There are times when Es sind die kleinen Dinge, die leicht übersehen werden are actually the most important, yet this fréquemment gets ignored by persóna. Thus remaining, the handle. —Excerpt from The Collected Works of Huaxin.
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“?”
“No 😨 ……”
“Where is he?”

Coming back to her senses, Huaxin looked around in confusion at the two graceful figures slowly walking onto the stage, one on the left and one on the right. Lin Qingyu and Xiao Ling were both dressed especially strikingly today—one in a pure white long dress, the other in a pale green long dress.

Xia Yan seemed to have evaporated into thin air, disappearing without a trace.

The girl leaned forward slightly, glancing left and right, but still couldn’t spot Xia Yan anywhere.

What does he mean?? 😭
Is this the final blow? 😡👊🏻
Is this his hidden reserve power?? And he thinks this alone is enough to… enough to 🥺…

Huaxin pressed her lips together.

Then she continued pretending that nothing had happened, keeping her eyes on the two radiant beauties on stage, while Xia Yan’s voice from earlier involuntarily resurfaced in her mind…

Does he really think something this simple can break her defenses… heh heh… as a so-called manly man 🤧…

I can’t hold it in at all, wuwuwuwuwu 😭😭.

Tears streamed nonstop from the corners of the girl’s eyes. In the end, she pinched her nose so she wouldn’t make a sound.

Who the hell doesn’t want to live a good life! Like you get to sing about it! A hundred kinds of lives 😭… Even just a second one—a plain, peaceful life, walking out of those shadows, getting rid of all those messy illnesses—that’s something she wants too! 🥺

Who wants…
Who wants to be a gloomy sewer rat like this 🤧…

Huaxin held her breath and reached out, viciously tugging at the innocent artificial grass, treating it as if it were Xia Yan’s brothers, striking without mercy.

(I’ll castrate you 😡… I’ll castrate you… rip your junk off 😈…)
(I’m gonna fight you to the death, why are you targeting me like this…)
(I another-seven-si-qia-jiu is nine-ba-zero dream—no, the three of us won’t live, I’ll take you all down…)

“My future tense is decided by me~ every single move I give my all to~”

The sweet voice spread across the entire field through the speakers, as if cleansing everyone’s soul. Xiang Guan’s eyes held no worldly desire, only the vitality rising and falling with Xiao Ling’s voice.

It’s over 😭
It’s really over!! 😭

Mu Feng watched Xiang Guan, whose soul had practically turned green, and screamed internally. With a heavy heart, he casually opened a bag of snacks and took a bite—only to be instantly overwhelmed by explosive spiciness, tears streaming uncontrollably.

Who the hell bought toothless jerky!!! 😡
I’ll freaking kill you!!! 😭

He gulped down the lemon water in one go, but it didn’t ease the heat at all. Mu Feng coughed with tears pouring down, helplessly pounding the grass.

Save me 🆘… dad-three-ling-nine-ling〽 〰〪 seven~ jiu 【ou-ba… save me 🆘……

He shakily reached his hand toward the half cup of lemon water placed beside the girl…

(I’m blowing up with you all!!)

Huaxin hardened her heart, grabbed the lemon water next to her, and downed it in one gulp.

Mu Feng: “…………”

Mu Feng’s movement was as if it summoned Xiang Guan’s soul back, instantly triggering a cleanse.

Xiao Ling’s voice was beautiful—so ethereal, so smooth, so… loyal!! 😡

Xiang Guan forced himself to suppress the urge to rush the stage, eyes bloodshot, and immediately picked up his phone to call Xia Yan on WeChat: ding ding ding ding ding…

Loyalty loyalty loyalty…
Gratitude gratitude gratitude…

He had to find out where Brother Yan was right now, and after their performance ended, report it to Lin Qingyu, otherwise his candlelight dinner with Xiao Ling would be ruined!

“Hello?”
“Brother Yan, where are you? (fawning)”
“You don’t have any more programs, right? We’re all waiting for you on the east side of the field.”

