novelraw Chapter 917 - 899: Unexpected Performance Mishap! (10)
Chapter 917 - 899: Unexpected Performance Mishap! (10)
Chapter 917: Chapter 899: Unexpected Performance Mishap! (10)
The performance has been going on for nearly an hour...
Every second and every scene of the play is so perfect that it defies any criticism!
Ye Qingcao is watching comfortably throughout...
Especially now, with Huo Feng reappearing, she’s feeling another wave of comfort!
Ye Qingcao doesn’t know how many times she’s been infatuated with Huo Feng, "Brother Feng is really too handsome~ He’s the most handsome one in the whole venue~ I can’t stand looking at his face..."
Beside her, Yan Siyuan, initially watching the play intently, suddenly hears her words and can’t help but squint his eyes, casting a slightly uncomfortable look.
Of course, Ye Qingcao doesn’t notice.
Beside her, Pu Sangzhi is also watching comfortably, completely immersed in the plot, unable to associate the characters on stage with real people.
In her eyes, You Xinran is the female lead Christine.
In her eyes, Wu Di is the male lead, Phantom.
Even Huo Feng, in her eyes, is just Raul, the second lead! There’s no trace of her watching Huo Feng!
Next up is the scene where Raul and the female lead Christine confess their love to each other.
On stage, Christine (You Xinran) and Ural (Huo Feng) are performing this scene passionately...
Because Christine (You Xinran) has developed a fear of Phantom (Wu Di).
So she feels fear towards Phantom (Wu Di) while also recalling the good he once did for her.
Also, after she reveals Phantom’s (Wu Di) mask, he looks at her pleadingly, hoping she’ll accept his face...
When Christine (You Xinran) is caught in indecision, Ural (Huo Feng) comforts her by saying there is no Phantom, simultaneously expressing his love for her...
Under the strong expression of love from Ural (Huo Feng), the female lead Christine (You Xinran) understands his feelings, and they instantly fall into a whirlpool of love...
Ural (Huo Feng) immediately kneels on one knee in front of the female lead Christine (You Xinran), looking at her while singing in a deep tenor voice in English: "Let me follow you, wherever you go, Christine, this is my request to you..."
At that moment, as she looks at him kneeling, Christine (You Xinran) is filled with deep emotion...
You Xinran knows that this deep emotion is genuine, not acted!
And although Huo Feng’s gaze might be just for the performance, she is deeply immersed in his bottomless dark eyes...
In a flash, it feels like he is genuinely kneeling with one knee and confessing his love...
Christine (You Xinran) also smiles and holds Ural’s (Huo Feng) hand while singing: "Say you’ll love me forever and ever, tell me you love me, and I can follow you..."
Ural (Huo Feng) rises and sweeps her away in a spin...
At this point, the two of them sing passionately in high voices: "Share each day with me, every morning, every night..."
Christine (You Xinran): "Say you love me..."
Ural (Huo Feng): "You know I love..."
The two once again sing passionately in English: "This is my request to you~"
At this point, the love confessions of Christine (You Xinran) and Ural (Huo Feng) come to an end.
Next, there is an enthusiastic embrace.
In fact, in the original performance, what comes next is an enthusiastic kiss! With the accompaniment of passionate background music...
However, because Huo Feng refused the kissing scene, the kiss wasn’t included here.
Huo Feng merely steps towards her with the music, exchanging a deep gaze...
The next step is for her to leap into his arms...
Huo Feng is also prepared to catch her.
At this moment, there is no disgust because having prepared mentally, the embrace is just part of an actor’s course.
As the music culminates, after a deep gaze exchanged between You Xinran and Huo Feng, when the background music reaches its peak, she suddenly springs up!
What should have been just an embrace, Huo Feng didn’t expect that when she leapt forward, she rose on her tiptoes!
He instinctively reaches out to catch her, and as he becomes aware, You Xinran’s face is already charging towards his!
It is obvious to all that a kissing scene is about to happen!
The hearts of all the audience members tremble!
Huo Feng realizes at the last 0.01 second!
Unable to avoid it, he quickly turns his head to the side!
As a result, You Xinran’s lips unexpectedly land on his face!
Just two centimeters away from his lips!
In that instant, You Xinran frowns briefly for the missed opportunity...
In that moment, a shocked Huo Feng’s eyes widen!
