Chapter 236 The Height I've Always Dreamed Of

The New Year's Eve party was held in the evening, with nearly thirty programs, taking up Thursday night's self-study time.

Because there were shows to watch, even day students didn't rush home after school in the afternoon, but stayed at school to wait for the evening performance.

The school was unusually open that day, allowing outsiders to come in and watch the program.

After class in the afternoon, teachers and students set up the stage for the performance and divided the viewing areas for each class to avoid disputes over seats.

As soon as the seating was assigned, students rushed downstairs with chairs from the classrooms, taking the first spots closer to the stage.

Shen Xuewei was interested in the New Year's Eve party, but not to the point of disrupting her original schedule.

As usual, she first took the thermos to the water room to fetch water.

Perhaps it was because she arrived early, or perhaps because some people were distracted by the New Year's Eve party, but Shen Xuewei's water-fetching went exceptionally smoothly this time.

She only waited in line for about twenty minutes before it was her turn to get water, which was quite scalding hot.

After getting the water, she placed the thermos in the corner of the cafeteria and found her lunchbox to get her food.

Since she didn't have to attend evening self-study sessions, she slowed down her eating pace this time. When she returned to the dormitory, most of the students were not there.

There were still people in both toilets, but there weren't many people queuing to shower anymore.

Shen Xuewei thought for a moment, then simply went to bed and found a change of clothes, instead of waiting until after evening self-study to take a shower as she used to.

When it gets cold, she is one of those who often can't get hot water to take a shower and is always at the back of the queue when she gets back to the dormitory. So she usually runs a few laps around the track after self-study in the evening before taking a shower.

It's rare to feel so relaxed at school today, so I'm giving myself a break. I won't be running around tonight; I'll take a shower early and go enjoy the lively show.

The New Year's Eve party started at 7 p.m. Shen Xuewei rushed downstairs with a chair before 7 p.m. and lined up in the class of Grade 1 (9).

The line of boys and girls was divided into two groups.

Shen Xuewei arrived late and was almost at the back of the line.

Teacher Qin diligently counted the number of people, and when she saw Shen Xuewei appear at the end, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Once everyone was present, Teacher Qin shouted, and the students who had been talking immediately fell silent.

Teacher Qin called over the discipline committee member and instructed her to keep everyone quiet and prevent them from making a lot of noise. Then she went to sit in the teachers' designated area.

Four hosts dressed in suits and evening gowns appeared, gave their opening remarks, and then invited the school leaders to speak.

By the time everything was ready, the first performance didn't start for another twenty minutes.

Shen Xuewei looked at the somewhat disorganized performance on stage, then lowered her head to play on her phone.

To be honest, the performances on stage were all selected after a screening process, but the quality of the performances still varied.

The highlight was the space walk dance performed by Class 3 of Grade 11.

As Michael Jackson sang his classic song "Billie Jean," the six performers on stage moved in perfect unison, their black sequined costumes paired with black top hats and striking white sneakers.

The moment the show aired, it drew gasps of amazement from the audience, showing just how incredibly satisfied they were with it.

As the music ended, the six boys on stage gracefully removed their top hats, bowed elegantly, and left the stage amidst enthusiastic applause.

Shen Xuewei also thought the performance was good and was looking forward to the next show.

However, when the next program came out, Shen Xuewei had only sung for less than a minute when she couldn't help but scratch her toes inside her shoes.

Since she was sitting at the very back anyway, she simply bent down and covered her ears.

When the show ended, Shen Xuewei breathed a sigh of relief, but inwardly she was also complaining.

Singing like that, are you sure you're not going to go on stage and cause trouble?

Clearly, she wasn't the only one who thought it sounded bad; some of her classmates were also complaining about how badly the singer on stage performed.

The programs came on one after another in a whirlwind fashion.

Shen Xuewei turned off her phone, yawned, and glanced out of the corner of her eye to see that quite a few people had already quietly left with their chairs.

There were nearly thirty programs, but only a few remain.

Shen Xuewei wondered if she should leave as well.

At this moment, the host announced, "Next, let's welcome Xu Yue and Lin Yuru from Class 17 of Grade 11 to sing a song for us, 'One is like summer and the other is like autumn'..."

As the host left the stage, two girls dressed in white dresses slowly entered.

Shen Xuewei picked up a chair halfway and put it down again, looking at the two girls who were coming on stage.

Two vibrant young girls, without any elaborate dance moves, simply held hands and sang a duet, looking pure and beautiful.

She certainly couldn't sing as well as a professional singer, but her sweet voice, natural makeup, and pristine white dress captivated everyone's attention.

As the song ended, the two held hands and bowed, receiving enthusiastic applause from the audience, occasionally accompanied by a whistle.

The girl in front of Shen Xuewei turned around excitedly.

"Shen Xuewei, did you see that? Those two girls on stage just now, the tall one looks really good."

"Right, right? I think she's pretty too. How come I've never heard of her before?"

"I heard about her. Wasn't she in the 3000-meter race last time? She came in first place..."

Just as Shen Xuewei was about to speak, Zhao Xiaochen and her friend interrupted and spoke first.

Shen Xuewei glanced at Xu Yue and the others who were being escorted off the stage by their classmates, and was very envious of her height.

Putting everything else aside, his height alone is definitely over 1.7 meters.

This is exactly the height that Shen Xuewei has always dreamed of.

Although Shen Xuewei exercises every day, she knows in her heart that it is already good if she can reach a height of 1.6 meters or more.

As for 1.7 meters?

Just think about it. Genetics are what they are, there's no way you could grow that tall.

Her mother and second aunt are both under 1.6 meters tall.

My aunt is a little taller than them, exactly 1.6 meters.

All three sisters are short.

Meanwhile, back in her own class, seeing her classmates surrounding Xu Yue like stars around the moon, Lin Yuru pouted, somewhat unhappy.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's going on with you guys? I just went up on stage to sing too, why are you only praising Xu Yue and not me?"

Xu Yue pulled her over, "Yes, thanks to Yu Ru, she sings much better than me. I almost cracked just now, but thankfully she sang with me, otherwise the people below would have laughed at me..."

Everyone then went along with her words and praised Lin Yuru a few times, which made Lin Yuru happy.

She looked at one of the boys with a tuft of blond hair and asked, "Liang Hua, did I sing well just now?"

The blond-haired boy's attention was all on Xu Yue, and he said perfunctorily, "It sounds good, it sounds good."

After praising her, he took another opportunity to talk to Xu Yue.