Chapter 69
If I can’t get first place in academics, can I still win the basketball?
Who doesn't have an area of expertise?
Ji Rang went to Shen Yue to sign up the next day.
Shen Yue had contacted him before, but Ji Rang refused because he put his studies first. Now that he came to him again, Shen Yue was quite surprised: "How did you suddenly figure it out?"
Ji Rang said calmly: "If I don't come, I'm afraid you won't be able to get first place."
Other team members: “…”
Damn, are you that crazy?
But thinking back to the last time the big guy rushed around recklessly in the school competition, well, he deserves to be crazy.
The competition was confirmed. Fortunately, Ji Rang had caught up with his studies and could understand the latest knowledge points the teacher taught in class. He didn't need to spend extra time laying the foundation and it was no problem for him to spare more than an hour every day to practice.
Qu Dazhuang and his classmates did not join the basketball team. Instead, they showed great interest in the environmental fashion show in the class. Every day, they followed the class committee members to study how to transform household waste into wearable clothes that still had a sense of design.
All classes are rehearsing the programs for the May Fourth Party in full swing.
The stage play of Class 2 is easy to say, but when it comes to the actual performance, the various props, scenes, and costumes are very troublesome. Yue Li holds a script in one hand and a small loudspeaker in the other hand every day, directing and controlling the scene on the spot, and she really has the demeanor of a chief director.
Qi Ying did not bring her history teacher's zither to school for the time being. Instead, she used an old guzheng from the school's music classroom during rehearsal.
Yue Li arranged a seat for her at the back left side of the stage. During the official performance, her seat would be raised, with a plum tree behind her. She would sit under the tree in a white dress and play the piano. It was very artistic just to think about it.
Soon, students from each class had their formal rehearsal the day before the May 4th Gala.
Such a grand evening party will be recorded and broadcasted, and the leaders of the Municipal Education Bureau have been invited to attend, so there can be no mistakes. The rehearsal is also very formal, basically the same as the official performance tomorrow night, except there is no audience.
The order of performance was determined by drawing lots, and Class 2 was ranked 19th, roughly in the middle.
Everyone changed into the ancient costumes for the performance. The head of the costume and makeup team kept Yue Li's instructions in mind and rented a white dress that looked like a fairy for Qi Ying.
The story of Liang Zhu is basically set in an academy, so the costumes of the protagonists, including those of the main characters, are very simple, just a blue cloth dress, except for the pink gauze skirt that Zhu Yingtai wore when she changed back into women's clothes at the end.
When Qi Ying changed into a white dress and came out of the fitting room holding the guqin, the entire backstage was silent for a few seconds.
Fairy is truly fairy, and beauty is truly beautiful.
She really looks like a fairy who has descended to earth, and is prettier than some of the stars in costume dramas on TV today.
Seeing that everyone was staring at her, Qi Ying felt a little embarrassed and asked in a low voice: "Is it weird?"
She hadn't worn a long skirt for a long time. The modern modified ancient costume was somewhat different from the one she wore in the general's office, but the style was basically the same. When she looked in the mirror just now, she was a little dazed.
Yue Li screamed and rushed to her side, giving her a bear hug: "Yingying, you are so beautiful! You are the most beautiful girl in the whole place!"
The boys in Class 2 stared with wide eyes.
Qi Ying usually dresses very simply and low-key, always wearing the same ponytail. Although she is pretty, she looks just like that after looking at her for a long time, and cannot break away from the image of a pure and well-behaved girl.
But tonight, when she changed into a long gauze dress, with clear eyes and beautiful eyebrows and soft long hair, she looked exactly like the Little Dragon Girl that Yue Li had wanted before, truly elegant and beautiful.
Amid the amazement in the room, only Zhao Dunan was so angry that he was about to cry.
What the hell is this acting for? What the hell is this acting for? She's playing the heroine! With Qi Ying dressed like this, sitting on the stage and playing the piano, who the hell would still look at her? Who the hell would still care about the heroine? !
When she squeezed out Qi Ying and got the qualification of the leading actress, she was secretly proud of herself for a long time. Now she realized that there was a trap waiting for her!
