"Manager, I'd like to ask for a day off tomorrow and won't be coming in."
At 11:30 p.m., in the noisy karaoke bar, Xu Xingbo, who had just finished get off work, stood in front of the shift manager and said the following.
The portly, cheerful-looking manager's small eyes widened immediately upon hearing Xu Xingbo's words. "A request for leave? Xingbo, I seem to remember that you've never refused to take leave before, so why today... No, I need to go out and see if the world is about to end..."
The manager laughed and joked with him.
Upon hearing this, Xu Xingbo's lips curled up slightly, "The school's anniversary celebration is tomorrow night, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, the chubby manager blurted out dramatically, "No, you don't look like the kind of good kid who would sit quietly and watch some school anniversary performance. Participating is even more impossible. After all, someone who skips classes to work, why would they go to watch a school anniversary performance? Let me guess, is it because your crush is going to perform on stage, so you..."
The fat manager had barely finished speaking when, even in the dim light of the karaoke room, he noticed a blush creeping onto Xu Xingbai's face.
This startled him, and he immediately pointed at Xu Xingbai and started yelling, "Oh, oh, oh, you're blushing, you're blushing. I really didn't expect that, Xingbai. Although the group of girls who specifically asked you to serve them were a bit older than you, they were all quite beautiful. You kept a cold face the whole time, like a monk. I thought you were too young to have figured things out yet, but I didn't expect you to actually... Hahaha, go on, go on, don't come tomorrow, you brat, it's good to be young!"
As he spoke, he patted Xu Xingbai's shoulder forcefully, and watched with a smile as Xu Xingbai, who had just greeted him, entered the elevator. Then, as if remembering something, the chubby manager's smile suddenly vanished.
How come he remembered... Xingbai's school was an all-boys high school, so where did the girl come from?
If there were no girls, why was he blushing just now?
Thinking of this, the fat manager immediately shuddered.
Xu Xingbo, on the other end, had no idea that after he left, the chubby manager had thought about so many things, even changing his sexual orientation. The next day, because he was looking forward to Tang Ning's performance that evening, he was in a good mood from the morning onwards.
When he got to the classroom, he realized that Tang Ning had never been to class before, probably because she was preparing for the school anniversary performance.
So he waited anxiously and expectantly until evening.
The anniversary celebration of Jinsheng Boys' High School has always been held in the hall where Tang Ning and her classmates rehearse. The hall has two floors and can accommodate about 1,500 people. Jinsheng High School has always followed an elite route, so there aren't many students in each grade. Even if all the teachers and students came, there would be plenty of room.
However, based on the attendance rate of previous school anniversary performances, it would be good if half of the school could come, but this year is different.
Almost every student who arrived at the performance hall was astonished to see the hall packed with people. Apart from marveling at the school beauty's charm, the rest of them began to frantically scramble for the best viewing spots.
For a moment, the hall was as noisy as boiling water, with voices, laughter, and arguments all coming in one after another.
Even Tang Ning, who had already started getting her hair and makeup done in her own dressing room backstage after the final rehearsal, heard everything clearly.
Fortunately, soon the school anniversary celebration program hosts and other performances, including singing, street dance, piano, magic, and more, took the stage one by one.
While these programs were not bad, they were still a bit too boring and tedious for the students who were overly looking forward to "Snow White".
A group of people immediately started flooding the school forum with messages, eagerly anticipating Tang Ning's outfit and performance.
—Hey, did you guys hear? Apparently, a senior in high school specially hired Jennifer, a famous stylist in the entertainment industry, for his goddess. I heard she's also the personal stylist for pop diva Chen Feifei. It's said that if this senior's mother didn't have a particularly good relationship with Chen Feifei, they wouldn't have been able to hire her!
—Holy crap, now that you mention it, I'm even more excited! By the way, when is Lin Dahua's magic trick still going? When am I finally going to see my fairy Tang Ning?!
—Exactly! Can't we just play "Snow White" first? I want to see "Snow White"!
—Add one.
...
Meanwhile, in Tang Ning's private dressing room, she closed her eyes and noticed that the green-haired woman named Jennifer, who had done her makeup, hadn't touched her face for a long time. She opened her eyes curiously and asked, "Is it done?"
As a top stylist in the entertainment industry, Jennifer has seen all kinds of beauties, from pure and innocent to charming, aloof, and cute. She originally thought that Chen Feifei's appearance and bone structure were already perfect and stunning enough that she could stun audiences even on the big screen. But today, she realized that she had really broadened her horizons.
When she was invited to this prestigious high school for makeup, she admitted that she came in a huff, but what could she do? She was close to Chen Feifei, and since Chen Feifei had asked for her services, she had no choice but to bite the bullet and come.
