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The teacher then said, “Hurry up, then. Don’t forget to come back after you’re done.”
Mu Chenxi nodded. She shared a glance with the group of girls and together, they went away.
“Are you sure nothing would happen?” A girl asked.
“You have decided to transfer to another school, so what’s the point of caring about the evaluation of this school? Moreover, we’re all good students, and the reason we don’t want to join the cheerleading squad is that we don’t want to affect our performance in our studies. I don’t think the school will punish us for trying to get good grades. Also, have you forgotten we all are having diarrhea?” A hint of darkness crossed Mu Chenxi’s eyes.
She turned around. When she saw that the group of girls was still hesitating, she went up to hold one of their hands and said, “Alright, let’s stop worrying about it. Pack your things up. I’m going to treat you guys to a meal..”
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Mu Chenxi and the group of girls left afterward. In the meantime, Director Liu was coming to the end of his speech.
“Fu Zhi is the most excellent student in our school and she deserves to be taken as an example. I also hope that you all can get excellent results in your college entrance exam and step into the hall of Qinghua University together with Fu Zhi!”
A round of applause erupted in the crowd.
Meanwhile, Su Xing was helping a girl in the team to tidy up her clothes. Just when she turned her head around, she was stunned.
Mu Chenxi and a group of girls were gone. She remained dumbfounded for a few minutes straight before she realized what was going on. She grabbed a girl from her class and asked, “Where are Mu Chenxi and the others?”
“I heard they said they’re having diarrhea, so I think they should be at the restroom right now.”
“Diarrhea? All of them?” Su Xing pressed on.
The girl was not sure about it as well. “Yes. They said they had a hotpot yesterday. What’s wrong?”
Su Xing did not reply to the girl. She went to the side and made a call to Mu Chenxi.
However, nobody answered her call.
She continued to call her several times before the call finally connected.
“Yes?” She said, her voice lazy.
Su Xing took a deep breath and said, “Where are you guys? The performance is about to start!”
“We? We’re not feeling well, so I guess we can do the performance already,” Mu Chenxi replied, her eyes filled with amusement, “I’m sorry, Su Xing. We can’t help you to welcome a murderer.”
“Mu Chenxi! I know what you’re doing! Don’t you think you’ve gone overboard this time? This is a major event that’s very important to our school! How can you be so selfish?!”
“Selfish? I’m selfish? Don’t you dare say that to me, Su Xing. We agreed to practice the dance, but we didn’t say that we’re going to perform the dance to Fu Zhi.”
She paused for a moment before continuing, “I remember you guys have made Fu Zhi the captain of the cheerleading squad, right? Since this entire farce is all about her, you can ask her to dance for herself. After all, she’s an attention-seeker, and I’m sure she’s more than willing to do it.”
Then, she hung up the call without waiting for Su Xing to say anything.
The rest of the members from the cheerleading squad frown. Even though they did not hear the whole conversation, they could basically grasp what was going on judging from Su Xing’s face.
“Let’s change our formation… We are…” Before Su Xing could finish her sentence, Director Liu shouted, “Well, let’s welcome the cheerleading squad of our school with a round of applause! Teachers, students, professors, friends from the media and press, look—”
Director Liu pointed to the back.
There were only 5 of them left, and Director Liu was stunned.
‘What’s going on?’
Su Xing did not know what she should do right now.
She had sent a text message to Song Fang, but he had not replied to her yet. That said, she had to do something about it, so she brought the remaining team members up to the stage.
Director Liu took a few quick steps up to Su Xing and asked, “What the hell is going on, Su Xing? Where are the others?”
Pitching her voice low, Su Xing replied, “This is all we’ve got, Director Liu. We just need to try our best not to let the reporters find out anything.”
Director Liu clenched his fist tight and walked into the team, “I’ll be your sixth member. Let’s go! Let’s go!”
“Are you sure about it, Director Liu?” Su Xing asked.
“I’m a fan of the girl group “202”, so I know how to dance as well.”
Su Xing did not know what to say, and the rest of the team looked at Director Liu speechlessly.
“What are you guys still waiting for? Hurry! Hurry!”
A murmur began to spread over the crowd below the stage.
“What’s going on? Where are Mu Chenxi and the others?”
“Oh, my good lord! What’s Director Liu doing in a group of girls? This is so embarrassing!”
“Director Liu is going to dance as well? But where are the others? I remember there are 12 of them, but there are only 7 of them left. What’s going on?”
“I saw Mu Chenxi and the others ran away when Director Liu was speaking. Could it be that Mu Chenxi did it on purpose?”
“This is impossible. There are seven of them, and there’s no way Mu Chenxi could bring them all away. We better don’t jump the gun so fast.”
“Have you forgotten that Mu Chenxi is not on good terms with Fu Zhi? I’m sure this is her doing. I just don’t know what the hell is she thinking. There are so many reporters here, does she want to make No.1 High School look bad in front of so many cameras?”
—
Fu Zhi and Ye Jiu noticed the commotion as well.
Ye Jiu squinted his eyes, and he soon understood everything. Just when he zipped his shirt, Fu Zhi turned her head sideways and asked, “What do you think you’re doing?”
“Wait here for me. I’m going to perform a breakdance to welcome you.”
“That’s not necessary…” Fu Zhi replied.
