Volume 1 Chapter 148-149 Rescue/Echo/End

  "Qu Yue, the little actor who was supposed to play Nuan Nuan can't make it, and just as my sister and her classmate brought Dongdong over to find me, I had to improvise at the last minute. Time is tight, so please bear with it." Luo Feng saw Qu Yue return and quickly told him about the change of actors.

  "Luofeng, thank you." Qu Yue said while checking herself out in the mirror, and when her eyes met Luoye's gaze, she unnaturally shifted her line of sight.

  "Don't be polite, you shouldn't be worried about these things, by the way, let me introduce you. The one doing makeup is my sister Luo Ye, this is Yan Xing Nong, and this is Shang Guan Ying Nuo." Luo Feng turned to point at Qu Yue: "This is student council president Qu Yue, also the most popular sunshine campus grass in our school."

  "Luofeng, go ahead and tease me." Qu Yue's face turned red with embarrassment after being praised by Luofeng.

  Xing Nong glanced at Qu Yue a few times and said, "Qu Da Shuai Ge, if you go out with Luo Feng Ge together, people will definitely mistake you two as brothers."

  "It's kind of like." Yeno agreed.

  Lu Ye heard this and carefully looked at him in the mirror, about 178 cm tall, with a straight figure, neat short hair, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, high nose bridge, clear lip lines, healthy wheat-colored skin, and nodded secretly in his heart. This Qu Yue really has some similarities with her older brother.

  Luoye was also sizing herself up. Qu Yue's eyebrows curved into a beautiful arc: "Luoye, do you think I resemble Luofeng in some ways?"

  Lu Ye nodded: "A bit."

  "Luoye, do you think your brother is handsome or Qu Yue is handsome?" Unexpectedly, serious Li Liang also has a playful side.

  "Dongdong's makeup is done, what about her wig and clothes?" Luo Ye completely ignored Li Liang's question. Only a fool would answer something like that.

  Li Liang quickly handed over the large bag he had taken earlier, and Dongdong's face turned red as he looked at Luo Ye: "Let Brother Luo Feng accompany me to change clothes." Xing Nong chuckled and pinched him: "You have a lot of problems, I'll go with you!"

  "No!" The little guy hastily retreated a step back, his face flushing bright red.

  Time is pressing. Luo Ye hastily pulled Xing Dong, "Brother, take Dongdong to change clothes, if it's not suitable, call me, I'll be waiting outside the curtain."

  ……

  When they saw Dongdong again, everyone took a cold breath. This clever and delicate little girl had no trace of being a boy at all! Li Liang gave a thumbs up: "Sister Luo, I'm convinced!"

  Qu Yue let out a visible sigh of relief, "Luo Ye, thank you so much. Luo Feng, I'll take Dongdong to practice. Everything is entrusted to you."

  "Go quickly, I'll find you if there's anything."

  "Yè ér jiě jie......" Dōng dōng shù le shù bèi qū yuè zhuā zhù de shǒu, kě lián bā bā de kàn zhe luò yè, yǎn shén zhōng mǎn shì huáng luàn, xiǎng xiǎng yě shì. Cóng chū shēng dào xiàn zài, tā shén me shí hòu jīng guò zhè zhǒng chǎng miàn ā, bié shuō jīng lì, jiàn dōu méi jiàn guò ne.

  Luo Ye hastily grabbed his hand: "We'll accompany you, don't be nervous, during the performance. I'll take pictures for you, and when we get back, we can show them to your mom, let her be happy too. How's that?"

  "Uh, don't worry, Ye Er sister, I...I'll try my best to act well." Dong Dong's tense voice trembled.

  At this time, it's useless to persuade him. Accompanying him and letting him slowly find his confidence and adapt is the right way. As for being nervous on stage in the end, there's no help for that. There are probably not many people who don't feel nervous when they first go on stage.

  Fortunately, Dongdong was very clever and the role was simple, so he could coordinate with the performing team in half an hour. When several people were doing the last rehearsal, a girl rushed over, dragging a ten-year-old girl: "Qu Xuechang, I found my cousin Lulu, it's not good to delete the lines..." Seeing Dongdong's delicate and refined appearance, the girl suddenly became speechless.

