Rekindling the Youthful Era

Chapter 631 Graduation Ceremony Kiss
Zhixing Hall.

Derived from the meaning of "unity of knowledge and action".

As a venue that integrates sports, culture and community activities, the name is quite meaningful.

"This place feels so big." Xu Youyu followed Li Luo to the gate of Zhixing Hall, looked up and couldn't help but sigh, "It's at least three times bigger than the previous gymnasium, right?"

"It seems that part of the original grove has been included." Li Luo said, "And the height has also increased a lot. The first floor is the gymnasium, the second floor is the club activity room, and the third floor is the cultural center."

The exterior wall of the Zhixing Hall is mainly off-white in color, occasionally dotted with some dark red stripes. It looked very beautiful when it was first built.

The four of them walked in through the main entrance, went all the way to the third floor, and found the auditorium where this year's graduation ceremony was held.

At this time, many teachers and students were already busy here.

Today's Student Union President Jiang Liuxian is directing the members of the Student Union to make preparations.

When Jiang Liuxian saw Li Luo and the others coming in, his eyes suddenly lit up and he hurried over: "Senior Li Luo, you are here."

"Well, have the people from the rock club arrived?" Li Luo asked.

"They have arrived a long time ago, and the instruments have been checked." Jiang Liuxian said, "I will tell you about the process later."

"Okay, let's go in first." Li Luo walked into the door of the auditorium, looked around, and was a little amazed.

The entire auditorium is fan-shaped, with the podium in the front in a semi-arc shape and a huge screen on the wall behind.

The seat that Li Luo approached after entering the door was similar to that of a movie theater, distributed in a fan shape and facing the podium in the front.

The entire auditorium has enough seats to accommodate 800 spectators, and with such luxurious chairs, the space is indeed very large.

"By the way." As they walked towards the podium, Li Luo suddenly said with a smile, "It's a rare occasion for all three generations of presidents to appear on the same stage."

"What do you mean?" Xu Youyu glanced at him and sneered, "Is someone implying that I'm old?"

"Hey... just pretend I didn't say anything." Li Luo immediately changed his words, then quickly changed the subject and asked Jiang Liuxian, "Don't you have classes this afternoon?"

"Senior, we have finished our final exams. Now it is the last week before summer vacation, and it is all self-study classes." Jiang Liuxian looked at Li Luo with a bit of amusement, thinking that his level of changing the subject was too low.

After arriving at the podium, Jiang Liuxian explained in detail the specific procedures that would follow.

Soon, the time came to one o'clock in the afternoon.

The song "Don't Waste Your Youth" was played on the school radio.

The senior high school teaching building suddenly became noisy. Students from all classes poured out of the classrooms and lined up to walk towards Zhixing Hall.

Xu Yinghuan was standing behind Qiao Xinyan, and next to her was Zhao Rongjun from the boys' team.

As she walked, she would glance at Zhao Rongjun from time to time, then immediately look away, her eyes wandering, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Thirty-six high school classes entered the Zhixing Hall one after another, went up the stairs to the third floor, and under the guidance of the student union members, they sat down in their respective class seats.

After all the students and teachers were seated, the lights in the auditorium dimmed instantly.

Just when all the students were a little surprised, the lights came on again instantly.

Members of the rock club now appeared next to the musical instruments in the empty space between the seats and the podium.

Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng stood in front of two microphones, surrounded by their junior and senior classmates from the rock club. As the music started, the two smiled at each other.

"The note left in the drawer is a picture of who you dated and who you met."

"A novel that was passed around secretly. I read it several times without telling my teachers or parents."

The two of them spoke one sentence at a time, and the lyrics seemed like an everyday conversation, spoken from their mouths.

The high school students are naturally very familiar with the two people on the stage.

After my senior year of high school, I never heard them sing on the school stage again. I didn’t expect that I would have the chance to hear them again at graduation.

What’s more, it’s Li Luo’s new song!

Listening to the various humorous campus details in the lyrics, some sentimental students couldn't help but feel touched.

"Goodbye~ old classmates who disliked each other~"

"Goodbye~ I can't say thank you enough~"

"Goodbye~ No more detention~"

"Goodbye~ I leave you the last page of the graduation album~"

After just a few minutes of singing, the atmosphere of the auditorium was completely brought to life by Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng.

Scenes flashed across the big screen behind the rock club.

The annual school sports meet, the New Year's Eve party, the three major ball games in the first year of high school, the daily rush to grab food in the cafeteria, the running exercises during the big break, the night crowds after school, the loud recitations during the morning self-study...

These memories were brought to life, along with some touching lyrics. Many students showed sentimental expressions, and the reluctance in their hearts became stronger.

At the end of the song, the members of the rock club bowed and left.

Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng also returned to Class 8's seats and sat down in the two seats that were deliberately left empty between Ying Chanxi and Xu Youyu.

"Hey... That's great." Xu Youyu couldn't help but sigh, "Why didn't someone write a song to commemorate my graduation last year?"

