Similar sounds echoed throughout the auditorium, and it became as noisy as before, seemingly more lively than before.
Rise, who was still frightened at first, soon woke up. Natsuki felt that this should be the credit of Itsuka who reminded her behind the curtain. Rise bent down and picked up the microphone. When she stood up again
, the sound in the auditorium gradually became quieter.
"Ah...um...then, that..." Rise's words, which still had a slight vibrato, were amplified several times by the speakers and spread out. She also noticed this, then lowered the microphone slightly and took a deep breath.
He took a breath and spit it out softly: "Thank you."
What Xia Zhi heard was Rise's usual cute voice. This should be considered evidence that Rise had calmed down, right? Natsu Zhi breathed a sigh of relief.
The background music started to play, and Xia Zhi understood that the performance was about to begin. He turned around and glanced at Shiraishi Lihua, and found that she was looking at him with a smile. Xia Zhi knew the reason for this, but still couldn't stand the sight of her.
, stunned and pretending not to know anything: "What's wrong Lihua?"
"As expected, Xia Zhijun is very gentle."
Xia Zhi felt like she was dying of embarrassment: "Li, Lihua, what are you talking about?"
Shiraishi Rika opened her mouth, and the moment she spoke, Rise's singing voice also started to sound.
Xia Zhi heard the familiar lyrics and thought that Rishi had finally taken the first step. However, Rishi's singing voice was amplified by the speakers and covered Shiraishi Rika's voice, causing Xia Zhi not to hear clearly what she just said.
She looked at Shiraishi Lihua, who was flushed with confusion, but patted her chest happily: "Well... I didn't hear clearly just now."
"It's not an important thing, Xia Zhijun, don't worry about it! I, I feel a little thirsty, I'm going to the canteen to buy a bottle of water, Xia Zhijun, do you want it?" Shiraishi Lihua was a little flustered.
"Do you want to buy water? I just agreed to treat Rishi to drink juice, so let's go together."
"No, no need! I'll just go! Can Xia Zhijun also want some juice?" Although Shiraishi Lihua was asking, she had already walked away. Just as Xia Zhijun was about to speak, Shiraishi Lihua ran away quickly.
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"Mineral water is enough..."
Blinking her eyes, Shiraishi Lihua had disappeared. I don't know if she heard what she said.
After just a short moment of hesitation, Rishi's singing had already reached the middle of the song, and Xia Zhi quickly concentrated on the performance on the stage.
Rise's song had been practiced countless times by her, and Xia Zhi had also listened to it countless times. The half-song, which lasted for more than a minute, had ended in the blink of an eye. As the song faded, there were applause and cheers.
It echoed throughout the entire auditorium.
The ones shouting the loudest were those sitting in front of the stage, almost all of whom were third-year seniors.
Rise bowed amidst such voices, and then ran away from the stage in a panic.
It's just that the direction she ran in...
They had already started laughing when they saw Rishi running away in a panic, but when Itsuka said, "Idiot! You ran to the wrong side!" while pushing Rishi and hurried past the stage, the entire auditorium was already full.
It was all the laughter of the third-year seniors.
"Is that child in the first grade? He's so cute. Otherwise, it would be better to stay for one year."
"Your parents will kill you."
Hearing the sound of similar conversations, Xia Zhi remembered the resting place of the players who passed by Shiraishi Rika before, and sent a text message to Shiraishi Rika. Xia Zhi decided to go and take a look.
Walking towards her destination, Xia Zhi did not walk from the front, but walked through the warehouse passage next to her. She soon saw Rise sitting on a chair and resting. She lowered her head and looked at her
The hands seemed to be in a daze.
It seems like there is only one person here. Is Wuhe not here?
"Rishi!" Xia Zhi shouted, and Li Shi raised his head in surprise. When he saw it was Xia Zhi, he stood up immediately, and then ran towards Xia Zhi's direction at a trot.
Then he threw himself directly into Xia Zhi's arms.
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"Ugh!!! I'm so nervous that my heart almost beats out of my chest!"
Xia Zhicai felt that his heart was about to jump out. He looked around and saw no one, so he gently patted Li Shi on the back: "Well done, this time it's already a big success, right?"
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"Sure, was it successful? I was so nervous when I came on stage that I dropped the microphone..."
"It's your first performance. You'll be fine once you get used to it." Xia Zhi comforted her: "How do you feel? Are you about to become a big star?"
"No, no!" Rishi let go of Xia Zhi and looked at him with her lips bulging: "Senior is a bad guy."
"It doesn't matter if you are a bad guy or not, remember to give me the first autograph." Xia Zhi teased her, thinking that she would become unsettled because of shyness, but the result was exactly the opposite of what she thought.
Rishi stood in front of Xia Zhi, raising her head and looking at him quietly, which made Xia Zhi feel a little scared.
"What's wrong? It's suddenly so quiet."
"When the microphone fell, I was really scared, very, very, very scared. I felt like my heart was about to stop. I didn't know what to do. But, thanks to my seniors, he cheered me on at that time and put all my energy into it.
All my strength was exhausted, but I finally gained a little courage. Thank you very much, really." Rishi said with a serious face.
He was so serious that Xia Zhi became shy.
"Well, under that situation, someone else would have done the same thing. Hmm." Xia Zhi made excuses for himself, but Rise shook her head.
"But senior is the first person to cheer me on, ever since we first met..."
"Actually, Rishi's sister should be the first one..."
"Sister doesn't count, she just likes to bully others." Rise said with her mouth bulging.
As if she were on stage, she took a deep breath and looked around: "Where is Shiraishi-senpai?"
"As for Lihua, I went to buy a drink. I came here to find you first. By the way, I just saw Wuhe pushing you here. She..."
Xia Zhi felt Rishi rushing towards him again. He put his hands on his shoulders, raised his head and closed his eyes, and came closer. His cute face was very close in an instant, and he felt something pressing against it.
After touching his lips, the question mark cells in Xia Zhi's brain began to proliferate indefinitely and completely shut down.