Chapter 77: The Third City
The school celebration had just begun, and I was already feeling drowsy. The host on the stage kept talking non-stop, while I yawned loudly twice in a row. This made the vice principal keep glancing at me with an anxious expression, even Gu Liu-Yi furrowed his brow slightly without leaving any trace.
I let out a chuckle, if I hadn't known that Gu Liu was coming today, I'm afraid I would have slipped away quietly.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the chairman of A University, Miss Gu Jing to give a speech." Applause broke out, Gu Liu pushed me forward, I reluctantly stood up and walked towards the stage at a very slow pace.
The host smiled at me with a warm smile, and the whole room fell silent.
Actually, I'm a bit nervous and have no idea what to say. Those words were already prepared for me by others, but I was too lazy to even take a look.
I stood silently in front of the microphone, and the people below began to whisper to each other, their voices growing louder and louder.
"Has he forgotten his lines?" A sharp voice came from the crowd, with malicious mockery.
A gust of wind.
I raised an eyebrow and remained standing on stage, unmoved.
The host next to me was anxious and kept quietly prompting me on the side.
The person below suddenly looked gloomy, as if suppressing himself from standing up. Half a moment later, he turned his eyes, slightly lowered his head and whispered something in the ear of the vice principal beside him. The vice principal's face changed drastically, and he stood up abruptly and rushed to the stage, almost tripping over.
"Silence." I suddenly spoke out, my voice carrying a hint of sharpness and huskiness through the microphone. Almost at the same time as the sound fell, all sounds stopped, and the vice principal's footsteps, which were about to rush over, froze in place.
Through the dense crowd, I saw Li Yang standing at the back, everyone else was sitting, only he stood in the cold wind smiling at me. At that moment, everything around me slowly blurred, and only Li Yang's clean smile was reflected deep in my pupils, with a gentleness that others couldn't understand.
I took a deep breath, calmly opened my lips and said: "I am Gu Quan, thank you all for coming today. A University is our school, it's where we will spend four years of our lives, and at the same time, it's another home to us. We are gathered here today for the same wish, so I hope..."
After the speech ended, Gu Liuyi was the first to stand up and applaud, followed by the vice president, the host, and then the crowd below.
I held my head high, standing proudly there. I tried to make myself look more like a rich girl, naturally accepting wave after wave of applause. Then, pretending to inadvertently sweep the last corner, seeing a familiar figure, I couldn't help but slightly curl up the corners of my mouth.
After stepping down, Gu Liuyi couldn't help but ask me: "Did you really forget the words or was it on purpose?"
I smiled and didn't answer directly: "As long as it ends smoothly, who cares if there are any forgotten words."
It's no longer a matter of whether I forgot or not, but rather that those words were completely made up on the spot and probably have nothing to do with what was originally said.
Gu Liuyi glanced at me with a hint of confusion, but really didn't ask anything else.
But everything went smoothly. The first program was a chorus brought by the seniors of Grade 3, the second program was a song sung by the "most promising couple" of University A, and the third one was a short play brought by the Ningjing class.
His name is Cheng.
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