Chapter 3429: This is my honor

"Did you explain it to me?"

Tawana immediately pressed: "How did you explain it?"

The agent sighed: "I can only say you liked this song too much, got too immersed in its plot—after all, you're a professional singer, and your performance was more invested."

Tawana said lightly: "Actually, I don't really like this song; it's not as good as the songs I write myself."

The agent beside her looked somewhat embarrassed.

Tawana has always been very confident about music.

After all, she's different from Gu Qiuyi—Gu Qiuyi isn't a music major, she doesn't write her own scores or compose, unlike Tawana, whose songs are almost all self-written.

Singer-songwriters generally can't appreciate others' songs much, and Tawana's songwriting ability is world-class in the pop music scene.

The agent also knew her personality, so he softly advised: "This explanation is the best for you; otherwise, if rumors really spread, you'll become the target of public criticism—don't forget you have a boyfriend, and your relationship has always seemed stable in the public eye."

Tawana waved her hand, somewhat irritably saying: "I know, let's leave it at that. If there are any follow-up issues, just handle it this way."

After speaking, she asked the agent: "Where are Mr. Ye and Miss Gu?"

"In the makeup room."

"Good."

Tawana didn't want to waste time with the agent, so she hurried toward the makeup room.

Inside the makeup room, Gu Qiuyi and Ye Chen had already finished the earlier situation that had left Ye Chen somewhat embarrassed.

Gu Qiuyi was especially happy because she had kissed Ye Chen, so she didn't keep pressing him or applying pressure; instead, Ye Chen suffered, unable to adjust his mindset properly—after all, that intense kiss had lasted so long, and for him, it was his first time.

Tawana knocked on the door, and Gu Qiuyi immediately said: "Please come in."

Then Tawana pushed the door open and entered.

Seeing her, Gu Qiuyi smiled and said: "Congratulations, Tawana—today's performance was perfect! I feel this is your best performance yet!"

"Yes!" Tawana said excitedly: "I feel the same—I've never performed like this before, pouring everything out, singing each song to the best of my ability!"

After saying that, she couldn't help but glance at the silently standing Ye Chen, her expression somewhat embarrassed as she said: "Mr. Ye, I'm really sorry—I got too carried away on stage today."

When Ye Chen had just stepped down from the stage, he still felt the situation was quite awkward, but after being put in an even more awkward situation by Gu Qiuyi, he felt Tawana's little incident was nothing much.

So he said calmly: "It's fine, I understand, but please don't do that again next time—otherwise I might just quit performing!"

Tawana didn't even hope to kiss Ye Chen through masks at all three remaining shows in Yanjing—just once was enough to leave her satisfied, so she quickly assured: "Mr. Ye, rest assured, it definitely won't happen again!"

Gu Qiuyi smiled and said: "Tawana, it's getting late—we should head back. You rest well tonight; you have another show tomorrow."

Tawana nodded and asked: "Qiuyi, do you and Mr. Ye have any plans the day after tomorrow? I have a day off, and I'd like to wander around Yanjing, climb the Great Wall, visit the Forbidden City, things like that."

Gu Qiuyi laughed: "If you go climb the Great Wall, you'd probably need at least dozens of bodyguards—otherwise fans would surround you completely."

Tawana asked: "What if I disguise myself?"

"Not enough."

Gu Qiuyi shook her head: "You're obviously a foreigner—you stand out. Besides, fans would definitely spot your physical features; even if you're wrapped up tight, someone would still recognize you."

"What should I do then..." Tawana said regretfully: "I really wanted to go out and see things."

Gu Qiuyi smiled: "You can go—just go openly. It just won't be very private. I could accompany you, but Ye Chen's older brother definitely couldn't."

Ye Chen nodded and said: "It'd be good for you two to go out and play, wander around, let Tawana's foreign fans see what real China is like—make it lively."

Tawana asked, puzzled: "Mr. Ye, why can't you come with us? You're also a member of our team."

Ye Chen smiled and asked: "What's my role? Feng Shui supervisor—I handle the Feng Shui of your concert stage layout. Normally, when would it be my turn to accompany you climbing the Great Wall and touring the Forbidden City? The Great Wall and Forbidden City are hundreds, even thousands of years of Chinese history—the Forbidden City is even an imperial palace; it's certainly not the place for a Feng Shui master like me to tag along and give random advice."

Gu Qiuyi beside him also chimed in: "Yeah, it would be strange for Ye Chen's older brother to go out with us—his wife would definitely wonder. Besides, Ye Chen's older brother has always disliked showing his face; going out with us would definitely end up being spread online."

"Oh..."

Tawana felt a bit disappointed.

She had originally planned to use the break time to invite Ye Chen and Gu Qiuyi to go out and play—mainly because she wanted to spend more time with Ye Chen.

But she didn't expect Ye Chen to still be unwilling to show his face publicly.

In this situation, she began to resent her celebrity identity a little—indeed, there's hardly any private space.

If she and Gu Qiuyi weren't celebrities, the three of them could go anywhere freely without attracting attention.

Helpless, she told Gu Qiuyi: "Then let's just the two of us go. I believe after tonight, there will be many hot searches about us—we'll strike while the iron's hot and properly showcase the 'best friends' label in front of the media—also a good chance to promote China more."

As she spoke, she looked at Ye Chen and said seriously: "Mr. Ye, actually, Western media's descriptions of China are often baseless—I hadn't come to China for concerts before because I was misled by them, always thinking China was bad, backward, poor, closed-off—but after truly coming here, I found China is a very friendly, open, developed, and modernized country, and most importantly, it has a long history and culture. If I get the chance to let Westerners see the real China, that would also be me doing justice to China!"

Ye Chen was somewhat surprised by Tawana's realization, so he smiled and said: "If you can think like that, that's great—I'll have people put out some teasers on short-video platforms in advance to attract more big V bloggers to come do live streams."

Tawana nodded firmly: "No problem—and before going to Hucheng, I still have two or three days free, so I'll still wander around Yanjing more, take a look."

Saying this, Tawana felt she had grasped something, and smiled: "From now on, whenever I go to any Chinese city, I'll find a way to start a live stream, showing the world the most real side of every place in China!"

Ye Chen gave her a thumbs-up, smiling: "Great—if our Chinese officials later ask you to be a tourism ambassador for China, you'd better agree!"

Tawana said without hesitation: "If they invite me, I'll definitely agree! This is my honor!"