Chapter One Hundred and Nine: The Concert

Ding Le said, “Big Brother Jiang Yun, I watched my sister on The Voice. I never expected her to choose Zhou Lun. She didn’t choose you at all!”

He looked indignant.

Jiang Yun laughed softly. “Your sister has her own ideas. You should support her.”

“I know, I’m just saying it.”

Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

“Ding Le, I really have to go. I’ll come see you again next time.”

“Big Brother Jiang Yun, I don’t know when I’ll be able to go home.”

Jiang Yun patted Ding Le on the shoulder. “The surgery is about to begin. If it succeeds, you’ll be free to move around again.”

“Mm.”

“Eat well. I’m leaving.”

“Goodbye, Big Brother Jiang Yun!”

Jiang Yun and Li Mengya walked out of the room.

“Jiang Yun, I didn’t expect you to have this side of you.”

“What’s wrong?” Jiang Yun asked.

Li Mengya said, “You’re willing to help someone you’ve never even met. I think, as your friend, you’d be even more generous.”

“Of course!”

Jiang Yun wore a self-satisfied look.

Li Mengya rolled her eyes. “Give you an inch and you take a mile.”

The two left the hospital, went to the parking lot, and got into the car.

“Where are we going now?”

“Let’s go eat lunch.”

“Sure thing!”

Jiang Yun started the car and drove off.

At six in the evening, Jiang Yun brought Li Mengya to the Magic City Gymnasium early.

“Brother Jiang Yun, you’re finally here!”

“Sister Tian!”

Jiang Yun greeted Tian Zhen.

Tian Zhen nodded and looked at Li Mengya. “So this is little Mengya.”

“Hello, Sister Tian!” Li Mengya, following Jiang Yun’s lead, addressed Tian Zhen as Sister Tian.

Tian Zhen extended her right hand and shook Li Mengya’s.

In the backstage lounge, Wang Feng and Zhou Lun were already being made up.

“Teacher Jiang Yun, Teacher Li, it’s your turn soon!”

The makeup artist began applying makeup to Jiang Yun and Li Mengya.

“Teacher Jiang Yun?”

Jiang Yun turned his head and saw a girl. “And you are?”

The girl walked up to him. “Teacher Jiang Yun, I’m Tian Lu, a student from Teacher Tian Zhen’s team. Teacher Tian Zhen is leading us in this concert!”

Jiang Yun’s eyes lit up. “Tian Lu, right? I remember you. During the competition, you sang my Heartbroken Pacific.”

Tian Lu bowed slightly. “Thank you for still remembering me, Teacher Jiang Yun!”

Jiang Yun smiled. “Haha, no need to thank me. Give it your all in the concert later!”

“Okay!”

The other five students came into the lounge one by one and greeted Jiang Yun.

At seven o’clock, the concert began.

The venue was packed wall to wall at the Magic City Gymnasium, with close to ten thousand people in attendance.

Tian Zhen wore a black leather jacket and black pants, giving off a punk vibe.

She stepped onto the stage. “Welcome, everyone, to my concert!”

The crowd erupted.

The applause lasted a full minute.

“Tian Zhen! Tian Zhen!”

“Tian Zhen!”

People shouted her name, and others whistled.

Only the stage was lit; beneath it was a sea of darkness, dotted with flashing neon glow sticks.

“Tonight, I’ve invited a mysterious guest singer for everyone.”

“Without further ado, the concert begins now. Please welcome my first student to the stage to sing with me.”

Tian Lu walked onto the stage and stood beside Tian Zhen.

A whistle sounded from the audience.

“Proud Rose goes out to everyone!”

The music began and instantly ignited the crowd’s excitement.

On stage, the band played as Tian Zhen raised the microphone and sang with passion, “All that was beautiful is only yesterday’s intoxication; the faint bitterness is today’s taste.”

“Roar!”

“Whew!”

Below the stage, the audience shouted and whistled.

“Tian Zhen’s songs never get old.”

“I just love someone like Tian Zhen!”

