Can't Chapter 60 be overlapped?
The plane's flight path swept across the azure sky.
A gentle female voice on the loudspeaker repeated the boarding announcements, while the wheels of suitcases rolled across the smooth floor.
When Tan Xi reached the airport exit, she was momentarily blinded by the sunlight.
Although the current situation is equivalent to a spontaneous trip, Tan Xi, who was feeling a bit listless due to working overtime for several days, still couldn't help but feel a sense of unreality when she sat in the taxi.
All I could hear was my roommate's excited chatter and the rumbling sound of wheels rolling over the road.
The scenery outside the window gradually changed from a desolate suburb to a scattered residential area, and before I knew it, all the scenes had gradually faded into the distance.
"Little girl, we've arrived."
Startled awake, Tan Xi subconsciously wiped her mouth and glanced at her roommate, who had fallen asleep beside her at some point. She quickly shook her roommate's shoulder before thanking the driver profusely.
Because they only planned to stay in S City for one day to support the event before leaving, they didn't bring much luggage and went straight to their destination as soon as they got off the bus.
Not far ahead, one could see rows upon rows of support flags and flashing light boards bearing the names of Fang Yucheng and Meng Shuning, and a large crowd had suddenly taken over the passageway outside the cordon.
After getting off the bus, my roommate regained her energy and pulled me to stand on tiptoe and look ahead from outside the crowd: "Great, it looks like Chaomu hasn't arrived yet... Look! There's a Chaomu banner over there!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several hostile gazes swept over.
The fan next to him holding up a light board for Fang Yucheng had a look of utter disdain in his eyes.
Tan Xi was slightly taken aback, quickly lowered her head, and pulled her roommate, who hadn't yet realized something was wrong, back a little.
Are you also here to wait for dawn and dusk?
A clear voice suddenly broke into my ears, with a hint of excitement at the end: "Our people are all over there, aren't they?"
Because of the shock of that hostile look, Tan Xi absentmindedly followed her roommate to the gathering place of the Chaomu CP fans.
Meanwhile, the girl who had just found them also finished introducing herself.
The other party was the group owner of the Chaomu fan group she had joined.
For this offline support event, the other party even consulted her in advance about how to organize it. Tan Xi originally thought that since she had already helped Chao Mu fight against the blacklist before, there would be no difference in helping the other party again.
Unexpectedly, she was now face-to-face hearing the group leader praising "Sigh" for its contributions to "Morning and Evening".
"Tanxi is really amazing! If it weren't for her, we would never have known that there are so many intricacies to fan support. The double support fans and stickers here were all designed and made by her suggestion."
"Everyone in the group is a complete newbie who has never followed a celebrity before. When Chaomu was being attacked, they were just like headless flies, not knowing what to do..."
Seeing her roommate listening intently with her back to her, Tan Xi felt so embarrassed she almost dug her toes out of the five-bedroom apartment.
To avoid them bringing up more of what she had done in the past during their conversation, Tan Xi braced herself and changed the subject: "Why is everyone standing on such an edge?"
The group leader's smile faded slightly as he pointed to a crowd not far away, where many girls were holding up signs for Fang Yucheng. His expression was somewhat helpless: "Many of them over there are die-hard fans of Fang Yucheng. They've always been prejudiced against Chaomu. We almost got into an argument with them while we were standing nearby."
She scratched her head sheepishly, then her tone became cheerful again: "But it's okay. According to the live stream, the arrival times of the two flights are about half an hour apart. Anyway, after Fang Yucheng and Meng Shuning get there, it will be Chaomu's turn, and there will definitely be seats available."
Tan Xi nodded, listening to others take over the conversation and complain about the "Meng Xiang Cheng Zhen" CP fans, when she suddenly felt her arm being gently tugged.
My roommate, who was initially full of energy, suddenly became agitated and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Xixi, I didn't know that others... were so hostile towards Chaomu."
What she didn't explicitly say was that she was referring to the "Meng Xiang Cheng Zhen" CP fans.
While they are called CP fans, most of them are actually solo fans of Fang Yucheng or Meng Shuning. Compared to the fan signs for "Meng Xiang Cheng Zhen", there are more light stick signs for "Fang Yucheng" or "Meng Shuning".
If she had come as a fan of Fang Yucheng this time, she probably wouldn't have dared to openly express goodwill towards "Chao Mu".
"It doesn't matter."
Tan Xi waved his hand: "I could have guessed that would be the reaction."
At first, her feelings toward "Chao Mu" were not exactly positive, but as "Our Past" aired, the performances of Mu Jiu and Ling Zhao gradually changed her perspective.
Furthermore, she didn't actually plan to come to the area around the cabin to support Fang Yucheng or "Meng Xiangchengzhen".
Coming back to reality from the fragments of memory, and listening to the chatter of those around her, Tan Xi's tense shoulders gradually relaxed.
I don't know how much time passed, but suddenly a series of soft gasps of surprise erupted from the front of the crowd.
Immediately afterwards, more and more people stood on tiptoe to look ahead, and the originally loose queue instantly became agitated, with the sound of camera shutters clicking incessantly.
Tan Xi looked in the direction of the sound and instinctively felt a jolt in her heart.
Fang Yucheng was the first to appear from behind the door of a minivan parked by the roadside.
He was wearing a pure black shirt, and a baseball cap that barely covered his eyebrows and eyes, revealing only a section of his cold and hard jawline. He walked out in a hurry.
But the next second, Tan Xi realized something was wrong.
In the past, whenever he appeared in public, Fang Yucheng would always pause for a moment by the passageway to accept bouquets and letters from fans. Even if he only nodded briefly, his eyes and brows would still show a gentle demeanor.
But today, he seemed to be enveloped in an impenetrable chill, his steps were quick and heavy, and his boots made a dull sound as they rolled across the ground.
