One in front, one behind.
One to the left, one to the right.
Under the spotlight, Bai Yuyou stood at the front of the stage. Before her was a standing microphone. The young girl stood there, the focus of everyone’s gaze, yet her expression remained unchanged—calm, unruffled, as if undisturbed by any wave.
“Whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh!” Her appearance drew cheers from the crowd. In truth, most students at the school didn’t pay much attention to things like campus beauties or department queens, but Bai Yuyou was someone who had genuinely stunned everyone with her looks. She was the undisputed number one in everyone’s hearts.
For most people, getting to know Bai Yuyou followed a three-step process:
First—[You keep saying Bai Yuyou is so beautiful, really? Come on, stop going on about it all the time.]
Then, upon accidentally seeing her—[Holy crap, she’s actually that stunning? Can someone really be that good-looking?]
Finally, it turned into—[Let me tell you, that Bai Yuyou at our school? Insanely pretty. Go check her out for yourself if you don’t believe me!]
Looking at the audience below, Bai Yuyou saw them as nothing more than a vegetable gathering—whether they were carrots or potatoes, none of it affected the girl’s mindset. This so-called “emotional dullness,” in a sense, helped Bai Yuyou stay composed and at ease in any situation.
In a slightly cornered spot, Ye Shuang sat at the piano. From his angle, all he could see was Yuyou’s back, her long black hair cascading down like a waterfall. Though he couldn’t make out her expression at that moment, the silhouette under the spotlight gave Ye Shuang a feeling of reliability.
This feeling was unfamiliar. The girl who once depended on him for everything seemed to be gradually fading away.
This, perhaps, was what growth meant—to become a completely different version of oneself, until you forget what you used to be.
Ye Shuang pulled his thoughts together. He reached out and placed his fingers on the piano keys.
“...”
The notes seemed to leap. Ye Shuang played the prelude smoothly, a quiet yet elegant sound softly rising through the venue. Even though he hadn’t touched a piano in a long time, muscle memory allowed him to play without any hesitation.
Listening to Ye Shuang’s piano, Bai Yuyou lowered her eyes slightly. Her lips moved, and then she began to sing softly:
“The memories between us, I carefully collect them all, I always cry in secret...”
“I hope that the love I believe in will end up held firmly in my palm...”
Her ethereal, cool voice seemed capable of sinking everyone into the music. The glow sticks in the audience waved, turning the evening into something like a personal concert. Perhaps captivated by her unexpectedly beautiful singing, some people even pulled out their phones to record.
On the stage under the spotlight, the piano and the voice blended together, performing the most beautiful music.
The girl in the long white dress, singing—she must have stolen the hearts of countless people in their youth.
But soon, the piano sound began to soften. Ye Shuang’s fingers slowed down, his strokes growing more hesitant. Beside him, Yuyou’s singing became clearer, but his memories grew hazier. The girl’s smooth and flowing voice made Ye Shuang lose himself for a moment.
In his memory, the girl who used to stumble over her words, even a little stutter, seemed buried in the past.
In a daze, Ye Shuang felt as if he had forgotten how to play. His fingers hovered over the keys, unsure of what to play, and his mind went blank.
Ye Shuang: “...”
The sudden halt in the piano caught the audience’s attention.
“Why did the piano stop? Did it break?”
“No idea. What happened?”
“That guy stopped playing. Dunno why.”
Even Tang Keke was momentarily stunned. “Hey, why’d he stop? Was that part of the rehearsal?”
“Is the piano broken? Or maybe the speakers?”
“Huh, odd,” nodded Linlin, equally puzzled.
Bai Yuyou noticed this too. She turned her head slightly and saw Ye Shuang lost in thought, just staring at his own hands as if unable to play a single note.
“...”
But the girl held the microphone and began to sing a cappella:
“And then the dreams you gave me, the flowers you taught me to pick...”
“The summer we fled, as the night sky faded, you lit fireworks for me...”
Without Ye Shuang’s accompaniment, Bai Yuyou’s unaccompanied voice seemed even more prominent and emotionally charged. The girl’s singing pulled Ye Shuang back to his senses. He looked at the girl saving the show at center stage and couldn’t help but be momentarily stunned—
She really was shining brightly.
He placed his fingers back on the keys, and Bai Yuyou continued singing:
“The memories between us, I carefully collect them all...”
Ye Shuang pressed down on the keys, and the accompaniment resumed, perfectly blending with the girl’s voice. It sent a shiver down everyone’s spine.
