The Lotus flower, Li Qiuqiu (2)

To avoid getting caught, Yan Shu got off the car first. Then Ling Mo drove off and drove back again to drop Old Master Su.

Principal Liu was waiting for Old Master Su with few other teachers at the entrance. They all noticed the weird roundabout of the Bentley and sighed. When they were notified of the admission of Miss Su in their school, they didn't find it strange but when they were actually asked to hide her identity, they were astounded. Where many would've died to get the title of Miss Su or to show off the position, the real one actually wanted to hide it. They then came to a conclusion that, 'Rich people, Rich minds.'. Well, Principal Liu of course did not belong to that group of teachers since he already knew the reason.

As soon as the group of teachers along with Principal and Old Master Su entered the venue, the event began.

Yan Shu found a seat in one corner of the last row and quietly sat down putting on her air pods.

The program was organized solely by the student council with the help of some volunteer students.

"A warm good evening to everyone present here today. I am Gu Mingyu, a third-year senior and I will be your host tonight till the end of the show. As we all know, sixty years ago right on this blissful day, Jing Ling No.1 School was established by our first Principal Su Yuhong. After...I also thank Chairman Su Ruoheng, Chief Director Morgan Luo and Director cum Alumnus Mu Shao for letting us grace with their presence and coming to share the moment putting aside their precious time with us. This year we made a slight change in the showcase to make it special than the previous year.... Now, let's inaugurate the event with the warm welcoming dance performance presented by the third-year students." With that Gu Mingyu took his leave from the stage and the event started.

Zeng Chi and her group took over the stage. They performed on a remix song, traditional converged with western. 

"As expected of Senior Zeng Chi, she is just made for the stage."

"She is my idol. She's good in everything which is so rare."

"I envy her more for being able to keep her beauty and ranking on top too. I would've gotten big dark circles by now if I studied aiming for the top."

"The way she waved her hands and her feet moved while dancing was so mesmerizing. She looked like a goddess."

The crowd of students in the audience section started admiring Zeng Chi.

Finally, it was time for the last performance by Yan Shu's class led by Li Qiuqiu.

The host was announcing their performance when Li Qiuqiu came up on the stage and interrupted him.

She eyed Gu Minyu seemingly reminding him of something.

"OH, yes! I am so forgetful. Before the last performance, we have decided to add another performance. To spice things up we'd posted a poll on the school forum few days ago. The question was "Who do you want to see perform the most?" And they were given ten options, and the winner was our very new sophomore student, who have become the school belle with her beauty just within a week after her arrival. So, the one whose performance is the most anticipated by our students is Mo Ran."

Then the lights were turned to the back row corner to focus on the main person.

To everyone's surprise, the main person was actually sleeping in her seat.

"Cough...cough." It was also awkward for the host that the main focused person was sleeping.

The girl sitting beside Yan Shu poked her slightly to wake her up. Feeling the slight pain, Yan Shu slowly opened her eyes, but the bright light made it difficult for her to open her eyes. It took a long time for her to be able to open her eyes and realized that the stage light was shining above her, and all the people present there, were staring at her with their popping eyes.

'That kid..' Old Master Su sighed. He couldn't even meddle in the matter now. 

"I didn't know that she won the voting poll." Principal Liu explained awkwardly seeing Old Master Su's reaction.

"Ahem. You all might find this strange but it's nothing new for our class. Our new classmate has the habit of dozing off." Li Qiuqiu snatched the mic from Gu Mingyu and smilingly explained trying to ease the weird situation.

"Mo Ran, congratulations. You won the most anticipated performer title this year. We all are looking forward to your performance. It's also a chance for you to let others know about you including our classmates. But if you don't have anything prepared or don't want to perform, it's fine. Anyway, we know you don't have much interest in the small talks we have among the students on the forum." She sounded like she was helping Yan Shu in escaping the situation unscathed but Yan Shu understood her intentions too well.

'She sure have guts to go against me.' She smirked. How can Li Qiuqiu compete against a veteran like Yan Shu. She isn't even considered an ant infront of her.

Her phone lit up at that moment.

[Grandpa : Do you want me to handke this?]

[Mo Ran : No, I can take care of it. It's just a performance.]

After sending out the reply, she stood up and walked towards the stage.

'Finally something interesting will happen.' Morgan smiled looking at Yan Shu from the front seat. However, he changed it back to straight face before Old Master Su notices.

"Grandpa Su, Can Ranran play any instrument?" Mu Shao worriedly asked.

Old Master Su shook his head.

"She did learn piano before but only for one year before her parents passed away. Over the years, she hasn't touched it rather stayed away from these cultural things after the incident. You all know why." Old Master Su dejectedly said. 

His youngest daughter-in-law, also Su Mo Jiaran's mother was a famous singer. She was signed under the Shengting Entertainment, where she met her life partner. But after marrying she focused on her family leaving her career. But her influence on Su Mo Jiaran was huge. Su Mo Jiaran had natural born talent on music thanks to her mom. 

When her mom passed away, she shut that side of herself because every time she comes in contact with something closer to music, her memories of that incident would trigger a pain making her comatose for several days. 

Old Master Su was worried sick. He trusted his granddaughter, more like wanted to trust her since she had shown improvement these past weeks but how can the worries of many years just go away in a few days.

Mu Shao hurriedly called his brothers afraid that something might happen.

Opposite of the two's situation, Morgan was much relaxed he was eager to see her performance like a fan boy inwardly. Well, he really was a big fan of Yan Shu.

[Morgan : So unfortunate of you all to not be able to witness the goddess's performance with her new identity.] 

Morgan also attached two pictures of Yan Shu being on stage with the message.

As expected soon enough the Cluck cluck gc blasted off.

[Demi : I wish I can turn back time when I was unmarried.]

[Ron : I can hack the school security system and watch it live.]

[Ben : @Ron, don't you know the difference of watching it in tv and watching it live???]

[Ron : Aren't they same???]

[Cole : You bastard, I was the one who got the invitation. You sneakily took it from me and went by yourself.]

Morgan's phone kept litting up. Fortunately, he was quick enough to put it on silent mode after sending out the message and now he just inserted the phone back into his pocket. Their replies didn't matter than Yan Shu's upcoming live drama.