Interstellar Art Soldier 9
The music started, the prelude was a melodious and graceful ensemble of guxiao and guqin. After the curtain opened, the audience saw a scene of ancient style.
Tao Yuan wore a red long coat and trousers, which is a relatively neutral ancient costume. He did not wear a skirt because his dance moves were open and close, with many back leg lifts and jumps.
Tao Yuan was squatting with her back to the audience. When the curtain opened, Tao Yuan slowly stood up to the rhythm of the music, stretched her body, and began to dance.
When he turned around and his face appeared on the big screen, there were many involuntary exclamations from the audience. This was the first time they felt what breathtaking beauty was.
Tao Yuan's attire is not only androgynous, but her dance moves are also gentle yet powerful, her movements expressive and restrained, giving her an inexplicably handsome and unrestrained air. While other women dressed as women often have a certain air of being men in disguise, Tao Yuan's attire creates a sense of being a woman in disguise, combining the alluring charm of a woman with the beauty and elegance of a woman in man's guise.
Zuo Lei sat in the audience, watching Tao Yuan dancing gracefully on the stage. He felt like pulling up the curtain to prevent others from seeing him. Tao Yuan's eyes could capture one's heart and soul. Thinking that after this performance, more people would surely miss him, Zuo Lei couldn't help but feel jealous.
The soldiers' hearts raced, and they couldn't help but swallow. His eyes were alluring, and the slight smile on his lips carried a sense of aloofness that couldn't be offended. Although they could hear their own heartbeats from the excitement, they didn't have any fantasies about him. His aura made them feel inviolable, and even the slightest fantasy in their hearts was a sin.
Tao Yuan danced continuously to the rhythm of the music. The audience below admired his face at first, but as the performance progressed, they became more and more captivated by his dancing. This kind of dance with many martial arts moves was new to them, but they didn't find it strange at all. They thought it was very beautiful and watched his movements more and more intently.
In the eyes of those soldiers, Tao Yuan was like a blooming red lotus, as red as fire, and as beautiful as both enchanting and fairy-like.
While everyone else was attracted by Tao Yuan's actions and watched his performance intently, Elman, who was standing in the corner on the other side of the stage, clenched his fists tightly and looked at Tao Yuan with extremely jealous eyes.
When he saw Tao Yuan's made-up face, he knew he was bound to lose. After seeing his dance moves, no matter how unwilling he was, he had to admit that at least in dancing, he was not as good as Tao Yuan.
Anyone who has studied dance professionally can see that Tao Yuan's seemingly effortless and graceful movements are incredibly difficult to execute, and require a solid foundation in martial arts.
Elman had come to see because he was still a little worried. But now he didn't have to worry anymore because the results were obvious even though they weren't in yet. He was only thankful that Koning didn't come to see Tao Yuan's performance, otherwise he would have been even more worried.
After the curtain closed, Tao Yuan stepped off the stage, took the towel Lin Ya offered him, and wiped the sweat from his forehead and neck. In a musical, there's room for a short break, but a dance performance is all about continuous dancing. Because of the difficulty of the dance moves, Tao Yuan danced alone for half an hour and was feeling a little tired.
"Thank you for your hard work." Lin Ya said to Tao Yuan, "I saw the expressions of the soldiers watching your performance just now. You must be the protagonist of this premiere."
"I danced so hard, but if I still can't get the leading role in my debut, I will never dance again." Tao Yuan said as he walked towards the dressing room to remove his makeup.
As the soldiers left the performance hall, their faces were filled with excitement. Some had filmed Tao Yuan dancing and were eager to return to their rooms to watch it again. Others, too engrossed to film the soldiers, surrounded those who had filmed the performance and refused to let them leave until they had shared their footage.
The soldiers watched the filming footage and kept discussing and praising it.
"So beautiful! Look at this face, it's like it was created with special effects. It's amazing how makeup alone can make it look so good!"
"I think his temperament and dance moves are the most amazing. Look at this move. Even if I don't know much about dance, I can tell that these moves are not easy to perform. It's really beautiful."
"The dance moves are pretty, but I still like looking at this face even more. I feel like I could never get tired of looking at it."
"People like us can only watch the recorded footage if we want to. When I think about someone being able to watch the real person for their entire life, I get so jealous that I want to beat that person up."
"Don't be so pessimistic. We do have a chance, albeit a small one. But for at least the next two or three years, we'll not only be in the same fleet, but we'll also likely be on the same ship. There's still a chance, right?"
"Don't dream! Whether on the ship or at the base, the cultural and art soldiers have their own dedicated living quarters. It's much harder for us to approach them than it is for us to approach enemy targets."
"Not even allowed to dream? That's too cruel. I declare that from today on, he is the man of my dreams. But when I think about him marrying someone else in the future, my heart starts to ache..."
"I hope he can get married later, so that we can keep the hope in our hearts for a little longer."
Two hours after the show ended, the leisure and entertainment area was almost empty. Coning was puzzled. He walked into a soldier's dormitory and saw that they were all staring at the tablet screen with a mesmerized look on their faces. "What are you looking at?" he asked curiously.
"Captain, didn't you go to see the cultural and art performance today?" a soldier looked up and asked.
"No, what's wrong?" Koning asked in confusion, because Elman didn't let him go, and he promised him that he wouldn't go, so he didn't go.
"Captain, come and take a look. I guarantee you'll regret it after you see this."
"What do I regret?" Koning sat down and looked at the soldier's computer screen. When he saw the face, he was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Who is this?"
"It's Luo Xi, the arts soldier. Captain, you haven't seen him before, have you? Although he looks very different with this makeup on than without, you can still recognize him."
