Reborn in 2015, I became a male god starting in high school.

Chapter 167 Celebration Banquet

The two came out of the auditorium.

At this moment, the bright moon hangs high in the sky, and there are not a single cloud in the heavens.

Zhou Ziyang's Panamera was parked under a magnolia tree next to the auditorium.

Lin Siyao leaned against the Panamera and told Zhou Ziyang that she didn't like Qi Tao at all and that there was no possibility of her and Qi Tao ever getting together.

Zhou Ziyang asked why.

Lin Siyao said, "Because he can't give me the life I want, okay?"

"What about me? I can give you the life you want. Would you choose me?"

Zhou Ziyang approached Lin Siyao, slipped his hand through her coat, and placed it on her slender waist. Suddenly, he asked a question.

"?" Lin Siyao was stunned. When she looked up again, she saw that Zhou Ziyang's face was already very close to hers.

Zhou Ziyang said, "Was that an accident while you were dancing just now?"

"Do you want to do it again?"

At this moment, Zhou Ziyang's hands were already inside Lin Siyao's coat, his arms around Lin Siyao's slender waist. The posture was somewhat ambiguous, and it felt like they were about to kiss each other.

The result was at a crucial moment.

"Zhou Ziyang!"

Wang Rouxin went to change her clothes, but when she came out, she found that Zhou Ziyang was gone. She hurriedly asked Li Chumei where Zhou Ziyang had gone.
Li Chumei said she saw him just now.

"They must have driven there first."

Upon hearing this, Wang Rouxin hurriedly ran out of the auditorium. Fortunately, Zhou Ziyang had not left. She saw Zhou Ziyang under the magnolia tree from a distance and, without thinking, called out his name.

Then she ran towards Zhou Ziyang, her little leather boots clicking as she went.

Zhou Ziyang and Lin Siyao were a little embarrassed at this moment; a few seconds later they would have kissed.

However, both of them were quite surprised. Zhou Ziyang originally intended to tease Lin Siyao by making eye contact and slowly getting closer, but he did not expect that Lin Siyao would not refuse.

Looking into Lin Siyao's eyes, Zhou Ziyang actually considered turning the pretense into reality.

Fortunately, Wang Rouxin arrived in a hurry at that moment.

"Senior Rouxin, is there something you need?"

Zhou Ziyang said to Wang Rouxin, who was running over.

Wang Rouxin had already changed out of the outfit she wore while singing on stage. She still preferred this kind of flamboyant clothing, and was wearing a black off-the-shoulder tight dress. Her slender waist was tightly bound by a leather belt, highlighting her graceful figure.

A pair of beautiful legs under the narrow skirt, wearing a pair of black leather boots.

Wang Rouxin winked at Zhou Ziyang and said, "Are you going to a restaurant? Can you take me with you?"

"Um, senior, aren't you going with the student council's car?"

"It's okay, I've already talked to them, I'll go with you."

As Wang Rouxin spoke, she opened the passenger door without any hesitation.

It's worth noting that Lin Siyao was standing right next to the passenger seat, ready to sit there.

Who would have thought that Wang Rouxin would suddenly appear?

But then she smiled and winked at Zhou Ziyang, saying, "Shall we go now?"

"Well, that's okay."

Zhou Ziyang sighed and glanced at Lin Siyao.

Lin Siyao remained expressionless and did not make eye contact with Zhou Ziyang, instead sitting quietly in the back seat.

So Zhou Ziyang took the two girls to the hotel. On the way, Wang Rouxin received a phone call and told Zhou Ziyang that the restaurant was full and they had changed the location of the celebration party to a karaoke bar.

"Going to karaoke again?" Zhou Ziyang couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

"Don't you want to go? Don't you really like singing?" Wang Rouxin asked, puzzled.

Zhou Ziyang chuckled and said that even if you like singing, you might not necessarily go to a karaoke bar.

Wang Rouxin and Zhou Ziyang explained that they originally wanted to have dinner first, but because it was too late, many restaurants were already full, so they decided to go directly to a private room at a karaoke bar to celebrate.

"This time it's Chumei's treat, so the same thing that happened last time shouldn't happen again."

Zhou Ziyang drove the car to express his hopes.

"Where are you located? How can I navigate?"

"I'll show you the way."

So they turned the car around, and it was about a ten-minute drive from the school to the karaoke bar that Li Chumei had booked.

Wang Rouxin sat in the passenger seat, her beautiful legs crossed under her tight skirt, her thighs tightly pressed together. She was looking at the messages posted on various forums. She said that Zhou Ziyang was extremely popular right now, and all the schools in Xianlin University City were talking about him.

