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Chapter 465: Chapter 317: Why Not..._2
"Classmates, good afternoon!"
"Today I am very happy to return to Fourth Middle School for the third time. I graduated in 1964; it’s been exactly fifty years since then, and I am your senior alumni!"
The elderly man spoke calmly about his era without any grandiose speeches; he simply reminisced, talking about walking more than twenty kilometers to school every time, discussing things about Yuzhou City, and talking about the old cinema.
Under the late April sunlight, it felt as though the students had been transported back to that time, until he finished speaking.
Among the student formation, applause roared like thunder, continuous and unending.
Ma Shicheng: "That’s wonderful."
Wang Longlong uttered four words: "A matchless national hero."
After enduring several lengthy formal speeches, the opening ceremony of the school celebration finally reached its exciting moment.
Wang Longlong straightened his body and lifted his head: "Brother Ma, it’s starting!"
The show finally began.
The morning’s schedule was mainly about watching performances.
The hosts of the school celebration were high school sophomores, the males dashing and the females beautiful, all dressed in formal attire.
"Dear teachers and classmates!"
"Good morning!"
"Please welcome Class 11 from Senior One, bringing us our opening dance, ’The Bunny Dance’!"
As his voice dropped, Class 11’s formation suddenly stood up, a bunch of girls.
They wore bunny ear headbands, white short sleeves, and mini skirts. More than twenty girls appeared all at once, weaving their way to the stage set up with red fabric in the middle—it truly was a stunning sight.
Guo Kunnan stretched his chin over Dan Kaiquan’s head: "Kaiquan, Kaiquan look, Xu Yan is there, Yanzi, my Yanzi!"
Dan Kaiquan: "You’re pressing on my head."
Wang Longlong: "Brother Nan, keep your cool!"
Guo Kunnan pulled out his cellphone: "How can I keep my cool?"
Class 11 wasn’t just girls. Following closely behind, the boys divided and flanked the sides.
And Guo Kunnan’s dream girl, Xu Yan, was the lead dancer, positioned at the forefront of the lineup of girls, her pretty face and lovely figure capturing the audience’s attention.
From the speakers, an infectious, rhythmic music played: "Left left right right..."
Xu Yan placed her hands on her hips, her left and right hand moving quickly.
What followed was a lively, adorable dance, with dozens of girls jumping together, while the boys from Class 11 clapped to the rhythm beside them.
The audience, too, was brought under its influence, Cui Yu tapping his foot.
Hu Jun felt it was rather dull.
The chin Guo Kunnan rested on Dan Kaiquan’s head moved rhythmically up and down with the beats.
Dan Kaiquan, almost dazed from the shaking, exclaimed: "Get off me, dammit!"
"Just let me watch a bit longer!" Guo Kunnan argued while continuing to watch and record.
As the Bunny Dance progressed, the formation constantly changed, and gradually Xu Yan turned to face his direction.
Guo Kunnan: "I’m not seeing things; she is looking at me."
He forcibly stopped himself from waving at Xu Yan and continued silently filming, just to send her the video right after the dance ended, even at the expense of his precious data.
That was the data Guo Kunnan had painstakingly earned by daily check-ins at the mobile business hall!
The Bunny Dance ended all too soon, leaving everyone wanting more.
Cui Yu smacked his lips: "Brother Ma, it would be great if Xu Yan could join our class."
Ma Shicheng: "Give it up. Class 11 has good grades. They won’t be disbanded."
Next up was martial arts.
A male student dressed in Shaolin Temple attire grabbed a stick and danced fiercely with it.
To the layman, it appeared as if the performer really had some martial arts skills.
Wang Longlong: "Feels like, not as good as Brother Ma."
After a while, a few street dancers came up, dressed in fashionable and trendy outfits. Their dance moves were fresh and cool.
Wang Longlong still felt something was missing: "Feels like, not as good as Brother Qi."
Dan Kaiquan: "True, it’s nice to watch, but there’s nothing memorable about it."
Cui Yu thought for a moment and described: "Their street dance is like a soft drink, one sip and people say it’s tasty, but Brother Qi’s basketball dance is like a meticulously brewed fine wine, rich with aftertaste and heritage."
Wu Xiaoqi, feeling flattered, hugged his basketball tightly:
"I don’t want to perform in front of the whole school next time, I’ll bring everyone the ultimate basketball dance."
The school festival program continued.
A few senior students came on stage with remote controls, operating small drones that buzzed as they ascended.
Wang Longlong: "That’s cool!"
Dan Xiao stared at the drones, commenting: "Each costs over ten thousand!"
