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Chapter 9 It Was Actually Not Simple

Why was it that the stronger the gale, the more adamant my heart was?

Briefly reporting what happened today to Pan Yumei on WeChat and the upcoming bonfire party tonight, Feng Yufei locked the screen and began to think about the clothes to wear at night.

No matter in her previous life or this life, her physique was quite attractive to mosquitoes. Even mosquito-repellent water could not stop the mosquito from kissing her warmly. How could she look good while preventing mosquitoes? This was a question that she had to think about every summer in the future. Tonight, Feng Yufei's choice was a standard shirt and jeans. It would be neither too inconspicuous nor too ordinary.

Yes, the photographer had been bribed. He would take beautiful pictures. The only thing that needed to be conquered was the editor and Director Huang. However, she did not want to be a big star. It was not convenient for her to get closer to the director as a male. There was no need for that. Then, she could do as she liked!

This white shirt was not bad. With this material, design, and brand, it could not be bought without thousands of yuan, but it was too formal, pass!

This one was a bit exaggerated and too artistic. Would it be a bit strange to wear it out? The painting style was not suitable. Pass.

T-shirt... prone to attract mosquitoes, and there was no need to work, so it was better to choose a long-sleeve.

Long sleeve - nothing!

Feng Yufei had no choice but to give up after searching for a while. After a few minutes, under An Zidong's slightly impatient gaze, Feng Yufei chose a half long-sleeved sea soul shirt.

At six o'clock in the evening, the young and beautiful boys and girls were waiting downstairs for the car, ready to go. When going down the stairs, Feng Yufei glanced around from the corner of her eyes. After confirming that no one wore the same clothes as her, she secretly rejoiced in her heart.

It wasn't scary to wear the same, but the uglier one would be embarrassed!

Today, An Zidong chose a dark short-sleeved shirt with big print flowers. He wore a pair of light knee-length shorts and a pair of white canvas shoes, with a pair of sunglasses, looking very cool.

When Feng Yufei went downstairs, he was being pulled by someone to take photos, constantly posing in front of the mobile phone camera.

After an afternoon, the students became much more familiar with each other. Seeing her walk over, they greeted her one after another. Feng Yufei also returned a smile. Walking to the car, An Zidong rejected the request of others to take a photo with him. He smiled and walked toward her.

"Thank goodness you came!" She couldn't tell that An Zidong was so happy to see her.

"If you don't come, my smiling face will be stiff. After getting in the car, you can sit outside and I will sit inside!" An Zidong explained to her in a low voice.

Alright, so that was how it was, she was overthinking things.

"Ok!" Feng Yufei nodded. An Zidong asked her to get in the car first and only took off his sunglasses when seated.

"Put your glasses on the car later. Otherwise, they will be easily lost." Feng Yufei suggested.

An Zidong originally wanted to take a few more cool photos with the most fashionable sunglasses this year, but Feng Yufei's suggestion was quite reasonable. He looked at the sunglasses a little reluctantly, but he still chose to leave them in the car.

"Why don't you take a look and see if Sisi takes a bag with her. It's fine to let her keep it." seeing that he was a little reluctant, Feng Yufei changed her mind and said.

"Ok! Do it then!" An Zidong pursed his lips and nodded. The light in his eyes returned to its previous brightness.

When the car arrived outside the bonfire site, the sun had already set, and there was only a faint afterglow entering the night at the end of the sea.

The night wind blew gently, and the young girl's black hair fluttered in the wind. The laughter of the youths also spread far into the distance.

The staff sprinkled fire oil on the firewood in the center of the field and lit up a raging fire. In the students' exclamations, the explosive music began to play.

This time, Xiao Chuhong didn't need to drive the atmosphere, and the playful teenagers were already having fun on their own.

"Oh!" The students who were familiar with each other had already started dancing around the fire. The girls were screaming and clapping, with red and cute faces full of excitement.

When Xiao Chuhong saw that the atmosphere was almost ready, she asked someone to cut off the music.

"Alright, students! There will be music and delicious food. Now let's divide the groups! This is the first group, then the second and the third group..." After instructing the students to form groups, Xiao Chuhong began to introduce the process of the party, in case the students had too much fun and got too carried away, leading to accidents.

"We will learn how to barbecue with the staff later, and then you can show your skills to your heart's content! I still have games and music. Students who want to play can come over later."

"Wow~!"

"There is one thing I have to emphasize. Put away the rubbish. We have prepared eight big trash cans for you outside the venue. Do you see that? All rubbish must be put in the trash bag first and thrown into the trash bin. Look at this beautiful beach and sea! Protect the environment, pay attention to morality, and start from me! I announce that Star Institute's bonfire party has officially begun!"

Xiao Chuhong announced the beginning. Most of the students gathered around the staff in orange uniforms to learn how to barbecue. The staff patiently guided them one by one. Then, they selected one of the ingredients prepared by the students in the afternoon. While roasting, they repeated what they had just said about barbecue skills and things to pay attention to.

