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As night fell over the Friday before summer vacation, the auditorium University T"s is bustling with liveliness. There are still twenty minutes before the culture show. The enthusiastic onlookers crowded the auditorium looking for places to sit. The members of the Student Union are busy scrambling around to make last-minute preparations for the show with sweat sticking to their foreheads.
Lu Wei Xi sat backstage in the dressing room while Chen Si Ran to apply her makeup. On the side, Mu Ran Ran is running around getting her water and making sure she is comfortable.
Lu Wei Xi closed her eyes.
She doesn"t know…. if Jian Chi has arrived yet.
Lu Wei Xi had been to many singing compet.i.tions and performances like this for years. Needless to say, she would perform very well almost every time on stage. She is never nervous when she is performing in front of her peers or in front of a huge crowd.
Singing to her is like eating and sleeping, it comes naturally.
But at this moment, as she closes her eyes and listened to the violent heartbeat on her chest, she had to admit that she is feeling nervous.
That"s because Jian Chi will be coming to see her performance.
She thought back to Jian Chi"s explosive confession a few days ago at Nothing Else"s YY channel. She pursed her lips, unable to contain the smile forming.
Cheng Si Ran who is standing in front of her and applying the eyeliner couldn"t help but frown, “Why are you smiling all of a sudden. You couldn"t be thinking about your boyfriend are you?”
“Cough.....” Lu Wei Xi"s entire face turned red as she heavily choked.
Mu Ran Ran couldn"t help but laugh, “I must say, Xi Xi must be nervous. After all, this is the first time she will be singing in front of her boyfriend. Not only that, but she will also be singing a fresh sweet love song. Tch...who would believe that she is not nervous.”
Not wanting to be outdone, Lu Wei Xi opened her mouth to refute but Cheng Si Ran put a finger to lip and motion her not to move. She can only reluctantly close her mouth and let it go.
People came and went. Cheng Si Ran and Mu Ran Ran"s conversation fell onto her ears.
“Si Ran, when are you going home?”
“My day is picking me up the day after tomorrow. How are you going to go back, do you need me to give you a ride?”
“No need, my friend will pick me up.”
“Tch, what friend, boyfriend?”
……
With her eyes closed, her hearing became more sensitive. The conservation between Mu Ran Ran and Cheng Si Ran is very generic but for some reason, Lu Wei Xi felt some sadness in her heart.
She suddenly felt that time had pa.s.sed by really fast. In the blink of an eye, a year had pa.s.sed.
A year ago, she never would"ve thought that in this ordinary year she would meet the extraordinary him.
Ever since she met him, this is the first time that she genuinely felt that they really are destined.
After she finished applying her makeup, the culture show had begun. The male and female host is already on the stage, their voice broadcasted all the way to the dressing room backstage.
Filled with eagerness and enthusiasm, Cheng Si Ran and Mu Ran Ran left the dressing room to find their seats leaving Lu Wei Xi alone until her turn.
She had already familiarized every melody of the song in her heart. Lu Wei Xi took a deep breath and tried to calm her beating heart.
After thinking for a while, she still couldn"t resist sending Jian Chi a text.
“Have you arrived yet?”
“Yes.”
“What do I do, I"m so nervous QAQ.”
“Just pretend that everyone in the audience except me is deaf.”
“.....Why not you too?”
“Because I am your boyfriend.”
Lu Wei Xi, “.....”
She was speechless.
Just texting like this with Jian Chi easily calmed her nerves.
At this time, Lu Wei Xi heard footsteps gradually approaching her way. Then, a shadow was cast over her.
She didn"t turn around and just raised her head. Through the rectangular mirror in front of her, she saw the figure she didn"t want to see. Lu Yu.
It"s been almost two months since she last saw him. Lu Yu looked the same but he appeared to be thinner. He looks more gloomy and depressed.
He walked up to her and stopped. He didn"t say anything as he quietly sat by her side.
Lu Wei Xi sighed in her heart but didn"t show anything on her face, “Senior Lu, you are very idle. I saw the entrance booth and it seemed to be very busy. Don"t you need to go to help them?”
“Enough people are working there.” Lu Yu softly replied.
Lu Wei Xi doesn"t know what to say next and can only keep silent. The surrounding area is bustling with activity but an awkward silence descended over the two of them.
The fourth act had already started on the stage. For the first time, Lu Wei Xi was dissatisfied with her program sequence. She couldn"t find an excuse to get out of this awkward situation.
After who knows how long, Lu Yu finally looked down and slowly said, “That man, who used to come to pick you up at school, is your boyfriend?”
“En, yes.”
It is already known around the entire school that Lu Wei Xi has a top-grade boyfriend. It is no surprise that Lu Yu knows.
When he saw her slowly nod, Lu Yu stayed silent, as if he didn"t know what else to say.
Lu Wei Xi stared at his dispirited expression and suddenly felt that she was too cruel.
After a long time, Lu Yu bitterly asked, “What do you like about him?”
Like what about him…..
Lu Wei Xi was stumped by Lu Yu"s question. With Lu Wei Xi and Jian Chi being together for so long, no one had ever asked her what she likes about him.
