Chapter 64

Zhou Xian heard Fang Hong's words, his face darkened: "You need to have evidence when you speak, don't just frame people here."

"How am I just framing you? Zhou Tingting is your sister; everyone knows Su Yun Jiao likes Lu Chi, for Lu Chi she'd do anything—what's framing your sister for falling down the stairs? Zhou Xian, open your eyes and see what kind of person this woman beside you is."

Seeing Fang Hong speak more and more excessively, Qin Xue feared this would really blow up before the teacher, so she immediately grabbed Fang Hong's arm and said, "Hong Hong, don't say that—how bad would the impact be?"

"Xiao Xue, you're just too kind—who in our class doesn't know Lu Chi likes you? This Su Yun Jiao has always been meddling among you; who knows, she might strike at you any day!"

Fang Hong spoke with righteous confidence.

This made Su Yun Jiao laugh angrily.

How can they keep piling all kinds of filth on her head?

"Classmate, what did I do to offend you? First you said I pushed Zhou Tingting downstairs, now you say I'm going to attack Qin Xue—are you suffering from persecution paranoia? Or should we just call the police? Let the police come see how Zhou Tingting actually fell down the stairs."

Seeing Su Yun Jiao about to call the police, Qin Xue grew more frightened: "Alright, Hong Hong! Don't spout nonsense here—we're about to go on stage for our class performance; making a big scene here would be bad."

"What's there to fear? I also think calling the police is appropriate—we should arrest all those with ill intentions."

Fang Hong was certain it was Su Yun Jiao who pushed Zhou Tingting off the building.

At that moment, a Student Council member walked over from not far away: "Qin Xue of Year Three Class One, it's your turn to get ready."

Hearing that, Qin Xue calmed her emotions.

She looked out from behind the stage.

Because they were in Class One, Lu Chi sat in the front row.

Qin Xue immediately saw Lu Chi sitting in the front row.

Upon seeing Lu Chi, Qin Xue's face filled with joy.

"Hong Hong, let's go over there."

Qin Xue pulled Fang Hong and another classmate to a corner to tidy their clothes.

"Xiao Xue, don't worry—Su Yun Jiao has never sung before, has no stage experience, her singing definitely won't be as good as yours."

"Yeah, Xiao Xue, just relax—Su Yun Jiao only has that outfit looking nice; when she goes on stage, let's see what she does!"

Seeing the two classmates beside her constantly comforting her, Qin Xue also nodded.

That's right.

Su Yun Jiao has never had stage experience, and her singing probably won't be better than hers.

This must be because no one in Class Six wanted to stand in for Zhou Tingting, so they pushed Su Yun Jiao up just to fill the slot.

That works too.

With Su Yun Jiao as a green leaf to set me off, today's performance will only become more splendid.

Soon, the host said: "Please welcome Qin Xue of Class One to perform the song 'Return to Summer' for everyone."

Qin Xue slowly went on stage; as soon as she appeared, she drew everyone's attention.

Because Qin Xue is good-looking, many people like her.

Qin Xue sang on stage, while Su Yun Jiao backstage kept observing the surroundings.

In her previous life, Qin Xue's music stopped halfway through her song.

The scene fell silent for a while, then Lu Chi went on stage playing his guitar.

It was precisely for this reason that Qin Xue and Lu Chi were once again called the school's golden boy and jade girl.

She actually wanted to see how Qin Xue's accompaniment could suddenly stop.

"Jiao Jiao, what are you looking at?"

Zhou Xian saw Su Yun Jiao looking around, his face full of confusion.

"Nothing, I just want to know where the sound technician is here."

"Sound technician? You mean the broadcast room, right?"

"Yeah, where is the broadcast room?"

Su Yun Jiao looked for a long time but still couldn't find where the broadcast room was.

Seeing this, Zhou Xian smiled and said, "It's right over there."

Sure enough, Su Yun Jiao saw a wooden door.

She lifted her skirt and walked over without a word.

Su Yun Jiao opened the door and saw the boy playing music inside jump in fright.

"Who are you? Don't you know you're not allowed to just come in here?"

But soon the boy saw Zhou Xian behind Su Yun Jiao and immediately said, "President."

"Hmm."

Zhou Xian said: "Is the music playing okay?"

"No problem, this music file was sent by Qin Xue, it definitely won't——"

Before the boy could finish, the outside music suddenly stopped.

Su Yun Jiao clearly saw the progress bar still moving.

Meanwhile, on stage, Qin Xue was singing: "To go farther, to see brighter light."

Because the music stopped, the venue became somewhat chaotic.

Apparently noticing the chaos, Lu Chi immediately stood up, grabbed a guitar from backstage, and went on stage.

And Qin Xue, taking the cue, sang on: "The boy in a white shirt, he's in my neighboring class, sweating on the playground, playing with the basketball, the almost-boiling longing, my heart fluttering endlessly……"

"Weird, the progress bar is still playing—how did the music suddenly cut out?"

The boy was also puzzled, but at this moment he dared not pause the music.

