The party was generally quite exciting, and it didn't feel like a waste of two and a half hours for everyone.
Around 9:30 PM, after the two hosts finished their closing remarks, the audience members present, under the direction of a leader in the courtyard, began to orderly rise and leave.
Just then, a male student suddenly rushed onto the stage, grabbed a microphone he had found from somewhere, and loudly confessed his feelings to a female student.
"Hey, what are you doing? Get down from there!"
The angry roar of a courtyard leader came from the auditorium's loudspeakers.
The students who hadn't left yet, never ones to shy away from a spectacle, started cheering loudly, egging the male student on.
The male student on stage seemed prepared for any punishment, and disregarding everything, continued his confession to the female student.
"Mu Xue, I really like you. I've liked you since the first day of school. Be my girlfriend!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the auditorium erupted with the excited cheers of the onlookers.
"Wow, how brave!"
Xia Nuannuan exclaimed with a smile.
"Where's the girl? Where is she?"
Shen Siqi next to her excitedly looked around, searching for the girl being confessed to.
Cheng Meng and a group of girls were no different, all searching for their target, their eyes burning with gossip.
"Over there!"
Lu Lei raised her right index finger and pointed with a smile in a certain direction.
Everyone followed her gaze and indeed saw the protagonist.
The crowd that had just stood up and prepared to leave had parted, making a girl in the middle conspicuously visible.
The girl had very long hair, reaching almost to her waist.
From Qin Tian's perspective, her face couldn't be seen, and they could only judge from her graceful back that she might be beautiful.
After all, for a boy to pursue her so openly in public, her looks were unlikely to be lacking.
"Isn't that from our major?"
"Yeah, Mu Xue from Class Three. We even had classes together before."
Behind them, two girls from accounting suddenly spoke up.
Hearing this, Xia Nuannuan and the others turned to the two girls in surprise.
"From your major? Is that girl pretty?"
Shen Siqi asked like a curious child.
"She's quite pretty."
"The boys in her class even voted her the class beauty!"
The two girls responded one after another.
"What about the boy, do you know him?"
Xia Nuannuan quickly followed up.
The two girls shook their heads. One of them then said, "But he looks familiar. He seems to be from their class too. We're Class Four, and we share a few classes with them."
At the same time, someone in the auditorium started the chant, and many joined in as wingmen.
"Say yes, say yes..."
The wingmen shouted in unison.
However, in such a noisy atmosphere, and without a microphone, their response couldn't be heard by anyone.
"Everyone, quiet down. Hurry up and leave to rest in your dorms. You on stage, get down immediately."
The school leader's loud shout echoed through the auditorium again, as he strode towards the stage.
On stage, the boy was getting anxious. He shouted into the microphone.
"Everyone, please be quiet. I can't hear her speak."
With that, everyone in the auditorium cooperated and fell silent.
Even the exit music was turned off by someone.
The vast auditorium was eerily quiet, with all eyes focused on the long-haired girl.
"Pan Jie, I've already said it, you're not my type."
The girl's rejection, tinged with annoyance, was clearly audible to everyone eavesdropping.
After a brief silence, a wave of regretful sighs rippled through the crowd. Many felt sorry for the boy.
Putting aside other things, many students admired his courage to confess on stage in such a setting.
On stage, the boy's face was pale and dejected.
That's right, he had been rejected once before, but he was unwilling to accept it, believing the atmosphere hadn't been right.
Thus, he made this decision, asking his dorm mates for help to create the right ambiance.
He hadn't expected it to fail again.
Moreover, being rejected under these circumstances dealt him a heavier blow.
"Why? Then what type do you like? Can't I try to become the type you like?"
The boy asked loudly, full of unwillingness.
The girl named Mu Xue frowned, growing more impatient.
Girls did like romantic confessions, but it also depended on who was confessing.
When a boy they didn't like did such a thing, it only made them more annoyed.
"Then I like someone like Qin Tian. Can you be like him? Pan Jie, we're adults. Don't be so childish. If there's no feeling, there's no feeling. Can you stop making a scene?"
Mu Xue said with displeasure.
Qin Tian, who was unexpectedly used as a shield, was stunned. He looked at Xia Nuannuan beside him, who was also staring at him blankly.
Shen Siqi and the group of girls also turned their astonished gazes towards Qin Tian.
More and more eyes from the surroundings began to fall on Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan.
"Nuannuan, this has nothing to do with me. I don't know her!"
Qin Tian immediately declared his innocence.
"I know!"
Xia Nuannuan nodded, torn between amusement and exasperation.
As they were already close to the stage, and with many people watching them, the boy on stage quickly locked his complicated gaze onto Qin Tian.
The focus of the entire venue shifted to Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan.
Not far away, when the girl named Mu Xue saw Qin Tian, a hint of embarrassment flickered across her face.
She had entered the venue after the party started and didn't know Qin Tian and Xia Nuannuan were present, let alone so close to her.
What she had said earlier was to make Pan Jie give up completely and stop bothering her.
But it wasn't a lie either. Like countless girls in the school, she envied Xia Nuannuan and thought boys like Qin Tian were ideal boyfriends.
Of course, it wasn't that she wanted to poach him, but rather she simply envied and yearned for their kind of relationship.
Besides, facing a girl like Xia Nuannuan, she lacked the confidence in any aspect.
The single males around looked at Qin Tian with resentment and jealousy.
Why him again?
This was the same thought that crossed their minds.
In their eyes, what was happening now completely confirmed the rumors circulating among the single male population in recent days.
Qin Tian's actions had indeed raised the standards for girls when choosing a boyfriend, making it harder for them to find a partner.
Just then, a clear voice rang out.
"This has nothing to do with my boyfriend."
Upon hearing this, everyone's surprised gazes focused on Xia Nuannuan.
Qin Tian also looked at her in astonishment.
Xia Nuannuan's face turned slightly red. She looked at the girl named Mu Xue and said loudly, "You can like him if you want, but please don't use him as an excuse to reject others. And don't have any improper thoughts. He is mine, and he will only ever be mine."
With that, Xia Nuannuan reached out and hugged Qin Tian's arm, her expression and gaze filled with confidence and possessiveness.
The vast auditorium fell silent. Everyone was stunned by Xia Nuannuan's strong and assertive words.