Around the stage.
The sparse chatter of the audience could be heard.
"It hasn't started yet?"
"Hurry up, I can't wait any longer."
"The road to happiness is strewn with setbacks. Haha, don't worry!"
"It's already been ten minutes? There's still five minutes left. It's almost time, almost time! "
"I'm looking forward to their showdown!"
"When it comes to true singing ability, Flowing Time is really not as good as The Clown and Sunset Glow. Their showdown for this episode's Masked King is really too exciting!"
"My appetite has been whetted too!"
"Who do you guys think will win?"
"If we're talking about her form, no one can beat Sunset Glow today!"
"Her form doesn't mean anything. Do you guys still remember the first episode's competition? The Clown was so sick and his throat was like that, so how bad could his form be? But he still managed to clinch the most crucial title of the first episode's Masked King! The Clown has never been the type of person to play by the rules! "
"They're still not here yet?"
The audience was itching to have a go.
The entire venue was waiting for The Clown and Sunset Glow to take the stage.
Petal Shower and Spinach were also watching from the sidelines.
Spinach asked, "Sister Petal Shower, who do you think will win?"
Petal Shower smiled and said, "I think Sunset Glow will win today, but I want to listen to The Clown's song."
Spinach's eyes lit up. "Me too. I want to hear what he'll sing this time."
Dong Shanshan looked at her watch and felt that it was almost time. She went onstage ahead of time and talked to a few of the staff members. She also told them what to take note of later.
Dong Shanshan said, "The microphones will be handed to the contestants in the waiting area."
The staff member said, "Understood, Teacher Shanshan."
Dong Shanshan said, "Those of you standing over here, please move to the right. We're blocking camera number 3 here."
"OK."
"Understood."
After the arrangements were made, Dong Shanshan stood there and rested for a while. She suddenly thought of Hu Fei's words and couldn't help but smile helplessly. On the way here, it seemed like Xiao Lu and Dafei were also preparing for her "birthday" next month. The two of them did not explicitly say it, but beat around the bush and asked her what she liked. They probably wanted to prepare a present for her. However, Dong Shanshan was too embarrassed to tell them that her birthday was not next month.
It was today!
Today was her real birthday!
Actually, not many people knew about this!
As there was a mistake on the date of birth, her parents were late in completing the paperwork. In the end, the date of birth on her household register and identification card was late by a month. However, her information had long been exposed. Her date of birth was also posted on the internet in a neat and tidy manner. No one knew that her birthday was today and everyone thought it was next month. In fact, in the years that followed, Dong Shanshan did not want to explain anything. She was a rather carefree person. Since everyone thought that her birthday was on that day, then so be it. She was also quite helpless.
His earpiece rang.
"Attention all departments, attention all departments, the singer is ready."
"Countdown of ten seconds."
Dong Shanshan adjusted her suit and adjusted her gold-rimmed glasses.
"Three …"
"Two …"
"One …"
In an instant, a brilliant smile appeared on Dong Shanshan's face. "Next up, let's move on to the tiebreaker. Let's welcome — The Clown!"
The audience screamed!
"Clown!"
"Good luck!"
"I love you!"
"I can't wait! I'm looking forward to it! "
"What are they going to sing? Cantonese or Hokkien?
"Eh? Where's the band? "
The Clown slowly walked onto the stage. He had always been like this at a leisurely pace.
Chen Guang was the first to realize this. "Where's the band?"
Amy was taken aback. "Yeah, why isn't there a band?"
Then, everyone watched with their mouths agape as The Clown walked onstage towards the empty band and picked up an electric guitar!
Spinach said in surprise, "A guitar?"
Petal Shower also did not expect this. "He even knows how to play the guitar?"
Wang Zhuishu said, "What does that mean?"
Yao Jiancai said with interest, "Is he going to play and sing by himself?"
Zhang Xia gasped and said, "He's really gutsy. He even dares to play and sing by himself on a stage like this?"
Playing and singing by himself without any accompaniment, and even using a guitar at that, would work on the streets or in a bar. But on a large stage like this, with so many people around, this sort of singing and playing style was too risky. It was not something that just anyone could handle!
Dong Shanshan was also taken aback. She gave up the stage and walked to the audience to look curiously at The Clown.
The Clown had already sat down. He adjusted his posture while holding the guitar and strummed the strings with his fingers to test the pitch.
All eyes in the audience were on him!
No one knew how he was going to sing or what he was going to sing.
Sunset Glow had unknowingly walked over to the waiting area and was looking at The Clown onstage.
Zhang Ye shifted his buttocks and smiled.
He wanted to dedicate this song to someone today, someone very important to him. Someone he used to like a lot, but also someone who made him feel uneasy.
