Lu Xing Yan’s mind turns blank for few seconds. He looks at the tickets on his table and then looks at Chen Xing Ruo again.
“You are a girl, I’m really amazed, how could just praise yourself…”
Lu Xing Yan stammers those words. Then after few seconds, he asks again: “Do you know how to write ‘shameful’?”
“You even couldn’t get 100 for your literature subject, how could you take a chance to open other people’s backpack? How could you ask me to teach me how to write ‘shameful’?”
Chen Xing Ruo says it and lifts up her head to look at him. She watches his expression changes.
It happens for thirty seconds and Lu Xing Yan just responds. “Who told you I opened your backpack?”
He pauses. Then he admits: “That’s right, I opened it. But it’s because my paper was missing so I wanted to see whether it’s in your bag.”
Chen Xing Ruo shows expression of asking ‘what paper would you have?’. But she just looks away and focuses on her paper.
It’s clear that she is too lazy to hear his ‘full of holes’ explanation.
Of course Chen Xing Ruo isn’t a narcissistic one, so she doesn’t think that Lu Xing Yan wastes a lot of energies to get the tickets.
—— During the rehearsal, she bumped into Chen Zhu.
At first she didn’t recognize her but she feels that this female student is too beautiful and attractive, she is a bit familiar too.
The time that female student was closer to her, she seems to have impression of her.
“Hey, aren’t you Chen Xing Ruo? I’m Chen Zhu from the third class. Last time I listened to your piano performance, you are really great!”
Chen Xing Ruo hadn’t responded and Chen Zhu added again: “I know your desk mate Lu Xing Yan. I also know your classmates Li Cheng Fan and Zhao Lang Ming. We use to play with each other. “
“Oh, Hi.”
Chen Xing Ruo said.
The time she heard Lu Xing Yan’s name. She finally recognized her to be the one that cried near the Luo Xing river.
Chen Zhu is quite popular one, a lot of people use to talk about her. Chen Xing Ruo is someone with quite bad memory but she has an impression about Chen Zhu.
Before any of them got on the stage, Chen Zhu stayed beside Chen Xing Ruo to chat.
Chen Xing Ruo didn’t talk too much with her, she just listened to her and answered the questions from time to time.
It’s usual between chat that they would mention someone that they are familiar with, Chen Zhu couldn’t help but to mention Lu Xing Yan for few times.
Hearing from her attitude while mentioning Lu Xing Yan, Chen Xing Ruo felt that she uses to be biased.
It seems that they are not ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend.
After the rehearsal was done, Chen Xing Ruo went to the restroom.
The time she was out of the restroom, she hears Xu Cheng Zhou and other male students, who are coming to support Chen Zhu, were chatting on the corridor.
Xu Cheng Zhou are ridiculing: “He really has a change of heart. In the past, it’s clearly that Lu Xing Yan told us that he likes Chen Zhu. That time during truth or dare, you were there right…..”
It’s unfortunate that Chen Xing Ruo only heard the half of the sentence.
She didn’t hear what they say next. Xu Cheng Zhou and friends were walking fast.
She could only hear that part.
She returned to the class and heard from Ruan Wen that Lu Xing Yan opened her backpack, and what he did at Wang You Fu’s office….. She tries to connect everything. Suddenly takes a new perspective for Lu Xing Yan.
Isn’t he chasing after a female student?
He has quite an innocent love, he works hard for it.
————
She doesn’t know whether it’s because she is too tired or not, the time she is back to the classroom for the night self-study, she is a bit unfocused.
Lu Xing Yan takes three tickets, she has around seven to eight ticket.
Shi Qin and the roommates have gotten tickets. So Chen Xing Ruo just gives one for Ruan Wen and the remaining tickets for He Si Yue, she asks him to give to others.
Shi Qin is worried about her and asks about the rehearsal.
But Di Jia Jing is much more sensitive, from Chen Xing Ruo’s voice, she suddenly asks: “Xing Ruo, didn’t you play piano?”
“This time they couldn’t put the piano on the stage.”
Shi Qin notices that something is wrong, then asks again. “So you play violin this time?”
She is surprised and couldn’t believe it.
Chen Xing Ruo just answers: “Em.”
Everyone just knows that she is selected because of her piano performance so they thought that this time she would play piano too.
These days she kept on going to the music room and they thought she just practiced piano.
No one was asking her so she told no one.
So everyone except He Si Yue, knew nothing about it.
“Wow, you are so great! You even can play violin! Could you tell what you couldn’t do!”
“I just know about this, Xing Ruo, you are so great!”
Shi Qin shows her admiration, while Di Jia Jing says nothing, she seems to think of something.
———
The next day on Thursday.
The weather is favorable for the planned activity, the sun rides high in the sky.
There’s a banner about the school’s anniversary in front of Ming Li’s entrance. There are lots of flowers boards around.
It seems there are lot of important figures coming over.
In the morning, there are still few classes. But everyone is not concentrating well.
On the corridor, from time to time there are people passing around to look around.
Chen Xing Ruo feels somewhat they are guests who visit a zoo.
Chen Xing Ruo is thinking that way and Lu Xing Yan, who is sitting beside her. “What are they looking at? What’s so good to look at? Why do I feel so uncomfortable? It’s like the movie in CCTV 7’s Zhi Fu Jing (Experience of making a fortune). These people act like they are choosing pigs, these are good, these are not good.”
Chen Xing Ruo: “…….”
Isn’t he stupid?
How could he compare himself with pigs.
