Wu Yiqing answered matter-of-factly, "Because she's a sucker for good looks."
"Uh..." Although it's a bit outrageous, it's also strangely believable.
After all, the most prominent characteristic of the Snow White Queen in the original story is her obsession with beauty.
"But won't the Deep Sea Witch feel resentful?"
Ying Yunsheng: "No."
"Why?"
"Because if she were Snow White, she would also fall in love with Aurora at first sight."
Ji Li blinked.
“The reason why Queen Snow White fell in love with Aurora was not because Aurora was beautiful.” Ying Yunsheng looked at him and said in a very soft voice, “It was because Aurora happened to have what she had longed for and pursued her whole life.”
Ji Li was taken aback.
"She understood Queen Snow White because she did too."
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"So this is a female-centric drama with you as the lead?" Lin Chengshuang asked.
Ji Li snapped out of his reverie and shook his head: "Two lead actors."
Lin Chengshuang asked in surprise, "Who's so amazing that they'd act alongside you?"
"I can't say."
Why can't I say?
Ji Li thought about Wu Yiqing's repeated instructions: "Secret weapon."
The collaboration between the two classes was kept secret from everyone else. The cultural committee members on both sides repeatedly instructed them to keep the basic information of the two lead actors under control before the performance, so that they could make a stunning debut.
But no matter how you try to hide it, word will inevitably leak out eventually. At the very least, you should make the collaboration clear when reporting on the program.
No matter how many outsiders came to ask, the hundreds of students in the two classes always kept in mind their class's instructions, and if they couldn't get a straight answer, they would just give the other party a mysterious smile.
Because they have to teach two classes at the same time, the only time available for rehearsals is during lunch break and evening self-study.
Another day of rehearsals came to an end, and everyone packed up their things to go back to the classroom.
The outer string of the erhu, which was being used as a prop spindle by everyone, fell off midway. Since no one around had ever played the erhu, Ji Li reached out and took it, saying that he could try to put it back together.
Just as I slipped the ring onto the screw, someone next to me suddenly called out, "Ji Li."
He looked up: "Hmm?"
Ying Yunsheng asked, "Why did you suddenly agree to play the Snow White Queen?"
"I watched one rehearsal and found it quite interesting."
"Didn't you initially refuse to dress as a girl?"
"If I really didn't want to play a girl, I would never have played Sleeping Beauty with you in the first place."
"Well……"
“I have no problem with what role I play, but I’m not interested in being part of the stage effects,” Ji Li said. “But now that I have someone to accompany me, there’s nothing wrong with joining in. It’s not like it’s the first time.”
That happened when I was in fourth grade. It was Children's Day, and the school, for some reason, built a huge stage on the cement playground that year. It was five or six steps high. All the students, organized by their teachers, gathered on the playground and sat on the ground to enjoy the first Children's Day performance.
The school's original rule was that each class had to perform at least one program, with no restrictions on the form or the number of participants; solo dances were acceptable, as was a class chorus.
Their class performed the classic fairy tale Sleeping Beauty.
However, children of that age were very enthusiastic about this rare event, and there was absolutely no situation where no one wanted to play the princess.
The key problem is that too many people want to play the role of a princess.
There are also people who want to play princes and people who want to play fairies.
And nobody wants to play a villain.
When everyone was at a stalemate, the teacher suggested the most basic method: drawing lots.
With over seventy students in the class, the teacher didn't even consider the possibility that some students might be unwilling, and simply prepared seventy-two slips of paper to hand out.
Ji Li won the lottery.
In other classes, this would likely have been a laughing matter, and they could have just drawn lots again. But their teacher was truly a genius. He said that everyone had agreed before the slips were handed out, so they should be responsible for their choices. He then gave everyone a long lecture on morality, and in the end, they insisted on following the lottery results.
That's why, instead of strictly following the original story, everyone drastically altered the script.
In the end, it wasn't the prince who woke the princess with a kiss, but rather the bed where she was sleeping.
Ying Yunsheng remained silent for a long time: "You clearly said last time that this was the most embarrassing thing in your life."
"What?" Ji Li asked, then realized the other person was referring to the truth or dare game they played when they stayed overnight at the beginning of the semester. He couldn't help but chuckle. "My bed collapsed in front of more than three thousand people in the whole school. I'm not even allowed to feel like the society is dead?"
Ying Yunsheng was taken aback: "So you only feel ashamed because the bed collapsed?"
