Zhou Hao came back to his senses, turned his head to check the seat number, and indeed it was 73. He didn't rush to the stage but instead, with deep affection, said to Yang Wu Luo in the front row, "Wu Luo, you go up to receive the prize. I'll give you this opportunity."
"No need," Yang Wu Luo turned her body and sat still.
Zhou Hao sighed, stood up, and went to the stage.
Lin Can smiled slightly. Actually... at the age of seventeen or eighteen, when love begins to bloom, everyone has that one person they like; it's the most normal thing during adolescence. It's just that some couples are compatible and end up together, while others are left with one-sided, unrequited love.
On the stage.
The host handed the microphone to Zhou Hao: "Handsome guy, congratulations on winning second place! Which one of you is part of the winner's support group?"
Zhou Hao: "I'm an old classmate of Zhu Yanxi, here to cheer her on."
"Since you're a classmate of our champion, you must have some talent, right?"
Beside the stage, Zhu Yanxi excitedly said, "He can sing."
Host: "Oh, you can sing? Does the audience want to hear it?"
"Yeah~" The audience responded in unison.
"Sing, sing~" Zhou Xiaoxiao started cheering.
Zhou Hao: "Alright, I'll sing a song."
Host: "What song will you sing? I'll have the band leader find the tune for you."
"No need, I'll play and sing it myself."
"Oh~ Looks like there are some hidden talents in the audience. Alright, the stage is yours, good luck!"
The host stepped aside, and Zhou Hao grabbed a guitar, sitting on a high stool in the center of the stage.
A beam of light shone down from above, creating a full atmosphere.
"One song 'Just Love You' dedicated to..." Zhou Hao looked at Yang Wu Luo, who immediately lowered her head, avoiding eye contact. "Dedicated to everyone."
Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Xiaoxiao: ...
We cheered for you to sing, not to confess your love to Yang Wu Luo.
This guy is too stubborn.
Can't you see she's not interested?
Her attention is all on Lin Can, right?
Sigh~
As old classmates, Zhu Yanxi and Zhou Xiaoxiao were quite speechless. Why bother?
Fallen flowers have intentions, but the flowing water is heartless.
Yang Wu Luo's heart is flowing towards Lin Can...
"I've always wanted to say to you, you give me unimaginable joy, like an oasis to the desert."
Zhou Hao was in deep, but it didn't matter. He strummed the guitar and began his passionate solo...
Wow~
Some girls in the audience couldn't resist the charm of a boy who plays and sings his own song, and they were very excited.
Wang Peng saw many girls casting admiring glances at the stage and thought to himself, "Haozi is truly amazing. Playing the guitar is the most captivating."
Zhou Xiaoxiao: "Wu Luo, this song is for you~"
"Stop it." Yang Wu Luo was embarrassed and glanced at Lin Can beside her. She found he was calm and had no reaction, instead humming along.
Yang Wu Luo was speechless. What do you mean by this? Why are you humming along?
Actually, Lin Can didn't think much of it. He was here to have fun and watch the show. At that moment, he was enjoying Zhou Hao's performance. He played well, sang well, and was passionate. However, Yang Wu Luo just wasn't attracted to him.
But... um... the guitar was indeed charming. Lin Can also thought so.
Once the song ended, everyone applauded.
Host: "That was an amazing performance! I noticed you were staring at the beautiful girl in the audience while singing, and you sang so emotionally. Hehe, is that girl your crush?"
"Yes!"
Zhou Hao boldly admitted.
Everyone turned to look at Yang Wu Luo.
Host: "Do you want to say something to that girl?"
Zhou Hao raised the microphone: "I want to say, I like you."
Wow~
Everyone began to cheer.
"Thank you for liking me." Zhou Xiaoxiao stood up.
Everyone: ???
They got it wrong, it turns out he was confessing to the person next to him.
Wang Peng: "Zhou Xiaoxiao, what are you doing? You're my woman."
"Go away!" Zhou Xiaoxiao cursed back, then threw a look at Yang Wu Luo: "You owe me a favor."
Yang Wu Luo was touched. She was loyal.
At the same time, she felt a bit of a headache. What is it about me that Zhou Hao likes? Can't I change it?
Yang Wu Luo sighed, turned her head to look at Lin Can.
Lin Can was leaning back in his seat. It was hard to tell what he was thinking.
Zhou Xiaoxiao: "Thank you for liking me. We're still young, no early love."
Zhou Hao: ???
Host: "Well... it's true. Early relationships aren't good, studying is more important. Let's thank this handsome guy for his performance. Let's give him the warmest applause."
Sigh~
Zhou Hao bowed in thanks and went off the stage.
The guitar couldn't move Yang Wu Luo's heart, and now Zhou Xiaoxiao had to come out as a shield for him?
What exactly does he need to do to win her heart?
Is your heart made of stone?
Zhou Hao felt increasingly cold inside.
...
"We'll continue with the lottery."
The third prize was handed to the host.
"Congratulations to No. 63 for winning the third prize, a box of ultra-thin sanitary napkins! Where is No. 63? Please come up to receive your prize."
Yang Wu Luo: "I'm No. 62, Lin Can, are you No. 63?"
Hahaha~
The entire audience couldn't help but burst out laughing when they saw that a boy had won a box of sanitary napkins.
"…"
Lin Can couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
Damn, this life, I guess I'm only good for serving women.
He stood up and went to the stage, holding the big box of sanitary napkins, taking a photo with the organizers.
