Chapter 24

The opening was very successful, with a hot dance immediately boosting the atmosphere of the whole venue.

Everyone was very supportive, applauding and cheering, giving the person on the stage enough face.

After a few performances, it was soon Zhuo Ling and her friends' Latin dance, with a very rhythmic English song as the background music.

Zhuo Ling is the prominent C position.

Although everyone on the stage wore the same dance costume, she was so beautiful, and even more stunning with makeup, that everyone else just looked like a foil.

Lin had heard a long time ago that Zhuo Ling was a good dancer, but he was still shocked when he actually saw her.

Zhuo Ling stood on the stage with her head held high, her body swaying to the rhythm. She was confident, outspoken and full of charm, and almost everyone's attention was focused on her.

After the dance, Zhuo Ling returned to her seat in her performance costume. As she passed by, both men and women looked at her with awe.

Looking at Zhuo Ling who was surrounded by a group of people, Wen Min snorted coldly and said, "She must be very proud of herself."

Glancing at the angry Wen Min, Lin Jiu said, "Objectively speaking, she does dance well."

"Why are you still speaking for her?" Wen Min turned her head, showing that she was very angry.

Lin Jiu touched Wen Min's heel with his toes, approached her and said, "I believe that if you also perform on stage, you will not be worse than her. But..."

"But what?" Wen Min rolled his eyes and leaned his ear towards Lin Jiu.

Noticing Wen Min's little gesture, Lin Jiu smiled and said, "But you don't care about the applause, so the limelight has been stolen by others."

Hearing this, Wen Min was very happy. She raised her eyebrows proudly and said, "Of course, I always give in to her."

Pulling at the corner of Wen Min's clothes, Lin Jiu whispered, "Okay, let's not be angry anymore. We're going to miss other shows."

"Okay." Wen Min nodded proudly.

The following programs included singing and dancing, but most of them were difficult to leave a deep impression.

Among them, only one singing performance was particularly outstanding. It was performed by a very beautiful girl, wearing a long red dress that dragged on the ground. She sang a Chinese song in a beautiful voice, which was very beautiful.

After watching several singing performances, Meng Qinyang came on stage. He was dressed very fashionably and had many decorations on his body, a large number of which were jingling.

Moreover, he actually danced a very cool street dance, and he danced very well, which was something Lin Jiu had not expected.

I was staring at it intently when Wen Min suddenly said, "That necklace he's wearing is so pretty. I want it."

After taking a closer look, Lin Jiu discovered that the gemstones on the necklace sparkled under the light, dazzling and indeed beautiful.

Lin Jiu said to Wen Min, "You can ask Meng Qinyang where he bought it, and then you can buy one too."

After a few seconds of silence, Wen Min said sadly, "I can't afford it."

Lin Jiu: “?”

Wen Min leaned over to her ear and explained, "Before coming here, Meng Qinyang boasted in the classroom that he was going to wear a necklace worth 500,000 yuan. He kept it a secret at the time, and only now do I know what the necklace looks like."

Five hundred thousand.

How much does a broken chain cost?!

Five hundred thousand is enough for her family to live on for ten years.

She felt that her worldview was severely impacted, and there was an unreal sense of separation.

Although I knew that Meng Qinyang's family was rich, I didn't expect them to be so rich.

It's like money is not money, but paper money that can be spent at will.

That doesn't make sense.

She should have a very deep memory of such things!

Lin Jiu recalled and found that he could not retrieve any memory. "Why don't I know?"

"You went to the toilet at that time." Wen Min said.

Lin Jiu suddenly became unwilling to give up: "Do you really want 500,000?"

"It should be true," Wen Min said. "Although Meng Qinyang likes to show off, he wouldn't lie for such a thing. Besides, his family can afford it."

“…”The gap between people is indeed outrageous.

Lin Jiudu lost interest in the performance on the stage and began to feel dazed.

She felt like she was in a fake world.

After an unknown amount of time, Wen Min pulled her arm, looked at her excitedly, and said, "Chen Miao will be on stage soon."

Ever since learning that Chen Miao would also be performing, Wen Min has been looking forward to the cultural performance.

