The principal, Jiang Yipo, along with various important professors in the school delivered their speech. They all expressed their warmest welcome to the special guest.
This sort of boring, formality left everyone drowsy.
Several students brought their phones out and began scrolling through the forums again.
[I really don’t want to hear these teachers going on and on and on… If it wasn’t for Bai Qinghao, I would never have taken a fake medical leave to get here!”
[Why hasn’t Fang Manxue released even a fart whilst standing there? Head Ma doesn’t seem to want to pass her the microphone either. This is the first time Goddess Manxue doesn’t seem to have the charm of a host on stage. She’s just standing there like an idiot.]
[Goddess Manxue is going to be in the limelight soon. It sure is good to be Bai Qinghao’s fiancée. I bet this entire assembly was conducted for her. She will surely be greatly honoured later!]
Comments flooded into the forums endlessly and the anticipation in the atmosphere seemed to grow. Most people were expressing their envy for Fang Manxue.
At the same time, Fang Xinxin stood with her year 2, class 1 classmates. She was watching the incoming call from Fang Lilan on her phone.
While other people could call her normally, she had specially made herself unavailable to Fang Lilan. The other party would only hear the words, ‘the number you have dialled is currently unavailable,’ when she called in.
Despite this, Fang Lilan refused to give up. She called over and over again before finally ceasing.
[Hello, is this Madam Fang Lilan’s daughter? This is XXX hospital. Madam Fang was involved in a car accident and is currently in a coma. Could I trouble you to rush over? We urgently require someone to sign the papers on her behalf. It would be best if you brought more of her family members here.]
A message was sent to Fang Xinxin from Fang Lilan’s phone.
Fang Xinxin was completely unmoved by it.
Earlier, she had noticed that Fang Manxue was sending a message before stepping on stage. She had likely been asking Fang Lilan for help.
Her second sister was really intelligent. She must have guessed something after considering the situation.
If it had been in their past life, Fang Xinxin would have been easily swayed by Fang Lilan’s attempts by now.
But it hadn’t been easy tolerating the wait. She was finally about to expose Fang Manxue for her false act. How could she possibly leave at this critical moment?
Furthermore…
Fang Manxue’s phone did not ring at all. Fang Xinxin also did not see her checking her phone. This meant that Fang Manxue did not receive her mother’s ‘car accident’ news.
If her memory served her right, in Fang Lilan’s phone, Fang Manxue’s number was saved under the contact name as ‘Daughter’, while Fang Xinxin’s number was saved as ‘Xinxin’.
Normally, strangers would call her daughter first, wouldn’t they?
Furthermore, the message was filled with many loopholes.
“It would be best if you brought more of her family members here?” These words were clearly hinting her to bring Bai Qinghao along with her to the hospital.
If the message came from normal doctors and nurses of a hospital, why would they be concerned with the number of family members one was bringing along? If anything, they would be worried about extra people obstructing the hallways.
For the sake of helping her second sister, her mother was even making up news about having an accident.
Fang Manxue stood in the middle of the stage and saw that Fang Xinxin had yet to leave the place. She was overwhelmed with panic. Didn’t the dumb trash check her phone earlier? Could it be there she no longer cared about their mother’s life and death? Or was it that her mother had yet to give Fang Xinxin a call?
After a long, thank-you speech, Head Ma finally said the words that all the students were waiting to hear. “Our school forum is very lively today. There’s no need for me to drag this out. I’m sure everyone knows who we have been thanking and welcoming since earlier. He is the man who has moved the entire school, and has the power to move the entire city… Our country’s idol, Bai Qinghao! Please welcome him onto the stage!”