When the girl from Jinsheng High School saw what Tang Ning looked like when she was about to get her makeup done, her anger had already subsided somewhat. After all, the girl was indeed beautiful, really beautiful, too beautiful.
But I never expected that makeup could make me look even better!
Just now, the moment this little girl named Tang Ning opened her eyes, she almost couldn't help but gasp. It was at that moment that she finally understood why those ancient monarchs lost their kingdoms just to win a smile from a beautiful woman.
Even a woman like her, seeing such a stunning beauty smile at her, would want to give her anything; let alone those stinky men.
*Sobbing*
It was worth the trip for her.
"Okay...okay, can I...can I take a picture of you? Don't worry, I definitely won't spread it around. I just want to keep one for myself. Of course, I definitely won't take it if you don't want me to!"
Tang Ning looked at the green-haired woman in front of her, who was practically swearing an oath to the heavens, and immediately chuckled softly.
"Sure, I haven't thanked you yet for making me look so good!"
Tang Ning tilted her head slightly and said this.
Ahhh, a fairy! Mom, I saw a fairy!
Jennifer, a renowned and responsible top stylist in the entertainment industry, experienced the urge to become a fan for the first time in her life. She even mentally chanted fan slang. But alas, she's a young girl with plenty of money and there's no way she could ever enter the entertainment industry. *sobs*
It's awful!
Despite her inner turmoil, the green-haired woman maintained a serious demeanor as she took the photos of Tang Ning, then slowly opened the door behind her.
Meanwhile, the others who had been waiting outside, already dressed up, were staring intently at the closed door. As soon as they saw the door open from the inside, one or two of them immediately stood up, holding their breath as they peered into the room.
Even Yin Yuqing, who had already changed into her drab dwarf outfit, looked inside with a complicated expression.
Mu Sheng didn't make a move. Even though she had already said those things, he still didn't.
This made Yin Yuqing feel even more embarrassed and upset, and she even felt a deep sense of betrayal.
Clearly... clearly Mu Sheng only appeared at Jinsheng High School because of her, right? Clearly... clearly brother... why won't you even help her with such a small favor?
Yin Yuqing clenched her fingers, and the bitterness in her heart reached its peak the moment she saw Tang Ning slowly walk out of the dressing room.
It wasn't just the sourness; she was also afraid, worried, and panicked...
"What's wrong? Doesn't it look good?"
Standing at the entrance of the dressing room, Tang Ning, holding up her skirt, looked at the group of people staring at her with some confusion. Seeing their wide eyes and open mouths, and that they hadn't said a word for a long time, she quickly asked them this question.
Upon hearing Tang Ning's question, Jennifer, the stylist standing next to her, immediately glared fiercely at the smelly boys in front of her. They could question her makeup skills, but they absolutely could not question the fairy's looks.
Jennifer immediately switched into protective mode.
Before she could speak, Ye Jinyan, who was the first to come to his senses in the crowd, suddenly replied in a low voice, "Beautiful."
Looking in the direction of the sound, Tang Ning immediately saw Ye Jinyan, who was dressed completely differently from his usual self. He was wearing a black tailcoat with intricate red embroidery on the cuffs and collar, and a floor-length cape with red on the inside and black on the outside. The collar was tied high, and his eyes were faintly purple, probably because he was wearing colored contact lenses. Even his ears were adorned with a black diamond stud.
He was like a cold and abstinent knight of light who had fallen into the darkness and become a vampire, dazzling and mesmerizing.
Tang Ning's eyes lit up at the sight of this outfit, but she hadn't even said thank you yet.
The other actors, jolted awake by Ye Jinyan's words, also chimed in with dryly agreeing that she looked beautiful.
In reality—
Aaaaaaah! Oh my god! Take me away! I'm dying, I'm suffocating! Oh my god!
The screen was filled with shouts and cheers. If they weren't about to go on stage, they would probably all be taking out their phones right now and praising Tang Ning for 20,000 words each on the school forum.
As soon as they finished thinking about it, their envious, jealous, and hateful eyes immediately shot towards Jiang Yao, who was still in a daze and dressed as a prince.
“Ning… Ningning…”
He stammered out her name, then quickly bypassed the other actors and walked straight to Tang Ning, "Ningning..."
"Ah Yao!"
Tang Ning smiled and called out to him.
It was at this moment that Jiang Yao was finally able to confirm that the girl in front of him, who had completely overturned his understanding of her for ten years, was indeed Tang Ning.
He had always known that Tang Ning was pretty, but perhaps because they had spent too much time together, he thought she was just so-so. Later, he even thought that Yu Qing was much more lively and beautiful than her, whose smile was always so standard that she only showed eight teeth.
But now he realizes that some innate qualities are things that one cannot catch up with even after ten, twenty, or even a lifetime of effort.
For example, appearance.
