He didn't break away. The light and shadows flickered, and his eyes fell on her illuminated face. He was distracted for a moment, "You put on makeup?"
The young face was fresh and sweet when she was plain. When she put on light makeup, she was more beautiful than usual. Tang Jifeng saw it and felt that the little girl he had always loved and pampered had suddenly grown up.
His eyes were so deep, and there were lights dancing and shining in them.
It was like a ball of warm fire wrapping around her, making her heart beat faster for no apparent reason.
Even though the entire venue was noisy, with voices, the sound of instruments on the stage, and footsteps coming and going around him, at this moment, Ye Lan could clearly hear the thumping of his own heartbeat. It was chaotic, yet powerful.
"…Does it look weird?" Ye Lan asked softly, touching his face subconsciously. For the first time, he felt unconfident. "I'm going to perform on stage soon, so I just put on some makeup. If it looks weird, I'll wash it off before I go on stage. I don't like putting on makeup anyway."
"No wonder." After a slight pause, Tang Jifeng's eyes turned deep and he added, "It's pretty good."
Quite good looking…
This was definitely not the first person to praise her, nor was it the first time that Tang Jifeng praised himself, but this time, Ye Lan clearly felt her heart flying and leaping in the wind.
In her heart, it seemed as if there was a beautiful wisteria, which slowly grew in the midst of this praise, circling around her heart and blooming circles of flowers...
"Since there is no place for me, what are you going to do with me now?" Tang Jifeng asked, "I can't just stand here and be admired as a statue."
Ye Lan turned around and saw that all the girls in his class were waving at her, no, at him. They were so enthusiastic. Their eyes seemed to be melting holes in him.
As if seeing through their lack of place to sit, he waved at them, "Lanlan, Brother Lanlan, sit here! Sit here with us!"
"There's no vacant seat." Ye Lan was also very distressed. Now the whole venue was packed, and many students moved their own chairs to sit in the aisles. She now regretted not leaving a seat for him.
Qiu Qiu also walked out of the crowd, "There are not many seats now. Why don't you squeeze in with me and make a seat for your brother? What do you think?"
That’s a good idea.
but…
Ye Lan glanced at the women who were staring at him eagerly, "Brother Ji Feng wouldn't be eaten alive by them if he went there, right?"
"Tsk~ Look at you! Are you jealous already?"
Qiu Qiu's voice was not lowered, and Tang Jifeng must have heard it. Ye Lan glanced at him from the side. The light was dim, and she couldn't see what expression he had at the moment. She didn't think much about it and took his arm, "Yes, I'm jealous."
Tang Jifeng was stunned.
The next moment, Ye Lan continued, "He is my brother. If he is eaten by them, I will have no brother. Brother Ji Feng, when you go over there later, you can't get too close to them, and you can't choose them as your girlfriends."
Tang Jifeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he lowered his head and looked at her, "In your eyes, am I really so hungry that I would look for a 16-year-old kid like you?"
Ye Lan curled his lips, "That's right. A 16-year-old kid, his figure is still... Anyway, it doesn't suit your taste."
Tang Jifeng didn't say anything else.
This topic is not suitable for an adult and a 16-year-old child.
Finally, they adopted Qiu Qiu's proposal. He was a grown man who had already graduated from school, sitting among a group of young and immature children - although he was still young, but a man in formal clothes still looked out of place among a group of high school students in school uniforms.
Ye Lan and Qiu Qiu squeezed into one seat, and Tang Jifeng sat next to them. As soon as he sat down, as expected, he attracted everyone's waiting eyes.
"Everyone is looking at you." Ye Lan spoke to him in a low voice and subconsciously leaned forward. "I never realized you were so popular before."
Tang Jifeng has never known what modesty is. "I used to only know that mature women like me, but now I realize that I actually suit your children's tastes."
"Vincent."
He laughed.
Ye Lan and Qiu Qiu squeezed into one seat, which was somewhat difficult. She was squeezed to the point of almost sliding down, and she moved with difficulty, trying to find a more comfortable sitting position. Tang Jifeng subconsciously reached out to hold her waist and supported her, "If you feel crowded, I'll go out and wait for you?"
A warm feeling surrounded her waist, and Ye Lan's heartbeat began to beat uncontrollably again. She felt as if something was getting more and more wrong with her. She was distracted for a moment, and when she heard his words, she immediately shook her head, "No. My performance will start soon, you must at least watch it before you leave!"
"Are you going to sit like this forever?" After she sat down, Tang Jifeng took his hand back.
“… There is no other way.”
"Are your legs numb?"
"It's already a little bit." Ye Lan frowned pitifully and rubbed his tense calves and knees.
"You broke your promise, and now you're suffering the consequences." Tang Jifeng said this, but he half-bent over to rub her legs. His palms were big, and he could hold her calves with one hand. She wore a long skirt for the performance today, and Ye Lan could feel the warmth of his palms through the layers of gauze. The strength of the rubbing was neither light nor heavy, and it felt very comfortable.
Ye Lan stared at his handsome face in a daze, her heart was full of ups and downs, unable to calm down for a long time. She whispered, "I thought you weren't coming..."
"Lanlan, I'm so envious of you!" someone next to her sighed.
"Huh?" She became slow to respond.
"Your brother loves you so much! Seeing this makes me want to have a brother too!"
"So what if I have a brother? I have a brother, but he is not nice to me at all. He only quarrels with me and doesn't know what gentleness is."
"That's right. Lanlan, if I didn't know this, I would really think your brother is your boyfriend! But, if you don't have a brother, it's not bad to find a boyfriend like this!"
Boy friend…
Ye Lan didn’t know what was wrong with him, his face suddenly felt hot.
Tang Jifeng also raised his head at this moment, and his eyes met hers. She bit her lip and turned her face away, dodging for a moment. But, after just a second, she turned her face back, staring at him quietly with her clear eyes, trying to see through his expression.
However, there was no emotion on his face. He just asked, "Are you feeling better?"
It was as if he hadn't heard a single word of what his classmates had just said.
Or maybe, even though he heard it, he didn't really take it to heart.
Ye Lan just nodded slightly and retracted his legs a little.
Tang Jifeng sat up straight.
The two of them, shoulder to shoulder, didn't speak for a moment. After a while, he suddenly leaned over and whispered to her, "Don't listen to what they say."