Chapter 40: Chapter 40: Already a Peerless Beauty
It has been several days since the start of the school year.
Gu Bai’s life has become routine again.
Not much different from the last life, attending classes and playing games with Deng Bo and the others.
Actually, Gu Bai had already learned those courses, and he didn’t think that he would need that knowledge in the future. Although his dream in the previous life was to be a director, his ultimate dream was to make a lot of money after becoming a director.
Now, he had skipped the process of struggling for his dream and directly achieved it, making Gu Bai feel a bit less real.
This is also why Gu Bai faithfully attends classes every day. It is the only way that makes him feel a bit more real. As students, what else are we supposed to do if not study? Our goal is to serve our country!
The only difference is that in his previous life, he was troubled by love at this time, but in this life, there are endless romantic interests around him.
After the last incident with Zhang Yumeng, Gu Bai found some time to meet her, and they had a warm moment together. Apparently, Zhang Yumeng has a masochistic tendency in her, as after being treated coldly by Gu Bai, she became even more affectionate and they unlocked several new positions.
As for at school, because of Zhang Yumeng, Yi Yiyi seemed to deliberately avoid Gu Bai. Not only did she not actively reach out to him, she didn’t even send a single message on WeChat. However, Gu Bai couldn’t be bothered to explain to her. In his eyes, any relationship that hasn’t been confirmed isn’t worth his effort to maintain.
On the contrary, Qi Man, without fail, would look for him to chat every day after military training, which was a pleasant surprise for Gu Bai.
If this already famous campus beauty at the Shanghai Theatre Academy intends to develop something with him, he certainly wouldn’t refuse.
Actually, Gu Bai is just too lazy. He’s clearly an old player but is unwilling to take initiative.
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7:10 PM.
At the front desk, the teacher who had just announced the end of class left with her teacup, and the 10 million Joy Beans Gu Bai recharged in the afternoon were also just lost.
Stretching and yawning, Gu Bai tidied up his desk, planning to leave, when Deng Bo’s voice came from beside him.
"White Pieces, let’s go find something fun to do."
"What fun?"
Gu Bai asked as he headed toward the classroom door.
"Freshman military training. They’re not at the camp today but on our school field, and quite a few people have already gone to watch the commotion. If we don’t hurry, we won’t get a good spot."
"What’s so interesting about freshman military training? Haven’t you had enough of it last year? Want to experience it again this year?"
Deng Bo glanced at Gu Bai with disdain.
"Do you think they all go there to watch military training? Which guy isn’t there for the sweet, young juniors? Which girl isn’t there for the handsome juniors?
Come on, stop dawdling, let’s hurry up."
Gu Bai shook his head helplessly and followed along. After all, he had nothing better to do, so going for some fun wasn’t a bad idea.
When Gu Bai and Deng Bo arrived at the Shanghai Theatre Academy’s field, it was exactly as Deng Bo said. Quite a few Shanghai Theatre Academy seniors were already there, having finished classes.
Quite a few people saw Gu Bai and, whether familiar or not, greeted him with smiles.
In the past few days, Gu Bai’s name had spread throughout the whole Shanghai Theatre Academy. Who hasn’t heard of the super rich second generation in the second year?
Those who want to enter the entertainment industry value personal connections greatly, and even these newbies, who haven’t set foot in the industry yet, are deeply familiar with this principle.
In their minds, if they could build a good relationship with someone like Gu Bai, maybe one day they could cling to his leg!
Gu Bai understood what these people were thinking and responded with a lukewarm smile.
He wasn’t one to put on airs. After all, they were classmates, and it wouldn’t hurt to be perfunctory.
Following everyone’s gaze toward the center of the field, what met his eyes was a sea of camouflage green. Although the weather was hot, with strict rules in place, no one dared to take off their camouflage uniforms, and everyone, male and female, was drenched in sweat with hair sticking together.
In the crowd, Gu Bai spotted Yi Yiyi at a glance.
Although she had dyed her white hair back to black according to military training requirements, the twin ponytails were still too eye-catching.
It was past seven in the evening now, but it wasn’t completely dark yet. The serious part of military training was probably about to end, and what came next was the real reason Deng Bo had asked Gu Bai to come.
The military training performance.
This is probably the only event during any school’s military training period that students don’t feel tedious.
Sure enough.
As Gu Bai expected, the chief instructor with a megaphone stood in front of the freshmen.
The instructors hired by Shanghai Theatre Academy were legitimate active military personnel, unlike those hired by some fly-by-night colleges. Even their speech sounded more powerful.
"Dear students, I believe after a few days of training, you’ve gotten familiar with each other. Also, since we’re not at the camp today, I plan to loosen up a bit. Tonight’s military training performance won’t be held per separate teams. Instead, everyone will participate, and each team will nominate those who want to perform to show their talents!"
As soon as the chief instructor finished speaking, the freshmen in military training hadn’t reacted yet, but the seniors on the side were all excited.
