Chapter 55: Song Festival

Jiang Shen turned on his phone before the alarm he set to remind him to watch the live broadcast rang.

At this time, they had finished watching a round of fireworks and returned home.

The pause in the fireworks brings the world back to silence.

Ren Fenghe knew that he was waiting for his teammates' live broadcast on stage, and she wanted to watch it too, so she ran back to the room to get the tablet.

Jiang Shen took the tablet and asked: "When did you take it back to the room?"

Ren Fenghe pretended to smile foolishly and walked over to sit down, pretending to be deaf and dumb.

There was only a little over an hour and a half left until the New Year, which meant that South Korea was only over half an hour away from the New Year. Jiang Shen quickly turned on his tablet and started the live broadcast.

In previous years, the major Korean TV stations held the Song Festival to bid farewell to the old year and usher in the new year starting from about half a month before the Gregorian New Year.

This time, the event date announced by a certain TV station coincided with a social news with great impact, so the date had to be postponed, and it happened to be changed to New Year's Eve.

On the screen, the live camera swept towards the fans' seats, and excited shouts merged into one.

Suddenly, the big screen on the stage went out and the whole audience fell silent.

Then, the dark screen suddenly flashed a stuck image, as if the signal was interfered with, accompanied by unstable sound effects, and intermittently played the preludes of the title songs of several previous regular albums of amanecer.

In the audience, fans all looked towards the stage, waiting for the performers who were about to take the stage.

The sound of red alerts, typing, and the sound of leather shoes and high heels walking hurriedly on the floor mixed together.

Ren Fenghe had never heard of such an opening. She blinked blankly, wondering which song this special opening was designed for.

Goose bumps suddenly appeared on Ren Fenghe's body and he touched his arm.

She turned her head to look at Jiang Shen, who was staring at the screen intently without a single distraction.

“Shh—”

The speaker gave a hint that no sound was allowed.

The fans in the audience subconsciously covered their mouths.

They could tell who the brief booing came from, and their eyes sparkled with unconcealable joy.

The real prelude finally sounded.

Ren Fenghe looked at the screen and then at Jiang Shen, shocked beyond words.

This prelude is the clip played in the new album trailer!

The new album performance was actually earlier than the audio source was released!

After hearing the prelude, the fans couldn't control themselves anymore and started screaming.

The cheering sticks that had been put away during the performances of other teams were taken out one after another.

There is no central control, so amanecer fans consciously changed the color from the original white to orange.

The live camera swept across the fans seats——

It was clearly the year-end music festival, and the TV station had invited many popular groups, but the orange light that lit up almost occupied two-thirds of the venue.

At this moment, the entire venue seemed like their special concert.

Ren Fenghe looked at the orange with emotion.

From being unknown to becoming respected seniors, this road they have walked is a long and difficult one.

But fortunately, they succeeded.

Even when just watching the live broadcast, Ren Fenghe still resonated with the souls of the fans at the scene thousands of miles away, and a sense of thrill arose spontaneously.

At this moment, she no longer knew whether she should look at the screen or at Jiang Shen.

She wanted to see the new performance, but also wanted to see Jiang Shen's reaction, so she turned her head this way and that and couldn't keep up.

But she saw Jiang Shen's smile. Looking at his teammates' performances, he couldn't hide the pride on his face.

The show opened with the new song as the title track, and the second stage was with the debut song, echoing the beginning and the end.

Next, we arrived at the third stage.

The moment the accompaniment started, not only Ren Fenghe, but even Jiang Shen was stunned.

Different from the previous two dance performances, in the third and final stage, the standing members switched to hand microphones at some point.

This is a lyrical song.

The single "with me" was released on the day when Jiang Shen's sick leave notice was issued.

“with you.”

The member standing at the front looked up at the camera. At that moment, across the distant time and space, across the network cable and the screen, he and Jiang Shen's eyes met.

As soon as these words came out, some fans in the audience had tears in their eyes.

Jiang Shen and Ren Fenghe listened to the song quietly.

They sang an adapted version of "With Me", changing a few words in the original lyrics.

But by changing a few words, the loneliness in the song, longing for someone to be by your side forever, is transformed into the determination and support of always being by your side.

Ren Fenghe turned his head and looked at Jiang Shen again.

Jiang Shen was still smiling, but his eyes were sparkling.

"This group of people really is..." He spoke in Korean, but Ren Fenghe understood it.

After the three stages ended, the members did not leave. They stood on the stage, waiting for other groups to come on stage and celebrate the New Year together.

While waiting, the host came on stage first and followed the script. The team leader cooperated with the host and picked up the microphone to talk to everyone about their outlook for the New Year.

"Although the eight of us are not on stage today, our hearts are always together. Shine also asked me to wish everyone a happy new year."

The audience burst into warm applause and cheers again.

Soon, the last song festival of 25 years ended.

The screen returned to darkness, reflecting the faces of Jiang Shen and Ren Fenghe.

The fireworks, which had been paused for a while, were set off again, one after another.

"The last song is so nice!" Ren Fenghe was very supportive and clapped his hands vigorously.

Jiang Shen had adjusted his mood and let out a low laugh after listening to Ren Fenghe's words.

"I wrote it." He said very calmly.

