Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Lan Ying'er was very surprised when she was suddenly pulled away. She turned around to say something, but saw Li Shuo's face was gloomy. His intimidating look made her shut her mouth subconsciously.

I thought to myself: What's wrong with this man? He looks so scary, just like my dad in a meeting.

Back in the main hall, Li Shuo stopped and said to Lan Ying'er, "Thank you for your help, but this is my business, so you better not interfere. The award ceremony is about to begin, so you should go back first."

"what?"

Lan Ying'er's eyes widened, suspecting that she had misheard. After two seconds, she said aggrievedly, "You also know that I mean well, but did I do anything wrong? Why did you suddenly..."

As she said this, she wanted to squeeze out a few tears, but unfortunately she really couldn't figure it out, so her emotions naturally fell out, and no tears came out.

Li Shuo waved his hand and said, "You did nothing wrong, it's just that I don't like this."

While speaking, Li Shuo looked at the high platform in the distance. The next moment, he saw a familiar-looking boy walking up. He was stunned.

Lan Ying'er followed his gaze and couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Dong Dong! Why is he the host of the award ceremony?"

Li Shuo frowned, feeling unhappy. Lan Ying'er also felt awkward. She pulled his hand and whispered, "Let's go back first and ask Qiao Qiao..."

Seeing Li Shuo nod, he quickly returned to the circle of the Central Academy of Drama.

The three beauties had already noticed the situation on the stage. Seeing Lan Ying'er coming back, Qiao Yuxin explained directly:

"I was originally chosen as the host, but something unexpected happened in the middle of the show, so the organizer asked me to give up my position to Dong Dong..."

Lan Ying'er frowned and asked, "What happened? Do you know?"

Qiao Yuxin shook her head blankly. Song Cheche sneered and said, "Hey, good sisters, if you think about it carefully, you will know what our Art Association is best at. Let's treat everyone equally and cut the cake together!"

"Before the art appreciation meeting yesterday, didn't you all think that Dong Dong would win the drama award? At that time, no one thought that Dong Dong would be a host, but now..."

Zhao Ziying suddenly realized, "The drama award went to someone else, so the Arts Association gave Dong Dong this opportunity to perform as a host to make up for it!"

Song Cheche snapped his fingers and said nothing more.

The atmosphere instantly fell silent. The four beauties all glanced at Li Shuo more or less. They all knew in their hearts: with Dong Dong as the host, the drama award would most likely go to Li Shuo.

But Li Shuo felt relieved: he thought something had happened, but now it seems that Dong Dong's appearance on stage as the host actually means that Li Shuo is almost certain to win the drama award.

At this time, Qiao Yuxin said to Lan Yinger: "Hey, why did you break up with Dong Dong?"

Lan Ying'er replied: "I called him!"

"That's it?"

"What else can we do? We didn't date for long in the first place, and we don't have much affection for each other."

Lan Ying'er glanced at Li Shuo. She felt that the man was angry for inexplicable reasons, so she was very considerate of his emotions.

Seeing this scene, Qiao Yuxin couldn't help but shut her mouth and gave a look to Zhao Ziying and Song Cheche respectively, which meant: Look at this loser, being controlled so tightly by a man.

In this slightly strange atmosphere, Dong Dong on the stage picked up the microphone, and the 10 Drama Competition Award Ceremony began...

After a standard introduction to the drama competition, Dong Dong quickly announced the first award: "...Congratulations to the novel "The Invisible Guardian", the play "The Invisible Guardian"... and 10 other works for winning the Creativity Award of this drama competition..."

"crash"

Amid the applause that followed, Lan Ying'er and other girls said "congratulations" to Li Shuo, and then pushed Li Shuo onto the stage to receive the award.

As the opening grand prize, the Creativity Award carries a lot of weight, especially since the novel and script of "The Invisible Guardian" are counted separately, so Li Shuo occupies two places.

Among them, the honorary certificate for the novel bears the names of both Li Shuo and Nie Haihao, while the script only bears the name of Li Shuo.

Song Cheche, who was in the audience, took advantage of Li Shuo's absence and said to Lan Ying'er, "Hey, are you sure Li Shuo can win the drama award?"

Lan Ying'er was very happy. After hearing her words, she asked in surprise: "Why do you ask that?"

Song Cheche said seriously, "Didn't I just say that people from our Arts Association always sit in a row and eat fruit? Have you seen any previous drama award winners win other important awards?"