Zhou Ziyang said he knew.

"Several of my junior high school classmates sent me the video, asking if the person in the video was me. When I said it was me, they didn't believe me."

Wang Rouxin covered her mouth and chuckled upon hearing this. She blinked and said, "Even if you gave it to me, I wouldn't believe it. My junior high classmate is so talented."

At this time, the forum was heating up, with some people starting to write lengthy analyses of the song "The Wind Rises," analyzing it thoroughly from the confusion of youth to the anticipation of the future. They kept saying that Zhou Ziyang's lyrics were exceptionally well-written, not at all like something a freshman could write.

Without a certain amount of life experience, how could one write such a song?

At this point, they suddenly discovered that before Zhou Ziyang wrote "The Wind Rises," he had already written a song called "The Sea of ​​Stars," and that this song had already been registered and released online, and could be listened to directly on some music apps.

This made the students from other schools even more interested when they first heard Zhou Ziyang's name. They immediately searched for the name "Xingchen Dahai" online, and wow! He's a genius among geniuses!

"The Wind Rises" is a great song of its time, but "The Sea of ​​Stars" is no less so. Both songs are rare gems, and what's incredible is that both were written by an eighteen-year-old boy.

Ke Wan, who was Zhou Ziyang's junior high school classmate, had run into Xia Wei once when she took her shopping in the city. At that time, Ke Wan felt that Zhou Ziyang had changed a lot and was completely different from the quiet and reserved Zhou Ziyang in junior high school. However, because she did not have a deep relationship with him at that time, her understanding of Zhou Ziyang was only superficial.

That very night, she saw a video of Zhou Ziyang singing at her roommate's place.

When her roommate heard that Zhou Ziyang was Ke Wan's junior high school classmate, she immediately became interested and started searching for information about Zhou Ziyang. She also started asking Ke Wan about Zhou Ziyang's gossip, such as: Does Zhou Ziyang have a girlfriend?

"She should have him. I even ran into him once when I went home for the National Day holiday."

Ke Wan thought for a moment.

After they went to bed, Ke Wan searched for some information about Zhou Ziyang and found another song by him called "Starry Sea".

So she lay on the bed and listened to Zhou Ziyang's song all by herself.

Ke Wancai remembered Zhou Ziyang's voice, but she never imagined that Zhou Ziyang could sing so well.

"Ke Wan, do you think this is Zhou Ziyang?"

At this time, Ke Wan's boyfriend, Chu Xufeng, whose relationship with her was not very stable, sent her a video link.

The person in the video is none other than Zhou Ziyang singing.

Ke Wan didn't even open the video before replying, "I've already seen it."

"I never expected my junior high classmate to be so amazing. No wonder he managed to win over a girl like Xia Wei!"

Ke Wan felt that Chu Xufeng's idea was too naive. How could a boy like Zhou Ziyang possibly pursue Xia Wei? It was obvious that Xia Wei pursued Zhou Ziyang first.

At this moment, Ke Wan was still wearing headphones, listening to Zhou Ziyang's "Starry Sea". Compared to the unclear live recording, "Starry Sea", a song recorded in a professional recording studio, was obviously more complete and sounded more pleasant.

As the song played, Ke Wan's memories involuntarily returned to her junior high school days three years ago.

That classmate who usually doesn't attract much attention in class.

Ke Wan suddenly thought of something.

She remembered that one day she and Zhou Ziyang were assigned to clean the classroom. They cleaned until about six o'clock in the evening, and only Zhou Ziyang and Ke Wan were left in the classroom.

At that time, Zhou Ziyang seemed to have said he would take Ke Wan home together.

However, Ke Wan was afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstandings, so she declined Zhou Ziyang's offer.

Think about it now.

Zhou Ziyang was probably secretly in love with her at that time.
This wasn't Ke Wan being narcissistic; rather, during junior high, most of the boys in her class had a crush on her, and some even openly expressed their desire to pursue her.

Looking at it now, it seems ridiculous for junior high school students, fourteen or fifteen years old, to say that they like having crushes. But in that environment, there are indeed so many young boys and girls who fall in love at such a young age.

It might be too early to talk about liking or loving someone.

But I did have a good impression of her at the time.

Looking back now, Ke Wan can't help but feel a little regretful.

If only he had agreed to Zhou Ziyang's request to give him a ride.

Maybe
"Ke Wan, are you watching a video? Why aren't you saying anything?"

