Part 4 of Chapter 67
Please Like Her 18 – Concert
On the other side.
Shang Lu felt that she had recovered quite a bit, so she checked Weibo and found out that a member had invited a friend who turned out to be a magician. Out of curiosity, she went to watch the rehearsal.
However, Shang Lu was somewhat disappointed. It was all the same old tricks that had been overused on the Spring Festival Gala for years, and it didn’t seem interesting at all.
“Isn’t it too obvious that the box is empty? They’re not even trying to hide it from the audience? Why are those people still cheering?” Shang Lu muttered, finding it incomprehensible and quite boring.
A voice, as if it had reached its limit, spoke out, “Because you’re standing on his side, while everyone else is in front, of course you can see the truth.”
Shang Lu : “!”
It seemed to make some sense.
Shang Lu raised her hand to touch her forehead, ensuring she wasn’t running a fever now, and breathed a sigh of relief.
She also realized that maybe it was because of her cold that her brain didn’t seem to be functioning as quickly as usual, and she had asked such a silly question.
Then Shang Lu turned around and prepared to leave.
An arm stretched out to stop her.
Yan Yu, somewhat incredulous, said, “You’re really strange, you don’t even turn around to see who’s talking when you hear a voice behind you?”
The normal reflex for most people should be to look back, right?
Shang Lu rubbed her temples and said, “It’s not like I’ve never heard it before, I can recognize your voice.”
Yan Yu : “?”
So what? Just because you know who the person is, does that mean you can completely ignore them? That doesn’t make sense at all!
Shang Lu still noticed what Yan Yu was thinking and said directly, “I’m not very interested in you.”
After saying this, Shang Lu pushed down Yan Yu’s hand and said, “Excuse me.”
No matter what, she was still a friend of Ou Yi. Although she didn’t know why Ou Yi and Yan Yu weren’t getting along, it was common sense not to get too close to someone that your friend dislikes.
Yan Yu : “…?”
The way she said that made it seem like he was interested in her, it’s really inexplicable!
But for some reason, Yan Yu felt like there was a lump in his chest.
Sure enough, Ou Yi’s friends were all just as annoying as Ou Yi.
The concert was about to begin.
Audiences were queuing up to enter the venue one after another.
Shang Lu was sitting in Lin Yanyan’s original seat, although it was in the front row but closer to the corner, so it wouldn’t attract too much attention. She was quite satisfied with it.
Shang Lu held a hot water bottle in her hands and covered her face tightly, waiting for the concert to officially start.
The girl next to her asked strangely, “You didn’t bring any fan merchandise with you?”
Shang Lu : “I…”
The girl was very enthusiastic and directly interrupted Shang Lu’s words, asking, “You must have come in a hurry, right? It’s okay, I was like that the first time too.” She took out a large bag of fan support items and asked, “I’m a fan of the group, who do you like more? I’ll share some with you!”
Shang Lu : “No…”
—No need for that.
“Meimei1?” The girl immediately understood and took out a pair of very extravagant hairpins from her bag, enthusiastically helping Shang Lu put them on.
Shang Lu : “…”
Who is Meimei?
Isn’t this a boy group? Where does Meimei2 come from?
But Shang Lu didn’t dare to ask. If she couldn’t even remember the names of the members in the group, this girl would definitely become suspicious of her.
So Shang Lu could only say, “Thank you.”
While the girl was chatting with her friend on the other side, Shang Lu quickly raised her phone and used the camera to check the hairpins on her head. She froze when she saw the words “Yan Yu.”
Why is Yan Yu called Meimei? What’s going on here?
Shang Lu couldn’t understand. She wanted to take off the hairpin, but when the girl turned her head, she thought Shang Lu was taking a selfie and smiled happily, “It’s great that you like it!”
Shang Lu : “…”
It seems like she’ll have to wear this hairpin until the end of the concert.
Until the concert officially began.
Another person sneaked over to Shang Lu’s side.
Shang Lu didn’t look at him because she knew that the tickets for Lin Yanyan and Xu Ze should be together.
The other person seemed a bit impatient, “I actually got lost, but luckily I made it.”
Shang Lu : “?”
Wait a minute, this voice doesn’t sound like Xu Ze.
Shang Lu turned around in confusion and became even more puzzled when she saw Ye Lu.
And when Ye Lu saw Shang Lu, he also widened his eyes.
They pointed at each other, then at their own seats, and finally at the stage.
In translation, it meant: “What are you doing here? What about Xu Ze/Lin Yanyan? Is he/she going on stage to sing?”
Shang Lu and Ye Lu had never been so in sync in their lives.
