America: I came here to study, not to show mercy.

Chapter 73: Go on stage and delay time

"Didn't the students who performed earlier also use a musical keyboard?"

Li Xiaoen couldn't help but ask, "You mean, he disappeared during this period?"

The entire auditorium is very large. Not to mention that the keyboard they prepared has no speakers, even if it did, the sound cannot be transmitted to the audience seats farther away. Without this accompaniment, the performance of several people can still go on, but its effect will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

Daniel took a deep breath, nodded, and looked around at Li Xiaoen and the other two.

"How to do?"

"..."

"I gonna go see."

After pondering for a moment, Li Xiaoen went to find the senior student in charge of the party.

In the audience stands, Victoria withdrew her gaze from the street dance performance on the stage and lowered her head to confirm the message that Li Xiaoen had sent earlier.

"Sean and his team's show is next."

"Um……"

Sufeil, who was sitting next to him, nodded, shifted his gaze, and focused on the side of the stage, near the speakers, and his brows slowly frowned.

"That guy, why is he still looking for the person in charge at this time?"

"Sean?"

Victoria blinked. In her memory, the only person Sufei could call that was Li Xiaoen. She followed his gaze and looked over from afar.

Over there, Li Xiaoen was talking to the senior student in charge of the party. Although the young man's face showed no joy or anger, the solemn and indignant postures of his three companions on both sides showed that something had obviously happened.

"I gonna go see."

Victoria stood up and when she reached the backstage door, she happened to bump into Li Xiaoen who was leaving after the conversation.

"Did something happen?"

"There was a little accident."

Li Xiaoen gave a helpless smile and turned to Daniel and the other two behind him. "I've asked a senior to go to the nearest piano supermarket to buy it. It might be a little late, but it should be back before our performance is over."

"Malcolm, when you bought your music keyboard, did it really not come with a conductive cable to connect to the speakers?" After saying that, Li Xiaoen asked Malcolm again.

"I don't remember. To be on the safe side, I'd better go back and look for it."

Malcolm shook his head, reacted immediately, turned around and ran quickly towards the dormitory.

"If we can find him in Malcolm's dorm, our performance can go on smoothly, but if we have to wait for the senior to come back, then we might only have time for half a song."

Watching Malcolm running in the night in a tuxedo from afar, there was an inexplicable sense of humor. Turning back, Li Xiaoen and Daniel said comfortingly, "Just wait. Now we can only wait here for the result."

After Daniel and the other man turned around and went backstage silently, Victoria finally had the chance to interrupt.

"Sean, do you need help?"

"I've tried every method I can think of. If you help, you'll have to ask someone to buy it outside, right?"

Li Xiaoen looked down at Victoria and smiled, "Could it be that, Victoria, you are a magician and can create conductive lines?"

The postponement of the performance time did not get the consent of the students behind. The transmission line disappeared inexplicably and could not be found, and there was no classmate in the school who could borrow it. Li Xiaoen had a vague feeling of being targeted and could not help but look up at Sufei.

"You can still laugh at this time?" Victoria pursed her lips helplessly.

"It's not a big deal after all, and it's already happened, so why not be optimistic?"

Li Xiaoen responded with a smile and patted my Victoria on the back, "Go back to the audience. Even though it's only half a song, I believe you will like it."

"Eh……"

Victoria was unable to react in time, and when she turned around, Li Xiaoen had already walked backstage.

The atmosphere backstage was polarized. On one hand, the students who had just finished their performances were chattering excitedly, while on the other, the students who hadn't yet performed had stiff facial muscles, growing increasingly nervous as time went on. Li Xiaoen walked over until he saw Daniel and Michael sitting in a corner, lost in thought.

"Why so serious?"

Li Xiaoen approached and called out to them. When they looked up, he added, "Our song is cheerful. You can't sing it with such emotion."

Daniel and the other man forced a smile upon hearing this, but immediately lowered their heads again.

There was a sudden commotion among the crowd backstage. A few people looked up and saw Malcolm coming back empty-handed. Their hopeful expressions immediately fell.

"Sorry, there's none in my dorm." Malcolm wiped the sweat from his forehead and forced an apologetic smile on his face.

"It's okay. Thank you for your hard work."

Li Xiaoen patted the other person on the back and then raised two fingers in front of the three people. "Now, we have two options to choose from."

"What plan?" Daniel asked quickly with a glimmer of hope on his face.

“This is a response, not a solution.”

To be on the safe side, Li Xiaoen gave Daniel a heads-up. "First, wait until the senior buys the transmission cable, and then we'll only play half the song. Second, we can force ourselves to sing the whole song without the keyboard cable, but the effect won't be good, and Malcolm will..."

"I am okay."

Malcolm quickly waved his hands. "The key is our show. Isn't Daniel relying on this show to confirm his relationship with his girlfriend?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them looked at Daniel. When they first signed up for the program, it was Daniel who enthusiastically organized it and planned to get a girlfriend. The three of them were invited to participate.

"..."

After a moment's silence, Daniel gritted his teeth and shook his head firmly: "Never mind, we've been training together for so long, I can't let your efforts and time go to waste, Malcolm!"

"Besides, we've trained so well, why should we only perform an incomplete show? I believe even half a song is better than everyone else's!"

"Yes, you are right!"

Michael laughed heartily, nodded in agreement, and bumped fists with Daniel.

Now, I have finally regained my composure.

Seeing the fighting spirit rekindled in the two men's eyes, Li Xiaoen felt emotional and suddenly noticed Malcolm beside him giving him a grateful look.

Before he could respond, Michael and the other man put their arms around his shoulders, and voices of encouragement came from both sides.

“Wow…Wow…”

Time passed quickly and it was time for them to go on stage.

"Should we... go up now?"

Although they were prepared to sing only half a song, the people present were still a little at a loss and all looked at Li Xiaoen.

"If you're going to play, you can't just stand there. Have you decided what you're going to do?"

Li Xiaoen didn't answer but asked, "If not, I think we can wait and leave it as a suspense."

Upon hearing this, the three of them fell silent, but the noise in front of the stage was getting louder and louder. At this time, the senior student in charge of the party came over.

"If you don't go on stage soon, the audience will leave."

"..."

After exchanging a glance with the three of them, Li Xiaoen sighed and stood up: "Okay, I'll go on stage to delay the game."

"Sean, are you going to do anything?" Daniel asked curiously.

"No, just sing a song to liven up the atmosphere."

Li Xiaoen shrugged. "Anyway, after the party, they'll only remember the guy who played guitar..."

(End of this chapter)