Dreams come true - Idol Producer Fan Chengcheng FF (RESQ SAGA PART 1)

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The day of the final arrived and everyone's nervousness could be felt, even mine. You could see people rehearsing anywhere and everywhere and the staff coming and going to the stage building to prepare everything for that night. Just before lunch, though, they began calling trainees and they all left one by one. When they came back they didn't tell us what happened, so we were all extremely curious.

"Fan Chengcheng and Zhu Lin." A man from the staff called us. "Please, follow me."

Confused that he called the both of us, we left with him and went to the place where I had recorded my video the other day.

"Chengcheng, you can go towards the mirror. Lin, you stay behind the camera." He told me.

Chengcheng then began checking everywhere to see if they were going to scare him like the other time with the ghost prank. When he found nothing and the staff reassured him nothing was going to happen, though, he finally stopped.

"If you become one of the final nine people who will debut who debut, what would you say to yourself?" The man asked him.

"Hi, Fan Chengcheng." He joked. "I think I would tell myself. 'It all isn't already done just because you are on the top nine. You must continue working hard and improving to show the best version of Fan Chengcheng. We didn't think you would make it at first, but if you did it, better make it worthy'." 

The staff then suddenly turned off the lights, scaring him.

"What are you doing now?" Chengcheng said. "You won't try to scare me again, right? You promised!"

A video then showed up on the screen and we saw Chengcheng's mom.

"Baby." She said.

"Oh my god!" Said Chengcheng once he saw his mother's face.

As his mother spoke, I could see love in his eyes and how much he missed her. I completely understood that as I hadn't talked to my family in a long time either, so I missed them a lot.

"...I can see from his thinking that he loves this show, he loves this stage, he loves his music. I hope from now on in Fan Chengcheng's studies and work he doesn't forget his original intentions and always works hard." His mother said.

"I think she's praising me too much today." Chengcheng said laughing. "Normally she's not someone who likes praising me."

"I also want you to present me that beautiful girl you are with in the show." She said shocking me. "If that lady kissed my Chengcheng she can't run away now."

"Mom!" Chengcheng exclaimed embarrassed.

"I actually think she's a really nice lady who cares about you a lot so, even if it's just as friends, don't let her go, son." She told him.

"Is this why you asked me to come too?" I asked the man from the staff and he nodded while chuckling. 

After the video finished, I could see Chengcheng had become more emotional and I wanted to hug him right then, but I knew I couldn't so I waited for him to finish recording.

"The burden on my shoulders is becoming even heavier and I want to take responsibility for my mom and dad and everyone in the family." Chengcheng opened up. "But really, mum? You had to say that about Lin when you knew this was going to air on national television?"

The staff and I then couldn't help but laugh at that. 

They then told him they were done and that we could leave, so we went outside the building for some fresh air.

"I don't want to meet your mother tonight." I confessed. "I am scared of what she will say."

"She already expressed she likes you, so why are you scared?" He asked me as we walked hand in hand.

"But she only knows the Lin from the program: the playful Lin, the Lin they want to show on TV. What if she doesn't like my real-life personality?" 

"I'm sure she will like you." He reassured me. "It's not like I would actually care if she said she didn't like you. I am still going to date you, don't think you can get rid of me so easily."

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We were two ours away from the live final and I was getting ready. As I had to perform the song with the boys, I was wearing the uniform we wore for the <Pick Me> performance and I would later had to change into my presenting outfit. After I had my makeup done, though, my phone began ringing and I excused myself.

"Zeren?" I asked picking it up.

"Come to the corridor, please." He said.

Excusing myself, I did what he told me and saw most of the boys there. I then immediately began hugging each and everyone one of them. Several months had passed since I had seen some of the boys and I had missed them a lot.

"Jin Yihan!" I exclaimed once I saw him. "How are things in Simply Joy?"

"Just as always, my dear Zhu Lin. Just as always." He said and hugged me. "I'm sorry that you were kicked out of the show too."

"Don't be. If it was meant to happen then so be it. I have no regrets." I reassured him. "Anyways, ready to go back on stage one more time?"

"We're ready!" They all said at the same time.

"Then go inside and get ready. We need to show the Citizen Producers one last time that we are going nowhere." I cheered.