diskusbooks Chapter 275 Graduation Ceremony
Chapter 275 Graduation Ceremony
Time flies, and the day of graduation ceremony is fast approaching.
The night before the ceremony, Shen Nian, Lin Ling, and Chen Jia returned to their dormitory together and talked until the early hours of the morning before reluctantly falling asleep.
After tonight, it seems we'll all be going our separate ways. We can't pretend we can still be children anymore; we have to become adults.
Wu Sisi did not return; it is said that she will not be attending the graduation ceremony.
Mo Ze showed leniency back then; otherwise, she might not have even gotten her graduation certificate. Of course, Shen Nian and the others didn't know this.
Shen Nian didn't have too many thoughts. After that separation, she had a premonition that they would never see each other again!
The graduation ceremony was held in the auditorium of the A University Activity Center. All the students who had been away for half a year due to their internships returned to campus. After not seeing each other for half a year, everyone had matured a lot.
After six months of working life, the girls' makeup has become much more refined, and their clothing choices have become much more sophisticated. The boys have also matured and become more composed.
Everyone is trying to learn how to be an adult.
Growing up seems to happen in the blink of an eye; everyone is pushed forward by society.
Shen Nian, Lin Ling, and Chen Jia were not originally seated together, but the three of them asked someone to switch seats so they could sit side by side in a row.
Shen Nian's graduation thesis was selected as an outstanding thesis at the school level, and she will be going up on stage to receive the award later.
Lin Ling and Chen Jia were both looking forward to it, after all, they came from the same dormitory, and they felt as excited as if they themselves had won an award.
In the morning, the three of them put on makeup before leaving the house; it was done by Lin Ling.
After all, she works in the entertainment industry, so doing her own makeup is a basic skill for her. Especially since she's an intern without a regular makeup artist, and sometimes the makeup artist is too busy to take care of her, she does it herself. Now her skills have improved a lot since she was in school, and she's become quite proficient.
She applied makeup based on the facial features of the three of them.
Shen Nian wore a light and natural makeup look, which made her look pretty and pure, yet also alluring.
Chen Jia opted for a cute style, sporting a playful and adorable makeup look.
Lin Ling gave herself a bold, bright red lip look, saying that this kind of wild makeup suited her perfectly. After she finished, she really stunned Shen Nian and Chen Jia, and she was incredibly alluring.
Both of them complimented, "Lingling, you look so good in those bright red lips."
However, just before leaving the house, Lin Ling changed her lipstick color again. The bright red lips were too dazzling. She felt that Shen Nian should be the star of the day, not her. So she changed to a lighter lip color before leaving the house. With the change in lip color, her makeup immediately became more understated.
The three of them changed into their graduation gowns and happily went out.
The graduation ceremony followed the same procedure as all the large-scale events and ceremonies held by the school they had attended before. School leaders took turns to speak, delivering inspiring and uplifting remarks, with a mix of high spirits and low cadence.
In conclusion, the school leaders, on behalf of the school, fully expressed their reluctance to part with everyone and their expectations for their future.
In the past, the audience would have been drowsy listening to these long speeches, not knowing what was being said, and would have just waited for each leader to finish speaking before excitedly applauding.
Today, everyone sat up straight and listened attentively, and this final round of applause was also sincere.
After all, this was the last time they would sit in this auditorium, and the deep sense of reluctance made everyone respect this graduation ceremony more than ever before.
When one of the leaders on stage got emotional, his voice choked up, and Shen Nian and the other two also had tears welling up in their eyes and secretly wiped them away.
Lin Ling gently dabbed her eyes with a tissue, laughing and crying at the same time, and said, "All this sentimentality has ruined my makeup."
After a group of leaders finished speaking, we finally moved on to the next segment.
A representative of outstanding graduates gave a speech.
This time, it was the outstanding architecture student representative from the school who took the stage to speak. He was a tall guy, 1.8 meters tall, and the most handsome guy in this year's architecture program. As soon as he stepped onto the stage, he caused screams from the audience.
The person on stage smiled modestly and began their graduation speech.
Lin Ling, who had just shed tears, immediately perked up and took out her cosmetics to touch up her makeup.
He excitedly said, "Our most handsome man of this year has arrived! How can someone possess both exceptional looks and super high intelligence? It's simply enviable and makes us jealous."
No sooner had she finished speaking than Chen Jia laughed and retorted, "I bet you're thinking about how to win over a man like that?!"
Shen Nian nodded in agreement.
Lin Ling blushed slightly, a rare occurrence for her, and admitted, "That's what my sister thinks."
"You can see it but you can't touch it or eat it, and you don't even let people think about it."
"I'll go get your contact information after we're done," Chen Jia volunteered, showing a willingness to go all out for her friend.
For some reason, Lin Ling suddenly thought of Qin Yiche's face.
Upon closer comparison of the two, it seems... Qin Yiche is still slightly better...
The blush on her face deepened, and she quickly shook her head.
What is she thinking? She's even comparing them, making it seem like both men are just vegetables at her disposal, free for her to choose from.
But who doesn't like looking at handsome guys? It's not illegal to look.
She immediately stopped Chen Jia, saying, "No, sister, I can't afford to lose face like this! Just admire him from afar, that's enough. This kind of handsome guy is not to be trifled with."
Then, she took the cosmetics and touched up Shen Nian's and Chen Jia's makeup as well, saying, "Our Nian Nian is going on stage soon, she'll stun everyone when she goes up there."
"No need..." Shen Nian refused.
"Why? It's for the outstanding graduation thesis. There are only three spots in the whole grade. We're so amazing." Lin Ling insisted on being the prettiest among the award recipients and kept applying makeup to Shen Nian.
Shen Nian smiled and used her reasoning, "We can't afford to lose face like that."
The three of them laughed together.
After the speech by the outstanding graduate representative, it was time for the awards ceremony.
The award ceremony began with the conferment of degrees. Students from different majors lined up to go on stage and receive their tassels from the president and school leaders. Shen Nian, Lin Ling, and Chen Jia went up separately and took photos of each other, capturing the photos they wanted most.
Then came the formal awards ceremony.
The first thing we did was to award prizes for outstanding graduate theses.
When Shen Nian went on stage, she did receive a round of enthusiastic applause. Lin Ling and Chen Jia rushed to the front row to take pictures of her.
Shen Nian stepped off the stage with her certificate in her arms, her heart still beating a little fast. She was actually quite nervous, with so many people in the audience. In any case, she had always been nervous when going on stage since she was a child.
Finally, there was an awards ceremony for outstanding graduates.
This is also the last award.
The principal began announcing the names of the award-winning students, which, as is customary, usually consisted of five outstanding graduates.
Because Shen Nian had not received prior notification from the teacher, she froze on the spot when she heard her name called out on stage, staring blankly.