Chapter 24 I Love You 4 Worry-Free

  Ming De stepped forward, standing between the two: "No! You can't be so close, except when dancing." After saying that, he turned around and asked Ming Xin: "How are you? Can you walk?"

  "Not good, although the bleeding has stopped, it's very painful. Such a long nail, if you were the one who got hurt, you would definitely cry!"

  "Am I crying? Why does it seem like there are tear stains on someone's face?"

  "Are you here to comfort me or to mock me? Bad Mingde!" Mingxin looked around, searching for something to throw at Mingde.

  "Alright, alright! I know it hurts, of course I'm here to comfort you. Can you hold on until the performance is over?"

  "Thursday will take care of me."

  "Alright, after the performance I'll send you to the hospital. If it's really not possible, don't force yourself." Ming De looked at Xia Xianying sitting in front of the makeup artist again: "Ugly eight! You can act from behind, can't you act from the front?"

  "I'd like to too, but I'm just barely passable at dancing, and when it comes to acting, I'm an amateur."

  "What about Na Lan? Isn't she a substitute?"

  "Ming De! Ming Xin and I still need to discuss the stage, no time to talk about this. Sorry! You go first, if everything goes smoothly, we'll celebrate Ming Xin's success!"

  "Alright, you guys discuss the serious matters, don't give me the cold shoulder, treat me as a transparent person. I won't speak, let me watch the ugly eight freaks put on makeup." Ming De said while putting his index finger to his lips.

  Everyone shook their heads, he likes makeup so much, why doesn't he like acting? What a pity.

  "Teacher Zhang! Hurry up and put on makeup! Just focus on the eyes. There's no time, Ming Yin, are your feet the same size as Xia Xianying's?" Li Ming recalled that Xia Xianying and Ming Yin were about the same height.

  "I'm one size bigger than her. Oh, the dance shoes should be fine." Ming Xin said as she took off the dance shoes from her feet.

  Ling Mu stepped forward and said, "I'll go! You just sit here."

  Ming Xin glared at Ming De, who looked embarrassed: "Thursday! It's still me. Otherwise, Ming Xin will blame me for the rest of her life."

  "This isn't the time for arguing. You go get Mingxin's shoes and bring them over to her, Mingxin, tell Mingde where the shoes are?"

  "Ming Xin pointed to the shoe cabinet on the right side of the door: "That pair..." Ming Xin only said two words and stopped. She was wearing boots, how could she go on stage with this kind of shoes? "No way! Ming De, go to the dressing room and find a pair that I can wear on stage."

  "Wait a minute, I'm all confused. I've prepared a pair of dance shoes. Ming Xin is one size bigger than me, and Xian Ning should fit perfectly." Li Ming called out to Ming De: "However, Ming De, it's still a bother for you, in the second room next door, my bag, oh, it's a pure red bag, on the sofa, you'll see it as soon as you go in."

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  Hearing footsteps, Nils Sloane quickly flashed into another room.

  "No matter who you are, get out! I don't like being disturbed before going on stage!" Li Ling sat on the sofa, covering her face with both hands.

  Nieshilo had no choice but to push the door open. Mingde saw Nieshilo coming out of the room: "Rot, aren't you a substitute? Why didn't you replace Mingxin?"

  "My... that substitute of mine was just a name. I didn't practice at all. Besides, I didn't think Ming Xin would have an accident either."

  "Is that so? It's better this way." Ming De heard that Ming Xian's foot was injured, and his first reaction was: it must be the fault of the rotten mud. But now it seems that it shouldn't be her. Although she is a substitute, she has never thought of going on stage, it shouldn't be her.

  "Wait! What are you doing here? You haven't even practiced at all, and have never thought of going on stage?"

  "I... I just heard someone say that Ming Xin was injured. So I thought... I'd come take a look."

  "Did you see her? Who told you that Ming Xin was injured?" Ming De began to suspect again.

  "Uh-huh. Teacher Li! Teacher Li just looked for me and wanted me to go on stage." Nishi Luo patted his chest.

  Mingde always felt that there was something strange in Niesilo's eyes, but he couldn't think of a suitable word to describe it. Anyway, it was weird. Time didn't allow him to think too much, he couldn't spend time on Niesilo, and could only go get the dance shoes from his bag.

  Watching Mingde's back, Nishiluo almost fainted: Almost blown. Fortunately, his heart was still 'strong' enough.

  Mingde directly took over Teacher Li Ming's bag and brought it over, while Xia Yannian had already changed clothes and was combing her hair. The makeup artist had also left, and Li Ming was combing Xia Yannian's hair: "Fortunately, there is only the dance part, so we don't need to do any hairstyle. We just need to wear a crystal headpiece, otherwise..." Li Ming saw Mingde put his own bag on the dressing table: "Mingde! Hurry up and help Nian change shoes!" Li Ming said, turning the chair around. This way, Mingde could help Xia Yannian change her shoes while also continuing to fix her hair accessories.

  Ming De crouched down to help Xia Xian change her shoes: "Where's Mu Yao?"

  "We just changed clothes and let him go out," said Ming Xin.

  "Ugly eight freaks! What role are you playing? Why are you wearing shoes like an old man?"

