A Surprise Visit

"Li Jun? What are you doing here?"

"My exams finished earlier than it was supposed to. So, I thought to surprise you. Are you surprised?"

"Of course." she hugged him tightly burying her tears.

Ying Yue didn't get to say goodbye to him in her previous life. She was so miserable after her injury that she refused to communicate with anybody other than her parents, grandfather, and Jingfei. When Junjie arrived, he soon became her everything. Li Jun already had a girlfriend at that time. In those seven years, they seldom spoke on the phone and never met up. Before dying, the only information she had about him was that his girlfriend, Liao Baozhai, was sent by Jingfei. Jingfei did so to make sure he was not around to protect Ying Yue.

'Even you got affected because of my stupidity. I promise I won't let it happen again.'

As the hug was getting too long, Li Jun pulled out from the hug and saw tears in Ying Yue's eyes.

"I know you love me but isn't crying a bit too much?" Li Jun said smiling and patting her head.

Ying Yue wiped her tears, giving a playful smack on Li Jun's back.

"I was being emotional and you are teasing me. You still are a bad guy, Li Jun."

"Ok, ok. I'm sorry. I was wrong. Anyway, how are things going on? You adjusted to the dorms?"

"Yeah, I'm doing fine. Except that Jingxue is my roommate."

"I'm surprised she even made it that far. She isn't even that good. Maybe she pulled some kind of stunt. I heard the person who was initially selected got injured and was eliminated."

'She's so predictable. Even Li Jun saw through her trick.'

"Anyway, she won't be able to win such a big competition by only pulling tricks. She would need actual talents which she doesn't have. Let's not waste our time talking about her. I will have to return to the dorm soon and then who knows when we will meet again."

"Yeah. So, any guy you're into recently?"

"Nah. I'm always busy practicing. When do get any time to even befriend a guy much less be in a relationship? What about you? Any girl you like?"

"No, I swear you are the only girl in my life."

"As if! I know the kind of playboy you are. I should be asking how many girls' hearts you broke in the US."

"Not much. Maybe just a few dozen." Both of them laughed at this.

'It has been such a long time since I had fun with Li Jun.'

Suddenly Li Jun stopped laughing and looked behind Ying Yue, towards the upper floors of the dorm building.

"You said you didn't have any guy in your life, right?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Then why does it look like that guy is going to kill me because I'm laughing with you?" Li Jun asked. Ying Yue looked where Li Jun was pointing and saw a shadow moving away. Even though she only saw his shadow, she immediately knew who it was.

"That reminds me, remember the guy I asked you to look into? It's him, Zheng Kai. Have you found his details?"

"Oh yeah, it's really weird." Li Jun said while rummaging through his navy blue backpack.

"What is?''

"Just a second. Where did I keep it? Ah, found it." he said as he took out a paper.

"What's this?"

"His information.''

"Just a page? Isn't that too less information?" Ying Yue asked taking the paper from him.

"That's what's weird. I found all his information from when he was 17 but before that, I couldn't find anything about him. I even searched for his past after returning to the country. But I still can't find anything. It's like he dropped from the sky. It's either that or he comes from a wealthy family and hid his information like he knew someone would look into them."

Ying Yue scanned the whole page and found things that really weren't important.

He's from Ridgeview Art School, a very prestigious school in the US. Nothing about his family. After graduating, he came to China. Since he was 21, he made stars like Gao Yan, Duan Mengyao, Gong Yue, and even Mao Ju, the maknae of Twilight.

'Is that even possible?' Ying Yue thought. 'He's only 26 and he has trained Mao Ju. He really is something. I need to be wary of him.'

"Thanks, Li Jun. I'll treat you to a good meal when you come next time."

"You better remember that. And don't worry I'll continue looking into him and immediately inform you if I find something on him."

"I really don't know what I would have done without you ."

"Don't just thank with words. Remember your promise."

"Yeah, I sure will." Just then, the bell that indicated the visiting time is over rang.

"I have to go now. Thanks again."

"Yeah. Bye. Take care and be careful of Jingfei and that Kai. Call me immediately if something happens. Ok?"

"Ok." And with that, Ying Yue ran towards the dorms.

Li Jun kept his eyes fixed on her until she disappeared. Then he sighed. "If only you knew," he whispered to himself.

In the dorms,

"Guys, our second challenge is going to be announced today. Whatever happened in the last challenge can't be undone. But since we are a team till the group evaluation ends, we need to be on good terms with each other. We need to understand each other, our weaknesses, and our strengths." Ying Yue said while all of them were walking down the corridor to check the announcement board.

"And, of course, remember to ask before pulling stunts like lending your performance shoe to an enemy group." Lan Yan, who was walking in the front, said. Ruolan pinched her lightly. Lan Yan shrugged.

"Guys, I know you all are still angry at me. I really am sorry. I promise I would do my best to make sure we don't get eliminated from the show to make up for my mistake." Xia Wen said looking towards the ground.

"We are not angry at you, Xia Wen. We are just disappointed. Anyways, for the sake of winning this, I'll forgive you this once. But remember, you must not make any mistakes and make sure we win."

Ying Yue smiled which was not noticed by anyone.

'Knowing Lan Yan, it's enough she forgave Xia Wen. If it continues like this, we may actually win it. With a bit of luck, maybe we all will debut in the new girl group.'

Even though it was a childish thought and the chances of it becoming reality was 0.0001%, Ying Yue hold onto that hope.