NIP Chapter 912: Xiao Chong Side Story 17_2
Chapter 912: Xiao Chong Side Story 17_2
However, she didn’t feel comfortable leaving it in the hotel room, so she packed it into her backpack to carry it with her.
Lin Wanwan followed the group to the stadium where tomorrow morning’s competition would be held, for a rehearsal. Not at the basketball arena, but at the adjacent training gym.
The cheerleading squad practiced a dance to cheer for the team tomorrow. Having their cheerleading team perform is a privilege of the participating teams.
The cheerleading outfit is a standardized school uniform, consisting of a white long-sleeved shirt with a gray tie, and a gray pleated skirt. The skirt comes with safety shorts, so there’s no worry about any wardrobe malfunctions while jumping.
Lin Wanwan was quite happy that the cheerleading squad didn’t need to buy separate outfits, using the school uniform saved quite a bit of money!
At Seventh Middle School’s high school division, though there’s no rule about wearing uniforms every day, they only have a free day on Fridays.
That means on Monday they must wear the ceremonial uniform for the flag-raising ceremony, from Tuesday to Thursday they wear the athletic-style uniform, and only on Friday can they wear their own clothes.
Lin Wanwan generally wears the uniform every day, saving herself a lot of trouble.
It’s not that she doesn’t like wearing her own clothes, but she doesn’t have many nice everyday clothes; her clothes before high school were all prepared by her grandmother, and were quite old-fashioned.
Now that her grandmother is gone, her grandfather is even less reliable. Just last month, he ordered a milk coffee-colored cashmere sweater from a custom shop for her, in a basic sturdy style.
For other clothing, her grandfather gives her money to buy herself. But she hasn’t bought any, since she wears the school uniform every day anyway, so she doesn’t want to waste money.
Seventh Middle School has over a dozen sets of uniforms.
Despite saying all this, when going out today, Lin Wanwan wasn’t wearing the school uniform, but the white cashmere outfit Xiao Chong gifted her for Christmas.
Though it’s now January and a bit cold, the cashmere sweater Xiao Chong gave is even warmer than the one her grandfather ordered from the shop.
Coupled with the winter warming stockings she bought specifically for the uniform skirt, it’s not too cold.
During rehearsal, everyone wore their own clothes and didn’t change into their uniforms, at most taking their jackets off and leaving them on the stands.
After all, it wasn’t a formal performance, and in this cold weather, changing into a shirt and pleated skirt is a bit chilly.
Lin Wanwan has never formally learned dance, but her dancing still looked quite impressive. Mainly because she has excellent coordination and flexibility, is smart so she picks up dance moves quickly, and also has striking looks, which is why she made it into the cheerleading team.
Initially, the cheerleading leader wanted Lin Wanwan to dance at the center position because she’s good-looking and would be the obvious face of the team.
But Lin Wanwan saw the look on the dance club president’s face and promptly and tactfully declined.
Firstly, she didn’t want to stand out, and didn’t care about being in the center position; secondly, the dance club president, who also serves as the cheerleading team captain, is formally trained in dance and genuinely better than Lin Wanwan in dancing.
Lin Wanwan didn’t want to outshine and overshadow her.
The teacher simply mentioned it casually; the main rehearsal and choreography were led by the dance club president, who’s also quite pretty, not as bright as Lin Wanwan, but still quite pleasant to look at.
Since Lin Wanwan herself declined the center position, there was no need to insist.
After nearly three hours of practice at the training facility, everyone wrapped up, but didn’t disperse on the spot.
With a group of blooming young girls, the leading teacher couldn’t just let them wander freely, as any problem arising would be hard to take responsibility for.
Not until everyone was brought back to the hotel, met up with the basketball team, and went to a group dinner did they dissolve the teams.
Of course, the leading teacher also specifically emphasized the need to keep communication open, not to travel far by car, stay within the hotel vicinity for some freedom of movement, and preferably stay within the hotel lobby.
This time, the hotel chosen by the school was four-star. Due to the large number of guests, there was a unified discount, otherwise, six hundred per bowl wouldn’t be enough in the center area of Hai City.
The hotel has a gym on the second floor, and the lobby is spacious enough, providing enough room for everyone to move freely and expend some energy.
During dinner, Lin Wanwan was already chatting with Xiao Chong over her iPad, knowing that his cousin, Chen Ying, had already checked in.
However, Chen Ying was out with Xiao’s father and mother having dinner on Nanjing Road and planned to stroll around the Bund after eating.