CHAPTER 480: CHAPTER 479: REALLY PUSHING IT!

First High School’s program was arranged for the middle part of the entire performance.

The first to go on stage was a group dance. Right after the group dance ended, it was Zhen Yu’s turn for a solo song.

She was still in the same camouflage outfit that she had worn for the group dance, but perhaps because she no longer had to hold her body stiffly and pretend to pose, Zhen Yu looked much more lively!

To be honest! Performing alone on stage in such a large event was something Zhen Yu had never experienced in her past or present life!

Fortunately, she held her ground.

A low and mournful "Camel Bell" made all the audience members fall silent.

It wasn’t so much that Zhen Yu sang so incredibly movingly, but rather the lyrics of the song carried a sense of farewell that reminded people of the soldiers who had sacrificed their lives in the fight against the flood.

It must be said, Zhen Yu chose to sing this song because it was not only appropriate for the occasion but also because it reflected reality well.

After she finished singing and bowed to exit the stage, the applause from the audience was even louder than for First High School’s group dance that had just ended!

After she left the stage, what followed was another large group dance.

With the melodious music accompanying the dance, Zhen Yu quickly walked back to her designated seating area.

But no sooner had she sat down than Bai Xue began to praise her—the praise coming off especially insincerely!

"Xiao Yu, you sang so well! I was almost moved to tears!"

Zhen Yu: "..."

Youth is great! They can be so heartless and carefree!

Only too bad that the happy smile on Bai Xue’s face was too obvious, otherwise Zhen Yu might have believed her a bit.

Not making a sound, Bai Xue continued praising heartlessly until the announcer walked onto the stage again.

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"Next, please enjoy Sanjiang Management Bureau-Fushi Fourth Middle School-Xing Ming’s original song ’For Whom’!"

"!!!" At this moment, the emoticons in Zhen Yu’s heart were a long string of exclamation marks!

Upon hearing the words ’original song’, Zhen Yu had already started to feel apprehensive! And sure enough, when she heard the song title was the one she had in mind, she couldn’t stay seated any longer!

What a brazen fellow!

Daring to plagiarize anything!

Isn’t he afraid of being caught and dissected?!

An ’excited’ Zhen Yu shot up from her seat!

"Burst!" Following her rising motion, there came a very faint sound, almost negligible.

But! But still!

Zhen Yu couldn’t ignore it! Because it came from her waist!

Zhen Yu had not yet figured out what was going on when she suddenly felt her camouflage pants starting to slip down! Frightened, she quickly pressed her hands on her waist and with a ’whoosh’ sound she abruptly sat back down!

Seeing this, Bai Xue gave Zhen Yu a puzzled look at first, then teased her with a laugh: "Xiao Yu, do you have nails on your butt? Why do you keep standing and sitting?!"

Unfortunately, Zhen Yu was completely unable to respond to Bai Xue’s question at the moment!

In the dimness of the seats, she was busy secretly reaching into the bottom of her clothes, groping to find out what exactly went wrong with her waist!

Upon this touch, Zhen Yu discovered that her belt had come undone...

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Since things had already come to this, she definitely couldn’t let the belt hang on her waist and add extra weight to her pants, so Zhen Yu casually pulled the belt out of her pants’ loops.

In the light emanating from the stage, Zhen Yu saw that the screw that fastened the buckle to the belt had popped off.

Zhen Yu guessed that perhaps the screw had loosened without her noticing...

Now the detached belt buckle was completely hanging on one end through the belt loop, clearly indicating that the belt was utterly out of commission.

Zhen Yu couldn’t help but curse her bad luck silently in her heart!

"Ah... this really is so unlucky!"

Bai Xue, who had been half-heartedly watching the performance, suddenly turned her head and noticed Zhen Yu had an extra item in her hands! She couldn’t help but reach out to take it while asking, "What’s this? A belt!"

Zhen Yu was caught off guard when Bai Xue took the belt away, and when she heard Bai Xue was about to speak out, she quickly covered Bai Xue’s mouth with her hand in embarrassment!

"Is this embarrassing or what? Is it?!" Zhen Yu glared at Bai Xue twice before gently pinching her arm as a warning.

It finally dawned on Bai Xue! So this was the belt Xiao Yu wore...

She immediately pried away Zhen Yu’s hand from her face, and whispered into Zhen Yu’s ear, "What should we do? The waist of this camouflage uniform is so loose..."

Zhen Yu also leaned into Bai Xue’s ear and whispered back, "What can we do? Just hold it up with your hand!!"

Thus, Zhen Yu remained seated until the end of the entire performance.

When everyone was leaving, Bai Xue stuck close to Zhen Yu as they walked out! It was as if she was afraid Zhen Yu’s pants might fall down at any moment! This made Zhen Yu feel extremely uncomfortable, but she couldn’t do anything about Bai Xue following her so closely, ’riding in front and following after’.

Soon, everyone had lined up outside the performance venue. Zhen Yu thought they would go directly back to the guesthouse, but Director Luan suddenly spoke up, "To celebrate the smooth completion of the performance! I’m taking everyone for a late-night snack!"

Upon hearing this, the boys immediately let out excited howls, and many girls in the group cheered in agreement! Seeing this, Teacher Zhang had no choice but to give in.

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Since the performance venue was not far from the guesthouse, and the dining place was in between the two, everyone didn’t want to take a ride back after eating and walked back in twos and threes.

The boys walked quickly, leading the way. The girls strolled leisurely, following behind.

In front of the school’s head of discipline, naturally, the boys and girls were clearly separated, no one daring to cross the line.

However, as they walked, the crowd stretched into a long line, and then the traffic lights split them into sections.

At one traffic light intersection, as they waited, the sound of a dense cluster of bicycle bells came from behind the girls. Then a man began hawking his wares in an indistinct dialect!

"Ladies, take a quick look! Look here! Big and long! Big and long..."

Zhen Yu furrowed her brows upon hearing this!

She thought to herself, "What kind of terrible description is this! It’s like those messy bootleg advertisements from the internet in my previous life..."

But Bai Xue suddenly turned to Zhen Yu in surprise and asked, "They’re selling candied haws this early?"

Zhen Yu: "..."

Sorry for the inconvenience!

It’s her fault for not being innocent! Blame it on online university teaching her too much...

Bai Xue, turning her head following suit, craned her neck to look behind the man, "Hey? Xiao Yu! His bicycle doesn’t even have a stand! What on earth is he selling then?"

Before Bai Xue finished her sentence, Gu Qing who was not far behind them suddenly screamed!

"Ah!!! He’s being indecent!!"

"Great!!" Zhen Yuxin thought, "Why is today so problematic!"