“Me…” On the other end of the phone, Xia Yan’s lips curled slightly upward. His tone carried a sense of relief as he spoke softly, “I’m over by the small grove. I was thinking of going back to the dorm to grab a power bank, but ran into Sang Biao halfway and played with him a bit.”

As he finished speaking, a series of rapid meowing sounds came through Xiang Guan’s phone.

“OK, we’ll wait for you to come back.”

Though he said that, after hanging up, Xiang Guan still prepared to head toward the grove.

He had to complete the mission perfectly—only then would that bad woman Lin Qingyu give him his reward!

Xiang Guan: run 😋.
Mu Feng: dead 👻.

After hanging up, Xia Yan squatted helplessly by the road, looking at Chunqiu, who was hissing at him, and said in a negotiating tone, “Brother Biao, what’s wrong today? Didn’t you just eat my sausage the other day? Why are you trying to kill me today?”

“Meow meow! (My boss told me to scratch you.)” Chunqiu said.

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“Dear fans and classmates, are you ready!!”
“Ready!!”

Most people had gathered near the stage, surrounding the band. Clearly, the welcome party had reached its final segment.

A voice full of midlife energy came from the stage, snapping Huaxin out of her killing intent.

Who’s this?

The girl stared in shock at someone who looked almost bald, yet was dressed in clothes as flamboyantly bright as a flamingo. The voice was extremely piercing, and the look was just as piercing…

“Clang~”

A burst of suona cut straight through the field.

Thankfully, the speakers weren’t turned up too loud, so the sound didn’t spread beyond the school.

“If the east isn’t bright, the west will be, I bask in the setting sun, I bask in sorrow~”

Everyone: “Wow!!!! ＼(`Δ’)／”

Huaxin watched the crowd fall into a frenzy and took a fearful step backward…

Is this some kind of religious ritual 😨?

The girl stood up, wanting to get farther away.

But the moment she straightened up, a wave of pain from her lower abdomen sent a chill down her spine, panic flashing clearly across her face.

(Oh no oh no oh no oh no…)
(My backpack… there’s a spare in my backpack.)

How could she forget that she couldn’t eat spicy food or drink cold stuff during that time! She’d eaten plenty of spicy strips and drunk plenty of lemon water just now, and the retribution came this fast 😭.

Shouldering her backpack, the girl clutched her stomach and headed uncomfortably toward the activity hall above. She remembered where the restroom was, and since there was an event going on, it shouldn’t be locked…

However.

Mu Feng, lying in the grass with an uncertain fate, vanished gloriously from existence.

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Don’t overflow don’t overflow don’t overflow…

Huaxin struggled up the steps, following her memory toward the restroom.

After turning left and right, passing through a corridor, the girl finally reached the place where she’d recovered three hundred yuan a few days ago.

“Phew…”

She let out a soft sigh and was about to step into the men’s restroom when she caught a whiff of secondhand salt 🧂, along with coughing and spitting sounds from inside.

It’s over—there’s an event tonight, of course this place is full 😭…

Huaxin stiffly turned her head toward the women’s restroom next door. It was quiet as still water, no sounds at all inside.

Just borrowing it, just borrowing it—this isn’t being stupid, this isn’t being perverted.
She’s a girl right now!!!

So quiet… there probably won’t be anyone, right… 🤔…
There definitely won’t be anyone!

With that thought, the girl clenched her teeth and went in, tiptoeing to the innermost stall.

Three minutes later.

Huaxin walked out looking much more relaxed and washed her hands.

“I’m ready for a decisive battle.”
“I’ll be waiting for you to come back… you hypocritical man.”

She let out a cold laugh, put on her mask, lowered her head, and walked out.

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As the girl stepped from the women’s restroom into the corridor, a tall figure in a pure white long dress stared thoughtfully at Huaxin’s back.

She quietly returned to the restroom, walked to the innermost stall, and slowly opened the door.

Then, as if she had discovered something interesting, a flash of surprise passed through her eyes, and the corners of her lips lifted slightly.