Simultaneously, what the audience sees is an apparent kissing scene!
Due to the angle, this misalignment successfully creates the illusion of a kiss in the audience’s eyes!
"Oh!"
Ye Qingcao instantly gasped, also frightened, her eyes widened, "They kissed..."
The female audience present emitted unusual sighs, as if no one had expected a kissing scene on such a stage.
That’s rather progressive...
At that moment, Pu Sangzhi naturally did not miss this ’spectacular’ scene either.
She also involuntarily widened her eyes, almost unable to believe there was such a scene in the play.
Did her memory fail her? Was there really such a scene?
Anyway, the instant they kissed, Pu Sangzhi was out of it...
What she saw in her eyes seemed no longer the second male lead, Ural, but her boyfriend Huo Feng!
Her boyfriend... was kissed by someone? And by someone who might like him?
Pu Sangzhi suddenly felt suffocated in her chest, she took a deep breath, lightly furrowed her delicate brows, and quietly clenched her small hand on the armrest into a fist.
While Ye Qingcao’s attention was completely absorbed by the stage, Yan Siyuan sneakily glanced at Pu Sangzhi several times, capturing her expression fully in his sight...
He thought to himself: Huo Feng is going to be in trouble!
On stage, Huo Feng was completely befuddled...
He didn’t even know how he exited the scene afterward...
It seemed that You Xinran dragged him offstage...
Moreover, they had a line to deliver at the end, but Huo Feng didn’t sing it at all, he had no energy to sing.
You Xinran sang it all by herself, like a monologue, and then pulled him off the stage...
Fortunately, You Xinran’s performance was strong enough so that the audience didn’t notice anything amiss...
However, You Xinran knew, and even backstage, fellow students watching the stage could tell that something was wrong with Huo Feng!
After Ural (Huo Feng) and Christine (You Xinran) exited the stage, Phantom of the Opera (Wu Di) slowly climbed into view on the stage platform...
This gesture was to let the audience know that Phantom of the Opera (Wu Di) had been secretly watching and listening to the loving scene between Christine (You Xinran) and Ural (Huo Feng)...
The next few minutes were filled with Phantom of the Opera’s (Wu Di) inner monologue.
And during these few minutes, You Xinran quickly pulled Huo Feng to the backstage...
Almost the first second they reached backstage, Huo Feng immediately shook off her hand! Glaring at her with fierce eyes!
His gaze seemed as if he was ready to hit someone!
You Xinran was naturally scared by his look...
She couldn’t help but step back, yet immediately lowered her head to apologize, "I’m sorry! No matter what you think of me, please perform well after this... I just wanted to impress my father earlier, that’s why... it’s all my fault, I’m sorry!"
Backstage, the fellow actors preparing for the next scene were nervously watching the two of them...
At that moment, Huo Feng’s face bore a murderous expression!
His lips twitched slightly, breathing heavy and rapid, hands clenched tightly into fists by his side!
"You Xinran, you, damn it, you’ve tricked me!"
Huo Feng nearly gritted out through clenched teeth, red-eyed, raising his fist as he charged forward, seemingly ready to hit You Xinran!
The fellow actors surrounding them were all panicked!
A group of people lunged at Huo Feng, quickly restraining him!
Hurryingly hugging his waist, holding his arms, clutching his thighs, basically restraining Huo Feng entirely!
"Calm down, Huo Feng! There’s still half the play left! Everyone has been rehearsing for so long!" Lin Cong, who was hugging Huo Feng’s waist, anxiously advised.
"I’m not doing it!"
Huo Feng shouted angrily, "That crosses my line! You set me up in front of my girlfriend!"
Huo Feng practically roared the words out!
At that moment, his voice was so loud it directly traveled from backstage to the front of the stage...
The audience in front of the stage were startled by the sound from backstage, and many turned their gaze in that direction...
"No, Huo Feng!"
"Huo Feng, calm down!"
The classmates used all their strength to hold onto Huo Feng, completely frightened by him!
You Xinran was no exception...
She never expected Huo Feng, whom she believed always had a sense of stage responsibility, would let her actions affect his performance...
So, she had premeditated this kiss for a long time.
Yet ultimately, she didn’t get to kiss him...
And in the end, she pushed him to this state...
Looking at Huo Feng, who was now flushed scarlet, You Xinran felt scared!