Secco: dry (sparse accompaniment, staccato, without resonance); with basso continuo accompaniment, this often means that only the chordal instrument will play, with the sustained bass instrument not playing.
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"So, are you dating Yang Liu, Zhou Yongliang?"
The brown-haired student was stunned by his best friend's question. He was just about to bring his spoon full of rice to his mouth, but Ren Weisheng suddenly asked the question.
Before Ren Weisheng's sudden 'attack,' he was still preparing himself to reveal his relationship with Yang Liu in front of his friends. He tried to make himself more relaxed by started eating his lunch, but suddenly Ren Weisheng questioned him without giving him a chance to calm himself down.
