Is not being able to do as you please also called rebirth?

Chapter 29: A Duet with the Class Monitor
During evening self-study on November 20th, Teacher Zhu announced some news in class.

The school will hold a sports meet on the 6th of next month, which will last for 3 days. Each class must sign up to participate in various sports.

There will be an arts and culture competition on December 9th, and the class needs to prepare a program in advance.

Each class needs to submit three entries, including one class choir. The choir and program rankings will be determined later.

Because it was an arts performance held to commemorate the December 9th Movement, every program was required to embody patriotism.

In addition, it should reflect the lofty ideals of young students who strive hard and are constantly striving for self-improvement.

Because the arts and culture committee member, Chen Shixuan, has to teach art classes outside of school, she cannot organize this event.

Therefore, a temporary person in charge needs to be selected to replace her in her work.

When Zhu Zejiang asked who in the class could help Chen Shixuan organize activities, most of them surprisingly called out Jiang Xun's name.

The reason is simple: their relationship is currently ambiguous, seemingly like a couple. Since the girlfriend isn't around, the boyfriend is naturally taking her place.

Old Zhu didn't expect everyone's opinions to be so unified; he had thought that many students would be vying for this opportunity.

But since no one had any objections, he decided to settle on Jiang Xun to avoid trouble.

The main reason is that Jiang Xun now enjoys high prestige and can command respect from the public.

Jiang Xun didn't expect everyone to nominate him, but he had recently learned a lot of artistic skills, so this was a good opportunity to test them out.

But once he actually started collecting the programs, he realized that the task was not so simple.

Since it was already the second half of the first semester of senior year, and the college entrance examination was getting closer and closer, and Class 3 of Senior Year was an elite class, completely different from the lower-achieving classes.

Most students are actually unwilling to participate in such activities. They would rather spend more time studying than waste time rehearsing for a performance.

After all, rehearsing a program can take up a lot of free time, which is fatal for senior high school students.

So by the end of November, Jiang Xun had only collected one program.

It was Chen Shixuan who generously sponsored the performance, and she sang "Tomorrow Will Be Better" solo.

Although she couldn't participate in the organization and rehearsals of the event, she could still perform a show without any problem.

The fourth monthly exam arrived quickly, and Chen Shixuan missed the exam for the first time, as the unified art exam was just around the corner.

She told Jiang Xun on QQ that after the event, they would go to the city for intensive training and wouldn't return until after the art exams.

In this monthly exam, Jiang Xun sat in seat number 1 of the first exam room, while Yang Kaiyi moved up one place to seat number 6.

Sitting behind Jiang Xun was Yu Sheng, who had been number one for years. He nodded politely when he saw Jiang Xun, but there was no smile on his face.

His gaze towards Jiang Xun clearly showed some resentment, as if he was determined to reclaim the position that once belonged to him.

Jiang Xun smiled and didn't take it seriously. His current opponents were no longer within the school, but across the entire province.

Before the exam began, Yang Kaiyi, unusually, approached Jiang Xun and pulled him outside the exam hall, asking somewhat shyly:

Has no one signed up for the program for the December 9th event yet?

"There's only one, Chen Shixuan signed up for a solo performance." Jiang Xun said with some helplessness.

Yang Kaiyi hesitated for a moment before saying softly, "How about I sign up for one too? That way, we'll have just enough."

"That's great! With our class monitor personally taking charge, we'll definitely come in first place in no time," Jiang Xun said with a grin.

Yang Kaiyi gave him a shy glare, then suddenly laughed and said, "I'm nervous all by myself. You come with me, and we'll sign up for the choir."

Jiang Xun was about to refuse when Yang Kaiyi patted him on the shoulder and giggled:
"It's settled then. Xiao Jiang, go down and prepare your performance. Then bring it to me for review." After saying that, she didn't give Jiang Xun a chance to speak and happily slipped into the examination room.

She was dressed very cutely today, wearing a fluffy light pink coat and a pink bow hair clip, looking like an adorable bunny.

Jiang Xun could only shake his head and smile as he watched her retreating figure. It was really hard to refuse such a cute class monitor.

Jiang Xun originally planned to sign up for a program himself if no one else participated, but now that Yang Kaiyi had taken the initiative to contact him, it was perfect.

It was obvious that Yang Kaiyi had only suggested that he sing with her on a whim, without even preparing a performance.

She probably heard that Chen Shixuan had signed up for a solo performance and didn't want to go up against Chen Shixuan, so she deliberately dragged Jiang Xun into it.

Of course, it's also possible that she harbors some girlish thoughts, but that remains to be seen.

Jiang Xun thought about what kind of performance she and Yang Kaiyi should do. First of all, it should be singing; secondly, it should fit the theme; and finally, it should sound very good.

After thinking it over and over, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he remembered a very beautiful song from his previous life, but it hadn't appeared in this era yet.

After handing in his Chinese exam, he immediately went home and wrote down the lyrics of the song he remembered.

Then I read some books on composition and arrangement, and acquired basic skills in composition and arrangement.

I used the computer's built-in recording software to make a simple demo and also prepared some copyright registration materials for later use.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered that the song for the class choir had not yet been decided, so he decided to go all out and copy... no, write it down.

The two songs kept him busy from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., and he only had a quick bite for lunch.

After the math exam in the afternoon, he waited for Yang Kaiyi at the entrance of the exam hall, and amidst the ambiguous glances of the other students, he simply pulled her away.

"Jiang Xun, where are you taking me!" Yang Kaiyi blushed and struggled a little, but she didn't really exert any force.

Although Jiang Xun was holding her arm, so many classmates were watching; what difference was there between that and holding hands?

Jiang Xun pulled her to a small flower bed behind the teaching building. There was no one around, which made her even more nervous and shy.

At this moment, Jiang Xun released her arm and reached out his hands directly to her cheeks. She stood there dumbfounded, blushing and at a loss for what to do.

However, the face-cupping kiss or even the forceful kiss she had imagined didn't happen. Jiang Xun simply put two earphones in her ears and said:
"Here, let me play you a song."

Yang Kaiyi froze, feeling both embarrassed and annoyed, until a familiar yet unfamiliar voice reached his ears.

You are the light on the long road, in the thick fog of the mountains.

She looked up in surprise at Jiang Xun across from her. It was him singing, and although it was a cappella, it sounded beautiful.

She had never heard this song before.

I am a child, walking in your eyes.

You are the bright moon and gentle breeze, and I am the dream you cherish.

Whether we meet or not, it's still a lifetime; I'll embrace you~

Hearing this, Yang Kaiyi's face flushed red once again.

So, was he really confessing his feelings to me?
It's actually quite romantic to do it through singing.

What should I do? I didn't plan to date in high school, but if I reject him, will he be angry?

Just as Yang Kaiyi was lost in thought, the sound in his earphones suddenly became louder, and the chorus began.

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