My Demon Friends-Chapter 479 - 466 Rainy Day_3

They entered smoothly. The auditorium was already quite full.

The two found a spot to sit down at random, drank their milk tea, and waited for the show to start.

The host spoke, followed by the school leadership.

It was pretty much the same as the welcome party organized by their department last year; even the outfits of the male and female hosts were almost the same.

Then the program began.

There were raffles in between.

Unexpectedly, the acts were quite entertaining.

Perhaps everyone had developed some skills during the pandemic—not just in baking bread and cakes, but also in the arts. For example, there were square dances on the sports field lawn every evening, and the skilled members of the Street Dance Club often had dance-offs with the professional dance students, which probably had a positive effect on organizing the welcome party.

"That dance isn’t good; it’s all about showing off legs, and they’re not even as long as Qian Qian’s... What’s next?"

"It’s..."

Zhou Li squinted at the display screen beside the podium. It was a bit far, so even though his vision was good, the text was still somewhat blurry. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The letters were just too small.

At this point, Brother Nan had already gotten a program from the classmates in the front row and waved his hand, saying, "No need to look, I’ve got it... The next one seems to be a stand-up comedy act, Liu Xiu, sharing a name with an emperor from the Han Dynasty. After that is a magic show, Xie Minqing, Xie Minqing..."

Brother Nan repeated the name, a flicker of recognition stirring within him. "Why does this name seem so familiar?"

"Yes."

"Right?"

The stand-up comedy began.

This was something the computer science students excelled at. Jokes about programmers, fixing computers, hair, and the like were plentiful. The performer did quite well, and the act was very entertaining.

Brother Nan laughed until his face hurt.

Even Zhou Li couldn’t help but crack a smile.

Next up was the magic show.

Seeing the slightly overweight girl take the stage, Brother Nan had a sudden realization. Isn’t this the new member of my Probability Society? She even changed her name!

Brother Nan became serious, intently focusing on the stage.

Xiao Hua’s performance was unexpectedly brilliant. If the previous stand-up comedy act was already near a professional level, then Xiao Hua’s magic could easily outshine many professional magicians, even those who had performed on the Spring Festival Gala.

Her main performances were card magic and levitation tricks.

Card magic is common, but making it spectacular is not easy.

Most people are familiar with the routines of common card tricks—so much so that after watching them, some can pick out the rules or flaws in the technique. It’s rare to find card magic that makes one think, ’This is impossible,’ or ’There’s no way they could do that,’ and this rarity has increased with the rise of reveal videos on short-video platforms and advancements in recording technology.

Even the magic on the Spring Festival Gala could reveal its flaws when slowed down ten or even fifty times.

But Xiao Hua’s tricks revealed nothing, not even when slowed down a thousand times.

Levitation tricks are less common than card magic. Most levitation acts seen on the street are similar, and it’s easy to guess how they’re done.

Xiao Hua, however, was astonishingly good—

She managed to levitate not just her own props, but also the cell phones of the school leadership in the audience. She even dared to go into the audience, pick a man at random, allow him to be thoroughly inspected, and then make his hat float above her palm.

Nearly all the spectators were stunned by this magic performance, which rivaled those seen live at the Spring Festival Gala. Those who had been deeply involved in the act, in particular, wore expressions of utter disbelief.

Some of the girls were even startled and cried out in amazement.

Then came thunderous applause.

Only Zhou Li remained unflustered, even feeling a bit sorry for the Little Demons scurrying around to assist her.