pjbooks Chapter 174 Evening Performance
Chapter 174 Evening Performance
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Miaoke lowered her voice and asked him, "Jiang Shubai, are you nervous?"
Jiang Shubai raised an eyebrow, giving him a look that said, "What nonsense are you spouting?"
"What haven't I seen in my life? Why would I be nervous?"
"It was my first time hosting, and I was so nervous."
Zhang Miaoke patted her chest, "Look, my hands are shaking."
Jiang Shubai glanced at the announcer card in her hand and added coolly, "Indeed, if you keep shaking, this stage will fall apart."
Zhang Miaoke glared at him, about to retaliate, when Jiang Shubai spoke again, "And you're so stupid, you held the announcer's card upside down."
Zhang Miaoke looked down and saw that it was indeed reversed.
She chuckled, turned the card over, and glanced at him with a smug look, saying, "You have the nerve to talk about me like that? Look at yourself."
Jiang Shubai was taken aback. He looked down and saw that his announcer card was also upside down.
His expression froze for a second, then he turned the card over expressionlessly.
"Cough cough."
He cleared his throat, pretending nothing had happened.
The whole audience burst into laughter.
Su Qingyao smiled and leaned on Wen Yu's shoulder, and Wen Yu smiled back.
Seeing Shen Zhixian smile, Jiang Shubai felt both happy and sad.
He was happy that she had laughed because of him, but he was also upset that he had embarrassed himself in front of his crush. Thinking of the culprit, he glared at Zhang Miaoke, who glared back at him without backing down.
The two of them were like clowns on stage, chatting and joking, making the audience burst into laughter.
Next up is the first performance, a solo by Zhang Miaoke titled "Good Days".
Zhang Miaoke stood in the center of the stage, took a deep breath, and then—
"Ah... the joyful drums beat out the celebrations year after year."
The moment she opened her mouth, the entire room fell silent.
"Beautiful dances bring daily joy, and the sunshine paints today's day red!"
Wen Zhaoyue silently covered her ears.
Wen Yan continued peeling melon seeds expressionlessly, only a little faster.
Shen Zhixian looked down at the playing cards in his hand, as if he were studying some profound mathematical problem.
Jiang Shubai stood by the stage, his expression gradually changing from a polite smile to disbelief, and finally to utter despair.
As Zhang Miaoke sang the chorus, she became more and more engrossed in the song, and her voice grew louder and louder.
"Today is a good day; all my wishes will come true. Today is a good day—"
"Zhang Miaoke!"
Jiang Shubai finally couldn't stand it anymore, and rushed forward to snatch the microphone from her hand.
"Please, stop torturing us!"
Zhang Miaoke looked completely innocent. "Did I sing badly?"
There was a two-second silence, followed by a burst of laughter.
Su Qingyao laughed until tears streamed down her face, and she leaned on Wen Yu's shoulder, shaking uncontrollably.
Wen Yu patted her back, and the smile on his lips deepened.
The second performance was Shen Zhixian's magic show. After Jiang Shubai finished announcing the show, he eagerly watched Shen Zhixian walk over.
Shen Zhixian walked onto the stage, adjusted his glasses, and smiled.
She held up a deck of cards and showed it to everyone, then handed it to Jiang Shubai, asking him to shuffle it for her.
Jiang Shubai happily took it and washed it several times, making a complete mess of it.
Shen Zhixian looked at him frantically shuffling the cards and felt helpless. This idiot.
After he finished washing the cards, Shen Zhixian took them and said, "Just pick any card."
Zhang Miaoke raised her hand, "The Ace of Hearts!"
Shen Zhixian nodded and spread out the cards. The first card was the Ace of Hearts.
The entire audience was stunned.
"Does anyone else want to try?" Shen Zhixian asked.
Su Qingyao raised her hand, "Me, me, me, I want to try, the 7 of Diamonds!"
Shen Zhixian shuffled the cards, cut them, and laid them out. The first card was the 7 of diamonds.
"Wow!!!" Su Qingyao exclaimed in disbelief, "Zhizhi is amazing!"
Shen Zhixian glanced at her and the corners of her mouth curved slightly.
Then she took out another coin, held it in her palm, blew on it, opened her hand, and the coin was gone.
