Read Novel Full Chapter 11
Chapter 11
The sudden embrace caught not only Song Linchu off guard, but also silenced the audience for a moment.
Fortunately, the boy quickly let go and run off stage with his face covered. In addition, Song Linchu’s strong heart withstood the impact without much damage, he held onto the roses and continued with the next section of his performance.
The roses shone like a raging fire, becoming the best embellishment on the stage and adding color to his performance.
Girls that were holding their phones wished they could smash their phones onto his face and taking pictures.
**The girls were so excited and eager to take photos of Song Linchu that they were willing to use force.
Among these girls was Tan Mingqing, who was waiting for Su Zhan’s results. His facial expression was complicated as he was squeezed in with these girls.
When Su Zhan stunned the audience with his cross-dressing, he felt proud and couldn’t wait to tell the world that it was his boyfriend, who looked so gorgeous in women’s clothing. However, he never expected the next performer to be Song Linchu, his ex-boyfriend. The comedic effect was at its peak.
He knew Song Linchu was good-looking, and his initial attraction to him was due to his appearance. But on stage, Song Linchu not only had a distinguished appearance but also shone like he was coated with a layer of light, dazzling everyone’s eyes. He didn’t need any gimmicks to attract attention; wherever he stood, he was the center of attention.
Tan Mingqing stared in a daze at the person singing and performing on stage, remembering the few months they spent together, feeling like it was all just a dream.
In an instant, he felt a doubt rising within him. Had he really possessed someone so outstanding as her in the past?
Soon after the song ended, the surrounding area erupted in screams that came in waves, comparable to those of a celebrity concert. In front of him, a girl in the first row was screaming to the point of losing her breath, “School flower, you’re so handsome aaaa!” The atmosphere was so fervent that it felt out of control.
However, Tan Mingqing felt as empty as the gradually fading accompaniment. He clenched his fists but could not suppress the regret and bitterness spreading in his heart.
As Song Linchu stepped down from the stage holding a rose, several contestants who were standing behind the backstage door watched the performance and applauded when they saw him.
“Song Linchu, you were so cool!” a girl exclaimed excitedly, holding up her phone to take a picture of him.
Song Linchu smiled and said, “Thank you.”
His face was slightly flushed from the adrenaline rush of his performance, and several girls couldn’t take their eyes off him.
One straightforward girl couldn’t help but blurt out, “Senior, do you have a girlfriend? If not, what do you think of me?”
Song Linchu was taken aback for a moment, then politely replied, “I’m sorry, I already have someone I like.”
The girls were instantly disappointed.
Song Linchu nodded to them and walked over to where he had placed his jacket. He put down the rose, and was about to take out his phone when he met Su Zhan’s gaze in the mirror.
There was no trace of the vigor and vitality in Su Zhan’s eyes from before, and instead, his gaze was filled with dark and murky emotions.
Song Linchu gave him a challenging smile, and Su Zhan’s emotions flooded out like a tide: resentment, dissatisfaction, and a hint of jealousy.
Su Zhan had never thought that Song Linchu’s singing would be so good. He had thought he could win by using some unconventional tactics and dominate in popularity, but now he realized that he had completely underestimated Song Linchu’s popularity and strength. He was no longer the main attraction but rather a warm-up act for Song Linchu.
Fortunately, this competition only selected the top 10 contestants to advance, and no matter how amazing Song Linchu was, he could only take up one of those spots.
While Su Zhan was lost in thought, the host had already finished the introductory speech and began to announce the scores.
“…Now, announcing the score of contestant number 28, Su Zhan. The five judges gave scores of 8.9, 9.1, 8.5, 8.2, and 8.8. With the highest score of 9.1 and the lowest score of 8.2 removed, Su Zhan’s final score is 26.2, currently ranking 10th. Congratulations!”
Su Zhan: “….”
What did he think of it just now? That no matter how powerful Song Linchu is, he can only take one promotion spot??
But he was now ranked tenth, just on the promotion line. As soon as Song Linchu’s score came out, he would be pushed to eleventh place!
In short, Song Linchu would eliminate him.
Su Zhan was so angry that he stomped his feet.
He could accept defeat, but not in this way!
Of course, Song Linchu also heard the announcer’s score, and looking at Su Zhan’s face, which was as black as the bottom of a pot in the mirror, he almost laughed out loud. All the frustration that had been building up inside him from Su Zhan’s provocation dissipated in an instant, and he felt refreshed.
He opened WeChat, skipping over the rapidly flashing messages from “604 Clean and Sanitary”, and opened the chat box with Tan Yue.