Zhang Chi remarked: "Rich people’s toys."
Several eye-catching programs were displayed before the students: individual yoga by a girl, a group of voluptuous girls performing a hot dance, choir performances, group skits, and dramas...
Fourth Middle School had selected a large number of programs, especially since it was the 60th anniversary celebration of the school, and they put in far more effort than usual.
The only downside was that it was extremely hot today, almost 35 degrees. Although it was not as hot as during military training, it was torture compared to the previous cooler temperatures.
Geng Lu twisted open a bottle of purified water. "Jiang Ning, have some water."
Jiang Ning took the bottle and had a sip, he even heard other students swallowing around him.
Not everyone was as well-prepared as Geng Lu.
Dan Kaiquan was fine too; he had brought two bottles, one for himself and one for Bai Yuxia.
Bai Yuxia had finished her performance and changed back into her regular clothes at the girls’ dormitory before returning to the Formation of Class 8.
Even so, as she entered the Formation, people kept glancing her way.
After all, her graceful dancing had moved the hearts of many boys.
Quietly, people were already inquiring about her.
The ongoing program was a magic show.
Wang Longlong commented, "It feels... not as good as Jiang Ning, even not as good as Cui Yu."
Cui Yu laughed heartily, "Hahaha, if I had thought about showing off my skills at the celebration, I would’ve stunned the whole school!"
Nearby girls quietly moved a bit away from him.
Chen Siyu, who was only one person away from Jiang Ning, called over, "Jiang Ning, did Bai Yuxia and I look good?"
Dan Kaiquan immediately responded, "The whole school knows about you two now!"
Chen Siyu beamed with joy.
Geng Lu fanned herself, feeling a bit hot.
Students around her were sweating on their foreheads and exuding heat.
Wang Longlong exclaimed, "It’s terribly hot today. If they held a sports meet, wouldn’t it kill us?"
Dan Kaiquan replied, "Doesn’t matter, the worse the conditions, the stronger I become!"
Despite the scorching weather, he felt no discomfort. After all, his heart was already aflame!
He was a furnace himself.
In Jiang Ning’s Divine Sense, Xue Yuantong was playing on a computer in Guo Ran’s office, munching on Guo Ran’s snacks, living the good life.
Jiang Ning no longer waited and pulled open his backpack.
Geng Lu asked, "What’s in there? I saw you never opened it."
While she spoke, Jiang Ning pulled out a large plastic container.
Geng Lu felt a chill as she saw many ice packs in the backpack.
Jiang Ning lifted the lid of the container, revealing neatly arranged rows of dark green mung bean ice creams, each with a layer of white frost and radiating a chilly air.
It was ice cream made by Xue Yuantong himself.
As he opened the container, not only Geng Lu, but Guo Kunnan and Wang Longlong also saw it.
"I’ll be darned, Brother Ning, you actually brought ice cream!" exclaimed Cui Yu excitedly.
It was indeed impossible for ordinary people to bring it; in such searing heat, even if insulated with ice, the ice cream would melt. However, with Jiang Ning’s Array, it was like having a portable fridge.
Jiang Ning handed an ice cream to Geng Lu.
Cui Yu, Guo Kunnan, and Wang Longlong looked eagerly towards him.
In such hot weather, with a spirited performance going on in the distance, who could refuse a cold ice cream?
Wang Longlong exclaimed, "Brother Ning, may your happiness be as immense as the Eastern Sea and your life last longer than the Southern Mountains!"
Guo Kunnan added, "Brother Ning, everything goes smoothly, wishing you prosperity!"
Cui Yu, unable to come up with a suitable idiom in time, simply said:
"Brother Ning, after the sports meet is over, I’ll eat a spider for you!"
With plenty of mung bean ice creams in the container, Jiang Ning was not stingy, giving one to each person.
Soon, all students of Class 8 were enjoying ice creams together.
Taking advantage of the vibe, Cui Yu approached the girls’ Formation of Class 7 with his ice cream raised in front of him.
The girls from Class 7 naturally noticed, especially a round-faced girl closest to Cui Yu, who even thought this male student was offering her an ice cream.
She was contemplating how to politely refuse.
More than one girl from Class 7 saw, some being reserved, glancing only briefly to avoid appearing greedy.
As the ice cream got closer to the round-faced girl, she put her hand in front of her:
"Classmate, there’s no need—"
Mid-sentence, Cui Yu pressed his face against the ice cream, stretching his tongue out and giving it a wicked lick from bottom to top right in front of the girls of Class 7.
Cui Yu pulled his tongue back and flashed a cheeky grin, "Delicious!"
