"no."

Shen Qingqiu refused outright.

"The principal said that you are the star of our school."

City leaders will be attending the party; they specifically asked to see what surprises the student who said "everything has cracks" has in store.

Lin Que's lips twitched slightly.

This damn fame.

I should have just read Director Fei's speech obediently on stage that day.

"Teacher, I really can't do it."

Lin Que looked distressed, his voice carrying a hint of pleading.

"I have stage fright; my legs were shaking for two days after my last speech."

"Yeah?"

Shen Qingqiu raised an eyebrow.

"I noticed you were quite agile when you were arguing with Teacher Liu the other day."

The whole class burst into laughter.

Lin Que: "..."

"Alright, it's settled then!"

Shen Qingqiu made the final decision, giving Lin Que no chance to speak again.

"Apart from speeches, there are no restrictions on the subject matter."

Singing, dancing, playing an instrument, stand-up comedy—choose one.

Send me the program schedule by this Friday.

"teacher……"

"If you refuse again, your Chinese homework this semester will double."

Lin Que immediately shut up.

Double the homework? Is that something a human would do?

Wu Di is doing all his homework for him now. If the workload doubled, Wu Di would probably revolt.

"Alright."

Lin Que slumped in the chair, looking utterly hopeless.

"But I have one condition."

"explain."

"Anything is fine as long as it's not one of those silly dresses."

"make a deal."

Shen Qingqiu agreed readily, a triumphant smile flashing in his eyes.

"I believe in your talent, Lin."

Lin Que rolled his eyes.

Talent?

He has absolutely no talent.

In my past life, I was a complete shut-in to the extreme in order to complete the script that was constantly demanding from my client.

Singing? Your clapping skills are better than a karaoke session's.

Dancing? You can't even do a proper calisthenics.

Are we really going to go up there and perform sword swallowing?

The bell rang just in time, saving Lin Que's life.

No sooner had Shen Qingqiu stepped out of the classroom than Lin Que was surrounded.

"Brother Que! What are you going to act in?"

Wu Di looked excited.

"How about we put on a skit? I'll play Old Man Xu, and you'll play Yang Jian?"

"roll."

Lin Que kicked him in annoyance.

"I'll play your grandpa."

"No!"

Wu Di rubbed his buttocks.

"Then how about acting in 'The Ferryman'? You play Tristan, and Zhang Ya plays Dylan?"

Wow, if this were performed live, it would absolutely blow the audience away!

Hearing this, Zhang Ya's cheeks inexplicably flushed.

He turned and glared at Wu Di, then lowered his voice and scolded:

"Wu Di, what nonsense are you spouting! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll tear your mouth off!"

Lin Que was too lazy to deal with these troublemakers.

Just then, a scream came from somewhere in the front row.

"Holy crap!!!"

The sharp sound pierced the noise of the break between classes.

"What's wrong?"

What did you shout? You scared me!

Facing the questioning gazes of the crowd, the boy trembled as he pointed his phone screen around.

His voice was trembling:

"Human life...humanity is like hell, updated!"

Everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"I was wondering what happened, but you know what, Dream Weaver has been updating quite frequently this time!"

"So what if it's an update? Why are you making such a fuss?"

The whole class was just about to sit down.

The boy's voice trembled even more violently, almost screaming:

"No...this update is..."

"The finale!"

...