Chapter 36 First Meeting
Shi Qing has already changed into her dance costume.
It was a palace skirt interwoven with red and red, with layers of light gauze embroidered with intricate patterns in gold thread, which sparkled brightly.
Her sleeves were wide and flowing, and her skirt trailed on the ground. As she moved, it seemed as if flames were flowing.
Her long hair was tied up, with pearls and gold hairpins inserted in her hair accessories, and a gorgeous peony flower on her forehead, which made her eyebrows and eyes look picturesque and her skin whiter than snow.
When the music started, she looked like a banished immortal walking out of a painting, so beautiful that she seemed beyond mortal standards.
Looking at the radiant Shi Qing, Sheng Han's thoughts were drawn back to that distant yet unforgettable winter day.
That was the New Year’s Eve party during his freshman year of high school.
Anluo No. 1 High School is a key middle school known for its strict school spirit and numerous rules. Even at such a relaxing evening party, attendance and roll call are strictly enforced and are linked to the final moral education score.
That day, he was running a low fever and overslept in the dormitory. When he arrived at the auditorium, he was more than half an hour late.
The head teacher who had his points deducted had a gloomy face and punished him by making him stand at the back of the auditorium and not allowing him to take a seat.
He leaned against the cold wall irritably. The stuffy air and noisy voices in the auditorium made his already dizzy head even more swollen and painful.
He was bored and thinking, what kind of interesting shows could there be in a school with strict rules like Anluo No. 1 High School?
It's nothing more than a chorus of classic red songs or a passionate poetry recitation.
Just then, the previous program ended and the host was connecting the words.
He looked up without interest, watching the heavy red curtain on the stage slowly open.
A group of girls in bright yellow classical dance dresses filed out, and ethereal and melodious background music played.
That melody...sounded familiar to him.
When he was in the second grade of junior high school, his mother took him to watch a Taoli Cup dance competition.
He remembered that this seemed to be the background music for one of the dance competitions.
He went to the bathroom at the time and missed the solo dance. He only heard his mother repeatedly praising the girl who performed the solo dance, saying how talented she was and how her skills amazed everyone.
Is it better than the one on stage now?
This thought only flashed through his mind for a moment, and the next second, his entire mind was firmly grasped by the figure in the center of the stage.
She stood in the lead dancer's position, with a slender figure and graceful dancing posture.
Every spin, every jump, every glance back is precisely stuck on the nodes of the music, full of classical charm and smart beauty.
The sleeves flutter like butterflies, and the skirt spins like a lotus.
When she performed a difficult backbend, her soft waist bent into an incredible arc, and her black hair fell like a waterfall, drawing a thrilling arc.
At that moment, he felt like his world was muted.
The noisy voices around him faded away in an instant, blurring into a void background.
In his eyes and heart, there was only the radiant girl on the stage.
He couldn't even see her facial features, he could only see the hem of her flying skirt and her eyes that shone surprisingly brightly under the light.
He could not hear any sound around him, but the sound of his own heartbeat getting louder and louder, almost jumping out of his chest.
Bang, bang, bang...
It was a thrill he had never experienced in his seventeen years of life.
The performance ended with thunderous applause.
The girls smiled and bowed, retreating backstage.
Sheng Han seemed to have his soul taken away, still staring blankly at the empty stage, unable to come back to his senses.
"Wow! Senior Sister Shi Qing dances so beautifully! She's worthy of winning the Taoli Cup gold medal!"
"Yeah, yeah, she's even prettier in person than in the photo!"
The chatter of several boys around him brought him back to his senses.
He remembered a name that he would never forget in his life.
Shi Qing.
"I didn't expect Shi Qing to dance so well!"
Ji Qingyao's voice awakened Sheng Han from his long memories.
Because the focus now is on close-ups of Shi Qing, the actors who are not in the camera can relax a little.
Ji Qingyao had walked up to his side at some point and stood shoulder to shoulder with him, her eyes also fixed on the dancing figure in the field.
She looked at Shi Qing, her tone filled with an indescribable complex emotion, and sighed quietly: "She's a good actress, she's beautiful, and now she even dances so well... What door did God close for her?"
Hearing this, Sheng Han's lips curled up uncontrollably, his eyes filled with undisguised pride and pride, his tone as if he was showing off his rare treasure.
"She won the Taoli Cup Gold Medal."
The proud look on his face made Ji Qingyao couldn't help but glance at him, thinking to herself: It's not you who won the award, why are you showing off?
But then her curiosity was piqued again: "You know quite a lot about it. Which class was she from? I attended that class, too."
"Back in 2011." Sheng Han knew Shi Qing like the back of his hand. He just felt bad he couldn't see her competition. He heard Teacher Li had a video of her competition and had shown it to students before, but since he'd become Teacher Li's favorite student, he hadn't had the chance to watch it.
"What! With someone from the same class as me?!"
Ji Qingyao looked at Shi Qing again, who was dancing again for a close-up shot. The more she looked at her, the more familiar her dancing posture and body movements seemed to her.
She suddenly thought of something, took out her cell phone, and quickly searched through the photo album.
Finally, she found an old photo that had been forgotten for a long time. It was a group photo of all the contestants after the Taoli Cup finals that year.
Ji Qingyao enlarged the photo and compared it carefully.
“It’s true!”
Sheng Han was also stunned: "How come I don't know?" It was because Ji Qingyao participated in the competition, and his mother was invited by Aunt Qi to take him to watch the game.
A thought popped into Sheng Han's mind.
He turned his head sharply to look at Ji Qingyao, his voice tense: "Do you have... any video of the game?!"
Ji Qingyao was frightened by Sheng Han's appearance and nodded slowly: "Uh... when I return to Beijing, I will help you look through the video footage from that time?"
Sheng Han suppressed his surging emotions, but he couldn't hide the smile in his eyes.
That’s great! He can finally watch the video he has been longing for for a long time.
Say solemnly: "Thank you."
After knowing each other for so many years, Ji Qingyao had never seen Sheng Han like this. Seeing his focused eyes watching Shi Qing dance, a guess came to her mind.
Ji Qingyao's face had a mixed expression.
As for Shi Qing, she really lost completely.
When she participated in the competition, there were many talented people and it was a fierce competition. Shi Qing's solo dance in the finals, in particular, made her completely lose hope. She realized that she was really mediocre in this area and was not cut out for it at all. Then she made up her mind to change careers and apply to the film academy.
She never thought that after so many years, she would lose to Shi Qing in acting.
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