Chapter 43

The moment Su Miao stepped off the stage, he was hugged by the excited music teacher.

"Miao Miao! You are awesome! You are the pride of our school!"

Other students and teachers who participated in the performance also gathered around Su Miao and praised her endlessly, which made her feel a little embarrassed.

"Thanks to Sister Jiayin for accompanying me, otherwise I wouldn't be able to perform like this."

Speaking of accompaniment, the music teacher frowned. "When you were away just now, we asked the staff in the sound room in detail. The accompaniment tapes were there during the previous performances, but they disappeared after one or two performances."

At this time, the staff member who had just contacted them came backstage with an accompaniment tape in his hand.

"Is this your accompaniment tape?"

The music teacher took it and saw that the words "Tomorrow Will Be Better" written on it were her own handwriting. She said in surprise, "Yes! This is our accompaniment tape. Where did you find it?"

"I just came out to use the restroom and saw it in the flowerpot at the corner. I don't know who threw it there."

At this point, the situation is very clear: someone deliberately stole the accompaniment tape and threw it away.

Teachers and students from the primary school and other schools were all angry about this shameful behavior, which simply destroyed the original pure order of the competition.

Just as people were discussing backstage, the second primary school's group dance "The Rising Sun" began.

Liu Zhaodi was standing in the middle of the second row. She was full of energy just now, but now she looked like a lost soul for some reason.

When the music started, her movements were two beats slower than those of her classmates, making her stand out among the neatly arranged team.

Su Miao can sing? She can actually sing?

Her mind was full of Su Miao's outstanding performance just now, and she didn't pay attention to the rhythm at all.

What should I do! Just now, my aunt seemed very satisfied with Su Miao's performance! What a nasty person!

Just as she was feeling angry, she began to change her formation, and after a few beats she bumped into the classmate next to her.

Only then did she realize that she had danced completely wrong, but the more anxious she became, the more she couldn't keep up with the rhythm. She felt that the audience in the audience began to whisper and laugh at her.

She became increasingly flustered, her face turning pale, and during her last spin, her legs gave way and she fell to the ground, causing an uproar.

When the dancing students left the stage, they all glared at her angrily, cursing her in their hearts for ruining everyone's efforts, and no one helped her up.

Liu Zhaodi, who twisted her foot, could only grit her teeth and get up by herself, limping off the stage.

"What's wrong with you? You can't even keep up with the beat!"

"It's over, we must be the last one!"

"Liu Zhaodi, don't join the dance team anymore. All our efforts have gone to waste!"

The classmate walked towards the dressing room dejectedly, angrily scolding Liu Zhaodi.

Liu Zhaodi's ankle was swollen and she was completely confused, not knowing how things turned out like this.

Fortunately, the teacher didn't say much. She comforted the students and went to the canteen to buy an ice pack to apply to her ankle.

After a while, all the performances were finished and the scores were being counted.

The theater director, who was supposed to be on the judging panel, suddenly came backstage, and the sound engineer had already told him that the accompaniment tape was lost.

This series of evening parties is to celebrate the renovation of the theater and show the professionalism of their work to the people of the county.

You should know that the theater can be rented out in the future. As long as individuals or organizations have performance needs and pay rent, the theater will provide venues, equipment and staff.

Now that such an unprofessional thing has happened, isn't it a slap in his face? This will directly affect the theater's reputation and subsequent revenue!

Unable to wait for the results of the competition to come out, he hurriedly finished scoring and went backstage to find out.

He called all the parties involved and asked the staff in the sound room to recall carefully who had entered the sound room during the party.

The audio guy thought for a moment and said hesitantly, "No one came in. Only Liu Xu brought a child to visit during the visit, but they just stood at the door and didn't come in. There was nothing else."

The dean was so angry that his face turned red: "Think about it again! Think carefully! Could the accompaniment tape grow legs and run away on its own? Find Liu Xu and that child as well."

Liu Xu was doing administrative work in the front and had no idea what had happened. She was just wondering why her daughter changed the song.

Su Yuanzheng saw her and went over to share with her the news that Su Miao had done very well on the previous test paper and the teacher said that she had a good chance of getting into the key class of Yongcheng No. 1 Middle School.

Liu Xu's expression was indifferent: "Well, this is what I should do. I can't lose face."

Su Yuanzheng was stung by her cold attitude and was speechless. He turned around and wanted to go back to his seat.

"Liu Xu! Come quickly! The dean is looking for you!"

"Looking for me? What's wrong?"

"Did you just take your niece to the sound room to mess around? Your daughter lost her accompaniment, so we had to change the track at the last minute. Now the dean wants to thoroughly investigate the accompaniment tape. You need to go there quickly!"

This was Liu Xu's old colleague. They had a very good relationship and had been to their house many times. She knew Su Miao and Liu Zhaodi. As soon as the audio guy told her what happened, she guessed most of it and thought to herself that something was wrong.

So I took the initiative to take the job of looking for Liu Xu so that I could communicate with her.

When Su Yuanzheng heard that it was related to his daughter, he followed them to the backstage.

Liu Xu felt a pang of anxiety when she saw a large group of people surrounding the dean, including her daughter and niece.

"Dean, what happened?"

"Comrade Liu Xu, I heard that you took this student into the sound room just now, and then his accompaniment tape disappeared. Can you tell me the details?"

Liu Xu glanced at Su Miao and Liu Zhaodi, and saw that Liu Zhaodi's eyes were full of panic, while Su Miao looked calm.

I couldn't help but feel a little resentful towards Su Miao. After all, the singing was good, so why make a big deal out of it?

Liu Xu said to the dean, "Dean, this is my niece. She wanted to go to the restroom before the performance, and I took her there because she didn't know the way. On the way back, we passed by the sound room and I introduced it to her. However, we just stood at the door and didn't go in."

The audio guy nodded: "He really didn't go in."

Su Yuanzheng had already guessed what had happened from everyone's conversation. When the music teacher saw him coming, he gave him the seat next to Su Miao.

Su Yuanzheng was furious. Was everyone trying to shrug it off? Then his daughter would be the only one to suffer?

He said coldly, "Comrade, is the table where you put the accompaniment tape close at hand? Could it be that while you were working, someone sneaked in and stole the accompaniment tape?"

The audio guy scratched his head. "The table is behind us because we have to keep an eye on the show while we're on the speakers. If someone sneaks in...it's really possible."

"Zhao Di, I remember you went shoe shopping with your classmates during the summer vacation just to rehearse this dance. Why did you make so many mistakes today? You looked so distracted."