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IDEMS Ch. 21. Lou Yuxing's Past, Mentor Collaboration Stage Costume?

Lou Yuxing started learning Peking Opera from his grandfather at the age of three. In elementary school, he was very delicate and pretty, and his Peking Opera talent made him well-liked by teachers and some classmates. However, this also caused him to be excluded by some children.

The malice of children can be terrifying. In the fifth grade, he was surrounded by a group of mischievous boys every day who called him "sissy." He couldn't fight back and had to endure it quietly, but the boys escalated their bullying. Once, they even dragged him into the bathroom to check if he was really a boy.

Lou Yuxing's memory of that day is blurry. In the end, it was his mother who took him home, bruised from fighting back. After that, he didn't go to his grandfather's place to learn Peking Opera for a long time. By the time he had adjusted his mindset, another blow came.

...His grandfather passed away from a severe illness.

After that, he rarely performed opera. Just as he was starting to recover from the pain of losing his grandfather, a new wave of bullying arrived in middle school.

Lou Yuxing had always been attractive. When he went to middle school, he ended up in the same school as the boys who bullied him in elementary school. Because of his androgynous appearance, he was bullied again, falling into a cycle of endless suffering.

This time, the situation only improved after he moved to another city with his parents.

However, his personality had already been shaped. He hid behind his long bangs, like a snail retreating into its heavy shell.

He knew he was good-looking, but this beauty was one of the sources of his pain.

Choosing to become a trainee was probably because he was unwilling to give up. He loved singing, after all.

But whether or not he still loved opera... he wasn't sure himself.

"Never mind, if you don't want to talk about it, don't," An Zai interrupted his thoughts with a big smile after seeing the complicated expression on his face. "We know you're amazing, and that's enough!"

Upon hearing this, Lou Yuxing smiled softly.

The songs for the mentor collaboration stage were chosen soon. All of them were popular songs rearranged with traditional Chinese elements, making them very appealing.

The senior artists came to the set once again.

This time, the selection mechanism for the mentor collaboration stage was a bit different. The trainees had to recommend themselves to their preferred mentor. Each trainee could choose two mentors to approach, and if a mentor wasn't interested, they had to wait until all the trainees had made their choices before selecting again in the second round.

Since the mentor collaboration stage didn't involve a voting mechanism, the selection order was determined by drawing lots.

Lou Yuxing drew number ten, which wasn't a bad position.

He initially planned to go to Teacher Qín's group. Teacher Qín was skilled in drumming, and the song in their group was bold and heroic.

But...

As he reached the entrance to Teacher Qín's room, his steps slowed down and finally stopped for a long time.

It wasn't until the PD reminded him to make his choice that his seemingly frozen body began to move.

Taking a deep breath, he quickly walked in another direction, as if afraid of regretting his decision.

Lou Yuxing reached out and pushed open a door—