At 7:50 pm, everyone gathered at the agreed Course Selection Center.

The ‘X-team member’ invited this time was a senior sister from the Dance Department introduced by junior brother Qi Luoran, named Yu Xin, who had studied dance since childhood. She had a slender figure, a straight posture when walking, and her face value was also very high. She could be considered to be a school flower level character.

However, Yue Xingwen had an appreciative attitude towards beauties. There were quite a few good-looking girls in the Chinese Department of Hua’an University, he would keep his distance from the girls in a very gentlemanly manner. The junior sisters in the Chinese Department said that senior brother Xingwen, who was single until now, must have too high of vision. In fact, he just didn’t quite know how to get along with girls.

Yu Xin was indeed beautiful, but fortunately, she did not have the arrogance of a haughty person, instead her personality was quite easy going. After coming to the Course Selection Center, she first greeted the other four girls, and then walked next to Yue Xingwen and said, “I don’t know how to take the exam for the Dance Department’s course, so let’s look at the exam description first?”

Yue Xingwen opened the course selection button, and a line of prompt information appeared on the large screen in front of him——

[Compulsory Course: Masquerade Ball]

[Faculty: Faculty of Arts]

[Credit: 4]

[Examination Room Rules: Limited courses, credit sharing function can be used, the maximum number of people in the examination room is 8 (including X-team member)]

[Course Description: There are various forms of dance, excellent dancers can express different emotions with their flexible body alone, while the group dance pays more attention to team cooperation and alignment choreography]

[Examination Requirement: Complete a group dance, participate in the masquerade ball, and obtain a basic team score; A solo performance at the ball can add points to the team]

[Note: This course involves a large number of dance professional movements, it’s recommended that there be at least one dance major student in the Research Group]

[Confirm Course Selection: Yes/No]

Yue Xingwen was not surprised to see this line of description.

Among the three courses of the Faculty of Arts, the Art Department was a reasoning class related to abstract painting and oil painting; The Music Department was a mini-game with music themes; And the Dance Department allowed them to learn dance directly and participated in dance parties, which was also in line with the style of the Dance Department.

However, it was not easy to practice a dance in a short period of time, especially for people whose bodies were not coordinated and flexible. When dancing, it was just like dancing as if possessed, then it became a ‘group of demons dancing’.

The prompts that popped up in the course selection panel did not reveal much information, but Yue Xingwen could speculate that the final score of this course should be related to how well the students learned the dance, and ultimately showing it.

Sure enough, Yu Xin chimed in, “Eight people are required to take the exam and perform a dance at a masquerade ball… It should be similar to dance camps, which are definitely time-limited. We need to learn all the dance steps within the specified time, and keep up with the rhythm of the music, and the final acceptance stage will be scored according to the accuracy and completion of the dance?”

Ke Shaobin scratched his head and said, “My limbs are uncoordinated, and if I dance, I may be on the same hand and foot, so I won’t go!”

Xin Yan said lightly, “Same as him.”

Zhang Xiaonian followed, “I have no artistic skills at all, it’s great that I don’t have to take the exam!”

Lan Yarong looked at Yue Xingwen and said, “Xingwen, if there are 8 people, is it better to match 4 boys and 4 girls?”

Qin Miao took the initiative to raise her hand. “I can’t dance with Xiao Lu, and if I learn to dance within the stipulated time and my movements aren’t standardized enough, I’m sure I’ll be dragging everyone down. I think that it doesn’t have to be a match between boys and girls. The course requirements only say 8 people, and it doesn’t say that it must be 4 boys and 4 girls. It will be better for you guys to find 8 people who are better at dancing to pass the course, right?”

Qin Lu agreed and said, “My sister is right. When I was in elementary school, I performed the simplest children’s dance on Children’s Day. I couldn’t keep up with everyone’s movements, let alone pair with the National Standard Dance. If I’m going to go to this course, I will probably keep stepping on my partner’s foot, and be a drag instead ah!”

Neither of the twins, Qin Miao and Qin Lu, could dance. That meant that only 3 girls could come out of their team.

However, Qin Miao was right. The course requirement did not say that there must be 4 boys and 4 girls. Some Research Groups (such as senior brother Yu’s team of Kyoto University) only had 2 girls. So, were they not going to pass this course?

Therefore, among the 8 examinees, there were two boys dancing in groups, which was definitely allowed.

Thinking of this, Yue Xingwen simply made a decision, “Then I will be in a group with Pingce. Although the two of us aren’t majoring in dance, we participated in dance training classes together in our freshman year. We can do some basic dance steps and we also have a tacit understanding.”

Zhuo Feng thought for a moment and said, “That’s fine. Since neither Qin Miao nor Qin Lu know how to dance, the two of you will learn faster if you go. For the remaining 6 people, I’ll team up with Manluo.”

Liu Zhaoqing glanced at Lan Yarong next to him and said, “Sister, the two of us in a group?”

Lan Yarong said unceremoniously, “You are too tall, I can’t reach you. If I dance a duet with you, the scene is like a giant carrying a chicken.”

Liu Zhaoqing held his forehead. “… Then I squat down and dance with you?”

Xu Yishen moved forward with a deep smile and took the initiative to mediate. “I’ll team up with senior sister Lan. Senior brother Liu, you’re indeed a bit tall, and you’ll team up with Yu Xin for a more appropriate height.”

