Chapter 953 Flying
After singing "Love," all three of them were a little out of breath.
Singing so many songs in a row is really tiring.
They had never sung so continuously before.
“I was backstage just now and I saw someone online saying that Li Zhibai and Lu Yanhe both have partners, while I am still single.”
As soon as Yan Liang said this, the whole audience burst into laughter.
"So what if you're single? Single people can be just as loving."
Lu Yanhe and Li Zhibai were laughing uncontrollably.
"Besides, if I really can't find a partner in this life and can only be a single dog, I've already thought it through. I'll live at Li Zhibai's house in the first half of the year and at Lu Yanhe's house in the second half, and let them take care of me in my old age." Yan Liang snorted lightly, "Anyway, they can't get rid of me for the rest of their lives."
“Okay.” Lu Yanhe nodded. “My family will definitely reserve a room for you.”
Li Zhibai said, "Let's not keep the house anymore. Let's build a big villa together and live together."
"I don't want to live with you every day," Lu Yanhe said with disdain. "You'll drive me crazy with noise."
"We've lived together for so many years even if we didn't want to," Yan Liang said, revealing his shortcomings.
Lu Yanhe: "Haven't you noticed that I've been staying in Lingyang District lately?"
"I've seen you come back quite often," Li Zhi said smugly.
Lu Yanhe: Speechless.
On the big screen, a line of large characters appeared:
A friend like you.
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A Song for Friends.
Complaints, rants, mushy sentimentality, and silly remarks.
The three of them sang with great enthusiasm.
Every lyric is sincere and heartfelt.
It's another new song.
From "Butterflies Fly" to "Like", from "Simple Love" to "A Friend Like You".
There are already four new songs.
No one expected that this concert would have so many new songs.
The key point is that these are all songs that are very relatable and can evoke strong emotions in the audience.
In them, there is friendship, dreams, growth, and youth.
These old-fashioned words, each one shining brightly.
Nobody thought it was cliché.
The entire audience waved their arms and kept the beat with them until the song ended.
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"The next song was given to me by Lu Yanhe. He said it was my song about being single, and also a blessing for me," Yan Liang said with a smile.
Lu Yanhe nodded.
Yan Liang: "Hmm, it's another new song."
"Another Self"
Lu Yanhe and Li Zhibai did not step down, but continued to stand beside him.
"I send out my song as a signal."
"To find you or to be found by you."
"I raise my dream as my compass."
"To guide you to come and embrace."
...
When Yan Liang sang, Li Zhibai and Lu Yanhe each put their hands on his shoulders.
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"Different faces, but synchronized heartbeats, the same set of cells."
"I am you, and you are me, another version of myself."
"I am here, where are you, when will we meet?"
Yan Liang sang so hard that the veins on his forehead bulged.
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"It doesn't matter if no one understands me, as long as you exist in this world."
"Different names, but equally insignificant, yet equally proud."
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"Lu Yanhe's lyrics are amazing, they perfectly capture Yan Liang's character."
"Completely."
"This 'you' seems to have many possible derivatives."
"Um."
"The two of them stood specifically next to Yan Liang and accompanied him to finish singing this song. It must have been a deliberate act."
"Um."
"No wonder it's a song about being single, and also a blessing for Yan Liang."
"These lyrics are really sophisticated."
"As expected of a top-notch screenwriter."
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Zhou Ping'an sat silently in the audience.
His ticket wasn't given to him by Lu Yanhe and the others; he got it through his own efforts.
He even wore a mask and a baseball cap to avoid being recognized.
He didn't want to be seen, but he still came to their concert.
At this moment, he was filled with mixed emotions.
Many people ask him if he regrets it?
No, I don't regret it.
Zhou Ping'an had no regrets about the decision he made.
For an artist, their relationship with their manager is like an investment. If you invest correctly, you make money; if you invest incorrectly, you lose.
The three of them left one after another: some he let go of voluntarily, some he drove away because he angered them, and some he was unwilling to let go of but had no choice but to.
Time has passed, and the emotions of that time have faded, leaving only regret.
To say he had no feelings for them?
How could that be? People's hearts are made of flesh and blood, not iron.
However, this is the workplace, a place of human calculation and competition for interests; emotions are useless here.
Even today, Zhou Ping'an doesn't believe he was wrong back then.
Just because Lu Yanhe and his group were able to build a city based on their feelings doesn't mean he can.
His achievements, and even his ability to achieve them, were built on the trampling of emotions.
But this does not diminish his mixed feelings at this moment; it does not diminish his pride in them while also feeling some regret.
