The system makes me so beautiful that I don't care about anyone else's life or death.

"Yes, senior." Facing her senior, Su Ran nodded somewhat guiltily.

"Are you participating in this month's event?" Zhou Yue asked.

"Senior, I have some urgent business to attend to recently."

"Ranran, you really hurt me."

"Ah, no, I'm not making excuses, I'm really busy." Director Yu has called several times to urge her to ask for a few days off from school to go to the desert for location shooting.

“Just one musical, just one! If you participate in this one, your seniors won’t invite you to any other events this month.” Zhou Yue pulled Su Ran along, looking pitiful.

Su Ran has been practicing bel canto soprano recently, and sometimes she also audits classes in the musical theatre department, so she has some understanding of this major.

A single performance can last for two hours. Unlike operas, musicals involve a great deal of physical expression.

This is why musicals have extremely high requirements for actors.

Students who can sing steadily for several hours and perfectly perform a series of physical movements are highly sought-after lead actors in musicals after graduation.

Zhou Yue had her eye on Su Ran because she was good-looking, musically talented, and athletically gifted! She might just become a dark horse in this year's musical theater club!

"Which musical did you sign up for, senior?" Su Ran thought to herself that since she had already joined this club, she couldn't just do nothing. She should participate, even if it was as an extra.

"The King of the World, an interlude from Romeo and Juliet."

“Then I’ll be an extra,” Su Ran thought matter-of-factly.

Unexpectedly, the senior student grabbed her hand tightly.

No, you are Romeo.

Su Ran was so frightened that her voice almost cracked.

"Senior, I haven't even mastered French yet, and you want me to play Romeo?"

"I believe in you, senior."

"I'm a woman."

"Girls are fine too. If you don't believe me, just ask the girls at our school. They'll definitely be vying to be Juliet!"

"Let me be an extra," she pleaded.

"You're just stealing the spotlight from the lead actor by being an extra. It's a waste of your face and hurts the lead actor's young heart."

"Senior, what makes you believe me? I don't even believe myself."

"Just from the fact that I always eavesdropped outside your classroom during your lessons, I knew you had this potential. Who else can perfectly replicate and sing a Russian folk song in three minutes after the teacher demonstrates it?"

"I... I just have a good memory and can imitate the tone, but I don't understand the meaning of the lyrics at all."

"All I want is for you to be able to sing, whether you understand the lyrics or not."

"..." Senior, you're so domineering.

"I'll give you a week." Zhou Yue slapped the script in front of Su Ran. "Are you in or not? Or are you still a member of our club?"

Don't forget that your freshman celebration musical, which we rehearsed for almost a month, was canceled. If you refuse, I... I'll cry right here!

"Sigh!" Su Ran sighed.

The freshman celebration is truly an insurmountable chasm.

"Okay, one week it is."

"That's right!" Zhou Yue immediately beamed with joy.

Memorizing lyrics wasn't too difficult for Su Ran, but musicals were a very solemn affair for her. Unlike pop songs, musicals were all about improvisation and novelty.

Classical music, despite its rich history, retains its uniqueness and elegance, and in Su Ran's mind, it is an extremely rigorous stage.

But since I promised my senior, I must do it well.

Qingcheng College has its own outdoor and indoor stages for students in related majors to use.

The most dazzling attraction is the Elizabeth Ballroom, which combines indoor and outdoor spaces and can seat 10,000 people.

Zhou Yue's applications to the Elizabeth Ballroom were always unsuccessful, with the opera department getting there first each time, which strained their relationship with the opera students.

The reason is that their musical theatre department was facing an unmanageable series of mishaps throughout last year.

First, one person made a mistake in their movements, then another person's rhythm was disrupted, and in the end, the lead singer couldn't find the right key. Forcing them to continue singing naturally resulted in a very poor performance.

As a result, their musical theatre department began to suffer from neglect, and they were even struggling to raise enough funds for performances, having to pay for everything themselves.

