Chapter 400: Lu Yumo Wearing A Skirt – 2
Chapter 400: Lu Yumo Wearing A Skirt – 2
The dance that Su Xing had originally choreographed for No.1 High School’s cheerleading team was a cool, classy third-anniversary hit that her parents had choreographed for EG, the most popular boy group of the era. Both the song and the dance itself were uplifting, but it went without saying that only those with some dancing basics could master it in a short time.
After Su Xing announced the withdrawal of Mu Chenxi and the addition of Fu Zhi to the team, she changed the song to “Boys”, a cute song from a girl group known as Sugar Pops.
Sugar Pops was a dancing and singing group that had exploded through “This Is A Girl Group”, a large talent show in China. They had shot to stardom with the song “Boys”, and their dance was livelier and cuter compared to the dance of EG, the popular boy group.
The whole dance relied completely on a change of formation to impress the audience, and in combination with the lyrics “Hey boys next door with candy eyes, candy eyes, candy eyes. Tell me if now is a good time to enter your little heart. Hey...”, they were confident that they would be able to capture the hearts of all the guys in the gymnasium.
This was also the song that many girls learned and performed for their boyfriends.
Fu Zhi had not expected Su Xing to ask her to dance to something like this in public. Her jaw was tightly set as she measured Su Xing from head to toe. Then, as if she had made up her mind, she said, “I appreciate your unmerited affection, but sorry, I’m not the one you’re looking for. Bye!”
“Wait a minute, wait a minute!” Su Xing grabbed Fu Zhi’s school uniform sleeve and said, “Actually, there’s nothing different between the dance of a boy group and a girl group. Besides, this song is simpler. If you don’t like any dance moves, you can let me know and I will change them for you!”
“Nope. The song is great, and there is nothing wrong with the dance itself,” Fu Zhi said, her voice stern. “But both Ye Jiu and I will laugh at me and say I’m too unmanly if I join the cheerleading team.”
Su Xing looked at Fu Zhi speechlessly.
‘Both he and you seem to have misunderstood something about your gender.’
“You just need to dance. You don’t have to sing. Besides, dancing is a medium for us humans to express our feelings. We still have some time left, and you can practice first. Considering how smart you are, I’m sure you will be able to master the dance in no time!!”
Fu Zhi thought for a while and nodded.
Su Xing found that Fu Zhi seemed to have a talent for dancing. She had only taught her for forty minutes, yet Fu Zhi had basically mastered all the movements.
Well, perhaps love was blind—Su Xing couldn’t be sure about it—but although there was not much of an expression on Fu Zhi’s face when she was dancing, her eyes were glowing as brightly as if they were talking. She looked charming and adorable, causing Su Xing to have the urge to stash her into her pocket and take her away.
“When you finish the dance, you can get off the stage after cheering for your brothers.”
Fu Zhi nodded. Su Xing had other things to do in the cheerleading squad, so after they rehearsed one more time, Su Xing asked Fu Zhi to get some rest in their classroom.
Since there were 30 more minutes to go before the basketball match, Fu Zhi reckoned that it was enough for her to finish her game. However, little did she expect that before she could finish her game, Su Xing would return to Class 21 with a bag of clothes in her hand. There were another 11 young ladies in their respective team uniforms behind her.
Su Xing handed a blue uniform to Fu Zhi.
Fu Zhi put down her phone and looked in confusion at Su Xing.
“Their team uniforms are sponsored by our school,” Su Xing explained. “I brought yours from home at noon. It’s new. Initially, it was the team uniform that my parents made for a girl group, but unfortunately, they disbanded, so nobody has worn this uniform before.”
Su Xing’s parents were professional choreographers, so it was not surprising for them to have a few uniforms like this in their house.
The uniforms of the rest of the girls were red in color, but the design was similar to the one in Fu Zhi’s hand.
There were 11 girls on the cheerleading team, and eight of them were from Class 21.
