Cāi Cāi

Chapter 57: Act VIII: The Cat Who Wants to Become Human (1)

Near graduation, Xiang Cai suddenly relaxed.

They had rehearsed their graduation drama, and everyone got a satisfactory score. He finished his graduation thesis early and waited a few days to participate in the defense.

There were only 20 people in school who have musical theatre as their major. In answering their graduation questionnaire, some have decided that they were going to elementary schools to become music teachers, some have decided they were going abroad to further their studies, some were signing into a brokerage company to make their debut as actors, and some were admitted to be civil servants in the future. Such careers ...There were only five or six people like Xiang Cai who have decided to stay in the musical circle.

Who knows, in a few years, those five or six people might change careers and work in more promising and profitable jobs.

"But, class monitor, I believe that you will still be a musical actor in the next ten or twenty years!" A girl swore. ​​"Even if others change careers, you will not!"

Another person answered: "Yeah, we will be like the characters in a book who appear in front of Xiang Ge in 50 years! I have thought of how to describe his life in a book—"Mr. Xiang Cai, the musical theatre master, dedicated his life to the promotion of musicals, and has worked on the stage for dozens of years, contributing countless outstanding works. After retiring, he became a behind-the-scenes producer and trained a group of outstanding musical actors for our country...'"

With that said, all the students sitting around for lunch laughed.

But their laughter was not sarcastic nor teasing, but a kind that beheld resolute admiration from the hearts.

Xiang Cai was clearly their peer, and even looked smaller than the five thick three thick boys in his class, but his body seemed to contain infinite energy. Whenever he stood on the stage, everyone's eyes would involuntarily chase after him.

[T/N: five big three thick = Five big: hands, feet, ears, shoulder width, and hip. Three thick: waist, legs, neck. So basically he is smaller than the strong guys in his class.]

Become a renown musical actor—this was the goal set by Xiang Cai for himself five years ago.

He would sing and dance on the stage until he was old, until he could no longer make a sound, until his feet could no longer support his body.

No one would question Xiang Cai's future—even the department leaders said they would wait ten years for, "Outstanding graduate, Well-known alumnus, and Outstanding musical actor Mr. Xiang Cai" to return to school to host a speech conference.

Xiang Cai was thin-skinned. When he was touted by his classmates, his face grew hot. He hurriedly changed the subject: "The class teacher gave me a few tickets to a musical, who is interested?"

"Which musical?"

"The Cat Who Wants to Become Human, an original tour adaptation of the Shiki Theatre Company. "

Although the Shiki Theatre Company had a great reputation, when they heard that this time, it was a children's musical, everyone said it was unfortunate.

Near graduation, there were a lot of things to do, such as packing, moving, looking for a job ... At this time, who had the heart to go to the theater to watch a children's musical for two hours.

Xiang Cai said helplessly: "I have so many tickets in my hand, if you don't go, who should I give it to?"

"To your little wolfdog!" His roommate teased. "Just treat it as a date."

Shortly after entering the school, Xiang Cai was confessed to by girls from other departments. When Xiang Cai rejected them, he came out of the closet to cut off the coveting of others.