Su Yun Jiao frowned.

Could it be……

Su Yun Jiao said to the male student, "Send me a copy of this document."

Oh oh, okay!

The male student quickly transferred the file to Su Yun Jiao's phone.

Meanwhile, inside the venue, the crowd was still cheering because Qin Xue and Lu Chi were paired together.

The lobby was almost full of shouts of "Together! Together!"

Even the teachers could barely suppress the students' voices.

Su Yun Jiao took her phone and walked outside the broadcast room, playing the moment the music stopped on her phone.

As expected, this music file had a problem.

The accompaniment was basically only half.

"What's wrong? Is it a problem with the music file?"

Yes.

Su Yun Jiao nodded and said, "It was Qin Xue's doing on purpose."

In her previous life, everyone thought the music stopping was a coincidence, a mistake by the broadcast room.

But no one expected that the music file submitted by Qin Xue had a problem.

Qin Xue used this trick cleverly, successfully exploiting the students' psychology of cheering to bring herself closer to Lu Chi.

Good.

It turned out that from this moment on, Qin Xue had already been using tactics.

This time, she would absolutely not let Qin Xue be so smug and pleased with herself.

Liu Ban, you should get ready.

The publicity committee member nearby greeted Su Yun Jiao and Zhou Xian.

After Qin Xue finishes this song, it will be Second Class, Third Class, Fourth Class, and Fifth Class.

Liu Ban is at the bottom.

However, because Su Yun Jiao needs to play the piano, the members of Liu Ban also have to go to the piano room to move the piano over.

After a short while, several students from Liu Ban had already moved the piano to the chapel.

Zhou Xian stepped forward to check the piano, and after confirming there were no problems, he said, "Thank you for your hard work."

"Isn't this all for the collective honor?"

"Otherwise we wouldn't be putting in this effort."

A few male students rubbed their shoulders.

At that moment, Qin Xue had already stepped down from the stage and naturally sat down beside Lu Chi.

The lighting inside the lobby was dim.

Qin Xue, blushing, said to Lu Chi, "Lu Chi, thank you; if it weren't for you just now, I wouldn't have known what to do."

Lu Chi said, "Fortunately you often let me listen to your singing; otherwise I wouldn't be able to play this piece."

Upon hearing that, Qin Xue said even more embarrassedly, "Who could have thought the music would suddenly stop? Just now... I really owe you."

Lu Chi didn't say anything.

However, just now there had been people cheering from below the stage, and he couldn't just leave Qin Xue alone on stage.

The later programs were quite ordinary, and the chapel filled again with the sound of students chatting casually.

Soon, the host's announcement came from the stage: "Third Year Liu Ban, Zhou Tingting, will perform 'She De' for everyone."

Upon hearing Zhou Tingting's name, Qin Xue still felt a bit uneasy inside.

Zhou Tingting is considered a tough girl at school, so she gets along well with both girls and boys.

Just as everyone was about to cheer for Zhou Tingting, they realized the person who went on stage was not Zhou Tingting.

"Who is this? Not Zhou Tingting."

"I don't know, I've never seen this female student before."

"Is she from Liu Ban? She looks somewhat familiar."

……

Inside the chapel were the sounds of students murmuring doubtfully.

Lu Chi also furrowed his brow.

Su Yun Jiao?

How did Su Yun Jiao get on stage?

Qin Xue beside him said, "Lu Chi, I just forgot to tell you, Zhou Tingting went to the hospital, so Su Yun Jiao is filling in for her on stage; I don't know if she sings well or not, and whether she'll drag your class down."

Lu Chi's brow furrowed deeply: "She can't sing; what embarrassment would she bring by going on stage?"

Su Yun Jiao had never sung in front of him before, and she also suffers from stage fright, so she dare not perform in front of a crowd.

Remember when in elementary school, the teacher organized the whole class to go on stage to introduce themselves and also perform a talent; at that time Su Yun Jiao fainted straight away from nervousness.

What is Su Yun Jiao up to now?

Isn't she afraid something will happen in front of everyone?

Lu Chi felt a bit restless.

But Su Yun Jiao had already sat down at the piano and began to play the piano piece slowly.

When the piano piece began to play, the whole audience became immersed in it.

Not only because Su Yun Jiao played it beautifully, but also because she played it gracefully.

"Forgotten, who first sparked the war, this pointless torment, what is it all for anyway?"

Su Yun Jiao sang slowly: "Could it be that loving you this much means I should learn to let go, lowering myself to the dust?"

Su Yun Jiao's voice was melodious, and for a moment the entire venue fell silent.

Including Lu Chi.

Qin Xue stared at Su Yun Jiao on stage in disbelief.

Su Yun Jiao... she can actually sing and play!

Lu Chi had never heard Su Yun Jiao sing before, and this was the first time he realized how beautiful her singing was.

Those lyrics stabbed his chest with pain.

From childhood onward, Su Yun Jiao has always been the one following behind him.

He doesn't know when it started, but he has long grown accustomed to Su Yun Jiao's kindness toward him.