They had caused quite a commotion, and the boys in the class could not help but surround them. One of them shouted, “Holy... Is Sister Zhi going to join the cheerleading team too? Su Xing, what kind of dance did you choreograph for her? Has she mastered it? Also, will someone else’s clothes fit her?”
Su Xing had put Fu Zhi’s uniform inside a plastic bag, so they could all see nothing but the color and they were very curious about it.
Fu Zhi did not care about the design of the uniform at all. Before Su Xing handed her a pair of scissors, she tore the plastic bag open with her bare hands and brought her uniform to the light.
There was a white, midriff top with No.1 High School’s school badge and a number, as well as a short blue skirt.
The skirt was slightly shorter than the one Fu Zhi usually wore, but since they would not perform any large movements and they had put on shorts under their skirts, the school authorities did not say anything about their uniform.
When the boys in the class saw Fu Zhi in a skirt, all of them exploded.
One of the students pounded his belly as he wailed. “Argh! Why the f*ck can’t I join the basketball match! Let me make this clear. I’m not saying this because I want Sister Zhi to cheer for me. I just want to help our school defeat those guys!”
His friend, who was sitting beside him, hugged him and said, “What a coincidence, Fatty. I had the same thought!”
“Song Fang and the others are so lucky!”
“Why am I not allowed to play basketball for No.1 High School?”
“Can you guys make Sister Zhi’s skirt shorter?”
“How dare you? Sister Zhi is not performing for you.”
“Can you guys just shut the f*ck up? The reason all of us are gathered here is because Sister Zhi has put on the cheerleading team’s uniform. Therefore, I’d like to thank Hang Yuan High School for giving our Sister Zhi a chance to show her delicate side!”
Fu Zhi was speechless.
‘Is it too late for me to change class?”
Wang Yu, the guy who had been dumped by his girlfriend, nearly fainted from crying in Class 21. He kept calling Song Fang and saying, “Song Fang, I can, I really can! I’ve moved on. I can see a new relationship waving at me. Please let me watch the basketball match! Please, I’m begging you!”
Song Fang didn’t know what to say.
“I suggest you go to the hospital and get your brain checked!” Song Fang shouted back and hung up the call.
The players of Hang Yuan and No.1 High School all entered the gymnasium early to warm up.
Song Fang’s phone kept ringing, and when Zhou Zihuai saw his face getting darker and darker, he frowned and said, “Why don’t you want to let them participate? We can just let them sit on the bench.”
Song Fang shook his head and replied, “Do you know Qian Baoguo? The guy who broke his legs because of having too much alcohol and had to come to school in a wheelchair? He also wants to participate and he even wants to be the power forward!”
Zhou Zihuai was speechless, as he did not know how to express his feelings.
Ye Jiu seemed to have realized something and raised his brows. Before he could say anything, the players from Hang Yuan shouted.
Song Fang looked in that direction.
Hang Yuan’s cheerleading team was walking into the gymnasium. Compared to No.1 High School, their uniforms were more exposing.
“Holy...” Song Fang shouted. “Isn’t their team leader that famous child actor? She’s from Hang Yuan as well?”
What was the big deal about this? The other four team members continued doing their own thing, and no one was paying attention to him.
Then, he wrapped his arm around Lu Yumo’s neck and said, “I thought you liked her very much? I remember you trying to court her before!”
“I’m sure you remember wrong.” Lu Yumo peeled his arm off his neck. “I like my sister the most, and I will only go crazy for my sister.”
Song Fang did not know what to say.
‘That’s because you don’t know your sister isn’t good at dancing and singing yet.’
*
Meanwhile, on Hang Yuan’s side...
Ouyang Ya handed a jacket to Zhou Bingbing, the leader of Hang Yuan’s cheerleading team, as he said, “The team leader of No.1 High School’s cheerleading team has retired from the team and she told us that they have made Fu Zhi their new leader. Anyway, I assume that you know what you should do later, right?”
“Don’t worry, Ms. Ouyang. I know which song they are going to use, and honestly, it doesn’t suit their style very much. As for Fu Zhi...”
