23 days before Christmas

Liu Yiming's heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and before his face turned red, he hurriedly changed the subject, told Lin Zhixi about the boring interactive session that he was looking forward to, and attached the answer.

"So? You really want that fan?" Lin Zhixi didn't get his point.

I was still talking about love just now, but now I don’t understand me, heh, man.Liu Yiming almost wanted to give him a hammer: "Do you think the key point of this session is that ugly little fan?"

"Yeah, it's almost November, what do you need a fan for?"

Liu Yiming bit his lip and was speechless: "..."

"Look at those lines!"

"Oh." Lin Zhixi, what kind of fool are you, "What's wrong?"

Liu Yiming was in a hurry: "Do you not understand English?"

"Okay okay, I got it."

"..."

"You have to look at me and say."

"Nonsense, who else can I talk to?"

"Do you know that we only have a few places in our major, and I squeezed my head to get one." Lin Zhixi felt that it was very, very difficult for her to watch her boyfriend host, "I don't know where my seat is. , but, I will wear a white baseball cap then, and you can just stare at that baseball cap."

"What if you sit in the first row? It's embarrassing to keep staring at the first row." Liu Yiming thought for a while, and then added, "What if you don't know which corner to sit in? It's embarrassing to keep staring at the corner. oh."

"..." Lin Zhixi almost wanted to give him a hammer, "I don't care, you can only look at me, not others."

"Uh-huh."

"What a perfunctory answer."

Just as Liu Yiming was about to go back, the senior over there yelled over—"The host is coming here! The lottery will start soon! Attention all departments, the lottery will start at 01:30!"

"I'm going to pass the lottery. After the first rehearsal, there will be a second time..." Liu Yiming was extremely helpless, "Baby, listen to the class this afternoon, see you in the evening."

"Uh-huh."

"What a perfunctory answer."

Lin Zhixi frowned: "Go to the rehearsal!"

"Okay." After Liu Yiming sent these two words, he stuffed his phone into his schoolbag and walked towards the stage.

The moment Liu Yiming stepped onto the stage, his heart was pounding. This feeling of tension was completely different from the feeling of facing Lin Zhixi, even the frequency of the accelerated heartbeat was different.

Suddenly Lin Zhixi's face appeared in my mind—why?

The manuscript is in my hand, but the English words that are spoken are so strange no matter how they are heard, and it is even more strange to listen to them in one sentence.Liu Yiming's heartbeat continued to be high. He looked at the seniors and sisters in the audience and panicked even more.

Liu Yiming used to be quite confident in his spoken English. Before Lin Zhixi complained, this confidence value was weakened by 25%. In the past few days, a senior came to correct his pronunciation, which weakened another 25%. Now the more he listens, the less confident he is. It's pleasing to the ear, and the remaining 50% is almost gone.

what's up!

At the end of the first pass, Liu Yiming felt that it was more tiring than running a 1000m long-distance race, and his palms were full of sweat. Fortunately, his face was stretched and his makeup was not completely worn out.

Liu Yiming has hosted many events since he was a child, especially when he was in elementary school. He was an iron-clad male host for various events, large and small. Bite the bullet with a smile on his face, he only had to host a class meeting when he was in high school.This is the first time for a host in spoken English.

"I did really badly just now." Liu Yiming lowered his head and let out a long sigh.

"What's wrong baby?" Lin Zhixi replied in seconds.

Liu Yiming typed the next line, deleted it immediately, and typed another line to send: "I just feel that my spoken English is too bad, why would I think of taking this job back then."

"No way. I heard it before, it's okay."

"Don't comfort me." Liu Yiming frowned, "It's just like the last time you complained about me singing "Blank Space" as a rap. My spoken language can't tell the difference between British and American accents, pure Chinglish."

"Don't be like this, you have to have confidence in yourself."

"Didn't I correct your pronunciation before? Think about it again. Or listen to the pronunciation in the dictionary."

"I don't even want to do it anymore..." Liu Yiming felt extremely uncomfortable when he thought of the look in the senior's eyes just now.He's really sensitive and good at self-questioning.

"What! You have been preparing for so long, you must persevere until the end!"

Liu Yiming couldn't help sighing again: "Oh."

"I won't bother you anymore, you can read the manuscript again. Maybe there is a reason why you are not very familiar with the manuscript..." Lin Zhixi racked her brains to comfort him, Liu Yiming could feel that he worked harder than himself, " Come on, come on, come on! I'm here all the time, you have to have confidence in yourself, husband, come on!"

In fact, his words are not very many, but all kinds of strange words and long sentences are put together.Liu Yiming looked down at the manuscript, and the opening sentence, which took up almost four lines, was turned over and over in his mouth for almost 10 minutes, and he searched for the pronunciation of the ten-letter word and listened to it again and again.Finally, he felt that the sound coming from his mouth didn't sound so awkward, so he continued to practice.

