SPECIAL TREATMENT

Xinyi opened the door to her room spotting two bunk beds. The room wasn't too small but neither was it was grand as her room back home. Since she had decided to stay here, she might as well learn to adapt. Closing the door behind her, Xinyi entered inside spotting a blanket on the lower bunk bed.

"Bao Jun. He must have remembered." Xinyi said dropping her handbag on the bed.

Thanks to her cousin, at least she could stay comfortably. Taking her phone out of her bag, Xinyi checked through her SNS. Many fans still believed Winter Night was going to disband and they were not taking it lightly. In the past, she had always organized everything secretly with her best friend, Wen Chyou and then given the rest a little push allowing them to follow her plan. Unfortunately while everyone was probably on vacation and resting, she was here to fight for Winter Night on the behalf of all Wi-knights.

"Tang Xinyi, you cannot afford to fail! No way!" Xinyi said rallying herself.

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The next day, Xinyi held onto her pillow tightly as she turned in her sleep. No matter how much she wanted to sleep, all her body was responding to stimulation from the sudden tapping of someone.

"Aunty Lin, please let me sleep for one hour. I'm so tired. Yesterday, I went to cousin's agency." Xinyi said as she rolled to her side.

Just as she was about to fall asleep, her brain seemed to have collected all the information of what she just said. Agency? Yes. She had gone to her cousin's agency.

"Winter Night!" Xinyi said jolting up from her sleep.

It had taken her one minute as she stayed still trying to remember where she was.

"Hello. My name is Fang Shu Chun." Xinyi heard someone say.

Raising her head up, Xinyi's eyes darted to the girl in front of her. She looked more or less the same age with her having milky white skin.

"Training is in 10 minutes. You better rush to the bathroom." Shu Chun said.

Training? Xinyi rushed out of her bed as quickly she could for the bathroom immediately. Few minutes later, Xinyi opened the door cleaning her hair when she saw Shu Chun was still waiting.

"Aren't you going for practice?" Xinyi asked.

"I was waiting for you. I've been a trainee for 10 months now so I know the place. You came yesterday, right? I can show you around. Do you have clothes to wear?" Shu Chun asked watching Xinyi shake her head.

Walking to her closet, Shu Chun opened the doors and pulling a jeans and a shirt for Xinyi.

"Are all the rooms like ours?" Xinyi asked pointing out their rooms.

Actually, since she arrived, she had been curious. Their rooms did look like a normal dorm room except for the fact there was a big carpet in the middle of the room, two big closets standing by the side of the wall, two chairs and tables arranged separately for the both of them. Although the room wasn't as big as her room back home, it was indeed fairly big.

"Nope. This is definitely some privilege." Shu Chun said.

"What do you mean?" Xinyi asked changing into the clothes Shu Chun had left.

"This room was originally yours. I had to leave my room for one of the other trainees who didn't have a place to sleep. This luxury, I should thank you for it." Shu Chun said smiling.

Xinyi returned the smile bending her head. This was definitely Bao Jun's doing. He had even left an entire room for her. She was now in the spotlight even though she had made up her mind not to be.

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10 minutes later, Xinyi arrived entering the practice room with Shu Chun. The both of them had hit it off quite well and Xinyi was happy to be able to have a friend this early. Entering the practice room, Xinyi paused feeling nervous as she looked at all the stares the other trainee where giving her. Was it because of yesterday's charade? Everytime she remembered the way her cousin had carried her inside, she felt like killing him even the more.

"Why are they staring?" Xinyi whispered asking Shu Chun.

"Because, maybe it's because of yesterday. Having seen the way the CEO carried you, maybe they are just wondering. Let's go and sit." Shu Chun said dragging Xinyi to find a corner to sit.

Xinyi sat down trying to calm her nerves. It was normal. Even in high school, if a normal girl was seen dating a popular guy, that would earn her all sort of stares. Keeping her eye on the big mirror in front of her, Xinyi glanced at herself feeling proud of her body. Even though she was sitting down, she still looked good in what she was wearing.

Four girls got up heading towards Xinyi when the door opened and Jianhong arrived. He had arrived wearing a white long sleeve and a black track suit trouser with his cap facing backwards.

"Good morning ladies." Jianhong said walking into the practice room as he checked his watch.

Luckily, he was on time.

"Good morning Senior." The girls said returning the greeting with enthusiasm.

Meanwhile, Xinyi had paced out watching Jianhong as he smiled back at the trainees. His outfit had given it the bad boy vibes and she loved it. Sighing to herself, Xinyi wondered about the rest members of Winter Night. Were they in the building? What exactly could they be wearing? Maybe they had dressed the same way as Jianhong being that they were a team.

Few minutes after Jianhong arrived, the door opened wide and the staffs started arriving. What exactly the future held today, she had no idea.

"First, roll call." Mrs Liping said as she walked round with her book.

All twenty trainees had lined up in 5 rows and 4 columns according to their years as trainees. The first row contained the most experienced trainees while the last row contained the least experienced trainees.

"He looks so handsome." Xinyi said whispering as she gazed at Jianhong who was stretching at a corner.

The white shirt he had worn looked big on the outside but somehow it had managed to fit him at the sleeves giving the outfit a unique look to it.

"Tang Xinyi." Mrs Liping said calling her name.

"Yes! I mean present, Mrs Liping." Xinyi said correcting herself.

She had been too busy gazing at Jianhong that she had paced out. Luckily, no one had spotted her. Being the class weakling wasn't something she wanted for herself. Glancing round the trainees that stood in front of her, Xinyi sighed after failing to guess who was the oldest. Seems like she was going to have to ask Shu Chun later.

Few minutes after the roll call, Mrs Liping walked back entering the practice room. Silence enveloped the room as everyone looked at her shocked because of her figure. Mrs Liping had very tiny waist and plus she didn't have stretch marks.

"Isn't she married?" A girl asked.

"She is even a mother of five. You don't believe me, right?" Xinyi heard other girls talk among themselves.

"Okay. Look carefully." Mrs Liping said.

The music started and Xinyi stood shaking her hand as she waited for Mrs Liping to start dancing. Reality was just dawning on her. In the past, she hadn't taken any professional dance lessons and yet, she was here today in a studio. Was she going to be a vocalist or a rapper? She wasn't sure.

Mrs Liping started moving her body slowly to allow the trainees to be able to learn which made Xinyi feel even more grateful. Meanwhile, Jianhong sat down observing the trainees. Actually his main duty here was to pick the diamonds from the these trainees. His eyes suddenly darted to Xinyi catching her as she removed her eyes from his quickly.

"Did you understand that?" Mrs Liping asked watching through the mirror while the girls answered.

Xinyi gazed at the mirror trying to copy what Mrs Liping was doing when once again her eyes met with Jianhong. Quickly removing it, Xinyi bent her head down closing her eyes. Was she doing badly?

"Xinyi, did you get that?" Xinyi heard Mrs Liping ask making her raise her head to meet thousands of stares through the mirror.

"Yes, Mrs Liping." Xinyi said feeling embarrassed.

"Let me know if you didn't get what I did." Mrs Liping said and Xinyi nodded.

Special treatment. Not that she didn't like it, she had loved getting all the attention when she was little. It's just that she didn't want her idol to think she was here because of the incident that he saw.

"That's it. Now, we will try it together. The most important thing when dancing on stage is to be in sync with your fellow members even when you can't see them. We will continue practicing until all of you are able to do it well even in the dark." Mrs Liping said.