And he was right. The music was cut off minutes after the three arrived, shaking their heads towards Lu Zuan, who had raised an eyebrow, wondering where they were.
"I swear, that girl notices everything." "She's freaky!" Wei Jingyu and Su Shaoyan whispered together and Xuan bit back a chuckle.
The director climbed on the stage and took a microphone. He smiled and spoke, "I hope you're all having fun?" Loud cheers erupted from every corner of the hall. The director continued, "As you all know, this is a ball. So of course we absolutely need to have a belle and a gentleman of the ball."
More cheers. "But before that, I would like to make a few routine announcements. We will have the mandatory couple dance for all those brought dates led by the belle and the gentleman of the ball. After that, the dance floor will be open to all the students. Before the belle and the gentleman though, I would like to present a few other awards."
He waited for the cheers to die down before continuing, "So, the first award will be, the best dance performance." Everyone in the hall held their breaths. Ying Xuan had neither seen the dance nor singing performances, as they had been before the plays, and she had been rather busy then. But she had heard they had been fantastic. One of Jingyu's friends was a singing major, and she head his performance had been rather fantastic.
Xuan looked around and was surprised to see Lu Zuan biting her nails as the director opened an envelope and took out a slip of paper. 'Do you know someone from the dance major?' Xuan signed, and Zuan nodded before she turned her head towards the director. Ying Xuan also looked as the director said on stage, "And the best dance performance was by . . . . . . Ga Ming!!!!!"
Loud cheers erupted from a group towards Xuan's left as Ga Ming climbed the stage, very excited. Lu Zuan shook her head with a sigh. She turned to Ying Xuan and said, "Yeah. One of my friends from school is in a dance major. I better go and find her. She'll be devasted."
Xuan nodded as Zuan made her way away from the group. "Where is she going?" Shi Weiwei asked, nodding towards Zuan's direction. 'To console a friend.' Xuan said before turning to the stage.
Ga Ming had been felicitated and the director was beginning to speak again. "Now, I know we all really enjoyed all the beautiful voices of the performances." Ying Xuan cast a look towards Wei Jingyu, who had grabbed his friend's shoulder and was jumping from one foot to the other. Xuan let out a smile. Wei Jingyu could try to act unbothered and rude all he wanted, but one only had to take a look at him when he was with people he cared about to know that he had a heart of gold.
"The best performance according to the judges was . . . . . . . Ah Erxi!!!!!!" The director announced and Xuan let out a sad smile as Jingyu's friend made a face. He forced a smile for a few seconds for his friends before politely excusing himself.
Ying Xuan turned back to the stage, where Ah Erxi was basically jumping with joy.