Chapter 61: Got an Award and Treats Everyone

  Jin Weiwei has been feeling anxious for the past two days. Luo Xingye hasn't come to school for two days, and it's said that he took a sick leave. Could it be that Zhao Jia and others did something bad? She went to find Zhao Jia and Sun Bing, but they also haven't come to class for two days. The more she thinks about it, the more she feels that something is off. She just wanted to scare Luo Xingye a bit, but didn't think anything would really happen. Now thinking back on Luo Xingye, he doesn't seem so bad after all. Why was she so angry at the time and went to find Zhao Jia and others? Sigh...

  "Luoxing Ye, are you feeling better?" Chu Yuanyuan loudly asked as she saw Luoxing Ye sitting in his seat.

  Grandma asked Jialuo to help Xingye take two days off due to illness, so Xingye stayed at home for two days and missed the monthly exam.

  "Ah, nothing's wrong." Xing Ye smiled and replied. Many of her classmates asked her this in the morning, although it was just a simple sentence, but it made her feel warm inside.

  "Hmm, you look pretty good. But it seems like you've lost some weight again." Chuyuan carefully examined her and couldn't help but complain: "Why am I getting fatter and fatter? It would be better if I were a bit thinner like you."

  Pinching her slightly chubby round face in the starry night, "I didn't notice you got fat, but after not seeing you for two days, you're even more adorable."

  As expected, two nice words made Chu Yuanyuan forget her previous complaints. "Unfortunately, you missed the monthly exam, and you didn't see Wang Yuejiao's proud expression. This time she is sure to get first place."

  Looking at Wang Yuejiao's position under the starry night, I found that her rare face had a smile on it. She was chatting with others and said: "If she would smile more like now, she would be a pretty and lovely girl."

  The eavesdropping Wang Xi curled her lips, that facial paralysis girl, after the exam last time, she didn't show a smile for a whole month, as if everyone owed her money, only when she was sure to get first place did she show a smile, if she hadn't gotten first place, you'd see if she could still smile!

  When Class Teacher Liu announced the results, as expected, Wang Yuejiao scored first in class and entered the red list with a ranking of 12th.

  Wang Yuejiao deliberately looked at Xing Ye with a proud face, and Xing Ye smiled and shook his head, thinking that this was also worth her pride.

  "I have some good news to share with everyone," said Teacher Liu.

  Teacher Liu didn't make any comments on this result, Wang Yuejiao felt a little disappointed in her heart.

  "Luoxingye's composition 'Looking Forward to the Future' won first prize in the National Youth Essay Competition, with a prize of 300 yuan. In addition, after discussion by the school leaders, due to Luoxingye's outstanding achievements, which brought honor to the school, the school awarded an additional cash prize of 500 yuan. This article has been published in the school newspaper. Classmates can go take a look. The same article, Luoxingye jumped out of his personal circle and was able to describe our country's future from multiple social angles..." Liu teacher introduced Luoxingye's article with great enthusiasm. As a language teacher, Luoxingye's award-winning essay undoubtedly added glory to her face. She had been hearing compliments from colleagues for the past two days, and after suffering grievances for several years, she finally held her head high today.

  Look at Luo Xingye's smiling face, Wang Yuejiao's smile has turned into resentment. She had finally managed to come in first, but then Luo Xingye came along and stole the spotlight with her award. How infuriating! I had written a similar article myself, and I don't believe it was much worse than hers. Are the judges blind? Otherwise, why didn't I even get a third prize?

  I heard that my article won an award at midnight, and I was quite happy, but there was still a small sense of luck in my heart. This article was uniformly written by the teacher, and only the excellent ones were selected to participate in the competition. The topic itself took advantage of many conveniences. Who knows what the future will be like? What can be written and what cannot be written, skillfully raising some good events and development plans, making others think that this is a high school student's beautiful wish. This still cost me a midnight brainstorming session, as for whether I could win an award or not, I didn't take it too seriously.

  After class, Xīng Yè was summoned to the office by the teacher again and received a lot of praise. Teacher Liú also encouraged her to continue working hard and submit more articles to the school newspaper or social media, and quietly told her that winning such national competitions can be considered for bonus points in the college entrance exams.

