Chapter 352: The Campus Belle’s Little Thoughts
Murong You’s beautiful ancient-themed dance had instantly caused the audience to go wild. When her performance ended, a thunderous wave of applause could be heard.
Several male students in the control room could not help but praise her.
“As expected of someone who has been professionally trained. I heard that Murong You’s dancing has even won international awards.”
“It’s also Murong You’s abilities to be accepted as the campus belle. Not only is she good at dancing, but she can also play the piano, paint, and play chess. It could be said that she’s a talented woman who is well-versed in all arts.”
“Our Junior Zi is also a talented young lady. Moreover, she’s prettier too. I feel that this year’s campus belle might change hands.”
When Liu Kai said that, everyone subconsciously looked towards Zi Yi.
She was currently doing a follow-up of those hackers. When she sensed everyone’s gaze on her, she did not even bother to look up and said, “Don’t talk about me.”
Several made students look away from her awkwardly.
Liu Kai spoke up. “Zi Yi, aren’t you a little too calm? You have the looks and the brains. When you compete for the campus belle position in the future, I will definitely vote for you.”
“Why should I run for it?” Zi Yi found it puzzling.
“Uhmm…”
Liu Kai was stunned speechless. Zhang Qi chuckled and helped him. “You’ll be famous throughout the school and everyone will like you.”
His words caused Zi Yi and Mrs. Lu to look up and turn in his direction simultaneously.
Zhang Qi felt an inexplicable trace of pressure. “Could it be that I said something wrong?”
Zi Yi could not be bothered to discuss this topic with him and continued to look at her phone.
Mrs. Lu revealed a very gentle and kind smile, but it made Zhang Qi feel even more pressured. “Student, the campus belle is only a name and our Little Zi does not need to rely on her face to get famous.”
Even Professor Qin agreed with what she said as he nodded. “That’s right. With Student Zi’s capabilities, she does not need to rely on her appearance.”
Zhang Qi opened her mouth, but could not find any words to refute them.
The performances continued and when it came to the last few performances, the audience’s emotions had already plunged to the depths.
“See, it’s as per what I said earlier. Who the hell arranged Junior Zi’s performance like this? At this time, the people in the audience are all not in the mood and what to do if they aren’t enthusiastic enough?”
Several of the Ph.D. students were worried.
On the other hand, Zi Yi was very calm. Even Mrs. Lu did not comment on anything.
When the last seventh performer went on stage, Nangong Yu knocked on the door and said to Zi Yi, “Junior Zi, you can head over to get ready.”
Zi Yi put away her phone and looked at Mrs. Lu.
Mrs. Lu patted her hand and said, “I’ll head over to the seats to watch your performance.”
Zi Yi nodded her head.
Thus, they stood up together and headed outside.
Voices of cheering sounded from behind them.
“Student Zi, we’ll wait for your wonderful performance.”
“Junior Zi, you go girl!”
Zi Yi turned her head around and nodded towards them. Following that, she, Mrs. Lu, and Nangong Yu headed outside.
Mrs. Lu directly made her way to the audience seats.
Zi Yi and Nangong Yu headed towards the dressing room located backstage.
While they walked, Nangong Yu said, “We’ve prepared the Four Treasures of Study[1] along with the mask. As for the clothing, we had prepared a set of white flowy skirts. Would that be alright with you?”
Zi Yi did not like the outfit. “There aren’t any other ancient-themed clothes?”
“Yes, we have them. What type are you looking for?”
“Those simple and majestic-looking ones will do.”
“Okay. There are many pieces of clothing in the dressing room. You can take your pick.”
Zi Yi responded with a hum.
They continued to walk in silence before Nangong Yu suddenly asked, “Junior Zi, can I ask you a question?”
Zi Yi tilted her head and looked at him.
Nangong Yu smiled at her. “Junior Zi is skilled in coding and you must have spent quite some time on it. I’m honestly curious as to how you have accomplished so many different things.”
Zi Yi thought for a moment and answered sincerely, “Because I’m smart.”
To be honest, not to mention the Ancient Earth, but Zi Yi’s intellect in the Interstellar Era was the best.
If there was something she wanted to learn, there was nothing she could not learn.
It all depended on her wishes.
Nangong Yu stared at her side profile for several seconds. In the end, he only laughed out loud and did not say anything else.
Zi Yi knew that Nangong Yu found her too overconfident, but she did not bother to explain.
When they arrived backstage, everyone who had finished their performance was either sitting or standing as they looked at the remaining performers walking around while preparing.
Just then, everyone’s heads turned over at the same time.
When they saw Nangong Yu leading Zi Yi inside, there were many who were surprised. The Student Union did not inform them in advance that Zi Yi would be performing.
“Why did the President bring her here?”
“Could it be that she has a performance?”
“I doubt that is the case? I didn’t see her rehearse earlier.”
“Am I the only one concerned as to why the President has brought her here personally?”
“Don’t tell me she is also familiar with the President?”
…
Zhang Yuelan who was standing beside Murong You said in anger, “Little You, look, that woman came in together with the President. What is she thinking of doing?”
Murong You looked at the two people who came in and directly made her way over. When she came closer to them, she revealed a smile and asked casually, “President Nangong, why is Junior Zi here?”
The others seemed to have noticed something and all of them stared at the trio excitedly.
“Student Murong, you came just in time,” Nangong Yu said to her. “Junior Zi has a performance shortly and she wishes to wear an ancient costume. Please help me bring her over so that she can take her pick.”
The spectators were somewhat disappointed when they heard what he said.
They thought that they would be able to see the infighting of a love triangle.
Murong You smiled sweetly and walked up to Zi Yi. “Junior Zi, come with me.”
She turned around and headed towards one of the rooms.
Zi Yi followed Murong You into the dressing room. There were indeed different kinds of costumes.
There were dozens of ancient costumes available.
Murong You pointed to where the ancient costumes were placed and said, “Junior Zi, you can choose whichever design you prefer.”
She then walked to the row of hangers and explained to her which dynasty each costume was from in an extremely considerate manner. In the end, she pointed at a white dress. “This was what I wore earlier.”
Zi Yi took a glance at Murong You, who specially brought that up to her. She tightened her lips and walked to the rack to look through all the costumes. In the end, she chose a bright red chivalrous-looking female costume.
When she grabbed the costume, Murong You was surprised. “Junior Zi, you’re going to choose this?”
Zi Yi asked, “Is there a problem?”
Murong You did not immediately reply to her question. She did not know which year’s seniors had this costume custom-made. It had been passed down for several years, but no one could manage to wear it.
It was not because it looked ugly. Instead, it was because no one was able to pull off a look with it.
The color of the costume was in the shade of the brightest red ever possible. Many people who wore this costume were simply an unbearable sight and when Murong You wore it, many people said that she looked like a bride. Moreover, it was those extremely gaudy brides. Therefore, including her, and everyone else, no one dared to try it on.
Murong You suddenly felt like seeing what type of effect Zi Yi would give off when she wore it and so, she shook her head. “There’s no problem. This costume is very nice.”
[1] Basically, the essentials of calligraphy, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone