The school paid great attention to this competition and rented three buses. The dance department went all out except for the senior years.
The city was a bit crowded in the early morning so Ji Xia didn’t arrive too early and after arriving, she went directly to the backstage and started changing clothes and applying makeup.
Her make-up skills are not very good so she rely on her classmates. After the laughter in the dressing room, Ji Xia went to change into yesterday’s new dress and when she came out of the dressing room, the girls exploded again——
“Damn it, Ji Xia, your dress… is too awesome!” “Did your husband buy it for you when he heard that your skirt was ruined, my God, I also want someone like that!”
The teacher was still maintaining the scene in the backstage but looking at Ji Xia’s eyes, she couldn’t help but also have a strong smile. Ji Xia quickly blushed and returned to the makeup mirror to brush her hair and saw an expressionless Lin Lu through the mirror.
Lin Lu’s expression brightened up when Ji Xia turned around and showed a kind smile: “Good morning, senior! Your dress is too beautiful, where did you buy it and how much did it cost?”
“Aiya, Lin Lu, you can see that this skirt is definitely not available to buy.” Another female classmate took a comb around Ji Xia’s back and started combing her hair, “This kind of dress is usually custom-made, look at the embroidery here, which store dares to mass-produce it all handmade, stitch by stitch.”
“Oh, so…” Lin Lu pouted, propping her chin to watch the girl comb Ji Xia’s hair, “Sister, is your husband rich? I feel like he is a local tycoon.”
Some people seem to have no ill intentions when they speak but they always make people who listens uncomfortable . As soon as Lin Lu said these words, the girl who combed Ji Xia’s hair was speechless and she silently fixed the delicate crown on Ji Xia’s hair and then sat down beside her.
“Okay, okay, it’s your turn to brush it for me!”
A group of girls helped each other with each other’s makeup and then took a picture in white dresses in unison. Before going on stage, they didn’t forget to hug each other to encourage each other.
Then the curtain opened, Ji Xia took a deep breath and when she closed her eyes, she was completely immersed in the dance.
At this moment she is no longer Ji Xia but the heroine in the dance.
She almost forgot that she was in in a competition the whole time until the thunderous applause from the audience made her come back to her senses and the next second she met Fu Hengzhi’s focused eyes.
The moment they looked at each other, Fu Hengzhi clapped his hands and gave her a smile of approval. Ji Xia was about to smile back when the boy behind him pulled her wrist back: “Ji Xia, come with me, I have something to say to you.”
Jiang Yao couldn’t even wait to change his clothes so he dragged Ji Xia into the staircase while still wearing his costume. Ji Xia put on some light makeup today and her eyes seemed to be like a ray of spring breeze which made Jiang Yao’s chest feel restless.
“That… Ji Xia, I thought about it a lot after I went back yesterday… I… you’re not angry, are you?”
The boy who was usually calm and clever finally realized what it means to be clumsy, he looked at Ji Xia’s face and the speech prepared in his head was jolted by his heartbeat.
“No, senior.” Ji Xia looked into Jiang Yao’s eyes quietly and seriously as if she already knew what he was going to say next.
She already has some clue, after all, Jiang Yao’s explicit hints were already very obvious.
“Ji Xia, I don’t know what happened to your family, but I think it’s too… sloppy for your family to entrust your happiness for the rest of your life to a man you’ve only known for more than a month because of a situation in your family.” Jiang Yao took another step in Ji Xia’s direction, “Do you really like him and what kind of emotional basis can you have in less than a month?”
The boy stood closer and closer making Ji Xia to tilt her neck a little to look directly into his eyes.
“Ji Xia, in fact, I have liked you since the first time I saw you when you were a freshman, can you give me a chance, I… we can work together to get through your family’s crisis together, you can tell me your family’s situation, let me share the burden, okay?”
The redness on his face gradually reached the base of his ears and his hands subconsciously grasped Ji Xia’s shoulders.
“It doesn’t matter if you can’t break up the engagement with him for the time being, I can wait, as long as you’re willing…”
“Senior.”
It’s impossible to say that Ji Xia doesn’t have any psychological burden at all, after all, Jiang Yao has helped her a lot since her freshman year. She thanked Jiang Yao and admired Jiang Yao but she also knew clearly that she did not have the kind of feelings between men and women for him.
“Sorry…”
She is not very good at rejecting, it can be sad that she is very bad at rejecting. After thinking about it for a long time, she couldn’t think of any way to say it so as not to hurt Jiang Yao at all. But she still has to say it and she can only say this word.
“Why?” Jiang Yao frowned in confusion, “Is it because of Fu Hengzhi? Because of him…”
“No.” Seeing that Jiang Yao blamed everything on Fu Hengzhi again, Ji Xia quickly shook her head: “It’s not because of him… it’s just me… I’m sorry, senior.”
Jiang Yao looked at the deep guilt in her eyes and was stunned for a while before he regained his senses.
She just doesn’t like him.
It was Fu Hengzhi’s appearance that made him confused or it was because of his self-deception all along that he regarded Ji Xia’s politeness and gentleness as a good feeling.
Jiang Yao pushed open the safety exit door and walked out in a hurry. He almost bumped into Lin Lu who was outside the door. Lin Lu turned her head and followed Jiang Yao until she turned the corner then reluctantly took it back.
She wanted to chase after Jiang Yao but she happened to see Ji Xia with her back to her and her face to the stairs, dazed and she wondered what she was thinking.
Ji Xia was still wearing a beautiful dress that she could not have even imagined but just standing there feeling unhappy and she seemed to exude unparalleled delicacy and elegance just like a real white swan.
At that moment, a terrifying thought suddenly flashed in Lin Lu’s mind. She even thought that all of this might be arranged by God. She happened to be standing at the entrance of the stairs and even turned her back to her so defenselessly.
As long as she stretches out her hand and pushes her, Ji Xia wouldn’t even know who did it and she will become as tattered as that swan skirt and she will never be able to stand on the stage again and emit that dazzling light again ——
“Sorry, excuse me.”
However, in the next second, a warm and magnetic male voice spoke and the moment Lin Lu raised her head, she met the man’s gaze.
She suddenly seemed to be struck by a thunderbolt and she was completely frozen in place.
The man’s gloomy eyes were mixed with endless contempt like the black clouds that weighed down the city before a storm came and it was an absolute sense of oppression. He didn’t even say a word to her but when the door to the staircase was closed, Lin Lu realized that she was shaking.
Just by looking at him for a moment, Lin Lu felt an unprecedented fear.