I didn't need to check the comments circulating like crazy on the internet because the uproar of the audience in the hall alone was enough to drive me to the brink of chagrin. Getting off stage after the failed performance, I dashed towards the restroom, wanting nothing more than to escape from all the people's eyes. I wanted to hide inside the crust of the Earth forever, but I knew that would be impossible. Still, I wanted to hide, for now.
Humiliation overwhelmed every part of my brain, making me fail to notice that someone was following me until he grabbed my wrist and shoved my body to the wall that was only a few hundred meters away from the restroom. With one of my wrists pinned above my head and another next to my waist, Yi stared at me with eyes that sent chills to the bones.
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