Chapter 23: Kirimi Miyuki Then Became One of the Daxia People

It shouldn’t be like this actually.

Kirimi Miyuki’s dance, paired with a sweet song, had simple movements and lower difficulty compared to Chu Yuanqing’s street dance or Chu Wang Shu’s "Five Poisons."

It theoretically shouldn’t be so aggressive, let alone stunning.

However,

The girl’s expression management was excellent, with the curve of her lips, innocent smiling eyes, along with carefully designed movements adding cute details, and the youthful feeling of hair and skirt flying, all shining like magic.

This was created by stacking up many details, with personal infectious power as the core of the storm, bursting out a huge amount of energy in a short time, in order to create a visual feast.

Most of the audience present were successfully immersed in the emotions of the song and dance, just like dandelions being blown into the sky by a strong wind, finding it difficult to look away from the person at the center of the stage.

Chu Yuanqing was staring off into space, murmuring to herself:

"So when idols are on stage, they really do shine brightly."

This sentence seemed to reflect the feelings of many, and the reactions in the live broadcast were the best evidence.

"So sweet, so sweet, sakura girl is too sweet!"

"I declare unilaterally, Kirimi Miyuki is now officially a Daxia person."

"Ha ha, my destined waifu!"

"Hehe, whoever insulted my waifu earlier, come forward and we shall have a duel!"

"Darn it, your face changes faster than flipping through a book, I won’t allow you to treat my waifu like this!"

The trainee on the contestant’s seat had mixed feelings.

Why are they getting curlier and curlier?

What should one do when it’s their turn to shine but they’re feeling nervous?

On the competition field, only strong competitors like Ji Shuzhu, Chen Yining, Xie Qingxuan, and others remained calm. They were able to objectively assess each other’s strengths with a bird’s-eye view perspective.

Chu Wang Shu felt a twinge of emotion as she stepped down from the stage. She understood how rare Kirimi Miyuki’s smile was, and the beliefs and experiences that supported it, which felt like a huge gap from her own.

As for the rest, including physical fitness, singing and dancing abilities, vocal skills, and stage presence, the list goes on.

The girl praised with a hint of self-doubt:

"She’s really amazing, she shines like a star."

Chu Yuanqing pursed her lips and calmly responded:

"You also shine when you’re on stage."

Although Kirimi Miyuki is very talented, her daughter is the best in her heart!

The little girl’s eyes lit up, and she felt light and a bit shy. She touched her face and hesitantly said with joy:

"Really?"

"Haha, not... that talented actually."

Chu Yuanqing turned her face away.

Maybe in the eyes of others, this seemed like rejecting someone by calling them an idiot when they get praised.

But in reality...

Little Shu is so cute! I want to pat her head!

Chu Yuanqing suppressed the restlessness in her heart, keeping a calm expression on her face.

She had told Little Shu before to keep her distance from strangers by saying "we are not yet friends" and "don’t be too friendly", now she needs to be patient to follow her education strategy.

A small group of people in the live room noticed this incident, even though they didn’t know what was going on, they suddenly felt curious.

On the other side, the experienced mentors, who had seen many challenges, were professionally critiquing Kirimi Miyuki’s performance while the audience was getting excited.

The first three mentors gave good scores, mostly ranging between A and B.

Chen Baijiu, in his final review, summed up by saying:

"Your strength as an idol lies in your stable stage presence and impressive charisma, but when it comes to singing and dancing, it seems lacking due to your training background, not very professional, so you need to continue learning."

"But without a doubt, the stage you presented to us was amazing."

"Therefore, I am giving you a Grade A rating."

Finally, in the tense atmosphere,

Dream Weaver Rabbit squinted its eyes, smiled, and with a final decision, confirmed the Grade A result.

Kirimi Miyuki suppressed her excitement and joy, politely bowed and left.

After that, the evaluation of performances continued in the order of appearance.

(Translated by Gravity Tales 馃槒)

Although Dream Weaver Rabbit no longer did any sudden music tricks, it seemed to know that the show was live and there was no second chance. Several contestants in a row were under pressure and did not perform well.

The stage felt like a dark, thick swamp, swallowing one trainee after another.

In reality, only a few could overcome the pressure on stage and shine brightly.

Chen Baijiu’s sharp criticism became more cutting, resulting in record low scores. One contestant even forgot the lyrics and missed the beat, receiving a dismal Grade F, which made Chu Yuanqing feel both sympathetic and envious.

This situation continued until Chen Yining, the tenth contestant, stepped onto the stage, bringing a change.

Inside the live studio, the number of audience members kept steadily increasing.

"It can only be said that the official of ’Dazzling Stage’ is truly fair, broadcasting live throughout without any room for cheating, even if the performance fails."

"Hilarious, that kind of poor performance that doesn’t meet the standards, the royal family who had to redo their act in ’Dazzling Stage’ had no chance at all."

"This is really friendly to the development genre. Fake personas are easily exposed, after all, you can’t act all day, can you?"

"And there are so many materials. With such a long live broadcast, I dare not even think what can be edited out. Want to highlight someone? It can be done easily with editing."

"The young lady is about to go on stage, hopefully her skills match her beauty."

"Is this performance a group dance? I can’t wait for it."

Chen Yining and the other three trainees are all from Yunlan Entertainment. They signed up for the group dance together, unlike previous contestants, this time the four of them will perform together on stage and be rated together.

This situation is quite common in talent shows. As a program that nurtures girl groups, group dances can show abilities better in some aspects than solo acts.

In the evaluation stage, group performances usually dominate.

But this time, because the elimination rules of "Dazzling Stage" were too tricky, the trainees’ willingness to participate was hard to unify, resulting in many contestants not being able to perform their group acts, either choosing not to participate or being forced to perform solo.

Yunlan Entertainment still had three remaining trainees, so Chen Yining’s prepared stage performance wouldn’t go to waste. It was likely that her dad promised some additional resources as compensation, ensuring that the other three trainees wouldn’t lose out even if they were eliminated. It was purely a financial matter.

This was probably one of the reasons why she couldn’t be the first to go on stage.