According to Wen Min, this was a legitimate opportunity to see a handsome guy, and Ji Xin couldn't say anything.

The warmth from Wen Min's palm spread to his arm, making it feel a bit hot. Lin Jiu gently broke free and said, "Don't be so excited."

Hearing this, Wen Min leaned over to Lin Jiu's ear and said, "Damn it, how can you be so calm! He's going to play Yellow, don't you like it very much? Logically, you should be excited."

"I was excited, but I didn't show it like you did," said Lin Jiu.

Although he had already lamented this many times, Wen Min still couldn't help but say, "What a coincidence, Chen Miao actually likes this song, just like you."

In her opinion, Chen Miao must have chosen this song because he liked it.

After all, who would master a song they don’t like so much in a short period of time just for a less important performance?

The preparation time for the cultural performance is only more than half a month.

I have classes during the day and evening self-study classes at night, so I have very little time to practice the piano.

Wen Min used his IQ to reasonably infer that Chen Miao liked the song Yellow.

Lin Jiu nodded, "What a coincidence."

When she first learned that Chen Miao was going to play Yellow, she thought it was such a coincidence.

However, after thinking about it for a few seconds, she felt it made sense.

Chen Miao usually likes to read English books, so it is normal for him to like English songs.

Moreover, Yellow is a classic song that most people will like.

Wen Min reminded: "It's about to begin."

Lin Jiu looked at the stage carefully and found that the host had already started to leave the stage.

The curtain gradually opened, and several beams of light shone down, forming a circle with the piano as the center.

Chen Miao did not make any changes to her makeup.

He was simply wearing his school uniform and sitting calmly in front of the piano, just like he had done countless times before.

When his fingers began to strike the notes, the whole audience fell silent, all stunned by this scene.

Among all the singing and dancing, the shock brought by the piano is unparalleled.

The pure note version of Yellow sounded in the venue.

The school has good speaker equipment, which can transmit lossless music to every student's ears.

When they heard some rhythm points, some students who could sing in the audience even hummed unconsciously, and later formed a chorus, as if they were really listening to a performance.

After the song ended, Chen Miao walked to the center of the stage. Under the bright lights, he looked in the direction of the class and smiled.

Then he bowed very gracefully in that direction as if to offer a salute.

Suddenly, a thunderous sound was heard in the venue.

Lin Jiu's heart was pounding in the audience, so much so that she could even hear her own heartbeat in such a noisy venue.

She bit her lip, lowered her head and looked at her toes, trying hard to suppress the injustice in her heart.

The moment she met Chen Miao's gaze, she was a little confused.

She thought he was just performing casually, but now she felt like he was playing it for her?!

Her mind was in a mess, but all she could hear were the discussions of her classmates around her.

They were guessing who Chen Miao was looking at when he took his final bow.

Most people have even simply assumed it was Zhuo Ling.

Zhuo Ling is beautiful, has a good family background, and has good grades. It is normal for anyone to like her.

Everyone's speculation sounded somewhat plausible, even Zhuo Ling thought so.

Wen Min, who was standing by, saw Zhuo Ling's smug look and complained, "You're guessing all the good things are happening to you. What are you thinking?"

It was rare for Lin Jiu not to respond to Wen Min, and she didn't know what to say.

She felt like Wen Min was scolding her.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Wen Min tilted his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

His mind was stuck, and Lin Jiu subconsciously said, "I need to go to the bathroom. I can't hold it any longer."

She did need to go to the bathroom, but she wasn't in a hurry and used a bit of exaggeration.

"......" Wen Min waved his hand, "Go ahead, come back quickly, I'll watch the seat for you."

Wen Min had just gone to the toilet not long ago and had no food left.

Lin Jiu nodded and said, "I will definitely be back before the end."

When she stood up and walked along the side aisle to go outside, she saw that Chen Miao's seat was empty and Meng Qinyang was sitting there quietly.

When she passed by, Meng Qinyang looked at her meaningfully but said nothing.

He knew very well why Chen Miao went up to perform, but he didn't know whether Lin Jiu knew it or not.