She is silent for a while and she says: “I didn’t expect that you have an urge for improvement that you watch Zhi Fu Jing.”
Lu Xing Yan explains instinctively: “No, it’s my Pa. Ay…. what’s going on with your gaze?”
Chen Xing Ruo: “It’s my gaze of looking at pig.”
Lu Xing Yan: “…………….”
———
Finally they could finish the morning class, most of the students are lively.
They could have an afternoon break. Those who have ticket, they could take look at school’s anniversary celebration. Those who don’t want to watch and have no ticket could fill their own free time.
Chen Xing Ruo has a hectic schedule, she needs to change her clothes. She just eats something first then she goes to the great hall.
Lu Xing Yan braces himself and holds the tickets, which he got from Chen Xing Ruo. It feels weird to watch it alone so he forces Li Cheng Fan and Zhao Lang Ming to go. He says to them that Wan You Fu asked them to go to the celebration as Wang You Fu is thankful for buying his souvenirs.
Li Cheng Fan is confused and puzzled: “Wang You Fu is crazy right? Why should he force us to attend?”
Lu Xing Yan glances at him. “If you don’t go to attend it, even the ghost knows what troubles you would make. I think you know it clearly.”
Li Cheng Fan: “…….”
This way of rewarding, yet silently handling matter is indeed matched Wang You Fu’s personality.
Li Cheng Fan just complains for a while. Afterwards, he says nothing else.
———
This afternoon 02:00 p.m., the anniversary celebration starts on time.
Lu Xing Yan and friends are seated closer to the front, but it’s too front…. they are seated next to Wang You Fu.
Lu Xing Yan is sharp-eyed and deft-handed, he goes to sit down in the middle between Wang You Fu and Li Cheng Fan.
Li Cheng Fan and Zhao Lang Ming feel it’s a great thing that they are not seated beside Wang You Fu. Sitting beside Wang You Fu makes them feel uncomfortable to even play with their phone.
For the first thirty minutes of the event, the MC gives time for several high officials of the schools to give their speech.
Lu Xing Yan is unfocused,
Cheng Xing Ruo’s performance is arranged to be the sixth item on the programme.
“…. Afterwards let us give time and space for our student of Grade 12, Chen Xing Ruo to perform violin <<Canon>>!”
Grade 12’s students are expecting her performance.
Lu Xing Yan opens up his eyes ton watch.
There’s something wrong, Li Cheng Fan asks: “Ay, why is Chen Xing Ruo performing violin and not piano?”
Chen Xing Ruo is wearing a white dress, her long hair is draped on her shoulder. She is holding her violin and walking toward the center of the stage.
Everyone turns quiet.
Chen Xing Ruo gives a bow down and then places her violin on her collar bone.
Everyone is captivated by her performance. Lu Xing Yan sits back and enjoys his performance. He doesn’t even blink.
Today she is putting a light make up on, her lips are red. He couldn’t see her face clearly. But he feels that she looks cool.
The light beam changes from time to time.
Teacher Liu Fang advises Chen Xing Ruo to play that song.
Everyone is so impressed by her performance. Li Cheng Fan sighs and says: “Wow, what couldn’t she do? She is a goddess?”
Lu Xing Yan doesn’t mind him.
Actually Lu Xing Yan isn’t really surprised that Chen Xing Ruo could play violin because her mother used to be a famous violinist so she should be able to play it. But he doesn’t say it to Li Cheng fan.
During the mid of the performance, He Si Yue comes over with a bouquet of flowers and says to Wang You Fu. “Wang Lao Shi (Teacher Wang), I bought the flower, I would come forward to pass it ot her.”
Wang You Fu is drunk in happiness that he shakes his head. At first he wanted to nod but he suddenly thinks about something. “No, go and help me to find Deng Lao Shi (Teacher Deng).”
Then he turns his head and says: “You, Lu Xing Yan, stand up. Go in front and wait. Pass the bouquet of flowers to Chen Xing Ruo.”
Lu Xing Yan is still enchanted with Chen Xing Ruo’s performance, he doesn’t move.
Li Cheng Fan and Zhao Lang Ming take initiative, they start to try to snatch this chance. “I, Wang Lao Shi, let me go!”
“Let me go let me go!”
Wang You Fu looks at both of them, he seems to look down on them. He still insists to have Lu XIng Yan to go. “I especially asked He Si Yue to buy this big bouquet of flowers with our class activities’ money for ‘give some face’ for our class. Look at Chen Xing Ruo, she looks so pretty. The one that gives her flower should have a good image too, look at you guys, you guys even don’t wear your uniform well…..”
Lu Xing Yan laughs casually. HE stands up and tidies up his uniform.
Li Cheng Fan and Zhao Lang Ming are stupefied.
????
Is Lu Xing Yan wearing his uniform properly?
Except having a handsome face, how could Wang You Fu says that he has a good image?
How could there is a homeroom teacher, who values appearance more!
Wang You Fu realizes that his words might hurt the students. He coughs and shifts his words: “He is Chen Xing Ruo’s desk mate again. What are you guys?”
“Go Go Go, hurry up go Lu Xing Yan.”
Lu Xing Yan takes the bouquet from He Si Yue.
“Go there go there! How could you not know where to go!”
Lu Xing Yan: “……..”
After Lu Xing Yan is far, Wang You Fu feels satisfied and says: “Chen Xing Ruo Lu Xing Yan, their names are compatible with one another.”
Li Cheng Fan: “…….”
Zhao Lang Ming: “……..”
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