A blush crept onto the girl's cheeks. She tilted her head slightly, avoiding the intense gaze, and softly said, "Really?"
"You're simply bewitched," Xie Wanyu murmured with a smile.
Tao Wan looked Lin Jinran up and down, admiring her tonight's outfit. "I'm a girl, and I'm almost in love with Lin Jinran. She looks so sweet and soft. I like her so much."
What kind of bold words were these?
Everyone looked at Tao Wan in unison. She quickly explained, "I'm just joking."
"Oh, right. This is Song Langqing, the son of my mother's friend. You should have met him before and have a bit of an impression."
Lin Jinran remembered Song Langqing, who had been ignored beside them. She pushed him in front of everyone and introduced him.
"Hello, I'm Song Langqing." Under the light, Song Langqing was dressed in a suit, looking calm and composed.
Then Lin Jinran introduced her good friends to him one by one.
After the introductions, there was little time left. Su Qinian and the others left and went back to their class to join the class queue.
"Sis, do you like that Su Qinian very much?"
From the moment they met, he felt that the atmosphere had suddenly changed.
There were so many people present, but why did her gaze fall solely on Su Qinian and stay there for so long?
Hearing this, Lin Jinran mercilessly pinched his arm and said crossly, "What are you talking about? Talk properly. Don't talk nonsense. Or I'll tell your mom."
Song Langqing yelped in pain and complained, "Sis, you're so cruel. I'm just stating a fact. Do you have to be so harsh?"
"Over there, hurry up and carry the piano in. The evening party is about to start. Miss Qiao will need this piano later. Be careful."
Outside the stadium, some people were carrying the heavy piano. Lin Jinran and Song Langqing glanced at them and then looked away, walking into the stadium.
"It's so extravagant. There's already a piano in the stadium, but she insists on using her own. What if it breaks on the way?"
Song Langqing shook his head, looking like a disappointed teacher.
"Humph, you don't need to worry about this. I know what I'm doing with my things."
The light at the corner flickered. Suddenly, a person appeared. It was Qiao Songyue.
She was wearing casual clothes, and her face without makeup looked less flamboyant than usual.
At this moment, Lin Jinran didn't want to argue with her. She pulled Song Langqing, who was about to speak, glanced at Qiao Songyue indifferently, and calmly said, "The New Year's Eve party is about to start. Qiao Songyue, your program is arranged to be the last one. It's still in time to put on makeup and change clothes now. We won't bother you."
"I don't need your reminder," Qiao Songyue snorted and turned away.
As the party was approaching, Lin Jinran and Song Langqing checked their makeup to make sure it was intact and stood below the side of the stage.
Students were carrying stools to the area in front of the stage one after another. Looking down from above, it was a dense crowd.
The senior three students were sitting in the front row. Class One's seats were a bit off to the left side of the stadium.
While chatting with Song Langqing, Lin Jinran was looking for someone in the crowd.
Seeing that person standing at the front, directing the classmates in the class to arrange the stools, she smiled and slowly looked away.
The New Year's Eve party officially started. All the lights in the stadium suddenly went out. The students sitting below let out a chorus of exclamations.
"The bell of the New Year is about to ring, and the wheels of time have left deep marks."
"In this wonderful moment of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, we gather together to welcome the new year."
"Hello everyone, I'm Song Langqing, the host of tonight."
"Hello everyone, I'm Lin Jinran, the host of tonight."
A spotlight shone down on the stage, landing on the two of them. Lin Jinran's voice was gentle and clear, spreading through the microphone to every corner of the stadium.
The light above her head was so warm and intense, and the stage under her feet was so solid and firm.
In her ears was the thunderous applause that lingered for a long time.
The hard work of many days had now turned into fertilizer, nourishing her soul and enriching her life.
The meaning of a dream is not to reach the end but to find true passion and happiness in the process of chasing it.
She had seen the stars at three o'clock in the morning and witnessed the moment when the golden sun leaped out.
Standing in the glory, everything seemed to come to life at this moment, filling her heart.
Lin Jinran tightened her grip on the microphone, took a deep breath, and looked at the curious and eager faces in the crowd. Suddenly, her eyes felt hot, as if something was about to burst out.
A long time ago, she was just like the students sitting below the stage, sitting on a small stool and looking up at everything on the stage.
It was yearning, hope, and curiosity.
Now, she was truly standing on this stage, the stage she liked and loved.
If her mother could see this, would she be very proud that she had such an excellent daughter?
"On this hopeful night, we will share joy with everyone, spread warmth, and jointly open a beautiful chapter of the new year."
Lin Jinran smiled brightly and vividly. "Yes, tonight we will use songs and dances, poems and the distant horizon to celebrate this program that belongs to all of us."
"..."
"She's really beautiful. Lin Jinran is really beautiful. I have to take pictures of everything," Tao Wan said, with a camera hanging on her shoulder. She adjusted the camera to the right settings and stood at the front, taking pictures "click, click, click."
Xie Wanyu didn't want to be left behind. She picked up her phone, zooming in and out, trying to find the perfect angle to take pictures.
Lu Youchuan also brought a camera and blatantly set up a tripod. He aimed it at the people on the stage and started recording a video.
Jiang Xiubin was surprised. She glanced at the head teacher sitting in the first row and whispered, "Lu Youchuan, where did you get this camera? It even comes with a tripod. Aren't you afraid of being discovered by the teachers? They're sitting right in front of us."
Lu Youchuan looked at the empty seat that used to belong to Su Qinian and said quietly, "How could we not record this beautiful moment of Sister Lin? The head teacher and all that are just nothing. Am I right, guys..."
He would take the blame if anything happened.
Who made him willing to give without complaint.
After the college entrance examination, he must ask Su Qinian to treat him to a big meal.
"By the way, where's the class monitor? Why is he gone when the first program has started?" Xie Wanyu always felt that something was missing. She turned her head and realized that a person was missing.
Lu Youchuan laughed awkwardly and waved his hand. "Maybe he's gone to the toilet. Just enjoy the program. Don't worry about him."