  "I'm running errands for the family!"

  "Jiading is also acting, why are you acting like Jiading?"

  "I'm new here, I don't have any work, so I must hand one in."

  "If all the household servants looked like you... wouldn't everyone want to switch places with them?" Ming De finally took off those boots: "After the performance, you and Ming Xin have to treat me to dinner. I'm so tired, I still have to help you put on shoes, and also Ming Xin, later I'll even have to carry her home."

  "Ming De! Are you helping us? It sounds like you're suppressing us!" Ming Xin finally couldn't help but speak up, looking away from the script.

  Ming De just wanted to go back, Li Ming took over: "Okay. Don't say anything else! Ming Xian, take a good look at the script. Fen Ning! You also don't move around, one last time, my craftsmanship is not as good as Teacher Zhang's, I hope it succeeds once."

  Ming De took out her dance shoes from her bag and put them on.

  Ming Xin shook her head and said, "You'd better hurry up and put the shoes on Xian Rong. What are you doing holding onto them?"

  "Your feet are like that, I have to be more careful. Shh..., Teacher Li said we can't talk." Mingde lowered his voice.

  Ming didn't say anything, but she was very impressed by Mingde's thoughtfulness. He had thought of things that she hadn't even considered. Ah! She couldn't think like this, if he were to wear women's clothes, no one would have thought he was a boy, his thoughts should be meticulous from the start. Perhaps in the beginning, when he was still in his mother's womb, he was actually a girl, because his mother had wanted a boy so much and prayed for it, God heard her sincere heart and pitied her, so at the last minute, God changed Mingde into a boy.

  Ling Mu Ye knocked on the door and came in, interrupting Ming Xin's thoughts: "Li, teacher, we have five minutes left. Oh! Everything is ready!" Ling Mu Ye saw Xia Qian Ning and Ming Xin standing together, and from a distance, it was really hard to tell them apart: "The same makeup, can't be distinguished!"

  "Really? Thursday! Do I have a slender and beautiful one?" Ming Xin asked.

  "You're just as beautiful!"

  "Wow! I can finally be as beautiful as you!" If it weren't for the injury on her foot, Ming Xin would have jumped up.

  "What's so great? Thursday also said that I'm as beautiful as the ugly eight!" Mingde laughed.

  Xia Qian Ning smiled: "Look at what you're saying, it's as if you've always been ugly. Who does Ming De call 'ugly eight' every day?"

  "Ugly eight monsters, how are you standing together with Ming Xin again? I just changed your shoes..." Ming De protested.

  Ling Mu asked for two more minutes for him and Ming Xin: "Can you give me and Ming Xin two more minutes? Ming De, aren't you watching the performance?"

  "Sorry! I'll go first." Mingde also hastily ran out, he wanted to go downstairs to watch the performance, he wanted to enjoy this performance.

  Li Ming shouted to Ming De, firmly: "Wait a minute! Ming De, go find Liu Nan and let him give you the costume. You'll play Xia Fen's house servant. Liu Nan is also a house servant, there are no lines for you, you don't have to do anything, just follow Liu Nan and he will show you the script. Save the scene! Fen has already gone on stage, you can't refuse now!"

  Li Ming did not give Ming De any room for refusal in words, nor did he give him any room for refusal in actions, and time also did not give Ming De any room for refusal.

  She picked up her bag, but her footsteps were hesitant: "Everyone hurry up, I'll tell the host about the change of actors first. If I'm not here before the show, I must have gone to the lighting engineer's place. Don't worry, I will hand it over to Song Xiwei, you all just follow the arrangement at the dress rehearsal." Li Ming finished speaking and hurriedly walked out. Xia Yafen saw this and quickly chased after him.

  Ling Mu Yao picked up Ming Xin: "Time is a bit tight, let's walk over slowly and get into it slowly, okay?... Be careful when going on stage later, don't move if you can't, I'll take care of it."

  Ming Xin nodded.

  Xia Qian Ning chased him out, and suddenly remembered something. She didn't want the host to announce her name, this was Ming Yin's preparation for a long time, it was her gift to herself at seventeen years old, so she hoped that Ming Yin would take credit alone.

  Mingde stood there stupidly: He wants to act as Ding? Must he act as Ding?

  Life is always beyond your expectations, perhaps this is where the charm of life lies!

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  Ni Shiluo met Ming De and hastily left the backstage, returning to the audience seat.

  The host's words made her heart skip a beat: Could it be that Ming Xin's foot injury wasn't serious? No way, if it wasn't serious, Li Ming wouldn't have come looking for her.

  This was not within her expectation. Is... isn't everything already out of her control? No! After this program ends, there are still two dances and a grand chorus, which should be the most chaotic time backstage.

  Everything has just begun... On stage, Ming Xin performed exceptionally well.

  Perhaps it was the pain in her feet that made her look even more pitiful, and even Niels Bohr was drawn into her performance at this moment.

  Dance... The dimming lights, the gradual distance between the male and female leads... Ni Shiluo didn't understand, the next segment was supposed to be the Butterfly Dance, the male and female leads should have been standing in the center waiting for the change in lighting, could it be that the previous dance was deleted?