Chapter 185: Start fencing?
Of course Lu Mingfei was not jealous, not to mention that his paralyzed senior brother was a difficult womanizer. Of course he knew exactly how Liu Miaomiao treated him.

He reached out and gently pinched Liu Miaomiao's soft little face.

"Of course I won't be jealous." Lu Mingfei said lovingly, "So don't worry anymore. Perform well when you get on stage!"

Liu Miaomiao nodded heavily: "Yes!"

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In the auditorium, the final check-out before the party was taking place.

The staff were busy around the stage. The props team was inspecting the stage facilities, the lighting team was adjusting the position of the lights, and Chu Zihang was standing right below the stage, dispatching people to ensure that the entire process was carried out in an orderly manner.

As soon as Liu Miaomiao appeared, she attracted everyone's attention. When they saw Lu Mingfei standing next to her, the boys' eyes became more weary, while the girls' eyes became more delighted.

Every year, Liu Miaomiao is the last to perform on stage. She is not only the piano princess of the boys, but also the little princess of the entire Shilan Middle School. And the popular documentary novel in the forum packaged Lu Mingfei into a handsome prince.

The love story between a good girl and a little rascal is very popular these days, and the princess and the prince are a classic match. Therefore, the audience of that novel is basically the CP fans of Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao, of course, there are also a few 2D otaku girls who like Su Xiaoqiang.

Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao walked through the crowd's gaze and headed straight towards Chu Zihang in front of the stage. Seeing Lu Mingfei and the others coming, Chu Zihang simply greeted them both, then looked at Lu Mingfei and said, "Are you all ready?"

Lu Mingfei turned his head to look at Liu Miaomiao. Liu Miaomiao pursed her lips, nodded, and said with a firm look: "I'm ready."

This was the first time Liu Miaomiao had done something so rebellious since she was a child. If I had told her last year that she would one day change the repertoire she was performing on stage without telling her school or her parents, she would definitely not have believed it.

Liu Miaomiao secretly glanced at Lu Mingfei who was talking to Chu Zihang beside her, and thought that this boy she liked was so magical. He always changed himself inadvertently.

Although Liu Miaomiao felt that doing so was a little bit wrong, she also felt a little bit excited and stimulated at the same time.

But after growing up, it shouldn’t be a big deal if I just act willful this once, right?
Finding a reason for yourself means that you want to do it in your heart.

"Then let's go and perform on stage again?" Chu Zihang said, "Although it doesn't mean much."

“Just feel it for a while.” Lu Mingfei nodded.

The afternoon rehearsal really didn't mean much, as they wouldn't be performing anything on the program at the evening party.

More often than not, they were just familiarizing themselves with the structure of the stage, and then quietly discussing how to enter when it was Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei's turn to go on stage for fencing.

The fencing performance of the two people was learned by copying the video of the domestic two-handed sword master Mr. Yu. In Lu Mingfei's impression, Chu Zihang was a good sword player. His sword "The Divine Sword Murasame" and Caesar's famous sword "Dick Tudo" were both legends in Kassel Academy.

The blood-free blade accompanied him through hundreds of battles, and even Deadpool was cut in pieces by him countless times.

What he didn't expect was that his senior brother with facial paralysis actually learned sword in the beginning, and he didn't learn it from any famous master, but learned it in the Children's Palace in this city.

Lu Mingfei still remembered that Chu Zihang asked him if he knew how to dance with a sword. If not, he could recommend his teacher at the Children's Palace to him. With his aptitude, he should be able to learn the moves after three to five days of study.

Lu Mingfei waved his hands and said that he knew a little about sword dancing. Chu Zihang asked if he also learned it at the Children's Palace. Lu Mingfei said no, he learned it from his father in Hawaii. Chu Zihang nodded, probably because he didn't know much about the world and didn't understand what Lu Mingfei said.

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Later in the evening, it started to rain.

The party officially started at 7:30, but because of the rain, people started to enter the venue around 6:30.

The entrance was wet, and colorful umbrellas were piled in the aisles on both sides of the entrance.

After dinner at five o'clock, several people immediately returned to the backstage. Liu Miaomiao was immediately taken to the lounge to change clothes and put on makeup.

Lu Mingfei was not a performer on the program, nor was he a logistics staff member, so he was originally prohibited from entering. However, almost everyone in Shilan Middle School had heard the rumors about Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao, so they acquiesced to Lu Mingfei's entry.

