novelraw Chapter 799 - 781: He Is the Most Refined and Handsome Liang Shanbo! (2)
Chapter 799 - 781: He Is the Most Refined and Handsome Liang Shanbo! (2)
Chapter 799: Chapter 781: He Is the Most Refined and Handsome Liang Shanbo! (2)
On the stage, Ma Wencai is singing his inner monologue, expressing his regret over the Zu Yingtai incident...
This segment has to last more than 5 minutes. At this moment, You Xinran, who is playing Zu Yingtai, and Liu Jia, who is playing the maid Yin Xin, are already waiting to go on stage behind the backstage curtain.
In fact, following this, there are still performances by the narrator and a solo by Zu Yingtai. Only after these will it be Yin Xin’s (Liu Jia’s) turn, so the entire process will take at least another 10 minutes...
However, due to You Xinran’s meticulous approach, she had Liu Jia wait behind the curtain long before it was time...
Liu Jia was nervously cramming lines and practicing the tones, repeatedly checking her microphone.
After all, she is a freshman making her stage debut. With such a large stage and so many spectators, plus You Xinran’s repeated warnings not to make mistakes, it indeed put a lot of pressure on her!
Backstage, Huo Feng is also rehearsing lines with his bookboy Sijiu, played by sophomore Wu Di.
Although Huo Feng is the male lead, his part comes much later.
This is a slow-paced performance, which is why it becomes a performance two or more hours long.
"Huo Feng, make sure you don’t mess up when you go on stage later..."
Wu Di was afraid that Huo Feng would make mistakes, so after rehearsing the lines once, he reminded him, "I heard that Xinran’s parents, her uncle, and aunt are all here, and they are all significant figures. Our performance is of great importance, and we must not make mistakes regardless of anything."
"I won’t mess up! Even if you all do, I won’t, I’ve never chickened out on stage!"
Huo Feng disliked them constantly reminding him to ’not mess up,’ because isn’t that a lack of trust?
Do they all expect Huo Feng to make mistakes? They are really underestimating Huo Feng’s stage abilities!
"I’m just reminding you, you really should put your girlfriend stuff aside for now and fully immerse yourself in the role," Wu Di advised worriedly.
"Don’t bring up my girlfriend!"
Huo Feng reminded him as soon as he blamed it on Pu Sangzhi, "My girlfriend is also in the audience. It’s precisely because she’s here that I’m putting a lot of energy into my performance! She has always been my motivation to strive, if you consider her a hindrance to me, then I really won’t put my heart into acting!"
"No, no, that’s not what I meant..."
Wu Di hurried to appease Huo Feng, speaking nicely, "What I mean is, you must immerse in your role. You have scenes with Xinran, and your acting is particularly important! Xinran’s family will definitely pay special attention to you!"
"Will act well!"
Huo Feng replied impatiently, "Don’t keep telling me about her family stuff, it’s none of my business if her family is here or not. I’ll perform the same regardless!"
"That’s for the best, that’s the best..."
Wu Di quickly sighed and thought: Better not to say too much to Huo Feng! Huo Feng has a pretty bad temper, gets annoyed hearing too much...
"Hey, can we see the audience seats from here!" Huo Feng asked.
"Can’t see."
Wu Di said, "You can only see the audience seats when you’re on stage. Today’s seats are full, not sure if they reached over a thousand. Anyway, just perform well!"
"Can’t see, huh..."
Huo Feng was a bit disappointed, "Wanted to spot my girlfriend, wonder what she feels watching the play."
"See? Quickly ease off the girlfriend topic!" Wu Di urged.
"Alright, alright..."
Huo Feng didn’t want to say more, "Let’s go through the script once more, come on..."
Then he and Wu Di went through the script for the Nth time...
In fact, all the students backstage were as tense as Wu Di.
Everyone was like facing a formidable enemy, continuing to memorize lines in tense anticipation.
It’s understandable for the freshmen, as it’s their stage debut.
However, even the sophomore and junior students were exceedingly nervous, enough to illustrate the immense pressure brought by You Xinran’s elders!
They say Beijing lacks neither power nor influential people, and this was truly Huo Feng witnessing the influence of wealth and power within a campus setting.
Have to admit...
Having a good parent really matters a lot!
After this incident, Huo Feng also told himself in his heart that he needs to strive to let his son achieve a status like You Xinran’s...
Because he himself couldn’t rely on his father, he had to make it on his own!
...
The performance has already progressed for almost 20 minutes, and the flashback musical is gradually entering its main storyline...
The story begins with the time when Zu Yingtai decided to disguise herself as a man...
On stage now, the maid Yin Xin is performing "A Clever Disguise".
"You and I, remove hairpins and makeup, don’t apply powders, change into male attire..."
Singing the lyrics in a high pitch, Yin Xin was styling Zu Yingtai’s hair and changing costumes on stage...
