Rebirth of a Girl in a Boys' School

"Yes, that's the feeling, remember it!" Hong Wei turned on the speakers and then said, "Pay attention to the rhythm of the music. This music is played differently in some parts than the music in the video. You two will use this music on the day of the performance. This one sounds grand!"

Lin Ruofei couldn't tell whether the music was grand or not at all. However, after the dance, she was completely out of breath, even more tired than after running a kilometer!

"These two pieces of music are completely different!" Lin Ruofei complained angrily, "Now I don't even know how to dance along!"

“Listen carefully, it’s actually the same rhythm,” Gao Qiang hurriedly explained. “This piece of music just has more instruments, which makes it sound better. We’ll get used to it after listening to it a few more times!”

"What's the use of just knowing the tune by heart?" Hong Wei slapped his thigh and shouted angrily, "The key is that you two have to do the dance moves correctly!"

From the moment Lin Ruofei and Gao Qiang started dancing, Hong Wei, who was watching from the side, was as anxious as a monkey that had eaten charcoal, his face turning red as he jumped up and down. When the dance finally ended, Hong Wei couldn't wait to fly into a rage!

"You two are a couple, you're supposed to dance together with graceful movements, not like Japanese soldiers marching into a village hand in hand! Your bodies are so stiff! Can't your movements be a little softer and more beautiful? Soft! Beautiful! Do you understand?" Hong Wei shouted at Lin Ruofei and Gao Qiang.

Lin Ruofei and Gao Qiang both humbly lowered their heads and listened attentively to Master Hongwei's teachings, daring not to have the slightest objection.

After lecturing for a while, Hong Wei felt he had covered all the important points, so he pointed to the warehouse and said loudly, "You two go back and watch the video again carefully, see how they jumped, and then go back to the hall and jump again!"

Lin Ruofei obediently followed Gao Qiang back to the warehouse to study the video.

After Lin Ruofei disappeared, Hong Wei suddenly slapped himself hard across the face, muttering in annoyance, "You can't stop your stinking mouth! Gao Qiang reminded me: don't be so harsh on the actors like you are when rehearsing a play, just say it enough, or you'll drive the kid away and who will play him! But you just can't control yourself! You have to say it! You have to say it..."

Little did she know that even if Hong Wei kicked Lin Ruofei twice, she would still hold back her anger and insist on jumping down. Because right now, Lin Ruofei had only one goal in mind: to put on a show that was better than Zhang Yang's and his accomplices', stealing the limelight from that despicable couple! To make them lose face so badly they'd be too ashamed to show their faces at school!

After several rounds of guidance from Hong Wei, Lin Ruofei and Gao Qiang's dancing indeed made a qualitative leap, but it still couldn't meet Hong Wei's requirements.

“Come here, I need to talk to you two about the play…” Hong Wei called Lin Ruofei and Gao Qiang, who had just finished dancing it again, to his side and patiently said, “This dance is from a famous opera called ‘Madame Rose.’ Madame Rose is no ordinary woman. She captivated all the men around her with her unique feminine charm… This woman is you!” Hong Wei pointed to Lin Ruofei, whose face was slightly flushed from exhaustion.

“And you… are one of the men who were captivated by her!” Hong Wei pointed at Gao Qiang, who looked completely bewildered.

"Lin Ruofei, all you need to do is imagine yourself as Lady Rose, show off your charm, and make all men fall at your feet. Your eyes... your posture... must always exude captivating charm..."

Just as Hong Wei was explaining with great enthusiasm, Lin Ruofei suddenly interrupted inappropriately:

"I now constantly reek of pungent, sweaty odor!"

“I’m giving you some pointers, can you be a little more serious? You…” Hong Wei was about to scold Lin Ruofei a few more times, but seeing Gao Qiang constantly winking at him, signaling him to stop talking, he had no choice but to give up.

"Now you two start by practicing your eye contact. Get into position... Okay, start looking into each other's eyes... Charming, affectionate... One is a charming, beautiful, and confident Lady Rose, wanting to captivate the man in front of her... The other is a devoted man who knows to stay away from promiscuous women, but can't help but fall deeply in love... I say, are you two watching gorillas at the zoo?! What kind of look is that?" Hong Wei shouted angrily when he saw Lin Ruofei and Gao Qiang staring blankly at each other, completely ignoring his prompting.