This is a night where he doesn't need to weigh anything; he just needs to enjoy the concert tonight, reminisce about the past, and then return to reality after the concert ends.
But why?
Why did his tears still flow when they sang the line, "I was once lost and disappointed, lost all direction, until I saw that ordinariness is the only answer"?
A piece of paper was handed to me from the side.
Zhou Pingan quickly bowed his head and accepted it, saying a silent thank you.
The people around didn't say anything.
Zhou Pingan turned his head with some confusion and looked over. Only then did he realize that the person sitting next to him was He Yingzi.
She was also fully armed to avoid being recognized.
But how could someone who has known you for so many years be fooled by such a "fully armed" person?
Zhou Ping'an remained silent for a moment.
He Yingzi didn't say a word, her gaze fixed on the stage, as if she hadn't noticed Zhou Ping'an at all.
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Time passed by unnoticed.
In the blink of an eye, they had already sung nearly twenty songs.
New songs accounted for nearly half of them.
There were no covers, only original songs and first performances.
Li Zhibai sang "Those Years," a song that had previously been doubted as not being performed.
In addition, there are songs like "June Rain" and "Sigh of Leisure," which became very popular because of "Chinese Paladin."
Yan Liang sang the theme song for "The Summit", as well as a solo single from his time in "Feng Zhi" and two songs from the show "Idol Era".
When the concert reached its second half, the three of them reunited and sang "Chinese," igniting the entire audience once again.
Songs were shared on social media by many people almost simultaneously.
The flood of posts made people realize that these three people actually have so many hit songs.
Their musical achievements, which are no less impressive than those of professional singers, are overshadowed simply because they are better as actors.
A topic unexpectedly surged into the rankings.
#If I were the director of the Spring Festival Gala, I would sign them a ten-year contract in one go#
This was just a joke, but it was also a form of recognition.
No matter what people say, the Spring Festival Gala is still the biggest stage in everyone's mind.
In fact, several of their songs have been performed on the Spring Festival Gala stage.
The three of them would sing solos one after another, and perform together the next. They almost never disappeared from everyone's sight for long, which satisfied every fan.
And almost every song has a point of resonance that is closely related to the singer.
Everyone's emotions were stirred, drawing them into the performance.
All the way to the very end.
"This is the second to last song of the day," Lu Yanhe said with a smile.
Everyone in the audience was shouting.
"No, I haven't heard enough—"
"Keep singing, we want to keep listening—"
Lu Yanhe smiled helplessly and said, "But we have no more songs. We've basically sung all of our songs."
People are still shouting "No!"
Many people even burst into tears.
In such an environment and atmosphere, everyone's emotions are more turbulent and overflowing than usual.
Lu Yanhe said, "It's okay, it's alright. Trust us, we have a long future ahead of us, okay?"
Only at this point did the opposition subside a little.
"Actually, I have always kept you in my heart. I know that without you, no matter how hard I try or how talented I am, no one will appreciate it."
“I also know that my decision to cancel the fan club made many of you sad and made you feel that I did not respect the fans and did not value you.”
The audience shouted, "No!"
“I want you to know that I am not someone who doesn’t care about you. I just don’t want to be held hostage in the name of love, whether it’s fans or anyone else.”
“Li Zhibai, Yan Liang, and I have been constantly reminding each other that the further we go, the more we should not forget why we started. There is a song that I wrote for a long time, but I have not released it. At first, it was because I could not find a suitable stage, but later, it actually became a treasure. It was written at almost the same time as 'Remembrance'. It was also the weapon I used to interview my agent Chen Ziyan and persuade her to sign me.”
“We originally wanted to find a stage worthy of it for its debut performance, but I became famous too quickly, and it didn’t even get a chance to shine. I don’t need it to ignite my career anymore.”
"It became a treasured possession that I kept in my pocket, thinking about when to take it out. I waited and waited, and now, I have finally waited for this moment, and it is time for me to take it out."
“I was once worried that I was no longer myself, but after so many years, I can still confidently tell myself in every time and space that I have been growing and changing, but I have not forgotten who I was back then, and I am still me.”
"I still cherish the 'Childhood' book in my pocket; I've never forgotten it."
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"On the banyan tree by the pond, cicadas are chirping, heralding the arrival of summer."
"On the swings by the playground, only butterflies perch."
"The teacher's chalk on the blackboard was still writing frantically."
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On the large screen behind Lu Yanhe.
Suddenly a photo appeared.
It's a picture of Lu Yanhe when he was a child, innocent and naive, sitting on a bench, smiling very happily.
Lu Yanhe turned around and saw the photo. He was stunned at first, then realized what it meant.
He burst into tears.
