Chapter 31 His Jokes
Since joining the school team, Cen Nian has been sleeping an hour later every day to make up for the study time lost due to training. Her performance in the last midterm exam improved a lot. She must continue to maintain or move forward and cannot fall behind.
Zhao Xiuzhi was very satisfied with Cen Nian. She worked hard, and her movements were standard and beautiful. It was hard to imagine that she was a girl who had never learned to dance. Her movements and expressions were very contagious. Naturally, she placed Cen Nian in the C position.
After the training, Cen Nian returned to the classroom. It happened to be the afternoon school day and many people went to the cafeteria to eat. Zhu Zhiyao was also in the cafeteria. She offered to bring food to Cen Nian so that Cen Nian could have a good rest.
There was only Jin Siyang in the classroom. He was wearing a Bluetooth headset and resting with his eyes closed.
Cen Nian wanted to return to her seat, but couldn't bear to wake him up, so she had to sit in the empty seat next to him. Jin Siyang opened his eyes as if he sensed something.
He gave up his seat to let Cen Nian return.
"Jin Siyang, aren't you going to eat?" Cen Nian asked politely. It would feel a bit awkward if he didn't say something at this time.
"Qin Zhouyan went out to get takeout."
Cen Nian nodded. Jin Siyang and Qin Zhouyan would occasionally order takeout, probably because they were tired of the food in the school cafeteria. Cen Nian had seen it a few times. The exquisite takeout boxes and the logos of several merchants looked expensive.
Jin Siyang took off his headphones and looked down at the excited girl. Perhaps because she had just finished training, Cen Nian's cheeks and ears were flushed, and she was filled with an indescribable joy. Jin Siyang asked casually, "Very happy?"
"Um?"
"Are you happy to be on the school team?"
Cen Nian nodded: "Of course, you know, this is the first time in my life that I have participated in such an important competition. There were no such competitions in my high school before. I am so lucky. Teacher Zhao arranged me in the C position. Every time I do aerobics, I seem to have found my own value." She talked incessantly, her eyes shining.
Jin Siyang rarely listened to people talk about their feelings in such detail. He was a rather indifferent person and liked to get things over with directly. So he didn't feel annoyed after listening to such a long talk.
Cen Nian vaguely remembered that he had talked too much, so he quickly shut his mouth and smiled awkwardly at him.
Qin Zhouyan came back carrying two takeout boxes. "I'm so tired. Next time it's your turn to get the takeout."
Jin Siyang raised his eyebrows and nodded.
"Xiao Niannian is here too. That's perfect, we have two extra cups of milk tea." Qin Zhouyan placed the cup of milk tea on Cen Nian's desk. He thought for a moment and said, "The other one is for your good friend. Zhu Zhiyao's seat is here, right?"
Cen Nian didn't even think about it and nodded quickly: "Yeah, thank you Qin Zhouyan!"
Yaoyao will definitely be very happy to see this when she comes back!
Qin Zhouyan waved his hand: "It's no big deal."
They ordered a Japanese restaurant. Although the dishes were light, they looked delicious. When Cen Nian opened the box, she smelled the aroma of grilled eel and her stomach started to growl.
She covered her stomach awkwardly, silently praying that Jin Siyang didn't hear her. She glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and saw that he was still unpacking the box and didn't notice the movement here. Only then did Cen Nian feel relieved.
The fragrance was getting closer and clearer. Cen Nian lowered his head and looked at the book on the table aimlessly.
"Want to eat?"
She looked up suddenly and saw Jin Siyang handing her the individually wrapped chicken leg.
Cen Niantian shook his head like a rattle: "No, you eat it."
Jin Siyang was still in the same posture, but his tone was a bit more rogue than usual: "I thought it was thunder."
Cen Nian stared: "Did you hear everything?"
Jin Si raised his eyebrows slightly and nodded with a half-smile: "Yeah."
Cen Nian gritted his teeth and muttered, "Can't you just pretend you didn't hear it?"
"The cafeteria is crowded this afternoon, so your meal won't arrive for a while." Jin Siyang threw her a pair of chopsticks and said, "Eat. I'm afraid you'll faint from hunger here, which will only cause more trouble."
"......" Having said that, Cen Nian had no choice but to unpack his chopsticks awkwardly: "Thank you."
The initial awkwardness disappeared when I took the first bite. How could the chicken leg be so delicious?
Cen Nian discovered that Jin Siyang could always find many delicious places. The Western restaurant they went to last time was also very delicious, and she could not forget it.
Fifteen minutes after finishing the chicken legs, Zhu Zhiyao came back with two meals: "Niannian, have you been waiting too long? I felt like there were almost ten thousand people in the cafeteria this afternoon."
Zhu Zhiyao also brought back her own food. She was worried that Cen Nian would get hungry if he waited too long, and she was also worried that if she delayed too long, the food would get cold and not taste good.
When she came back, Qin Zhouyan and Jin Siyang cleaned up the garbage on the table and then walked out of the classroom.
Looking at the cup of milk tea on the table, she was a little confused.
Cen Nian held her hand and said, "Thank you, Yaoyao! What would I do without you?"
"It's a small matter!"
Cen Nian leaned close to her and said, "The cup of milk tea on the table was given by Qin Zhouyan. They ordered two extra cups of milk tea from takeout, so they gave it to us."
Zhu Zhiyao was stunned for two seconds, blinking at the milk tea on the table: "Did he give it to you?"
"Yeah, he put it on your desk!"
Cen Nian looked at Zhu Zhiyao with amusement, and finally couldn't help but teasing: "Oh, someone is blushing."
Zhu Zhiyao pretended to be angry and pinched Cen Nian's face: "You are making fun of me again, right?"
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As the competition approached, Cen Nian returned home every night to continue practicing. Aunt Liu always stood by her side to cheer her up. Seeing her seriousness, she said with tears in her eyes, "Nian Nian has lost weight. You work so hard, you will definitely get a good place."
"Thank you, Aunt Liu! Aunt Liu, our game is being broadcast live, you can watch it then."
Aunt Liu smiled kindly: "Of course, I've told your Uncle Li that we'll sit in front of the TV and watch it on time."
On the day of the official competition, Cen Nian arrived at school early. They were going to the competition venue to put on makeup and change clothes.
It happened to be a class meeting on Monday afternoon. Jin Qi said a few words briefly and then turned on the classroom multimedia: "Our classmate Cen Nian was selected for the school team and will represent the affiliated high school in the competition. We can't go to the scene, but we can watch them online in real time and cheer them on."
The class cheered for a while, and someone said, "Actually, I saw them rehearse. Cen Nian dances so well!"
"I saw it too, during the last rehearsal!"
Jin Qi asked again: "Have you seen it?"
Shen Zhifei explained, "During the last stage rehearsal, our class happened to have physical education class. We all saw that Cen Nian danced really well."
Jin Qi smiled and nodded: "It seems that we have a chance to be in the top three of the affiliated high school."
"First place!"
"That's right! First place!"
Cen Nian didn't know what was going on in the class. She changed her clothes, put on makeup, and sat quietly backstage waiting to go on stage. It was her first time on stage, which was of great significance to her. At this point, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"I can do it." She encouraged herself silently.
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