Chapter 525 Happy New Year

After a flurry of activity, the host took the stage, gave his opening remarks, and quickly introduced Ling Ran.

Today is Lunar New Year's Eve, so the first song I chose was a cheerful one, rather than a song about family reunion.

In this apocalyptic world, very few families can truly reunite. If we sing about reunion, isn't that just reopening old wounds?

Almost as soon as the microphone was handed out, it turned into a massive sing-along by the entire audience, so loud that it could be heard several kilometers away.

If Ling Ran hadn't been secretly controlling things, it would have definitely attracted a zombie horde.

The second poem, the third poem.

Many of the people present were hearing Ling Ran sing for the first time, but that didn't stop them from cheering and shouting wildly.

The love and admiration adults have for each other is such that even if an adult sings off-key, you can still hear how beautiful their voice is.

Lu Fan even had the songs sung by adults recorded so that the residents could listen to them repeatedly.

Lu Fan looked completely captivated: "It sounds so good."

Fang Juefeng and Li Si looked at each other in bewilderment.

Has Lu Fan already gone this far?

No, they can't fall behind.

Soon, the two of them were completely mesmerized: "Your singing is so beautiful. It's such a pity that you didn't debut as a singer before the apocalypse. Fortunately, after the apocalypse, we still have the opportunity to hear such heavenly music."

"I think singing well is secondary; the most important thing is that adults can sing to the depths of people's hearts."

A song.

Two songs.

Three songs.

Other singers from before the apocalypse took over from Ling Ran and sang a few songs, but the residents' reaction was lukewarm; they only wanted to see the adults.

The singing continued until almost midnight. The host, seizing the moment, came on stage: "It's almost midnight! Let's count down and ring in the new year with the adults! Ten, nine, eight..."

"three."

"two."

"one!"

"Happy New Year!"

Everyone shouted "Happy New Year!"

Another year has passed.

Hopefully next year will be better.

As the festive sounds of gongs and drums rang out, Lu Fan led Ling Ran to the VIP seats below the stage. On the stage, as the gongs and drums sounded, eight lions of different colors made their dazzling appearance under the lights.

Stools and other props were also brought up.

Ling Ran was in a good mood as she watched the silly-looking yet festive lion dance performance.

It was clear that Lu Fan had put his heart into it; his lion dance was excellent, featuring various challenging moves that drew continuous cheers from the audience.

After the lion dancers left, the dragon dancers came up.

Fortunately, the stage was big enough, so the dragon dancers were able to move around freely.

Ling Ran nodded as she watched, then patted Lu Fan, who was squatting next to her, saying, "Little Lu, you did a good job."

"As long as the adults like it."

Lu Fan meant it sincerely.

The adults have given them so much. For this concert, he didn't expect anything from the adults; he just wanted them to be happy.

Ling Ran was indeed enjoying watching it.

She had actually seen some clips of dragon and lion dances on her phone, but watching them on her phone was vastly different from watching them live.

Moreover, the atmosphere at the event was fantastic, something you can't compare to watching on a phone.

After watching those two shows, Ling Ran thought it was over, but she didn't expect there to be more.

The program included crosstalk, skits, dance, magic, and finally a grand chorus of "Unforgettable Tonight." Of course, Ling Ran and the three base leaders were invited to lead the singing during the grand chorus.

So Ling Ran carried the whole audience, and everyone else's tunes went completely off track. Even superstars tried desperately to correct Ling Ran, but to no avail, and eventually they also went off-key with her.

This night is truly unforgettable.

The crowd gradually dispersed around 3 a.m.

The first day of the Lunar New Year.

Ling Ran didn't get up until noon.

Breakfast and lunch were eaten together. After the meal, the three base commanders arrived. Ling Ran had called them yesterday.

"Please feel free to give any instructions, sir."

"You guys can support the game programmers at your base for me, I'll come back for them later."

Before the three base leaders could speak, Su Yimo widened her eyes and said, "Sir, why would you marry a programmer? Most of them are bald, they're definitely not handsome."

Programmer: Suemo, I really will thank you.

Upon hearing this, Chen Le quickly replied, "If you want to play with men, you can play with me. I'm very fun."

Ling Ran: "..."

Is it you guys who are acting strange, or am I?

They're spouting such outrageous and inappropriate language.

She took a deep breath, ignored the two of them, and continued to ask, "Can you do it?"

"sure."

"Sir, you don't need to raise them. The base can raise them on its own. It's just a few people, which is manageable."

"Or if the adults say they want to play a certain game, I can let them work first, and when the adults come to pick it up, it will save a lot of trouble."

Ling Ran hadn't expected this to be possible. After thinking for a moment, she took out her tablet: "Let me see what games are available, starting with this..."

After mentioning a few game names, Fang Juefeng and his team asked about priorities and then decided to focus on developing the game that the adults most wanted to play.

Then, Ling Ran waved her hand and took out a lot of supplies. Before Lu Fan could refuse, Ling Ran said, "These are for the people who performed yesterday."

"Okay, I thank you on their behalf, sir."

"Yes, I've been in the western province for quite a while now, and I plan to leave on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year."

Upon hearing this, the three base personnel were immediately alarmed: "Sir, is it alright if we don't leave?"

"no."

"..."

Why don't adults play by the rules?

If an adult says, "If I don't leave, will you support me?", then they will definitely support me.

Raising them at one base might be a bit difficult, but if you raise them at three bases together, are you worried about not being able to afford to raise the adults?

"Where does the master plan to go next?"

"Northern Province."

"If we go to the northern provinces, we'll be in the capital. The situation there isn't very good."

"How so?"

"There's a zombie king there. I heard that the capital is now divided in two, controlled by the capital base and the zombie king at the same time. We don't know the specifics, after all, we haven't even finished dealing with our own affairs yet, so how can we have time to care about other bases?"

"Um."

In short, Ling Ran's departure from Xi Province is a fait accompli.

After three peaceful days, on the fourth day of the lunar new year, everyone came to see her off, and many people brought gifts to give to Ling Ran.

Upon closer inspection, there was still plenty of food.

For example, there are fresh vegetables that are not enough for even one person to eat, an egg that was bought, a sweater that was knitted by hand, and a painting that was drawn by oneself. There is everything.

These people offered Ling Ran what they considered to be the best, or the best they could offer, to express their gratitude.

The adults gave them everything from the three bases, something they could never repay in their lifetime.

May your journey be long and safe.

Ling Ran accepted all the kindness shown to her. As the car drove away and the residents of the base were about to disperse, it began to rain.

Or rather, what fell wasn't rain, but supplies.

Candy, jelly, chocolate, hard-boiled eggs, sausages, and so on—they didn't need to fight over them; all the supplies that were rightfully theirs automatically ended up in the hands of whoever they belonged to.

"The brightest star in the night sky is called Lingran Star. Whenever we are in danger, it always appears..."

Someone started singing this song, and then everyone joined in.