Chapter 1: Are you sick?

  Tang Chong once again hugged Jiao Nanxin out the door, and only then did the campus truly come to life. Some people wore sports clothes to play basketball, some carried water bottles to open the water and conveniently buy two buns and a cup of soy milk for breakfast, and the girls also got up and dressed up.

  Taking advantage of the brief moment when the aunt at the door bent down to sweep the floor, Tang Chong hugged Jiao Nanxin and rushed in quickly.

  When they knocked on the door and reappeared at Jiao Nanxin's dormitory entrance, the three girls who were dressing up in the dormitory all looked over with a look of astonishment.

  "Nan Xin, what's wrong with you again? Are you hurt?" a girl asked. "How come the more you exercise, the faster you get hurt? You're not pretending to fall on purpose to flirt with the handsome guy, are you?"

  "Wow. I was carried back by the handsome glasses guy again ---- Nan Xin is so happy." Another girl who was drawing her eyebrows also put down her eyebrow pencil and said excitedly.

  "Be together. Be together. Tang Zhong, Nan Xin, if you two aren't together, I'll never believe in love again." The girl who said this was Yu Jing, a classmate of Tang Zhong and Nan Xin's.

  "Don't talk nonsense." Jiao Nan was annoyed. How could she be so lowly as to use such a cheap trick to flirt with a handsome guy? Besides, even if she wanted to pretend to fall, she wouldn't do it in front of Tang Chong, would she? --- She herself was also quite frustrated, why did something bad always happen whenever she saw him? It seemed that the two were indeed incompatible and clashed with each other.

  Tang Chong's face was as usual.

  He carried Jiao Nanxin to her bed, gently laid her down, and then took out the bottle of Yunnan Baiyao ointment he had used earlier from his pocket. "Apply it three times a day, morning, noon, and night. If you can't apply it yourself, ask them to help you."

  He smiled at those girls and said, "Nan Xin's foot is injured and it's inconvenient to walk. Would you mind helping us buy some food?"

  "No buying, no buying. We're all busy. Who has time to buy her food? If you want to buy, you buy yourself." Yu Jing said with a smile.

  "It's like this. My girlfriend is sick, it's time for her boyfriend to show up, what does it have to do with us?"

  "You'd better buy lunch and send it over. It's best to also buy some snacks - you should buy a lot of them, okay? You have to bribe us first before we'll speak well of you."

  They obviously misunderstood the relationship between the two people, which made Tang Chong also very helpless, and had to beg again, saying: "Please."

  After finishing speaking, he quickly left the dormitory.

  "Come on, Nan Xin, spill the truth quickly. Are you and our class monitor getting together?" Yu Jing sat beside Jiao Nan Xin, ready to 'torture' her into confessing.

  "There isn't," said Jiao Nanxin.

  "How is it possible? You've been brought back twice already----" Yu Jing was incredulous.

  "It's really not." Jiao Nanxin was so angry that he wanted to swear an oath. The two of them would quarrel as soon as they met, and many times they almost came to blows. When the two of them attended classes together, it was Grandfather's most painful time - how could they possibly get along?

  "Actually, the class leader is not bad," Yu Jing said. "Although he looks a bit sloppy, he has a lot of masculine charm. Think about how he dealt with Lu Yifei's provocation? ---- I have no declaration, only warning. Oh my god, as a woman, hearing this sentence makes me passionate and eager to surrender immediately----are you really not considering it?"

  "I won't consider it." Jiao Nanxin said with an unshakeable determination. "I am absolutely certain that I will not consider it."

  "Alright." Yu Jing said with a smile. "Since you don't want to, I'll take advantage of the opportunity then. Tomorrow I'll ask him out for dinner."

  "Whatever." Jiao Nanxin stuffed the quilt behind him and said, "I won't be able to attend class today, help me ask for leave."

  "Hey, you're really something." Yu Jing pinched Jiao Nanxin and said: "What did you do with the class leader when you were together? You didn't ask for leave before, now you let me help you ask for leave?"

  Jiao Nan suddenly remembered that Tang Chong was now his class monitor. From now on, if he wanted to ask for leave, he would have to find him and talk nicely to him.

  This discovery made Jiao Nan feel worse than death.

  Tang Chong had just pushed open the dormitory door when Hua Ming and Liang Tao, who were eating youtiao (fried dough sticks), rushed over.

  "Lao Er, when did you and Jiao Nan Xin start getting along? How far have you two gone? Is there something going on between you?"

  "We just know each other. Her leg was injured and I brought her here for a dressing." Tang Zhong explained simply.

  Jiao Yuheng had instructed Tang Chong not to reveal his relationship with Jiao Nanxin to others. Since Tang Chong had agreed, he would naturally keep the promise.

  Hua Ming and Liang Tao obviously didn't believe it, Liang Tao pointed to Li Yu and said: "He also went running with you on the playground. Why did you carry Jiao Nanxin back instead of Li Yu carrying Jiao Nanxin back?"

  "It's probably because Li Yu felt he couldn't hold on," Tang Zhong said seriously.

  "Shameless." Hua Ming said angrily. "Second brother, tell your brothers the truth, are you fond of the school flower or the department flower?"

  "What's the school flower?" Tang Chong asked.

  "Don't pretend to be stupid. Everyone knows that the school flower is Su Shan, and the department flower is Jiao Nanxin. I initially suspected that you have an unmentionable relationship with both of them... Big brother, give us a hint, which one do you like? Tell us, so we can take targeted action."