“It’s okay, honey,” Ye Jiu said as he put his hand on Fu Zhi’s cheek, “Although I know you won’t kill everyone when I die, I’m willing to make myself a fool in front of everyone for you.”
“You should stop reading novels. They are poisoning your mind,” Fu Zhi said.
At the same time, Mu Chenxi had contacted another group of reporters. She couldn’t wait to see Fu Zhi and No.1 High School make themselves laughingstocks in the city.
The reporters and He Ming’s expressions changed.
He Ming’s face was dark as he listened to the discussion from the students around him.
This was a serious matter. This welcoming event was held for Fu Zhi, and if this matter was not handled properly, it would put Fu Zhi in a bad situation.
A reporter then asked, “It seems to me that most of the members in the cheerleading squad are from the senior year. Senior year students should focus on their studies, so I wonder if this is a special arrangement, or the students refuse to come on stage to perform because they’re not happy with the school’s arrangement?”
Director Liu was someone who had gone through a lot in his life, so it was a piece of cake for him to tackle this kind of situation. “We will give an explanation regarding this issue afterward, so we won’t answer your question right now.”
“Why don’t you want to answer my question right now? Do you think it’s reasonable and suitable to force all the students in the school to put their studies aside and come out to welcome a student?” The reporter pressed on.
Director Liu frowned.
Just when Fu Zhi opened her mouth and was about to chime in, something happened.
The speakers were connected, and a series of footsteps rang out.
Hardly giving anyone time to react, a group of boys wearing yellow jerseys appeared from the distance. There were 12 of them, and they were walking in a formation.
“Aren’t they students from Class 21?” Somebody asked.
Director Liu’s expression changed. He winked at Song Fang, who was walking at the front of the group, “What are you guys doing? We have enough problems today, so don’t you dare give me an extra problem. Go back now, or else I’m going to punish all of you!”
“Xiao Liu, we all are serious. Just tell them that we’re going to perform right now,” Song Fang said as he patted Director Liu’s shoulder, “You just stay here and watch.”
It took Director Liu a lot not to smack Song Fang’s head.
‘How dare you call me Xiao Liu? Do you think you’re Fu… No! Even if it’s Fu Zhi, she’s not allowed to call me that as well!’
—
The group of boys continued to march forward, and a song began to play from the speaker.
“Baby, baby, baby, oh~”
Fu Zhi’s heart skipped a beat, and she had a feeling that she should close her eyes.
In the next second, they all winked at the reporter, and everyone fell silent.
Well, they could forgive Song Fang since he was handsome, but Fatty? They swore to God that they would never be able to forget the way Fatty winked at them.
Spinning, jumping, changing formation… The entire song lasted for 5 minutes straight.
Fatty was huffing heavily, while Wang Yu had an indifferent expression on his face. As for Song Fang, he was trying his best to get all the attention.
The reporters did not know what to say.
Soon, the song ended.
Wang Yu and Fatty turned around and knelt down. Song Fang grasped the chance and jumped onto their knees.
Wang Yu then opened up the first line of a couplet in his right hand, “Fu Zhi is beautiful!”
Fatty followed suit, “Fu Zhi is cool!”
Song Fang then raised the third line of the couplet and shouted, “Perfect!”
The rest of the boys from Class 21 seized the chance and yelled at the top of their lungs, “Believe in Fu Zhi, and you will have eternal life!”
The scene lasted for half a minute.
They all flashed a grin at Fu Zhi and asked, “Do you feel touched, Sister Zhi?”
Fu Zhi did not know what to say.
Song Fang jumped down from Wang Yu and Fatty’s knees.
He rushed up to Fu Zhi and smacked the couplet on Fu Zhi’s head. “This is to protect you from all evils!”
Then, he turned to Fatty and shouted, “Hurry! Go get a fire basket for Sister Zhi!”
“That’s not necessary,” Fu Zhi said.
“Of course you have to cross a fire basket! Or else it won’t work!” Song Fang replied as he wrapped his arm around Fu Zhi’s shoulders before putting a paper with two words “fire basket” written on it on the ground.
“Come, Sister Zhi! Don’t be shy!”
Fu Zhi did not know what to say. She thought for a while and did as she was told.
After Song Fang had finished talking to Fu Zhi, he turned to the reporter just now, “First, the cheerleading squad only spent two hours of their lunch break practicing. It won’t affect their studies at all. Second, Professor He also gave them some reading materials as a compliment.
Third, Sister Zhi is the heroine of our school. Not only did she save other people’s lives, but she also had a good result in our school. We’re more than willing to come out and welcome her, so if you’re not happy about it, you can pack your stuff up and leave.”
The reporter’s face turned dark, “This is your own opinion. It doesn’t mean that the entire school thinks the same as you!”
“Ask everyone, then! Do you guys want to study in class, or come out to welcome Sister Zhi?”
The students then shouted aloud, “We want to come out and welcome SIster Zhi!”
“My mom even gave me an apple when she learned that we’re welcoming Sister Zhi today!”
“This is our school matter, so what makes you think that you can have a say in it?”
“I thought it is not a common thing to welcome a hero who has won glory for our country.”
“You didn’t go to school, did you? You were busy studying every moment of your junior and senior year?”
“Get the hell out of our school! We don’t welcome you here!”