Yue Li definitely did it on purpose!
The student in charge of announcing the show stood at the door and shouted, "Number 18 is about to finish her performance. Number 19 is ready to go on stage."
Everyone got busy.
Yue Li held Qi Ying's skirt like a little flower girl and walked her to the stage. A large round wooden platform was decorated as a flower stand by the prop team. The flower stand was decorated with a zither stand and chairs. The guqin was already placed on it, and the plum tree petals were all there. Sitting there was like a painting.
When the rehearsal began, the teachers all noticed the girl in white playing the piano in the back. Zhao Dunan was unstable and almost misread her lines several times, but she got through it without any danger. Yue Li was so anxious that she glared at her in the audience.
As soon as the performance was over, he rushed backstage and scolded her: "Can you not focus on your performance? Why are you always looking back? The official performance starts tomorrow, and you haven't memorized your lines yet?!"
Zhao Dunan glared at her resentfully, thinking that she did it on purpose, so she changed her clothes and left without even saying goodbye.
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and Chen Mengjie quickly comforted them: "It's okay, it's okay. I'll go and persuade her. It will definitely not delay tomorrow's performance."
Yue Li was furious. When Qi Ying changed out of her skirt and went home together, she complained, "She is just jealous of your beauty! People like her won't survive the first episode in a TV series!"
The next day, Haiyi welcomed the grand May Fourth Youth Day.
Early in the morning, all the teachers and students arrived at school. First there was the flag-raising ceremony, then the leaders gave speeches, and then the formal youth league joining ceremony.
Most of them were first-year high school students. The school arranged for representatives of first-year high school students to come on stage, take over the Youth League badge, read the oath of joining the Youth League, and finally the principal announced the list of students joining the Youth League.
Ji Rang's name is also in it.
When the name of Class 9 of Grade 2 was announced, there was indeed a small uproar below. But thinking that the boss has been doing charity and studying recently, I felt relieved.
The joining ceremony lasted for more than three hours, and the students were almost exhausted from standing in the scorching sun. After the ceremony, the school leaders took the city leaders to visit the school, and the students all went to eat and rest.
The cultural performance starts at 2pm.
The school's auditorium, which could hold 3,000 people, was packed with people. Yue Li became extremely nervous after only taking a look behind the curtain, thinking that with her mental state, she was really suited to working behind the scenes.
While the class in front was performing, she checked the props and costumes one by one and confirmed the positions of the lines with each character.
The backstage was so small that it couldn't accommodate too many students. Only about three classes could enter at a time. They could only squat outside and wait until the fourteenth performance, when the teacher came to notify them to go backstage and start putting on makeup and changing clothes to prepare.
Qi Ying put her piano away first, then picked up the bag and went to change her clothes.
When I entered the fitting room, I smelled ink coming from the bag.
She frowned, opened the bag and saw that the white gauze skirt was covered with black ink. It must be that the whole bottle was poured down, soaking the folded skirt. When she took it out, the whole skirt was unbearable to look at.
Outside, Yue Li was still directing the girls in the class who knew how to put on makeup to put on Zhu Yingtai first, and then put on makeup for Qi Ying after Qi Ying changed into her skirt.
Then Qi Ying came out holding a dark skirt and asked angrily, "Who did this?"
Everyone stared at the skirt in amazement.
Yue Li was the first to react. She screamed and turned around to grab Zhao Dunan who was still putting on makeup: "Did you do it? It must be you!"
Zhao Dunan slapped her hand open and sneered: "Do you have evidence? You want to put the blame on me? Who knows who she offended? She didn't take good care of her own clothes, and now you blame me for the problem?"
Yue Li was almost driven crazy.
But the performance was imminent, so Chen Mengjie quickly asked the students in the costume and makeup group: "Do you still have the college uniforms?"
The student took out a blue shirt from the box, the same as everyone else's: "There's more."
Chen Mengjie took it and handed it to Qi Ying: "Wear this."
