That scene was too beautiful; she dared not look...
Whenever the girls followed the beat to make a move, the students immediately burst out laughing!
"Ha ha! That’s completely lacking self-awareness! Look at that one!"
"They call that a good sense of rhythm? That’s absolutely absurd!"
There were nearly ten girls who, whether they were unclear about their own positioning or just trying to muddle through, either way, their dancing was indescribable!
Some gave up dancing altogether mid-way, and the others quickly followed suit! They stood frozen in place until Teacher Zhang finished counting the beats, then they immediately ran back to their respective class lines.
It’s undeniable, they completely embarrassed themselves today!
Regarding the girls who ’left without saying goodbye,’ Teacher Zhang didn’t comment further, as if she hadn’t seen anything! She directly moved on to arrange, "All the girls below the stage, stand in one row! Align by height!"
After a bit of shuffling, the girls finally stood in a somewhat orderly line.
"Who is 1.6 meters tall? Raise your hand!"
Several voices followed, the hands raised belonged to a few girls of similar heights.
Teacher Zhang nodded, "Those few 1.6 meter girls, and the girls standing in front of them, please go back to your groups!"
Although reluctant, the girls that were called out still walked away dejectedly.
Gu Qing was among those few girls who were shorter than 1.6 meters; walking with her head down, her face was filled with an expression of resentment! And as she walked, she was inwardly questioning!
"Why! Why can’t I participate in the performance just because I’m short! Teacher Zhang is just too much! Clearly, some of the girls who were allowed to stay didn’t dance well just now either!"
Unfortunately, she only dared to think these thoughts in her heart, not daring to voice her doubts in such a setting.
After eliminating some girls who were too tall or not good-looking enough, Teacher Zhang had finished selecting her group of girls.
Bai Xue narrowly made it by a high margin and was allowed to stay.
Seeing this, Zhen Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief for her in the line.
Zhen Yu really didn’t expect that the final deciding factors for everyone’s participation in the performance would be height and appearance!
Zhen Yu was inwardly thanking her lucky stars when suddenly Teacher Zhang called her name on stage!
"Zhen Yu! Zhen Yu, please step forward! Come up to the stage!"
Upon hearing this, Zhen Yu quickly walked out of the line and hurriedly took two steps up onto the stage.
After standing opposite, she first bowed, "Hello Teacher Zhang!"
"Hello, hello!" Upon seeing Zhen Yu’s neither tall nor short stature, Teacher Zhang was immediately three parts satisfied! She then nodded her head and kindly said: "I heard from Director Feng that you want to sing, right?!"
Zhen Yu, not knowing why she had asked this, could only nod first and then say, "Yes."
Teacher Zhang didn’t dwell on the ’singing’ topic, but instead asked another question, "Have you learned dancing?"
Zhen Yu immediately shook her head vigorously, "No!"
"Tsk! Hiss!" Teacher Zhang seemed to be troubled after hearing the answer, lowering her head in thought for a moment.
Then she suddenly raised her head and decisively said, "! You join the group dance!"
"Teacher Zhang! Didn’t I just need to perform in one program?" To avoid dancing, Zhen Yu quickly asked.
"It was Director Feng who mentioned it to you long ago!" Teacher Zhang had a ’I already knew that’ expression, "She just informed me today, saying you should also participate in the group dance! It would be best if you could lead the dance!"
"No way! I absolutely cannot lead the dance!" Zhen Yu instantly rejected the role of lead dancer and was about to decline the group dance again when Teacher Zhang spoke up.
"The group dance doesn’t require high dance fundamentals, your height is suitable enough! This, you absolutely cannot refuse!"
"...Alright." Zhen Yu was gloomy, but she was helpless.
If only she had known it was so difficult to get the ’top scorer’ bonus! She would have scored a few points less back then!
And that extra credit! Lu Huai really did a number on her...
"If any female student feels her dance skills are particularly strong, stay back after and find me! The rest of the students are dismissed!"
"Yay!" With Teacher Zhang’s command, cheers could be faintly heard from under the stage! The crowd, like a tide, quickly receded towards the doors of the auditorium, and soon only a few female students were left under the stage.
"Come up on stage, everyone!" Teacher Zhang gestured invitingly from below the stage.
"Our dance, besides the group dance, also needs a male and a female lead dancer! The male lead is borrowed, and he will come over when we officially train. Hmm... after all, it’s a First High School’s program, so the female lead must be chosen from our school!"
Teacher Zhang’s pause in her speech made everyone understand the implication. It was nothing but the usual reliance on borrowed help! And no one was surprised by that.
Then, Teacher Zhang got to the point! "Today my task is to finalize all the performers! So, we have to choose the female lead dancer on the spot! Those in the group dance, go down and find a place to sit and watch! Of course, any girls who want to compete for the lead dancer can also stay back and try!"
"Our dance is a modern dance, so the lead dancer really tests the basics! Now all of you do the movements according to my commands, let me see if you can all pass this challenge! Let’s start from the simplest. Go! Lower your leg! Change to a lateral split! Yes! Up..."
As Teacher Zhang’s commands constantly changed, the girls on stage began to perform various unconventional movements like invertebrates.
The boys under the stage, as they watched, all started to click their tongues in amazement at the flexibility of the girls who danced! And the girls on stage felt the pressure!
In the end, ultimately, only three people managed to complete all the movements!
During a chat with Han Mingyue, Zhen Yu looked up and unintentionally locked eyes with Gu Qing, who was right in the middle of the three!
Gu Qing almost immediately gave Zhen Yu a provocative smile! Sadly, Zhen Yu straightforwardly ignored her gaze and shifted her eyes away!
This made Gu Qing feel as if she had punched cotton! The frustration in her heart is better left unsaid! But she had no place to vent and had to endure it!
Teacher Zhang looked at the remaining three people and actually already decided who to pick! But for appearances’ sake, she still performed a few more movements for the three to follow.
Fortunately... Gu Qing was competitive! She mimicked well! So Teacher Zhang ultimately still chose her!
"Okay, that’s it! Everyone meet here at six tonight! No lateness allowed!"
"Yes! Teacher!" Everyone responded in unison.
"Well, that’s it, then! Your weekends might all belong to me now! Take advantage of the time you have now to do whatever you need to do!"
"Teacher, are we practicing for a whole day on weekends? What about extracurricular classes..."
"Half a day! The timing will be confirmed tonight!"