Chapter 116 Fireworks as Brilliant as You
Although many students had their own plans for New Year's Eve, the New Year's Eve party was packed. The university has allocated a certain number of tickets to each college, and students are welcome to attend. The performance will also be live-streamed, and interested audiences, both on and off campus, are welcome to watch remotely and celebrate together.
Chang Xile shared the live broadcast link with his parents in advance. His mother said she wanted to share it with the family group so that everyone could watch it together, but Chang Xile tried his best to stop her.
Actually, Sheung Hee-lok has many friends she'd really like to invite. But perhaps because of her lack of stage experience, she's too embarrassed to openly tell anyone other than her closest family and friends, "I'm performing tonight! Come and enjoy!"
She thought about it and simply forwarded the live broadcast link to her circle of friends, without mentioning her performance in the postscript.
（＾ｖ＾） ：[Tonight, Yamashiro University's New Year's Eve Gala will be live from 7:00 to 9:30. Everyone is welcome to watch~ (Fireworks jpg.)]
Finally, Chang Xile hesitated for a while and forwarded the link to Tang You separately.
I don't know where she is wandering now.
As for the other friends he'd met through unnatural means, Chang Xile had no idea how to notify them. In the past month of peaceful life, the frequency of these non-human friends had decreased significantly. Chang Xile hadn't seen Dai Shanyan or Xie Wuya in a long time.
Chang Xile shook his head and decided not to think too much about it and just go with the flow.
During the first few shows, Chang Xile was still mindful to hide in the backstage and watch quietly, but as the show got closer, she had no intention of doing anything else.
It was her first time on such a large stage, and she had to stand at the center of the formation several times, so nervous her palms were sweating. Zhong Timeng, standing beside her, wasn't much better, even stumbling while pacing the music.
"Oh my God - my image of being wise and brave is ruined." Zhong Timeng covered her face and wailed.
"No, you're just a little nervous. We've practiced so many times, we won't make any mistakes when we go on stage." Chang Xile saw how nervous others were, but she was fine. She comforted them, "Besides, there are so many people on the stage this time, no one will notice us."
"Wow, Xile, can you lend me a little bit of your dancing talent? Just a little bit is enough." Zhong Timeng felt much better after hearing this, and began to hug her arm and joke.
"Okay, we're on to the tenth routine. We'll be in two more," the dance club president clapped his hands, signaling everyone to stand. "We're essentially celebrating the New Year, so don't worry too much about a flawless performance or making any mistakes. Just enjoy it!"
"Fighting!" The president stretched out a hand.
"Fighting!" Everyone formed a circle, put their hands together and dropped them heavily.
When Chang Xile finally stepped onto the stage, she realized she couldn't see the audience clearly from this spot. But before the music started, she could still hear waves of cheers from the audience, and a few shouts of "Come on, Chang Xile!" that seemed to come from Fang Xinai.
Hey, I was originally wanting to see if Anping has arrived.
But as the prelude started, all these messy thoughts were swept away, and I only remembered the movements I had practiced for so many days.
Just like what the president said, dancing is a very stress-relieving thing. When you are immersed in the music, you won’t think about anything else.
When the colorful ribbons fell from the sky, Chang Xile breathed slightly and heard the cheers and applause from the audience, which were even more enthusiastic than before, and smiled slightly.
Only then did she truly feel like she was living a college life.
When everyone came on stage to sing "Unforgettable Tonight", Chang Xile couldn't help but think, isn't this the must-have finale song of the Spring Festival Gala?
She turned on her mobile phone in the background and received many messages from friends from all over the world.
In the family chat, Mom and Dad were sending out thumbs-up after thumbs-up. Tang Shixin proudly said, "Baby, Mom didn't know you were such a talented dancer! I should have sent you to dance when you were younger."
Dad followed up: "When you were little, you wanted to send her to learn more than just dancing. You also wanted to send her to learn painting, math Olympiad, swimming, badminton. You wanted to send her to learn them all."
Mom: [What's the problem? How can I know what my daughter is talented in without trying more? Did you know that exam-oriented education can easily bury a niche talent?]
After that, the two stopped bickering in the group chat. They were probably back home watching TV and bickering with each other. Chang Xile laughed. When she was home, the two of them always liked to bicker. She didn't expect that they would still be bickering in the new year.
The new post on WeChat Moments received a lot of likes, but after looking at the comments, I found that not many people mentioned Chang Xile in the program list.
Li Chuanliu was on duty at the Abnormal Management Bureau today. He opened the live broadcast link shared by Chang Xile and watched it with his colleagues as if it were a New Year's Eve party.
Li Chuanliu: [So you're performing tonight too, and Old Xia insisted it wasn't you. Happy New Year!]
Nurse Xu from Lanshan Hospital is also on duty tonight: [Happy New Year, Xile~ You look so beautiful today!]
Sihanoukville: [The show was great, I wish you a happy new year.]
Chang Xile also replied to each of her friends' messages with a Happy New Year. After she finished replying to her friends' messages, she suddenly realized that Anping's message had been pushed to the bottom. The chat box was still stuck on her message asking him "Where are you?"
I haven't replied yet.
The hot sweat that Chang Xile had just produced while dancing was cooled down by the wind. She picked up her down jacket, informed the president and the department head, and left first.
Tonight felt a little like the first time she was hospitalized in the mountain city. Chang Xile felt a little lonely, but she didn't take it too seriously.
Anping always keeps his promises. Since he promised but didn't come, something must have happened to him.