Really tired.

When he read the movie lines in the interactive session, the corners of his lips raised involuntarily - Lin Zhixi's face came to mind again, he is his own boy, the best boy in the world.

There was a gap in his thinking, and he quickly adjusted his state and continued to practice the manuscript.

During the second rehearsal, his performance didn't seem to be that bad - it was the expressions of the seniors and sisters in the audience who told him so.

Liu Yiming changed into his suit and saw that it was already 05:30. The audience was being organized to enter the arena in front, and the contestants in the backstage were all looking down at their scripts.

Lin Zhixi sent a message: "I'm coming in."

Liu Yiming quickly took a selfie and sent it: "This is your husband's complete look tonight."

"So flashy! So handsome! Blind! Handsome!" Lin Zhixi, you are too fake......

Although his heart was pounding, Liu Yiming felt that he could still make a joke: "You will be blind for the rest of your life, and I will take care of you and protect your eyes."

"Oh, I'm so nervous." Liu Yiming took a deep breath, "What a shame if I mess up on stage later..."

Encouragement and cheering may not be of real use, but seeing Lin Zhixi working so hard to reassure him, Liu Yiming still feels very happy.

"You have prepared for so long, you have to believe in yourself."

"I'm just off the stage, the back half of the right side, wearing a white baseball cap, just look at me, don't look at others."

"I'm always here, always with you. Don't worry baby, come on, come on!"

"We'll have supper together later, it's only two hours, don't burden yourself too much."

Liu Yiming felt that the tension in his heart might have subsided a little bit, well, it didn't.

The moment the red curtain opened, the spotlight hit him, and he walked onto the stage with his senior sister, with a smile on his lips, looking for Lin Zhixi in the dark.

White baseball cap, white baseball cap, where is it...

Lin Zhixi, where are you...

Right side, back half?Am I blind?Where the hell are you...

I'm so panicked, Lin Zhixi, please show up soon, please.

The senior sister glanced at Liu Yiming slightly, and he quickly put away his probing gaze, and read out the words that he had already said countless times.The pronunciation of each word has been practiced several times to ensure that it will not be laughed at.

Until the senior sister began to introduce the first contestant, Liu Yiming still failed to find Lin Zhixi in the auditorium.

After stepping off the stage, Liu Yiming was full of disappointment: "I still haven't found you, where are you?"

Lin Zhixi did not reply.

In Liu Yiming's heart, he could not understand what the contestant was saying.

Her spoken English is also very average, and she actually made it to the finals.

After checking the phone every 20 seconds, Lin Zhixi still didn't reply.

Liu Yiming didn't even know how the time passed. The phone screen went off and on, and an hour passed. Halfway through the race, it was time for the long-awaited interactive session.

Liu Yiming tried his best to squeeze out a standard smile, and went on stage with his senior sister.

The senior sister introduced the rules of this interactive session, and Liu Yiming, like an emotionless translation machine, followed behind and explained it in English.

He didn't know if he was too excited or too nervous, but the pronunciation of a certain word was a bit over the top, and the crackling laughter from the audience still made him a little uneasy.

His gaze was still wandering back and forth in the auditorium at the rear right—finally!White baseball cap!I found you!

Since then, his gaze has been fixed on Lin Zhixi.

Immediately, all the uneasiness and tension in my heart dissipated.

Lin Zhixi will always be there, always by his side.

The corners of Liu Yiming's lips continued to rise, and he said the first line: "I'myourgodmother."

This sentence is too simple.

Liu Yiming had mentioned this movie to Lin Zhixi a long time ago, and one day he planned to watch it together when he had nothing to do, but there was a conflict before watching, and there was actually a fight, and no one paid attention to the other.Unexpectedly, after watching this movie, the two reconciled.

Well, a Disney live-action fairy tale movie.

Liu Yiming clearly saw the white baseball cap raise his hand excitedly, and the smile on his face grew brighter.

Senior sister, I really hit him.

Liu Yiming clearly heard the boy excitedly say the correct answer: ""Maleficent"!" The pronunciation is really nice.

"Let's congratulate this classmate, the answer is correct!" The senior sister's voice brushed against his ears, and Liu Yiming looked straight at the smiling boy over there, who were far apart, but he clearly felt that there was an invisible relationship between them. contact.

About, is it love?

Lin Zhixi sat down with applause, and the two looked at each other, only seeing each other.

Thank you, next.

"Iloveyou3000." Liu Yiming read the words on the card in his hand, looked at the boy, his heart was full of joy like a blooming flower.

The spotlight was on him, and the sequins on his suit were dazzling. Liu Yiming was only dazzled. Even though there were so many people and voices around him, his eyes never moved away from the boy a few meters away.

He was all alone with him.