  Qu Yue furrowed her brow: "Lin Lin, we've already found the child actor for Yan Ruirui, how could you be so careless and not even give us a call beforehand?"

  "I'm not in a hurry, I couldn't persuade Grandpa to go to my aunt's house quickly, thinking it was on the way and would be back soon, but...” Linlin's eyes flashed with tears of grievance, and the little girl also looked down at her face with disappointment, looking at Dongdong with an obvious gaze of jealousy.

  "You don't think about it either. There are still more than two hours before the performance starts, can we just stand here and wait stupidly? Do you really think that without Zhu Ti Hu, we'll have to eat hairy pigs?"

  "Lin Lin was choked there, and several girls rushed over to persuade her: "The senior is also too anxious, don't take it to heart."

  "That's right, the school attaches great importance to this matter, so the senior is anxious, and it's not targeting you."

  “……”

  Dongdong, who had just come down from the stage, quietly moved to Luo Ye's side: "Sister Ye, that little girl is our schoolmate, she's in the local class and often participates in the school's art performances."

  Luo Ye lowered her voice: "What does Dongdong mean? Is she thinking of retreating and letting the role go to her?"

  Dongdong lowered his little head and rubbed the hem of his clothes without saying a word.

  "Dongdong, I've helped you with your makeup for so long and even altered the clothes that didn't fit well. Are you going to give up now? Is that fair to me?" Da Luoye used the tactic of provocation directly on the child, as reasoning was useless.

  "Yexie sister, I'm sorry, I...I was wrong. Actually...I was afraid of losing face in front of Yexie sister and Feng brother. It's okay if I lose face."

  Lu Ye gently rubbed Dongdong's head, "Little fool, look at you like this, if Xing Nong sister sees you again, she'll pinch you."

  Yan Xing was distracted by Linlin, who was crying in the rain under the pear blossom tree. Indeed, when a woman feels wronged, she cannot be consoled. The classmates' attempts to comfort Linlin not only failed to calm her down but made her cry even harder, and the little girl she brought along also started wailing, making it seem like they were rehearsing a crying scene.

  Qu Yue has gone to deal with things, I guess Lin Tongxie is waiting for Qu Yue to come back and coax her, but it's unknown whether it will be a flood of gold at that time.

  "Classmates, those who are ready please go to the audience seats and take a seat. Those who are not ready should hurry up, there are only twenty-five minutes left..." The backstage broadcast suddenly came on, repeating the same content over and over again. Luo Feng found her way over: "Ye Er, Dong Dong is following me, all participants in the performance are seated in a special area."

  "Hey Dongdong, don't be nervous, sis will take a nice photo of you, and you can even send it to grandma and tell her you're performing in the university show, okay?"

  Little guy nodded solemnly: "Ye Jie sister, I will definitely behave well!"

  "Brother, are you okay?" Luo Ye said as she checked her brother's outfit.

  "After practicing for so long, if there's still a problem, I'd be no better than a pig." Luo Feng rubbed his sister's head: "Hurry up and go to the audience seats with Nuo Nuo Xing, don't worry about it."

  "Classmates, this celebration will be broadcast live on city TV, so everyone please behave well..."

  The sudden broadcast made Luo Ye stunned, lowering his voice: "Brother, get ready, maybe Dad will come, this thing doesn't feel right, of course, I'm just guessing wildly!"

  "I also think it's not right. But I think the possibility of Dad coming is too small, forget it, what should be done will be done."

  "Brother, let's go! You take care, Dongdong take care!"

  "Luofeng jia you! Dongdong jia you!"

  Translation: "Add oil Luofeng! Add oil Dongdong!"

  When Luo Ye and Xing Nuo arrived at the spectator area, Tang Luo and Fu Mo were already seated there. Tang Luo's slightly red eyes suggested that he had cried. However, his emotions seemed to have improved significantly since their separation. The three of them exchanged a puzzled glance, wondering what was going on.

  "What about Dongdong?" Tang Luo and Fu Mo almost asked in unison.

  "It's a deal!" Xing Nong raised her hand, and before Tang Luo could react, she quickly explained: "Dong Dong has become a temporary little actor, you'll find out later if you can recognize our family's little handsome boy."

  Tang Luo curled his lip: "Even if you wear a mask, I can still recognize you. That small build of yours is really eye-catching."