This month's application for the Elizabeth Ballroom was unsuccessful, but we were lucky enough to secure the right to host a small-scale musical in a ballroom.

Zhou Yue made no demands on Su Ran; she was just hoping to earn the entire musical theater club's budget by relying on Su Ran's face.

Not all members of their club are that wealthy; one of them is leaving the club because of financial issues.

Zhou Yue cried out inwardly, her job as president of the club was too difficult, she was poor, really poor!

In October, the leaves in Kyoto turn golden, and the chilly autumn wind makes people shiver. Many students who are hurrying along are wearing jackets and light coats.

Su Ran was no exception. Although she was not afraid of the cold due to her constitution, she still put on a gray hooded windbreaker and zipped it up to her nose in order to keep a low profile.

Even so, it couldn't hide her outstanding temperament.

So she always took the quiet, secluded paths through the flowers and grass to get to the classroom, and she discovered all the secret hiding spots that the couples in the entire college had figured out.

Two kittens were perched on her shoulders, one on each side, and an egg bag hung from her backpack.

There was a small hole in the middle of the egg-shaped pouch, revealing a chubby, glowing ball that only Su Ran could see. And you know what? The little butterfly, without its glow, actually looked quite like an egg.

[Host, where are we going?]

"Rehearsal." She stroked the little orange cat's head on her shoulder; it felt fluffy and soft, and she wanted to pinch it a few times.

"Meow~" The little orange cat felt very comfortable being petted and rubbed itself against Su Ran's neck.

This displeased another little silver gradient.

"Meow~" Little Silver made an even sweeter sound, rubbing its entire face against Su Ran's face.

【Humph! 】

The little butterfly, confined to the egg bag and unable to go anywhere, felt as if a bottle of vinegar had been spilled in its heart.

The more it thought about it, the more aggrieved and upset it became, and it burst into tears.

[The host doesn't love me anymore, waaaaa! The host is abusing me! The host let two stray cats take my place! The spot on my shoulder was clearly mine!!!]

"If you cry again, I'll seal the egg bag up so you can't even see the scenery outside," Su Ran threatened calmly.

The little butterfly stopped crying and began to sob, looking utterly pitiful.

Faced with such a small butterfly, Su Ran's heart softened, and she took it off her backpack and placed it in her palm.

"They only briefly rested on my shoulders, but you will always be held in my hands."

She watched with a smile as the little butterfly transformed from a white ball of light into a pink ball of light.

[Hmph, then I'll reluctantly forgive the host.]

The little butterfly turned away shyly, feeling like it was about to explode from the heat. How could its host be so gentle? It was so happy; it felt like the happiest system in the world.

To get to the rehearsal room, you have to walk through a long corridor of practice rooms.

The soundproofing of the practice rooms at Qingcheng Academy is quite good; you can hardly hear any sound from the outside.

Just as she was leisurely walking down the corridor, a figure suddenly flashed past in front of her.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people arrived, chasing after the figure and screaming excitedly.

"Senior Wen Mu! Senior Wen Mu, I'm your biggest fan!!"

"I entered this academy because of Senior Wen Mu!"

"Senior Wen Mu! Don't run away—"

There were so many people that Su Ran was pushed against the wall by the crowd.

In order to protect the kitten on her shoulder, Su Ran didn't care about the hat that was knocked off, and her flawless face inevitably appeared in front of everyone.

The crowd at the scene was stunned.

"Su Ran!!!"

"Oh my god, I can finally see Su Ran up close!"

"I can't breathe, I can't believe I saw my idol and goddess on the same day."

Su Ran frowned, sensing that something terrible was about to happen!

Just as she was thinking about running away, there was suddenly nothing behind her. The door behind the wall was suddenly opened, and Su Ran fell backward. As she tried to turn around and steady herself, someone supported her waist from behind.

"Bang—" The door slammed shut.

Su Ran met a pair of cold, green eyes.

The owner of the green-eyed creature said, "It's so noisy."