"You have to pay attention to the oil and water when roasting. If you don't want to roast too much, you have to brush the oil evenly. If you don't want to roast too old, you have to brush more water. Not able to adjust the heat of the charcoal, you have to be more diligent while roasting. Another thing you have to pay attention to is the thick ingredients, such as hot dogs, ham sausage, etc. Remember to cut a few lines with a knife. This way, it is easy to roast and more delicious..."

After the staff demonstrated it, each student personally went to try it. The staff only allowed them to return to the group and start roasting after confirming that there were no problems with the students' independent operation.

"Feng Yufei, I don't roast well. You can do it!" Regardless of whether they were familiar with each other or not, the students of the other groups were the same as Jin Qiaoqiao, and they would call anyone whose name they remembered to help them.

Feng Yufei glanced at Jin Qiaoqiao. She was holding a chive in her hand, but her gaze was fixed on the crowd playing around at the center of the bonfire. It was clear that at this moment, this young girl's mind was completely elsewhere.

"Ok! Put it down first and come get it later!" Feng Yufei had no choice but to agree.

"Okay, thank you!" Jin Qiaoqiao jumped up happily, put down the chive, and immediately ran to the fire.

"And mine, and mine!" In the blink of an eye, almost everyone had left, leaving only Feng Yufei and Li Muqing.

"Aren't you going over?" Feng Yufei asked.

Li Muqing chuckled, "I'll eat first and go over later. I don't want to wait in line for food when hungry." She blinked her eyes playfully, with her long eyelashes fluttering like butterfly wings, giving off a primal beauty that could move one's soul.

"That makes sense." Feng Yufei said in admiration.

After they finished talking, Feng Yufei did not take the initiative to find a topic. Li Muqing concentrated on barbecuing and did not talk. The two of them turned on the silence mode.

"Wow! You have so much food here!" Perhaps tired of playing, An Zidong ran over and sat next to Feng Yufei, looking at the neatly arranged barbecue on the plate, and shouted in surprise.

"Yes! Take whatever you want to eat!" After roasting it for a while, Feng Yufei's hands and face were burning red.

An Zidong's eyes sparkled as he looked at the barbecue on the plate, "Hehe, then I won't be polite!"

"Why don't you go play?" The people on the next grill had basically all gone. This group of teenagers was currently at the age when they loved to play around the most. They only thought of eating after having enough fun. Only a few people like Feng Yufei refused to play around and quietly barbecued.

"I can't sing." Feng Yufei confessed.

She did not know most of the songs in this time and space. In the future, if she wanted to sing, she could either learn hard or only be a porter for earth's cultural entertainment.

Relatively speaking, the latter was much easier than the former, the only troublesome thing was the arrangement and the band, which she did not know at all.

Feng Yufei put down the roasted chive with a relaxed expression. She did not care about the strange looks of the two people around her. She stood up, stretched, rubbed her hot hands, and picked up a drink to pour herself a glass of coconut juice, "Do you want a glass too?"

"Yes! Give me a cup." An Zidong nodded as he ate and watched others play. Coming back to her senses, Li Muqing propped her chin on her hand as she looked at the two teenagers who were completely different from each other. She did not know how they became close friends.

Having played for an hour, the students felt their stomachs empty. It was really unbearable, so they came to get the food. The atmosphere at the bonfire party was a little low. Xiao Chuhong glanced at the photographer and then walked toward the students.

"Hello! Teacher Xiao is here to see how your barbecue is going!" Xiao Chuhong took off her high heels, stepped on the beach barefoot, and strolled around each group.

"Aiya! This is already burnt, so I won't eat this!" With a bitter face, Xiao Chuhong refused the students who enthusiastically invited her to eat.

Child, were you sure this thing you roasted was edible?

"Yes! This is okay, but there are too few chili peppers."

Xiao Chuhong looked at the excited student with a fake smile and could not bear to let her down.

Kid, it was not that you put too little chili, but you didn't put anything aside from oil!

"Wow, this is delicious. Come and try it!"

Thankfully, there was finally something that could barely be eaten.

Xiao Chuhong walked around and ate until she was half full. The deputy director told her that the shooting materials were almost ready, so she went out to change clothes.

"An Zidong, show us!"

"An Zidong, show us!"

"Show us!"

After eating, the youngsters started playing new tricks.

Unable to resist his little friend's enthusiastic request for a song, An Zidong hesitated again and again, but in the end, he was pushed out by Li Muqing.

"Oh~!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more lively, Li Muqing and a few bold girls held hands and danced with the rhythm.

The other youths lit up when seeing this, and some even whistled excitedly.

Looking at their youthful appearance and unrestrained laughter, Feng Yufei envied them from the bottom of her heart.

Flowers could have a new blossom day, but people could not become young again.

The simple, clean and carefree youth was always so beautiful and nostalgic!

After An Zidong finished singing a song, the boys and girls who were unwilling to be left behind all came up and started the KTV mode. The entire beach was filled with laughter and singing.

