Chapter 74: Chapter 73: Envious, huh?! Gu Yu has bought me diapers!

"What happened? What's going on? What happened?"

The stage control teacher hurried out of the restroom and anxiously asked Shu Yinyin and Bi Jian as he looked at the agitated audience.

"Teacher... Teacher, I accidentally pressed the lifting platform switch..."

"The two students on stage just fell straight down... it was so terrifying, wuwuwu I'm so sorry!"

Shu Yinyin's expression changed in an instant, with her previously scoffing demeanor rapidly turning to one of panic and disarray as she covered her face and pretended to cry.

"Ah!!? No way! How could such a mistake happen!"

The stage control teacher's eyes widened in shock. He'd only gone to the restroom for a couple of minutes, how could such a thing have taken place in that short time!

But seeing the boiling audience and the reporters gathered at the edge of the stage lifting their cameras to peer onto the stage, he knew something major must have happened!

"You two stay here, don't move! I'll deal with this and then ask you!"

He commanded them with a stern expression, then dashed back to the control room in a few quick strides.

Regardless, the first priority was to rescue the two students who had fallen!

The lifting platform had been abandoned for safety reasons, so the passage below was sealed. They'd have to raise the platform first to know the situation of the two students.

But as soon as he pressed the lift button, the stage suddenly filled with the sound of singing again.

"They say/to give up your madness/is to wipe away the filth."

"They say/to rise up the stairs/the price is bowing down."

"So let me/be unrideable by the wind/proud of that kind of lonely bravery."

"Who says you can't be a hero if you're ordinary!"

As his voice went from low to high, Gu Yu's figure slowly rose, his left arm tightly wrapped around Lin Xinyue, while his right hand holding the microphone was dripping with blood!

His expression was one of gritting endurance, and the sight of his bleeding arm instantly made him the center of attention once more!

Especially when he sang "to rise up the stairs" and then firmly stepped back onto the stage from the lift, everyone was invigorated!

Nobody had expected Gu Yu to return to the stage with such tenacity and resolve.

He was injured! But he was still standing!

And he wasn't just standing! He was still singing out loud!

Lin Xinyue was tightly shielded in Gu Yu's embrace, unharmed.

Although her eyes were full of concern, she knew that this was not the time to stop and care for Gu Yu; his resolute gaze had already told her to persevere and finish this performance! Sёarch* The NôᴠeFire.ηet website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

This was not only about the performance of the two of them, it also concerned the reputation of Haidong University!

This was the 120th-anniversary celebration of Haidong University!

Not only were nearly 30,000 people inside the venue watching, but outside, another hundred thousand or even more viewers were following the live broadcast!

"Loving you walking alone in dark alleys/loving your unbowed stance/loving you have faced despair/and refused to cry!"

When it came to "refused to cry," Lin Xinyue's voice choked up.

Gu Yu was bleeding! Bleeding so much blood!

If it wasn't for his right hand blocking the steel frame at the side for her in the instant they fell, the injured one would have been her!

In that critical moment, he had unhesitatingly protected her!

"..."

"To the whimpers and roars in the darkness! Who says only those standing in the light can be heroes!"

The song "Hero" ended on the tremble in Lin Xinyue's voice. Despite the slight dip in pitch due to her sobbing, it conveyed an even more intense and tragic emotion.

Everyone present clenched their fists; they were angry about the "accident" that had just occurred and moved by Gu Yu's determination not to give up despite being injured.

"Principal Xue... should we stop the performance...?"

A female vice-principal hesitated and asked Principal Xue Zhong, who was sitting in the center with his brows deeply furrowed.

Xue Zhong glanced at her, then at the two students still persisting on stage, and the jaw muscles on his cheeks tensed up several times. He was also conflicted about whether to continue.

He couldn't just ignore the students' injuries for the sake of the school's celebration!

But he could see the determination in Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue.

Internally wrestling with the decision, he finally took a deep breath and gently waved to the female vice-principal.

"Let's watch a bit longer..."

And the performance on stage continued, now with a duet:

"Your patchiness is unique/Your silence is deafening—"

"Loving you trodden down a dark alley... Love that comes from the wilderness/A life unforgiving thanks to your own gleam/You will build your city-state/On top of ruins!"

The atmosphere in the entire venue was once again pushed to a climax, and everyone couldn't help but stand up and join in.

"Shall we go!? Let's go! With the most humble dreams—"

"Shall we fight!? Let's fight! With the loneliest dreams—"

Thirty thousand people sang in chorus!

No, three hundred thousand! Three million people sang in unison!

Both faculty and students in the arena and the audience watching the live broadcast couldn't help but clench their fists, their eyes determined as they sang out loud!

Haidong District police station.

Zhuang Qinh, a police officer nicknamed Xiao Hu, working the night shift, was looking excited as he and two other officers gathered their strength to belt out a song!

Haidong University Medical College Affiliated Hospital.

Medical staff who had just completed emergency surgery and had a moment to rest were sitting on the floor in a half-circle, quietly singing together with the cellphone in the middle.

Although they were exhausted in body, they were extraordinarily invigorated in spirit.

At this moment, it wasn't just Haidong District.

The entire Modu!

The whole Huaxia!

Anyone watching the live broadcast was sharing in the spiritual encouragement of this mass chorus!

The exhausted Lonely Braves once more awakened their weary hearts at this moment, as they sat in the dark, quietly listening to the cold autumn wind whistling outside the window.

This bone-chilling autumn wind didn't extinguish the flame in their hearts; on the contrary, it made it burn even more fiercely!

Back to the stage—

"To the sobbing and roaring in the night!"

"Who says only those in the light are heroes!"

Gu Yu looked up, raising the microphone with a bloodied hand, and handed over the final chorus to everyone present.

Once the hero finished, Gu Yu retrieved the microphone, and the entire venue fell silent.

Three seconds later, as Principal Xue Zhong was the first to stand and applaud, a thunderous ovation swept over the venue, louder than thunder or the crashing of waves!

This wave of sound made the entire stage tremble slightly and the doors and windows of the venue bang loudly!

But not a single person stopped clapping because this was the biggest show of support and encouragement they could give to the performers!

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This was the only acknowledgment they could offer!

"Gu Yu! Lin Xinyue! Gu Yu! Lin Xinyue! …"

After the applause, the entire audience began chanting both their names in unison.

Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue joined hands and bowed deeply to all the teachers and students present and then to the cameras tightly clustered in front of the stage.

Yu Xiaochuan keenly noticed that Gu Yu's injured right hand was trembling slightly and quickly captured a close-up shot.

"Laosi is too awesome!"

"Brilliant! Just one word! Brilliant!"

"Did you see that? The guy on stage is my buddy! Gu Yu is my buddy!"

"Hahaha, we're in the same dorm, we play five-a-side every day! Jealous, aren't you!"

Room 502's three brothers were crazily bragging to their classmates about their relationship with Gu Yu, prompting eye rolls from those around them.

Their classmates, all from the same class, were well aware of it, weren't they?

Even though they were indeed envious…

Excited, Boss Pu couldn't help himself; he stood up, slapped his butt, and declared with a proud face:

"What's that compared to this? You guys can't even imagine that Gu Yu has bought me diapers! Jealous, huh?!"

Yu Shutong, Qin Shan: "..."

The surrounding classmates: "..."