Chapter 13

Huoren looked at the round white cake. His first reaction was to confirm that his birthday was really on September 17. She wasn’t mistaken.

“Teacher Pei… remembers me?”

Assistant Zhang waved her hand: “He’s like that. Sometimes I can’t guess his mind.”

“I think he wants to encourage you to practice hard and try to rush into Corona?” she smiled, took out the candle, lit it and sang him a happy birthday song.

Assistant Zhang was an awesome woman. She changed her ear and lips piercings colors to a brass color, and she had a skeleton pin on her dreadlocks.

Huoren hasn’t celebrated a birthday for many years. When he blew the candle this time, he felt like he was dreaming.

“Ok, have you finished making your wish?” Assistant Zhang helped him cut the cake, revealing the pink pieces of cheese and strawberries. “I’ll answer the phone and you’ll eat first – if you can’t finish eating now, just leave it and then take it back with you. It’s all right.”

Huoren was afraid that he would cause trouble if he left with the cake, so he sat and wanted to finish it in one bite. He didn’t even have any of the strawberries on the top floor.

The high grade light cream was sweet, the cheese had a salty smell, and the strawberry filling was mixed with jam. It was not greasy at all.

Fortunately, the size of the cake was just the right one. It was bought for him alone.

He quietly put away the cartons and wiped the table clean. He was a little more curious about Pei Ruye.

Teacher Pei was 19 years old, but when Teacher Wei mentions him, he will show great awe.

The dance teachers there had trained since they were kids, with excellent awards and abilities.

So Teacher Pei ruye was probably the level of a world champion, or was there anything he didn’t know behind it?

“Eh? It’s all finished?” Assistant Zhang was surprised when she came in. “Don’t rush. Did it taste good?”

“It was delicious.” Huoren bowed “Thank you, Teacher Zhang and Teacher Pei. I’ll go back first.”

Assistant Zhang rubbed her hair and said with emotion, “You didn’t have a base, but now you’re very good. Give priority to protecting your body and pay attention to your safety when practicing.”

Huoren had a brief chat with her and thanked her again. After that, he was ready to go back to the dormitory.

When he came to the elevator door dedicated to trainees, he found that the elevator door on the tenth floor was being repaired. If he wanted to take the elevator, he had to go downstairs.

When he first entered the training building, the general manager clearly explained to the trainees the activities that each floor had.

The fourth and fifth floors were classrooms, and the sixth and seventh floors were places for practice, study and meetings.

Other floors were used by old trainees who were ready to debut. There was no reason not to go up and make friends.

Huoren took another look at the decoration sign at the elevator door, walked along the corridor from the southeast corner to the northwest of the building, and found a safe passage.

From it, the notice board on the ninth floor wasn’t far away.

There was a recording studio, a video studio and a staff conference hall. Although the corridor had the lights on, there were few people.

Huoren walked towards the elevator and vaguely heard who was singing.

It can also be said that he was practicing songs because the sound insulation door wasn’t closed.

He hesitated for a few seconds, but quietly walked over.

The boy was singing an English song. He could only hear the smooth and beautiful timbre from a distance. When he came closer, he could hear the lyrics.

Huoren leaned against the wall and couldn’t help listening for a while.

At this moment, he didn’t know what words could describe it, as if his ears were captured.

Huoren hardly noticed that he took another two steps and held his breath to listen to the man singing.

Clear, gentle and full of emotion, each sentence scattered like a feather and brushed gently in his heart.

The summer night was quiet, and the air seemed to be covered with light mist, which made the young man’s voice moist and soft.

It was different from hearing it from a headset, but the texture of the musical phrase was so clear that it flowed almost close to his ear, and every sound was perfect.

Huoren madee many songs in the audio-visual room, which didn’t lure him as much as those few minutes he heard leaning against the wall tonight.

The teenager seemed to be reviewing an entire album and singing.

Huoren wanted to leave, but he couldn’t help but stay and listen to one song after another.

His listening was excellent. Even if the other party sang all the phrases in pure English, he could fully understand the lyrics.

Rice swaying, long day, warm and fragrant. Horses neigh, female courtship, foal birth.

Everyone should know that it belongs to the wonders of purple midsummer…

He was completely brought into the scene and emotion by the voice. He was numb when standing on his ankle. He even longed to go in and listen more clearly.

When the last song stopped, the person in the studio paused for a few seconds, as if he was going to step out.

Huoren suddenly regained his mind and rushed back to the elevator door before the person went to the door.