  "We'll see about that, no need to argue. Let the facts speak for themselves when the time comes."

  "Alright, the loser will treat everyone to dinner after the performance."

  "It's settled then!" Two slender hands slapped together, silently shaking their heads. These two were uncomfortable unless they were bickering when they were together.

  Lu Ye swept her gaze around. The TV station staff were setting up recording equipment, and suddenly reacted. They were actually doing a live broadcast, she had been wondering earlier, now the technology can prepare for live broadcasting in such a short time? It's really tense.

  ……

  "...I'm delighted to attend Q's grand celebration, it is a symbol of the booming development of education and culture in our island city. It's said to be ten years, but actually not quite accurate."

  The predecessor of Q University is Q Cultural Academy, which was founded in 1923. Ten years ago, it merged with several local colleges to become the real Q University. As a result, we have both a rich historical and cultural heritage and cutting-edge innovative ideas...

  Watching her father talk eloquently on stage, Luo Ye's lips curled up with a bright smile. She really couldn't have imagined that her father could do such a thing, secretly bringing surprises to his children. In the past, it was something she wouldn't even dare to dream of.

  What's going on... Is this still her old man? What is brother's mood now?

  Luofeng's mood was naturally more excited than Luoye's, and the father in his mind had always been serious to the point of not joking around. Even though a lot had changed over the past few months, he still found it hard to erase his original impression from his heart.

  Actually, before Luo Ye told him that his father might come, Qu Yue had also mentioned it to him, saying that according to the principal's tone, there was a possibility that a number one figure from the city would attend the celebration. When Luo Feng heard the words "there is a possibility", he felt that the principal must have misunderstood.

  He and his sister have been discussing this matter every day, so naturally, Father knew he was one of the organizers of this celebration. I guess he wouldn't come even if he wanted to? Afraid that his sister would be disappointed, he didn't dare say so, so when Father stood on the stage talking, Luo Feng's mood was extremely excited.

  Luo Zhenggang didn't just read from the script, but intentionally swept his gaze over the crowd of people in black, his son and daughter were sitting in the front row, it wasn't hard to spot the two.

  Looking at his son's unbelievable excited expression, and then looking at his daughter's joyful and approving gaze, a strong sense of happiness surged up in his heart. How did he not know before that bringing joy to the children would also bring him joy?

  For the sake of the child, what's wrong with giving up some principles occasionally? Moreover, those original principles were rigid to begin with, and it's already been hard for his family to tolerate them all these years.

  Luoye quietly sent a text message to Xiaohuang: "Uncle Xiaohuang, hmm..."

  The municipal party secretary came to the scene in person, not only the teachers and students of the school, but also the parents who came to participate, were all excited, even the leaders who spoke below were affected by Luo Zhenggang's light, feeling everyone's fiery enthusiasm.

  After Luo Luo and the leaders finished speaking, it had been an hour and a half. If not for Luo Zhenggang holding up the scene, I estimate that many people in the back would have fallen asleep.

  The show finally started, with a grand chorus, group dance, cross talk, sketch, solo singing, instrumental performance... The diverse performances made the audience in front of the stage watch with great interest. The hosts were Linlin and Qu Yue, the beautiful girl and handsome boy duo who also caught everyone's attention.

  Here is the translation:

  "Next, we have a folk dance performance by Wang Yao, Zhuang Meili, Sun Lili and other classmates from the Chinese Department of '97. Welcome them on stage! Meanwhile, please ask Luo Feng from the Economics and Management Department of '97 to get ready in advance."

  Song Fangzheng leaned in close beside Luo Zheng and lowered his voice: "You come to this kind of sudden attack, aren't you afraid that Feng'er will be startled?"

  "It might have been possible in the past, but now it's absolutely not going to happen. I heard from his grandfather that he even went to record a accompaniment tape, which sounds pretty good. I've been busy lately and haven't really run into them."

  Song Fangzheng smiled and said: "You, even if you met, wouldn't take the initiative to sing it for me to listen, actually in your heart it's like a cat scratching, right?"

  "You guessed it." Luo Zhenggang was quite frank. He added a sentence: "It seems that you are also this kind of father, otherwise you wouldn't have such a deep understanding."

