“Nuan Nuan, come on!”
On stage, Old Xia waved to his daughter with a smile.
Around Qin Tian and the others, guests started to jeer and encourage Xia Nuan Nuan to speak.
“Old Xia!”
Xia Nuan Nuan’s face flushed with annoyance, and she instinctively looked to Qin Tian beside her for help.
During this time, she had become completely accustomed to relying on Qin Tian.
“Go ahead, just say a few words!”
Qin Tian said with a gentle smile.
“I can’t, I… I’m nervous!”
Xia Nuan Nuan put on a weak, pitiful, and helpless expression, her speech even stuttering.
Compared to the chubby girl she was a few months ago, although she was much more confident and poised now, she hadn’t been on stage to speak under so much attention in a long time.
She vaguely remembered the last time was when she was in junior high, and the teacher had asked them to introduce themselves one by one.
“Nuan Nuan, don’t be nervous, you can do it!”
Class monitor Mu Nan said with a smile.
The other girls also spoke up, encouraging her.
Xia Nuan Nuan’s nervous expression eased considerably, but she still lacked the courage to get up.
Qin Tian reached out his hands, cupped her delicate, boneless little hand, and gently patted her hand, comforting her, “Go, there’s nothing to be afraid of, I’m here!”
Amidst the surprised gazes from the surroundings, Xia Nuan Nuan nodded with a flushed face and stood up, walking towards the stage.
“Who is that guy?”
“I don’t know, could he be Xiao Xia’s boyfriend?”
“Really? Would Old Xia, that doting father, not object?”
“They’re holding hands, what do you think?”
“Nuan Nuan just graduated from high school, and she already has a boyfriend?”
“Don’t say that, this young man is quite handsome. He must be a classmate of hers, right?”
“……”
The surrounding guests chattered, their curious eyes sizing up Qin Tian.
“Brother Tian, you dare to do this in this place? You’re really bold!”
Zhang Peng said with admiration.
Qin Tian glanced at him sideways, his expression calm, “I haven’t done anything, why are you making a fuss?”
“Exactly, do you think everyone is like you!”
Tian Jiajia chimed in with a taunt.
“You…”
Zhang Peng instinctively wanted to retort, but he remembered Tian Jiajia’s past kindness to him and chose to let it go this time.
Su Yan glanced at her best friend beside her, then at Zhang Peng, a playful smile appearing on her face.
Li Xueping looked at the students with satisfaction, picked up his cup, and took a sip of his wine.
After Xia Nuan Nuan reached the stage, she glared at Old Xia, who had caused her trouble.
“Nuan Nuan, here, here’s the microphone for you!”
Xia Zhengping happily handed the topic to his daughter.
Xia Nuan Nuan rolled her eyes, took the microphone, held it with both hands, and nervously scanned the familiar and unfamiliar faces below.
“Haha… Nuan Nuan, just say a few words!”
From the main seat of a dining table below, Old Master Xia said with a hearty laugh.
Xia Nuan Nuan looked at her grandfather, nodded with a smile, and then began her speech.
“Um… thank you everyone for coming to my graduation banquet. I… I’m very happy today. My dad has already said what needs to be said, so I won’t say more. Also, I want to thank my teachers and my classmates!”
As she said this, Xia Nuan Nuan’s grateful gaze fell in the direction of Qin Tian and the others.
In the banquet hall, many guests also turned their attention to them.
“Teacher Li is the most responsible homeroom teacher I’ve ever met. Although he’s very strict, he truly cares about every one of us students. He is the teacher I respect the most.”
Xia Nuan Nuan said slowly.
Li Xueping quickly put down his chopsticks, a rare smile appearing on his face, and nodded to the guests looking at him.
As Xia Nuan Nuan spoke, her nervousness had subsided significantly, and she began to name them one by one with genuine sincerity.
“Class monitor Mu Nan is our class monitor. She is the most popular in our class, and both boys and girls listen to her. She has always been someone I admire and envy.”
Hearing Xia Nuan Nuan’s words from the stage, Mu Nan smiled a little shyly.
“Liao Juan is our English class representative, and besides the class monitor, she is my second best friend in the class.”
“And Cui Ying and Qiu Man. Although we had some misunderstandings and conflicts at first, it didn’t prevent us from becoming good friends.”
“Su Yan and Tian Jiajia are not in our class, but they later joined our small group. Su Yan is the campus belle of our school, always so beautiful and elegant. Jiajia’s lively and generous personality is also something I envy.”
“Zhang Peng is the mood setter of our small group. With him around, there’s never a shortage of laughter. I actually wish I had that ability too!”
“Hahaha…”
The girls couldn’t help but laugh at this.
“Um…”
Zhang Peng awkwardly touched his nose.
“I am truly grateful to all of you. A few months ago, I thought my high school life would just be like that, and I had given up struggling. It was you who gave me friends worth cherishing and made up for the regrets of my high school life. Thank you all so much!”
As Xia Nuan Nuan spoke, her voice clearly carried a hint of tears.
At the dining table, a few of the more emotional girls also couldn’t help but get teary-eyed.
At a dining table in the front, Su Xia’s smile was brilliant, but her eyes were also a little moist.
Xia Nuan Nuan raised her hand to wipe her eyes, her gaze fixed on that tall figure, a sweet smile blooming on her pretty face.
This figure was the first ray of light that illuminated her dim high school life!
Zhang Peng and the others, as well as many guests around, turned their eyes to Qin Tian.
Even guests who didn’t know Qin Tian guessed that this handsome young man, who hadn’t been mentioned yet, was clearly the final highlight.
After taking a deep breath to calm her emotions, Xia Nuan Nuan slowly spoke again.
“Finally, the person I want to thank the most is my boyfriend, Qin Tian!”
As the words fell, the large banquet hall fell into an eerie silence.
The guests present stared with disbelief, their eyes wide.
Even though many had already guessed the boy’s identity, hearing Xia Nuan Nuan directly call him her “boyfriend” on stage was still quite shocking.
After all, almost all of Xia’s relatives and friends were present.
Under such circumstances, publicly announcing this relationship required immense courage and trust, trust that the relationship wouldn’t easily break.
Su Xia, and Xia Nuan Nuan’s grandparents, all had brilliant smiles on their faces.
Xia Zhengping, who had already stepped down from the stage and sat beside his wife, was stunned for a moment before a helpless bitter smile appeared on his face.
He seemed to have shot himself in the foot again.
Now, he had no choice but to acknowledge this future son-in-law.
However, strangely, he no longer had any reservations. All he felt was blessings and a touch of melancholy.
In the future, his beloved daughter’s life would have a new most important man.