Esports world champion, debuted as the center of a talent show

secret?

Hearing Lin Sen's words, Yao Wei seemed even more interested than Jiang Zhiyu. He immediately leaned forward again and excitedly lowered his voice to ask, "Can I listen?"

Lin Sen shrugged indifferently, then mysteriously pulled a crumpled piece of paper from his pocket and unfolded it in front of Jiang Zhiyu.

"What is this?" Jiang Zhiyu couldn't quite make out the slightly blurry words on it.

Lin Sen slumped his shoulders and sighed, explaining softly, "Actually, I knew it wouldn't be long..."

He hesitated for a moment, then continued, "Sister Yu, or rather, Instructor Yu Qizhen, and I are like brothers and sisters, sharing the same dance teacher."

For various reasons, he hadn't told anyone about this. Jiang Zhiyu looked up at him in surprise. Although he had long sensed that the relationship between the two of them was somewhat subtle, Jiang Zhiyu hadn't investigated it further out of a sense of protection.

"Our teacher is quite respected," Lin Sen chuckled awkwardly, "but he's very poor. He only charges the most basic hourly rate for teaching students."

"A few years ago, he received a large investment, hoping that he could build a professional dance studio to help a student who wanted to participate in a talent show choreograph modern dance. He was initially unwilling, but eventually agreed."

"The dance studio was built not long after, and that was when my senior and I first met that person." Lin Sen gestured with his hands. "He was younger than me and not very tall, but he was very enthusiastic and energetic, chattering about wanting to sign up for the next talent show."

"Since it was his first day of practice, he didn't have much time to spend with us. He was always with his master discussing stage style. We didn't talk much. All we knew was that his name was Jing Chi."

Halfway through the conversation, Jiang Zhiyu clenched his fist, his nails digging into his palm, trying to remain calm and clear-headed despite the pain.

He lowered his eyes and exhaled: "And then?"

"But he only went that one time, and I never saw him again after that... I asked my master, but he wouldn't say, he just said there was a bit of an accident."

Lin Sen looked at Jiang Zhiyu cautiously: "Later, I heard his name when you introduced him during the first stage of 'Shining Project.' During the intermission, I couldn't help but ask my senior sister, only to find out that Jing Chi left the day after he went to the dance studio... So when I found out that you were my roommate, I was quite happy."

At this point, he hurriedly added, "It's not some cheesy stand-in literature! I'm not familiar with Jing Chi, it's just that I feel there's some deeper bond between us, which gave me a better reason to think 'Wow, he's so handsome, I want to be friends with him' when I first saw your debut stage."

"But in the end, I was still too afraid to tell you about this. After I found out about you later... I was even more afraid to speak up, so I kept putting it off until now."

While Jiang Zhiyu remained silent, Lin Sen tapped the paper in his hand with the tip of his other finger: "This is a note that Jing Chi left in the dance studio. I think I should show it to you."

Jiang Zhiyu reached out and took it, bringing the crumpled and slightly yellowed paper closer to discern the blurry handwriting on it.

In the morning light, he could make out a few somewhat messy but familiar words on the paper: Become TOP1, debut as a group, but it's only the first day of practicing modern dance.