  "Ha! I was like that before Song Meng graduated too." Song Fangzheng said, looking at Luo Feng standing in the corner of the stage waiting to go on, and smiled: "Wow, this kid is really handsome when he's dressed up. Secretary, you should remind Feng'er not to be too picky about his wife."

  "This has nothing to do with me, Ye Er is worried." Luo Zhenggang was delighted, his son was handsome, his daughter was beautiful. Each one was intelligent, what could be better than this?

  "Look at you, pleased with yourself. Those who don't know would think we're discussing some major political issue." Song Fangzheng chuckled and sat up straight.

  Luo Zhenggang couldn't help but laugh when he saw the serious expressions on everyone's faces, as if they were saying "I didn't eavesdrop". This was also one of the reasons why he didn't like attending this kind of event - a single action or expression could turn a lighthearted matter into a solemn one.

  "Thank you for the performances by several classmates just now. Next, please welcome Luo Feng from the 1997 Economics and Management Department to bring a solo song "A Lifetime with You", welcome Luo Feng on stage!"

  As the curtain call ended, Luo Zheng suddenly straightened up, his eyes fixed intently on his handsome son on stage, a hint of pride on his face.

  Luofeng's gaze lingered on his father and sister for a moment, a brilliant smile spreading across his face, causing the girls in the audience to go wild. After a brief pause, he composed himself, took a deep breath, and began to sing the song that deeply moved him:

  "I thought I dreamed of you leaving"

  I woke up from crying

  Watching the night wind blow past the windowsill

  Can you feel my love?

  Until the day I grow old

  ……

  How many people have admired your youthful appearance?

  But who can bear the ruthless passage of time

  How many people have come and gone in your life?

  It can be seen that in this life, I will accompany you by your side

  ……”

  The beautiful melody, the magnetic voice, after one pass, the chorus sounded from under the stage, and the youthful faces shone with moving light. This song seemed to find resonance with everyone, and the warm and slightly sad feelings moved the hearts of most people.

  Xing Nong excitedly poked Luo Ye: "Luo Luo, I really didn't expect that Luo Feng Ge's song would sound so good. This song is also great, how come I've never heard it before?"

  "Isn't that enough for now?" Luo Ye said, gently stroking Xing Nong's back: "Don't get excited, don't get excited, if you like to listen, I'll let my brother sing it for you again another day."

  After the song ended, there was a prolonged applause from the audience. Many classmates shouted "Encore!" but not "Next song!", Luo Feng pressed his palm: "Today, I'm especially happy because my dad and sister are both in the audience! Having you all is my greatest happiness! Thank you everyone!" After finishing speaking, he ignored everyone's shouting and quickly walked offstage, afraid that if he stayed one second longer, tears would fill his face.

  Luo Zhenggang quietly wiped away his tears, "Having you all in my life is my greatest happiness", wasn't that also his inner voice?

  With this touching song "One Life, One You", the next few programs seem to be somewhat dull and tasteless, until a 1998 classmate came up with an exciting acrobatic performance, which once again set the atmosphere ablaze.

  Dongdong participated in the situational drama "Gaokao", Qu Yue played a Gaokao student, and other classmates played grandparents, parents, cousins, Dongdong played the daughter of the cousin, through the different performances of everyone, to show the old, middle-aged, young and young four generations' different views on Gaokao and tension levels, finally expressing a theme, no matter what performance, it is all an expression of love.

  As the audience consisted of university students or their families, they also resonated with this program and won several rounds of applause, bringing the entire event to its second climax.

  "Dong Dong, you're so great!" After getting off the stage, Qu Yue happily picked up Dong Dong. Originally during rehearsals, he was not sure about Dong Dong's voice, but unexpectedly when they got on stage, he cleverly lowered his voice and had a sweet and gentle feeling like a little girl.

  Luoye and others had been waiting behind, Xingtong snatched Dongdong from Quyue's hand, and Dongdong was in a hurry to shout: "Don't, don't, my skirt is loose."

  Her voice fell, and her skirt slipped down to her ankles. When it came out that she was wearing a small pair of cowboy pants, Xing Nu's heart ached as she hugged him: "Dongdong, from now on you have to eat lots and lots of delicious food and get plump."