Feng Yufei leaned against the coconut tree and sat on the ground. She had her drink and listened to An Zidong, who was singing songs she never heard before with a vogue voice. She stretched her limbs lazily. The young man's voice was very moving. She did not feel tired after listening to it many times. The rarest thing was that Feng Yufei heard a slightly dreamy poetic tone in his charming voice.

"Young people don't know the feeling of sorrow yet act as they do." No matter if it were for happiness or sadness, the students sang too superficially. Only he sang very seriously and sincerely.

Could this be the so-called innate talent, which could cross time, race, and experience, easily achieving the effect that many professionals train for many years?

If the other students were all like An Zidong in their respective fields, or thirty to forty percent alike, then although Star Institute was not full of geniuses, none of them were simple characters. It would be difficult for her to survive until the end.

Before the class even began, Feng Yufei had already felt the threat from all directions. She was still becoming familiar with this body. Her abilities and potential were unknown, which were the most torturous.

At this moment, she finally experienced An Zidong's worry and uneasiness a while ago.

It was not because she was afraid of comparing, but because she did not want to lose and look embarrassed.

"Come, come, come! Let's all have a good time!"

While Feng Yufei was thinking, Xiao Chuhong pulled up the scattered students sitting around the fire to hold hands and dance. Many staff members were also dragged in to dance together. The scene was lively and funny.

The happy songs and jokes were left for tonight, and the happiness of the young students was just so simple.

The sea breeze blew, accompanied by the tide. Before leaving, Feng Yufei swept her hair that had been messed up by the wind and looked back. Everyone packed up and prepared to leave. The moon gradually rose, with bright moonlight slanting down. It was gentler than the seawater. This vivid and lively scene suddenly reminded her of a melody—

"The moon comes out and shines brightly. When seeing the moon, I think of my lover."

Affected by the reluctance in everyone's hearts when parting, she missed home.

In two different spaces and times, perhaps only this familiar bright moon could bring her a little bit of home warmth.

The song and dance stopped, and the students returned under the moon. When they opened their eyes again, it was already the next day's morning.

Feng Yufei had a small problem with lazing in bed, so her alarm clock was set earlier than normal, but in the end, An Zidong and she left almost at the same time.

Sitting in the car, many students continued to catch up on their sleep. Who told them to play so crazily last night? Feng Yufei continued to stare out of the window, lost in thought. This time, An Zidong, who finally got sat next to her, answered Li Muqing's questions one by one. The three of them maintained this state to the destination.

"Good morning, everyone!" Xiao Chuhong was not wearing a skirt today and had changed into a sports outfit.

"Morning, Teacher Xiao!" The students' voices were sparse and uneven, which Xiao Chuhong did not mind. She continued to smile and said,

"Did everyone have fun yesterday?"

"Yes!" The answer this time was not only much louder but also much neater than before.

"Did you sleep well last night?"

"Not bad!"

"In this case, run around the outside of the villa three times!" Xiao Chuhong roared with a smile.

"Ah!" After being yelled at by her, some of the students who were still a little confused were directly scared awake.

"Do you really think you're here to play? Is Star Institute's idol class that simple? Hurry up and run. If you're one minute late, run another lap. Life teacher, help me see who's the last!" Xiao Chuhong continued to shout.

"Run!" Someone shouted in the crowd, and the sleepy students rushed out without thinking while the others followed in large strides.

Facing the morning light, the shadows of a group of teenagers were pulled very long.

Standing in front of Star Institute's school gate, Feng Yufei still clearly remembered this morning. The air was fresh and warm, the breeze was warm, and the sun was not hot. Despite hazy sleeping eyes, the middle school students were full of vitality. The surrounding air was filled with the scent of youth, and every breath was sweet.

As for how many people would miss this short but not beautiful period of training in the future, she did not know. She only knew that after leaving this place today, she would never be able to come back. Unfortunately, no matter how many times she looked at it, she couldn't stop time and remember all the scenes.

Her gaze returned to the school. After the bonfire party, the students had completely walked out of their original lives and started a brand-new journey. Every morning, they would wake up in the car to catch up on sleep and do morning exercises in a daze, which had become a routine of their lives. Many of the spoiled students complained at first, but when seeing Xiao Chuhong train like them every morning, they slowly stopped complaining.

Student A giggled, "Little Fang, did you eat steamed chive buns this morning?"

The staff member Little Fang had a disdainful expression, "I'm sure there are no chive leaves on my teeth, and you don't have to continue asking me what I ate because I refuse to answer any of your questions!"

Student B frowned deeply, with an extremely painful expression, "Ouch! My stomach hurts!"

Staff member B had a calm expression, "Still able to make a sound means that you won't die for the time being. Keep running!"

The other students, "..."

They ran in the sunlight and occasionally teased the staff. Even though they had been rejected countless times by the request to take a ride, they still continued to do so, asking tirelessly. Every day, the students asked with anticipation on their faces, and the staff refused seriously. It also became a scenery for morning exercise.

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