She looked up at the stars and walked towards a less crowded area. Today was New Year's Eve, so the streets, which should be empty by ten or eleven o'clock, were now crowded with people strolling around. There were men and women, most of them in pairs.
Before she knew it, she had walked to Linhuan Lake alone.
Because the weather had turned cold, the wind by the lake was chilling. Anping hadn't been here much, and she hadn't been here in a while. She'd originally planned to walk somewhere less crowded, but the grove was surprisingly packed with couples, practically one every ten steps. Chang Xile walked deeper into the woods for a long time before finally finding a clearing. She sat on a stone bench in the middle of the clearing and looked up at the starry sky.
She didn't know what she was waiting for.
Maybe you are waiting for the first day of the new year to arrive, or maybe you are waiting for someone to come.
Although she didn't tell Anping where she was, for a moment even she herself felt conflicted, not quite sure whether she wanted to be alone for a while or hoped someone would find her.
However, this depressed mood disappeared after a while.
At about 11:30 or 11:40, cheers suddenly came from the east side of the school.
A beam of light soared into the night sky with a whoosh, and then exploded with a brilliant burst of blue-purple fireworks. The dark sky was instantly illuminated, and Chang Xile stared wide-eyed at the various colors of fireworks that then bloomed in the sky, feeling very novel.
She subconsciously raised her phone to take a video, wanting to record this moment.
When Anping found Chang Xile away from the noisy crowd and the fireworks, she was sitting on a bench on the lawn looking up at the sky.
Under the street light, you can see a light spot flickering on the side of her face.
Were those tears? Was she crying because she hadn't arrived in time?
Anping was stunned for a moment, feeling as if his heart was being held by a hand. It hurt a lot, thinking about the possibility that she might be crying.
As he slowly approached, leaned over, and reached out to wipe the tears from her cheeks, Chang Xile noticed the movement and turned her head away.
When she saw who it was, a huge smile broke out on her face, her eyes curved and bright. She pointed to the sky and said to him happily, "An Ping Ping! Look at these fireworks, they are really beautiful! Fireworks were banned in my hometown before, and I have never seen such big fireworks up close. I even recorded a video and will show it to you later!"
Anping was stunned for a moment and said, "Okay." Then he sat next to Chang Xile and watched the fireworks with her.
At the last minute, Chang Xile checked the countdown on his phone, happily pulled his sleeve and said, "The new year is almost here!"
In the last ten seconds, four fireworks flew into the sky at the same time, and finally bloomed together to form the four numbers 2025.
Chang Xile and Anping looked at each other and said with a smile, "Happy New Year, Anping."
"Happy New Year."
Time was truly magical. It was only a few seconds away, yet two years had already passed. Seeing Chang Xile's joy, Anping felt fortunate to have found her and to have crossed this milestone with her.
An Ping stared at Chang Xile's cheek without blinking. After a long while, he held her face in his hands, rubbed the shiny spot with his thumb, and asked her, "What is this?"
Just now, he thought they were her tears.
Chang Xile touched her face and saw the sparkling fragments on her fingertips. She said, "These are small glitters. I have never worn makeup like this before. My senior sister did it for me before the performance. Doesn't it look good?"
Like a proud kitten, she raised her face and moved closer to Anping in a show-off manner, wanting him to see her more clearly.
"It looks good." Anping stroked her cheek with his fingertips.
"How did you know I was here?" Chang Xile asked.
"You have the aura of my magic on you." An Ping said truthfully.
Chang Xile looked down and saw the "Ping An" she carried with her.
"Then why do you want to tell me why you missed my performance?" Chang Xile asked.
"I didn't miss it." Anping touched his nose, feeling a little wronged. "I went to see it."
"Really?" Chang Xile still remembered that before she left, she clearly saw that the seat reserved for Anping in the audience was empty.
"Yeah. We got here a little late, and the ticket inspector had gone into the auditorium to watch the show, so..." He transformed himself into a cat and sneaked in.
The heat of the human voices was enough to drown out the sound of a cat. Anping did not try to speak. He quietly watched Chang Xile, who was full of energy on the stage, from a corner.
"very beautiful."
Due to the principle of confidentiality, irrelevant people were asked to leave every time the dance club rehearsed, so Anping had never seen Chang Xile dance in person.
The most impressive thing was that she pretended to play the guitar with her bare hands in the crowd, and then stepped onto a chair prepared in advance on the stage, put one foot on the back of the chair and landed smoothly in time with the beat of the music. Amid the explosive music, the crowd cheered.
She is dazzling.
He heard people discussing her major and her name.
When Anping found the backstage, she was gone.
The president of the dance club knew him and said that Chang Xile had left.
"Hey, did you see that shot? I love that dance part so much. Every time I fall off a chair, I'm afraid I'll fall, but when I succeed, I feel so satisfied." Chang Xile held his forehead with one hand and couldn't help but say, "Oh my God, I'm falling in love with myself."
Anping said silently in his heart: Me too.
In order to keep it confidential, Chang Xile was reluctant to tell Anping some details about her rehearsal. But now she couldn't help herself and told him incessantly about the interesting things that happened during the rehearsals these days and how nervous she was on stage.
After a while, Chang Xile finally came out of her excitement. She finally remembered to ask, "Then why are you late? What happened?"
Anping opened his mouth. Before coming here, he wanted to tell Chang Xile.
But Chang Xile acted really happy. She had finally forgotten the responsibilities that she shouldn't have to bear and was able to truly enjoy life as a dazzling 19-year-old college freshman.
He hoped that this smile could last longer.
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