Chapter 0011 Performance
With only Ruyi and Chen Yan remaining in the treatment room, Chen Yan immediately abandoned his feigned politeness. Out of pity for her injury, he forcibly suppressed his temper, rubbing her hand and asking, "Why didn't you notify me immediately? Why did you just climb on anyone's back? Don't you know that men and women shouldn't touch each other?"
Ruyi was still angry that he didn't know his place and kept talking about girlfriends. She shoved him away and mocked, "Are you some kind of Qing Dynasty zombie? Men and women shouldn't touch each other. That's right, he carried me here. Are you going to arrest me and drown me in a pig cage?"
Chen Yan said confidently, "I'm not an old zombie. Have you ever seen such a handsome zombie?"
"I'm just a normal man. What normal man could tolerate his girlfriend being touched by another dirty man?"
"What dirty man? Can't you have any manners?" Who's dirtier than him? She didn't even want to recall those scenes.
As if they were thinking the same thing, Chen Yan leaned closer to her and whispered a few words in her ear. Ruyi's fair earlobes turned bright red, and she cursed him in a low voice, "Disgusting!"
Without hesitation, Chen Yan replied, "It's normal for someone my age to think about these things. Do you think that Li Jing guy just now didn't? He pretended to be so proper, but you can't even imagine what kind of filth and garbage is going on in his head! At least I'm upright and honest."
Ruyi was almost laughing in anger. What a load of rubbish! He was really good at patting himself on the back. She glared at him and decided to shut up. Who knew what other crazy things he might say?
He couldn't resist poking her cheek and said, "You're all puffed up, like a pufferfish."
He leaned in to kiss her again, but Ruyi turned her head away. Chen Yan's lips landed on her soft, smooth cheek. He persisted, straightening her disobedient little head and gently sucking on her lips.
He held the girl captive, and the atmosphere gradually became intimate. Ruyi finally managed to break free from Chen Yan's hard chest, knowing she couldn't stay in the room with him any longer, and whispered, "I don't want to stay here anymore, I want to go back to the classroom..."
On the way back to the classroom, Chen Yan's hands kept moving around inappropriately. Ruyi endured it again and again, but finally couldn't bear it any longer and kicked him with her uninjured right foot.
Caught off guard, Chen Yan's knee went numb, and he almost fell over while carrying Ruyi on his back. Fortunately, he reacted quickly and regained his balance.
He clenched his back teeth, and said through gritted teeth, "You've got some nerve?"
"If you're so capable, let me go. I can still go back without you."
"Don't you know best whether I'm capable or not?"
This person is shameless; he never misses a beat.
Chen Yan couldn't stop laughing: "What kind of shame do you have for your girlfriend?"
...
Perhaps because of his injury, on the way back, Ruyi treated him more gently than usual. The small, light girl clinging to his back was a sweet burden that he found delightful, and he even had an unrealistic wish that the road could be longer. Unfortunately, once they turned onto the main road, more and more people appeared, and Ruyi stopped responding to his words.
She ran into Hao Jing in the hallway after she finished her business and was shocked: "Why did you bring Ruyi back?"
Chen Yan had a dark expression on his face, as if someone owed him a hundred million.
Hao Jing automatically interpreted it as him being arranged to pick up Ruyi by mistake, which went against the young master's lazy nature, so she gave him a hard time.
She really wanted to talk to him about it. "Look at him! He's so enthusiastic even though he doesn't know Ruyi. And you're in the same class as us..."
Thinking about it, I decided against it; she's a coward.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work. You can give Ruyi to me now, and I'll take her back to the classroom."
Hao Jing thought she was being very understanding, both liberating him and saving face, but Chen Yan gave her a strange look, as if she were an idiot.
Hey, who is it?
*
Despite her disability, Ruyi remained determined and attended the drama rehearsals five times a week. This moved the arts committee member to tears, who then treated her as a priority for protection, fearing that any clumsy boy might touch her injury.
Her mobility was limited, so she spent most of her time sitting. When it was her turn to act, she would recite her lines with great emotion. She had a beautiful, melodious voice that perfectly suited the character. Even during breaks, she didn't stay idle; she helped the cultural committee to figure out how to perform better.
Ruyi's earnest attitude also subtly inspired everyone, fostering a stronger sense of cohesion within the performance team. The cross-dressing actors, who were initially hesitant and reserved, gradually found their footing, began to genuinely enjoy their roles, and started thinking about how to add details and create highlights.
