Bab 85: Battle It Out

"No... no..."

"We are not..."

"We didn't mean too..."

The trainees felt like slapping their own mouth. Even if they wanted to diss the newbie, why did they choose such a public place? They didn't feel that they did anything wrong and they just said sorry for the sake of appearance --- they were afraid of offending An Ran. They still believed in their previous thought about the newbie.

Even An Ran could see that... The only way to shut them up for good was by slapping them with Feng Xiao Qing's talent.

"You are our company's trainee but you dare to discredit your own company. This company couldn't afford to have a backstabber like you! Which one of you said that?" An Ran glared at the trainees in front of her. She didn't lower down her voice and it attracted a lot of attention.

The commotion was heard by a lot of people and even Feng Xiao Qing who was busy training was interested. Her trainer came out to watch the commotion and she was following behind him. She looked at the scene in confusion, not knowing that she was the source of the commotion. She was surprised when she saw An Ran Jie standing there with a murderous expression.

'What did these people do?' Feng Xiao Qing thought to herself. She knew that An Ran was a sensible person --- unless the trainees touched her bottom line, she probably wouldn't embarrass them like this.

All of the trainees were trembling under An Ran's harsh critiques, but they knew they made a big mistake by talking shit about their own company. All of the trainees looked at one of them who said that their company wasn't fair, the girl almost fainted because of her fear. She just talked because her anger was invoked due to the other trainees' words.

The trainee could only weakly said, "I'm sorry, An Ran Jie. I wouldn't dare to repeat the same mistake once again!" She tried to make a promise and hope that An Ran would forgive her this once. She manned up immediately because she knew that An Ran Jie must have known that she was the one who talked about it.

An Ran scrutinized the girl and saw that she was actually one of the best trainees -- Siu Lan, but her haughtiness was the thing that made them hesitating to let her debut. She was supposed to be prepared as a part of a girl band, but her arrogant attitude made her become enemy of the other members and they refused to work together with her. Hence, she failed to debut while the girl band popularity was skyrocketing.

Suddenly, an idea popped into An Ran's head and she knew how to make Feng Xiao Qing grow even faster, although this idea would put Feng Xiao Qing in a lot of pressures. However, An Ran believed that Feng Xiao Qing would be able to pass through the hurdle. She trusted her own judgment --- and her big boss' too...

Her gaze landed on Feng Xiao Qing who looked at them along with the crowd. The woman was slightly panting --- probably due to dancing along with a fast-paced song, but her eyes were still twinkling when looking at the excitement. An Ran rolled her eyes, knowing that Feng Xiao Qing was oblivious to the fact that she was the main source of the problem.

'Does she enjoy herself?' An Ran thought inwardly. 'I will give her the surprise of her life then...' She mischievously said to herself inside her mind.

An Ran motioned Feng Xiao QIng to come to her and the latter followed her instruction, even though she was confused. Feng Xiao Qing asked politely, "Yes, An Ran Jie?"

"You stay here and listen to our conversation. This matter involves you too..." An Ran explained briefly.

"Huh? Me? What about me?" Feng Xiao Qing looked at the other trainees in confusion. 'What did she do?' Feng Xiao Qing thought to herself. She felt the piercing gaze from the other trainees.

"Hmm... all of you said that she's getting in because of personal connection, why don't you battle it out with her then?" An Ran saw that this was an opportunity for Feng Xiao Qing to test her skills --- but of course, they wouldn't do it right away. After all, Feng Xiao Qing only started learning for two days.

She at least needed another month...

Feng Xiao Qing asked dumbfoundedly, "Battle it out? What battle?" She just came so she naturally didn't understand what they were talking about.

An Ran smiled at Feng Xiao Qing and explained, "They are not satisfied with you and to solve the problem all at once... I want you to do a battle with them --- just a friendly competition. Don't worry!" An Ran tried to smile reassuringly at Feng Xiao Qing.

Feng Xiao Qing helplessly looked at the other trainees. Judging from their expression and An Ran's, she knew that this wasn't going to be a simple battle.

'Damn!' She cursed inwardly. She didn't even do anything and troubles already found her.