Koning stared at the screen for a long time, unable to recover. How could he not know who this was? He was simply too amazed and shocked, so he asked subconsciously.
He had never seen the original owner in women's clothing or dancing before. Although Tao Yuan's outfit wasn't exactly women's, the makeup on her face was charming yet not vulgar, enchanting yet not gaudy. Her dancing form was sometimes soft as water, sometimes as pliant and powerful as a fish. Such a face and figure made him look like a computer-generated virtual character, but regardless of whether it was real or fake, he couldn't help but be attracted to him.
"Captain, should I send it to you?" the soldier asked, wanting him to use his communicator or computer to look at it so that he could concentrate on his own.
Koning came back to his senses, but his eyes were still fixed on the screen. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "...No thanks."
"Really?" The soldier looked at him in surprise, because he was obviously fascinated by her but refused. However, when he remembered that he already had a lover, the soldier immediately understood.
Koning stood up and walked out, standing in the corridor for a long time, feeling very hesitant and conflicted. He wanted to go back to his room, but when he took a step, he turned around involuntarily and walked into the soldiers' dormitory again.
"Captain, what's wrong?" The soldier looked up and looked at him puzzledly.
"...You, send those clips in your computer to my communicator." Koning suppressed his guilty feeling and whispered to the soldier.
"Oh...but didn't you just say..."
Before the soldier could finish speaking, Koning had already turned and walked out. The soldier thought Koning looked a little strange, but still did as he said.
Koning looked at his address book and received the video clip sent to him by the soldier. Suddenly, another message came in. It was sent to him by Elman.
After clicking on the content sent by Elman, Corning hid the video clip he had just received in a password-protected folder and went to the appointment.
The people of this world believe that life is all about enjoying life to the fullest. Even soldiers, when not in combat, fully enjoy themselves. They are professionally trained, able to switch between focused preparation for battle and relaxed enjoyment. One moment they might be enjoying something, and the next they can be fully immersed in combat.
So, on ships, there are two areas specifically for soldiers to relax and enjoy themselves. One is for a certain kind of relaxation, specifically for solving physiological problems, and has a full range of facilities. The other is for a simpler and more pure relaxation area, decorated like a cafe, with massage chairs, where you can drink coffee, tea, eat snacks, and watch movies.
At the base, there were many places for leisure and entertainment, and there were also many places for the two of them to date. On the ship, they could basically only date in the drinking and chatting room. Although they could occasionally date in Koning's room, Koning's room was also occupied by the vice-captain, so they couldn't always let him stay somewhere else.
Zuo Lei saw the soldiers' reactions. Although he had expected that there would be many more rivals in love, when he heard those soldiers say that they wanted to pursue Tao Yuan, he felt more annoyed than he expected, and he couldn't help but feel a little smug in his annoyance.
In the evening, Tao Yuan and Lin Ya took a shower and lay down on the bed to rest.
Lin Ya kept watching the growing number of gifts Tao Yuan received, and reported the number to him every once in a while. Just a dozen minutes after Tao Yuan's performance, the number of gifts he received had surpassed Elman and he was ranked first again. The number of gifts he received now was several times more than his.
"I really want to see the expressions of those who said that Elman would always dominate the charts. They must be jealous and anxious, right?" Lin Ya said while looking at the screen with a smile.
Tao Yuan also kept looking at the communicator screen, but he was looking at the messages Zuo Lei had sent him. Zuo Lei had sent him many messages, and the last one was all asking him to meet him at his place. Tao Yuan didn't reply to any of them, deliberately making him anxious, but after seeing the last message, he had no choice but to get up and prepare to go out to meet him.
"I'm going out for a while and may not be back tonight. If anything happens, please message me immediately." Tao Yuan said to Lin Ya.
Lin Ya looked up at him and said, "Are you not going to continue the cold war?"
"It depends on the situation." Tao Yuan said, then opened the door and walked out.
Tao Yuan walked out of the arts soldier dormitory and headed towards Zuo Lei's room along the same route. Zuo Lei had sent him a message, saying that if he still didn't want to go to his room, he would come to his arts soldier dormitory to find him.
Even though Zuo Lei was a major general and the captain of the special operations team, he still needed special permission to enter the cultural and art soldiers' dormitory. Tao Yuan didn't want him to use his privileges just because he had a quarrel with him, so he decided to meet him. After all, he didn't intend to keep the cold war with him for long.
As soon as Tao Yuan reached the corner, he was dragged away by a hand and pressed against the wall.
"What are you doing?" Tao Yuan struggled, trying to pull his hand back.
Zuo Lei looked at him and asked, "Why are you avoiding me and not replying to my messages?"
"You know it clearly in your heart." Tao Yuan glared at him.
"What did Elman tell you?" Zore asked again.
"You know it in your heart." Tao Yuan gave the same answer.
Zuo Lei looked at Tao Yuan's glaring face and felt so in love with him that he couldn't help but move closer to kiss him.
Tao Yuan turned his head away. He glanced at the location of the camera and said in a low voice, "Can't you just go back to your room and talk? Why do you have to ask me these questions in the corridor?"
Zuo Lei didn't kiss him on the mouth, so he could only kiss him hard on the face, then took his hand and walked quickly back to the room.
The soldiers in the monitoring room were extremely excited when they saw this scene, but they remained calm and motionless. The key point was that even if they saw a secret that no one else knew, they could not tell anyone else, nor even discuss it.
They are all professionally trained, and no matter how big the incident is, it is unlikely to cause any emotional fluctuations. However, everyone has a gossipy heart. If they see something very serious and must be kept secret, they will not be so excited. However, if they do not tell anyone about this kind of gossip that can be shared, they will feel uncomfortable.
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