

He recorded a short video saying "Muah, good night." and sent it to An Zhiyan, then put his phone down and went back to sleep.

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An Zhiyan was looking at the video on his phone, his fingers trembling slightly.

He had just come out from the set when he saw An Zhihan's message, knowing that they got hold of their phones. Hence, he asked An Zhihan for Su Jinli's WeChat ID and added him.

Upon reaching home and after tidying up, Su Jinli hadn't added him yet.

Just as he was preparing to go to sleep, Su Jinli added him as a friend. Rarely did he get to chat as he cocooned under the covers; the experience was surprisingly refreshing.

Now, as he watched the video that Su Jinli sent him, his heart began to race uncontrollably.

Is this... mutual affection?

Feigning calm, he typed back: Hmm, goodnight.

There was no response from the other side.

After waiting a little while longer, An Zhiyan carefully saved Su Jinli's video.

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Author's Note:

After An Zhiyan and Su Jinli slept together, An Zhiyan woke up the next morning to find himself on the floor.

Su Jinli felt guilty: Should we...sleep separately?

An Zhiyan declined firmly, instead buying a child's safety rail to put around the bed.

That night, he felt like he was sleeping in a cage...

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