Because too much time had been wasted, the makeup artist had already left by the time they arrived at the dressing room.
Xie Jinyi instinctively looked at Mi Shuier, who also frowned.
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She was a teacher; even if she wanted to get close to the Xie family, she wouldn't stoop to this.
"I'll go find someone."
Mi Shuier took her phone and went out.
Xie Liangzhe then noticed the red stain on Xie Jinyi's waist and frowned slightly.
"What's wrong with your clothes?"
Xie Jinyi, not in the mood to deal with him, casually brushed it off, "I accidentally got paint on them."
Xie Liangzhe actually believed such a ridiculous excuse.
"After this is over, I'll buy you a new set."
As his words fell, Xie Jinyi's phone pinged with a transfer notification: eighty thousand yuan.
Wen Tingxue was momentarily stunned, then relieved.
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No wonder Madam Xie and Jinyi were reluctant to leave the Xie family; the money was indeed substantial.
Just a set of clothes.
Eighty thousand yuan, they were truly rich.
Mi Shuier pushed the door open. "She had an emergency and left early. Hurry and change your clothes; I'll do your makeup."
When she became serious, one couldn't tell she had been gloating just moments ago.
She seemed like a genuinely good teacher.
Xie Jinyi nodded, not harboring any doubts.
Wen Tingxue understood. This teacher was probably quite skilled, but her character...
In the fitting room.
Her fair and soft waist was covered with many band-aids, crisscrossing it, making the owner of the waist appear particularly frail.
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Wen Tingxue frowned with concern. "Are you sure about this? It will hurt a lot."
"It's fine."
Xie Jinyi, her face slightly pale, glanced at the gauze in Wen Tingxue's hand and gritted her teeth, "Wrap it up."
No matter what, she had to win first place in this competition!
Otherwise, her mother would be unhappy, and her father would show his displeasure.
Even if her waist broke, she would still dance. This was just a minor injury.
Wen Tingxue had no choice but to wrap it as tightly as possible to prevent blood from seeping onto the ballet dress.
Xie Jinyi leaned against the wall, her lower lip almost bitten through.
...
The door opened, and Xie Jinyi, dressed in a white dance costume, stepped out.
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Her straight shoulders, slender waist, and long legs made her as elegant as a swan, even without makeup.
She was so noble that one dared not look directly at her.
Wen Tingxue's eyes sparkled. "Jinyi! You look so beautiful! Like an angel!"
"Really?"
Xie Jinyi smiled dismissively, a clear hint of disgust surfacing in her eyes.
"But ballet is the dance I hate the most."
"Ah?" Wen Tingxue was stunned.
Xie Jinyi looked at herself in the mirror, her expression blank. "He likes it, so I have to dance it, and I have to dance it well enough.
"Well enough for him to brag about to his friends, well enough for him to show off at banquets."
Wen Tingxue looked up in disbelief.
She had always thought that parents enrolled their children in extracurricular classes because the child liked them.
Or perhaps they wanted their child to develop a talent or cultivate artistic sensibilities.
Like her cousin; even though her aunt was stingy, she spent a lot of money for him to learn the drums.
Although her cousin often skipped classes and her aunt was furious, she never cut his tuition fees.
In the end, he learned a little and could show off to girls he liked.
But Xie Liangzhe... he did it all for his own face. Truly... unheard of.
When Wen Tingxue first met Xie Jinyi, she envied her.
She was beautiful, with outstanding temperament, clearly a pampered young lady from a wealthy family.
And importantly, she had a great personality.
She had been helping Wen Tingxue since she entered the school.
It wasn't until they got to know each other better that Wen Tingxue learned about the hardships she faced.
All her optimism and resilience were a shell she used to protect herself from mockery.
So, it wasn't just her who had a difficult life.
Everyone in the world carried their own unspoken pain.
The young girl took a step forward, hugged her from behind, and said softly,
"It will pass, everything will pass, and things will get better. I'll be with you until dawn."
Xie Jinyi's eyes flickered, then she held Wen Tingxue's hands and said gently, "Okay."
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The audience stands.
Wen Tingxue sat next to Xie Liangzhe, her eyes filled with annoyance as she watched his overly explicit chat with Mi Shuier.
It wasn't until Xie Jinyi took the stage, with her makeup done and hair styled, that she became even more beautiful than before.