Chu Xufeng is actually a pretty easygoing guy from a well-off family. His relationship with Ke Wan was a natural progression, so he didn't have any simply feelings for her; he was just chatting with his girlfriend.

Ke Wan said, "I just watched it with my roommates, and they're both quite gossipy."

“That’s true. Our student group is also discussing it. I said Zhou Ziyang was my junior high school classmate, and two girls even kept asking me for Zhou Ziyang’s WeChat,” Chu Xufeng replied.

Ke Wan told Chu Xufeng not to give it to them.

"Of course I won't give it to them. I don't want to cause trouble for my old classmate."

"But to be honest, I never expected Zhou Ziyang to be so capable now. How about we go visit our old classmate sometime?" Chu Xufeng really wanted to get along well with Zhou Ziyang.

But Ke Wan said, "Let's forget about it."

"He must be very busy right now, let's not bother him."

"That's true. Sigh, life is so unpredictable. I remember in junior high, Zhou Ziyang was pretty ordinary, but I think he had a crush on you back then?" Chu Xufeng said casually.

Ke Wan told Chu Xufeng not to talk nonsense.

"When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"

"Of course you don't know, but I remember. I recall that most of the boys in the class liked you. I never thought I would actually win you over," Chu Xufeng said with emotion.

Ke Wan said that everyone was a child at that time and didn't understand anything.

You're probably overthinking it.

Chu Xufeng wanted to say that he hadn't overthought it; that was indeed the situation at the time.

However, before he could speak, Ke Wan interrupted him, saying, "Alright, it's getting late."

"I'm going to rest now."

"So early? It's only nine o'clock!"

"Yeah, I stood in the audience all day at the welcome party, so I'm a little tired."

"Oh, then you should get some rest."

"Yeah, you too. Goodnight."

Goodnight (grinning)

She said she was going to sleep, but Ke Wan just couldn't fall asleep.

Chu Xufei's chat box still showed the video link that had just been sent. Ke Wan had actually watched it once, but seeing the link, she couldn't help but click on it again.

The line Zhou Ziyang sang a cappella under the lights:
Turning the pages of time to different facets
Unexpectedly, your smile appeared.
For some reason, no matter how Ke Wan listened, she felt that these two lines of lyrics were about herself.

In your eyes
A mixture of light and shadow
A smile brings happiness

Dusk obscures your faltering steps.
Every word is filled with youth.

No matter who listens to the song "The Wind Rises," the lyrics will remind everyone of the bits and pieces of their youth.

Zhou Ziyang never existed in Ke Wan's youth.

But as the lyrics played, memories of my time with Zhou Ziyang during junior high school came naturally to mind.

Even the scattered fragments seemed to piece together her youth. At this moment, Ke Wan even thought of a time during an exam when Zhou Ziyang sat behind her and borrowed an eraser from her.

"exist?"

At 9:05, Zhou Ziyang led Wang Rouxin and Lin Siyao to the entrance of the karaoke bar.

Zhou Ziyang opened WeChat and saw the message from Ke Wan.

However, Zhou Ziyang ignored him.

Wang Rouxin saw the message Li Chumei sent on her phone and said, "They're already in the room, let's go in too."

"Mm." Zhou Ziyang nodded.

This time, Li Chumei paid for the party, so the situation was much better than the last time. Not only was there a luxurious private suite, but cake and champagne were also prepared.

When Zhou Ziyang entered, he vaguely heard the student council members praising Li Chumei.

Wow, this is so grand! It must have cost a fortune!

Li Chumei simply stated that she didn't have much money.

"The important thing is that everyone is happy."

"The success of this gala is inseparable from everyone's support. I would like to raise a glass to everyone."

The freshman welcome party was the responsibility of the Organization Department, and it was also Li Chumei's first task as the head of the Organization Department. Obviously, the party was more successful than expected, which was inseparable from Zhou Ziyang's perfect ending.

Li Chumei first raised her glass and clinked it with everyone.

Champagne has a low alcohol content, is sweet, and tastes very good.

Although the cost price isn't high, it's definitely not cheap to be able to drink it at a karaoke bar.

But Li Chumei didn't care at all, and kept saying that as long as everyone is happy.

She first had a drink with everyone, and then toasted with several capable members of the organization department, expressing that this success was also inseparable from everyone's help.

The third toast was raised to Lin Siyao and Zhou Ziyang.

"Ziyang, Siyao, thank you both so much for your hard work. Without you, this gala wouldn't have been so popular. On behalf of the organization department, I would like to express my gratitude to you."

(End of this chapter)