This year is the 44th anniversary of Shilan Middle School. According to the time on the program, Chu Zihang's program was scheduled at around 9:10 pm, the 21st program, and Liu Miaomiao's piano program was scheduled for the 43rd. The 44th program was a chorus, implying that this year is the 44th anniversary of Shilan Middle School.

The chorus must end on time at 10:30, and then the whole venue will be filled with fireworks.

Lu Mingfei secretly complained in his heart, if there is one more show for each additional year, then the first two years of the school celebration will only have one or two shows? When Shilan Middle School becomes a century-old school, won't there be hundreds of shows?

Because it was still early for them to go on stage, Lu Mingfei and Liu Miaomiao, who was wearing a dress, were led by Chu Zihang to the director's room located directly above the stage, where they could see the entire stage and the audience seats.

"I seemed to see my parents." Liu Miaomiao whispered in Lu Mingfei's ear.

Lu Mingfei actually saw that Liu Miaomiao's parents were sitting not far from their class's seats, behind the city leaders and the principal. Their class was placed in the southeast of the auditorium, a few rows away from Liu Miaomiao's parents.

Because Liu Miaomiao was a performer, she was not assigned a seat. But even so, two seats were left vacant in their class.

One is naturally Lu Mingfei’s, because Lu Mingfei is now in the backstage.

The other one is from Su Xiaoqiang, but she didn’t seem to come tonight either.

Liu Miaomiao looked at Lu Mingfei's profile, as if she understood what he was thinking, then walked over and gently held his hand.

Lu Mingfei was stunned when his hand was suddenly held, and then he saw Liu Miaomiao beside him tilting her head and smiling slightly.

"Let's find a time to talk to her together, shall we?" Liu Miaomiao said, as if she had made up her mind. "I thought about it and it seems that friends shouldn't hide anything from each other."

Lu Mingfei looked at Liu Miaomiao's face and nodded gently: "Yeah."

As the music in the venue ended, the originally noisy auditorium immediately quieted down. The host sister surnamed Wu came on stage and announced the official start of the evening party.

In fact, most of the evening party programs were quite routine and no different from the art performances of other public schools.

However, perhaps because Shilan Middle School is an aristocratic school and students have the money to learn a variety of talents since childhood, the professionalism and completeness of the performances are remarkable.

As each program ended, the host's announcement was getting closer and closer to Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei's program time. It was obvious that the host's voice was getting more and more nervous. After all, although this matter was organized by Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang sold her beauty to seduce her, she was also an accomplice in the end. When things went wrong and they were severely punished, none of them could escape.

"We should go now." Chu Zihang said to Lu Mingfei, "It's almost our turn."

Lu Mingfei nodded.

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As the twentieth guzheng performance ended, the red curtain closed behind them.

Swallowing nervously, the female host took a deep breath to make her voice sound less nervous, then switched to the host card and said to the audience:

"Dear audience friends, just now, we were immersed in the melodious melody of the guzheng, as if we were brought into a peaceful and profound ancient world by the antique notes. The timbre of the guzheng is like the flowing of a clear spring and the wind blowing through a bamboo forest, which left a deep impression on people."

"Now, let's take a short break and catch our breath, because next, we will usher in a completely different visual feast! Please focus your eyes on the center of the stage. We are about to enjoy the fencing performance brought by Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei."

Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei? Fencing performance?

Below the stage, the principal of Shilan Middle School was boasting to the leaders of the Education Bureau that the next person to perform was the most outstanding student of Shilan Middle School, a child of destiny, Mr. Lu Tianming, the son of Mr. Lu, a good candidate for Tsinghua University and Peking University, and that his violin playing was so superb that the sound lingered in the ears.

Just when I was about to ask the leaders to appreciate the performance and give some guidance, I heard the female student host on the stage suddenly say that the next performance was a fencing performance by Chu Zihang and Lu Mingfei.

While I was still in a daze, I saw the female host hurriedly retreat, and then the curtain opened. Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang, wearing ancient Hanfu with fluttering sleeves, stood on both sides of the stage.

Of course, the principal was not the only one who was stunned. When the students in the auditorium heard that the next program was Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang fencing, they were also stunned for a moment.

The school magazine had a list of tonight's programs. The next program should have been Chu Zihang's usual violin solo, but how did it become fencing? And Lu Mingfei also participated in it.

