Liu Shuyao rushed to the backstage to find the resting room.
She had done her makeup here during the New Year’s Eve party, so she knew there were two resting rooms.
Liu Shuyao tightly gripped her phone, each step more frantic than the last, her heart racing uncontrollably.
She had imagined that Xiang Ran might celebrate her birthday by buying gifts or taking her out, and she would have been happy with either.
But when she finally saw the person on stage, it felt like she was running out of oxygen.
The backstage was much quieter than the front,
Liu Shuyao searched through the resting rooms, but just as she was about to push open the second door,
a force pulled her in.
The renovated auditorium had a small room separated from the bustling makeup area next door, making it much quieter.
Xiang Ran had just come off stage and was about to put away his guitar when Liu Shuyao dashed over.
Xiang Ran had to pick her up first, but since the school beauty clung to him, he could only sit down.
Her lips were full and her eyes sparkled excessively.
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“Um, I wanted to surprise you.”
Liu Shuyao was clearly ecstatic, fidgeting around, and it took some effort for Xiang Ran to keep her from bouncing up and down in his arms.
“I’m really so surprised!”
“I didn’t expect you to confess on stage~”
“Wuwuwu~~~”
“What should I do if I like my husband even more?”
The school beauty babbled on about what had just happened, seemingly forgetting why she had rushed over.
Until Xiang Ran tightened his grip around her waist,
then she heard his slightly restrained voice softly reach her ears,
“Liu Shuyao.”
“I like you!”
“Will you be my girlfriend?”
Liu Shuyao, excited, seemed not to hear Xiang Ran calling her, counting on her fingers and continuing to talk.
“I felt like my husband looked so handsome on stage today. Did you not hear the girls behind me screaming their voices hoarse?”
“And they were really obvious about it!”
“Hmm?”
The school beauty, who had been chattering just moments before, suddenly fell silent.
It was rare for Xiang Ran to say her name so distinctly, and she stared blankly at him, feeling as if she had frozen in place.
Her eyelashes trembled slightly, feeling his breath brushing against her face. Her mind, which was already not very clear, felt even more blank.
She thought that what he said on stage was everything,
but unexpectedly,
this phrase was one she had heard many times throughout her life, in letters and face-to-face.
Yet none compared to this person's gentle whisper.
She seemed too nervous to think and stammered a question:
“What?”
Xiang Ran patiently repeated himself.
“Will you be my girlfriend?”
Liu Shuyao was completely at his mercy, with no strength to resist.
It was her who had insisted on the confession, yet in the end, she was the first to falter!
She had already mentioned it before—
there were no commands here.
The school beauty, who had burst into the resting room, gradually became tense, eventually lowering her head.
“You—”
Hearing her own voice, Liu Shuyao found it strange.
Her face flushed as if it were on fire.
For a moment, she didn’t know whether it was the person confessing or the one being confessed to who was more nervous.
Who would have thought that the one being confessed to was the one struggling to calm her racing heart!
Xiang Ran didn’t rush her,
just quietly watched and waited.
In the end, it was Liu Shuyao who couldn’t hold back, her tone revealing her self-imposed trap as she wrapped her arms around Xiang Ran’s neck.
In a soft, babyish voice, she replied:
“I want to be your girlfriend~”
“I’ve wanted this for a long time~”
After Liu Shuyao spoke, she didn’t hear a reply.
She had to tilt her head to look at Xiang Ran,
her eyes still showing a hint of panic from not hearing an answer, but when she met her boyfriend’s gaze, a rare firmness appeared.
Liu Shuyao adjusted her position, straddling her boyfriend’s waist, her small, fair legs swinging back and forth.
“Since I’ve agreed, does that mean I can exercise the powers of a girlfriend?”
“What?”
Xiang Ran leaned against the back of the chair, his left hand resting on Liu Shuyao’s waist.
“Um~”
“I want a kiss~”
Xiang Ran, that rascal, said nothing, just coaxed her into speaking.
Though it was Liu Shuyao who voiced it, when Xiang Ran leaned down, she was so nervous she couldn’t even open her eyes.
Xiang Ran’s hand, which had been on the school beauty's waist, slowly moved to her back, pulling her into his embrace.
The gesture looked gentle but was actually quite forceful.
Their breaths grew heavier,
and even though Liu Shuyao had her eyes closed, she instinctively tilted her small head back.
“Wow~”
“Fuk!”
“Ah ah ah ah!!!!”
“What is this!”
“You guys! No! Hey!”
“Close the door!!! You guys are the worst!!!”
Xiang Ran suddenly heard a jumble of voices from outside and instinctively hid Liu Shuyao behind him.
He then looked up to see several people standing at the door.
The fat guy's phone still displayed a photo where he had been cut out, while Li Meixun and Zhao Ying excitedly stomped their feet. Qi Dong looked lost, glancing around, unsure whether to act as if he had seen something or not.
Only Wang Hao, who remembered to close the door, was still there!
No wonder he had dating experience.
Xiang Ran frowned, his expression somewhat exasperated, while Liu Shuyao behind him was so frightened her legs went weak.
Her small head knocked against her boyfriend’s back.
Oh my god!
She was too embarrassed to show her face.
Who would save her from this?
What kind of situation was this?
“What are you guys doing here?”
Xiang Ran adjusted himself and asked.
Behind him, Liu Shuyao clutched his sleeve tightly, feeling as if her nails might dig in.
“Oh, um.”
“We were originally planning to...”
“Congratulations to you both!”
Qi Dong stammered out an explanation.
The group exchanged glances, their expressions very animated.
But they couldn’t be blamed, could they?
They didn’t close the door while doing something naughty, right?
On the other side, Zhao Ying and Li Meixun were too busy to care about anything else, exchanging glances. If Xiang Ran weren’t holding the school beauty tightly, they would have grabbed her to demand details!
Before the people in the room could clarify anything, there was a knock at the door again:
“Xiang Ran, the Mechanical Engineering students need their makeup done!”
Hearing someone urging him,
Xiang Ran had no time for anything else and quickly replied.
Then Wang Hao opened the door, startling the girls outside.
Initially, they thought only Xiang Ran was inside, but how did so many people get in?
And each one had a strange expression.
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