Chapter 3425

When the audience was still watching the rehearsal footage of Tavana and Gu Qiuyi on the central and side large screens, Ye Chen had already come to the lift platform beneath the stage together with Gu Qiuyi.

This time, he will ascend the stage together with Gu Qiuyi.

Ye Chen wore a full set of armor, a mask on his head, and held a sword in his right hand, while Gu Qiuyi, dressed in a pre-Qin style long skirt, stood beside him, holding his hand with their fingers interlocked.

Afterwards, the national-style prelude of the stage sound system began, and the staff immediately said to the two: "Please get ready, the countdown to going on stage begins—three, two, one!"

As soon as the words fell, the lift rose rapidly, sending the two directly onto the stage.

At this very moment, the stage's visual style had also undergone a great change compared to before; the background seemed to have arrived at a secluded paradise at the foot of Mount Zhongnan, with a breeze blowing through the valley, filled with colorful wildflowers and butterflies.

Gu Qiuyi, who had never been linked with any celebrity scandal in the entertainment industry, suddenly appeared hand-in-hand with a man in armor, surprising many of her familiar Chinese fans.

Gu Qiuyi not only had no rumors in her personal life, but she had also never had any intimate contact with any member of the opposite sex in her daily life.

Yet who would have thought that today she would actually wear ancient costume and hold hands with a faceless man as they ascended the stage together.

Ye Chen himself was actually somewhat nervous as well.

Although he had seen the world, he had truly never seen such a grand scene.

With tens of thousands of people gathered before him, it was inevitable that he would feel flustered for someone making his first appearance on stage.

Originally, everyone thought that Gu Qiuyi should be singing this song together with this man, but who would have thought that after the two came onto the stage holding hands, the masked man would instead hold a long sword and begin to perform swordsmanship in a graceful and unrestrained manner on stage.

Only then did everyone realize that this man in armor was actually the dance accompanist for this song.

But how could Gu Qiuyi possibly ascend the stage holding hands with a dance accompanist?

Could it be merely for the stage effect of this song?

Such a sacrifice is too great—she had never done anything like this before.

However, everyone's attention was quickly drawn to the masked dancer on stage, because his movements were truly too smooth and unrestrained, leaving a deep impression.

Then, the musical style shifted—tyrannical rulers held sway, the people suffered—and Ye Chen sheathed his treasure sword, preparing to bid farewell to Gu Qiuyi.

Gu Qiuyi embraced him from behind while singing, her face full of reluctance.

At this moment, the dancers portraying the enemy army all took the stage and engaged in combat with Ye Chen.

The large screen magnified Ye Chen's every move and stance, allowing the tens of thousands of spectators to watch with great delight, as if they were watching an action film with no NG shots, filmed in a single continuous take.

As Ye Chen continuously swung his sword in battle, many viewers actually felt a surge of passionate excitement.

When Ye Chen had slain the tyrant all the way and returned with his sword in hand, the lift stage suddenly rose with another ancient-costume beauty—and she was a blonde ancient-costume beauty.

The large screen immediately switched to a close-up, and only then did everyone discover in surprise that the blonde ancient-costume beauty who had risen was actually Tavana·Svet!

No one expected that Tavana would also sing a duet with Gu Qiuyi, and even less expected that she would even change into Hanfu attire, which actually gave people a feeling of pleasure to behold.

And when Tavana opened her mouth, everyone was even more astonished to drop their jaws, because as soon as she spoke, her Mandarin pronunciation was standard, her singing voice melodious and moving, vastly different from her usual wild image, leaving people stunned yet refreshed.

At this moment, Ye Chen had already returned from behind the stage to the central position, and Tavana, unable to wait any longer, rushed toward him, threw herself into his arms, and held him tightly.

The audience immediately burst into a chorus of screams.

Immediately afterward, she also, just as Gu Qiuyi had done when she first appeared, interlocked her fingers with Ye Chen's and tightly held his hands; when the two walked hand-in-hand to the front of the stage, the camera projected Tavana's face onto the large screen—she actually looked bashful, her hand holding the skirt hem as if she were a bride in a wedding dress, equally nervous.

In the past, Tavana on stage had been utterly unrestrained, her clothing style extremely provocative, but who could have imagined that at this moment, Tavana seemed to have become another person—a lovely, shy beauty.

She held Ye Chen's hand and sang her part of the song to completion.

The final line remained; Gu Qiuyi stepped forward and sang a different harmony part with her, harmonizing together.

Originally, when the final line was sung, the song would have ended completely, and Gu Qiuyi would have bowed to the audience, concluding her guest performance.

But who would have thought that when Tavana finished singing this final line, she suddenly rose onto her toes on stage, lifted her head, and kissed the lips of Ye Chen's mask!

Although Ye Chen's mask was made of hard material, after wearing it on his face for several minutes, it had already acquired some warmth; Tavana stood on tiptoe and kissed him passionately, with only a thin layer of mask material between them, leaving Ye Chen also somewhat caught off guard.

And the audience below almost entirely erupted in an uproar!

Although Tavana was usually fiery and hot-tempered, she had never before on stage engaged in such intimate behavior with a dance accompanist!

This was an active offering of a kiss!

Moreover, even though she wore a mask, it was merely a thin one! This ambiguous feeling had already filled the entire venue, leaving everyone staring in stunned silence.

Gu Qiuyi, standing nearby, was also dumbstruck, but she quickly adjusted herself.

She had long noticed that Tavana harbored repressed and inferior feelings toward Ye Chen; given this opportunity to express her inner emotions, how could Tavana possibly let it pass?

At this moment, the audience below erupted in a thunderous, mountain-shaking, sea-roaring applause, everyone believing that Tavana's utterly selfless kiss to the dance accompanist was due to her being completely immersed in the artistic conception of this song.

After all, this song portrays the reunion of this assassin and her lover after enduring countless hardships and life-or-death trials; at such a moment, it should naturally be overwhelmingly emotional and fearless, so Tavana's deep immersion is understandable.

But soon, everyone began to feel strange again.

If Tavana's active kiss was due to the song's atmosphere having arrived and her being utterly immersed in it, yet even after the song ended, she still maintained the same state as before—indeed, she even unconsciously held tighter to the dancer portraying the assassin.

The camera continuously captured Tavana's face and projected high-definition close-ups in real time onto the large screen, allowing tens of thousands of viewers to clearly see that tears were silently sliding down from the corners of her eyes!

She seemed to fear that the man before her would leave her side again, so she clung tightly to him, kissing him, with tears flowing nonstop.

The audience stared in bewilderment.

Tavana's agent also stared in bewilderment.

She had only one thought in her mind: How the hell am I supposed to issue a statement and control the narrative to bring the style back, so no one suspects anything?

Your feeling of unrequited love is also too obvious, isn't it?

Big sister, if you really want to kiss him, why not wait until after the show, have him take off his mask, and kiss the real person?

You're doing this in front of tens of thousands of people—within minutes, this clip will surely go viral on global short-video platforms, and global trending searches will be booked by you—you're having fun, but what am I supposed to do?

Don't forget you still have a boyfriend, and he's still competing in the United States!

Who the hell can come save me?!