He remembered the first time he met her. It was in an English class in college. For someone like Zhang Ye who had to toss a pen to do multiple choice English questions to get into Media College, it would be a wonder if he could understand a college English class. That day, when the teacher handed out a set of test papers, he was having a headache and was sitting in his seat fretting. That girl was sitting in front of him. She turned around to look at him and smiled. Zhang Ye remembered that smile very clearly. Even now, he could not forget that smile.
It was sweet.
It was beautiful.
Zhang Ye smiled.
He plucked the strings of the guitar and a melodious melody started playing.
Chen Guang was taken aback. "A folk song?"
Amy said, "Did you change it to a folk song this time?"
The next moment, they could no longer talk.
The Clown started singing softly.
"Miss Dong.
"You've never forgotten your smile.
"Even if you're like me, longing to grow old.
"Miss Dong.
"When the corners of your mouth turn down, you look very beautiful.
"Just like the clear water under An He Bridge."
Dong Shanshan was suddenly stunned!
The judges and audience were also stunned!
Miss Dong?
What Miss Dong?
Amy subconsciously looked at Dong Shanshan!
Countless audience members also subconsciously looked in Dong Shanshan's direction!
The Clown smiled and sang as he strummed the guitar.
"Miss Dong.
"I'm also a complicated animal.
"I just say it briefly, but I keep repeating it in my heart.
"Miss Dong.
"Time flies at night at the drum tower.
"To a stranger, please give me a Lanzhou."
After the English class that day, the girl was very patient. She explained the questions one by one to him. Actually, thinking about it now, Zhang Ye did not even pay attention to the answers to those questions. He was only interested in looking at the girl as he hummed and hawed in response. But the girl patiently explained to him and comforted him that English was actually very simple. That was probably the most they had spoken to each other in their college lives. After their sophomore year, they actually did not interact much with each other anymore.
Zhang Ye knew that the two of them were not born to walk the same path.
One was in the sky.
The other was underground.
But for some reason, the two of them became the best of friends after graduation. She told him that she did not want to get married and told him a lot of her stories. In the eyes of others, she was someone who loved to laugh and lie to others. But the her that you all knew was not real at all.
I know the real her.
Strong.
Free and easy.
She has a lot of stories.
Zhang Ye closed his eyes and sang.
"So maybe none of that is real, Miss Dong.
"You're not a female classmate without a story.
"I got to know a wild horse, but there's no grassland in my house.
"This makes me feel despair, Miss Dong."
A lot of people got goosebumps!
They couldn't help but be brought back to that period of their youth by this song!
Chen Guang said, "This …"
Wang Zhuishu was dumbfounded. "W-Who is he singing for?"
In the audience, Sunset Glow and Petal Shower also looked at Dong Shanshan in shock!
Her eyes reddened as she stared unblinkingly at the young man singing onstage. It was as if her heart was filled with all sorts of images!
Images appeared before her eyes!
Touching!
Dazed!
Stunned!
Zhang Ye was also feeling a lot of emotions. He thought back to when they were still in school, laughing and fooling around. He thought of how the girls would reminisce about their school days with him after graduation. At that time, the girls' expressions were a little nostalgic, a little sad, or perhaps sad?
Zhang Ye played the guitar and sang.
"Miss Dong.
"You closed your book and spoke of the past.
"You said that the first half of my life would be like this. There's still tomorrow.
"Miss Dong.
"Do you know that I've said enough goodbye?
"In the morning of May, I finally lost my sleep.
"So maybe none of that is real, Miss Dong.
"You're not a female classmate without a story."
Dong Shanshan's tears were already falling!
Is this song for me?
The Clown!
Do you … know me?
The Clown sang.
"Got to know a wild horse, but there's no grassland in my home.
"This makes me feel despair, Miss Dong.
"So maybe all of that is real, Miss Dong.
"Who would take the trouble to comfort that ignorant young man!
"I want to be like you, disregarding all that.
"Get restless.
"Miss Dong."
The guitar suddenly stopped playing.
The Clown's hands stopped.
He suddenly looked in Dong Shanshan's direction and sang.
"Happy birthday.
"Miss Dong."
The guitar started playing again.
The melody and singing reverberated throughout the studio!
When they heard the last line, a lot of people were enlightened!
Hu Fei laughed and said, "So it wasn't a song for Teacher Shanshan."
Xiao Lu wiped her sweat away. "Yeah, I was shocked too. I thought that The Clown and Teacher Shanshan knew each other!"
Some of the audience members also heaved a sigh of relief.
"Dong Shanshan's birthday is next month, right?"
"Yes, what about next month!"
"That's not a song for her!"
"I knew it! You gave me a fright!"
However, when she heard The Clown's last line, her reaction was different from everyone else's. At this moment, Dong Shanshan felt her hair stand on end. She stood there dumbfounded with a look of horror on her face! No one knew. Not many people knew her actual date of birth! At this moment, Dong Shanshan was almost certain that The Clown knew who she was!
Happy birthday?
How did you know!
How did you know that today is my birthday!?
Who are you?
The Clown!
Who the hell are you!?
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