Thirty-seven, Thunder Dance

  "Please quiet down, everyone! Thank you! First of all, on behalf of the Medical College Student Union, I would like to welcome all of you here! In order to make tonight's party more enjoyable, we have also arranged a lucky draw activity at the end of the dance. We will randomly select three lucky winners from tonight's ticket numbers, and they will receive exquisite small gifts presented by our organizers..."

  "Oh, okay!" Dai Ping's voice was interrupted by the students' applause. Indeed, the psychology of trying one's luck is universal, no wonder the lottery industry has always been so prosperous.

  After a brief pause, Dai Ping continued: "Today, we are also fortunate to have invited several friends from the Sports Academy. These few friends are not simple, they are all masters of dance. Next, please enjoy their wonderful hip-hop performance!"

  As soon as the words fell, a strong and crazy "Mighty Disco" electronic music echoed throughout the venue.

  Several agile figures, performing forward handsprings, side handsprings, and back tucks, entered the center of the dance floor. This highly difficult opening immediately triggered thunderous applause from the audience. Next, they performed classic breakdancing moves such as toprock, downrock, power move, and freeze, in sync with the music rhythm.

  Soon, Lin Zhengyu took out a prepared cushion from his pocket and placed it on the floor, pressed down with his right palm, and kicked off the ground with both feet. His left hand swept across the floor as his entire body rotated around a single point of support. This move required great arm strength and balance, and many people who were originally seated stood up in surprise. They stared wide-eyed, seemingly unable to believe what they saw, their hands raised but forgetting to applaud. It wasn't until Lin Zhengyu stopped rotating and transitioned into the Thomas full turn on the floor exercise that everyone came back to their senses and responded with thunderous applause.

  The two dancers behind also performed wonderful back flips, shoulder turns, knee turns and other movements, as well as the lifting movement in ballet, which won bursts of applause and cheers from the students.

  Lin Fanghua applauded while recalling some things about his brother Lin Zhengyu learning breakdancing a few years ago. It was around 85 or 86 when the research institute showed two videos - Hong Kong movie "Breakdance Love" and American movie "Breakin'". The novel dance moves and straightforward plot immediately gained popularity among the students of the school.

  Lin Fanghua still remembers that she also copied a few of the interludes at that time, especially Huang Zhan's song "Please Wait for Me", which is still fresh in her memory to this day.

  "Please wait for me, let me forget the pain, let the tears in my heart flow away, and forget all the wrongs."

  Wait for me, wait for me, let me re-find the outcome, dispel all the bad dreams, and restore the real me.

  From now on, every inch of love, every inch of heart, every dream, every word, and every song, let all the happiness belong to you alone, let the thick emotions lock you...

  "After I've repaid all the debts in my heart, accompanying you for a lifetime is my..."

  Among the boys, there was a craze for breakdancing, no less than the madness of later generations doing hip-hop street dance (of course, hip-hop street dance and so on are also developments of breakdancing). However, the movements of breakdancing are difficult to master, and most boys only learned a few simple moves such as headspins, windmills, and robot.

  Lin Zhengyu was particularly persistent. He often secretly practiced spinning and jumping in the classroom, despite grinding his palms and twisting his joints, he didn't change his mind, and finally became proficient in many breakdancing moves on his own, earning him the title of "Dance King" among male students in school. Later, when he entered high school, his coursework was more intense and he rarely danced, but some younger male students still came to ask him for dance lessons.

  This time, Lin Fanghua specially invited her brother to come and use the Thunder Dance to add to the party atmosphere. Originally, Lin Zhengyu said that he hadn't played in years and might be rusty, but he couldn't resist his sister's soft persuasion, and he had a little urge to try it out again, so he agreed. Coincidentally, there were still many experts in this field at the Sports Academy, including two of his good friends who were also fellow enthusiasts. That's how today's performance came about.

  After the wonderful thunder dance performance, Zhang Yong was still playing strong disco music, and the young people who were inspired by the dance just now were enthusiastic and energetic, and they all came down to the stage to dance wildly.

  Lin Zhengyu and the other two returned to the sidelines to rest, while Fang Hua hurriedly served them drinks and towels with a dog-leg stance. After all, they were all friends who came out to help, without any performance fees, and not even allowing them to drink enough water was unacceptable.

  Zhou Qifeng also walked over and patted Lin Zhengyu's shoulder, saying: "You kid usually don't say a word, but you've been hiding this amazing skill! Even I didn't know about it! You're not being honest! Treat me to dinner as an apology!"

  "Get out! What are you thanking me for? You've never even asked!"

  Zhang Yong, as the class leader, was like a host and also came over to chat with them politely. Zhou Baozi was just a self-proclaimed expert, and everyone chatted happily. After a while, some girls came to invite them to dance, probably because the previous dance had made many girls more interested in them. Even Zhou Baozi benefited from it. Lin Fanghua saw that Zhou Yu also took the initiative to ask him to dance together.

  At this moment, the atmosphere on the dance floor was quite lively. Zhang Yong helped Lin Fanghua clean up empty soda bottles while saying: "Lin Fanghua, classmate, it turns out that handsome guy is your older brother! Last semester we often saw him ride a bike to send you back to the girls' dormitory, and thought he was your boyfriend!"

  "Huh?!", Fang Hua didn't know there was such a misunderstanding and found it somewhat amusing: "Hehe, I said you guys are also quite gullible! What's with all the wild guessing?"

  "Hey, there's no secrets among guys," Zhang Yong said in a low voice: "This was all spread by the boys in our class!"

  Lin Fanghua suddenly understood. Actually, this misunderstanding was also half intentional on her part, and since the rumor didn't harm her in any way, she didn't care about it anymore.

  Zhang Yong asked again: "By the way, which of you girls have a boyfriend?"

  Fang Hua gave him a sideways glance: "What's with the inquiry?"

  "Haha, no choice! Who made me the class monitor? The guys in our dorm are forcing me to ask you. If not, they won't support my work! Lin, you should at least support my work!"

  Look at him so pitiful, Fang Hua couldn't help but "heh" a laugh: "Alright! Then I'll be Pu Zhigao for once! Class committee member Bai Yun, I reckon the whole grade knows she's dating Xiao Qiang from class 2. Sun Yanchun's boyfriend is from Beida, they're in love. Zhou Yu and an outsider have a special relationship. As for others, as far as I know, none of them are yet!

  Zhang Yongxi couldn't help himself: "Alright, thank you very much!" He said as he was about to leave.

  Fang Hua grabbed his sleeve: "Hey, don't go! We haven't exchanged information yet! You haven't told us about the boys!"

  "Hey, except for Fang Xing having a girlfriend, all the others are bachelors!" Zhang Yong sighed and walked back to look at the stereo.

  Fang Hua smiled and shook her head, just sat down, Dai Ping ran over to ask: "Have you talked to Roman Li? Why hasn't she come yet?"

  "Oh, she went to her aunt's house today and won't be able to come!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, he indeed saw a disappointed look on his face. Lin Fanghua was busy selling soda water and didn't even bother to pay attention to him. Dai Ping stood for a while before going to the entrance to talk to Liang Jiahui.

  The music was playing one after another, and the people who came to buy water to drink after dancing were getting more and more. Lin Fanghua was busy, but she was very happy, although she couldn't make much money from selling a bottle of water, every little bit counts, right?