Perhaps in everyone"s mind, Jian Chi is the perfect man that no girl will not like so there is no reason to ask why.
Lu Wei Xi lowered her eyes and stared at the hem of her purple dress, “At the beginning…..I liked his voice, but now, I feel like that isn"t important at all. Even if he loses his voice, I will still unconditionally like him.”
After giving a heartfelt answer, Lu Wei Xi felt really embarra.s.sed as she quickly went to explain, “Uh...this is strange, I"m not really good at expressing myself.”
Lu Yu softly chuckled, his voice filled with self-deprecation, “I understand.” He stared at her, his eyes as gentle as she first saw him. “You want to tell me that at the beginning, you liked him for a reason but now, there is no reason.”
Because of the strong love, all the conditions and reasons vanished.
At this time, she received a text alert on her phone.
Lu Wei Xi looked down at her lock screen and saw that it was from Jian Chi. That cold and aloof man sent her a text message to calm and appease her, telling her not to be nervous and just sing.
When she saw the words “just sing,” she let out a soft chuckle.
After she finished sending her response, Lu Wei Xi looked up and saw that Lu Yu who was sitting in front of her is already gone.
Lu Wei Xi didn"t think too much of it and looked at the time. There are three or four more programs before it is her turn.
She stood up and paced back and forth in the room as she played the entire song in her head one last time.
Lu Wei Xi walked to the waiting wing on the stage. Lu Wei Xi looked at the stair below her. For some reason, she thought back to that day at the underground parking lot when Jian Chi helped her put on shoes.
She couldn"t help but look around the audience. However, from where she is standing, the lights are too faint for her to distinguish the faces in the audience.
When she heard the host call her name, Lu Wei Xi felt her heart beating rapidly. She reached out to lift her skirt and walked to the center of the stage with a microphone in hand.
The stage was quiet. Lu Wei Xi stood in the center of the stage as all lights fell on her. The finally calmed down when the prelude of the song played.
She is familiar with standing on this kind of stage so it would be shameful if she got nervous again.
“You gave me a smile, can I return it with a hug. You made my heart jump, is there any way to make you fall in love with me.”
……
Standing on the stage, she can see the face of everyone present in the audience.
However, the men and women in front of her all have unfamiliar faces but among the hundreds of them, there is only one face that is clear in her eyes.
He smiled gently at her. Under the dim lighting, his eyes are bright and glimmering.
It is a deadly attraction.
……
“You know that I am very calm. Why are you still smiling in your sleep? You know that I am independent, but I am have changed without even realizing….we still have a big world to travel around, don"t leave me behind.”
Her voice is soft and mellow and for a long time, she couldn"t remove her gave from him.
In the next second, Lu Wei Xi was caught off guard that she almost forgot to sing.
Because the people sitting behind Jian Chi are all familiar faces.
Nothing Else, Purple Gla.s.s, Pond Fish, White Jade Radish, Crisp and Clear….there is even Xu Qu Qing, or at this instant, it should be more appropriate to call her Yan Xiao Sha.
Ye Fei must have followed Jian Chi here but how did everyone else know that she has a performance today? In an instant, Lu Wei Xi came to a quick conclusion. Actually, she didn"t have to think too hard about it. It must have been Xia Nuan who told them.
Being stared at by these people is a little embarra.s.sing. T^T
Although her brain is in a state of chaos, her singing got better and better. Originally, she thought that she would be nervous and forget the lyrics but now, standing on the stage, Lu Wei Xi was shocked to find that she felt more comfortable and secure on the stage.
Even if the world were to end the next second, it wouldn"t matter. She knows that he will take her to overcome the ruins through life and death.
The song slowly came to its end. Lu Wei Xi moved her eyes through the crowd until it landed firmly on him, “I want to feel the fresh breeze of spring with you and the summer sun on our shoulders….maybe the future is far away and it is difficult to travel the world together, with you by my side, I can get through all the wonder the world has to offer.”
After she finished the last line of the song, she put the mike down and stared at the man sitting below her.
He lifted his left hand and waved as he smiled softly at her.
Lu Wei Xi can clearly see the couple ring that she bought is now gently placed on his ring finger, shining brightly in the darkroom.
It matches the one shining brightly on her finger.
An emotional feeling surged up in her chest.
At the end of the song, Lu Wei Xi forced herself to take her eyes off him. She bowed at the audience before carefully walking off stage with her high heels.
She took a deep breath and realized that her palm is already filled with cold sweat.
Since it is already halfway through with the show, the dressing room backstage is not as crowded as before. Lu Wei Xi was about to look for a quiet place to remove her costume and makeup when, in a few steps, she was stopped by a group of people.
They all stood in a row. It is the familiar faces that she saw when she was onstage.
The first one to speak is Nothing Else, who is still wearing the same ripped jeans and looking very sloppy, “Oh, Little East, you sang so well onstage. You definitely don"t lose out to those professional singers.”