She was like a princess wearing a crown, noble and elegant.
The judges also seemed to appreciate her temperament, offering words of praise.
Wen Tingxue's eyes shone with joy.
Xie Jinyi smiled at her, completely ignoring Xie Liangzhe and Madam Xie beside her.
Xie Liangzhe wasn't looking at the stage either; he was engrossed in chatting with Mi Shuier about prenatal care.
Madam Xie sat to his left. She couldn't see his phone screen but could guess what he was doing.
Her expression was as if she had eaten a fly; she had no time to watch her daughter's performance.
The music for Swan Lake slowly began, and Xie Jinyi started to dance, each movement light and powerful.
Grand jeté.
Arabesque.
En pointe.
Chassé.
Whip turn.
Every move was executed with extreme elegance, her limbs steady and astonishing.
When the music stopped, everyone was still immersed in the performance, and then they remembered to applaud.
Fierce applause surged onto the stage like a tide. Xie Jinyi, who had been depressed for days, finally showed a smile.
Wen Tingxue's hands were red from clapping, as if she had won first place herself.
When the results were announced, Xie Liangzhe and Madam Xie finally deigned to turn their heads towards the stage.
It seemed they hadn't come for their daughter, but for that cold trophy.
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...
When she changed her clothes, Xie Jinyi's waist was already bleeding.
Worse still, Xie Liangzhe and Madam Xie had already left by car, taking the trophy with them.
Wen Tingxue's face was crumpled with anger. "I'll call a car right now. You need to go to the hospital to get this bandaged, or it will scar."
Shang Ziqian's knife had shown no mercy, and with the addition of the impact from the wrapping, she had two wounds on her waist.
And she had danced such a difficult routine through the pain; the wounds were beyond looking at.
"Let's call the police," Wen Tingxue said, her eyes red. "The knife should still be there."
Xie Jinyi shook her head. "Forget it. Even if they send him to jail, he'll be out in a few days, and we..." Kuai Shu Ge
"Might not be able to withstand his revenge." She sneered.
Wen Tingxue felt distressed but knew she was speaking the truth.
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The last time they fought, he was in for five days, and when he came out, he did this...
Who knew what he would do next?
"Then... shall we go to the hospital?" Wen Tingxue insisted.
Xie Jinyi could tolerate it. "Let's go buy some clothes first. This one... is too dirty."
Wen Tingxue couldn't dissuade her and accompanied her to a mall to pick out an outfit costing fifty to sixty thousand yuan before heading to the hospital.
While getting her wounds treated, Xie Jinyi remained indifferent, as if she felt no pain.
Wen Tingxue went to get medicine and, on the way, thought she saw the young man in black again.
Unfortunately, by the time she went to look for him, he was nowhere to be seen.
On the way out of the hospital, they happened to encounter Mi Shuier, who was there for a prenatal check-up, accompanied by Xie Liangzhe.
However, because their directions were different, Xie Liangzhe did not see Xie Jinyi.
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Only after the two disappeared around the corner did Xie Jinyi take a deep breath and turn to leave.
While hailing a taxi by the roadside, she ran into a student's parent from Mi Shuier's class, who recognized Xie Jinyi and praised her for a long time.
Xie Jinyi's smile was almost frozen. As soon as the taxi arrived, she quickly got in and left.
Only when the hospital disappeared from view did Xie Jinyi relax her body and say with a face full of annoyance:
"Ballet is the thing I hate most in my life! What's there to praise!"
Wen Tingxue paused for a moment, then said softly, "Perhaps, you don't hate ballet, but rather the person who made you learn ballet?"
Xie Jinyi looked up, her emotions complex, but mostly dissatisfaction.
Dissatisfied that Wen Tingxue wasn't on her side.
Wen Tingxue pursed her lips. "Jinyi, I'm not negating you. I truly think that when you dance, you are beautiful and very relaxed.
"If you truly hated ballet, you wouldn't have been able to capture the judges' hearts and stand out from so many outstanding performers to win first place.
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"And even the student's parent felt you were better than her daughter. That's genuine recognition."
Xie Jinyi's gaze gradually softened.
After a long while, she looked at the clouds gradually turning pink outside the car window and said, "Perhaps."
Seeing her mood improve, Wen Tingxue couldn't contain her curiosity and asked, "Do you know who saved us today?"