Then the two of them exchanged silent glances and nodded together.
Yes, everything is just as the other side guessed.
Meanwhile, a sentence echoed in the minds of both people—
I’m sorry, CL’s fans, we really didn’t mean it.
The concert continues.
CL’s members take the stage, one by one, and the fans in the audience are very enthusiastic in their support.
But Shang Lu can only cover her hairpin to her head every time Ou Yi looks over, feeling like a fool, silently praying for the concert to end quickly.
Until the final segment, each person collaborates on stage with their invited friends.
They perform in order of their debut position, from last to first.
The fans in the audience cheer, and the online viewers watching the livestream are also very excited.
[Wuwuwu, it’s coming to an end, I’m crying]
[Looking forward to everyone’s collaboration stage, expecting different sparks to fly!]
[Yan Yu & Ye Lu, my top1 expectation for today!]
[I want to see Shang Lu and Ou Yi, I think their stage will be very eye-catching】
Yan Yu and Ou Yi’s discord is so obvious, and their fans naturally don’t get along.
Until Yan Yu’s stage begins, he takes the stage first.
[Ah, finally, I’ve been waiting for you!]
[The double stage kings, the double lead singers are simply amazing!]
[I declare in advance that this stage will definitely go viral!]
Yan Yuye finishes singing a section, and the stage lights change, lighting up the other side.
To the surprise of everyone, Xu Ze raises the microphone with trembling hands, expressionless, and opens his vocal cords like lifeless ash.
Shang Lu and Ye Lu simultaneously cover their ears a second before Xu Ze starts singing.
As for the other CL fans, they weren’t prepared for this. When they heard Xu Ze’s singing, the cheers of the fans in the audience stopped, and everyone froze.
Wait… what is this?
Is this really singing?
Even though those who have watched the variety show were mentally prepared, why does it sound worse in reality?
Why would such a handsome guy like this when he opens his mouth to sing?
The fans in the livestream room weren’t doing any better either.
[I never thought that Yan Yu’s partner would actually be Xu Ze, not Ye Lu. I’m confused.]
[Well, if you listen carefully… it sounds pretty good, no, forget it, I can’t make up any praise.]
[The prophet at the beginning was impressive; it’s going to be tough to top this stage!]
This song is only four minutes long, but everyone feels like they’ve endured four hundred years.
Finally, it’s over, and everyone breathes a sigh of relief.
A fan expresses their soul-searching question.
[Why did Yan Yu invite Xu Ze? Even putting aside Xu Ze’s singing skills, they don’t seem to know each other at all!]
Someone responds.
[As we all know, Yan Yu and Ou Yi compete for the top spot in the group in everything. In the previous variety show when their group appeared, they even bet on whose stage would have the highest viewership this time.]
[I get it now. Yan Yu is using an unconventional strategy, trying to win with such a hard-to-listen-to stage that it can’t go unnoticed!]
[Ou Yi, you’re definitely going to lose this time. You really can’t win.]
However, the next moment…
The stage lights up again, and everyone sees Lin Yanyan standing next to Ou Yi. Both the fans in the audience and those online fall into silence.
Wait, what’s going on here again?
[Although the four people from Xiao Taoyan came, the guests that were guessed were all wrong… this is so absurd.]
[In an instant, it became hard to predict the outcome of Ou Yi and Yan Yu’s bet.]
[Don’t forget, in the episode where Xiao Taoyan recorded the theme song, Ye Lu handed over Xu Ze and Lin Yanyan to Shang Lu because their singing was the worst🙃]
[Everyone, mute your audio! Hurry up, mute!]
[Thanks to the previous commenter who reminded us! Save my ears!]
As for the fans in the audience : 😭
They really want to escape, but they can’t.
Ou Yi sings his heart out, trying to turn the tide by himself, with a smile on his face as he interacts with the fans in the front row.
Until he sees Shang Lu in the corner.
She covers her ears with both hands and has a fluorescent hairpin on her head, which is extremely exaggerated. But on it, there are two words : Yan Yu.
Ou Yi : “?”
His eyes briefly show confusion, pain, self-doubt, but eventually, he becomes ashen-faced.
Shang Lu : “…”
At this moment, she covers her ears, and the thing on her head…
—Wait, Ou Yi, don’t imagine strange things!!!
- Shang Lu meant to say 没这个必要啊 (méi zhè ge bì yào a) which meant ‘no need for that, but she only managed to say the first character 没 (méi, meaning no/not/without), hence the misunderstanding ↩︎
- Meimei is a name usually used for girls ↩︎
LMAO she was caught basically cheating 🤣🤣🤣