As soon as these words came out, Qiao Yuxin and Zhao Ziying also reacted:

"Oh, right. I remember that it's almost impossible to win both the drama award and the creativity award, right?"

"That would be terrible. Li Shuo is happy now, but he will miss out on the ultimate prize later!"

Lan Ying'er was secretly anxious. Seeing Li Shuo and several other award winners standing on the stage, being awarded certificates and medals by Professor Huang Mingrui, she prayed silently in her heart: Li Shuo, you must win the drama award.

However, the award ceremony that followed dealt a heavy blow to Lan Ying'er's confidence time and time again.

Ten minutes later, Dong Dong announced excitedly: "Congratulations to Li Shuo and the script "The Invisible Guardian" for winning the Best Story Award..."

Because he was too excited, he even ignored the other four winners for a moment, and only read out Li Shuo's name!

Of course, he quickly added the list of other winners, but the people in the audience all understood the meaning:

"What the hell? Li Shuo won the drama award again?"

"The Creativity Award and the Plot Award are second only to the Drama Award. Both of them come with medals. Li Shuo has won both. So his Drama Award is going to be incredible!"

"Hey, a foreigner wants to take the grand prize away from our Central Academy of Drama. What a wishful thinking!"

The lecturers and students around him either exchanged glances or talked in low voices. Everyone was almost certain that Li Shuo had missed the drama award!

Song Cheche and others looked at Lan Ying'er and said to comfort her:

"It's no big deal. It's actually pretty good that Li Shuo got these two awards."

"Remember Li Shuo is still a freshman? He will have plenty of opportunities in the future."

The four school beauties were not as close as they seemed. They said this, but they were gloating in their hearts: Lan Ying'er, you were so anxious to break up with Dong Dong and then catch Li Shuo, wasn't it because you wanted him to win the drama award? Now, it's all in vain!

Zhao Ziying was quite straightforward, and she actually said, "Ying'er, if you ask me, why don't you break up with Li Shuo before you really get together with him?"

Lan Ying'er's face turned pale, she glared at her and said, "Zhao Ziying! What do you mean? You think I'm with Li Shuo just for the award, right?"

Zhao Ziying said: "Maybe not entirely, but it should also account for a part of the factors, right?"

"No!" Lan Ying'er said flatly: "Whether Li Shuo can win the drama award or not, he is still my boyfriend!"

Deep down, she wasn't even as embarrassed as she appeared, because Lan Ying'er really wasn't pursuing Li Shuo for this reason!

Now she changed her mind and felt that Li Shuo was too much of a star at the tasting session, attracting a lot of attention. Now that he can't get the drama award, it's actually a good thing for him to tone down his edge a little.

Next came the third and fourth awards. These were unimportant awards, with 20 or 50 places available at a time. Certificates were handed out in large numbers, and the scene was filled with a jubilant atmosphere.

Therefore, many people did not notice that Li Shuo was not included in these rewards!

At this time, Li Shuo had returned to Lan Ying'er. He was holding two medals and a big red certificate in his hands, and looked extremely proud. Lan Ying'er and others congratulated him, but did not mention the drama award at all.

Instead, it was Li Shuo who asked Lan Ying'er, "Is there a cake-splitting phenomenon in the drama competition? Do you think it's appropriate for me to take the drama award after I win these two awards?"

Lan Ying'er blinked, not knowing how to answer for a moment.

Zhao Ziying chuckled and said, "Li Shuo, what do you think? There is no cake sharing in that competition? You have already won two major awards, and you still want to win the drama award? Are you crazy?"

Li Shuo frowned, feeling that the women's attitude towards him had subtly changed: if it were before, they would never have ridiculed him so bluntly.

Lan Ying'er quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Zhao Ziying! Can you please speak properly? Shuo Ge'er, it doesn't matter if you don't win the drama award. After so many years of drama competitions, only a few people have won the creativity award and the plot award consecutively!"

The second half of the sentence was said to Li Shuo, which made Li Shuo laugh and cry: I didn't expect that even the girl who was chasing after me thought that she couldn't win the drama award!

At this moment, the chaotic noises around suddenly quieted down. The next moment, Dong Dong on the stage took a deep breath and said with full energy: "The next thing to be announced is the most representative award of the annual drama competition: the drama award!"