  Tang Chong bitterly smiled. The Psychology Department only had a few dozen female students, yet they still managed to evaluate and select a 'department flower'.

  The gold content of this department flower is really low.

  But Tang Chong thought for a moment and felt that Jiao Nan Xin was still very good. Beautiful, independent, strong, with a kind of wild beauty that is rarely seen in girls.

  "I have nothing to do with them." Tang Chong said with a smile. "You two can go ahead and take action."

  Hua Ming and Liang Tao exchanged a glance, Hua Ming said: "How do I feel that his meaning is to say both are mine, how far you roll?"

  "I have the same feeling." Liang Tao nodded in agreement.

  Tang Chong got out of the taxi and arrived at the entrance of Ziyuan Community, before getting off, he deliberately glanced around, didn't see Gao Shan, then felt relieved to pay the fare and walk out.

  Last time we met, Gao Shan said he was spotted by an entertainment company in Yanjing and should have gone to Yanjing by now.

  "Wish him good luck." Tang Chong thought to himself.

  He pressed the visible doorbell at the electronic gate, and with a click, the electronic gate opened from inside.

  Tang Chong pushed open the door and went in, seeing Bai Su, Ah Ken, and Lin Huiyin Zhang Heben all sitting in the living room with serious expressions.

  "So anxious to get me back, what's going on?" Tang Chong asked with a smile.

  Bai Su pointed at the sofa in front of her and said: "Tang Chong, you sit first."

  "Now it can be said." Tang Chong sat in his designated seat.

  Bai Su hesitated for a moment, then said: "Tang Zhong, all along, I have refused to accept new notifications. This is to avoid exposing you. Some notifications can be handled by Hui Yin and He Ben, and I won't specifically call you - otherwise, you wouldn't be so idle."

  Tang Zhong nodded in understanding. If star teams like Hu Die Zu He were as free as him every day, often not opening for ten days or half a month, I'm afraid these stars and their agents would all starve to death.

  "But there are some works that were signed cooperation agreements before you joined the Butterfly combination, and I couldn't change this either."

  When Tang Chong heard Bai Su speak so solemnly and seriously, he knew that something was wrong. With a determined look on his face, he asked: "What do you want me to do?"

  "Let's dance," said Bai Su.

  "Dancing?" Tang Zhong's expression turned strange.

  "Yes. Dancing." Seeing Tong Chong's expression, Bai Su thought this matter made him very embarrassed, apologetically explaining: "In another half a month is the 200th anniversary of Mingzhu TV station, we will be performing as guest stars for the opening dance at the Mingzhu TV station's anniversary party----of course, we also need to sing. We can explain to the TV station that your throat isn't feeling well and you can't sing for now. The part of the song lyrics that you're in charge of can be handed over to Hui Yin and He Ben. Or they can just play a recording."

  "Fake singing?" Tang asked in surprise.

  "Don't look so surprised." Bai Su smiled. "This kind of thing is really too common in the circle. If a party doesn't have anyone lip-syncing, that's what's unusual----you don't need to worry about the singing part. What I'm most worried about is your dancing. Because you must go on stage. There's no one who can replace you. But if you're going on stage, then you definitely need to dance. Can you do it?"

  "Or else... let's try it?" Tang Zhong said.

  "I mean the same thing," said Bai Su. "I have a video tape here, you can review it first. Then I'll let Hui Hui and Ben Ben bring you up to speed - no choice, your identity can't be exposed, only we few people know. So I won't be able to find a choreographer to instruct you in person. This dance, Hui Hui and Ben Ben are already very familiar with it. You're the new one, so you haven't practiced before. Fortunately, there's still half a month left, if we practice diligently, even if we can't do it perfectly, it'll be enough for a single evening party."

  "I'll try my best." Tang nodded seriously. "Let me take a look at the dance video first."

  "Take out the video," said Bai Su.

  Then, Zhang He immediately rummaged through her computer and found a video file. After clicking the play button, she put the computer in front of Tang Chong and said with a mischievous smile: "Practice well! This dance is really cool. You must learn it. We'll go on stage and show everyone."

  Tang Chong ignored her provocation and focused on appreciating the content in the video.

  This is one of the representative works of Butterfly Group, "Growing Up for You", with a lively and dynamic dance accompaniment. Together with the unique voices of the Butterfly Group, this song was very popular for a while.

  I didn't have a black childhood

  The doll's clothes don't overlap.

  Pink princess dress with a bow tie

  Happiness is just around the corner

  Just because grandma said

  The boy next door giving flowers is an act

  Dear sister, marriage is changing faces

  The lovely uncle's gift is cigarettes.

  The nagging words of grandma are right on point

  "After finishing one round, Tang Zhong said: 'I'll take another look.'"

  Then Zhang He pressed the play button again.

  "Take another look," Tang Chong said.

  "Tang Zhong, it's always useless to look at it this way," said Bai Su. "We shouldn't think about mastering it all at once, the difficulty of such a continuous action is very high. First get familiar with it, then let Hui Yin and Ben Ben break down the actions of this dance - we'll learn one action at a time. Finally, we'll link them together."

  Tang Chong didn't say anything and pressed the play button himself.

  After reading it for the third time, Tang Chong said: "I'll try jumping once first. If there's anything wrong, you can help me find it."

  "Jump once?" Bai Su's eyes widened.