Chapter 10: Participating in the Competition, the Final Victor!

  The sun rises, and the first ray of sunlight spills down from the top of the mountain behind the school, warm light breaking through the shelter of leaves and the obstruction of space, shining on the playground of Dong Gao.

  There, people were in an uproar, heads crowded together, from the entrance all the way to the playground road, packed with students and onlookers.

  Today is the day of the exchange meeting. In order to save time, the opening conference room was not complicated and was simply announced by the school's high-level officials before the exchange meeting officially began.

  Everywhere in the campus, you can see different booths, most of which are set up by clubs to attract attention, while some over there have not been able to carry out such luxurious promotional activities due to lack of funds at present.

  Courtyard corridor, a corner hidden in the shadows at the turn, Sosuke sat on the bench staring at his classmates and seniors who passed by from time to time, expecting them to join.

  Although it's been a while since school started, there might still be students who haven't joined any clubs yet, and that possibility isn't zero.

  No matter what, current actions are being made with consideration for the future of the organization.

  A fan club can be established with just three people, but a society requires five or more members to gain recognition; otherwise, it will only occupy an unfavorable low-end position within the school.

  To make matters worse, this exchange meeting must also rank first in the comprehensive ranking of social groups besides recruiting department members, which is simply adding insult to injury.

  "Hey! Get a move on! Are you really not worried that our club will be disbanded?"

  "There's no need to rush, the club performance is in the gym and clubs that want to perform need to apply in advance. I applied for a performance time at 6 pm, there are still several hours until then, what's the excitement about?"

  "I always feel that those executive members are doing it on purpose. After all, the six o'clock performance will only make the already tired judges and entrepreneurs feel bored."

  Such factors also exist, but as long as the performance is brilliant, there's no need to worry about this situation.

  Good things will always attract people, gold will shine, even if no one sees this light, it still has the meaning of existence.

  Pick up the fan to help Lin Xuan, who is sitting next to her, fan herself. Hai Cheng has to go to the vending machine to buy orange juice and coffee because he lost at rock-paper-scissors.

  "Lín Xuán, I remember that apart from frequently practicing voice acting, you also learned other skills, right?"

  "Any other skills? I heard a lot of otaku knowledge from you recently, and I'm quite familiar with tsundere and yandere."

  "No, I mean you can play the piano, right?"

  Maybe Sosuke can learn to play the piano with the help of the academic system, but it's really hard for him to sing, so he hopes someone will help him.

  That guy in Haicheng is only interested in girls and computers, as well as everyone else, there's no way to entrust him with anything.

  "Piano? I actually started learning it from a young age, but since high school, I haven't played it at all because of my voice acting activities."

  "But shouldn't you remember it by now? This is a piano score I wrote, can't you memorize it in just a few hours?"

  Alas?

  Lin Xuan stared at the sheet music that Su You took out with a look of surprise, her face filled with confusion.

  It's not just that he solved an extremely difficult math problem last time, but now he even came up with an original piano score. No matter how you look at it, it's too abnormal.

  Lin Xuan suppressed her surprise, staring at the score for a while. There were some minor flaws in it, such as the wrong use of lowered notes and incorrect placement of sharps in D major, but these were all small mistakes that could be easily detected with a little examination.

  "Really? What are you planning to do? And how long have you been learning music, Sosuke?"

  "Naturally, if you ask me what I plan to do..."

  Sōyū placed his hand on his forehead and thought for a moment before compromising by saying

  "It's probably going to be a performance that surprises the judges."

  "What is it? This score is for accompaniment, that is to say, are you going to sing?"

  "It's more or less like that."

  Last night tried many times, the tone has a difference, but the control of melody in the brain, the sense of sound and so on are very sensitive, and the lyrics are completely grasped.

  The only drawback is the lack of accompaniment. A cappella is fine, but adding piano accompaniment would definitely improve the effect several times over.

  Music is music, of course, because it's a combination of sound and instruments that can create perfect music.

  This remark put a lot of pressure on Lin Xuan.

  Two hands were placed on Lin Xuan's shoulders, and Sōsuke solemnly implored.

  "Sorry to trouble you, I hope you can accompany me in the competition."

  "Okay, okay, but I..."

  "Can you do it? Lin Xuan."

  "I'm so annoyed! Of course! I'll accompany you to mess around one more time!"

  "I'm troubling you after all."

  "Isn't it obvious? Hmph."

  However.

  Lin Xuan changed his words and said

  "We're teammates now, so you can ask me these things and it makes people feel happy too."

  "Is that so?"

  Zuo You felt relieved about this, and together with Lin Xuan, ignored Hai Cheng who was late coming back possibly because of flirting.

  After several hours of practicing piano accompaniment, Lin Xiang stood beside Sosuke with some nervousness.

  Seeing Lin Xuan's uneasy expression, Sosuke directly grasped her left hand with his right hand, revealing a reassuring smile.

  "Just do your best and leave the rest to me."

  "I'm not working hard for your sake!"

  Lin Xuan's face turned slightly red as she shook off Zuo You's hand.

  Nice, this is the perfect tsundere role!

  "Next, please welcome the 'Game Lovers Club' from Dong Gao to perform on stage. The program is a piano accompaniment singing performance, an English song called 《You Are Not Alone》."

  It's actually an English song?

  This is also overestimating one's own abilities.

  Don't be kidding.

  I'm already tired enough.

  Whether it's the main judges or entrepreneurs, or students, they all don't look good on the last performance.

  Standing on the stage, sparse applause rose, and neither side paid attention to this situation.

  Picking up the microphone, they exchanged a glance with Lin Xuan sitting in front of the piano and nodded to each other.

  Then, Lin Xuan's fingers danced and jumped on the black and white keys, and beautiful and pleasant music and notes began to fly out.

  The song rises, clear yet profound.

  A plain but sincere piano melody begins to overlap with the singing voice.

  Like a clear spring gushing down from the mountain stream, hitting the water surface and splashing out water flowers, rolling out bubbles, the music surges forward, and gentle emotions flow out with it.

  The singing voice floated throughout the gymnasium, affecting heartbeats, vibrating eardrums, and gently stroking pulses.

  Swinging hands with the rhythmic singing, the gymnasium is both silent and noisy.

  Then comes the most exciting chorus part.

  Basking in the warm sunshine with family reunions, past memories and tenderness invade the body.

  You won't be alone.

  You won't be alone.

  The melodious notes still lingered in the air, and the quiet audience erupted into thunderous applause in the next second. Everyone stood up.

  The girls were blushing all over their faces, while the boys were excitedly applauding with all their might.

  A piano, a singer, simple yet elegant melody, warm and pure emotions, undoubtedly infected everyone present.

  The first place may have been decided at this moment.