  Tang Luo gently patted Dongdong's head: "We'll make up for it today, Luolu, hurry up and help Dongdong remove her makeup. Today I'm treating everyone to delicious food, and the guest of honor is Dongdong!"

  "That's it. You didn't recognize Dongdong, of course you have to treat us. Xing Nong even made a joke at this time, "Didn't you say that even if you were beaten to death, you wouldn't believe that little girl is Dongdong?"

  "Who would have thought that he not only disguised himself as a little girl, but also changed his voice to sound like a little girl? However, I'd rather lose and admit defeat, losing with a humble heart and mouth."

  "Hey, no need for that. Today I'll treat you instead. Dongdong and Luoye helped us out a lot, so it's only right that I should be the one to pay."

  "Qu Da Ge, never mind, you still have to celebrate with your classmates later, it's not very convenient for us to be together, let's talk about it another time."

  "Luoye..."

  "Alright, let's call it a day." Luo Feng hastily stopped Qu Yue from continuing to persuade him. He saw the meaning behind Qu Yue's words towards his sister, although Qu Yue had always been very well-behaved. But for now, he didn't want to create opportunities for the other party to get close to his sister. Humph, chasing after his sister was not that easy, and besides, that guy hadn't even figured out how old Ye Er was yet?

  When Dongdong finished removing her makeup, Linlin was discussing something with Luofeng. The little girl she brought sat alone on the chair, spinning around boredly. Seeing Dongdong, she immediately showed a surprised face: "Are you Tao Dongdong?"

  "Hello, Li Huo." Dongdong greeted politely.

  "Hum! A big man dressing up as a woman, how shameless!" The little girl turned her head away, with a face full of disdain.

  Dongdong's face turned red: "I didn't want to pretend."

  "Hey, I'm telling you, kid, how can you be so vicious at such a young age? Are you just jealous that Dongdong got to perform on stage? Don't you have the same opportunity?"

  "Cross-dressing, do you understand? Of course, kids your age may not know, let me tell you this way, many of our country's famous artists are very well-known for cross-dressing. Cross-dressing means men acting as women and women acting as men, got it? Our Dongdong is a master-level performer, understand?"

  A little girl was arguing with a boy named Tao Dongdong, but she got outsmarted and started crying "waaah" as she went to find her parents. Unfortunately, when the parents came on stage, two boys blocked her way back, so she plopped down on the ground and wailed loudly, shouting: "Tao Dongdong, you're not a good friend! I'm going to tell my aunt to expel you!"

  "Who is your second aunt?" Tang Luo asked in a sequence.

  "Hey, you're all so big and still arguing like a kid?" Linlin's good friend hurried over to intervene. Tang Luo raised an eyebrow: "Playing with kids, haven't you heard of it?"

  Lu Ye peeked through the gap in the stage and saw that her father, Lu Da Shuji, had left without knowing when. She pouted, thinking that she had expected him to leave early.

  Before long, he received a call from Little Huang's driver. Luo Secretary and Mayor Song left in one car, leaving him and the car for the siblings to use at their disposal.

  "That's about right." Luo Ye hung up the phone with a smile, thinking that as the deputy commander, her brother shouldn't miss celebrating with his classmates. So, she took advantage of the chaos and quietly slipped away with a group of people.

  No way, that little girl who was crying loudly is back and there's another round of trouble, let Master Luo deal with this mess, after all, he's the older brother.

  Slipping into the driver's seat, Luo Ye suddenly realized that she had been wondering why her father was willing to lend them his number one car. It turned out that Secretary Luo had driven an ordinary commercial vehicle to come and pick up the leaders, who knows what kind of impression he gave at the time?

  I'm sorry for my slow response. Please forgive me. I've been typing diligently, but deleting half of what I wrote, so the speed is around 500 characters per hour. I'd rather die than continue like this...

  Special thanks to 'Forever After Rainy Season' Xiao Yu for the two He Shi Bi gifts, your kindness makes me even more ashamed of my own slow progress. Special thanks to 'Guren Cat', 'A Xing Ya Tou' ball for their continued support, I love you guys! Special thanks to Pink for subscribing to our official version, let's keep working hard and strive to make up for the 2000 words tomorrow. I spent all my free time today typing away, and now it's already so late...