With another flick of her wrist, the coin slipped out of her sleeve.
The audience erupted in applause.
Zhang Miaoke rushed up excitedly, "Zhizhi! You're amazing! Teach me!"
Shen Zhixian glanced at her and silently put the playing cards away.
"You can't learn it."
"Why?!"
"Because when you were singing just now," Shen Zhixian paused, "you shook the cards into disarray."
The whole audience burst into laughter again.
The third performance was a duet dance by Wen Zhaoyue and Wen Yan.
The music began; it was a soothing classical piece.
Wen Zhaoyue and Wen Yan walked onto the stage, both having changed their clothes. Wen Zhaoyue wore a white dress, while Wen Yan wore a black dress.
They were like two butterflies dancing, perfectly in sync. Sometimes they were close together, sometimes they were apart, sometimes they looked at each other, and sometimes they spun around on their own.
When the music ended, Wen Zhaoyue and Wen Yan stopped and bowed to the audience.
There was thunderous applause.
"So beautiful!" Su Qingyao clapped enthusiastically. "Yueyue! Wen Yan! You two are amazing!"
Wen Zhaoyue smiled and looked at Wen Yan.
Wen Yan still had that obedient boy expression, but deep in his eyes was nothing but satisfaction and joy.
The fourth performance was a skit, and everyone except Wen Yu and Su Qingyao went on stage.
Zhang Miaoke plays the host, Jiang Shubai plays the male guest, Shen Zhixian plays the female guest, Wen Zhaoyue plays the female guest's mother, Wen Yan plays the female guest's father, Qin Yue plays the cameraman, and Ruan Xinhe plays the audience representative.
Most surprisingly, Wen Tianyao also took to the field.
He played the male guest's father, an irresponsible, indifferent character with a stern face throughout.
He played himself completely.
The audience held back their laughter as they watched him stand on the stage with a stern face, watching his "son" Jiang Shubai being subjected to all sorts of difficulties, without saying a word, only occasionally letting out a "humph".
The plot is very cliché; it's just a dating show where the male guest is disliked by the female guest's entire family, but in the end, they discover that the male guest is a hidden tycoon, and the family's attitude completely changes.
But when it was performed, it was full of laughs.
Zhang Miaoke's hosting style was as outrageous as ever: "Welcome to 'If You Are the One'—oh wait, 'Blind Date Show'! Today our male guest is a mysterious tycoon, and the gift he brought is a wheelchair!"
Jiang Shubai obediently pushed the wheelchair onto the stage, looking utterly dejected.
Shen Zhixian, who played the female guest, remained expressionless throughout the entire interview, responding with only one word no matter what the male guest said: "Oh."
Wen Zhaoyue's portrayal of the mother was overly enthusiastic, asking, "Young man, how old are you? Do you own a house? A car? How much savings do you have?"
Wen Yan, who plays the father, kept his head down reading the newspaper throughout the entire performance, only occasionally looking up to say, "I don't think it will work."
Qin Yue, who plays a cameraman, keeps the camera pointed at himself and occasionally makes a peace sign.
Ruan Xinhe, playing an audience representative, kept chanting from below the stage, "Together! Together!"
Wen Tianyao, who plays the indifferent father, keeps a straight face throughout the entire story, only uttering one line at the very end: "I disagree."
After saying that, he turned and left.
Jiang Shubai chased after him: "Dad! Why don't you agree!"
Wen Tianyao didn't even turn his head: "Because you didn't tell me that your mother was also in the audience."
The whole audience burst into laughter.
Ruan Xinhe was laughing so hard she couldn't stand up straight.
In the end, as the script suggested, the female guest was finally moved by the male guest's sincerity, and the two "got together".
Jiang Shubai finally got his wish and hugged Shen Zhixian.
Although it was for the sake of the plot, and he was pushed away by Shen Zhixian after hugging her, Jiang Shubai was still very satisfied and stood on the stage laughing like a fool.
The fifth program featured Wen Yu and Su Qingyao.
Holding the cue cards, Zhang Miaoke's voice suddenly softened, "The next program is a bit special."
Jiang Shubai chimed in, "Because the performers are our two main characters tonight."
The two exchanged a glance and spoke at the same time.
"Please welcome Wen Yu and Su Qingyao!"