Yu Xin was one meter seven, Lan Yarong was only one meter five and a half. Liu Zhaoqing glanced at the height difference between the two girls, and readily agreed. “That’s it, senior sister Yu, please give me some advice.”

Yu Xin nodded at him. “You’re welcome.”

After discussing the list of participants in the course, Yue Xingwen pressed the course selection button to let everyone prepare.

At this moment, Ke Shaobin suddenly patted his head and said, “Dancing generally requires uniform clothing. It’s not appropriate for our group to go to a dance wearing sportswear and white sneakers, right? The course requirements also don’t say whether uniform clothing is required.”

Yue Xingwen also thought of this question, “It’s true that everyone is dressed messily, and it’s not good for group dancing, but it’s too late to go shopping for a uniform now, let’s improvise when the time comes.”

Ke Shaobin said helplessly, “It can only be like this.”

Jiang Pingce said lightly, “The course is called the Masquerade Ball, maybe for the final dance, the library will distribute us uniform costumes. Don’t forget, when we used to go to the construction site of the Faculty of Architecture, we were all given workers’ clothes.”

Yue Xingwen nodded with a smile. “That makes sense. The key is to learn to dance as soon as possible, and the library will definitely not be kind enough to arrange a coach for us. We’ll have to ask senior sister Yu Xin.”

Yu Xin said, “Don’t worry, I’ll do my best.”

When it was time for the exam, everyone was teleported to a special enclosed space——

This was the dance practice room.

In the empty room of about 60 square meters, the front and back walls were mirrors, leaving a door on the left and a large LCD screen on the right wall. The floor was so clean that they could almost see their own reflection.

As soon as everyone arrived at the dance studio, a familiar mechanical voice rang in their ears: “Welcome to the 8 examinees to the Dance Department’s course. The New Year is approaching, and on the evening of December 31th, CNTV will hold a New Year’s celebration. As members of the dance group, you have been invited to participate in this celebration and perform a dance program at the party, which is only three days away. Below, three different styles of dance will be played, so please choose one of them to learn and rehearse them over the next 3 days.”

Liu Zhaoqing originally wanted to scold ‘Three days, you pit me’, but before the words could be spoken, the dance demo began to play on the large screen.

Dance A was a classic cha cha cha dance, looked very elegant, but the difficulty of the movements was high. The dance steps and hand movements were very complicated, it was almost impossible for non-professionals to learn in 3 days, and most of the time, they  needed to twist their hips in this kind of dance, and it would look very strange if their twist didn’t look good.

After seeing this dance, Yu Xin frowned slightly and continued to watch the next dance.

Dance B was a cool and handsome street dance, the soundtrack was a very fast-paced rap, and the dancers in the demo each held nunchucks, bouncing and jumping around, and they also did somersaults. Yu Xin didn’t dare to imagine after seeing it—— was it okay to let the top students who did questions with exam papers dance with sticks collectively? She was afraid they didn’t get halfway through the dance before the sticks fell all over the floor!

It would be really embarrassing if they flashed their back while somersaulting.

Dance C, the movements were also difficult, but fortunately this was a more elegant and soothing waltz.

Yu Xin came from a dance background and had been practicing dance since she was 3 years old. She could control various styles of dance. She remembered that Yue Xingwen had mentioned to her that Lan Yarong and Lin Manluo in the team had all learned to dance when they were young, so their physical flexibility must be fine——In other words, it should not be difficult to learn this dance.

The key was still the boys, with the exception of Xu Yishen, the other four were amateurs.

Thinking of this, Yu Xin turned her head to look at several boys and asked politely, “Which one do you want to choose?”

Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other. Originally they thought this Dance Department’s exam was just a simple ballroom dance, but it turned out to be a ‘team limited-time dance practice’, and they had to participate in the cultural performance, which was troublesome!

Could they do a group dance in 3 days with a bunch of non-professionals?

Yue Xingwen was silent for a moment and said, “You can take a look. Which one is easier to practice, pick it and we’ll cooperate fully.”

Yu Xin said, “The dance steps in the first song are too difficult to learn, and the movements in the second song are so large and it’s easy to get injured. I personally prefer the third one, the dance rhythm is relatively relaxed, and the boys will look good dancing to it.”

Liu Zhaoqing frowned and said, “The dance position of the third song is very frequent, do you think we can learn it?”

Yu Xin said helplessly, “Every dance is not easy, we can only hurry up and practice.”

Yue Xingwen had no objection. “Then choose the third one.”

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Yu Xin nodded, pressed the third song in the options, and then, the large screen began to play the third dance demo. This dance required 8 people to cooperate to complete, a waltz in a team of two, and the dance movements were very elegant.

Yu Xin watched it with everyone, remembered the movements in her mind and said, “This is the classic waltz ‘Tales from the Vienna Woods’*, you should have found out just now that the rhythm of this song is very strong, and the dance steps must keep up with the beats, otherwise it will be ugly.”

*”Tales from the Vienna Woods” is a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Composed in 1868, “Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald”, Op. 325, was one of six Viennese waltzes by Johann Strauss II which featured a virtuoso part for zither. The title of Strauss’ dance recalls the folk music of the inhabitants of the Vienna Woods.

Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce and said with a bitter smile, “Why does it feel like driving a duck onto the perch?”

Jiang Pingce said lightly, “3 days, work hard. With Yu Xin personally teaching, you should be able to practice.”