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Chapter 133: Chapter 133: You Won’t Die If You Don’t Seek Trouble, The Face-Slapping Begins (1)
School Festival Day.
It was only from Lan Yu that Lu Sheng and the others found out that originally, the garden party was just a school festival event hosted by Shengjing, open to the public but only having a minor influence.
However, due to Lu Ziye and Yao Xuantong posting on social media last Friday about their planned attendance, the name of Shengjing suddenly became nationally known.
Whether fans of Lu Ziye and Yao Xuantong or passersby, everyone was inquiring about how to enter Shengjing to partake in the festival, with the search term "Shengjing High School Festival" exceeding one million hits on social media.
Therefore, Shengjing had no choice but to take emergency measures.
To limit the number of people entering the school, the original eighty-yuan tickets for non-school personnel were suddenly increased to three hundred yuan, and entry to the school was restricted to the hours between ten in the morning and four in the afternoon.
But even so, the temporarily issued ten thousand tickets were snapped up in less than twenty minutes.
And if not for the fact that the festival day fell on a workday, preventing some from getting leave to attend, coupled with expensive or hard-to-obtain return flights to Jiang City, as well as some missing the timing to snap up tickets, the sell-out time would likely have been even shorter than twenty minutes.
By Tuesday, some unscrupulous scalpers were even selling tickets for three thousand apiece, yet fans of Lu Ziye were still scrambling to buy them.
The influence of top celebrities is indeed terrifying.
In the morning, Lu Sheng did not go to Shengjing with Lu Youming and Lu Youye but went to pick up Juanjuan from the apartment first, hence she arrived at the school later than they did.
By the time they reached Shengjing, the scene outside the school alone was worthy of being called a grand affair, and even Juanjuan, frightened by the sight before her, clung to Lu Sheng’s clothes.
It was almost nine-thirty, and many cars had already parked outside.
A thick crowd of young men and women gathered outside the school gates, holding banners in support of Lu Ziye and Yao Xuantong, eyes glowing with anticipation as they waited for their idols to appear.
Mostly made up of fans, some held tickets and were waiting for the time to enter, while others, without tickets, ran just to catch a glimpse of their beloved idols.
Apart from these fans, numerous entertainment journalists and photographers wielding cameras also swarmed outside the school.
A high school festival event had been turned into a scene akin to a red carpet ceremony at an entertainment industry award show.
There were even fully equipped police maintaining order to prevent any unforeseen accidents.
"...I should have come earlier," seeing the situation in front of her, Lu Sheng took a deep breath and said, taking Juanjuan’s hand, "Now we can only force our way through."
With no other choice, Lu Sheng squeezed through the crowd with Juanjuan in tow.
Finally, as they nearly reached the school gate, an excited shout and scream suddenly erupted from the crowd, buzzing in the ears of Lu Sheng and Juanjuan.
The next second, everyone surged forward, pushing them right back to where they started.
"..."
Lu Sheng took a deep breath to stay calm.
Looking up, a luxury nanny car worth millions stopped not far from the school gate, likely the cause of the screaming.
Seven or eight tall and sturdy bodyguards cleared a path before the car door slowly opened, drawing out the anticipation of the surrounding crowd.
The first thing to emerge from the car was a delicate, fair, slender hand.
With a show of grandeur, the owner of the hand was assisted out of the car by a nearby bodyguard, bending as she elegantly stepped out.
The mere sight of her face instantly incited a feverish scream from the surrounding fans— "Xuantong! Xuantong! Xuantong!"
Jurnalists swarmed towards Yao Xuantong who had just stepped out of the car, snapping photos in a flurry.
—It was Yao Xuantong.
Indeed, she was just like the pure, innocent girl seen on TV.
A petite face, delicate large eyes, features not exquisite but definitely sweet and appealing.
Her skin was very pale, her arms and legs slender, seemingly weighing less than ninety pounds. She was the embodiment of the current trend of beauty: a thinness that invokes pity.
Yao Xuantong was there to be a one-day server, but looking at her outfit, one could easily mistake her for attending a dinner gala or walking the red carpet.
A custom-made princess dress, light organza fabric, bubble sleeves adorned with ruffled edges, and the hem embroidered with pictures of Doraemon, both dreamy and playful.