Just by standing there in front of him, Tang Ning could feel his heart pounding like a drum, thump, thump, thump-thump-thump, endlessly.
Just then, their rehearsal teacher rushed in, pushing open the door. "Hey? You guys are really driving me crazy! What are you all standing here for? Hurry up and get on stage! The curtain is already closed, it'll be opened soon... open... open... Oh... cough cough, oh my god, you... Tang Ning, is that Tang Ning? All set, all set, all set now! Hurry up and go up there, this time we'll definitely amaze everyone, hahaha!"
The rehearsal teacher couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Soon, surrounded by everyone, Tang Ning began to walk towards the stage.
Because the dwarfs' scenes are much later in the story, Yin Yuqing doesn't need to go on stage at the beginning.
She watched without blinking as Tang Ning slowly walked onto the stage. Jiang Yao's eyes never left Tang Ning's face from the very beginning. Her heart sank uncontrollably, sinking deeper and deeper, as if there were a bottomless abyss that she could never reach.
Her clenched nails had already dug deeply into her palms, and she could feel the dampness in her hands after a short while.
Yin Yuqing raised her hand in a daze, and only then did she realize that her palm had been scratched by her fingernails without her noticing, and the bright red bloodstains looked extremely unsightly.
Despite being someone who cries so easily, Yin Yuqing couldn't shed a single tear at this moment.
Unaware that she had already had such a big impact on Yin Yuqing, and well, even if she did know, she wouldn't care at all, Tang Ning came to the center of the stage and quickly got into position.
"It's open! It's open! The curtain is open! Ahhh, my fairy Ningning is coming!"
"Shut up! Ahhh, please stop talking! Your noise is hurting my eyes!"
"Quiet, shush, shush, shush!!!"
...
After a brief period of noise, as the curtain was drawn back, almost all the students in the rehearsal hall held their breath and looked up at the stage.
Then--
Snap!
The curtain was drawn back, and a large central light shone on Tang Ning alone.
As the music started, she glanced at the audience, then smiled slightly and immediately began to dance.
Everyone was mentally prepared, wasn't they? They had already been calling Tang Ning a fairy in their hearts, hadn't they? They had been looking forward to it enough, hadn't they?
Yet, the moment they saw Tang Ning, everyone present felt an overwhelming beauty that took their breath away.
No one spoke, no one blinked, and many had even forgotten how to breathe.
Apart from Tang Ning dancing in front of them, everyone's eyes seemed to be unable to see anything else but Tang Ning.
Xu Xingbo, sitting in the third row downstairs, stared intently at Tang Ning on the stage, his hand gripping the handle tightly.
Ye Jinyan and Jiang Yao, backstage, narrowed their eyes but remained silent.
Mu Sheng on the second floor was more composed than the others, tapping the railing in front of him with his knuckles and his eyes slightly narrowed.
He appeared calm and composed, but only he knew how his heart was beating in his chest.
It was at this moment that he realized that it wasn't that he didn't like beautiful women, but rather that the kind of beauty he had a taste for was far too exquisite, incomparable to the ordinary colors he had encountered before.
The more he thought about it, the slower he tapped his fingers.
After Tang Ning's opening dance on stage ended, the plot of "White Snow" slowly unfolded, with the Queen, the Magic Mirror, and the Hunter appearing one by one.
Everyone finally snapped out of their suffocating feeling and slumped into their chairs like salted fish, gasping for breath. Then they pulled out their phones and started frantically searching for information on the forum.
They showered her with compliments like they were free.
But this only applies when Tang Ning isn't on stage. As soon as Tang Ning appears, everyone immediately and uniformly puts away their phones and stares intently at the stage, afraid of missing a single moment of her performance.
As the plot of "White Snow" unfolded, Tang Ning on stage fainted after taking a bite of an apple.
At that moment, the students below the stage immediately started chattering and discussing.
The discussion was so loud that even Mu Sheng overheard it.
"Speaking of which, isn't the prince supposed to appear soon? I remember there was supposed to be a kissing scene in the plot, ahhh, it's not going to be a real kiss, is it? I don't want that!!"
"It's probably just a camera trick, but who knows? You've probably heard, right? Tang Ning, that fairy, only came to Jinsheng Boys' High School because of Jiang Yao. It's said that she was engaged to Jiang Yao when she was very young, so they're practically betrothed! It's probably not surprising that they actually kissed..."
"What? How young is 'very young'? It's the 21st century now, do arranged marriages still exist? Why are my parents so useless? Why didn't they arrange such a beautiful wife for me? Waaah!"
"Look! Tang Ning is lying in the crystal coffin. I think they might really kiss in a little while. My heart, ah, it hurts so much!"
...
Upon hearing this, Mu Sheng immediately looked towards the stage and soon saw Mu Sheng riding a white horse onto the stage.