This was a surprise Hou Jun found for him, I don't know where.
...
"Why hasn't that girl from the next class passed by my window yet?"
The photo on the screen changed to Chen Siqi during her high school years.
It happened just as she was walking past the classroom window.
Then, the photo faded away, and the photo on the screen changed to Chen Siqi at the scene.
Chen Siqi's eyes were red.
Tears streamed down her face.
Lu Yanhe couldn't continue singing.
His eyes, which had been red all night, finally burst into tears at this moment.
But the singing continued the next moment.
It was Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
They went up.
"Snacks in my mouth, comics in my hand, and childhood sweethearts in my heart."
"I always find out I've only done a little bit of my homework before I go to bed."
In stark contrast to the lyrics, at 2 a.m., Lu Yanhe was still engrossed in doing his homework in the live stream.
"It's always after the exam that we realize we haven't studied the material we should have studied."
On the big screen, Lu Yanhe walked down the stairs.
A line of text was written next to it: 18-year-old Lu Yanhe took leave from his senior year of high school to record "Little Song Gathering" just to earn living expenses.
"Time is money, but as my teacher once said, you can't buy back time with money."
Li Pengfei put his arm around Lu Yanhe, and the two of them smiled brightly.
That was a group photo of them after they made great progress in their exams.
"For so many days, I would just stare blankly at the sky."
When the magazine "Jump Up" was founded, a group of people sat on a railing on the side of the street, looking up at the sky.
The photo bears a note written by Lin Yu: You are not alone.
"Just that curiosity, just that fantasy."
"Such a lonely childhood."
The cast of Friends celebrated Lu Yanhe's award, which moved him to tears.
The camera returns to the scene.
Bai Jin and his group held up a light board—
Friends forever!
...
Lu Yanhe burst into tears, unable to sing a single word.
Li Zhibai and Yan Liang held him tightly, helping him continue singing the song.
"Day after day, year after year, a childhood filled with anticipation of growing up."
After Li Zhibai and Yan Liang finished singing the last line, they put down the microphones.
Lu Yanhe couldn't hold back any longer, turned around, raised his arm, and wiped away his tears.
However, this is not the end.
On the big screen, the camera was still broadcasting live.
Everyone except them appeared in "The Days of Youth".
Peng Zhixing held up the microphone, his eyes also red.
He said, "Yanhe, how are you now? Now that you're grown up, are you satisfied with everything? Have we made you feel less lonely? We're always here when you need us. You must always remember that, okay?"
Lu Yanhe's emotions, which he had finally managed to control, collapsed again.
The camera then shifts to Chen Bige.
Chen Bige laughed, her voice gentle: "Little friend, you now have a mature and grown-up face."
She looked tenderly at Lu Yanhe through the camera lens.
"How are you?" she asked.
“I’m fine,” she said.
That was a classic moment from "Love Letter".
Huang Kairen appeared.
He said, "If someone makes me grateful, I will give my life to him; if someone moves me, I will give myself to him."
Previously, this was a line spoken by Tong Zhanggui in "My Own Swordsman".
Today, this is what Bai Zhantang said to the screenwriter of "My Own Swordsman".
After the camera angle changed, Zhan Yun appeared.
She said, "In the script that hasn't been filmed yet, I said something to you, which is also something we want to say to you: Remember, no matter where you go or what you do, you will always be one of us."
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On the big screen, photos from the past flashed by.
Then came the sound of people.
It's a mashup of lines from the roles these three actors have played.
Each line is a classic quote from their respective characters.
The accompaniment to "Red Dragonfly" also appeared.
The band on site was waiting for their instructions.
Once they are old enough to sing, we will start playing the intro.
This is the last song, everyone knows that.
Thus, in the hearts of all fans, this concert has become a classic.
This is especially true for Lu Yanhe.
He finally regained his composure and looked at Li Zhibai and Yan Liang.
They both nodded.
So they nodded toward the musicians' section.
The intro begins.
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"Fly, fly."
"Look at that red dragonfly flying in the blue sky."
"The game keeps chasing its dream in the wind."
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"As worries increase, glass marbles become fewer."
"I know I'm growing up."
"The red dragonfly, once so, has slowly disappeared from my life."
"We've all grown up, and many dreams are taking flight."
"Like the red dragonflies I saw in my childhood."
"We've all grown up, and many dreams are taking flight."
"Like the red dragonfly in my mind now."
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"Our childhood was like the wind that blew as we chased our growth."
"Gently blow the dream, and slowly rise into the sky."
"The red dragonfly was my little hero when I was a child."
"I wish I could fly with it someday."
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(End of this chapter)
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