Next to him, Crisp and Clear who is holding White Jade Radish"s hand nodded and chimed in, “Yes, that"s right. I was just telling Purple Gla.s.s how our group really found a treasure.”
“Wei Xi, Wei Xi, please tell me which one is my male G.o.d. I have tried to guess the entire night but I am still not sure.” Pond Fish made a gesture of begging, still hung up on Wonder.
Nothing Else sneered, “The one who looks the coldest.”
……
The group of people chatted for a while. It is the first time that friends in the online world are meeting in the real world. Lu Wei Xi smiled, feeling content and satisfied.
She swept her gaze through the crowd but couldn"t find a trace of Jian Chi. Now that she thinks about it, he isn"t someone who likes to be around lively people. Seeing so many people here, he probably turned and walked away.
While they chat for a while, the group expressed an interest in going to barbeque. Lu Wei Xi sent them off and told them that she will join them after she removes her makeup. Along the way, she decided to look for her boyfriend.
At this time, there are only a few people in the s.p.a.cious dressing room. Lu Wei Xi found an empty spot to sit down and began to remove her makeup.
Just as she was about to remove her false eyelashes, a hand reached out to grab her hand before it could touch her cheek.
Cold touch with long and elegant fingers. There is only one person like that.
Lu Wei Xi unconsciously smiled. She looked up at the man in front of her, “The specifically picked that song just for you. What do you think, do you like it?”
“Yes.”
Jian Chi softly replied and leaned down.
The distance between them got closer and closer until she was able to see each individual lashes on his eyes. He lowered his eyes and stared at her with great concentration. Then, he carefully reached out and gently helped her remove the false lashes from her eyelids.
“Does it hurt when you put this on?”
He nodded and asked.
“N, no….”
Her heartbeat increased little by little. Although she is used to the intimacy between them, in this quiet and empty dressing room, she doesn"t dare to look at him.
Jian Chi"s line of sight fell from her eyes to her white collarbone and them to the plunging neckline of her dress.
His gaze burned.
With a little force in his hand, he was able to bring the girl into his arms.
Lu Wei Xi was shocked by his sudden action. Before she could voice her complaint, she saw Jian Chi"s lips hook into a small smile.
He asked, “May I kiss you?”
In an instant, she was brought back to last May at the hotel in Manhattan.
Lu Wei Xi froze. Like a thief she guiltily looked around the room to make sure no one is around. Then she hooked her arms around his neck.
Their lips met, gentle and tough.
The lipstick on her lips has all been transferred to his but he didn"t care at all. When she felt his hand on her waist, Lu Wei Xi jumped and quickly struggled, “We"re in a public place. What are you trying to do?”
Jian Chi gently sighed and obediently stopped. However, still reluctant to let her go, he wrapped his arms around her waist.
Lu Wei Xi leaned into his arms and smiled, “Jian Chi, Sister Gla.s.s and the others are going to barbeque later. Ye Fei is also going, do you want to go?”
Although she wants to hide him, a lot of people had already seen Jian Chi"s back view from the photo posted on Weibo. Also, Pond Fish had been pestering her earlier for his ident.i.ty. She feels like she can"t hold it anymore ==
“Oh….we"ll talk about this later. I have more important things to do now.” Jian Chi huskily whispered.
Lu Wei Xi"s heart skipped a beat. She nervously looked up, “What is it….”
Jian Chi stayed silent for a moment. Then he took out a purple heart-shaped velvet box from his pocket. He glanced at the ring on her right hand, “Shouldn"t we switch rings now?”
Lu Wei Xi"s mind went blank. She stared at the velvet box which looks delicate in his hand. She stuttered, “Are, are you...proposing to me?”
“En.” He nodded without hesitation.
She immediately blushed, “You...are you serious?”
Jian Chi furrowed his brows in dissatisfaction, “Wei Xi, I have always been serious about you.”
I"m very serious, I want to spend the rest of my life with you.
It was like a large bucket of glue was knocked over her head that she couldn"t think about it at all. She has been waiting for this day but she didn"t expect that it will come so fast.
Should she say yes?
From then on, she gave the rest of her life to him, to wholehearted trust him and love him. She will become his wife and hold his hands to spend the rest of her life with him.
Lu Wei Xi looked up and saw the man looking down at her his eyes filled with warmth and gentleness.
He is a bright moon in the night sky but he was willing to settle down and become a small star with her.
It turns out that the ordinary her can really pluck the flower from its peak put it in her bag, and keep him all to herself.
Her eyes began to moisten as she smiled sweetly up at him.
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Let"s just say that what happened that Friday night will go down in history in the 2D world.
That"s because, in the dark and quiet night, without any warning, Wonder posted on Weibo, igniting a huge storm.
“Never take risks, never be rude, never get drunk, never gamble. Don"t believe in hesitation, don"t want anything, until I met you.”
The content is as simple and clear as ever, without anything to hide. Attached to it is a picture of a pair of hands intertwined together with their diamond rings warmly shining in the air.
Finally, the legendary and mysterious Wonder willingly came down from the altar and became her Wonder alone.
I once walked down this path alone, how fortunate am I to be with you.
-The End-
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