As he spoke, he picked up the envelope, raised it, and then jokingly said, "Everyone knows that the award in the name of drama is the highlight of our entire competition. Most of the winning works in previous years have been adapted into related films and TV series by Huaying. It can be said that it is the most powerful concern of the Art Association for the future development of young people..."

After a lot of renderings, he finally opened the envelope. The next moment, Dong Dong was stunned!

Two seconds later, the award presenter next to him, Mr. Jin, said with a smile: "Dong Dong, what's wrong with you? Did you see your name? Are you surprised?"

It was clearly a joke, and the audience laughed. Someone urged, "Hurry up, host, announce the results!"

Dong Dong suppressed his gloomy expression, but his tone was inevitably filled with depression as he said: "The winner of the 10th Drama Award is Li Shuo - "The Invisible Guardian" script..."

At the end, there was not even a word of "congratulations".

Because Dong Dong was in great surprise and disbelief: after Li Shuo won the left-hand-arm award in the two drama competitions, Creativity and Plot, he unexpectedly climbed to the top again and won the drama award directly!

This rare situation is almost equal to the 13 Oscars won by "The Lord of the Rings"! It is even worse, because the stubbornness of the Arts Association in "dividing the cake" is far greater than that of the Oscar judges.

"The drama award? Li Shuo!"

Song Cheche, Zhao Ziying, and Qiao Yuxin all looked at Li Shuo in unison, their faces filled with surprise: it was mainly because their psychological expectation of "impossible" brought about a great contrast.

Lan Ying'er was stunned at first, then she cheered, jumped up, and pounced on Li Shuo:

"Oh my god, Brother Shuo, you won the prize!"

Then, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes, Lan Ying'er suddenly had an idea in her heart, and she kissed Li Shuo on the face with her red lips, leaving a clear mark!

"Wow"

The people around who saw this started to make noises of envy and jealousy, but Li Shuo was calm and even a little too clear-headed: Lan Ying'er is trying to solidify her status!

Fortunately, Yan Shuang was the only one standing on the periphery, and no one knew how many girlfriends Li Shuo had, so this matter would not be leaked.

Despite this, Li Shuo did not give Yu Lanying'er the proper feedback. He just nodded at her and then strode onto the stage.

"Thank you, thank you Art Association, thank you everyone..."

After getting on the stage, Li Shuo somewhat rudely snatched the microphone from Dong Dong's hand, and made the routine thanks with a smile on his face. However, few people noticed that among these thanks, he only mentioned Leng Xi's cultivation, and he didn't mention Leng Hai's cultural department at all.

Zeng Tao's face turned green in the distance. He didn't even dare to imagine how he would be treated after returning: the leaders of the cultural department might not pay attention to other awards, or even the drama award, but once they knew that the winner of the drama award was a talent from Leng Hai, they would definitely read this thank-you speech, and then...

The consequences are so terrible that Zeng Tao dare not imagine it!

The other Lenghai art students around him were equally silent. They stared at each other, and could see each other's regret: they had thought that Zeng Tao was the most important person in the art troupe, and having a good relationship with him would be of the greatest value. Unexpectedly, the most important person here was Li Shuo, who was intentionally "isolated" by everyone!

This is a drama award! It is an unprecedented "grand slam", which means that a future art master is rising!

At this time, Li Shuo finished his speech, and the audience burst into thunderous applause: Maybe these students didn’t know Li Shuo before, but it doesn’t matter. Everyone saw a possibility from Li Shuo’s winning this time...

The award ceremony did not proceed according to the usual process. Jin Lao picked up the microphone that Dong Dong was supposed to take: "Everyone, please be quiet. I will take this opportunity to say a few words..."

Dong Dong felt depressed: What is going on? I am the host!

But they had to listen to what the highly respected Mr. Jin said: "You may have noticed that today's script of "The Invisible Guardian" won three awards for creativity, plot, and drama. This was a unanimous decision of the judges, and it was also decided by me in the end. As for the reason..."

“…I think it’s time for the Arts Association to make changes for our future. We very much hope that there will be more scripts like The Invisible Guardian in the future. To this end, we are willing to break past conventions…”

“Young people, you are the future of our industry. Art should not be based on seniority, nor should it be distributed equally. Excellent people should be encouraged…”

"I saw innovation, plot, and the future development direction of drama in The Invisible Guardian. I think that the awards that Li Shuo won, the Grand Slam that he won as an exception, are what he deserves and are a display of his strength..."