The final act concluded amidst applause and cheers. Hu Bingbing picked up the microphone and said, "The last program of the cultural performance has ended. Has everyone had enough?"
No! No!
"One more! One more!"
Hu Bingbing said with a smile, "Everyone, please be quiet. To better conclude this year's cultural performance, we've added an audience interaction segment. We'll be inviting a student to come up and reenact a scene. Are you looking forward to being chosen?"
"How exciting! Pick me! Pick me! I dream of becoming an actor."
"I...I...I'm an amazing actor."
Many people in the audience raised their hands.
Hu Bingbing nodded. "The scene recreation will be determined by drawing lots." She clapped her hands, and someone came up with a lottery box. "I will choose from it." After she finished speaking, she drew a ticket, clenched it into a fist, and did not show it.
She glanced at the people below the stage. "I will be working with the selected person to create the scenario they drew," she said, her gaze sweeping over each person before finally settling firmly in one direction. "That student, come up and cooperate."
Hu Bingbing pointed firmly at Jiang Xu's location.
Jiang Xu knew he was referring to himself, but he smiled and turned to the obviously excited boy next to him, saying, "You're the classmate, stand up."
The boy stood up. "Is it... me?" His voice was filled with nervousness and anticipation.
Hu Bingbing smiled and shook her head, "I'm sorry, classmate, the student chosen is the one to the left of the red-haired student."
Her pointing gesture immediately drew everyone's attention to Jiang Xu.
There was only Jiang Xu next to Gu Li, and the other side was wide open. At this moment, Gu Li thought that she should have left a boy next to her. Now there was no space at all.
Jiang Xu stood up, took the microphone from the front, blew on it to make sure it worked, and said, "Hello, was I selected?"
Seeing Jiang Xu stand up, Hu Bingbing felt a little more at ease. "Yes, classmate, please come forward." She wouldn't give Jiang Xu a chance to refuse.
Jiang Xu said, “Let me explain the scenario first, otherwise if I can’t act it, I can ask another student to take my place. After all, this is a rare opportunity.” He smiled, his gentlemanly manner making it impossible for anyone to refuse him.
Hu Bingbing hesitated for a moment, but it wasn't a bad idea to speak first. She unfolded the paper, which was blank, as she already knew. "Yes," she pretended to hesitate, "it's the last scene. Do you mind? I don't mind performing it again with my classmates."
Since she was the first girl to speak, it was difficult for Jiang Xu to bring it up, regardless of whether he minded or not.
Jiang Xu thought to himself that this was a real dilemma, and he was now in a difficult situation, which added a bit of fun to the cultural performance.
Jiang Xu smiled and said, "Of course I don't mind." His voice was gentle and clear.
Hu Bingbing breathed a sigh of relief, but Jiang Xu's words suddenly made her nervous. Her heart was pounding uncontrollably. She thought, she really would win him over. She really should win him over.
She knew perfectly well that excitement was the feeling that love should have.
Jiang Xu said, "But since it's an audience interaction, having the audience perform the scenes will give more people the opportunity to interact."
Hu Bingbing was feeling stuck in a rut. She tried to stay calm. "Someone has to lead the way. Everyone can't get into the story right away. And," she thought hard about how to solve the problem, then she realized that no one would cooperate with Jiang Xu. This scene wasn't easy to coordinate. "Finding someone who can cooperate right away isn't simple."
Jiang Xu: "I think it's quite simple."
Hu Bingbing said, "Finding the person will take some time, so let's not waste everyone's time, what do you all think?"
Her question didn't get an immediate response; there were all sorts of voices in the cacophony, but in the end, the loudest voices were speaking.
"Yes, yes, it's too much trouble to find someone."
"It's good to act together. This scene is not easy to act if you haven't practiced it."
"Someone needs to guide you; don't waste time."
Hearing the voices of her supporters calmed Hu Bingbing down a bit. "Look, everyone thinks so, let's come up and interact first, so as not to delay the later interactive sessions." There were no other interactive sessions at all, but that was all she could say.
"Any other interactive activities? Let's go up there quickly, we want to participate too!"
"Yeah, yeah, what are you doing?"
Jiang Xu spoke with a faint smile, “Everyone, don’t rush.” His voice was like flowing water, very calming. “I was thinking of adding some more fun. What do you all think?” He paused, “How about cross-dressing? You don’t even need to find a partner. The person next to me is one.”
The boy who had stood up earlier turned to look at Jiang Xu. "Huh? Me? I can't, I can't." The boy shook his head vigorously, his refusal obvious.
Hu Bingbing immediately spoke up, "You see, this student clearly doesn't want to participate. It's really not appropriate to find someone at the last minute."
Jiang Xu, however, turned his gaze to the other side. "Who said anything about him? I'm talking about this red-haired classmate next to me," he said, drawing everyone's attention to the red-haired youth. "Classmate, are you willing?" His clear voice carried a gentle questioning tone.
Originally, a school leader was about to get up because he couldn't sit still, but when he turned around, he saw Gu Li. He paused in his movement and pressed down the person next to him.
"Old Li, are we just going to let them do whatever they want?"
“Old Jiang, look, even the principal didn’t say anything. It’s a good thing that young people are energetic.”
Gu Li stood up as Jiang Xu asked the question. He turned to face Jiang Xu, a carefree smile playing on his lips. He reached out and grasped Jiang Xu's hand holding the microphone, leaning closer. "Of course," he drawled, "I'm willing." His voice was magnetic and captivating.
The two were very close because Gu Li leaned in to talk. Gu Li lowered her body slightly and turned her head to look at Jiang Xu. People in the back row could roughly see the profiles of the two.
They were both strikingly handsome, their good looks were eye-catching and prominent, and together they were equally impressive.
Jiang Xu turned to his classmates behind him and asked, "What do you all think of the cross-dressing?" He pointed at Gu Li and said, "He is your Sleeping Beauty."
Hearing this, Gu Li turned around, then with a provocative smile, he grabbed the microphone and said, "He's your Sleeping Beauty." He looked at Jiang Xu, his meaning clear and unambiguous.
One of the girls immediately realized what was happening.
"Cross-dressing! Cross-dressing!" The girls' voices rang out one after another.
A boy grabbed the arm of the girl next to him, saying, "No, baby, what are you yelling about?"
The girl paused for a moment after being pulled, then turned to look at the boy. "No, no, you shout it too, or I won't talk to you today."
At the same time, male voices joined in the shouts, and the shouts became surprisingly unified.
Jiang Xu concluded into the microphone, "Then let's get started quickly so as not to delay the time for the students who will be interacting later."
Gu Li looked at the stage, where Hu Bingbing was at a loss, not knowing how things had suddenly turned out this way.
He thought it was rather ridiculous.
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