Just as the elevator came, he rushed in and pressed the door. His heart was beating so fast that he took a deep breath.

There was no surveillance nearby and no one else passed by. He stood by the wall and listened to children’s songs for a while. He shouldn’t get into trouble, right?

Before the panic disappeared, his mind began to recall the song flowing like a river, and he started to remember the scene as if it were a CD.

The trainees on the third floor didn’t go to bed, and several people practiced dancing under the lights.

Huoren avoided them and walked back to the dormitory. Xie Lianyun was playing Red Alert with his headphones on.

“Are you back?”

“I was called for some stuff.”

Huoren hesitated for a few seconds and told him out of caution. “There was a man who seemed to know that I was standing outside. I listened to him for a while. Does it matter?”

Xie Lianyun took off his headphones and said “Where’s the ninth floor?”

Huoren recalled “Somewhere about the fourth studio?”

He saw the general structure through his reflection.

The innermost part was the recording studio. There was a lounge with a sofa on the outer layer. It seems that there were some guitars hanging on the wall.

“Oh, he?” Xie Lianyun shook the milk tea cup and said, “that child has a good character. Don’t mind it.”

“But… I don’t have to be careful?”

He turned to Huoren: “Listening to songs is not arson or robbery. Even if those teachers know, they won’t do anything to you?”

Huoren explained seriously: “the general manager said that the trainees can only stay from the fourth floor to the eighth floor. We can’t go up just because.”

“Oh-” Xie Lianyun said “That’s to prevent formal trainees from falling in love with you. It doesn’t have much to do with you.”

“Ah?” Huoren was stunned: “Falling in love?”

“Otherwise why?”

“But the female trainees are in the next building. They usually don’t come here…”

Xie Lianyun paused, turned his chair and looked at him: “Why do you think temporary trainees have to repeatedly disrupt the dorm and re-divide classes once a month?”

Huoren said blankly, “because 30 people are eliminated every month, the old establishment needs to be adjusted?”

Xie Lianyun took a deep breath: “You are only fifteen and don’t even use the Internet. It’s normal to have this knowledge blind spot.”

Then he turned and continued to play the game, shook his head and muttered, “this child is too pure for me to teach.”

After taking a bath, Huoren went back to bed and played back those songs he had in his mind. Suddenly he thought of something.

Is… Yun-ge saying that male trainees may fall in love with male trainees?!

How could this happen—

He turned over and suddenly felt that he had opened the door to a new world.

This matter was regarded as a small episode by Huoren and soon forgot about it.

He was getting busier and busier recently. He trotted every day when he needed to go to another classroom.

Chen Xiaoyan was very excited when he was just in high school. He would call to talk about his military training and classes at the weekend.

After sharing his life, he would also ask Huoren about the entertainment company curiously.

Huoren and he are young and talked about it roughly.

“God, they are so powerful?” Chen Xiaoyan was silly. “They want to debut even if they are so powerful? Aren’t they all rich?”

“Maybe it’s because they want to be a star?” Huoren wasn’t sure: “Maybe being famous leads to making more money?”

“You are also great. My mother told me that smart people like you can have good results everywhere!” Chen Yan said with a smile: “If you become a big star in the future, remember to give me concert tickets, Huohuo!”

Huoren was a little shy when he heard this and said with a smile, “of course, but I’m still in the beginning.”

As soon as the phone hung up, Jong Jia knocked on the door and said, “Let’s go and sing in the bar today!”

“Coming,” he turned and smiled, “did the car arrive?”

“I’ve reserved a seat for you. You can sit in the back with us!”

The bar was opened beside Yueya Lake, and the roadside was full of weeping willows.

The warm water vapor scattered from the lake, and the shadow of the streetlamps was like magic and occasionally covered the swimming wild ducks.

There are more people on weekdays, and more trainees sit and listen.

In fact, everyone was a little nervous, but as soon as the atmosphere got up, the stage gradually became better to handle.

The teacher wore a regular coat and kept track of their grades. He occasionally told the trainees not to raise the tone too high and the sound disappeared.

Occasionally, several boys came on stage laughing together, sang on top and began to dance.

The audience didn’t know them, so they clapped.

Huoren sang with his friends all night, and he can feel the happiness of this career more and more.

When he stood in the band, it was like suddenly giving his lifeline and breath to the drums and guitar. There was no worry.

Just sing and enjoy the stage.

He was suddenly glad that he had made this choice and began to move towards a different lifestyle.