Chapter 156: The Most Selfless Love ④
After saying this, Nie Aifang looked at Nie Qiu opposite her and asked, “Qiu Qiu, when is your art festival?”
“There’s still a month to go!” Nie Qiu said with a smile, “I’ll know when the teacher tells me the time.” Actually, Nie Qiu couldn’t understand why they were holding an art festival when the final exams were still more than a month away. They said it was to relax before the exams, but it didn’t seem like it! The art festival made people more restless, and each class had to rush to prepare programs, which would only make them perform worse in the exams.
However, the school’s regulations have always been unpredictable. Anyway, if the school says there’s an art festival, then there is one. In fact, no matter when the art festival is prepared or held, it affects studying, doesn’t it? It’s just about having fun once.
“There’s still a month left. I’ll tell you when the time is confirmed!” Nie Aifang said with a smile to the person on the phone after hearing Nie Qiu’s words.
“Then I’ll bring my camera then, and we can film Qiu Qiu and put it on a disc as a souvenir.” Nowadays, other people’s mobile phones have camera functions, but his sister’s phone doesn’t. “We’ll keep it as a souvenir, and Qiu Qiu can show it to her when she grows up.”
“That’s great, that’s great, that’s a good idea.” She was beaten by her parents when she was young for watching a one-cent video, but now anyone can record videos, which makes one sigh at the passage of time. If one can record a beautiful and happy moment, that’s also good.
“Okay, sister, remember to notify me when you know the time.” Nie Aiwen said, “I’m still in a meeting, so I’ll hang up now.”
“Then you go ahead and be busy! I’ll hang up now.” Nie Aifang was very happy and didn’t mind Nie Aiwen saying he was hanging up. Hearing that Nie Aiwen was in a meeting, she quickly finished speaking and hung up the phone.
Nie Aiwen looked at his mobile phone with a hint of helplessness. Although he said, “I’ll hang up now,” he should have at least said “goodbye” before hanging up the phone!
The employees of the company looked at their boss standing by the window, happy one moment and annoyed the next. They had never seen such a boss before. Although the boss was not a strict person, he was considered gentle, and this kind of mood swing was the first time they had seen.
Li Mingxue lowered her head. It must have been Nie Qiu’s mom who called just now! No wonder he was so happy.
Nie Aiwen knew he had lost his composure. He returned to his seat and said with a smile, “My niece is going to perform a program at the school’s art festival. I apologize, I was a bit out of line.”
Everyone understood and said it was okay.
Nie Qiu is going to perform a program at the school’s art festival?!
Li Mingxue only then realized that her younger brother’s school was going to hold an art festival. When she got home, the first thing Li Mingxue did was rush into Li Kai’s room. “Xiao Kai, are you performing a program at your school’s art festival?”
“Huh?” Li Kai put down the guitar sheet music in his hand and looked at Li Mingxue. “How did you know our school was holding an art festival?” He didn’t remember telling her about it at home. Although he had known about it during the make-up class on Sunday, he had only confirmed it yesterday when the teacher said they needed to select an art committee member.
“Is Nie Qiu performing?” Li Mingxue sat on Li Kai’s bed and said with a smile, “I heard Nie Qiu is performing. What is she performing?”
“Nie Qiu is performing?!” Li Kai looked at Li Mingxue in surprise. “How did you know?” Could it be that besides finding him a tutor, his sister and Nie Qiu were still in contact? Thinking about it, he was a little envious.
Li Mingxue looked at Li Kai strangely. “Don’t you know?”
Li Kai shook his head. “I don’t know. Do you know what Nie Qiu is performing?”
“I don’t know either.” Li Mingxue stood up. “You don’t even know what Nie Qiu is performing in your class? I’m going back to my room to take a bath and sleep. Bye.” After saying that, Li Mingxue was about to leave.
“Hey, sister, do you know?” Li Kai called out to Li Mingxue, who was at the doorway.
“How could I possibly know?” Li Mingxue rolled her eyes. “I thought you knew, so I came to ask you. I didn’t expect you didn’t know either. By the way, are you performing? If you are, I want to go and watch too!”
Li Kai nodded. “Dad has to work, so of course, only you can go and watch.”
“So you’re settling for the next best thing?” Li Mingxue clenched her fist. “Don’t embarrass me. No matter what, you have to bring back at least a third-place award, otherwise, I won’t be able to bear to watch.”
“I know. This time I will definitely win a better award than last time.” What’s a third-place award? His goal was first place. He glanced at the sheet music on his bedside table. He planned to write his own song and play and sing it himself. No matter what, it would definitely add points.
“I hope so.” Li Mingxue yawned and left Li Kai’s room.
Li Kai stood up, walked to the door, and locked it. Then he jumped onto the bed and couldn’t help but roll around. Nie Qiu was also going to perform. What would she perform? Singing or dancing? Or did Nie Qiu have other talents? Thinking about the song Nie Qiu sang when she was running for art committee member, Li Kai’s mouth twitched. He didn’t think the song was bad, but he always felt… he always felt it was too outdated and old-fashioned.
What would Nie Qiu perform? No matter how he thought about it, Li Kai couldn’t imagine what Nie Qiu would perform. Until he fell asleep, he was still thinking in his mind, what program would Nie Qiu perform.
The saying “what you think about during the day, you dream about at night” is not without reason. Just like now, Li Kai stood alone in the middle of the seats in the auditorium. The curtain on the stage in the grand hall slowly opened, and on the stage was Nie Qiu, dressed in a magnificent outfit. She wore a lace dress with a chest binder, and the lower part of the skirt was layers upon layers of transparent gauze fabric, with small floral patterns printed on the transparent gauze, making it look both retro and not vulgar.
There was no music, only lights flickering. Nie Qiu stood in the center of the stage, dancing.
Then, layer by layer… layer by layer… she tore off the skirt she was wearing. Because it was made of gauze, it was light and fluttered in the wind. He saw that after tearing off the last layer of the skirt, Nie Qiu was just like when she was wearing a one-piece swimsuit, with a curvaceous figure. Under the lights, her skin was even whiter, so white that his mind flashed with one bright light after another. The scene in the indoor swimming pool that day reappeared in his mind more than once. Now, she looked even more ethereal and beautiful!
He couldn’t help but walk down the steps, step by step, towards the stage. But the stage seemed very far away from him. The further he walked, the further the stage got. As he walked, he got further and further away. Li Kai couldn’t help but run anxiously. But just like before, he thought he was getting closer, but unexpectedly, he was getting further and further away, until he turned into a point of light and disappeared before his eyes.
He was panting, watching the point of light disappear, and then, darkness. “Nie Qiu!”
