Chapter 168: My Future Is Not a Dream ⑥
Huang Yan was suddenly hugged by Nie Qiu, feeling bewildered. She looked at Nie Qiu’s smiling face and asked, “Nie Qiu, what’s wrong?”
Nie Qiu shook her head and laughed heartily, “Huang Yan, you’re too cute!”
“What’s cute? What’s cute?” Zhang Haiyang, who had just finished his performance and returned backstage, heard Nie Qiu’s words and eagerly asked. If he heard correctly, Nie Qiu was praising Huang Yan for being cute, right? Had Huang Yan done something again? Or perhaps said something nonsensical?
Having teased Huang Yan these past few days, Zhang Haiyang felt he understood her quite well. Upon hearing Nie Qiu call Huang Yan cute, he naturally knew Huang Yan must have…
Nie Qiu raised an eyebrow and looked at Zhang Haiyang, “I’m not telling you.” Some boys always tease, or rather, like to tease the girls they like. She could tell that Zhang Haiyang liked Huang Yan, but… young love, while precious, how long could it last?
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll ask someone else!” Zhang Haiyang wiped the sweat from his dancing, scoffed, and turned to find someone else to ask.
Huang Yan looked at Zhang Haiyang’s forehead, which was covered in sweat, and his shirt, which was damp after taking off his suit. Her heart skipped a beat. Seeing him wipe his sweat with his hand, she pulled out a few tissues from the box on the mirror stand and handed them to Zhang Haiyang before he could turn around, “Here, wipe yourself!”
Zhang Haiyang was stunned, he took them with a laugh, and wiped his face, “How was it? Wasn’t my dancing just now good? Let me tell you, I’m not bragging, when I performed this in my first year of junior high, I got third prize. I’m telling you, this time it’ll definitely be third prize or higher…”
“Pfft hahaha!” Before Zhang Haiyang could finish speaking, Nie Qiu and Huang Yan exchanged a look and burst into laughter. Because Zhang Haiyang had a lot of sweat on his head and he was wiping it in a hurry, and the school-provided tissues weren’t top grade, as he wiped his forehead, it became covered in small, twisted paper shreds.
Huang Yan had originally meant well, but seeing Zhang Haiyang with shreds of paper all over his forehead, she couldn’t help but burst into laughter because… it was just too funny!
Zhang Haiyang looked in the mirror and saw his own appearance. For the first time, he felt embarrassed and blushed. He quickly brushed the paper shreds off his face and said, “I’m going to the restroom,” then ran to the men’s restroom backstage.
Because Huang Yan had just said earlier that whoever needed to go to the restroom should go, Zhang Haiyang’s remark made everyone present laugh again.
When Nie Aifang was in her teens, she liked listening to migrant worker folk songs and Zhuo Yiting. After she got married, she liked Mao Amin and Teresa Teng. She had watched My Fair Princess and liked Green Green Grass by the Riverside, and cried over The Dumb Bride. Therefore, when watching programs, after the novelty slowly wore off, almost no program on stage could capture her interest, except for skits. Perhaps it’s the same for older generations who don’t engage with fashion or trends; they don’t have much liking for the songs sung by the younger generation or the dances they perform.
Nie Aiwen naturally knew Nie Aifang. Seeing Nie Aifang looking bored, he smiled and said, “After Qiu Qiu’s performance, we’ll go back.”
Nie Aifang nodded, “I want to go back early to cook so Qiu Qiu has something good to eat when she returns.”
“I’ll help you,” Nie Aiwen quickly offered.
Nie Aifang smiled and nodded, “Do you want to call your girlfriend over too? Let her see the film we shot.” Like many parents, when their child participates in a performance, they can’t help but want to show off.
Nie Aiwen saw Nie Aifang mention Li Mingxue so casually without any hint of jealousy, and he forced a smile, “She has to work, and then go to school after work. She doesn’t have time to come.”
“Oh… what a shame.” Nie Aifang was a little disappointed. In this big city, because they were outsiders and due to her previous job, she didn’t have many close relationships. Her only relatives were Nie Qiu and Nie Aiwen. But they already knew everything, and there were no opportunities to show off, so her disappointment was understandable.