From his perspective, Lin Jiu and Chen Miao had never had any contact. They sat so close to each other but never said a word.

In his opinion, this performance was nothing more than Chen Miao's self-satisfaction. After all, the parties involved might not be aware of it.

When Meng Qinyang looked over, Lin Jiu noticed it and his eyes looked strange.

She didn't quite understand and didn't care.

She first went to the restroom in the gym to check. There was a very long line and the queue was moving very slowly.

After waiting for a minute, she decided it would be better to go back to the dorm, which was so close and she had her key with her.

When I walked out the door, it was already dark outside.

She walked down the stairs, following the streetlights.

The Sports and Arts Building is an artistic building. The stairs to the second and third floors are external stairs, next to the wall of the bookstore.

To prevent students from falling while trying to see the view, the right side of the staircase was built very high, probably two meters, making it impossible to see the scenery outside the school. There was also a stainless steel railing half a meter away for people to hold on to.

After safely arriving on the first floor, Lin Jiu turned his head to glance at the corridor on his left. The lights were on in the corridor, but there were not many people there.

Looking at the teaching building with lights on in the distance, I saw that the first-year high school students were already studying.

She turned right and joined the road. There were few street lights, some of which were even broken. But even with the few lights, she could still see the road clearly.

She walked slowly along the bushes on the right, occasionally looking up at the faintly twinkling stars in the sky.

Just as she was about to turn the dark corner, a voice suddenly rang out from behind her, "Did I play well just now?"

In an instant, she recognized the owner of the voice——

It’s Chen Miao.

She stopped, turned around, took a few steps back, and looked at Chen Miao in the backlight.

He was tall, a head taller than her, and she had to look up to see his face.

Under the sparse light, Lin Jiu couldn't actually see his expression clearly at the moment, but she felt that he should be in a good mood.

Without answering his question, Lin Jiu asked, "Why are you here?"

Chen Miao raised his right hand and waved the bottle of mineral water, smiling and saying, "I just bought some water and was leaving when I saw your back, so I followed you."

Lin Jiu: “…”

What a coincidence.

As soon as she turned around, there was another person in the corridor behind her.

If it were a horror movie, it would be creepy enough.

Looking down at his toes, Lin Jiu turned around, ready to complete the unfinished journey, and did not intend to answer his previous question.

Who knew that when they turned the corner and got closer to the dormitory gate, Chen Miao was still following her.

He didn't say anything else.

Knowing that there was someone behind him, Lin Jiu only felt that his footsteps were unusually clear.

He seemed to be waiting for an answer.

Looking at the large iron gate getting closer and closer, Lin Jiu calmed down. Without looking back, he said softly and confidently, "You play very well."

She can't lie.

She couldn't go against her true thoughts and say a completely different result.

If you do this, it would be disrespectful to her and to Chen Miao.

Hearing this answer, Chen Miao chuckled, "If you put it that way, then my efforts were not in vain."

After a few seconds of silence, Lin Jiu arrived in front of the iron gate. She heard him say, "I'll take you here. Don't go back that way. Take the corridor next to the store. There's plenty of light there, so it's safe."

"......knew."

After saying that, Lin Jiu strode directly into the door.

As she walked up the stairs, she slapped her head in frustration. It turned out he wanted to walk her to the dormitory, and she thought...

Shaking her head, she walked a few steps to the dormitory, took out her key and opened the door.

After going to the bathroom, she sat on the bed and thought about what happened today.

Everything seems clear now.

She wasn't being sentimental. Chen Miao really treated her differently, though she didn't know why.

She is very distressed now.

What would he think if she answered like that?

Will it change the relationship between her and him?

She doesn't want to change.

She felt that the current situation with him was very good, a relationship that seemed unfamiliar, but in fact not very familiar either.

She is about to enter her third year of high school and has a heavy workload. She has her own goals, and now she is still some distance away from them, so she wants to give it a try.

The college entrance examination is her only and correct path, and she must not go astray because of anyone or anything.

She just hopes that everything will remain the same as before, without interfering or affecting each other.