After rejecting my celebrity husband

Chapter 39: Chapter 39 Punishment

”I’m sorry!” After turning off her cellphone, Luo Xiaoqian turned to walk to the wall.

”Luo Xiaoqian, not there, up there!” one of Shen Xinyi’s followers reminded her with a sneer.

Luo Xiaoqian turned her head and noticed for the first time that on the western side of the wall there was a ledge about one meter above the ground and roughly ten centimeters wide, with the words ”Punishment Stand” next to it.

Helplessly, Luo Xiaoqian carefully climbed up, but before she could steady herself, she had already fallen off.

Such a narrow ledge was naturally a significant challenge for someone like her who had never had professional training and was inherently uncoordinated.

Shen Xinyi and the others burst out laughing, and although Xu Xia felt sorry for her, she was also helpless.

”Let’s continue!” Tong Ya clapped her hands and turned on the sound system with a remote, ”Now, follow the music, UP... DOWN... Very good...”

Luo Xiaoqian climbed onto the ledge again, her back against the wall, and steadied herself.

To stand firm on a ledge not even ten centimeters wide, one’s entire body could not relax at all; relaxing just a little bit would result in falling off.

This kind of punishment stand was absolutely perverse.

An hour later, when the other trainees got a five-minute break, Xu Xia immediately rushed over and helped Luo Xiaoqian, who was stiff all over from standing, down from the ledge.

”Are you okay? I’m sorry, I forgot to remind you!” Xu Xia said cautiously into her ear, ”This Tong Ya is a notorious iron lady. She’s well-known in the scene. It’s not that she’s deliberately targeting you. In the future, try your best not to provoke her!”

Luo Xiaoqian nodded slightly, but inside she was secretly lamenting.

She didn’t have many friends in Beijing, and the few who knew her phone number were pretty much limited to Xu Xia and the others.

The most Tong Ya could do to punish her was to make her stand; the call earlier was very likely from Ye Zimo, and just thinking about how he’d reacted to her hanging up filled her with a tingling fear.

”I need to make a phone call!”

Limping over to her bag, Luo Xiaoqian fished out her phone, glanced around, and quickly slipped out of the dance studio door, dialed the recent number, and called back.

”I’m sorry, the number you have dialed is currently on another call!”

In the earpiece, a sweet-voiced service attendant announced.

Undeterred, she tried again, but the result was the same.

”Xiao Qian!” Xu Xia popped her head out the door, ”Hurry up, time’s up!”

Helplessly, Luo Xiaoqian could only turn her phone off again and dash back into the classroom.

After another tense hour of practice, when they finally got to shower and have dinner, Luo Xiaoqian was practically dead on her feet.

Sitting in a chair in the basement employees’ cafeteria, she took a deep breath, ”This isn’t dancing, it’s downright deadly!”

”There’s no choice, dance is such a thing, there’s no shortcut; it’s practice and more practice!” Xu Xia comforted her with a smile, ”But don’t worry, Xiao Qian, let me tell you, this time you’re going to be a hit!”

”What nonsense are you spouting!” Luo Xiaoqian shoveled another spoonful of rice into her mouth.

”A whole minute, I timed it!” Xu Xia winked at her suggestively across the table, ”Luo Xiaoqian, come clean, you didn’t really sleep with the big boss of EM, did you?”

Hearing the words ’big boss of EM’, Luo Xiaoqian almost choked on her rice, dropping her spoon to the ground with a piercing clink.

”What’s wrong with you?!” Xu Xia quickly bent down to pick up the spoon for her, then reached out to pat her back, ”Are you still feeling unwell?”

”It’s nothing, just a bit tired!” Luo Xiaoqian took the spoon back, wiping it with a paper napkin, ”What were you saying about a minute?”