He didn't even glance at the things offered by fans stretching out their arms on both sides, not even sparing them a second, and walked straight toward the venue entrance.
Seeing him like this, the fans did not give up, but instead shouted at the top of their lungs.
The cries of "Fang Yucheng—", "Sincerely embrace the meaning of the book, let's go to Mengxiang together!" and "Mengxiang is sincere, let's meet at the summit!" rang out, but he still did not turn around.
Just then, Meng Shuning, who got off the bus a step later, stepped down in a pair of white sneakers. She was wearing a simple light-colored off-the-shoulder long-sleeved shirt, and her long hair was loosely tied into a ponytail.
"Shushu, smile!!"
Hearing the fans' shouts, she stopped in her tracks, smiled and turned around in a very cooperative manner, even raising her hand to make a heart shape, letting the sound of camera shutters click all around her.
Suddenly, someone in the crowd called out, with a hint of cautious concern, "Shushu, what's wrong with Chengbao?"
Upon hearing this, Meng Shuning's smile faltered, and in the blink of an eye, it became even more apologetic. She explained softly, "I'm sorry, Yu Cheng must have stayed up too late yesterday and is a bit grumpy when he wakes up. I apologize on his behalf."
Then, she changed the subject, her tone becoming lighter: "Everyone, wait a minute, Yu Cheng and I actually prepared some small gifts for everyone in advance... We are really happy that you all came all this way."
Fans were instantly touched by this gentle response, waving their hands and shouting "It's okay, it's okay," and "It's most important that Chengbao and Shushu get some rest."
The fans only stopped waving goodbye reluctantly after the two had walked away.
"Waaaaah, Shushu is so gentle! She even helped Yucheng out of his morning grumpiness!" "I'm so smitten! This is the daily life of such a considerate young couple!" "Judging from the brother's face, the production team must be exploiting him..."
Tan Xi watched Fang Yucheng's gloomy figure walk away without hesitation, and was momentarily dazed.
Before she could figure out what was causing the subtle change in her heart that was different from the past, her roommate suddenly let out a high-pitched scream, abruptly pulling her back to reality.
"Morning and evening! It's morning and evening!!"
The group members who were just chatting and laughing around her suddenly surged forward like firecrackers, their light sticks flashing so brightly they made people dizzy.
A silver-gray van slowly pulled up to a stop on the roadside not far away.
The car door opened, and Mu Jiu stepped out first. Today, she wore sunglasses that covered most of her face, but her long legs and her cool yet languid aura were enough to attract everyone's attention.
Following behind her, Ling Zhao slowed down a few steps to walk beside her, her silver-gray bangs fluttering slightly in the wind, and she carried two bulging backpacks on her back.
"Everyone has one!"
The group admin gripped the megaphone, his voice trembling: "One, two, three!"
The next second, a unified shout pierced the sky: "From Ling to Jiu, from Zhao to Mu, together from dawn till dusk, year after year!!"
Hearing the sudden roar behind them, the two stopped in their tracks and instinctively exchanged a glance.
I don't know what they whispered about, but after a while, they walked over side by side.
"Was the trip tiring?" "Did you have fun, baby?" "Jiujiu! This is a letter I wrote for you... Zhaozhao, this is for you!" "Jiujiu, Zhaozhao, can you sign this for us?"...
Enthusiastic fans asked questions, handed out letters, and gave gifts, instantly igniting the atmosphere.
Having never experienced much fan support before, the two were somewhat at a loss for what to do amidst the commotion. Mu Jiu still had a gentle smile on his face, while Ling Zhao's unruly face looked unusually blank. The two patiently accepted the things handed to them by the fans along the way, cooperating with everyone's strange requests.
Seeing the two interacting all the way and about to reach them, Tan Xi tugged at her roommate.
But for some reason, the other person went silent after shouting "morning and evening" so loudly.
Before Tan Xi could turn around to check on the other party's condition, a sound like jade stones clashing came.
"I remember you."
Mu Jiu took off his sunglasses and bent down slightly: "He was the one in charge of the script for that shoot..."
Those slightly upturned fox-like eyes narrowed as if in annoyance, as if recalling something: "...Tan Xi?"
The moment Tan Xi heard her name called, her heart almost jumped out of her chest.
Before introducing the storyboard for MG's "Pine Trees in the Clouds," her colleague briefly introduced the names of the staff present, but Tan Xi thought that such a casual remark in a business setting would not be remembered by anyone.
I never expected that my name would be spoken by the other person.
The feeling was like an electric current running through my back, and an unknown emotion rushing straight to my head.
Tan Xi tried to calm her turbulent thoughts, composed herself, and then pulled her roommate aside, speaking in a voice so soft it was as if she were afraid of disturbing something: "Um... my roommate really likes you guys, can I take a picture with her?"
Seeing that the excessively beautiful face opposite her was slightly taken aback, she then raised a smile as bright as melting snow: "Of course you can."
Tan Xi quickly tugged at her roommate's clothes a couple more times, only to find that the person who had just been screaming at the top of her lungs now had a face that was red from her forehead to the roots of her neck, even her ears were pink. She was frantically trying to fix her hair, but was too nervous to know where to put it.
After a period of chaotic movement, with hands and feet moving in unison and limbs being tamed, the photo finally came to a stop.
After thanking her, Tan Xi was looking at the photos when she heard her roommate, who seemed to have been holding back for a long time, finally muster up the courage to say, "Jiu Jiu, Zhao Zhao!"
This sound made Mu Jiu and Ling Zhao stop in their tracks and turn around in confusion.
"Can't you two really be combined?"
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Author's note: Lack of sleep during the weekdays led to a long weekend sleep-in, a little late indeed [laughing and crying emoji]
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