And she’s the reigning school beauty, the goddess in almost every boy’s heart here, can you even imagine that?
Zhang Jingdong pretended to be nonchalant as he touched his nose: "That will all depend on your performance next!"
"First of all, you mustn’t be nervous on stage later, and show me your true skills."
Lin Xiran immediately nodded: "Hmm! I promise you, once I’m on stage, I’ll give it my all!"
"Then..." Zhang Jingdong suddenly leaned in close to Lin Xiran’s ear and continued: "My Desert Eagle is broken again, help me fix it today."
At first, Lin Xiran didn’t quite understand, but when she saw the mischievous smile at the corner of Zhang Jingdong’s mouth, she suddenly got it, and her face flushed red.
But she hardly hesitated, nodding her head directly.
Zhang Jingdong felt a stirring in his heart and couldn’t help but kiss her earlobe.
And this scene was just seen by both Lin Xirui and Shu Ran.
On one hand, Lin Xirui saw her own little sister being taken advantage of by this guy, also being gradually led astray, which caused a tinge of resentment in her heart.
On the other hand, she felt some envy, and a bit of sadness.
The envy was because she thought that’s how true lovers should interact with each other, and the sadness was because she vaguely knew that due to her own choice of Zhang Jingdong, she would never be so intimate with him in front of Lin Xiran.
Who doesn’t want to find a partner blessed by their loved ones, yet she happened to encounter Zhang Jingdong, her nemesis.
Thinking about this, she slightly turned her head and glared hatefully at Zhang Jingdong.
While Shu Ran briefly lost her focus, then hurriedly calmed herself down, and after the next group of actors came on stage, she tried to watch their performance attentively.
But for some reason, her usually sharp eye for professional matters just couldn’t follow the movements of the actors on stage.
Because her mind kept replaying the scene of Zhang Jingdong kissing Lin Xiran’s earlobe.
Although she clearly knew that Zhang Jingdong was Lin Xiran’s boyfriend and he had every right to do so, and as a judge, she had to watch the actors’ movements earnestly and score them accurately.
But at this moment, she just couldn’t control her thoughts, and she felt an inexplicable sadness, something she had never experienced before.
After trying for another two minutes, she found she still couldn’t focus, so she quietly said to her best friend and colleague sitting beside her: "I have a slight headache, I won’t score this one, I’ll go backstage to take some medicine afterwards, and then come back."
"If that’s the case, don’t push yourself, go back to the office, I’ll drive you home after this is over."
"No need, don’t worry, it’s a mild symptom, I’ll just take some medicine, and today’s performance is very important, I must stay till the end no matter what."
Three minutes later, the performance on stage ended.
Taking advantage of the actors leaving the stage, Shu Ran quietly stood up and went backstage.
Being a person who always attracted attention, this caused a bit of a stir.
Therefore, Zhang Jingdong noticed something was up.
He originally thought she had gone to the restroom, but after waiting for two acts, nearly 15 minutes in total, she did not return to the auditorium.
He became curious and said to Lin Xiran: "I’m going to the restroom."
Lin Xiran nodded, "Go ahead, but don’t be too long, in two more acts I have to go backstage to get ready."
Zhang Jingdong left the auditorium through a back door and went to the restroom.
He entered the furthest squat toilet, pushed the door, locked it, then took out his phone and sent a text to Shu Ran: What’s wrong, not feeling well?
It took less than five seconds for Shu Ran to reply: None of your business!
Zhang Jingdong was not only not annoyed by her sudden rebuff, but he actually laughed: She’s actually jealous!
Looks like things are going better than I expected!