"Yin Xin, from today on, we are men."
After Zu Yingtai (You Xinran) changed into men’s clothes, she turned around and gently placed her fingers on Yin Xin’s (Liu Jia) hand, speaking softly, "In public, you call me young master, and I call you Yin Xin. You mustn’t call me miss anymore."
"Got it, miss."
Yin Xin nodded, then pretended to be flustered and hastily corrected herself, "Young master..."
The pace of the theater performance was slow, and after 20 minutes, it was still just the beginning. The audience occasionally looked down at their phones and occasionally looked up at the plot...
Even if they were distracted by the program, they didn’t miss certain plot elements...
Pu Sangzhi, Minal, Wei Zixuan, and Mu Mu had already started eating snacks while watching the performance...
Minal occasionally remarked, "Why haven’t we seen Brother Feng yet? When will Liang Shanbo’s part begin... The pace of TV shows isn’t this slow..."
"Yeah, it’s too slow," Wei Zixuan said.
But the theater’s pacing is different from that of TV shows, so such an arrangement isn’t unreasonable.
At least, some of the senior tour groups in the audience were watching with great interest, discussing the upcoming plot in a Beijing-accented dialect.
After a while longer...
Zu Yingtai and Yin Xin finally bid farewell to the Zu Family, dressed in a simple ancient cyan robe, setting off for the academy.
And while they were on their way to the academy, Liang Shanbo made his appearance!
Huo Feng, playing Liang Shanbo, appeared by singing a high-spirited opera, "I, Shanbo, with a heart that rides the waves high, temporarily forget the mundane many troubles, the carefree life is most at ease, life can’t always go as planned, but a trip in this world with a clear conscience is worthwhile, the bright sky above, the green river is calm~"
Seeing him in an ancient cyan robe, with a scholar’s cap on his head and a folding fan in his hand, singing and waving the fan, his resonant voice filled the auditorium, directly capturing everyone’s attention!
"Here he comes, here he comes!"
Minal excitedly grabbed Pu Sangzhi’s arm, "What a refined look, indeed a handsome scholar!"
"This Liang Shanbo looks quite good..."
"Indeed the most handsome on stage! Looks so refined~"
"He really is quite handsome..."
At the same time, Pu Sangzhi heard the evaluations of Liang Shanbo from other girls around her.
Everyone was praising Huo Feng, and she felt secretly delighted, quickly taking out her phone to record a video of Huo Feng’s performance to show Teacher Huo later.
Beside Minal, Wei Zixuan also said, "As soon as Brother Feng appeared, I felt that Zu Yingtai doesn’t suit him."
Even Mu Mu said, "He really suits ancient costumes, with a small face and refined features."
In short, the girls in the audience, whether they knew Huo Feng or not, were all amazed by Liang Shanbo.
And at that time, the plot on stage continued...
Liang Shanbo and Sijiu were on their way to the academy when Zu Yingtai and Yin Xin suddenly rushed out, and the two girls clumsily fell!
Sijiu hurried over to help them up, and Yin Xin warned and panicked, "Don’t touch me, don’t touch me!"
Sijiu said helplessly, "I just want to help you up..."
Then, seeing that Yin Xin was unwilling, Sijiu turned to help Zu Yingtai...
Yin Xin immediately blocked in front of Zu Yingtai, "Don’t touch my young... young master, either!"
At this moment, Zu Yingtai hid behind Yin Xin with a flustered look, portraying the expression of an ancient lady who mustn’t be touched by men.
"Sijiu."
At this, Liang Shanbo (Huo Feng) moved his folding fan and spoke slowly, "Mind your manners."
Sijiu obediently stepped back, and Liang Shanbo stepped forward, "My friend, let me help you."
"Oh, no need for you to."
Yin Xin protectively elbowed Liang Shanbo aside and then helped Zu Yingtai up, "Come miss... young master..."
"Seeing your dignified features, there must be a reason you’ve come here?" Liang Shanbo asked in a gentle tone.
"Oh, my young... young master is just traveling along the way, anxious and urgent. Anyway, it has nothing to do with you!" Yin Xin explained awkwardly.
"Yin Xin, mind your manners."
Zu Yingtai also reprimanded Yin Xin and then greeted Liang Shanbo with a bow, "My friend."
Afterwards, Zu Yingtai and her servant and Liang Shanbo and his servant enacted a scene of acquainting themselves, formally accompanying each other to the academy...
The plot began to enter an exciting rhythm...
At this point, Pu Sangzhi was genuinely surprised.
She never expected that Huo Feng could portray Liang Shanbo’s character and temperament, with a scholarly air from head to toe...
Under Huo Feng’s performance, Pu Sangzhi started getting into the play...
She found herself pleasantly surprised at how enjoyable it was.