Chapter 92
For this arts festival, Class A submitted two programs: an English stage play directed by Che Nanbei and a waltz rehearsed by the girls in the class organized by Gu An'an.
Just by hearing the names, you can tell which one will be more popular.
Especially in the second year of high school during adolescence.
Almost all the girls in Class A signed up for the waltz, which led to a shortage of performers for the stage play.
Xiang Wan knew all too well about someone's directorial quirks and had never intended to get involved in this mess from the start, but when that person looked at her with such a mournful expression, she still...
They compromised.
Che Nanbei remained silent, but the look in his eyes was truly pitiful.
Xiang Wan sighed and finally agreed, "I'll participate."
Upon hearing this, the trio jumped up and high-fived each other in celebration. Looking at Shen Feiyang and Jiang Zhuochun, who were still laughing foolishly without knowing the immensity of the world, Xiang Wan was actually watching the show with amusement.
To everyone's surprise, during lunch break, the group didn't even get a nap before Director Che dragged them to an empty classroom.
Besides the usual unlucky trio, Chen Ruilin was also dragged along this time.
Firstly, the homeroom teacher said that Che Nanbei should mentor the new students more, and secondly, Chen Ruilin did not participate in Gu An'an's waltz, which made Director Che feel very gratified.
When she saw Gu An'an invite the new classmate, but she returned dejected, Che Nanbei felt that the new classmate was someone she could get along with!
You have good taste!
It needs to be explained that Che Nanbei and Gu An'an had been subtly at odds since the third year of junior high school.
This is why she was so eager to recruit new classmates to join the stage play. But she wasn't a narcissistic person. At first, she thought that the new classmates would refuse when they heard about the stage play.
Unexpectedly, he simply asked who was participating, and then agreed.
In the empty classroom, Che Nanbei said they needed to cast actors, so he wrote the names of several characters on the whiteboard:
"Who wants to be the main character [Henry]? Raise your hand, and if there are enough people, we'll vote to decide."
She put down the whiteboard marker and turned around, only to see a shocking scene where no one raised their hand.
"..."
"..."
After a long pause, Jiang Zhuochun reluctantly volunteered, "I'll do it."
Before he could finish speaking, Che Nanbei chimed in, "Okay, you're the one."
Once the main character was decided, the remaining roles were selected by everyone through a process of 'picking and choosing'.
None of them liked to deliberately show off, so the narrator role, which didn't require showing their face, was the most sought-after, followed by the tailor and the waiter.
As for the female lead, no one wanted to play the role.
Xiang Wan and Chen Ruilin are the tailor and waiter who witnessed the "million-pound pound change of face".
Because the female lead's scenes were later in the story, the group began rehearsing the earlier parts.
When they first rehearsed in Chinese, Jiang Zhuochun's portrayal of Henry was quite vivid. However, when they rehearsed in English, his lines became hesitant and stumbling, as if English were too hot to speak.
Needless to say, even the strict director Che couldn't help but smile because of Jiang Zhuochun's tongue-twisting English. Not to mention Shen Feiyang, who has a very low threshold for laughter.
The crowd stopped again after Che Nanbei called "cut" for the nth time.
Every time Jiang Zhuochun was about to say the first three lines, he would be stopped. Chen Ruilin, who played the waiter, didn't even get a chance to appear on screen.
Che Nanbei walked up to Jiang Zhuochun and demonstrated it correctly for him again, but when he started the next time, he still stumbled over his words.
This time, Director Che clearly gave up too. She looked at Jiang Zhuochun and simply replaced him, turning to Chen Ruilin opposite her and saying, "New student, you'll play [Henry]."
Chen Ruilin: "..."
But he didn't refuse, nodding rather emotionlessly.
Jiang Zhuochun behind him visibly breathed a sigh of relief. He looked at Director Che and asked, "So, should I play the [waiter]?"
Che Nanbei gave a forced smile: "No, you'll play the female lead."
"..." Jiang Zhuochun was speechless. "What about my lines?"
"I'll make some minor adjustments to the script and have Shen Feiyang's narration read your lines."
Jiang Zhuochun still wanted to struggle, and looked back at his two friends for help, only to see them shrug at him, indicating that they couldn't help him.
"..."
Although someone was very reluctant, they still put on the court dress that belonged to the "female lead" with a cold face.
The rehearsal process went relatively smoothly. Although Chen Yan, who replaced Jiang Zhuochun as [Henry], didn't deliver his lines with much emotion, it was still much better than the [Henry] who had stumbled over his words earlier.
The lunch break was only one hour long, enough for them to rehearse once, so they returned to the classroom after the rehearsal.
However, when they returned to the classroom, they found that the people who had been rehearsing the waltz had not yet returned.
Director Che immediately regretted it and dragged the group to rehearse for another three hundred rounds. It was only after Jiang Zhuochun persuaded her and brought up the transfer student, saying that they shouldn't scare the student away, that she finally gave up.
Once everyone was seated, they all breathed a sigh of relief.
They took a nap at the table. Twenty minutes later, the people who were rehearsing the waltz returned. They sat on the stools, and except for the boys, the girls were all wearing their dance costumes from the rehearsal.
