With the door closed, it left a lot to the imagination.Jeremy lowered his head to light up a cigar. He leaned back on the wall and puffed out the smoke. The smoke lingered around his face.…In the private room.The electronic dance music and the disco light created a party ambiance that was lively and noisy."Corinne, what do you play on doing now that you've graduated?" Despite sitting very close to each other, Chester needed to shout for the person next to him to hear what he said.Hearing the question clearly, Corinne sat up straight and half-yelled as she answered, "I don't know yet. But why are you here? You're not graduating this year."Chester pursed his lips shyly. "Umm… A few of my best friends graduated today. They invited me over."Corinne nodded to show that she understood.Truthfully, Chester came because of her. With Corinne having graduated, it would not be easy to see her. He had secretly fallen in love with her for three years. Since he first saw Corinne in
Jeremy's question had Chester feeling awkward. "Umm…I'm… I'm Corinne's junior."Jeremy looked down at him and said, "Do you think I'd be at ease, knowing I'd leave Corinne with a junior who has feelings for her?"Chester's face turned red. He frowned. Being a young adult, he was angry when someone suspected his character. "I admit I like Corinne, but I'm not a thug. I'll never do anything to her. I respect her very much!"Jeremy narrowed his eyes, raised the cocktail he took away from Corinne, and swirled it. The corners of his mouth were lifted. "My, oh, my. You're so brave to confess your love to her when I'm standing here.""I…" Chester's cheek became even rosier. Obviously, he felt embarrassed.Seeing the embarrassing situation her classmate was in, Corinne furrowed her brow and stood up. "Mister, I promise I won't drink anymore. Can you please leave if there's nothing else?"Jeremy looked at her with his dark pupils. "Kicking me out?"Corinne shook her head. "I'm not kickin
"Whoa, really?""Thanks, Corinne!""Yeah, thanks! You're too generous!"Corinne's eyes widened, and she looked at Jeremy in equal parts surprise and anger. 'D*mn him! What in the world is wrong with him? He expects me to treat everyone here today? It's common practice to go Dutch when it comes to gatherings between students, and there are more than a hundred students here today. Does he have any idea how much this will cost?'A little smirk appeared on Jeremy's lips when he saw Corinne's face scrunching in shock. He retracted his hand from her head, put it in his trouser pocket, and turned around gracefully to head out.After he left, all the other students were in awe of Corinne's grand gesture. The girls surrounded her and asked who her handsome family member was, and Corinne brushed them off with a simple response.By contrast, none of the male students dared to approach her. After all, a family member of their university's most beautiful woman was in the private room just opp
Corinne, who was sipping juice from a glass with a straw, cocked her eyebrow and stared at Ivanka. "Can't you play and sing your composition?"The charming Ivanka smiled gracefully in response and said, "I can, of course, but it's a little dull to be singing all by myself. Everyone's hoping to see me sing and dance at the same time!" After saying that, she turned around and asked the students around her, "Isn't that right, everyone?"A few of the male students around her nodded eagerly at the idea of a beautiful young lady singing and dancing."Yeah! We haven't seen Ivanka dance yet!""I heard that she studied ballet before, so she must be super graceful when she dances!""It'll be difficult for us to meet again in the future once today's graduation party is over. Watching Ivanka's performance would be the best closing chapter to complete our four-year journey here at university!""Yeah! I'm looking forward to her performance too!"Ivanka knew that she would receive support from
There were two artificial cherry trees and some green plants on the terrace, and in the middle of the cherry trees was a small stage for guests to play and sing.The sound insulation on the floor where all the students were was not that good, and the environment was noisy. Even if they turned off any music, the noise from the room next door could still penetrate through the walls. The students therefore suggested that Ivanka and Corinne's performance be held on the terrace upstairs.As soon as they went upstairs, Ivanka handed the score to Corinne with a bright smile and said, "Here, Corinne. This is my original piece. I trust you'll be able to play it!"Corinne took it and looked at the score. It was undoubtedly a well-written piece, but it was hardly a simple one. Those who lacked the basic skills would never be able to play it smoothly.When Ivanka saw Corinne staring at the score, she smiled smugly and pretended to show concern for her. "What's wrong, Corinne? Is it too difficu
"Get off the stage if you can't play, Corinne. Let Ivanka handle the performance alone!""Yeah, get off! Everyone's been waiting long, so don't waste your time anymore!"Ivanka finally felt that she had successfully reclaimed the spotlight from Corinne and was very proud as a result. However, she made sure to show her empathetic side and sympathized with Corinne."Well, if that's the case, then I won't pressure you anymore. Why don't you go down for now? I'll handle the performance myself.""Sure." Corinne nodded and agreed readily. She could not be bothered to play for Ivanka anyway. As soon as she put down the ukulele and stepped off the stage, she heard Ivanka's group making comments again from the front row."Tch! What's so great about her when she can't even play the ukulele?""If she's from that good a family, I wonder if her academic performance is as stellar as the rumors say? Being rich makes it so much easier for them to hype her up as an all-round top student!""Her?
Before Corinne could say anything, the girls next to her got all excited."What's wrong? You can't play?""If you can't, then stop pretending to be an all-round student!""Since you can't even play the ukulele, it's obvious that your reputation as an all-round top student was hyped up by the dean. Who's going to believe you if you say that you don't have any special relationship with the dean?"Corinne has never claimed to be a so-called 'all-round top student'. It was only because the dean was fond of her and praised her achievements constantly that such a reputation came to stick. Furthermore, she was often called to the office by the dean for about an hour, and the reason was that the dean enjoyed math, and she happened to be the top student in the math department. Whenever the dean had any mathematical problem, he would seek her out to discuss mathematical formulas and humbly ask her for advice regardless of his status as her elder.It was a simple routine borne of a healthy r
Ivanka's close friends continue to attack Corinne."Sure! If you can play a song today and win applause from all the students present here, consider it your victory! We won't just apologize… We'll even do whatever you ask us to do!"Corinne had a calm look as she replied, "Deal."The girl who seemed to be the leader added, "But if you can't play the piece well and you don't get the unanimous approval of our classmates, you'll have to crawl out of this place while we take a video and post it on the school forum! Still game for it?"Corinne frowned slightly then remained silent for a brief moment as if to think about it. At long last, she said, "Deal!"The girl smiled in contempt and said, "What are you waiting for, then? Remember not to be a sore loser!"Corinne turned around, went on stage, and took the ukulele from Ivanka.Ivanka faked a kind expression and pretended to show concern for her. "You should back out of the challenge. Girls like us value our reputation a lot, and it