Chapter 2696 — T013 520521 Special Chapter 3: The First to Take the Stage

"Yao Yao, on this day of special meaning, I confess to you: I like you. I swear that one day I will make you my girlfriend!" Zhong Yongliang had little education, and his declaration of love was simple, but with him leading the way, the atmosphere on the spot turned lively all at once.

Unfortunately, Gu Mengyao did not go up on stage to respond. Zhong Yongliang's confession failed!

This was within Zhong Yongliang's expectations. He had never imagined Gu Mengyao would come up to accept his confession, so he was not particularly heartbroken.

Shaking his head, he walked down from the stage, left the place together with Gao Xiaofu, and went off to who knew where—having failed in his confession, he presumably had no face to stay any longer.

With Zhong Yongliang opening the way, what followed grew livelier still. One after another, three or four more students went up to confess, but only one succeeded—and judging by the look in that girl's eyes, the two had probably been carrying on long ago, and the confession was merely an excuse.

Up to this point, however, no girl had yet gone up to confess; everyone who took the stage had been male!

In fact, there were girls secretly pining after other boys too—they simply had not gone up out of embarrassment!

What Wei Zhao had not expected at all was that the first girl to take the stage and confess was Feng Xiaoxiao. She walked up, naturally picked up the microphone, showed no stage fright whatsoever, and said outright: "I know my confession today is bound to fail, but to set an example for the great sisterhood, I've decided to be the first to eat crab!"

Seeing Feng Xiaoxiao take the stage, Wei Zhao's heart tightened. This little minx wasn't about to confess to him, was she? Had he known, Wei Zhao would have gone up first and confessed to Tang Yun. What should have been a perfectly good thing had been turned upside down by Feng Xiaoxiao's interference.

Feng Xiaoxiao's fearsome reputation still carried weight. Though this little devil had been away for two years, now that she was back, most of the third-year students still remembered her—so whether out of flattery or genuine acclaim, everyone in the audience cheered.

"Today I'm going to confess to someone. This person, I'm sure, knows full well that I'm confessing to him, and I know he certainly won't come up on stage to accept my confession—so I won't say his name." Feng Xiaoxiao looked toward Wei Zhao, smiled faintly, and said, "All right, my confession is finished. Everyone carry on!"

With that, Feng Xiaoxiao walked off the stage with perfect ease. Her manner of confessing astonished Wei Zhao, and at the same time made him think: this truly was a clever, quirky girl. She had not spoken Wei Zhao's name on such an occasion, yet her aim in confessing had been achieved—she had neither embarrassed herself nor brought Wei Zhao any trouble. It made Wei Zhao feel that Feng Xiaoxiao was hard to deal with, and he wondered what on earth this little minx was thinking...

After Feng Xiaoxiao's confession ended, Wei Zhao waited no longer. He walked straight up onto the makeshift gymnastics platform, ready to confess to Tang Yun!

Wei Zhao had succeeded Zou Ruoming and Zhong Yongliang as one of the new Four Young Villains, and there was scarcely a student who did not know about him and Tang Yun. So the moment Wei Zhao stepped on stage, the crowd obligingly began chanting Tang Yun's name, helping Wei Zhao build momentum.

Tang Yun's face was very red. She too had been surprised by Feng Xiaoxiao's confession, but Feng Xiaoxiao had clearly left everyone some room, enough to keep anyone from being embarrassed, so Tang Yun's impression of her remained rather good.

Amid everyone's calls, Tang Yun went up on stage. Wei Zhao said nothing either; he simply handed her the heart-shaped card and the fresh flowers. A thousand words were all contained within that card and those flowers.

Blushing, Tang Yun took the card and the flowers. But when she picked up the heart-shaped card, she was somewhat surprised, for Tang Yun clearly remembered that Shen Yushu had bought this card that very morning!

She... had she not intended to confess to Wei Zhao? Why had the card ended up with Wei Zhao? Could Wei Zhao have passed it on to her? Puzzled, Tang Yun opened the card, and saw that what was written inside was in Wei Zhao's handwriting—simple words, yet they plucked at the strings of Tang Yun's heart.

"The summer that cannot be forgotten, the shade of the trees, the ring, the promise."

A short line, a few short words, expressing Wei Zhao's heartfelt feelings and his promise to her for a lifetime. Tang Yun resolved to treasure this card forever, to put it in a frame and set it on the bedside table in her room...

But it also proved that this card had not been a prop for Shen Yushu to confess to Wei Zhao—it had genuinely been given to Wei Zhao, for no particular purpose at all.

Somewhat startled, Tang Yun looked in the direction of Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu, a flicker of gratitude passing through her eyes. In any case, today's confession event had left Tang Yun gratified and content; neither Feng Xiaoxiao nor Shen Yushu had played any pranks or caused any disruption.

Watching Tang Yun's figure on stage, Shen Yushu felt a little envious. "Yao Yao, it's all your fault for not letting me go up. Otherwise I'd have confessed to Chewing Gum Bro, and he'd surely have come up to accept."

"Keep dreaming!" Gu Mengyao said scornfully.

"If he doesn't come up, I'll tell everyone about him kissing me and seeing me without clothes," Shen Yushu said.

"If you're not afraid of the shame, go ahead and say it," Gu Mengyao said indifferently.

"Oh... forget it then..." Shen Yushu sighed and murmured to herself, "I'm going to leave in the end anyway. I'm just a passerby. It's only that... I'd like to leave behind a beautiful memory..."

"What did you just say?" Gu Mengyao had not heard clearly and did not know what Shen Yushu was saying.

"Nothing..." Shen Yushu shook her head and sighed.

Gu Mengyao was rather baffled. She had not understood what Shen Yushu was saying, nor did she know at that moment that, some time in the future, she and Tang Yun, Feng Xiaoxiao, and Shen Yushu would all depart one by one—and reunite one by one...

These verdant high school years would become a beautiful memory, and recollected in another time and another place, they would stir boundless emotion.

But no one can predict the future—not even the prophet Shu. Otherwise, if all four of them had confessed to Wei Zhao together, this memory would surely have become even more beautiful...

The confession event came to a satisfactory close with no disturbances, much to Wang Zhifeng's relief. Tomorrow's outing would be the last group activity before graduation, and Wang Zhifeng would take part throughout, hoping nothing untoward would happen.

And after this event, the graduating class would have to enter the tense state of exam preparation. Wang Zhifeng hoped each of them would achieve good results—and a good future...

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