Zhou Bingbing gave a more objective evaluation. “The last thing the entertainment industry lacks is people with pretty faces. Without real skills, you’re no different from a clown.”
Zhou Bingbing had made it very clear. She did not have to go all out against Fu Zhi. After all, Fu Zhi did not know how to dance, and she would only disgrace herself if she joined the cheerleading squad.
“Let No.1 High School go first later. Coquettish girls are no longer mainstream, and guys nowadays like mature women more. Thus, if we let them go first, the audience will be able to see the difference in level between us.”
——
Since the dressing room in the gymnasium was occupied by Hang Yuan’s cheerleading team, Su Xing could only bring Fu Zhi and her group to the dressing room in another building.
There was a total of 12 girls, and all of them had to change their attire in the same room.
There was the number “8” on Fu Zhi’s uniform, and she kinda liked it. Just as she was about to touch it, Su Xing suddenly said, “Oh my, Zhizhi, your skin is so fair!”
Fu Zhi was so shocked that she nearly threw her shirt away. She jerked back and said, “Why are you peeking at me?”
The dressing room was as large as a classroom, but there were no cubicles in it.
“What’s wrong? We’re all girls. Don’t be so shy!” A girl standing next to Fu Zhi chimed in as she ran her fingers across Fu Zhi’s leg. “Your skin is so soft too. It’s just like the pudding that my mom used to make. What do you usually eat? What kind of cosmetics do you usually use?”
Fu Zhi was speechless.
She hastily put on her uniform and attempted to run away from her. “I don’t eat anything and I don’t use any cosmetics.”
“That’s good then. I hope my waist can be as small as yours,” the girl said before she stretched her hand toward Fu Zhi’s waist, causing Fu Zhi to jump backward in panic.
‘Hey, hey, hey, watch your hands!’
Fu Zhi was experienced in dealing with scum like Wu Zhiheng, but she had no idea how to deal with a female hooligan.
The girl smiled coyly and said, “Don’t worry. I won’t tell anybody about it!”
Another girl beside her then added, “What she means is that she just wants to feel your skin...”
Fu Zhi did not know what to say.
——
The basketball match was scheduled for 2:00 in the afternoon.
However, at around 1:40 p.m, the gymnasium was already filled with students from No.1 High School.
After all, this was a basketball match, which was more enjoyable than a professional academic competition, so virtually all the students from the first year to the third year had turned up.
The referees this time were two physical education teachers from Hang Yuan High School, and it was said that they were certified professionals in this field.
The basketball team led by Song Fang and the basketball team led by Wu Zhiheng entered the gymnasium. There was a distance of about 10 meters between the two teams as they took their seats on the benches.
The first row of seats was occupied by Director Liu and a group of leaders, as well as the local TV station of Yucheng. Even the secretary of the Education Bureau had turned up to watch the game.
The Education Bureau attached great importance to this basketball match between two elite schools from Yu City and the capital.
The representatives of Hang Yuan High School were excited about this match as well. After all, the way Fu Zhi had slapped their faces this morning had left an indelible imprint on their tender minds.
They had been downcast while having lunch in the afternoon. Thus, this basketball match was particularly important. If they could triumph over No.1 High School, they could go through the remaining 15 days with high morale, but if they could not... Screw the exchange meeting. They were going home!
That said, before they’d all come to the gymnasium for the basketball match, Wu Zhiheng had given them a message from Ouyang Ya. “Our goal is to beat No.1 High School, so you don’t have to think so much. Hang Yuan and the Ouyang Family will watch over your backs. Just stay calm and perform as you normally do at school. Even if something goes wrong, Ms. Ouyang Ya and I will help you guys. You just need to remember that both referees are our people and our cheerleading team is the best. There’s nothing for you guys to be afraid of, so just give it everything you have!”
After hearing what Wu Zhiheng said, the students from Hang Yuan all went wild and were filled with determination to win the match.
At the same time, someone in the gymnasium shouted, “Look! The cheerleading team of Hang Yuan is here!”