Relying on the status of An Yuanyao and his daughter as contestants, Liu Changqing encountered no obstacles.
Placing his daughter on the chair, Liu Changqing squatted down and carefully inspected her legs. After finding no problems, he took off his daughter's shoes.
He held the sole of his daughter's foot with one hand, and kept groping for the position of the ankle with the other hand. He twisted it slightly, raised his head and asked his daughter.
"Does it hurt?"
"..."
Liu Xiazhi did not speak, as if in a daze, and did not respond to his father's questions.
Seeing his daughter's suddenly strange expression, Liu Changqing was stunned for a moment, then raised his head and looked at An Yuanyao with a puzzled expression next to him, who also looked anxious.
The two looked at each other and knew what the other meant.
An Yuanyao shook her head.
Looking at his daughter again, Liu Changqing opened his mouth and exhaled, suppressed the worry in his heart, and gently put down his daughter's feet.
He kept squatting down and raised his head to look at Liu Xiazhi who had his head lowered.
asked softly.
"Don't be afraid, dad is here..."
"..."
After hearing Liu Changqing's words, Liu Xiazhi slowly raised his head and looked at Liu Changqing in front of him after being stunned for a while.
She could clearly see the worry on her father's face.
Then he looked at An Yuanyao aside.
The other party also had a worried look on his face.
In the past month, every moment I spent with An Yuanyao, her careful teachings, and my father’s words of praise during the last few days of rehearsals.
She messed up...
With her eyes wide open, Liu Xiazhi suddenly felt an indescribable emotion in her heart at this moment. She only felt a breathless feeling in her chest.
He sniffed and looked at the two people in front of him with watery eyes looking at him with worried expressions.
There was a hint of crying in his tone of voice.
"Dad...I'm sorry, I..."
"It doesn't matter."
In response to his daughter, Liu Changqing raised his hand and placed his palm on his daughter's head, rubbing it gently with a smile on his face.
"Dad sees your hard work during this period. Don't be discouraged if you fail this time. No one can have smooth sailing all their life."
"But I... everything went well in the beginning, and it's almost the end..."
"Xia Zhi."
An Yuanyao also followed Liu Changqing's example and squatted down, slowly raised her hand and placed it on the back of Liu Xiazhi's hand, looking at her with her eyes, and spoke in a gentle tone.
"Auntie has the same view as your father. Recently, Xia Zhi, you have been working very hard. Your father and I have seen this."
"Aunt An..."
"So... this failure is not important. As long as we work hard and do our best to do this well, that will be enough. We don't care what the result is."
Looking at Liu Xiazhi with her eyes wide open, a smile appeared on An Yuanyao's face, and the hand on the back of her hand was gently clenched.
Hold it firmly in your hand.
Liu Xiazhi looked at An Yuanyao who was smiling in front of her, as if she wanted to say something.
"install……"
"You shouldn't make this mistake."
A voice interrupted what Liu Xiazhi was about to say, and at the same time attracted the attention of the three people to look in the direction of the door.
Stunned in place.
Liu Xiazhi saw the man standing at the door, with a trace of imperceptible fear in his eyes, and slowly looked away.
Liu Changqing also saw her.
His face darkened.
He looked at the door for about two seconds, then slowly stood up from his squatting position and turned around to face the door.
At this juncture, he could still see each other in this place, which really made Liu Changqing very angry.
The opponent is like a mosquito. If it cannot kill you with one blow, it will appear in front of you from time to time and bite you.
An Yuanyao also stood up, next to Liu Changqing, and covered Liu Xiazhi behind her.
Looking at Li Wanran standing at the door with a cold expression on his face.
An Yuanyao spoke first.
"Why are you here?"
Hearing An Yuanyao's response, Li Wanran tightened her hand holding the bag, and walked into the house with steps.
The high heels made a regular sound on the ground.
Ta...ta...ta
Until I stood in front of the two people.
Li Wanran raised his head slightly and looked at Liu Changqing in front of him, and then shifted his gaze to the face of An Yuanyao who was next to him.
There was indifference in his eyes.
An Yuanyao didn't mean to back down, and looked up as well.
The two seemed to be having a silent contest at this moment.
Not knowing who won and who lost, Li Wanran said.
"The first half is very good, whether it's the dancing or... your accompaniment."
While saying this, he glanced at An Yuanyao, and then continued to speak.
"But... the wrong move at the end was really very low-level. With Xia Zhi's dancing skills, she shouldn't have made such a mistake."
"enough!"
Liu Changqing spoke.
His face turned ugly at this moment, with anger in his eyes as he stared at Li Wanran who said these words expressionlessly.
The other party's repeated actions made it impossible for him to ignore the other party.
Just when he was about to get angry, he found that his hand was tightly grasped by An Yuanyao who was standing beside him.
What he wanted to say was blocked in an instant, and Liu Changqing looked at An Yuanyao aside with some doubts.
Noticing the gaze of Liu Changqing next to her, An Yuanyao looked at him and shook her head gently, signaling Liu Changqing to look at Liu Xiazhi who was blocked by two people behind her.
Liu Xiazhi seemed to be afraid of Li Wanran's appearance, so her face was a little pale.
"I have something to say to her."
Liu Changqing heard An Yuanyao's words in his ears, and turned back to look at An Yuanyao, who was looking at Li Wanran.
She looked firmly at the woman in front of her who she had grown up with since childhood.
Her former best friend is now...a stranger.
An Yuanyao's expression rarely became serious and she said to Li Wanran.
"Come out for a moment and we can talk."
After saying that, he grabbed the other party's wrist and dragged Li Wanran out of the room as if forcibly.
As the two left, the dressing room suddenly became quiet.
At this moment, there was no one else in the dressing room except Liu Changqing and his daughter.
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An Yuanyao dragged Li Wanran for a while.
It wasn't until there was no one else around that Li Wanran broke free.
The steps stopped.
He turned around and looked at Li Wanran.
Before An Yuanyao could speak, she heard Li Wanran's voice that seemed to be sarcastic.
"Are you doing this to get back at me?"
Looking at An Yuanyao, whose expression gradually became angry after hearing these words, Li Wanran said something that was not in line with her character.
"In order to get back at me, you stayed with my ex-husband, right?"