Chapter 129: I'm going up!

  This is grievance, it's shouting, and it's accusation.

  A lovely young girl stood on the stage in front of nearly ten thousand people, crying uncontrollably. She apologized and waited repeatedly, hoping for a bouquet of flowers and an embracing lover, but he didn't show up. How could this scene not provoke public outrage?

  "Girl, let it go. A boy like that isn't worth your affection. You're so pretty, you can find someone better."

  No one expected that the first person to shout out was a female dean sitting in the front row of the leadership seats.

  Han Ling is the dean of the Chemical Engineering College, and just like her field of study, she is strict and serious in her demeanor, rarely smiling or speaking carelessly. She usually has a stern expression on her face, as if everyone owed her hundreds of dollars. When Qiu Yihan first confessed to her, Han Ling didn't have a good impression of him. She thinks school is just for studying, and these students are always indulging in romantic feelings without behaving like proper students.

  Unexpectedly, after one song ended, her attitude changed greatly.

  Now she has red eyes, loudly persuading autumn cold standing on the stage and refusing to leave to get off the stage, saying that she can find a better one.

  An insider guessed that she might have thought of her daughter who was studying abroad alone - which parent would want to see their child standing in front of people and suffering from this kind of heartache?

  Han Ling's words resonated with all teachers and students, while the audience who didn't know the truth treated that guy who refused to go on stage as a public enemy.

  "Beautiful girl, come down. He doesn't want you to go with your brother, I'll accompany you to have a drink-----"

  "Which one is that guy's? Hurry up and get on stage. If you don't go up, I'll fucking go myself!"

  "The autumn is cold, I like you."

  There are voices of accusation.

  However, girls who yearn for romance hope to bring about this marriage.

  It was unclear who started it, but a group of tender yet loud female students shouted in unison: "Go on stage! Go on stage! Go on stage!"

  Under the wave of this trend, the whole Mingli Hall was filled with the sound of "up stage up stage up stage".

  "Get on stage."

  "Get on stage."

  "Come on stage-"

  It's not just others who are anxious, Liang Tao, sitting two rows in front of Tang Chong, keeps giving him eye signals, urging him to hurry up and not waste the beauty's kindness. Hua Ming went backstage to prepare for the program, otherwise, he might have carried Tang Chong onto the stage with a bear hug.

  Li Yu sat beside Tang Chong, only turning to look at him with a faint sigh when the audience's cheers reached their most fervent and thunderous.

  "Alas." Tang Zhong let out a deep sigh.

  To be honest, he was moved by this girl.

  A girl like her, with a personality as soft and indecisive as hers, heaven knows how much courage it takes for her to stand on stage and say so many words.

  Tang Zhong's eyesight was different from ordinary people. He saw early on that when Qiuyi Han first came on stage, her calves were trembling. The reason she held the microphone with both hands was because they were also shaking, and she was worried that if she only held it with one hand, it would fall to the ground from her palm. When she said her first sentence, she stuttered, and even her voice trembled along with her body.

  This should be her first time on stage.

  Alas, things have changed and people are gone ----

  The audience shouted for half a day, and the male lead did not appear, which made them even more angry and unwilling.

  "Get on stage."

  "Get on stage."

  "Get on stage."

  They shouted louder and more passionately, as if they wouldn't rest until the male lead appeared.

  It is strange that until now no one has stood out to stop the continuous development of things.

  No one wants to interrupt this girl's wait, no one wants to ruin such romance ----- whoever does that will become the school's public enemy just like that guy who refused to go on stage.

  Standing on the stage, Qiu Yi's eyes widened in shock and astonishment, with tears rolling down her long eyelashes. She had not expected things to develop into this situation, bringing such a huge commotion.

  She just wanted an apology, that's all.

  "You guys - don't be like this." Qiu Yi Han said tensely. "I - don't want him to come up here."

  She hastily bowed to the audience and then rushed backstage.

  The county magistrate's face had long been stiff with a smile, and he quickly bowed and followed down from the stage.

  The hostess, Lin, walked onto the stage wearing a red evening gown and said with tears in her eyes: "I'm so touched. Really, I've been crying nonstop backstage. The makeup artist told me not to cry, but I just couldn't hold it back."

  "I clenched my fists and followed you guys shouting 'come on stage, come on stage', but he just wouldn't go on stage - I really want to show you all, my heart is shattered into pieces."

  "That lovely girl just now is called Qiuyi Han, she looks beautiful, sings beautifully, and... her attitude towards emotions is also beautiful. I don't know what kind of boy she's waiting for, but what I want to say is that such a girl is worth any boy waiting for."

  "I'm just a bystander, just like you. Logically speaking, we have no right to interfere with others' feelings. Because only the foot knows whether the shoe is comfortable or not ----- But I still can't help but want to say to that boy who hasn't gone on stage yet: think carefully, she's worth your cherishment. Any boy who loses such a girl will suffer a great loss in life."