When the school bell rang, the Chinese teacher was startled when she came in, thinking she had gone to the wrong classroom.
It wasn't until everyone explained it to her with laughter that she smiled and had someone turn to page 35 of the textbook.
On stage, the Chinese teacher was reading the background of the ancient poem, but the audience below seemed somewhat listless.
Because everyone was rehearsing during lunch break, many people were sleeping on the floor. Even those who weren't openly sleeping had their eyelids drooping.
The situation wasn't much better for the trio either. As usual, Xiang Wan was reading a book, while Shen Feiyang and Jiang Zhuochun had already fallen asleep.
As for Che Nanbei, he was a unique figure among the army of sleepyheads—
She was drawing up the million pounds they would need for the day of the arts festival.
However, the Chinese teacher on stage saw that most of the students were asleep, and that Che Nanbei was one of the few who was awake. She thought that Che Nanbei was listening attentively, so she called on her to answer a question.
As expected, in his daze, the person dropped the million-pound painting he was halfway through on the ground.
Their high school sophomore Chinese teacher was a very gentle 30-year-old woman. She knelt down to pick up the drawing and was stunned when she saw the million pounds.
Seeing Che Nanbei's face turn bright red, she placed the sketch on her desk and teased her gently, "Looks like our class has two strong contenders for the talent show. Are they drawing a million pounds for the stage play?"
Although Che Nanbei didn't like Chinese class, he really liked his Chinese teacher. Hearing this, he nodded with some guilt.
The Chinese teacher didn't criticize her. Instead, she patted her on the shoulder and jokingly told her to spend some time on Chinese too. Then she told her to sit down.
After what just happened, at least half of the sleepy army has woken up.
As get out of class was about to end, the Chinese teacher said to everyone, "Then I look forward to seeing how everyone in Class A performs at the arts festival."
After saying that, she pointed at Che Nanbei and made a gesture: "Nanbei's stage play took up time in Chinese class, so you have to work harder."
As get out of class was about to end, the students below all became more alert, and their reactions were more enthusiastic than the last. Che Nanbei, sitting in his seat, was even more excited than them.
She turned to look at the trio: "Our stage play will definitely be more dazzling than Gu An'an's waltz."
The trio: "..."
*
The day of the cultural performance finally arrived.
The audience below was almost full, but the dressing room backstage was in complete chaos.
Since Jiang Zhuochun wasn't initially considered for the role of the female lead, the court dress was naturally rented according to women's sizes.
Later, although Cha Nam-nam took the dress to be altered, it seems that the dress came ripped the day before the performance, perhaps due to a mistake.
Che Nanbei hastily sewed it up with thread, but Jiang Zhuochun, who had eaten a lot of food at noon, could no longer put it on.
It wasn't until Chen Ruilin borrowed a corset from the dressing room next door that he handed it to Xiang Wan. Xiang Wan raised an eyebrow at the corset, then silently handed it to Shen Feiyang.
The corset was passed to Che Nanbei, and without thinking, she told Jiang Zhuochun to take off her skirt first.
He gasped when he saw the corset: "This is a torture device."
However, with less than 20 minutes left before their performance, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and put on the corset.
He was pulling on the table in front, while Che Nanbei was pulling on the rope with all his might behind him.
“I’m *****, Che Nanbei, wait a minute.”
"I can't breathe."
"No, no, I'm not going to act anymore."
Che Nanbei ignored him completely and tightened the rope behind his waistband, followed by Jiang Zhuochun's wails:
"Aa ...
The dressing room was filled with screams and howls, which attracted quite a few people to stop and watch.
Inside, Jiang Zhuochun looked at Che Nanbei with a resentful expression: "You poisonous woman."
"...Who told you to eat so much for lunch?"
Xiang Wan and Shen Feiyang came in after preparing the props outside.
"Only five minutes left."
"We're all better now."
Looking at Jiang Zhuochun, who was dressed in court attire with a dark expression, Xiang Wan couldn't help but chuckle. Suddenly, she remembered Chen Yan from her previous life.
She leaned against the door of the dressing room and subconsciously glanced at Chen Ruilin. Although he didn't say a word, there was a hint of a smile in his eyes.
When the host came over and said that their next performance was their stage play, they hurriedly went backstage to prepare the props.
The red curtain was slowly drawn up, revealing the performers in their costumes.
As Shen Feiyang's voice rang out from the microphone, the million-pound stage play began.
When Henry, played by Chen Ruilin, entered the restaurant, his disheveled appearance quickly caught the attention of the waiters.
The waiter, who was just there to make up the numbers, stepped forward and handed him the menu, but the mockery in his eyes and the sarcasm in his words showed his contempt for Henry.
When Chen Ruilin finished eating and took out the million-pound note to pay the bill, the waiter immediately adopted a fawning attitude.
After their conversation ended, a similar scene unfolded in the tailor shop.
In the beginning, Xiang Wan, who plays the seamstress, was somewhat reluctant to ask him what kind of clothes he wanted to make, but she became extremely respectful after Chen Ruilin took out a million pounds again.
She walked around Chen Ruilin, who had his arms outstretched, the measuring tape in her hand circling his waist. During this time, the two inevitably exchanged a glance...
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