Chapter 63: Su Yun Jiao Stuns Everyone

Su Yun Jiao, rushing, finally put on the formal dress.

The girl helping Su Yun Jiao dress was exhausted and irritable.

This time Zhou Tingting, to show her best side in front of Lu Chi, wore a corseted dress, and that's why Su Yun Jiao had to put on such a troublesome outfit.

"Beautiful, Su Yun Jiao—I didn't know you looked this good in a dress."

The uniform is always loose and baggy, so you can't see the figure at all.

Su Yun Jiao, wearing the rose‑red dress Zhou Tingting had prepared, walked somewhat awkwardly up to Zhou Xian.

Zhou Xian was also seeing Su Yun Jiao in a dress for the first time, and for a moment he was stunned.

"Is it… a bit weird?"

Su Yun Jiao covered her chest with her hand.

This is a strapless long dress; it's tight on her because she's developed too well, making her chest feel constricted.

"Not weird… it looks great."

Zhou Xian stared at Su Yun Jiao for a while before snapping out of it.

Su Yun Jiao let out a breath: "As long as it's not weird."

Just as Su Yun Jiao lowered her hand, Zhou Xian caught a glimpse of the cleavage on her chest.

It's noticeable because it's too tight.

The girls had already helped her adjust it earlier, but the size can't be changed, so this is all we can do.

Seeing this, Zhou Xian frowned slightly, took off his school uniform jacket, and draped it over Su Yun Jiao's shoulders: "There's still a while before the performance; you'll get cold like this."

"Thanks, class monitor."

"Are you confident?"

"Not bad."

Su Yun Jiao has never performed in front of so many people before.

In her previous life, although she liked singing, her timid and insecure nature meant she never sang in front of crowds.

But after marrying Lu Chi, she became willing to do anything.

Naturally, she no longer fears singing in front of people.

After all, compared to starving, it's nothing.

"Alright, I'll have them get ready."

"Zhou Tingting, do you know I'm competing?"

No matter what, this is still Zhou Tingting's program.

"I know." Zhou Xian said: "She agreed for the sake of the class's collective honor."

Hearing that, Su Yun Jiao let out a breath.

Good thing she agreed.

Otherwise, given Zhou Tingting's temperament, if she found out someone was standing in for her, she'd be furious to death.

"Liu Ban, start preparing!"

The people in the broadcast room have already started calling them.

Su Yun Jiao calmed her emotions a bit.

Zhou Xian said: "I'll take you backstage."

"Okay."

Su Yun Jiao closely followed behind Zhou Xian.

Backstage.

Students from other classes continued preparing their costumes.

Today Qin Xue, to ensure she could show her best side to everyone, specially rented an especially expensive white gown.

When Qin Xue put on that dress, several girls from Class One cast envious looks at her.

"Little Xue, you look too gorgeous in that dress!"

"That dress looks expensive at a glance—did Lu Chi give it to you?"

Qin Xue lowered her head, a little embarrassed.

She did not directly answer that question.

Instead, it made the surrounding classmates believe even more that the dress was a gift from Lu Chi.

"Young Master Lu is really good to our little Xue—actually saying he'd give such an expensive dress just like that."

"Yeah, it's really enviable; I wish someone would give me such an expensive dress."

The two classmates beside them both wore envious expressions.

Qin Xue gave a shy smile and said: "You'll surely meet good guys for yourselves in the future."

"Forget it; our class has a few misfits—how could they compare to Young Master Lu?"

"Little Xue's outfit today will surely outshine everyone and become the focus of the whole evening."

Hearing the surrounding praise, Qin Xue felt even more that victory was in her grasp this time.

After all, her strongest rival has already gone to the hospital—what does she have to worry about?

Qin Xue's thoughts are entirely on Lu Chi.

She only hopes Lu Chi will arrive quickly to watch her performance.

Just then, a few classmates' exclamations came from not far away.

"Who is that?"

"I don't know, but she's gorgeous! I've never seen her before— which class is she from?"

"This skirt, at first glance it's not cheap, could she be an outside-school star?"

……

Hearing the surprised voices of others.

Everyone's gazes all fell on Su Yun Jiao not far away.

Su Yun Jiao kept her head down, still wearing the school uniform jacket Zhou Xian had given her; because her hair was pulled up and she had makeup on, the people around didn't recognize her as Liu Ban's Su Yun Jiao.

Qin Xue saw this scene and was completely stunned.

Who is this?

How have I never seen her before?

"My goodness, what's the relationship between this girl and Liu Ban's Zhou Xian? Zhou Tingting isn't already in the hospital?"

"Who knows what's going on? This girl's back view looks quite familiar, but I don't recall our school having such a pretty girl."

The two female classmates beside her suddenly started worrying about Qin Xue.

Originally, thinking Zhou Tingting was injured, no one in this cultural performance would be a match for Qin Xue.

Who would have thought, suddenly another person appeared out of nowhere.

"No way, I'm going to find Zhou Xian to reason with him; his sister is injured, but he can't just bring in an outsider."

"Exactly, this is our school's cultural performance; what's the deal with him bringing in an outsider to substitute for his sister?"

