At the entrance to Fangting City's "Green Tower" Stadium, a large crowd had gathered.
It was afternoon. The faint sunlight in the blue sky had taken away some of the chill lingering around the people. Everyone was brimming with enthusiasm, clearly waiting for something.
"Green Tower" was named after the observation tower standing opposite the main venue. Every night, pale green neon light shone from its summit, adding a touch of liveliness to the stadium.
This was Fangting City's largest performance venue. Countless famous artists had performed here over the years, and it had carried the passion and expectations of innumerable audiences. Today was no exception.
Jiang Yuan was wrapped in a thick down jacket, with half her face tucked into the scarf around her neck. From a distance, she looked like a plump penguin. Standing at the edge of the crowd, she kept looking toward the nearby road, trying to find the figure she wanted to see.
Before long, she saw the person she had been waiting for.
The tardy Lin Xiaolu entered her sight.
Pulling a hand from her pocket and raising it slightly, she instinctively wanted to greet her friend as she usually did. Yet the words never left her mouth, freezing inexplicably amid the frost.
Because several people she did not know were following behind Lin Xiaolu.
Well, she did not entirely fail to recognize them. At least she had met one of them before: a beautiful girl named Xia Liang. Jiang Yuan vaguely remembered that Xia Liang was a student from another class in their grade. Some time ago, rumors had painted her as a delinquent girl, but she seemed to have settled down lately. Jiang Yuan even occasionally saw her near the top of the exam rankings.
Jiang Yuan knew that Lin Xiaolu and