Li Xiaoru’s costume, however, looked much sexier. It did not have any sleeves, and the back lapels were in a V shape, making half of her back exposed. The hem of the dress was very puffy. Zhang Jiaojiao gave her hair some hairspray to make her black hair stick to her face and ears like silk and to go along with her black dress.

Zhang Jiaojiao gave Li Xiaoru a commonly seen cyber star makeup style, which made Li Xiaoru look like a Barbie doll.

Jiang Chengfeng was so stunned that he couldn’t even blink.

And Liu Man’s makeup was just as reserved as her costume. Zhang Jiaojiao only gave her basic base makeup. The eyeliner was drawn very thin and without mascara. Her eyebrow shape was perfect, and Zhang Jiaojiao only made its color slightly darker. Her eye shadow was the most common color, and the lipstick shade was also a daily used one, which was close to Liu Man’s lip color.

Hanfu Goddess was famous online for not having any makeup, and Zhang Jiaojiao thought if she put too much makeup on Liu Man, it would cover up her appearance.

Zhang Jiaojiao paid most of her attention to doing Liu Man’s hair.

She had long noticed that Liu Man rarely let her hair down. Her hairstyle was always very dignified and put up, so Zhang Jiaojiao specially designed Liu Man’s style to have half of her hair down and half of it upon her head with a hairpin. It looked very retro.

Li Xiaoru said, “She would look better in Hanfu with this hairstyle.”

Yeah, when everyone saw Liu Man in her full costume, they all had one thought: She looked like a girl from ancient China who mistaken modern clothing as her own. She looked reserved yet elegant.

Was this girl as despicable as described online?

The scale in everyone’s heart slowly inclined towards Liu Man.

Zhang Jiaojiao realized there were two fewer people and asked He Qisi, “Where’s Fang Hao and Wang Sheng?”

“They went back to school for something,” He Qisi couldn’t have said the real reason in front of Liu Man.

But all four of the girls were smart and realized what happened.

Liu Man looked down and didn’t talk.

At this time, Yu Zhan’s car stopped in front of Owner Li’s shop. He got down and quickly walked up to Liu Man. Seeing she was normal like usual, he immediately relaxed.

“Get in the car. I will give you two a ride to the concert hall.”

Liu Man pointed at the Guqin at one side, “This is the instrument I will be performing with later, and I have to bring that over too.”

Yu Zhan was only surprised for one second before he instantly picked the Guqin up and put it into the trunk. He was an amateur and did not know if this was a Guzheng or something else. He only needed to know his Man Man could play other instruments other than just the piano.

Liu Man brought him so many surprises that by now, he already got used to it.

“Thank you, Mr. Handsome,” Li Xiaoru happily pulled open the door to the backseats and sat in as if this was her car.

The other boys had already got defeated by Yu Zhan’s good looks and wondered why their appearances were so ugly in comparison.

At the same time, they had many questions,

Who is this super handsome man?

He Qisi couldn’t help but asked Liu Man, “He’s your…?”

“I’m her boyfriend.”

!!!

Yu Zhan’s words were too stunning.

Liu Man got stupefied.

And her friends were all shocked…

Only Li Xiaoru, who was sitting in the car, was calm. She felt like Yu Zhan was very slow, for he only successfully got Man Man this semester when he started last semester.

Liu Man pulled herself back into reality. Her brain was so hot it was going to explode, but right now wasn’t the moment to explain this kind of thing. She ignored everyone’s “third-wheeling” expressions and invited Sun Weiwei and Zhang Jiaojiao to get in the car, too, “If we try, we can get two more people in Zhan’s car.”

Sun Weiwei and Zhang Jiaojiao shook their heads at the same time to reject her offer.

Zhang Jiaojiao said, “We’ll go there with the boys.”

And Sun Weiwei felt it was weird to sit in Liu Man’s boyfriend’s car. She didn’t want to third-wheel!

Liu Man did not force them to. She did not waste any more time and naturally sat on the passenger seat.

Owner Li suddenly ran out from inside the shop, “Wait, wait. I forgot to give you this set of Yijia. This set is slightly shorter and rounder than Wen Fangfei’s, but you can still use it. Keep it just in case your hands hurt from playing the Guqin again.”

He handed the bag of Yijia to Liu Man through the passenger seat’s window. Although she was sure she wouldn’t use the Yijia, she still took it over and thanked Owner Li sincerely.

Everyone watched as the car drove away.

Sun Weiwei proudly told Zhang Jiaojiao, “Now you see I won the bet. Everything online, as expected, is trash talk.”

Zhang Jiaojiao admitted that she lost the bet.

“Yeah. If I have such a handsome boyfriend, I would be insane to seduce Tang Tu.”

The three boys thought it was natural for Liu Man to have a boyfriend. Girls like her, who were this pretty, had long been noticed by men; it was normal for her to have a boyfriend.

It was not worth it when Wang Sheng and Fang Hao argued against them for just this.

In the car, all three of them stayed very quiet. In front of Li Xiaoru, there were many things Liu Man could not mention to Yu Zhan.

Yu Zhan did not bring up the rumors online at all, as if he didn’t know about them at all. He knew more than anyone that comforting and reassuring was not about what one says, but about what one does.

Yu Zhan was here, by her side, and helping her. He believed in her, and this was enough to comfort Liu Man.

The third concert hall was at the edge of the campus, with two audience entrances. One was on the campus, and one was outside the gates. Yu Zhan’s car was only able to park at the one outside the campus.

The parking lot at the outside campus entrance was full of cars. Many netizens in the capital city were all here to watch the performance because they heard about the concert.

The afternoon show was about to start, and all the audience were already inside. The parking lot was silent at the moment.

Yu Zhan got down, picked up the Guqin, and went through the entrance with the two pretty girls lifting their dresses.

On the first floor stood two guards, and they each had a sign that read, “The seats on the first floor are all taken. Please go to the second floor.” This sign was for the audience.

The guards saw Liu Man and Li Xiaoru in their costumes and knew they were performers. They immediately stood aside and urged, “Why have you only arrived now? The performance has already started. Go sign in with the backstage manager, hurry!”

At this time, the performers for the first piece had already gotten on stage. They were doing a quintet with only strings instruments, and the five members were from the violin major, viola major, or the cello major; no piano major participated in this group.

Liu Man looked around at the audience to see that there wasn’t a single spot empty. Videographers from the school and other places were standing in all the walkways, recording this concert from every perspective possible.

After passing countless people and attracting much attention, they finally got backstage.

The backstage was unusually loud and busy. Performers with delicate makeup and luxurious costumes were waiting there already, and there were even some people applying makeup and doing their costumes right now. Li Xiaoru astutely saw the backstage manager and immediately crossed through the crowd, walked up to him, and said, “Li Xiaoru and Liu Man from Piano major, 3rd class, are singing in.”

Translated by: Sydney