Tian Zhen continued, “Think of tomorrow, with sun and wind again, no fear no matter how bitter or tiring it may be!”

She stopped singing and gestured for Tian Lu to continue.

Following the rhythm of the drums, Tian Lu sang, “The pain in my body keeps me from sleeping, and the road beneath my feet still holds more weariness!”

Applause burst forth.

“Beautiful!”

“Who is this?”

“She’s a student from Tian Zhen’s team on The Voice!”

“Oh, oh!”

The two onstage continued to sing.

“Peach and plum vie in splendor, their vigorous grace a contest of bloom; success or failure, always joy and sorrow!”

Cheers and applause rolled on.

When Tian Zhen finished her song, Tian Lu left the stage and another student came up.

“A song called Steadfast for everyone!” Tian Zhen said, microphone in hand, as the band behind her began to play.

“Whenever night falls, loneliness is always at my side.
Every dusk, the heartbeats of waiting
are my boundless tenderness…”

“Roar! Steadfast is so good! The lyrics are like poetry!”

Tian Zhen performed for half an hour.

“Next, let us welcome our first guest singer, Wang Feng!”

“Roar! It’s Wang Feng! The The Voice quartet?”

“If it’s the The Voice quartet, then Zhou Lun has to be next!”

“Oh! I get it!” One member of the audience suddenly realized. “The mysterious guest Tian Zhen mentioned must be Jiang Yun!”

Wang Feng walked onto the stage. “A song called The Firing Life for everyone!”

The music burst into motion, and the band behind him played fiercely.

“How many times have I fallen on the road, how many times have my wings been broken? Now I am no longer lost…”

The rhythm of the venue grew intense, and Wang Feng’s voice exploded with power.

“Get loud!”

“I want a life in full bloom!”

Wang Feng thrust the microphone forward. “Friends in the audience, get loud!”

“Like flying through the vast sky!”

The entire venue erupted into a chorus of ten thousand voices.

Backstage, Jiang Yun and Li Mengya sat in the lounge, waiting quietly.

Tian Zhen came into the room. “Brother Jiang Yun, you two go on next!”

“What’s going on? Where’s Brother Zhou?”

“Zhou Lun had something come up at the last minute, so I let him leave first.”

“Something came up?” Jiang Yun frowned. “All right then.”

Wang Feng stopped singing, and Tian Zhen stepped onto the stage. “Now, let us welcome our final two guest singers to the stage!”

“Roar! Two? Then it has to be Zhou Lun and Jiang Yun!”

“The quartet has already shown up twice. The remaining two are definitely Zhou Lun and Jiang Yun!”

“Fans, not necessarily!” Tian Zhen kept them guessing.

“Please welcome Jiang Yun!”

The crowd burst into enthusiastic applause.

“Roar, I knew it was Jiang Yun, didn’t I? The next one has to be Zhou Lun!”

Jiang Yun handed the USB drive to the staff.

He went onstage and walked to the center. “Hello, everyone. Today I’m bringing you a new song!”

“Roar! That old dog Jiang Yun is finally singing a new song!”

“Get your phones ready, start a livestream!”

“Count me in!”

“Roar!”

At once, the audience pulled out their phones, logged into livestream platforms, and held them up to broadcast the moment.

Zhang Tie, a professional streamer who had once slapped Jiang Yun on the backside, was there too.

At that moment, Zhang Tie held up his phone with the front camera on, his own image appearing on the screen. “Brothers, I’m at Tian Zhen’s concert right now!”

“Guess who I just saw?”

“I actually saw Jiang Yun. That’s not even the main thing—the most important part is, Jiang Yun is about to sing a new song!”

“Roar!”

His livestream chat was instantly flooded with comments.

“That old dog Jiang Yun is finally singing a new song. I’m sick of those old songs!”

“Looking forward to it!”

“Looking forward to it +1”

“Looking forward to it +10086”

Jiang Yun stood at the center of the concert stage. “The title of the new song is…”