Ren Fenghe glanced at him, and this "indifferent" glance was fake. Don't think she didn't know.

If he was really so calm, he wouldn't have added the three words "I wrote it".

It's obvious that he just wants her to praise him more.

Ren Fenghe cooperated by clasping his hands in front of his chest and said with starry eyes: "Wow!"

Jiang Shen's mouth curled up.

Ren Fenghe's cooperation could only last so long. She yawned, jumped off the sofa, waved to Jiang Shen and said, "Okay, I'm going to brush my teeth and go to bed."

After saying that, he left without mercy, leaving Jiang Shen with a face full of question marks.

Is that it?

Just leave like this?

Shouldn't she praise him more, or pull him aside and ask him to sing for her?

Didn’t you say you didn’t want to go to bed so early on New Year’s Eve and wanted to hold on until the new year?

Jiang Shen chased after him unconvinced, "Would you like me to sing a few lines for you?"

Ren Fenghe shook his head mercilessly and said, "I'm too sleepy. I have to go to bed."

After saying that, he closed the bathroom door and went to wash up.

Jiang Shen looked at the door in front of him and realized that the child was teasing him again.

He shook his head helplessly, returned to the living room and sent a message to his teammates.

"I saw the show, thank you."

It's rare that all teammates read it in seconds.

"This is your copyright fee. You're welcome."

"How are you doing lately? Have you been out playing?"

Jiang Shen and his teammates sent messages for about ten minutes before putting their phones down.

He got up from the sofa, packed his backpack for today's trip, and took out the comic book signed by Yang Xia.

Reading the comic book, I thought of tonight’s New Year’s Eve dinner and Ms. Miao’s care.

He thought about it, put the signed comic book in the bookshelf, took out the other unsigned one, and took a photo of the comic book.

Once there is a time, there will be a second time. Since I posted a photo of snow on Weverse last time, it is not so difficult to post another update.

He uploaded the comic book photos he took.

Caption: Interesting comic book.

After doing all this, the time came to midnight.

After the Gregorian New Year, the Lunar New Year is here.

The chapter of time has officially turned to the next page.

Jiang Shen turned off all the lights in the living room, and when he returned to his room, he carefully opened Ren Fenghe's door a little.

After confirming that she could still sleep soundly despite the loud sound of fireworks around her, Jiang Shen returned to the room with peace of mind and went straight to the bathroom.

He hasn't showered yet.

But there is something more important at the moment.

He took off the black woolen hat he had been wearing all day and looked at himself in the mirror.

His hair was dark yesterday, but today it is several shades lighter.

But that’s not enough.

Jiang Shen took out the second box of bleach from the storage space behind the mirror.

There was not enough time this afternoon, so he only rafted once and then hurried out. He had to raft a second time before Yuanyuan got up.

Jiang Shen was fully armed and started to bleach his hair.

Normally, he only had to go to the styling studio to get his hair done, and even when he was abroad, there would be a stylist on tour who would help him with his hair in the hotel.

Therefore, his movements were extremely clumsy and he took each step very slowly. After a long time, he finally managed to evenly apply the bleach on his hair.

Looking at himself in the mirror, he nodded with satisfaction.

He had seen the tutorial and knew that with the length of his hair, these two bleaching agents would make it golden.

He followed the tutorial he learned online step by step. After the hair dye had been on his head for a full hour, he used the remaining dye to cover his eyebrows. After a while, he rinsed his hair and took good care of it.

He dyes his hair all year round, and his hair quality is not very good. There was a time when his hair would break if he pulled it lightly because he dyed it so frequently.

After bleaching his hair, Jiang Shen moved closer to the mirror and scratched his hair while looking at himself in the mirror.

Very orthodox blonde hair.

Yuanyuan should like it, right?

With messy blonde hair, Jiang Shen thought.

I hadn’t thought about dyeing my hair at first, but when I went out to buy New Year’s goods that day, I happened to see bleach.

At that moment, he thought of the last time he video-called his teammates, Yuanyuan chose the teammate with short golden hair from the "favorite brother".

After thinking about this, he remembered that Yuanyuan called his teammates "brother" and called him "uncle".

Although he claims to have a baby face, maybe in Yuanyuan's eyes, people who dye their hair look younger?

Maybe Yuanyuan thinks that people who dye their hair are cooler, more handsome and more popular?

So, dyeing hair was immediately put on his agenda.

Of course, the children he takes care of like him the most.

teammate? no!

Jiang Shen, with blond hair and light eyebrows, fell on the bed. He was extremely tired, but when he thought that Yuanyuan might scream with excitement when she saw his new hairstyle tomorrow, he felt full of energy.

I'm going to take Yuanyuan out to play tomorrow, so I can't just sleep like this. I have to plan tomorrow's itinerary.

He took out his cell phone and frantically made a strategy guide.

After everything was ready, Jiang Shen set the alarm clock, threw away his phone, and quickly fell asleep.

Before going to bed, he was still thinking happily about how he would calm Yuanyuan down if she got too excited tomorrow.

Jiang Shen, who closed Weverse after posting the status, didn't know that there were several similar comments under his comment section.

“Has this table returned to China?”

“I’ve seen this table before!”