This is my first time attending a so-called school anniversary celebration.
Before the performance began, Shen Linyue secretly pulled Su Xiao to the auditorium to watch.
After the principal and several teachers gave speeches, several CEOs also took the stage, including Jiang Yanxin.
Shen Linyue looked at Jiang Yanxin, who was speaking eloquently on the high platform, and found her to be quite different from when she first met her.
Jiang Yanxin is quite multifaceted.
Are all adults like this? Shen Linyue couldn't help but think of He Liyu; they seemed similar.
"Wow, the class monitor gave a speech on stage again this year." Su Xiao's voice interrupted Shen Linyue's thoughts.
She looked up at Jiang Zhixing, who was dressed in a sharp suit. To be honest, he was already showing signs of a domineering CEO aura. No wonder he was the male lead of this story.
Thinking of this, Shen Linyue glanced at Su Xiao beside her, who was looking at her with admiration: "What do you think of him?"
After the previous misunderstanding, Su Xiao knew that Shen Linyue didn't like Jiang Zhixing and probably just wanted to gossip with her casually.
Su Xiao thought for a moment and nodded: "He's quite handsome."
Shen Linyue raised an eyebrow: "Besides being handsome? That's all?"
Su Xiao nodded, then whispered in her ear, "Actually, I think this person is a bit of a smiling tiger; he looks quite scary."
Shen Linyue was surprised, then laughed and gave her a thumbs up: "Then you have a good eye for talent."
Su Xiao smiled shyly and winked playfully at her.
"Xiaoxiao, so you're here." A man's voice suddenly came from behind them.
Shen Linyue was taken aback, clearly feeling the stiff arm of the girl beside her.
The two turned around, and Su Xiao, with a stiff smile, called out, "Big Brother."
Shen Linyue frowned slightly before she could clearly see the elegant man in a black suit who had emerged from the dim light.
As the female lead, she suffered a lot in the story, the biggest reason being the Su family's indifferent attitude towards her, who only cared about their adopted daughter the whole time.
When the female lead and the male lead started dating, the Su family still tried to scheme against the male lead, but the male lead thwarted their plans and issued a warning, so the Su family dared not act rashly.
"And who is this?" The man's smiling gaze fell on Shen Linyue's face.
Shen Linyue felt Su Xiao tighten her grip on her hand, and seeing her pale, tense face, she patted the back of her hand reassuringly.
"I'm Xiaoxiao's friend. We have something to do, so we'll be leaving now." She pulled Su Xiao and turned to leave.
No wonder Su Xiao's eyes were red just now; it was probably because of this person.
As the man watched them leave, his brows furrowed immediately, and his eyes showed displeasure.
As expected, Su Xiao's friends are just as ill-mannered as her, not even knowing how to greet each other.
...
"Yueyue, I'm sorry, I made things difficult for you," Su Xiao apologized softly.
Shen Linyue turned around and saw her, revealing a smile: "I was worried that you would blame me for taking you away without my permission."
Su Xiao was surprised and quickly waved her hand: "No, thank you very much, Yueyue."
As she spoke, her eyes reddened slightly: "He came today to force me to go home. I had a fight with my mother last week, and he wants me to go back and apologize."
Shen Linyue knew about Su Xiao's situation and felt sorry for her, so she unconsciously patted Su Xiao's head.
"If you encounter any difficulties, you can tell me."
Su smiled and said, "Yes, thank you, Yueyue."
Having lost their appetite for the performance, the two returned to the rehearsal room, where they ran into He Xiao, who was walking towards them.
He Xiao frowned slightly, his gaze sweeping over the two of them before asking, "Where did you two go?"
"They went to the main auditorium to watch the performance. Did something happen?" Shen Linyue asked.
He Xiao's expression relaxed upon hearing this: "It's nothing, I was just worried something might happen to you."
Shen Linyue: ...Thank you so much for treating her like a child, my dear eldest son.
...
The performance was almost at noon. In the afternoon, there was a small market at school where each class prepared their own items to sell, and students from other schools were welcome to participate.
Everyone was in low spirits in the morning.
Shen Linyue would occasionally glance towards the main gate, hoping to catch a glimpse of that familiar figure.
Shen Linyue only snapped back to reality when the announcement for Class One to come on stage came over the loudspeaker.
He Xiao, already dressed in his black performance costume, patted her shoulder and said, "Let's go. Old He has been going back on his word for a long time. At worst, I'll give him a piece of my mind when we get back."
Shen Linyue wanted to ask him if this was the reason for the conflict between him and He Liyu.
But with her stage performance imminent, she didn't get a chance to speak, and then she received an encouraging look from Su Xiao.
Dressed in filthy clothes like a beggar, Shen Linyue ran out from backstage in a disheveled state, then fell down in a pile of weeds and props, as if some monstrous beast was following behind her.
At the same time, a thunderous sound effect also rang out.
"Where did this beggar come from? Get out of the way! Don't dirty the prince's carriage."
In this drama, Shen Linyue's character is not ruthless from the beginning. He was adopted by a family and lived a relatively peaceful life for the first eighteen years until the struggle between the royal families destroyed his home. The group of people, like bandits, robbed his home and killed his family.
He and his younger sister, however, managed to escape the calamity by hiding in the cellar.
This was the first seed of hatred sown. The second seed was when he and his sister fled and wandered, only to have his sister tragically die at the hands of another group of royal guards they encountered when they entered the city.
He was beaten half to death, and when he woke up, his sister had already stopped breathing. The reason that group of people killed the two siblings was simple: they had dirtied the prince's way back to the palace.
Then, on the verge of death, he encountered the wizard who would change his life.
The wizard recognized him the moment he saw his face; he needed to use him to bring down the people of the temple.
Then, the new emperor, played by Shen Linyue, undergoes a period of training and instruction from a black wizard and gathers a group of people who, like him, are angry at the royal family's tyranny and cruelty but are powerless to do anything about it.
Meanwhile, the wizard also had a group of people who, after many days of negotiation and training, reached a consensus and launched a surprise attack while the royal family was waging war against a neighboring country.
The already poorly defended palace was easily breached by them. With the help of the black wizard, they easily broke into the palace and eventually escorted the protagonist all the way to the old emperor.
When the old emperor saw that the prince's face was exactly the same as the second prince's, he understood everything.
This wasn't some heart-wrenching reunion scene. The old emperor pointed at him tremblingly, and after a long while, he said, "You're still alive! Someone released you, why did you come back?! Wasn't it better to be a commoner? As expected, the twin brother is an omen of misfortune! I regret not executing you myself back then!"
The already cold-hearted male protagonist stabbed the old emperor, sending him to his death.
Immediately afterwards, the Second Prince, who had also received the news, arrived and saw the male protagonist's face clearly. He was shocked, but the male protagonist was a saint.
Although he was filled with grief and indignation upon seeing the murdered old emperor, he also pieced together the truth of the matter through his own imagination.
She pleaded with the male protagonist, "Let me finish my father's funeral. You can have anything you want."
A legend has been circulating in the palace.
Every pair of twins born into the royal family is considered unlucky; the firstborn is believed to bring disaster to the entire empire.
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