[BL] Debut in Interstellar After Retiring as Grim Reaper-Chapter 57: Battle Challenge

Chapter 57: Battle Challenge

After Lu NanXiao’s evaluation, the lights went out again for He Yan’s group to perform.

Unlike the other group which had an actual heavenly theme for background, He Yan’s group is a classroom setting. The ten members were sitting on their own chairs and doing something as if they were ordinary students.

He Yan is wearing a white coat with light blue lines alongside the neckline. The buttons were buttoned obediently up to the top. With his long legs below, he wears his dark navy blue slacks and black shiny school shoes making him look like a complete student. Coupled with the fact that he really has a baby face, he really looks like an obedient one, sitting properly while waiting for the teacher to come.

He Yan is holding a book and was acting as if reading intently. If it weren’t for the cover that says it’s a fictional comic book, who would dare to find him a mischievous child? He even wears a serious expression as if what he was reading was about some serious subject like chemistry which was really a contrast and cute.

It was not until Xing Ren went behind him and patted his shoulder that He Yan put down the book and the school bell also rang.

Shoulder by shoulder, they went towards the door and He Yan suddenly stopped and turned his head back. Then, using the mental powers of every teammate, they manage to conjure a slender figure wearing the same uniform sitting on the corner but with its back against the audience. The girl is wearing the same color of their uniforms but in a female style. They could not see her appearance but that’s what even made it fit on their theme, unrequited and melancholy. Her long hair fluttered against the wind and the next second she abruptly burst into a tiny light of particles and slowly faded with the wind.

He Yan’s eyes became nostalgic until he was patted by Xing Ren again. Only he seemed to come back to his senses and they went outside the classroom. After that, the platform of the stage suddenly moved backwards until a space was given in front before the familiar melody of Secret Love engulfed the whole stadium.

"A sun shines today

With the warm breeze from the soft sigh of an angel..."

He Yan’s sweet voice was heard and they saw his group show up from behind the blackboard background. They stop in the given space and start their performance officially.

With He Yan’s usual sweet voice, it can easily capture one’s heart. The young man’s voice is very suitable for light and warm tones, especially his appearance. Unlike his obedient state earlier, two buttons were now undone and the well-behaved student completely transformed into a warm naughty one with his wide grin, revealing the two small canine teeth and dimples on his cheeks.

As he moves with his cheerful steps, He Yan looks like a moving sun amidst the other students. The other team members also sing with their own temperament.

"It was that moment when I met your eyes

The sleeping heart awakens inside me..."

Xing Ren was like the monitor in a classroom who’s always been trustworthy and would only think about his study. He was also wearing eyeglasses that compliments his good boy temperament. Even when he was the monitor leader, he was never like a tough leader but a good friend to all. In addition, with his soft voice that felt like a student experiencing its first puppy love, as if missing something, he seems to express that even if he can handle the whole class like a real leader, he was also helpless when falling in love.

If the fans could hear this at this moment, who would have a heartless heart to reject him?

"Like an angel’s secret love

I’ll be here staying with all my heart

My eyes are watching, your guardian forever..."

Different from Lu NanXiao’s team which talks about an angel falling for a human that he guided which perfectly explicates a secret forbidden love, He Yan’s team is about a warm love of a person that is eager to express his love towards the person.

It was not like the innocent love from another team that seems like an angel feeling the emotion that he doesn’t have in the first place. That is why the angel was innocent to think about that unfamiliar love and could only be helpless while feeling so.

Meanwhile, He Yan’s team is a secret love of a person who knows what love is but can’t express it fully because of shyness. That kind of love that starts from pure innocence and admiration to someone that flutters their heart for the very first time in their lives. The feeling of a strong heartbeat on that one ordinary morning where the sun shines and leaves warmth not just to their reddened cheeks but also to their hearts.

A love that never came from the usual way of feeling the fire, it’s not burning but just giving warmth and joy within themselves.

Yet, since it was first, their mouths could only shut tightly, never dared to say, never dared to tell.

So it could only be an unrequited love. Even so, they seem to express that even if that love might be hidden, they won’t let the warmth stay unnoticed.

"It’s forever a secret,

But it’s a love without an end..."

So it’s like a warm boy feeling in love with a girl. He can’t say it, but he could only let her feel him through his warmth and the purity of his heart.

At first, He Yan’s team fell into confusion because they themselves haven’t felt this kind of emotion. They haven’t experienced falling in love, how can they deliver this song? Thus they were hesitant.

Fortunately, with He Yan’s constant cheering, they were able to calm down and thought of how to interpret this song.

Secret Love isn’t just about the unrequited love that one felt when they met their white moonlight. It’s the sun in summer, the snow in winter and the moon at night.

"Like an angel,

I’ll be your guardian for life...."

Like an angel who’ll be guarding his love to let her be happy and smile everyday.

After their performance, a warm applause sounded immediately.

"Wohhh! Team A! Team A! Team A!" The crowd cheers.

He Yan grins widely again and waves at them before they line up horizontally obediently for the evaluation.

Jiang Su stepped up and went beside them. "That was a great interpretation of the song, Team A. You made the song like yourself. It takes a lot of courage to do this but you did well."

"Thank you." Xing Ren smiled gently at that compliment.

"Now, let’s hear the mentor’s comment." Looking at the mentors, He Yan’s group couldn’t help but straighten up obediently especially when Xu Xinyi’s eyes sweep through them.

They were helpless. Will they have the same fate as Team B?

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