“Wow!” Tang Keke and the others exclaimed in unison. Even Zhixia said, “This restructured part is amazing—singing a cappella first, then bringing in the accompaniment. It sounds great.”
“So beautiful. I didn’t know Yuyou could sing this well.”
“Probably a last-minute change. It’s really good,” Linlin nodded, since this wasn’t in the original plan.
It seemed there hadn’t been a problem after all—just a specially added segment.
Not just the light music club members, but even the audience’s earlier confusion dissipated entirely. That a cappella section was like the finishing touch—unique and deeply moving.
The piano sound faded away again, but this time it signaled the end.
As the song concluded, Bai Yuyou put the microphone back in place, held her chest, and bowed slightly.
The moment she bent down, the entire venue erupted in thunderous applause.
Ye Shuang sat there watching her, then looked at the instrument before him. He couldn’t help but smile, a little sheepish.
He had actually ended up dragging Yuyou down.
“Ye Shuang.”
Bai Yuyou walked up to him as the curtain fell. Then, the girl stood on her tiptoes—
And everything disappeared from view.
“Huh?”
The audience below strained to see, but saw nothing.
Inside the curtain, Ye Shuang looked at the girl with her arms wrapped around his neck and said softly, “Sorry, looks like I held you back.”
“No...”
“Yuyou, you’ve already become someone others can rely on.” He smiled.
Hearing this, Bai Yuyou gazed at him with her beautiful eyes, then said quietly, “I want Ye Shuang to be able to rely on me.”
“You already can, Yuyou. You’re really amazing.” Ye Shuang meant what he said. Gently pinching her cheek, his eyes were filled with mixed emotions.
“Kiss me, Ye Shuang.”
“There are too many people here.” Ye Shuang had barely finished speaking when Bai Yuyou lifted her head and kissed him.
A fragrant breeze brushed against his face—and the heart grew drunk.
ng to die together with you." Lin Xuan is dead, his body thrown into the river by his scumbag lover and her accomplice. She, the president of the Su Group, is decisive, ruthless, and ice-cold. For three days and three nights, she had his body fished out of the river, and without hesitation, she kissed the bloated corpse of Lin Xuan. She laid down beside him in a cold coffin, their fingers intertwined, a smile lingering on her lips as she closed her eyes. The noble and cold-hearted woman, only bending for one man—Lin Xuan. Lin Xuan, with his golden finger, is reborn and returns to the day of his wedding to the treacherous woman. Su Qiang comes to steal the bride. Lin Xuan's eyes light up, eager to pledge his loyalty on the spot, but instead, her kiss transfers a glass of drugged wine into his mouth, causing him to pass out... 【Male Protagonist with Single Female Lead】【Yandere Tycoon】【Action-Packed】【True vs. Fake Heir】
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
ut it can buy an entire year of absolutely perfect training results! Su Yu stared at his empty wallet and decisively opened up various online loan platforms. “Borrow a thousand bucks! Recharge my vitality!” Boom! His vitality broke a hundred points, shattering the limits of the human body! “Borrow ten thousand bucks! Recharge my combat skills!” Boom! A basic punching technique so common it was everywhere instantly maxed out, revealing the ultimate assassination technique of Five Elements Unity—Inner Force! When a rich kid hired assassins for a midnight ambush, aiming to break both of his legs, they instead ran headfirst into a monster—a human-shaped tyrannosaur, brimming with dragon-like vitality. With just two fingers, Su Yu snapped a steel staff reinforced with alloy. Staring at the killer’s stash of stolen cash—a staggering quarter-million dollars—he showed a corporate-sincere smile: “Thanks for the pre-exam gift pack, Mr. Zhao! I’m gonna go re-invest this!” Three days later, at the National Martial Arts College Entrance Exam, while everyone else struggled just to reach the passing line, Su Yu threw a single punch—and more than a thousand vitality points literally detonated the entire arena!
with countless casualties. As a top-tier gamer, Liu Xuan volunteered to join the fight, intending to dominate with his skills, but instead he obtained the hidden class: [Pacifist]. Unable to attack. Unable to use active skills. Fortunately, with each level gained, he acquired a new passive skill. And so, armed with a body full of passives, Liu Xuan slaughtered his way through the battlefield of ten thousand races! [You attacked Liu Xuan] [You gained the debuffs: 'Poison', 'Fear', 'Burning', 'Bleeding', 'Freeze', 'Silence', etc.] [Your attack speed has been reduced by 99%] [Your armor and magic resistance have been reduced by 99%] Warriors of the Ten Thousand Races: How the hell am I supposed to fight this?!