Little Songlin: [Gege!]
Little Songlin: [I’m done with my performance, did you watch it? Was my singing good?]
Little Songlin: [(Shy fox.gif)]
Tan Yue: [Better than the one before.]
Little Songlin: [???[
Little Songlin: [(Crying) I begged you for a long time to download the app to watch me sing, but others didn’t even have to say anything and you watched.]
Little Songlin: [(Wronged) (Wronged) (Wronged)]
Little Songlin: [No love anymore, just let it be destroyed.]
As soon as Song Linchu sent out these four messages in a row, he closed WeChat directly, with no interest in continuing the conversation.
It wasn’t that he was being unreasonable, but Su Zhan had previously taken away Tan Mingqing by using various forms of cross-dressing to captivate him.
Since Tan Yue, like Tan Mingqing, was also a fan of good looks, it was likely that they had the uncle and nephew had the same preferences.
Thinking that Tan Yue had also been attracted by Su Zhan’s ploy, Song Linchu felt nauseated.
Roll, dog man!
His results won’t come out until number 30 finished performing. Song Linchu didn’t want to wait backstage and decided to go to the audience to find Li Chang and his friends.
He picked up his jacket, but hesitated over the large bouquet of roses.
Such a large bouquet of roses, he couldn’t just throw it away, but he couldn’t take it either.
“Song Linchu, are you leaving already?” Zhou Kexin walked over from the other scoring backstage lounge and saw Song Linchu picking up his jacket.
“I’m going to find my roommate up front.”
“Oh,” Zhou Kexin’s face was filled with excitement that she couldn’t conceal, “you performed even better than I imagined this time. I checked the scores, and you were definitely in first place.”
Song Linchu forced a smile and said, “It would have been more exciting if you hadn’t spoiled the surprise.”
“Is it different knowing it from me versus the host? The judges said you were very professional. Did you study singing?”
Song Linchu replied, “My mother used to be in an art troupe, so I was influenced by her.”
“No wonder! So it’s good genes. Then we’ll leave the glorious task of defeating Aviation University to you. You are the hope of our village!”
Song Linchu replied, “I’ll do my best,” and then laughed dryly, “By the way, do you want to help the hope of the entire village deal with this?”
Song Linchu looked at the roses on the table.
“Oh, speaking of that, we didn’t expect someone to rush up and give you flowers, but don’t worry, it won’t happen again.”
Song Linchu nodded, “Then I’ll leave the flowers to you, thank you, Senior!”
Without waiting for Zhou Kexin’s response, Song Linchu ran off like a streak of smoke.
Li Chang and his friends planned to leave as soon as Song Linchu’s score was announced, but Song Linchu did not enter the auditorium and waited for them at the entrance.
Contestant 30 finished singing quickly, and the host announced the score of the twenty-ninth contestant, Song Linchu. As Zhou Kexin predicted, he received a high score of 29.5 and beat the second-place contestant by 0.7 points, becoming the only one with a total score of 29.
The audience screamed again.
There were only five contestants left behind him, all of whom were previous contestants with unremarkable scores, so it seemed that the first place was no longer a suspense.
Li Chang and his friends were even happier than Song Linchu. He Wenyan gave him a big hug as soon as he appeared. “You are amazing, brother, you beat Su Zhan.”
Gao Yuan wiped his eyes and said seriously, “I now want to interview Tan Mingqing, that scumbag, and ask how he feels.”
Li Chang pretended to be sad and said, “Now, I regret it very much.”
Several people joked around and even Li Chang’s usually beautiful and quiet girlfriend was made to laugh by them.
After laughing, He Wenyan waved his hand and said, “Let’s celebrate. I’ll treat you guys.”
Song Linchu hurriedly said, “No, I’ll treat you.”
“How could that be? I’m not short of a few bucks. Don’t be polite, just listen to me and let’s go!” He Wenyan said in a domineering way.
They were all familiar with each other, so they didn’t refuse, and the five of them went out of school together.
They went straight to a barbecue restaurant, and under He Wenyan’s instigation, Li Chang’s girlfriend called several girls from her dormitory, and four boys and four girls gathered around a large table, eating and drinking happily.
One of the girls was obviously interested in Song Linchu and kept flirting with him. Her roommates were also on the side, cheering them on.
Song Linchu was a bit embarrassed and quickly found an excuse to make a phone call and ran out.
There should be a thick frost tomorrow, and the cold wind outside was bone-chilling.
Song Linchu stood at the roadside with his phone in his hand. He said he had to make a call, but he did not have anyone to call. He didn’t even have family members to call.