  "Alright. Thank you to Qiuyi Han and Nongxian for bringing us the beautiful song 'Crystal', and thank you to Qiuyi Han for moving our hearts... Now, please enjoy the next program, a sketch performance of 'Lying'."

  The first part of the evening party came to an end, and the program continued.

  Due to this episode, Tang Chong's mood could no longer be calm.

  There is a song in my ear, but I don't know what it's singing.

  There is dancing in her eyes, but she doesn't know what kind of dance it is.

  He sat stupidly in his seat, as if isolated from the whole world.

  The buzzing vibration of his mobile phone in his pocket woke him up. He took out the phone and glanced at it, the incoming call display showed Li Qiang's number.

  He answered the phone and said in a low voice: "Teacher Li, what's up?"

  "Tang Chong, hurry up and go to the back. I'll wait for you at the middle gate." Li Qiang said in a hurried tone.

  Tang Chong hastily stood up and walked towards the central gate which was not far from their seats.

  Tang Chong ran over and Li Qiang and Wang Aiguo were already waiting at the door.

  When Tang Chong came out, Li Qiang asked urgently: "Tang Chong, where is Hua Ming? The next program will end soon, and it's his turn to go on stage."

  "Isn't Huaming preparing for the program in the background?" Tang Chong asked strangely.

  "No," said Wang Aiguo. "I saw him just now, but after a while, I couldn't find him anywhere. His phone is turned off - where did this guy go?"

  Tang Chong dialed Huaming's cell phone again, and it was indeed turned off.

  Even Tang Zhong became anxious at this point.

  "Are you going to the bathroom?" Tang Zhong asked.

  "There isn't one," said Wang Aiguo. "We've searched both of the restrooms in this area."

  "He can't run off somewhere else now." Tang Chong said. "Let's go find him in the other restrooms."

  When Tang Zhong, Li Qiang and Wang Aiguo found Hua Ming in a toilet far away from the backstage, he was squatting there with a bitter face to solve the three urgent needs of life.

  "Hua Ming, what's going on with you? You're about to go on stage, why are you still... even if you need to use the restroom, there's a bathroom in the backstage area. Why did you run so far?"

  "Teacher, I had no choice either. When I went in at that time, the toilets on that side were all full. I couldn't wait and could only run to a distant place." Hua Ming said helplessly.

  "That can't be turned off either."

  "I didn't turn it off. It was a rehearsal this afternoon, and I played games when I had nothing to do - now the battery is dead."

  "Hurry up. It's almost your turn on stage." Li Qiang said.

  "Teacher Li, it's no good. I'm afraid I won't be able to go on stage and sing." Hua Ming was almost in tears. He had prepared for so long, just about to make a stunning debut, become an overnight sensation, one of the top ten singers on campus, the idol of all the boys and the heartthrob of all the girls... but now it had all become an illusion. "I have diarrhea. As soon as I stand up... uh..."

  No need for him to explain anything, before he could finish speaking, a loud 'plop' sound echoed through the air, followed by a wave of nauseating stench that filled the entire toilet.

  Tang Chong quickly helped him close the toilet door, thus avoiding further poisoning of innocent people.

  "What's going to happen now?" Wang Aiguo was anxious. "It's too late to change people now."

  Li Qiang was so anxious that he jumped up and down.

  The program list has been reported long ago, and each leader has a copy in hand.

  At this time, it's impossible to change the song, and more importantly, where can they find someone who can sing this song on such short notice? If they go around asking one by one, the host will probably have already announced the end of the show before they even find anyone.

  Postponing the program is a solution ----- but it's embarrassing. If the news gets out, the Psychology Department will be utterly humiliated.

  Will the selected singer be able to go on stage because of diarrhea? Will they still have the face to greet teachers from other departments when they walk out in the future?

  Moreover, Li Qiang had another hidden worry in his heart.

  Tonight's seafood dinner was his treat. If Hua Ming got diarrhea from eating seafood, he would be the culprit. The reputation of the department would be ruined, and could the leaders of the department forgive him?

  All his hard work during this period will be in vain, and he may also face reprimand and punishment from the department.

  "This is a big trouble." Li Qiang turned around in the toilet, then he grabbed Tang Chong's shoulder and asked urgently: "Is there anyone else in your class who sings well? Let him go up and sing Hua Ming's song... Forget about the top ten singers for now. We just need to get through this first. Hurry up and find someone. We don't have time."

  He recalled the scene where Hua Ming used a wine bottle to knock down Zhang Haiyang, and Li Qiang used his own body to block Zhang's wife from tearing at Hua Ming. Tang Chong couldn't bear to see him suffer because of this. He hesitated for a moment, then said in a low voice: "I'll go up."

  "Who?"

  Li Qiang and Wang Aiguo both raised their voices in doubt at the same time.

  Oh. And Hua Ming who was squatting in the toilet and overheard their conversation.

  PS: Thanks for the reward from 'Flower Crazy' Wen Ren Yizhao classmate.