At this point, Yue Li could only blame herself for not taking good care of the costumes. Qi Ying had just gone to the bathroom and handed the bag of clothes to her for safekeeping. The teacher in front of her happened to ask her about moving the props to the stage in advance, so she put the bag together with the boxes of the props team.
I guess that was when the ink was thrown on him.
It's not her fault for being careless. Who the hell could have thought that people's hearts could be so evil in just a cultural performance?
Zhao Dunan's smug expression was reflected in the mirror.
The more Yue Li watched, the angrier she became. She felt that if she let her have her wish, she would really live twenty years less.
She called out to Qi Ying who was about to go in and change into a blue shirt: "Yingying, put on your makeup first, there's no rush to change clothes. Xiaohe, are you done over there? Put on Yingying's makeup. The white ribbon she tied her hair with is in the box. Tie a bow for her like Liu Yifei's!"
Yu He shared the same hatred with her: "Okay! Right now!"
Yue Li glared at Zhao Dunan, then went out holding the ink-stained white gauze dress.
Zhao Dunan thought, can you wash it clean in such a short time? Even if she rented a skirt now, it would be too late. She sat in her seat and played with her phone, waiting to go on stage.
Time passed slowly, the 18th class had come on stage, and it was their turn next.
Chen Mengjie was so anxious: "Why hasn't Li Zi come back yet? Yingying, why don't you go change into your blue shirt first!"
Qi Ying put on some light makeup and tied her hair. She looked at the blue cloth shirt in her hand, nodded, and was about to walk towards the fitting room.
Yue Li's voice could be heard from outside: "Make way! Make way!"
She rushed in holding a red box, rushed directly to Qi Ying, and stuffed it into her arms: "Go change it!"
Qi Ying looked at the exquisitely packaged high-end gift box in her arms with confusion. Yue Li pushed her and said, "Don't just stand there! Go!"
She nodded and entered the fitting room carrying the box.
Outside, everyone gathered around and asked curiously, "Have you found a new piece of clothing?"
Yue Li glanced proudly at Zhao Dunan, who looked unhappy. If she had a tail, it would definitely be sticking up to the sky now: "Yes, it's more beautiful than the previous one! Just wait and see!"
After a while, Qi Ying changed into her skirt and came out.
It was a modified version of an ancient red gauze dress, which was much more upscale than the white gauze dress that was rented before.
With her fair skin, red clothes and black hair, she was bright and beautiful, stunning everyone present.
How can someone wear red so well?
Like a fairy who charms people without knowing it.
The teacher who announced the program shouted from the front: "Number 19, Class 2, Senior 2, get ready to go on stage!"
Yue Li shouted, "Class 2, come on!"
The stunned students came back to their senses and quickly immersed themselves in the next performance. Yue Li walked to Zhao Dunan, who was gritting her teeth, and patted her shoulder with a smile: "Perform well later. If anything goes wrong with you, the whole class will not let you go."
Zhao Dunan: “!!!”
The props were brought onto the stage one by one.
The host began to announce: "Please enjoy the stage play performed by Class 2 of Senior 2, "A New Version of Liang Zhu"!"
There was a burst of applause from below.
Ji Qian followed Ji Rang with her back bent, walked to the empty seat of Class 9 and sat down, lowering her voice and asking excitedly, "Is Yingying playing Zhu Yingtai?"
Ji Rang: "No, she plays a background role."
Ji Qian: "??? Is this worthy of the spring couture dress I ran through three red lights to deliver to you?!"
The lights on the stage dimmed completely.
Then another spotlight was lit up, falling on a little girl in a red dress at the back of the stage. She lowered her eyes, and her fingertips brushed the strings of the zither, making two clanging sounds that seemed to hit one's heart. She had black hair and a red dress, and her skin was whiter than snow. When she raised her eyes, the stars were rolling in her eyes, and she was breathtakingly beautiful.
The audience exclaimed in unison.
She sat under the plum tree, playing the piano, and amazed the youth of these young men.
And Ji Rang...
He was regretting it so much.
Why should such a beautiful little fairy be shown to so many people!
I should have given her a linen skirt earlier!
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