"What you're saying is too hard to understand. We have no idea what to do!" Lin Ruofei said, plopping down on the ground in frustration.

"What's so difficult about this? What's so difficult about it? Just admit you're stupid!" Hong Wei walked up to Gao Qiang, who was standing there dumbfounded, grabbed him, and shouted, "Even two monkeys could dance better than you two! Watch carefully, watch how I dance! Lin Ruofei, go and turn on the music!"

"Okay." Lin Ruofei obediently stood up, ran over and turned on the stereo.

"I can't remember the dance steps, so you'd better teach me!" Hong Wei scolded Gao Qiang sternly, "Don't be an idiot and just dance by yourself!"

"I understand." Gao Qiang nodded weakly.

As soon as the music started, Hong Wei began to dance under Gao Qiang's guidance.

"See? Your eyes... don't wander, be confident, be even more confident... your body... don't twist and turn just to do the dance moves, move however you want to look beautiful... do you see clearly? That's it, confident... beautiful... beautiful... confident..." After dancing with Gao Qiang for more than a minute, Hong Wei waved his hand to signal Lin Ruofei to stop the music.

"Because I couldn't remember the dance steps, I was always out of sync with the beat when I was dancing just now. You two can ignore this shortcoming..." Hong Wei tried to smooth things over, saying, "But I felt that I was still on point when I was dancing. You two need to grasp the spirit of the dance!"

Seeing that Gao Qiang still looked confused, Hong Wei couldn't help but ask, "Dude, did you get the gist of it?"

"I think you're... you look pretty... cheap when you're dancing..." Gao Qiang hesitated and answered in a low voice.

"You're the one who's shameless! You're such a dense blockhead!" Hong Wei angrily scolded Gao Qiang, then turned to Lin Ruofei, who was still standing by the speaker, and asked, "And you? Have you figured it out yet?"

"After watching your dance just now, I feel that dancing should be..." Lin Ruofei thought for a moment, then said, "It should be a kind of 'cool' feeling!"

"What does it feel like to be 'cool'?" Gao Qiang asked curiously.

"Anyway, when you're dancing, you should feel like you're the coolest one, none of you are as cool as me! I'm the center of attention wherever I go, and you all have to look at me!" Lin Ruofei summarized.

"Great! Well said!" Hong Wei slapped his thigh and shouted happily, "That's the feeling of confidence I want! I'm the coolest! Nobody shines as brightly as me! That's the feeling!"

Gao Qiang scratched his head, completely unaware of the conversation between Lin Ruofei and Hong Wei.

"Come on, strike a pose, I'll go play some music..." Hong Wei shouted excitedly, "Let's dance with this 'cool, awesome, and explosive' feeling!"

Lin Ruofei obediently walked up to Gao Qiang and took his hand.

"Wait a minute, I'll go get some supplies!" Hong Wei said, then turned and ran into the warehouse. Less than a minute later, Hong Wei came running out of the warehouse again, this time with two more items in his hands.

"Here you go!" Hong Wei handed the things in his hand to Lin Ruofei, and then said, "Try to find that arrogant feeling of 'Madame Rose'!"

Hong Wei handed Lin Ruofei a long wig and a white gauze midi skirt.

"What are you doing?" Lin Ruofei asked hesitantly.

"Get dressed up!" Hong Wei said firmly. "You'll have to wear this kind of outfit sooner or later, so the sooner you wear it, the better!"

"That's right! Put it on, put it on!" Gao Qiang also whispered his advice.

Lin Ruofei gritted her teeth, steeled her resolve, and immediately put on a white gauze dress and a long wig...

"Hmm, that's starting to look good!" Hong Wei looked Lin Ruofei up and down, nodded in satisfaction, and said, "I'll go put some music on for you two right now."

"Hehe, you know what..." Gao Qiang grabbed Lin Ruo's hand and couldn't help but laugh, "You really do look like a young girl dressed up like this!"

"Hmph! Bro, what kind of bullshit look is that? Am I that ugly? What do you mean by looking like a little girl? I am a little girl, okay?" Lin Ruofei glared at Gao Qiang fiercely, cursing inwardly.

Gao Qiang thought Lin Ruofei was angry because she had teased him about being a little girl, so he immediately shut his mouth and dared not say anything more.

As the music began, Lin Ruofei followed Gao Qiang and swayed gently to the pleasant music...

