NCCnovel Chapter 618 - 220: Competing on Stage with Jay Chou, Little Moon Offers a Tender Kiss
Chapter 618 - 220: Competing on Stage with Jay Chou, Little Moon Offers a Tender Kiss
"Hello, Xia Hua, it’s a pleasure to meet you!" Jay Chou said with a smile, extending his hand.
He looked at Li Yuan in front of him and suddenly felt a bit of pressure—the pressure that came from their height difference. He was just over 1.7 meters tall, while Li Yuan was 1.85 meters in his shoes. The difference of a full head made the gap quite noticeable. Standing on stage together, he felt almost delicate in comparison.
Li Yuan excitedly shook Jay Chou’s hand and said with a smile, "Jay Chou, I’m a huge fan! I grew up listening to your songs. It’s so exciting and thrilling to be able to come up on stage during the fan interaction segment."
"Xia Hua, I’ve listened to your songs too," Jay Chou replied with a smile. "You sing very well. You’re really talented."
"You’re too kind, Jay Chou. I just write them for fun."
Li Yuan wore an expression of being pleasantly stunned. He never expected that Jay Chou, a superstar of the music scene, would have heard the few songs he had written.
"Just before coming on stage, I was thinking about how great it would be if I could just get a photo with you. I never imagined I would actually be able to stand on this stage with you. It’s truly a dream come true."
Seeing Li Yuan’s star-struck fanboy expression, Jay Chou’s smile grew even wider. He turned to the audience, held out his microphone, and shouted, "My friends in the audience, let’s have Xia Hua sing a song for us, what do you say?"
As a superstar, Jay Chou had experienced every kind of major event and was an expert at hyping up a crowd. He then cupped a hand to his ear in a listening gesture, aiming the microphone toward different sections of the crowd.
Instantly, the entire Modu Stadium erupted with a tsunami-like roar. A chant began to swell, growing louder with each repetition:
"Xia Hua, sing a song!"
"Xia Hua, sing a song!"
"Xia Hua, sing a song!"
On stage, listening to the hysterical, unified shouts of tens of thousands of fans, Li Yuan felt his legs begin to tremble slightly. The feeling of being on stage this time was completely different from his performance with Jiang Zhiyu at the Ji University freshman welcome party. This was a real concert, filled with true music fans. The venue was more magnificent, the cheers were more fervent, and the atmosphere was electric.
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Down in the crowd, Zhong Tingyue watched Li Yuan and Jay Chou on stage, cheering excitedly and waving her small hands. Her calls of "Senior!" were mixed in with the venue-wide roar as she snapped photo after photo with her phone.
Other fans of Li Yuan in the crowd, like the girl with glasses, Xiao Yan, were also extremely excited.
[Wow, wow, wow, Liuliu! Xia Hua is actually on stage! He’s standing right there with Jay Chou! My two idols... I’m so excited I could die!]
[Xia Hua is really on stage! I knew it! There’s definitely something rigged about this fan interaction segment. Hehe, but even if it’s rigged, I love it! I’ve always been waiting for a Xia Hua concert, but there was never any news. I can’t believe I came to a Jay Chou concert and get to hear Xia Hua sing too!]
[Exactly! One ticket gets us two idols’ performances. This was money well spent. Tonight was totally worth it!]
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Listening to the cheers from the entire stadium, Li Yuan glanced at Jay Chou with a look of surprise, his heart pounding with excitement.
The man beside him was Jay Chou—widely considered the most talented musical genius in the history of the music scene, a true superstar.
He never imagined that a simple whim to accompany Zhong Tingyue to a concert would lead to him being so coincidentally invited on stage. He certainly never expected that Jay Chou would even know who he was.
Jay Chou looked at Li Yuan and joked with a smile, "Did you hear that, Xia Hua? The applause from tens of thousands of fans is incredibly enthusiastic, and their shouts are deafening."
"Sing a song for all the fans here," he continued. "Everyone is looking forward to it!"
Hearing Jay Chou egging him on, Li Yuan’s expression faltered for a moment. He suddenly felt immense pressure, reluctant to make a fool of himself in front of Jay Chou and tens of thousands of fans.
"Jay Chou, with so many fans watching... that’s a lot of pressure. What if I don’t sing well...?"
Jay Chou laughed. "Be more confident, Xia Hua! The entire audience is waiting for you."
Saying this, he turned the microphone toward the crowd and called out, "Friends, do you want to hear Xia Hua sing? I can’t hear you!"
"YES!"
"YES!"
The unified shout was deafening, leaving Li Yuan a little puzzled. I haven’t really promoted my songs and I don’t even have a proper album out. When did I get so many fans?
"See, Xia Hua? The whole crowd is waiting. Come on, sing a song for them."
Li Yuan smiled wryly, nodded, and lifted the microphone, looking out at the audience.
"Since Jay Chou and all you friends have so warmly insisted, I’ll risk making a fool of myself. If I sing poorly, just pretend you didn’t hear anything... So, what song would you all like to hear?"
As soon as Li Yuan finished speaking, a clamor of different requests rose from the crowd.
"We want to hear ’Natural Beauty’!"
"I want to hear ’Love Confession Balloon’!"
"’Just Met You’! Sing that one, Xia Hua!"
"Xia Hua, any song is fine! I love them all!"
Li Yuan listened to the various requests from the audience, hesitating. He did, in fact, know how to sing many songs. Empowered by the memories from his second life, countless future classics surfaced clearly in his mind.
Suddenly, his gaze fell upon Zhong Tingyue, who was still cheering wildly for him. An idea struck him—a much more suitable option.
Whether it’s "Natural Beauty," "Love Confession Balloon," or "Just Met You," those are all songs I sang for Jiang Zhiyu. In my mind, those are memories that belong to me and Little Fish. I’m here with Zhong Tingyue today; singing a song written for another girl feels wrong...