"So you're the one going onstage? Whew... then it's fine. Got it, I know what to do." On the other end of the call, Sparkle let out a breath of relief, her voice taking on a lightness as though she had been saved.
"Hey, wait, what do you mean? What are you going to do?" Chen Li's guard instantly shot up.
Just then, Chen Li suddenly felt a cool finger rest against the back of his hand, which lay at the edge of the seat.
Chen Li shifted his gaze over just in time to see Pearl's fingertips slowly glide across the back of his hand. They were cool and smooth, tracing a silent path over his skin.
Pearl's five slender fingers slipped between Chen Li's one by one, finally interlocking tightly with his.
Just as Chen Li was about to say something, Sparkle's voice came through the terminal again.
"I'll add all the performances right away! I can probably leave about five minutes for your graduation ceremony. That should be enough, right?"
Chen Li had just put the straw into his mouth when, upon hearing Sparkle's words, he inhaled a mouthful of bubble tea.
How long? Five minutes?
Were you insane?
You said you could compress it, not compress it to death!
Although there was indeed nothing much to care about with this graduation ceremony, the principal himself had to call every student's name for them to go onstage and receive their awards. He even had to present strange item rewards to the outstanding graduates.
A thousand names in five minutes?
How was that even possible?
Before Chen Li could say any of that, the mouthful of bubble tea blocked the words. After hurriedly swallowing it, he felt that the taste was somehow off.
"Hey, hey, hey, show me