A kiss, perhaps?
Thinking of this, Mu Sheng chuckled lightly, quickly composed himself, took out his phone, edited a message and sent it out, before leisurely turning his attention back to the stage.
Through the large screen, he saw Tang Ning, dressed in a white dress, lying in a soft prop coffin, her lips bright red and luscious.
Jiang Yao's act was over quickly, and surrounded by the dwarves, he soon arrived in front of Tang Ning, whose eyes were closed.
The audience's discussion grew louder, and the campus forum was flooded with posts.
Jiang Yao knelt on one knee and quickly bent down.
In an instant, Xu Xingbai's fingernails dug deeply into the armrest of his hand, while Mu Sheng's lips curled up slightly, but the smile never reached his eyes.
On stage, Yin Yuqing and Ye Jinyan's reactions were even more obvious. Both of them looked frighteningly ugly. Just as Jiang Yao's head slowly lowered, Yin Yuqing finally couldn't hold back and wanted to pounce on him. Ye Jinyan also took a step forward.
Snap!
The huge rehearsal hall was suddenly plunged into complete darkness.
"What's wrong? What happened?"
"It's so dark, is there a power outage?"
"This is awful! How could the power go out out of the blue? We haven't even finished watching the show yet!"
"Holy crap, what's the difference between this and when I'm watching TV at the climax, you suddenly cut me to a commercial break?!"
...
A chorus of complaints immediately filled the hall as the teachers went to investigate what the problem was.
On stage at that moment, taking advantage of the power outage, Yin Yuqing rushed towards Jiang Yao without hesitation, "Ah Yao, I...I'm scared..."
Ye Jinyan, who had already spotted the location of the prop coffin where Tang Ning was sitting, arrived at Tang Ning's side immediately and grabbed Tang Ning's hand, who was already sitting up.
"who?"
Upon hearing Tang Ning's wary voice, Ye Jinyan was about to speak when he felt Tang Ning's hand begin to struggle violently in his grasp. At the same time, the fragrance emanating from her body wafted into his nostrils. Having grown up in the dark and possessing exceptional eyesight, Ye Jinyan looked at Tang Ning's hazy outline in the darkness—her eyes, her nose, her lips—so close, and his mind kept replaying her stunning beauty from tonight.
"Say something, or I'll call for help, ah..."
She was about to scream when, in the next second, as if possessed, Ye Jinyan reached out and cupped the back of her head. With a single force, Tang Ning's lips pressed against his.
The soft, smooth touch instantly shattered Ye Jinyan's reason and composure.
Almost instinctively, he pried open Tang Ning's teeth and quickly penetrated her. The sounds of splashing water and the pounding of their hearts mingled in their ears.
Tang Ning's initial panic and struggle gradually turned into a slight attempt to accommodate and test the waters, but her accommodation only earned her a storm of responses from Ye Jinyan.
The kiss was lingering and tender.
After it was finally over, the two of them stood in the dark, breathing heavily in front of the entire school.
After what seemed like an eternity, Tang Ning's voice finally broke through tentatively, "Is...is it A-Yao?"
Upon hearing these words, Ye Jinyan suddenly came to his senses. He staggered to his feet, somewhat unable to believe what he had just done to Tang Ning.
"Ah Yao? Is that you?"
In the darkness, Tang Ning asked again.
Ye Jinyan subconsciously took two steps back.
"Ah Yao!"
Tang Ning hurriedly called out again.
It was at this moment that the backup generator from Jinsheng High School likely came into play.
Snap—the light came on!
Upon hearing Tang Ning's call, Jiang Yao instinctively pushed away Yin Yuqing, who was clinging to him, and stood directly in front of Tang Ning as the lights came on.
"Ah Yao, is it really you..."
Tang Ning stood up from the props with a smile and immediately threw herself into Jiang Yao's arms.
The performance couldn't continue after the power outage, and besides, there wasn't much content left to tell.
The group had no choice but to begin taking their bows at the teacher's prompting.
Thus, "Snow White," also known as "How Exciting It Was to Cuckold My Brother in Front of the Entire School and Two Other Rivals!", came to a perfect end!
Ye Jinyan's current favorability rating: 90.
Mu Sheng's current favorability rating: 38.
Xu Xingbo's current favorability rating: 60.
Jiang Yao's current favorability rating: 70.
After tallying up all the favorability ratings, Tang Ning raised an eyebrow. It should be soon…
The author has something to say: I just want to interview the brother about how he felt after kissing Tangbao today.
Brother: Exciting...exciting!
Mu Sheng: ?
Xu Xingbo: ? ? ?
Jiang Yao:? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Come on, let's dedicate a song to our Jiang Cha: Stefanie Sun's "Green Light"!
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