"There will be another song later." Li Luo said with a smile, "Just consider it as compensation to you."

"You're so insincere." Xu Youyu snorted.

While they were chatting in low voices, Jiang Liuxian, as the host, had already come to the edge of the podium and sat down, introducing the leaders who would be appearing today one by one.

Principal Wang, the Dean of Studies and leaders from the Ministry of Education took their seats one after another.

Soon, Principal Wang gave an opening speech and a eloquent summary that lasted more than ten minutes.

Li Luo felt a little sleepy after listening to what he said, so he had to reach out and secretly take Ying Chanxi's little hand, and play with it carefully in his palm.

Ying Chanxi blushed slightly, turned her head and glared at him, but had no intention of taking her hands back, and just let him knead her.

When Yan Zhusheng on the other side saw this, he reached out, pulled Li Luo's other hand over and placed it on his thigh.

Although the feeling through school pants was not as good as bare legs, Li Luo did not refuse and enjoyed it silently.

By the way, are there cameras in the auditorium?

Li Luo suddenly became alert, but then he thought, since they were about to graduate, he might as well just touch her.

There is nothing to be afraid of.

After Principal Wang finished speaking, it was the turn of the leaders of the Ministry of Education to speak.

Then the Dean of Studies spoke and shared some specific teaching achievements.

In this way, half an hour was gone.

"Give me back the feeling I had just now~" Xu Yinghuan in the back row leaned back in her chair and sighed softly, "How can you have so much to say."

"It seems to be two hours." Qiao Xinyan said, "I don't know what to do next."

"Later..." Li Luo smiled, "Later it will be our teacher Kong's turn to play."

As expected, when the Dean of Education finished speaking, the host Jiang Liuxian said, "Next, we will present this year's Outstanding Teacher Award. Director Liu from the Ministry of Education will announce the list of awardees."

Hearing this, the students around Li Luo reacted immediately.

Sure enough, when the leader of the Ministry of Education on the stage spoke, he quickly called out the name "Kong Junxiang".

There are five teachers in total. Except Kong Junxiang, the rest were all head teachers of four key classes in the first year of high school.

But Kong Junxiang was standing among the five teachers and was arranged to receive the award in the middle.

Li Luo clapped his hands with a smile, and then whispered to the girl next to him: "Do you think I have the physique of Teacher Wang?"

"When I was in junior high school, Teacher Zhang won the Outstanding Teacher Award because of me."

"Now that I have graduated from high school, Mr. Kong also won the Outstanding Teacher Award thanks to me. It really took a lot of effort on my part."

"You are so polite." Xu Youyu said with a smile, "Most of the credit belongs to Xixi, right?"

"Then I was the last straw that broke the camel's back, and played a crucial and decisive role." Li Luo said shamelessly.

"Very good." Yan Zhusheng was cheering on the side, which made Li Luo feel a little embarrassed.

After the award ceremony, Teacher Sun and Teacher Kong were left on the podium to briefly share their feelings about winning the awards.

Although it was said to be a simple sharing, in fact the two of us talked for more than ten minutes in total.

When Kong Junxiang came down with the certificate and returned to his seat, Zhang Guohuang, who was sitting next to him, complained in a low voice: "Teacher Kong, you've been speaking for too long." "What can I do?" Kong Junxiang rolled his eyes, "There is a word limit for speeches."

Otherwise he would have liked to finish his speech in just one sentence.

After the awards for outstanding teachers were presented, it was time for the outstanding graduate awards to be presented.

"Next, please allow Principal Wang to announce the list of winners of this year's Outstanding Graduates Award." Jiang Liuxian said on the stage.

Principal Wang looked through the documents at hand, found the list of outstanding graduates, picked up the microphone and said slowly:
"The students who won the Outstanding Graduate Award this year are——"

"Class 8 of Senior 3, Ying Chanxi."

"Senior Grade 3, Class 8, Li Luo."

"Class 1, Senior 3, Jian Zhenyuan."

"Class 8, Grade 3, Qiao Xinyan."

"Class 2, Grade 3..."

"Class 8 of Senior 3, Yan Zhusheng."

"Class 8, Senior Grade 3, Xu Yinghuan."

"Senior year..."

After their names were called, Ying Chanxi and Li Luo stood up as if it was a matter of course and walked towards the podium.

After hearing her name, Qiao Xinyan was slightly surprised, then she immediately stood up and followed the two people in front of her.

This time, Qiao Xinyan performed well in the college entrance examination and achieved a good result of fourth place in the whole school.

Among the ten places for outstanding graduates, half are directly selected from the top five college entrance examination candidates in the whole school.

As for the next five candidates, they will be considered comprehensively.

For example, Yan Zhusheng, as an art exam candidate, won the first place in the comprehensive score in music, so it is normal for him to get a place.

Xu Yinghuan got a spot this time thanks to the evaluation that she had made significant progress and had great potential, as well as her ranking being good enough for admission to Qianjiang University.

There are three other students like her who started to emerge as a rising star in their second and third years of high school and were successfully admitted to Qianjiang University. They also successfully won the awards for outstanding graduates.

