The School Beauty Became My Live-in Maid to Pay Off Her Debts-Chapter 380 - 379: What a Beautiful Day, Alas the Heavens

On the day of the club activities, Huai City University was bustling with excitement.

The plaza outside the auditorium was lined with rows of stalls, all set up by clubs looking to recruit new members.

There were quite a few interested freshmen, who could get a club membership card for ten bucks and even bag a few extra credits.

Not to mention, many clubs’ poster girls were dressed-to-kill senior students, which the fresh-out-of-high-school young ones simply couldn’t resist. They’d return from a stroll around the area with a stack of club application forms, completely bamboozled.

Lin Shuang moved past this market-like recruitment scene without a sideways glance, finally giving a tilt of his head at the very end.

Which club’s stall was that, all crowded and jam-packed...

Anime club! ACG culture!

He wouldn’t admit he’s into ACG culture but the poster girls at the Anime club’s stall, all dressed in cosplay, were truly...

Tong Ge’s unfluctuating voice rang in his ear, "Nice to look at, huh?"

Lin Shuang immediately stood at attention, swearing allegiance to the great club president, "...Certainly not as beautiful as our club president."

On the other side, Xia Yubing pinched his chin, turning his face towards her, "What about me, hubby? We’re about to hold a wedding on stage, and now you’re cheating~"

The loyal club member Lin Shuang continued to pledge to the vice president, "...Yubing is also beautiful."

Xia Yubing then giggled and hugged Tong Ge’s arm, "Hubby calls me Yubing, but only calls you president. Not that close with him, huh?"

Lin Shuang was at a loss for words and could only bow his head and pretend to examine the script...

After yesterday’s heated discussion, Tong Ge and Xia Yubing jointly carried out a splendid re-creation.

They were no longer performing "Romeo and Juliet," but had switched to "Juliet and Du Liniang."

Yes, that Du Liniang from "Peony Pavilion."

When you think about it, both of these famous works originate from the same period at the end of the sixteenth century...

As for the specifics of the script... well, it’s complicated.

Imagine the burly Romeo and Juliet eloping all the way to a mysterious ancient country in the East.

They are saved by the kind and beautiful maiden Du Liniang, who helps them settle down in a temple at the edge of the village. Moved by their story, she decides to witness their Chinese-style wedding.

However, as they spend time together, Du Liniang also falls for Romeo and boldly expresses her love during the couple’s wedding ceremony.

Anyway... what an exhilarating adaptation! Surely, the audience will be moved to tears at the performance, right?

Both the president and vice president are quite pleased with this adaptation, calling it a blend of Eastern and Western cultures.

Club member Lin Shuang was noncommittal, simply wishing his own name, "Romeo," could at least be included in the title...

Hearing this request, the vice president and part-time scriptwriter, Xia Yubing, commented, "A title like ’Romeo and Juliet and Du Liniang’ just screams love triangle~ That doesn’t fit the image of our Gardening Club, which strives to be positive and bright."

Isn’t the current plot already a love triangle! Changing the name is like burying your head in the sand!

Lin Shuang didn’t struggle further. After all, his main role was to lie on stage pretending to have fainted, watching two beautiful girls fight over him.

As to why he fainted at the wedding, the plot explains it as Du Liniang drugging him, hoping to consummate the marriage before Juliet does.

Lin Shuang could only say... as long as Yubing and Little Dove are happy.

The two beautiful girls proceeded backstage into the dressing room to prepare and change into their performance attire.

Xia Yubing gave him a beckoning gesture with her finger, her eyes smiling, "Hubby, wanna come in and change together?"

Tong Ge straightforwardly slammed the door shut with a "bang!"

Such a dictatorial president! The vice president is comparatively more democratic, even asking for the opinion of a club member like him.

Lin Shuang wandered around backstage. There were many performances lined up for today, many preparing drama pieces like theirs, some magic shows, dances.

But he felt that the most "unique" show of the evening would undoubtedly belong to their Gardening Club...

Before Lin Shuang had to wait too long, the door to the rest area cracked open, and Xia Yubing poked her head out to wave at him.

"Come in quickly, hubby."

Lin Shuang’s gaze was immediately drawn to the veil on her hair...

...Isn’t this completely different from the costume we agreed on for the performance?

Xia Yubing had already ducked back inside, and Lin Shuang followed her into the rest area.

Before he could get a clear look, Xia Yubing, hiding behind the door, suddenly covered his eyes with something—by the feel of it, it should be a silk blindfold.

She tied the blindfold for him, making a bow at the back of his head.

Lin Shuang stood still, holding her hand, "...What’s the occasion now?"

The vice president of the club always had a variety of tricks up her sleeve.

"Don’t take advantage of the situation to touch my little hand, hubby!"

As she said this, Xia Yubing took his hand instead, entwining their fingers together.

"Alas, hubby, you can’t see now, but let me tell you, the president is getting jealous, glaring at me, it’s pretty scary."

Xia Yubing giggled as she led Lin Shuang to stand against the wall, then she stepped back.

Her voice continued to come from in front of Lin Shuang, "Well, now it’s... like the part where you lift the bride’s veil? Isn’t there such a tradition in Chinese weddings?"

Lin Shuang retorted, "...But isn’t it the husband who lifts the bride’s red veil?"

"Who told you that you have two wives now? We have to be a little special."

Xia Yubing clapped her hands together, "Alright, now hubby, take off the blindfold."

Lin Shuang took a deep breath and removed the silk blindfold.

Regaining light, he looked up to see, in his line of sight, two... beautiful young girls in wedding attire.

Xia Yubing was in a Western style, and Tong Ge in a Chinese style, one in white, the other in red, both radiant—everything else in sight seemed to lose its color.

At a glance I overlook all others, and the colors of the world seem like dust to me.

Xia Yubing held up her dress hem, tilting her head to look at him, the veil gently falling with her hair.

She called to him, "Hubby~"

Tong Ge also rarely smiled, her black hair all pinned up, with a phoenix tail hairpin lightly trembling, signifying the coming of a phoenix.

She also called him, "Hubby."

Lin Shuang felt like he was dreaming, so everything truly became floating like in a dream.

The scene shifted, and they were already on stage.

The Gardening Club’s meticulously planned stage play had grandly commenced.

Lin Shuang saw Xia Yubing and Tong Ge laughing, saw them taking turns to hug and kiss him—didn’t they say they would fake the position during rehearsal?

He tasted the warmth and softness of their lips, and the moist bitterness of their tears... Why were they crying?

But Lin Shuang couldn’t speak anymore, the entire world was spinning.

He closed his eyes, overwhelmed by their tears.

When he opened his eyes again, this time, he was seated in the audience.

Onstage, there were no Xia Yubing and Tong Ge, and he had become an audience member, he saw a girl somewhat strange yet familiar singing and playing guitar to herself.

She looked at him and announced, "My love, this is the song I wrote for you."

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