  Xīng Yè also presented a good student image, sincerely thanking Teacher Liu for his guidance. Without Teacher Liu, he wouldn't have achieved such results and promised to work harder to repay his teacher's kindness. After flattering him with words, Teacher Liu was both moved and delighted. Seeing the envious expressions of other teachers in the office, Teacher Liu felt even more pleased, thinking that Luo Xīng Yè was indeed a good student.

  After receiving the bonus, Xue Bing, Chu Yuanyuan and several close female friends made a fuss about asking for a midnight treat. As Xing Ye was now a small rich woman herself, she naturally wouldn't mind these bonuses at all. She generously said, "Okay!" The moment she agreed to treat them, the boys' spirits lifted. Several male students who usually surrounded Xing Ye were shouting, "Treat us! We want to eat a big meal!" Seeing everyone's enthusiasm, Xing Ye also generously said, "Tonight's treat will be arranged according to the bonus amount." Everyone cheered and celebrated.

  Chu Yuanyuan and the others initially thought of letting Xingye buy some snacks, but now seeing Xingye being so generous yet embarrassed, they said it's just a few hundred yuan, which would be spent at a restaurant anyway. Xingye's innate generosity also came out, saying "I've ordered the dishes, wait for you guys, if you don't go, not only are we not good friends, but the food will also be wasted." Everyone thought Xingye was generous and bold, and several of them said they would go.

  It seems like whoever goes or not is also a problem, so I simply handed over the money to Class Monitor Dong Ping and entrusted him with full authority to arrange this matter with Wang Xi. These two naturally had nothing to say, patted their chests to guarantee that everything would be arranged properly, striving to spend the least amount of money, and letting everyone eat and drink well.

  Wang Yuejiao looked at Xing Ye, whose originally ordinary face had become ferocious. Look, she would buy people's hearts, and these shallow people were bought by her with just one meal. Clowns, a group of ugly clowns.

  Li Wei felt a bit awkward when he saw Xing Ye again after what happened last time when he confessed to her on behalf of his friend. And yet, Xing Ye came right in front of him.

  "Congratulations." Li Wei said in a low voice, dodging the starry night's gaze.

  "Let's get Liu Hai and others together tonight, it's lively with many classmates." said Xing Ye Da Fang.

  "Oh," Li Wei didn't expect Xing Ye to invite them proactively, and just now Liu Hai was still considering whether or not to attend, wanting to go but feeling a bit embarrassed after all...

  "Don't take it too seriously." Xīng Yè saw his hesitation and whispered words that only the two of them could understand.

  Li Wei looked at Xing Ye's bright and smiling face, suddenly feeling that he was too narrow-minded, not even as good as a girl who was straightforward and carefree, and didn't seem like a real man who could handle things with ease. So he happily agreed. The awkwardness from earlier was gone.

  I didn't forget to invite our class teacher Liu, although I knew she wouldn't attend. It's necessary to be polite, or the teachers will have a bad impression of us. As expected, Liu refused and reminded me that we are all students and shouldn't drink alcohol. I quickly assured her that there would be no liquor, only fruit juice drinks.

  On the way back from the office, passing by Erban, how can this kind of thing that improves life not be called a home?

  "Really? The one our teacher said won the prize is you?" Jian Luo exclaimed loudly when he heard Xing Yun say that he had received the award.

  Many people who heard Jia Luo's words looked over curiously at night, and hurriedly asked him to lower his voice.

  "You don't know what our teacher said about you, saying that such a good student went to Class 7, what a pity. Jia Luo imitated their teacher's tone, their teacher was an old man in his fifties, with a Southern accent in Mandarin, and the more Jia Luo imitated him, the more ridiculous it became."

  Xing Ye laughed and said: "Right at your classroom door, I'm not afraid of being heard by your old teacher."

  Lao Xue Ju is the nickname given to their teacher by the second-year students, including Jia Luo. Fortunately, when Jia Luo turned around and looked around, Lao Xue Ju was not there. Lao Xue Ju, who had grown older, still adhered to the traditional idea of being a strict teacher and harsh on his students. If they didn't understand something, they would be punished. It was common to see students from Class 2 standing outside the classroom during class time, not running, but probably being punished by Lao Xue Ju.

  "Go, I'll definitely go tonight," Jia Luo said, busy answering after hearing that Xing Ye was inviting guests. After thinking for a moment, he added: "Can I bring a few friends along? They're all pretty good."

  He agreed without hesitation, having already invited so many people, a few more didn't matter.