The cultural committee mobilized its connections and inquired about the performances of several classes. With a better understanding of the situation, they confidently told everyone, "Apart from the musical performed by Chen Yaqian from Class 5 and the skit adapted by Shao Ying from Class 8, the rest are mostly song and dance recitations or choral performances. We have a pretty good chance of winning."
Wenwei is not being arrogant; her story is very creative, blending classic characters from Snow White and Cinderella. Using the original Cinderella story framework as a creative blueprint, she reshaped the wicked stepmother and stepsisters, changing them into a blended family with no blood relation to each other.
Because their mother favored the pure and obedient Cinderella, the two older sisters harbored resentment and often teased their younger sister. However, they were only allowed to bully her; if any outsiders dared to do so, the witty and humorous eldest sister and the fiery and straightforward second sister would step forward and chase the bad guys away. When their mother fell seriously ill, only the royal physician could cure her. Coincidentally, the prince was holding a ball to choose a bride, and the three sisters all went to try and save their mother.
The prince, a lecherous and incompetent man, fell in love at first sight with the delicate and beautiful Cinderella and attempted to forcibly take her as his own. The three sisters cleverly escaped, prompting the prince to launch a city-wide manhunt the following day. The two older sisters conspired to marry in their sister's place, vying to claim the shoe left behind at the ball.
At the crucial moment, Cinderella appears and agrees to marry the prince on the condition that the royal physician heals her mother.
Upon arriving at the palace, Cinderella refused to submit and was imprisoned in a tower by the prince. Her two sisters ventured deep into the dark forest to find the legendary dwarves who possessed magic. Ultimately, with the help of the three dwarves, Cinderella escaped and was reunited with her family.
The storyline is novel, the pace is brisk, and the dialogue is witty and interesting. Most importantly, the mother, sister, and prince are all played by women in drag, and the costume and prop design is meticulous. In particular, the three dwarfs, the three students squatting down, are completely encased in specially made loose costumes, looking short, chubby, and funny even before they say their lines...
The fiery red pomegranate flowers are in full bloom, and the much-anticipated arts festival is also making its grand debut during this season of transition from spring to summer.
During the day, the school is filled with a variety of artworks by students, including handicrafts, calligraphy, painting, sculpture, and photography. Some are imaginative, some are meticulous, and some are wildly technical. During breaks, students wander among the artworks, each with three specially made badges issued by the school. They can choose which artwork they like and put it into the corresponding transparent number box. The top three works selected by the vote will represent the school in the provincial art competition.
As night fell, the arts festival's performance officially began in the 3,000-square-meter auditorium of the No. 1 Middle School.
This arts performance was a grand affair, with both principals in attendance, as well as leaders from the Education Bureau. A professional camera was also on set to record the entire event. It's said that the top prize winner will be featured on Lancheng News Channel.
Some of the students' parents took time off work to come and support their children.
There were 47 performances organized and performed by classes, school interest groups, and individuals. The performance order was determined by drawing lots, with Class 5 of Grade 11 performing first and Class 11 performing last.
To win Chen Yan's attention and to make her father, who was sitting in the leadership seat, proud of her, Chen Yaqian attached great importance to this cultural performance, asking her dance teacher to help with choreography two months in advance. She had been learning classical dance since childhood, and in the sixth grade of elementary school, she was selected to participate in a national competition and won first prize. Unfortunately, after junior high school, her studies and Chen Yan gradually took up all her time, and she gradually neglected her skills. Fortunately, she still had a foundation, and with more practice, she regained her touch.
Despite her teacher's advice, she insisted on adding an extremely difficult cloud bridge to the musical to complete her highlight moment as the protagonist.
Unfortunately, perhaps the lighting was significantly different from the usual rehearsal, or perhaps Chen Yan, who was looking down in the audience, wasn't looking at her, or perhaps she suddenly became nervous because she accidentally made eye contact with her father's serious gaze... Her movements, which she had envisioned as nimble and graceful as a swift skimming the water, were disrupted as she lost her balance and fell heavily just before landing. Although she reacted quickly and changed her movements accordingly, applause rang out from the audience in an encouraging manner.
But her face turned pale. She knew that with everyone watching and the cameras recording the whole thing, even for her father's sake, the grand prize was unlikely to be awarded to her.
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