Yan Zhusheng and Xu Yinghuan were obviously stunned when they heard their names, a little surprised.

Kong Junxiang saw their reactions and immediately laughed: "Hurry up and go up, don't just stand there."

Yan Zhusheng and Xu Yinghuan came to their senses at this moment, and immediately stood up and chased after him, walking quickly towards the podium.

Seeing Kong Junxiang's mouth almost split open with laughter, Zhang Guohuang on the side couldn't help but complain: "Teacher Kong, you are not kind. Our class eight has taken up half of the quota, which is a bit too much."

"You're the only one who talks too much." Kong Junxiang laughed, "It's because the students in our class are capable."

"So you're the only one who doesn't have it?" Lin Yuan poked Zhao Rongjun's arm and teased, "Where's the six-person study group? The monitor and his friends are ostracizing you, Jun. If it were me, I wouldn't tolerate it."

Zhao Rongjun shook his head repeatedly, but he didn't care. He was secretly happy for them in his heart.

Although he performed well in the college entrance examination this time and made great progress, ranking in the top 20 in the school, he is still a little far from winning the award for outstanding graduate.

"Hello, um." When Yan Zhusheng walked onto the stage, Ying Chanxi was standing next to Li Luo, and Jian Zhenyuan was standing on the other side, so Yan Zhusheng came up to him and asked politely, "Can I switch seats with you?"

"Oh, sure." Jian Zhenyuan naturally recognized Yan Zhusheng and was very clear about the other party's relationship with Li Luo, so he quickly made room for him.

Yan Zhusheng stood beside Li Luo contentedly and turned to look at Li Luo.

"Don't look at me, look at the camera." Li Luo reached out and straightened her head.

Some girls in the audience noticed this scene and screamed in surprise, secretly eating candy.

Fortunately, the school leaders at the podium at the back stood up and came to the side, preparing to present them with awards, and did not notice this scene.

Even if there were teachers in the audience who saw it, they just pretended not to see it.

Everyone knows that among the many labels and achievements of Li Luo, the most inconspicuous one is probably that he is a student of the No. 1 Middle School.

No one cared about it when I was in school, and now that I’m about to graduate, no one will care about it.

After receiving the certificate from Principal Wang, Li Luo bowed slightly to express his gratitude, then looked at the camera in front of him and took a photo.

After the award ceremony, Li Luo and Ying Chanxi were temporarily kept on the podium and gave a speech, sharing their views on their beloved alma mater and their feelings after winning the provincial championship.

After the two returned to their seats, it was time for the halftime show.

Various clubs in the school made their appearance and gave wonderful performances.

As the graduation ceremony drew to a close, all students went up on stage one by one in order of class to receive their graduation certificates.

While on the way to receive the certificate, Li Luo had already picked up his guitar and Yan Zhusheng also grabbed the microphone.

"Time flies~ Three years have passed~"

"Everything is in my heart~ so bright~"

The students from Class 6 were walking up to the stage, and every student passing by the podium could hear Yan Zhusheng's singing very clearly.

……

"Dark circles in the morning~"

"A little sleepy in class~"

"Day after day~"

The students from Class 7 lined up, their eyes fixed on the two figures on the stage.

Video clips began to play on the big screen.

Chasing and playing during breaks, secretly reading novels during class, sweating on the basketball court, happy smiles during club activities...

No matter whether they were returning to their seats after receiving their certificates, or were queuing, or were still waiting in the audience, all the students were immersed in the song.

I looked down at the graduation certificate in my hand, and in a trance, I finally realized that this day had arrived.

……

"I want to hold back the fleeting years~"

"Say goodbye properly~"

"Sorry, thank you~"

"We can't go back to yesterday~"

A girl saw herself appearing in the video, saw herself excited about winning the badminton game, and high-fived with her good friends. Then she heard the lyrics at this moment and couldn't help but feel tears in her eyes.

……

“I just want to remember this moment~”

"The light years we have traveled together~"

"Six months later~"

"Light years become a commemoration~"

……

"I'm very happy to have been with you all for three years. We have had many wonderful times together." Li Luo said softly at the end of the music, and then turned to look at the girl next to him, "Zhu Sheng, now that you have graduated, do you have anything to say?"

Yan Zhusheng blinked, turned his head and looked at Li Luo, his eyes fell on his face: "Actually...when you were performing on the school stage, I always wanted to do one thing."

"Hmm?" Li Luo showed a puzzled expression.

next second.

The students in the audience exclaimed.

The students queuing up to receive their certificates were like a wall, blocking the school leaders' sight.

Ying Chanxi opened his eyes wide and stood up from his seat, holding his own graduation certificate as well as Li Luo and Yan Zhusheng's in his hand.

Xu Youyu laughed and shook his head, folded his arms across his chest with interest, and watched the scene with a smile.

Yan Zhusheng threw himself into Li Luo's arms.

Painfully kissing the taste of graduation.

(End of this chapter)