This instructor is great!
If the freshmen were to perform per their teams, those watching would hardly see anything and would have to move from one team to another to watch.
But now the chief instructor was having students nominated from different teams perform, clearly considering those who were watching the commotion.
The chief instructor ignored the surrounding jeering and continued, "Now I’m giving each of your teams five minutes. Each team nominates two people to perform."
The 2017 freshmen of Shanghai Theatre Academy, over 500 of them, were divided into eight teams. This meant that 16 people would be selected to perform.
Five minutes passed quickly. Gu Bai and Deng Bo found a place to sit down, intending to watch how the freshmen would perform. To be honest, Gu Bai felt a bit regretful; after all, those sack-like camouflage uniforms covered up the younger students’ beautiful figures completely, so there was no way to catch a glimpse of their true appearances.
The show hadn’t started yet when a female classmate, looking a bit shy, approached Gu Bai and handed him a bottle of water.
He was a bit thirsty anyway, so he didn’t refuse.
He also agreed to her request for his contact information. Gu Bai used the system to scan her looks—85 points, not exceptionally high, but definitely a beauty.
After all, in the entire Shanghai Theatre Academy, unless a girl was particularly confident in her looks, there wouldn’t be many bold enough to ask Gu Bai for his contact details.
Deng Bo looked at Gu Bai guzzling water beside him, and was envious from the bottom of his heart, but couldn’t help but sarcastically say, "The military training isn’t for you, but you still accept the water. When it comes to shamelessness, I crown you the strongest."
Gu Bai glanced at him.
"Stop being sour, it’s starting."
As soon as the nominated female student stepped on stage, there was a wave of gulping sounds all around.
At the sight of her, Gu Bai took back his words about camouflage affecting appearances. It wasn’t the camouflage that hid her figure; it was just that the figure wasn’t quite towering enough...
Gu Bai quietly said to Deng Bo, "I think one sentence perfectly describes her."
"What sentence?"
"There aren’t many beautiful things in this world; when a woman lowers her head and can’t see her toes, she is truly a beauty of this world..."
"Are you a contemporary poet or something?"
On the other side, the head instructor took on the role of the host.
"Please introduce yourself first."
"I’m Jiang Lan, from the acting department. I’m going to perform a dance for everyone."
Students at the Shanghai Theatre Academy have had some stage experience, so stage fright isn’t an issue. Jiang Lan appeared calm and poised, showing no signs of nervousness.
"What accompaniment would you like?"
A large Bluetooth speaker had already been brought over by an "enthusiastic student."
"Let’s do ’Change’."
Jiang Lan said with a smile.
As soon as it was this song, the crowd once again cheered boisterously.
Not many people might know this song, but when it comes to the top Goryeo idol Jin Hyuna, most young people have at least some understanding.
This is one of her signature dance tracks.
As for the dance moves...
Jiang Lan’s figure could be fully showcased.
You should know that this twerking dance was once banned.
As the music started, Jiang Lan began to sway to the beat, and the bulky camouflage uniform was thrown aside. Only a tightly fitting white T-shirt remained on her upper body, making Gu Bai fear that she might fall due to an unstable center of gravity.
Until the dance reached its climax, whether freshmen or seniors, everyone let out ghostly screams. Gu Bai wanted to join in too, but he restrained himself. He just wanted to be a quiet heartthrob and then pretentiously sat still, maintaining a look of appreciation.
In the midst of the old lewd crowd masquerading as students, Jiang Lan thanked them, and put her camouflage back on.
The second performer was a guy named Ding Quan.
He was quite handsome too, although compared to Gu Bai, there was still a noticeable gap. But his sunny short-haired look attracted a large number of female students’ attention. Don’t think only guys can be lustful; when girls get flirty, there’s no room for guys.
Seriously, right?
Is there still anyone curious about this question?
If you’re handsome, you wouldn’t ask this kind of question—because being handsome, although it doesn’t have magical powers, means you’ll never understand how unlike guys, girls can be...
Although it’s a bit shrimp-and-pig-hearted, it happens to be true.
But honestly, Ding Quan, while mildly handsome, didn’t perform as well as Jiang Lan in terms of show quality. His singing, although not a shriek, was pretty close.
"What was that singing? Even the bone I toss to my dog sounds better than his singing."
Gu Bai heard an older student complaining nearby.
It was loud enough for everyone around to hear.
This older student likely wasn’t from the acting department, because in terms of looks within Shanghai Theatre Academy, he’d rank quite low—maybe around 60 points. Seeing his appearance, a nearby girl was displeased.
"If you think you can do better, go up there; even with a bone thrown at you, you might not sing as well as he does."
"Exactly!"
"What class is he in? How disrespectful!"
Even though what the guy said was true, unfortunately, this is a world that judges by appearances. Keyboard warriors might do fine online, but daring to spray hate in real life, he quickly angered everyone.
Noticing things were going south, the guy quickly slunk off into the distance.