Cāi Cāi

Chapter52: Act VII: Fan Letter (4)

This weekend, Xiang Cai and Cen Manchuan had a date.

Xiang Cai bought two ntlive tickets and made an appointment with Cen Manchuan to meet directly at the subway station.

[T/N: ntlive = National Theatre Live, which is explained later.]

Because Cen Manchuan was now an interning teacher in an elementary school, he lived in a dormitory arranged by the school, and because Xiang Cai was busy with his graduation musical, during their two months together, the two seldom met.

Because it was so difficult for them to finally go on a date, both people cherished this opportunity.

On the phone, Cen Manchuan asked, "Live? What live?"

Xiang Cai answered, "It's the '25th Year Anniversary of Les Miserables', tickets are very difficult to grab but my trusted friend managed to grab two of the best seats in the house for us."

Cen Manchuan said quickly: "Then I will dress up well and definitely live up to the two tickets you've grabbed!"

Xiang Cai laughed: "Okay, then I look forward to the cool and handsome appearance of Teacher Cen."

In a flash, it was the weekend.

When Xiang Cai walked out of the subway station, he saw his boyfriend leaning on the red motorcycle, waiting for him.

Cen Manchuan was like a huge luminous body. He stood in the most prominent place of the subway station exit. Everyone passing by Cen Manchuan subconsciously turned their head to stare at him, and there were even some daring people secretly lifted up their mobile phones to take photos of him.

The reason why Cen Manchuan was so prominent was not because he was handsome and tall, but because—

"How can you dress like this?" Xiang Cai smirked. In this hot summer, his boyfriend was dressed as a walking feather duster. He wore a colorful Indian-style robe with sequins and feathers, and a row of English was written on his face with colored paint. Only when he got closer could he see the writing: 'We Will Rock U'.

Cen Manchuan looked like a big dog who had done wrong. He watched the passersby coming and going vigilantly, and whispered, "Didn't you say that we're watching a live concert ... Why isn't anyone around holding glow sticks and light signs?."

Xiang Cai knew what he had misunderstood.

Xiang Cai couldn't help but explain: "It's ntlive, not live! Simply put, it is to record a foreign musical and introduce it like a movie, letting it play on the big screen."

ntlive was a non-profit performance broadcasting program for cultural promotion established in the UK since 2010. When there were musicals and dramas in the West End, there would be more than a dozen cameras recording it on the scene. After editing, the effect would be similar to that of a movie.

And Les Miserables was an enduring classic musical. During its 25th anniversary, it once held a commemorative concert at the London Coliseum. All the actors gathered to sing all the classic tracks in the musical. Today, Xiang Cai and Cen Manchuan had come to see such a 'concert'.

"... So it's like this." The physical education teacher who didn't pass his culture class scratched his head and said frustratedly, "I thought that this rock band's name sounded so sad, it's actually called Les Miserables. No wonder it debuted for 25 years and is still not popular..."

This was not the first time Cen Manchuan had made such a joke.

The worlds of the two of them were too far apart, and Cen Manchuan still hadn't figured out yet, how exactly did he fold down Xiang Cai, this flower?