Chapter 130: It really is Xing'er!

Half an hour ago, backstage at the Mid-Autumn Festival Gala.

Shi Yi came out of the dressing room and trotted over to Zhou Yutong, her fair little face flushed with nervousness:

"Yu Tongjie, I... I'm a bit nervous. What if I sing off-key later?"

Zhou Yutong had also just come out of the dressing room next door, and when she saw the person before her, her pupils suddenly brightened.

Xing'er was wearing a pale blue strapless chiffon dress today, the thousand-layered skirt adorned with pearls and shimmering crystal sequins. Her jet-black hair was loosely braided, a few stray strands falling across her forehead, with a blue silk bow pinned at the ends. Her skin was as white as snow, and a bright red string was tied around her wrist.

Xing'er looked like a girl from next door who had accidentally stumbled onto the stage, her eyebrows curved with shyness, yet her clear temperament made her look so beautiful and untainted that one couldn't help but want to brush the stray hair from her temples.

"Xing'er, it doesn't matter if you sing off-key. Bad publicity is still publicity. Anyway, the moment you step on stage today, you will definitely become the focus of the entire venue!"

Zhou Yutong teased.

"Yu Tongjie, you're still teasing me! I'm really scared... What if I sing off-key or forget the lyrics? Wouldn't that embarrass you too? After all, we're in the same act, and you have to dance."

"Xing'er, I'm being serious." Zhou Yutong placed her hands on Shi Yi's shoulders and looked into her eyes:

"You don't need to think about whether you'll sing off-key or forget the lyrics. Just think in your heart that Xiao Manjie, Lao Jiu, and Dr. Chen are all by your side, just like that year when we were in Sozali celebrating your birthday... Just pretend that today is to celebrate Xiao Manjie's birthday!"

"Mm... I understand."

Shi Yi nodded blankly, then turned to look around: "By the way, why is Wang Yang so slow? Isn't he supposed to play the guitar later? Why hasn't he come out yet?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a complaining voice sounded from behind her:

"You're asking why I'm so slow? I only finished seeing my last patient half an hour ago, okay! It's already good that I'm not late. Boss, you can't exploit your employees like this, can you? It's Mid-Autumn Festival today!"

The two turned around to see Wang Yang already dressed in his performance outfit, his face wearing delicate light makeup, holding a large wooden guitar in his hands.

However, his eyes looked a bit tired, and if you looked closely, there were two large dark circles under them.

Seeing Wang Yang's state, Shi Yi couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt.

These days, whenever she had time, she would go to the studio to rehearse with Yu Tongjie, and apart from the fixed six patients a day, she had handed all the clinic's affairs over to Wang Yang. It seemed Wang Yang had indeed been working very hard during this time.

"That... Dr. Wang, thank you for your hard work. Tomorrow... I'll give you a day off," Shi Yi said, feeling a bit guilty.

"Just one day off?!" Wang Yang snorted with dissatisfaction.

"Hmph, you wouldn't be this stingy even if you were dismissing a beggar! This time, you have to give me a raise no matter what! I'm not greedy, just give me a 2,000 raise first, and I'll have more energy to work..."

Shi Yi laughed and said, "Alright, alright, I'll give you a 2,000 raise!"

Zhou Yutong, standing to the side, tugged at Shi Yi's sleeve and said with a serious face:

"Xing'er, you're still too soft-hearted! Don't promise him yet. Let's see how he performs today. If he performs well, then promise him the raise. If he performs poorly... deduct a month's salary!"

"No way, you capitalists are too black-hearted! Besides, Yutong, don't you want your 1 million?!"

"If you have the energy to bicker with me, why don't you go practice! You've already practiced too little; don't drag me and Xing'er down when we get on stage later."

"Alright, alright... Don't worry, I can play this song even with my eyes closed..."

Half an hour later.

"Next, please enjoy the song and dance performance, 'Moon Over the Little Hill.' Let's welcome them with applause!"

As soon as the host's sweet voice faded, the stage lights went dark, the entire theater fell silent, and everyone's eyes turned toward the front.

At this moment, Liu Wanxin lowered her head and, by the dim light, looked at the program list in her hand.

So, Teacher Tong Yu also had a solo dance performance? Live musical accompaniment, Wang Yang, vocalist... Shen Xing'er?

Why did that name sound so much like that Shen Xingyao?

The next second, the stage lights slowly brightened, and in the stage setting, overlapping mountain shadows appeared, with a moon like a jade plate hanging in the night sky.

The next second, the moon slowly descended from the sky, and a figure as graceful as a startled swan walked out from within, as beautiful as a fairy of the moon.

Liu Wanxin's pupils suddenly constricted!

That person...

It was actually Shen Xingyao, her second daughter, whom she had once despised and hated the most, Shi Yi!

At the same time, a crisp, childish voice rang out from the second-floor private room.

"Mom!"

Father Qin, Mother Qin, Qin Ruonan, and Qin Hao Bei all looked toward the stage in unison.

"It really is Xing'er!"

Qin Ruonan exclaimed excitedly, "Didn't she say she had something to do at the clinic today? How could she be here?!"

Qin Hao Bei's gaze finally moved away from his phone, looking at the figure on stage in disbelief.

"Xing'er... is going to sing? Can Xing'er sing? How come I didn't know she could sing..."

Father Qin and Mother Qin said in unison with faces full of disgust:

"Don't talk!"

Qin Hao Bei:...

At this very moment, the gazes of Shi Heng, Su Yichen, and Chu Yehan were also fixed tightly on the stage. Without exception, they all recognized that the person on stage was indeed Xing'er!

The music began, and Shi Yi walked down from the "moon," walked to the center of the stage, and silently took a deep breath.

The audience was packed with a sea of people, but Shi Yi did not look at them.

Her gaze crossed the stage, crossed the overlapping mountain shadows, crossed the streams formed by the lights, and finally landed on the moon in the sky that had set and risen again.

Before her eyes, Xiao Manjie's smiling face, still carrying a bit of baby fat, seemed to appear.

And Lao Jiu, wearing an apron, his rough hands holding a steaming pot of mutton, walking toward her with a smile.

In her nose, she seemed to smell the rich fragrance of the mutton.

And the sweet taste of the dried mango Dr. Chen had handed her.

Not far away, Wang Yang gulped down a can of beer and picked up his guitar.

Yu Tongjie, tipsy, waved her hands and stretched her waist.

Shi Yi's lips curled into a slight smile, then she picked up the microphone and spoke softly:

"The moon quietly climbs the little hill, one by one, the moonlight slowly and gently falls..." ===== CHAPTER 131 =====