So many sanitary napkins. I, a guy, can't use them. I'll give them all to Yang Wu Luo, Zhou Xiaoxiao, the four little ones, and maybe even to my mother-in-law if I had one. There might not be enough to go around.
Host: "Handsome guy, which support group are you from?"
Lin Can: "Like the previous handsome guy, I'm from Zhu Yanxi's support group."
Host: "Oh, looks like the champion's support group is lucky today. The previous guy performed a show, would you like to perform?"
Zhu Yanxi didn't say anything. She didn't know if Lin Can had any talents.
"Would you like to see?"
The audience began to cheer, and Zhou Xiaoxiao joined in: "Wu Luo, what talents does Lin Can have?"
"I don't know. He doesn't participate in the school's art festivals."
"Huh? Could he really not know anything?"
"…"
Yang Wu Luo only knew Lin Can was good at photography, but nothing else. He couldn't be performing photography tricks, could he?
Zhou Hao: "It's fine if he can't do much. Not everyone is like me, who can do everything."
Yang Wu Luo: ...
...
Host: "Everyone really wants to see you perform."
"I'm not great at singing, so I won't sing. Well... since everyone is looking forward to it, I'll do something. I can draw. I'll draw a picture. Is that alright?"
"Draw?" The host thought to himself, this doesn't seem like a very performative thing, but since he's been invited to perform, it would be rude to cancel. "Alright, let's let this handsome guy draw a picture for everyone to see. Does anyone have a pencil?"
"No need, no need. I don't need a pencil to draw."
"How can you draw without a pencil?"
"You don't need a pencil to draw. You can use other things."
"???"
Everyone was confused. This was the first time they heard of drawing without a pencil.
Lin Can didn't explain much, walked to the edge of the stage where there were plants, and plucked a leaf from the water drop plant. "How about this?"
This?
Everyone was even more confused.
Zhou Xiaoxiao: "Wu Luo, what is Lin Can doing?"
Yang Wu Luo: "I don't know."
Zhou Hao sneered: "What's he showing off for? Who draws with a leaf? Wasting everyone's time."
Yang Wu Luo really didn't understand, but Lin Can had said at lunch that he could draw, maybe the way he does it is different?
The audience was both confused and curious.
Lin Can walked over to Zhu Yanxi: "Can I borrow the hairpin on your head?"
"Sure." Zhu Yanxi didn't understand, but she still took it off and handed it to him, "What are you going to do?"
Zhu Yanxi didn't know Lin Can well enough to understand.
"Watch." Lin Can took the hairpin, went to the host's desk, placed the leaf on it, and using his eighteen years of solo skills, he poked the leaf repeatedly.
"Everyone must be looking forward to this handsome guy's performance, and I am too. Let's all wait and see what kind of artistic performance it is."
The host couldn't leave a cold gap and kept talking to warm up the atmosphere.
The audience whispered among themselves, and even the leaders in the front rows were whispering.
After all, drawing without a pencil was enough to pique everyone's curiosity.
A moment later.
"It's done."
Lin Can breathed a sigh
of relief, shook his hand, and handed the poked leaf to the host.
"What is this supposed to be, some kind of art style?"
The audience either stood up or leaned forward, trying to see, but the small leaf was hard to discern.
Lin Can: "Could the lighting guy shine a beam of light over here?"
A beam of light from the back of the hall passed over the audience's heads and landed on the stage.
Lin Can moved to the light, lifted the hole-poked leaf, and held it under the beam.
The next second.
The light shone through the needle holes in the leaf, casting shadows on the tall wall behind.
Lin Can liked photography, and photography is about playing with light and shadow.
Once you master light, you can do wonders.
As the projection gradually became clearer, the audience began to cheer...
"I see it, I see it! It's a girl in a dungaree skirt!"
"This is possible? A leaf can turn into art?"
Zhou Hao squinted his eyes: "Isn't that Yang Wu Luo?"
Hearing that, Yang Wu Luo froze: !!!
"It really is Wu Luo." Zhou Xiaoxiao was both excited and envious, glancing at Yang Wu Luo.
Damn it, Zhou Hao wanted to slap himself.
Everyone turned to look at Yang Wu Luo.
Sure enough, she was wearing a dungaree skirt, just like the girl in the shadow.
"Wow~"
Such an ordinary leaf could create such a stunning light and shadow art. That was amazing.
Many girls in the audience were both jealous and envious of this girl.
Yang Wu Luo's face turned red, her breath quickened, and her heart seemed to be pounding as if there was a little deer inside.
Zhou Xiaoxiao saw Yang Wu Luo holding her hand. Her palm was sweating. She was so nervous, trying her best to hold back.
Hehe~
She thought: This damn Lin Can, when he doesn't flirt, it's fine, but once he does, he flirts to death, huh?
And he does it with a single leaf?
Damn it?
This is called having no talent?
This is way too talented.
Zhou Hao felt suddenly unbalanced. I sang so many love songs and even lost my voice, and Yang Wu Luo didn't react?
Lin Can picks up a leaf and boom?
Using the cheapest thing to make the most seductive art—who can handle this?
On stage, Zhu Yanxi looked at the large shadow on the wall, then at Lin Can, the creator of the light and shadow, and finally at the happy Yang Wu Luo in the audience. With this kind of flirting, Yang Wu Luo was definitely going to fall for him.
Wang Peng was confused. Didn't people say boys who play the guitar are the most handsome, the best at winning over girls?
But Lin Can used a broken leaf to win her heart?
Damn, this is insane!