24: Wang Yifan's appearance on stage shocked everyone!

Wang Yifan and Zhao Lusi played games for two hours, with both wins and losses!

After they finished playing, the time had reached past one in the afternoon. The event had already started, but it wasn't time for them to go on stage yet.

The two came to the window and looked outside, still seeing many people's cars parked on the side of the road.

"Brother Fan, how are we going to get over there in a bit?"

"I'll take you through the back later, taking the small path. Once the performance is over, we'll come back the same way, so there's nothing to worry about!"

"Mm, okay!"

In truth, Zhao Lusi didn't really want to perform. After all, this wasn't her home turf, and there were so many people. If she appeared, the situation could easily spiral out of control, especially since there was no security personnel here.

If there were security personnel, she wouldn't be worried!

Now that so many people had come, she had a bad feeling.

Seeing Zhao Lusi's troubled expression, Wang Yifan asked, "Baby, what's wrong?"

"Brother Fan, there are so many people. I'm worried that after I finish performing, things will get out of control. There's no security here, it's very dangerous!"

Hearing this, he immediately understood Zhao Lusi's concerns. She was right. When he originally asked Zhao Lusi to sing on stage, it was because he couldn't sing, and at the time, he thought the Village New Years Gala would only be attended by villagers. He hadn't expected so many people to come watch!

If Zhao Lusi went on stage, something might really go wrong!

Thinking of this, he felt conflicted.

"Baby, how about you don't go? I'll go by myself!"

"But, can you sing?"

"Don't worry, I know a little bit. You can just listen to me from somewhere they can't see you, and I'll come find you as soon as I'm done!"

"Mm, Brother Fan, it's not that I don't want to perform, it's just that I'm worried about something happening. Next year, once proper security measures are in place, I will definitely go on stage!"

"I know, what you said makes sense. I didn't expect so many people to come either!"

"Yeah!"

Wang Yifan was also very fortunate that he had unlocked professional-level singing skills while scrolling through videos today; otherwise, he would have been doomed!

It was a pity that he couldn't take Zhao Lusi to experience the Village New Years Gala today.

He didn't know how it happened, but the news that Zhao Lusi was here had leaked out.

If it hadn't leaked, Zhao Lusi could have walked around the village without any issues. It must have been his younger cousins or his Older Cousin and Sister-in-law who leaked it!

For the rest of the time, he stayed at home with Zhao Lusi. She was leaving tomorrow, so he was naturally very reluctant to part with her. They stayed cuddled up together until it was almost time for his performance and his parents called him over. Only then did he take Zhao Lusi and sneak around via the small path.

They arrived directly behind the stage.

People below couldn't see this spot, so Wang Yifan had her wait behind the stage, promising to go back with her as soon as he finished his performance.

As the host finished speaking!

He walked out from backstage holding a microphone. Seeing only him, the people from other villages who had been looking forward to seeing Zhao Lusi were stunned. Wasn't the last act supposed to be Zhao Lusi? Why wasn't she there?

They wanted to curse, but since this wasn't their village, they didn't dare to do so recklessly; if they did, they'd get beaten up!

Even the people from the same village as Wang Yifan were confused. Wasn't Zhao Lusi supposed to sing on stage? Why wasn't she going up?

Could she be coming out later?

Thinking of this, they played the accompaniment for Zhao Lusi's song "Having You Here" as planned.

But after the music had been playing for a while, Zhao Lusi was still nowhere to be seen. Instead, Wang Yifan picked up the microphone and began to sing along to the rhythm of the music.

"The opening line from our first meeting,"

"No rehearsal, but unexpectedly cute."

They had assumed Wang Yifan couldn't sing, but the moment he sang the lyrics, everyone was stunned. Even Zhao Lusi, the original singer, stood backstage in a daze!

Wang Yifan's voice had a kind of magic to it; it was extremely pleasant to listen to. Moreover, Zhao Lusi realized that he was nothing like what he had told her about being off-key—his pitch was actually more accurate than hers, the original singer!

Most importantly, Zhao Lusi felt that he sang even better than she did!

Immediately, her cheeks puffed up, clearly a bit angry. She hadn't expected Wang Yifan to lie to her. She would definitely have to teach him a lesson later!

After hearing him sing the lyrics, the people below the stage fell silent in unison!

The people sitting below the stage had been whispering, but the moment he started singing, everything went quiet.

After recovering from their shock, they stared at Wang Yifan on stage in disbelief.

"Holy crap, Wang Yifan sings this well?"

"Yeah, who knew he had this kind of talent?"

"It's really good. Now I finally know why Zhao Lusi is with him!"

"I used to think Wang Yifan was just a freeloader, but I didn't expect him to be so talented!"

...

Wang Baoshan looked at Wang Yifan on stage, gnashing his teeth!

He had never liked Wang Yifan, and now that he saw how impressive Wang Yifan was, he hated him even more!

Li Jiali looked at Wang Yifan on stage, then at Wang Baoshan beside her. The more she compared them, the angrier she became!

Unable to hold back, she kicked Wang Baoshan in the leg, not giving him any face at all!

She glared at him angrily.

Throughout the whole process, Wang Baoshan didn't show the slightest bit of resistance!

This only caused him to hate Wang Yifan even more. Suddenly, he thought of something: Wang Yifan didn't know how to sing before, so how did he suddenly know how? Could he be lip-syncing?

He suddenly had an idea: he would go and turn off the accompaniment. As long as he turned it off, if Wang Yifan's mouth was still moving but there was no sound from the microphone, that would prove he was lip-syncing. Once he exposed his lip-syncing, he could show everyone his true colors, and Zhao Lusi might even break up with him!

Thinking of this, Wang Baoshan felt excited.

"Jiali, I'm going for a walk!"

Li Jiali didn't even look at him, just kept watching Wang Yifan singing on stage!

Wang Baoshan didn't say anything and quietly left.

After leaving the audience area, Wang Baoshan quietly walked toward the place where the music was being played. The area where the accompaniment was played was being guarded by two people sitting there.

When Wang Baoshan walked behind the equipment, he just stared at the computer playing the music. However, if he wanted to turn off the music, he had to get past the two people in front of him first.

The good news was that one of the people guarding the computer was Wang Wei, who also didn't like Wang Yifan!

The bad news was that the other person guarding the computer was an older female cousin.

However, not long after Wang Baoshan arrived at the music playback area, the older female cousin guarding the music suddenly had to go to the restroom, which gave Wang Baoshan a great opportunity!