At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

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Today marks the freshman welcome party at Haidong University and also the 120th anniversary of the university's founding!

Colorful laser lights swept back and forth across the skies above the campus, as flags fluttered everywhere.

At six o'clock in the evening, Haidong University gymnasium.

Students from each department, wearing their faculty colors, carried signs of their classes and entered the venue to be seated under the guidance of their leading teachers.

By 6:30 PM, everyone had taken their seats.

The Software College wore yellow, the Management College pink, the Medical College white...

The host stood in the center of the venue and saw a sea of colors before his eyes.

As in previous years, the host first made an impassioned speech, followed by the school leaders taking the stage to give lengthy speeches in turn.

Finally, an outstanding international student gave a speech in Chinese to express their love for Huaxia and Haidong University.

The applause from the audience echoed like waves crashing onto the shore.

Below the stage, a circle of well-known Modu media outlets, with their cameras of all sizes, pointed towards the stage. They broadcasted the live images back to their headquarters, where live broadcasters hurriedly adjusted channels and editors swiftly extracted key footage to release the latest news updates.

Being a famous institution in Modu, every move of Haidong University drew attention from all sectors of Modu.

This was an excellent opportunity to capture media traffic!

Yu Xiaochuan was one of these media people. Unlike official media, he was a primary self-media personality.

Based on media rankings, he wouldn't have been able to secure such a prime filming spot so close to the stage.

But Yu Xiaochuan had another identity—that of a well-known alumnus of Haidong University!

He was a media figure who had emerged from Haidong University, and now he was a famous top content creator on Libilibi!

It was because of this identity that he was able to stand here and obtain first-hand information!

However, the information he needed to collect was different from that of the official media. His goal was to discover talents with highlights among the anniversary performances, then create videos to upload to Libilibi.

Of course, he was also a content creator in the Guichu (aNovelFire/mashup) area.

If something embarrassing happened during the celebrations, it could also become material for his videos.

More importantly, he had already gotten hold of the list of performers and programs for this celebration prior to the event.

Within it, he found a key figure.

That person was Gu Yu!

The "National Husband," Gu Yu, who has been causing a stir on Dou Ying recently, even threatening to invade Libilibi's territory!

Now, scores of netizens are eagerly watching the live stream of the celebration, hoping to see Gu Yu perform once more!

According to the program schedule, Gu Yu was set to perform after the first three dance acts, singing the song "Lonely Brave" by Chen Yixun, together with his girlfriend Lin Xinyue.

Although Yu Xiaochuan was not versed in music, due to being a top content creator, he knew many musicians and had long been aware of the difficulty in performing this song!

Moreover, since Gu Yu would be singing a duet, the difficulty had increased by more than a notch!

The chances of a mishap were significant!

If Gu Yu messed up, the image of the National Husband would take an immediate hit, sparking a wave of traffic across the entire internet!

Yu Xiaochuan had even thought of two headlines.

If Gu Yu did not mess up: "National Model Couple! 'Lonely Brave' Sets the Whole Venue on Fire!"

If Gu Yu messed up: "Hype? Lacking singing skills, the National Husband is only a name!"

He had all his bases covered!

He was just waiting for the main event to begin!

With strategies in mind, Yu Xiaochuan was an expert at leveraging internet celebrities for publicity!

Meanwhile, the person of interest was busy backstage getting makeup done.

"Your skin and facial features don't need any makeup at all! Even your complexion doesn't need adjusting! The more I look, the more perfect you seem!"

The makeup artist fiddled with concealer and an eyebrow pencil on Gu Yu's face but struggled to know where to start.

After tentatively applying a dash of white loose powder to Gu Yu's face and feeling something was off, the artist ended up wiping it off with a makeup remover towel.

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She took out the concealer intending to cover up blemishes like blackheads and moles, yet she found Gu Yu's face didn't have a single dark spot!

What a joke!

What do they need a makeup artist for?

Just go straight to the effect makeup already!

After careful consideration, the makeup artist decided to skip the preliminary foundation work and started working on the final effects directly.

She was going to give Gu Yu the look of a dapper thug!

Matched with this song, it was sure to be explosive!

Sitting beside Gu Yu was Lin Xinyue, whose makeup process was much more complex by comparison.

Not one eyeliner or eyeshadow could be missed.

It seemed the makeup artist was aiming to shape her into an image of a resilient girl, still shining brightly despite having faced many hardships.

Through the mirror in front of him, Gu Yu watched Lin Xinyue, who, feeling his reflected gaze, smiled back at him.

With the encouragement in Lin Xinyue's eyes, the nervousness in Gu Yu's heart gradually subsided.

"Can you hurry up? I have to go on stage in ten minutes!"

As the two exchanged looks, a sharp voice of complaint suddenly came from behind them.

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"Alright, alright! Don't rush!"

The makeup artist working on Shu Yinyin could only nod silently, trying to speed up as much as possible.

But this still left Shu Yinyin very dissatisfied, and she snatched the toolbox from the makeup artist's hands.

"Taking so long even when paid to do the job, it's no wonder you can only get gigs like this school event! I'll do it myself!"

Ignoring the makeup artist's indignation and surprise, Shu Yinyin took an eyebrow razor and started shaping her eyebrows,

Gu Yu could see her outfit for the day in the mirror.

A weird robe made of white and gray fabric, the entire neck wrapped with irregular rough strips of cloth, leaving her arms exposed.

Her arms were also coated in white powder, her eyes filled with pure black contact lenses, and all her eyebrows scraped off, creating an overall eerie style.

If Gu Yu didn't know she was about to go on stage in this attire to perform a dance in a few minutes, he would have thought she was about to do some kind of horror performance art!

"How about it, Yinyin, are you ready? We have to go on stage in five minutes."

Bi Jian came from another makeup area, his outfit identical to Shu Yinyin's.

Also predominantly in black, white, and gray, his clothes were tattered strips of cloth.

At first glance, one might think he was a vagrant escaped from a horror movie in Neon Country.

"Bi Jian, Yinyin, what kind of dance are you going to perform? It doesn't seem to fit the style of the celebration, does it?"

A girl, who believed she was on good terms with the two, casually asked.

Shu Yinyin turned her head sharply and glared at the girl with her dark eyes.

"What do you know? This is art! Your level of artistic appreciation is not high enough to reach my level!"

She put down the eyebrow razor and sneered.

With a disdainful look, she gave Gu Yu and Lin Xinyue a quick side glance.

"Bi Jian, let's go on stage!"

Shu Yinyin rose gracefully, placing her hand lightly in Bi Jian's palm.

On the way to the prep area, she deliberately swayed her hips,

"I really can't appreciate this... Maybe my level of artistic appreciation is too low?"

No sooner had Shu Yinyin left than Gu Yu looked at Lin Xinyue with a helpless smile in his eyes.

Lin Xinyue also smiled gently, "Never mind those two, we should get ready to go on stage too!"

"Thank you to the two sisters for doing our makeup, we'll be off now!"

Gu Yu nodded, thanked the two makeup artists after standing up, and then, taking Lin Xinyue by the hand, they also headed to the prep area.