Throughout, Lin Ruofei tried her best to maintain her understanding of "coolness" while making her dance moves as beautiful as possible... However, the stuffy wig and the long skirt that wrapped around her legs always made Lin Ruofei feel powerless and imperfect.

As soon as the song ended, Lin Ruofei immediately ripped off her wig and took off her long dress, plopped down on the ground, and whispered breathlessly, "Can we stop here for today? If we keep jumping, I'm afraid I'll be exhausted!"

Gao Qiang stared blankly at Lin Ruofei, who was sitting on the ground panting heavily, and didn't answer for a long time.

"Oh! Okay, okay, let's stop here for today!" Hong Wei, who had just recovered, hurriedly replied, "Brother Lin, you've worked hard today. The last round was pretty good, but you have to remember this: when you're dancing, if you make a mistake, just go with it! Don't go back one step to change it, or it'll look even worse, understand?"

"Okay, I understand." Lin Ruofei stood up and asked Gao Qiang, "Shall we go together?"

Gao Qiang stared straight at Lin Ruofei, still without saying a word.

"Are you exhausted from dancing?" Lin Ruofei waved a hand in front of Gao Qiang's eyes and then said, "If you're not leaving, I'm leaving first!"

After saying that, Lin Ruofei handed the wig and long dress back to Hong Wei, then turned and left the drama club.

"Hey! Hey!" Hong Wei nudged Gao Qiang, who had been staring blankly at Lin Ruofei's retreating figure, and whispered, "She's already gone, why are you still looking?"

"Old Hong, I just... I just..." Gao Qiang stammered, "While I was jumping around, I kept looking at Lin Ruofei with her long hair, and suddenly... suddenly I..."

"Are you shy?" Hong Wei said with a smile, patting Gao Qiang on the shoulder.

"You figured it out?" Gao Qiang asked in a panic.

“Even if you’re dark-skinned, if your face suddenly turns as red as burning coals, I’m not blind, how could I not notice?” Hong Wei laughed even harder.

"You have no idea how fast my heart was beating!" Gao Qiang said nervously, rubbing his hands together. "My palms are still sweaty!"

"Did you suddenly have a fleeting thought... that Lin Ruofei is a beautiful young woman with graceful dance moves?" Hong Wei asked with a smile.

“That’s right!” Gao Qiang nodded in agreement, saying, “My face turned red as I looked at it, and my heart started racing!” Gao Qiang then added with a worried expression, “Could it be that I am also… interested in men… but I just didn’t realize it before?”

"Come on, what are you thinking?" Hong Wei shoved Gao Qiang hard and said loudly, "You only fell for Lin Ruofei because you thought she was a woman!"

"'Also'...what does that mean?" Gao Qiang suddenly realized and said, "Did you also fall for Lin Ruofei just now, just like me?"

"This kid... this kid, once he's dressed up, he really does... makes people's minds wander..." Hong Wei said, trying to smooth things over, "That just proves you've found the right person!"

"Phew..." Gao Qiang let out a long breath, patted his chest and said, "I thought I was the only one who was captivated by Lin Ruofei dressed as a woman. It turns out that even someone as experienced as you can lose your composure like me. I'm relieved!"

"Hehe...you always pride yourself on being a person who values ​​inner qualities and doesn't care about appearances!" Hong Wei teased Gao Qiang with a laugh, "How come you were charmed by a clueless guy who looks like a pretty girl?"

"I... I was just momentarily distracted!" Gao Qiang awkwardly tried to smooth things over. "Inner beauty is better than outer beauty, and that has always been my personal belief!"

After teasing each other for a while, Gao Qiang and Hong Wei left the drama club together.

The oblivious Lin Ruofei didn't realize how successfully she dressed up as a woman, making Gao Qiang and Hong Wei so infatuated. But in Lin Ruofei's eyes, whether her female disguise was successful or not, this was the only path she could take!

From the moment Hong Wei declared that he could "look presentable even if he wore a girls' school uniform and was thrown into an all-girls school!", Lin Ruofei conceived a plan:

On weekends, while Mom waits for me at the girls' school gate, I quickly run to the iron fence on 'Qianji Mountain' where Gao Qiang delivers lunchboxes to Sister Fen. I climb over two iron fences and sneak into the girls' school, blending in with the girls going home. Then I walk out of the girls' school gate with my head held high, meeting Mom waiting at the gate. Wouldn't that be perfect?