Some people saw Lu Mingfei go to Chu Zihang's classroom a few days ago, and saw with their own eyes Lu Mingfei handing Chu Zihang something like a letter.

At that time, there were rumors that it was Lu Mingfei's declaration of war to Chu Zihang. Lu Mingfei, who was ranked second on the list of those who should be killed, wanted to challenge Chu Zihang, who was ranked first on the list of those who should be killed, for Liu Miaomiao.

So, the rumors are actually true? The two even decided to have their final battle at the Shilan Middle School anniversary party?

Lu Mingfei was dressed in a black suit that showed his sharpness and energy, holding a sword behind him, and was as lean as iron.

Chu Zihang was wearing a green robe with wide flowing sleeves, also holding a sword behind him, with a calm expression on his face.

Just as the people below were watching the stage and wondering what kind of wonderful performance the two would bring... the background music "Loyalty to the Country" started.

"The smoke rises..."

The elegant guzheng music was still lingering in the air one moment, and the next moment Tu Honggang's powerful tenor pierced the sky. The folk music and folk singing style were inexplicably blended at this moment.

Before everyone could come to their senses from the sudden contrast between the two pieces of music, they saw Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang suddenly turn around at the same time.

Metal buzzed, that was the sharp vibration of the two swords in the brief encounter. Swords and sabers were dangerous objects, and they were just soft swords used by the uncles in Tai Chi sword fighting. But the power generated by the confrontation still made the two swords emit a sad metal sound.

Lu Mingfei had never seen Chu Zihang wield a sword, but he had seen him and Caesar fighting with swords with his own eyes.

That was when he first entered Kassel College. On the day of freedom, he used Frigga bullets to kill the president of the Student Union and the president of the Lionheart Club, and became famous in Kassel College. But now it became him who personally faced Chu Zihang with swords.

Lu Mingfei learned the ancient Chinese swordsmanship at Highly Developed Middle School, which was strong and vigorous, dignified and orderly. However, Chu Zihang's swordsmanship at the Children's Palace was sometimes slow and sometimes fast, like a ghost blending into the air, always appearing suddenly.

The graceful sword dance performance by both parties was like a real life-and-death fight. The shadows of the two swords were so fast that they could not be seen clearly, and only the reflected daylight of the stage could be seen mixed together and could not be separated.

The teachers in the audience and the dignitaries who were invited to watch the school anniversary party were terrified, especially Liu Yue. Every time the swords of Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang clashed, he was a little startled.

Even Ji Ruyan beside him couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, wondering if Lu Mingfei and Lu Tianming's stepson had a grudge against each other?

Didn't the school leaders review the program before rehearsing it? How could they allow them to do such a dangerous program? If Lu Mingfei got hurt, she would have to talk to the school leaders.

Instead, a beautiful woman sitting not far from her waved her hands and shouted excitedly, "Come on, Zihang!" Although she was wearing designer clothes from head to toe, her demeanor did not reveal a trace of reserve and nobility.

Of course, the most frightened person was Liu Miaomiao, who was watching in the director's room above the stage.

She originally thought that the fencing performance that Lu Mingfei talked about was just the kind of small-scale fighting and fighting seen on TV, but she didn't expect it to be so dangerous.

Several times, Chu Zihang's sword almost cut Lu Mingfei's body.

If she had known it would be so dangerous... she shouldn't have agreed to Lu Mingfei's request to change the performance song. It would have been fine to just play "Exodus".

Actually, it’s not Lu Mingfei’s fault. It’s mainly because the two-handed swordsman Yu is a master of actual combat! So it’s inevitable that his swordsmanship is fierce.

However, because Lu Mingfei and Chu Zihang had practiced these moves many times in private, and the hybrids had precise control over their strength, these sword moves only looked dangerous but would not actually hurt each other.

Compared with the worried Liu Miaomiao, the other students were obviously much more excited, and the entire auditorium was filled with excited shouts and noise.

Most people also thought that fencing performances were just a set of formulaic moves, a formality, but they didn't expect that it was actually done with real swords and guns.

Combined with the somewhat rustic background music of "Loyalty to the Country", many people actually felt a surge of youthful vigor and passion in their hearts.

The students on Chu Zi's flight were already certain of their previous thoughts:

"These two guys...will definitely fight it out on stage."

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(End of this chapter)