Volume 1 Chapter 70: I Really Like Your Performance
In the middle of the noisy crowd, their skin accidentally touched. Bai Muxue’s body trembled slightly on instinct.
She quickly turned her head toward Qin Xiyao, who for some reason looked away with red cheeks and slightly wandering eyes.
“Xiyao, what’s wrong?”
“Nothing, nothing at all.”
Qin Xiyao was startled inside. She quickly used a plan she had already prepared, change the topic and never mention the secret hand-holding!
“By the way, Xiao Xue looked really focused just now… Do you like this performance?”
“Hmm, it’s alright. No wonder my friend said it would be worth watching.”
Bai Muxue looked at the excited fans around them, waving glow sticks, and said jokingly, “No wonder so many people like this kind of show. I finally get it today, haha~”
Qin Xiyao smiled a little awkwardly. “I see…”
Bai Muxue shook her head, then playfully blinked at her before looking back at the stage.
Qin Xiyao quietly swallowed and took a deep breath, trying to calm her nervous heart.
But at the same time, a strong feeling of happiness slowly spread inside her.
It… it worked! Xiao Xue didn’t say anything! And she didn’t pull her hand away!
Before coming out today, Qin Xiyao had read some dating advice online. One post said that when you go to the movies or similar places with someone you like, if you take their hand on purpose, you are already halfway to success!
She had worried that Xiao Xue might have just held her hand because of the excited crowd… but now Xiao Xue didn’t pull away, and even held back tightly!
That meant her attempt had worked!
Could Xiao Xue… also be thinking the same thing?
That thought quietly appeared in Qin Xiyao’s heart. Her eyes looking at Bai Muxue became a little different.
The two of them stayed in the noisy crowd, holding each other’s hands, neither of them breaking the silent understanding.
Hmm… maybe this kind of place is still too loud for a quiet girl like Xiyao?
Bai Muxue was thinking, but of course not what Qin Xiyao was imagining.
She suddenly remembered how Xingshan once wanted to watch a horror movie with her. That girl was so scared that she almost jumped out of her seat within twenty minutes…
Well, for girls, holding hands is pretty normal anyway, right?
Bai Muxue didn’t think too much about it. She just gave a small helpless smile.
The performance on stage continued. But unlike the previous song, where the main singer was the center of everything, this new song gave more focus to the other members.
It allowed them to shine as well, instead of being fully hidden behind the main vocalist’s strong presence.
Honestly, it was a smart choice. It kept the main singer’s spotlight while also letting the rest of the band show themselves.
Heh, this kind of style feels a bit like that girl Amber… acting like she’s the boss of everything, but actually pretty good at caring about others.
Even though Bai Muxue didn’t know much about bands, she understood one thing clearly. If one person shines too brightly, the audience will only focus on her. The others will be ignored, and that can slowly break the group apart.
But clearly, Amber’s band did this part well. Most fans were holding signs for the whole band, cheering together. There was no “I’m only here for the singer, who are the rest?” kind of attitude.
As Bai Muxue’s thoughts drifted, the music slowly came to an end.
The performance was over, but the audience was still lost in the feeling of it.
Then the main vocalist stepped forward, held the microphone, and waved at the crowd with a bright smile.
“Thank you all for coming to our show! That’s the end of today’s performance!”
Her lively voice, full of energy as if she wasn’t even tired, spread across the whole venue.
The crowd responded with the loudest and most united cheers of the night, shaking the entire stage roof with their excitement.
There is no doubt that after today, the name “Stardust” will spread across all the band fans in Wangdu.
Whether people had heard their songs before or not, from now on, for a long time, this band, led by the main vocalist, would be mentioned again and again.
The audience slowly left. The stage lights were slowly turned off. But even so, many people were still talking excitedly, full of energy and excitement about the show.
Bai Muxue and Qin Xiyao also followed the crowd and slowly walked away from the venue.
Not long after, Bai Muxue suddenly stopped and said a bit embarrassedly,
“Ah, I think I left my wallet at my seat. I’ll go back and look for it. Xiyao, you go out first. I’ll come find you later.”
“Huh? Should we go together—”
Before Qin Xiyao could finish speaking, the girl in front of her gently held her hand and gave an apologetic smile.
“It’s okay. I’ll go by myself.”
Looking at Bai Muxue’s clear eyes, Qin Xiyao couldn’t say anything more. She could only nod unconsciously.
“…Okay.”
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Backstage, the band girls were all covered in sweat and resting in their seats, chatting about the performance.
“I didn’t expect so many people to come. I was really worried the audience would be small, or people would leave after a few songs…”
“I even imagined halfway through the show, a monster or villain would appear and ruin everything…”
“But honestly, Wangdu is a big city. Our popularity was higher than expected. Are we actually getting famous now?”
“Don’t get full of yourself. We still need more practice. There are still many problems in the music sheets, and our teamwork isn’t smooth enough. If Sister Shuying didn’t carry us with her singing today, we don’t know how it would’ve gone…”
The short-haired girl said this coldly, then looked at the main vocalist sitting nearby.
“Shuying?”
“……”
There was no reply.
The group suddenly realized something was wrong and all turned to look at their vocalist.
At this moment, the usually cheerful girl was silent. She frowned while staring at a white envelope in her hand.
“Was this envelope put on my table by any of you?”
They all looked at each other and shook their heads.
“No.”
Another silence followed. The short-haired girl hesitated and said carefully,
“Could it be from a hater? Maybe we should just throw it away…”
Before she finished, the main vocalist gave a mocking smile and quickly tore open the envelope.
“Heh, a hater? Let me see what kind of tricks you’re trying…”
But when she unfolded the letter, her smile froze.
There was only one short sentence.
— “Your performance was very good. I really liked it. 𐚁🔫🔫”
The signature was a messy drawing of a cowboy hat and two toy guns.
Without any hesitation, under the confused eyes of her teammates, the girl rushed out of the backstage.
But outside the empty stage area, there was no one left. Only staff cleaning up and collecting equipment.
“That person…!”
The letter in her hand was tightly crumpled. Ripples of emotion appeared on the girl’s face.