Before Qin Xue could even speak, the two girls beside her had already walked toward Zhou Xian and Su Yun Jiao.

"Zhou Xian!"

Fang Hong ran straight up to Zhou Xian; seeing the person's aggressive aura, Su Yun Jiao instinctively stood behind Zhou Xian.

Fang Hong angrily said, "Zhou Xian, isn't your sister in the hospital? Who is that girl? On what grounds does she substitute for your sister?"

"Exactly, we know your family is rich, but you can't just hire an outsider to stand in for your classmate in the performance, right?"

"Everyone knows this cultural performance affects the class's collective honor; what's the deal with you bringing in an outsider?"

Fang Hong's voice was loud, quickly drawing the attention of many people.

Zhou Xian said, "She's not an outsider."

"Not an outsider? She's not even from our school; you saying she's not an outsider doesn't make it so."

Fang Hong obviously didn't believe Zhou Xian's words.

"This is Su Yun Jiao."

When Zhou Xian said the person beside him was Su Yun Jiao, everyone around froze.

Su Yun Jiao?

How could it be Su Yun Jiao?

Fang Hong was the first to not believe, saying, "Zhou Xian, who are you fooling? How could she possibly be Su Yun Jiao?"

Su Yun Jiao at school is silent and withdrawn, just a quiet person.

She never dresses up, and she certainly can't sing.

Moreover, Su Yun Jiao and Zhou Tingting have a bad relationship; how could Su Yun Jiao possibly stand in for Zhou Tingting to perform?

These words are obviously nonsense at first glance.

Seeing that no one believed Zhou Xian, Su Yun Jiao stepped forward and said, "Take a good look—am I or am I not Su Yun Jiao?"

When they discovered that the person behind Zhou Xian was truly Su Yun Jiao, the entire venue fell silent.

Fang Hong looked at Su Yun Jiao in disbelief.

At this moment, Su Yun Jiao had makeup on, making her features stand out even more.

Before, Su Yun Jiao always kept her head down and didn't dare to look at people, so few noticed that her features were actually quite pretty.

Especially after makeup, she became even more delicate.

She has an oval face, with red lips and white teeth—not to mention, her eyes are especially lively and charming.

"Su, Su Yun Jiao?"

Fang Hong didn't expect that the person before her was truly Su Yun Jiao.

Even Qin Xue was stunned.

Everyone at school knows Qin Xue is pretty; she's even the class belle of Class One.

Now, Qin Xue, carefully dressed up, stands before Su Yun Jiao and actually isn't enough to look at.

"How could this..."

Fang Hong glanced at Qin Xue beside her, fearing her close friend would suffer a blow.

How could the previously unnoticed Su Yun Jiao become this beautiful?

"Well, even if she really is Su Yun Jiao, that doesn't mean she can act like a rascal, right? The performance list clearly says Zhou Tingting; how can Su Yun Jiao substitute for Zhou Tingting on stage?"

"We're all in the same class; now Tingting is in the hospital, why can't Tingting go on stage? You just said it yourself—this is collective honor; we can't just bottom out because Tingting went to the hospital, can we?"

After Su Yun Jiao's rebuttal, Fang Hong ended up speechless.

Su Yun Jiao continued, "Or are you saying that if Qin Xue also went to the hospital today, your class wouldn't send anyone?"

"You!"

Fang Hong didn't expect Su Yun Jiao to have so many twisted arguments.

Her face instantly flushed red.

"This is clearly sophistry!"

"I'm stating the facts."

Su Yun Jiao said, "Since you can't refute me, what's wrong with me standing in for Zhou Tingting on stage? Otherwise, let's take it to the teacher and have the teacher judge for us."

"You..."

Fang Hong still wanted to refute Su Yun Jiao, but as soon as she heard that it had escalated to the teacher's presence, Qin Xue immediately became anxious: "Hong Hong! Forget it, forget it, don't make a big deal out of this."

After all, if this matter were to blow up in front of the teacher, it would not be good to involve Zhou Tingting's fall from the stairs.

Seeing that Qin Xue was no longer pursuing the matter, Fang Hong glared at Su Yun Jiao and said, "Do you see? This time it's because Xiao Xue is magnanimous; otherwise, even if it blew up in front of the teacher, you'd surely be doomed!"

After all, they are students of Yi Ban; Yi Ban students have excellent grades, so they naturally enjoy the teacher's favor.

The classmates nearby also chimed in with mockery: "Isn't that right? If it really blew up in front of the teacher, they'd probably be able to dig up something else."

Hearing the mockery from those nearby, Su Yun Jiao furrowed her brows: "What do you mean?"

Zhou Tingting fell from the stairs for no apparent reason, and it's still unknown who tampered with it.

That one sentence actually made Qin Xue nervous.

Fang Hong also chimed in: "Isn't that right? How coincidental is it? Zhou Tingting fell from the stairs today? Perhaps someone deliberately wanted to replace Zhou Tingting on stage, which is why they stirred up this whole thing."

Upon hearing Fang Hong's words, Qin Xue's just-now tense mood instantly relaxed.

Fortunately, no one suspected her.