  Principal Li Changhe knew that Luo Xingye had won the award and immediately called Liang Huiru to share the good news. Over the phone, he kept praising Xingye's achievement and also complimented Liang Huiru and her husband on their good education. The intention of flattering was very obvious.

  At noon, Liang Huiru came over and caught Xingye at night and kissed him twice. She was even more excited than when her own son won an award. It's said that Xingye's classmates asked him to treat them to a meal, and she said: "It's only right, you transferred here, so you should get along well with your classmates. Don't use your prize money, Aunt will pay for it, let's just go to Four Seas, it's not far."

  Xing Ye hurriedly said no need, Four Seas is a big restaurant, so many people eating one meal can't be cheap.

  "Alright, it's settled then. I'll go book a table for you all now. Don't worry, Auntie has a VIP card, the more we eat, the bigger the discount. You and your classmates can just relax and enjoy yourselves, I'll take care of the bill later. I'm off, I still need to show your article to Old Yu, let him have a look and get excited too."

  Staring at his aunt who was leaving in the distance on a starry night, how did this small matter get bigger and bigger? Forget it, I'll just tell Wang Xi and Dong Ping about this news first.

  Four Seas Wine House, they booked a large room with two tables for the night, and more than 20 people came, all of whom were familiar faces. Even Jia Luo's classmates who came together had known each other before their class was divided. With over ten people at one table, it wasn't crowded at all, and everyone chatted and laughed loudly, creating a lively atmosphere.

  The arrival of Lu Chuan made the girls at Xing Ye's table exceptionally happy, and Xing Ye didn't expect Lu Chuan to come. It wasn't until later that she found out he hadn't just come for dinner, but also had official business - representing the school newspaper to invite Xing Ye to join as an editor.

  Xue Bing and the others all advised Xing Ye to agree, but Xing Ye thought about it and still didn't agree. She only said that she would submit more articles to the school newspaper when she had time. Lu Cheng smiled and didn't insist on it, and they went home to have dinner together with Luo Yi.

  As soon as Lu Chuan left, he immediately became the topic of conversation among the girls. This is probably a woman's nature, they started whispering and talking in a low voice, but later on, they spoke louder and louder, and laughed more and more, until they were giggling so hard that the boys at the next table kept turning their heads to ask them what was so funny, which made the girls laugh even more wildly.

  Lu Chang seemed to have heard nothing, maintaining his good demeanor as always. At midnight, he recalled what Lin Yan had said, probably he was also used to facing a group of crazy women.

  Because it was to congratulate Xing Ye for winning the award, everyone suggested that Luo Xing Ye say a few words. Xing Ye stood up and didn't waste any words, saying that we just took this opportunity to gather together properly, and as long as everyone is happy, that's all that matters.

  Someone shouted again, saying let Xing Ye perform a program tonight, and this proposal immediately received a response from everyone, all shouting for Luo Xing Ye to come on.

  I thought about it on a starry night and found that I couldn't remember the specific year some songs were released. If I sang unreleased songs, it would be hard to explain, so let's just sing an old song instead.

  "Alright, I'll sing 'Revisiting Smoke' for everyone. Don't laugh if it doesn't sound good." Xing Ye said with a smile as he stood up in the middle of the night.

  Everyone laughed and said they would never laugh at her again.

  A clear night, a clear throat, and the song "You Jian Chui Yan" in Wang Fei's version comes out effortlessly, with an ethereal and airy voice that sounds just like Wang Fei's original.

  Smoke rises again

  The dusk shrouds the earth

  Wistful of wafting kitchen smoke

  Where are you going?

  The sunset has poetic sentiment

  Dusk has artistic charm

  Poetic sentiment and artistic conception are beautiful

  You are the only one in my heart

  Smoke rises again

  Bring back memories of mine

  May you turn into a colorful rainbow

  Fly into my dreams

  The sunset has poetic sentiment

  Dusk has artistic charm

  Poetic and picturesque although beautiful

  You are the only one in my heart

  The sunset has poetic sentiment

  Dusk has artistic charm

  Poetic and picturesque although beautiful

  You are the only one in my heart

  Poetic sentiment and artistic conception are beautiful

  You are the only one in my heart

  Faye Wong's lively vocals were perfectly interpreted by Xing Ye, even surpassing the original, with a heavenly voice that seemed to transport people into a pastoral scene, feeling the love of a little girl...