He absent-mindedly scrolled through his phone and opened WeChat. There were three red dots on Tan Yue’s profile picture, indicating that he had sent him three messages, and the one he could see without clicking into the chat box was a question mark.
This simple yet annoying question mark made Song Linchu lose his desire to read the other messages, so he quit WeChat again.
“Dog man!” muttered Song Linchu under his breath, with a hint of unnoticed grievance in his voice.
Just then, his phone, which he had been holding in his hand, began to buzz. Song Linchu picked it up and glanced at the screen. It was an unfamiliar local number.
After a moment’s hesitation, he answered the call.
“Hello?”
“Good day, is this Mr. Song Linchu?”
“Yes, who is this?”
“Hello, Mr. Song, I’m from ‘Here Comes the Bloom’ flower delivery shop. I have a bouquet of flowers for you that I’ve left at the school gate, but the security guard says I need to show an ID to enter. I was in a hurry and forgot to bring mine. Could you please come out and collect the flowers?”
“Huh?” A puzzled expression appeared on Song Linchu’s face. “I haven’t ordered any flowers.”
“It was ordered by a Mr. Tan for you.”
Song Linchu’s grip on his phone tightened.
Mr. Tan? Could it be Tan Yue?
Surely not Tan Mingqing.
“Mr. Song?”
“I’m here,” Song Linchu took a deep breath and suppressed his racing heart, then said, “I’m near the school gate, about 200 meters to the right, outside a barbecue restaurant called ‘Main Roaster’. Please bring it over.”
“Okay, got it.”
After hanging up the phone, Song Linchu waited outside the barbecue restaurant.
Five minutes later, a white car pulled up in front of him. A young man poked his head out of the window and asked, “Excuse me, are you Mr. Song?”
Song Linchu nodded.
The young man got out of the car and carefully took out a bouquet from the back seat.
Song Linchu was stunned as soon as he saw the bouquet.
To call it a bouquet was not quite accurate, as it contained not a single flower, but a bunch of adorable little dolls, all crowded around a small person in a white suit in the middle.
The small person was holding a golden microphone and struck a singing pose, like a little prince being worshipped by the stars.
Song Linchu was speechless.
“The client originally requested a small person in a black suit, but we went to more than a dozen malls overnight and could only find this one in a white suit,” the delivery man apologized, “I’m sorry about that.”
“No, it’s fine,” said Song Linchu, unsure of what to say at first.
“If that’s the case, please sign here,” the delivery guy said.
Song Linchu signed the receipt, and after the delivery guy left, he looked at the bouquet and noticed a small card beside the plush toy. He took it out and saw that the handwriting was delicate and elegant. The message read, “Congratulations on being number one.” It was signed by Tan Yue.
Song Linchu thought to himself, ‘This message is so straight-forward, it couldn’t be any more typical of that guy.’
But for some reason, those few simple words made him feel a sense of joy that lifted the weight off his heart.
With one hand holding the flowers, the other pulled out his phone. Song Linchu had stood there for a while, so his hand was so cold that it was almost numb and he struggled to unlock his phone. He opened WeChat and clicked on Tan Yue’s chat box without hesitation, and read the other messages he had sent.
Tan Yue: […]
The second message was sent five minutes later.
Tan Yue: [I didn’t watch them. I clicked in while waiting for you to come and didn’t like it. ]
The third message came after ten more minutes.
Tan Yue: [?]
Song Linchu: “…”
Oh, so that’s what happened..
Song Linchu’s gaze lingered on the second message for several seconds, feeling that these characters were quite aesthetically pleasing.
However, in comparison, it seemed like he was being overly dramatic.
At that time, he was also out of his mind with anger, thinking that Tang Yue was like Tang Mingqing, who enjoyed Su Zhan’s style.
It was all Tang Mingqing’s fault!
Song Linchu pursed his lips and flexed his stiff fingers, tentatively sending a message with “gege” to test the waters.
A few minutes passed without any response.
Song Linchu glanced at the time, it was almost eleven o’clock, and Tang Yue was a patient, so he must have been asleep at this time.
Just as he was thinking this, the words “the other person is typing…” appeared above the chat box.
Song Linchu felt pleased and waited for Tang Yue’s reply.
However, the notification disappeared after a few seconds, and there were no new messages in the chat box.
Song Linchu had to take matters into his own hands.
Little Songlin: [Gege, I’ve received the flowers you sent me!]
Once again, the words “the other person is typing…” appeared above the chat box, and after a few seconds, a new message finally appeared in the chat box.
Tang Yue: [Oh, I forgot to cancel, just throw them away.]
Song Linchu: “…”