"Otherwise what?"
"Well……"
"Shall I kiss you?"
“Uh…” Ji Li threaded the strings through Qian Jin: “Actually, thinking about it now, it’s fortunate that you were down there, so I could have kissed you and woken up naturally, otherwise it would have been a performance accident.”
Ji Li felt the cardboard crack beneath him and instinctively tried to turn over and stand up. Unfortunately, he had overestimated the sturdiness of this inferior product. As soon as he turned his body, he felt a strong sense of weightlessness. It wasn't until he felt pain on his lips that he realized what he had pressed down on.
The person who was originally responsible for supporting the cardboard bed was Ying Yunsheng. When the accident happened, he also acted as a human cushion, holding his body with both hands to prevent him from making direct contact with the ground. However, he stared blankly at him, completely dumbfounded by the sudden accident.
The students next to them were stunned, the teachers were stunned, and even the thousands of audience members below the stage were stunned.
Finally, Ji Li was the first to react. He quickly stood up, reached out and pulled Ying Yunsheng up as well, asking, "Did you kiss me awake?"
And so, the unexpected incident at the end of the performance that day was mistaken by all the audience as a stage effect, which in turn earned their class a lot of praise, and even the script that had been drastically altered was given the reputation of being uniquely imaginative.
In a way, it can be considered a blessing in disguise.
The school bell had already rung outside, and everyone was rushing back to their evening self-study sessions. Ying Yunsheng originally wanted to stay with him, but Ji Li dismissed him with a simple "Study hard."
Not far from the art building, the view suddenly darkened.
A sudden uproar erupted from the teaching building in front.
Ying Yunsheng suddenly stopped in his tracks.
The power is out.
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Ji Li didn't expect that the power would go out just as he finished stringing the erhu, put it back in its place, and was about to leave.
This kind of thing happens at school almost every summer, like an annual performance.
The windows and doors of the music classroom face completely opposite directions, and the curtains are thick and reach the floor. They are drawn tightly to ensure that not a single ray of light can get in at night, so that it is pitch black when the lights are off.
Ji Li wasn't too panicked. He wasn't afraid of the dark, and besides, the power outage wouldn't last too long. Based on last year's experience, it would only be ten or twenty minutes at most before the lights came back on.
All he could do was wait.
Just wait...
Suddenly, the sound of a door being pushed open rang out from ahead.
"Ji Li?"
"Well……"
"Ji Li?"
He finally realized what was happening and instinctively looked towards the source of the sound: "Ying Yunsheng?"
The person, using some unknown method, walked straight towards him. The footsteps grew closer and closer. First, she tentatively touched his arm, then stopped and grabbed his hand.
Even though you can't see in the dark, the tactile sensation of holding his hand is very clear. In this situation where perception of the outside world is severely blocked, the only thing that can be clearly seen becomes something that people will unconsciously pursue.
"Can you still stand up?"
Ji Li nodded first, then remembered that the other person couldn't see him, so he hummed in response.
Ying Yunsheng said, "Come with me, I'll take you out."
A note from the author:
Thank you so much for your support! I will continue to work hard!
Chapter 23
Chapter 23
gavel
In addition to desks and chairs, the music classroom is also filled with piles of musical instruments. If you accidentally bump into one, it's not a big deal if you hurt yourself, but if you break something, it's a big problem.
Ji Li was worried about this from the beginning, which is why she didn't want to go out in the dark. Even when she was being led around, she reflexively wanted to look for familiar objects around her.
Right next to him was a metal lectern.
Just as the two were about to collide, another hand suddenly reached out from the side, followed by a muffled "bang".
Ji Li was stunned for a moment before realizing what had been placed on the corner of the podium.
"Does it hurt?"
"It's alright," Ying Yunsheng said. "Don't touch it, keep your hands to yourself."
"oh."
He had initially thought the other person was able to find him so accurately by listening to his breathing when they came in, but now he realized that even without any guidance when they went out, the other person didn't hesitate to take a step forward.
Steady and reliable.
Leaving the music classroom, there was a corridor outside. Stepping into it, it felt as if the temperature around me dropped by several percentage points.
Since the other party remained silent, Ji Li also refrained from speaking, fearing that his sudden outburst might disrupt the other party's judgment under extreme circumstances.
This feeling of completely handing oneself over to someone else was very unfamiliar to him.