With so many cameras pointed at her, Yao Xuantong immediately put on her trademark sweet business smile, provoking yet another round of fanatical screams.
Following Yao Xuantong out of the car was Lu Qianrou.
Lu Qianrou’s dress was an "Immortal Sweet Puff" skirt, in a milky and cute blue and white color, adorned with Doraemon earrings and a necklace.
Her hair was tied into a cute and sassy bun, with only the slightly curled bangs on the temples hanging down, revealing her fair and slender neck and delicate collarbone.
The makeup and styling were obviously carefully crafted, making her look like a little princess, and surprisingly, she did not seem outdone by Yao Xuantong who was standing beside her.
Originally, the journalists and fans were all focused on Yao Xuantong, but they didn’t expect this young Miss of the Lu Family to be so beautiful, so their cameras also turned in unison to shoot Lu Qianrou.
People around couldn’t help but exclaim:
"Wow, wow, is this an Immortal descending to the mundane world! The starlet missy really sets herself apart from us ordinary folks, she’s really gorgeous!"
"Is this the dress the Lu Family’s precious daughter custom ordered from The Thorn Birds? It’s indeed so beautiful."
"I heard that only members above level two have the privilege to customize clothes there."
"Members above level two?"
"Yes, yes, it’s like you need a cumulative spend of over two million to qualify for customization."
"Gosh, two million could buy an average person a house, and yet it’s just spending money on clothes for Miss High and Mighty. People truly aren’t all born equal."
The surrounding people were buzzing with discussion.
Lu Sheng had no interest in Lu Qianrou’s and others’ exasperated discussions. She was just thinking about how to quickly enter the school and meet up with Lan Yu and the others.
But Lu Qianrou, with her sharp eyes, spotted her in the crowd at a glance, her eyes immediately lit up.
"Eh—Sis, what are you doing here?"
Just as Lu Sheng was about to turn away, Lu Qianrou called out to her loudly, purposely in a coquettishly sweet voice.
Since Lu Qianrou was already the center of everyone’s attention, her look and call inadvertently drew all eyes onto Lu Sheng.
And then they saw a girl with a natural face, long hair casually tied up, wearing only a loose black T-shirt that looked like a nightgown and a pair of shorts.
—Sister?
Most people around were stunned.
Lu Sheng had been a hot topic online several times before, but her attention was always limited to her own circles, like the last piano competition, where those who recognized and paid attention to her were from the music world.
So, most of the people present today had no idea who she was, but they knew that Lu Qianrou had always been the Lu Family’s only precious daughter.
So hearing Lu Qianrou calling Lu Sheng "Sis", these people were all baffled.
At this time, someone in the know immediately stepped in to clarify that Lu Sheng was the Lu Family’s illegitimate daughter, newly brought from the countryside to Jiang City, and even mentioned that Lu Sheng’s mother was the mistress who seduced Lu Chengye.
Gosh, there’s actually such gossip?
It really seems that such affluent families have the most drama.
Looking at Lu Qianrou, carefully dressed like a little princess, and then at Lu Sheng, with a natural face and casual attire, people couldn’t help but show a look of disdain.
Tsk tsk, one really is a pampered precious daughter from a wealthy family, and the other is an illegitimate child raised in the countryside, unfit for public appearance, quite a difference in their disposition.
What good can a child born of a mistress be? Seeing that pretty face, so young and already bearing the look of seducing men.
And this illegitimate child is also a student of Shengjing High School? Dressed like that to participate in the event, not ashamed of causing embarrassment for the Lu Family?
Contemporary society is united against mistresses.
Hearing that Lu Sheng is the child of a mistress, none of the people around had a good expression when looking at her.
And just at this time, Lu Qianrou deliberately walked up, putting on an act of deep sisterly affection, and took hold of her hand with a look of deep meaning and concern.
"Oh my, Sis, today is our Shengjing High School Festival, how could you show up dressed like this?"
"Aren’t you guys running a store as well, don’t you have a uniform?"
Pretending to be ignorant, Lu Qianrou suddenly said, "Oh, I know, you didn’t manage to get sponsorship, did you?"
With a look of understanding, Lu Qianrou added, "Then why didn’t you tell me earlier? Had I known, I would have ordered a set for you too when I was customizing my dress at The Thorn Birds, so you wouldn’t have had to come to the school looking like this today."
