Chapter 273

"Cindy, are you done yet? Hurry up! If we don't get in now, we'll be late! The concert's about to start!"

"Alright, alright, coming, just a second!"

"Don't push! Don't push! One at a time!"

Outside the Singapore Indoor Stadium, a landmark landmark in Singapore, a massive crowd was entering in batches, filled with clamor and bustle.

As Sun Yanzi's first concert ever held in her hometown after two years in the industry, tickets were already impossible to get—but now, with the added surprise guest Zhou Yi, whose appearance had been long rumored, ticket prices soared through the roof!

The last time Zhou Yi appeared at someone else's concert was back in late 2001, at Elva Hsiao's Hong Kong concert.

Due to the excellent secrecy, many fans after the concert wished they could smash their thighs in regret, cursing themselves for not snatching up tickets to that Elva Hsiao show.

Tonight's show marked the first time ever that Warner's Twin Stars had performed together on stage since their debut.

"Damn it, buddy, stop shoving me!"

"What the hell, is my ticket fake?! How is that possible?! I paid seven hundred bucks through a connection!"

"xxxxx!"

Cantonese, Mandarin, and regional dialects were mixed with plenty of English.

Whether because Zhou Yi's draw was too powerful or because Sun Yanzi was already this popular, the April 27th "Start" concert pushed the entire venue to its absolute limit.

Normally, for safety and viewing quality, this twelve-thousand-seat venue would only open about seven thousand nine hundred seats for sale during concerts.

But through the brilliant planning of Warner's marketing department, they forcibly increased the seating to eight thousand two hundred.

Even then, it wasn't enough—front-row tickets were scalped to nearly three thousand dollars apiece, nearly giving Sun Yanzi herself a heart attack.

"Fuck, Warner doesn't even release more tickets!"

"I even suspect those high-priced scalper tickets were secretly approved and sold by Warner and the ticketing agency together."

"I came to Singapore just for Yanzi and Zhou Yi's first onstage duet—this place is nothing like I imagined…"

The crowd surged and buzzed with constant chatter.

Since the concert had been officially announced early, the fans on-site were wildly anticipating what song Zhou Yi would perform—whether he'd sing "The Summer Blown by the Wind," the track countless Twin Stars CP fans had been obsessively forcing them to ship.

Behind the stage, Sun Yanzi, dressed in a sharp outfit for her fast-paced opening songs and dancing, took several deep breaths, then instinctively opened her eyes and turned to look at the man beside her holding a DV camera filming her—she rolled her eyes: "What are you filming?"

"Of course I'm filming you looking nervous," Zhou Yi stepped back with a backward leap, dodging her half-hearted swat, grinning broadly.

The makeup artist sighed and rubbed her forehead: "Ah Yi, Yanzi, stop fooling around—it's about to start, your makeup isn't even finished."

Warned, Sun Yanzi instantly became a good little girl, letting the makeup artist touch up her face while the costume assistant adjusted the outfit she'd change into later.

Because Zhou Yi was still filming her, Sun Yanzi playfully stuck out her tongue at him in disdain, then quickly retracted it as if nothing had happened, staring straight ahead as if nothing had occurred.

On the stage outside, as music began, the backup dancers who had pre-positioned themselves to the beat performed a dance to the energetic intro.

After two repetitions, as the clock struck, the stirring opening of "Green Light" blared—and the eight thousand people in the stadium instantly raised the fluorescent sticks freely distributed by Warner, roaring like a tidal wave to welcome Sun Yanzi onstage in her white-and-gold interwoven outfit—

"Yearning for luck, and for a shock, what a wondrous encounter"

"Climbed past the mountain peaks, through layers of white clouds—where is the green light?"

"Electric, unbelievable, like a miracle slicing through my life"

"Unlike any meaning—you are the green light, so utterly unique~~"

A pure white T-shirt edged in gold, paired with soft pink loose trousers that swayed with Sun Yanzi's tap-dancing steps.

Unlike the Taipei show, likely because Zhou Yi was coming tonight, Sun Yanzi opened the Singapore concert with "Green Light"—a song written and composed by Zhou Yi—

Her dance steps, though not very polished, were earnestly energetic; her radiant, cheerful smile shone like a lively music sprite, and with the lights bursting around her, she shattered open every fan's heart!

"Sun Yanzi! Sun Yanzi! Sun Yanzi!"

"Sun Yanzi! I love you!"

"Aaaaaaaah!!!"

Thousands of cheers and harmonies ignited the venue's atmosphere from the very first moment.

As one of Sun Yanzi's most widely sung songs to date, the mass singalong continued nonstop from her entrance until the song's end—

Fans who thought they could catch their breath were stunned to find that after "Green Light," Sun Yanzi didn't pause—she immediately launched into two more songs: "Super Sensation" and "The Happiness I Want."

Three songs in a row pushed the opening atmosphere straight to its peak!

"Hello, friends in Singapore! I'm back!"

After finishing, still panting, Sun Yanzi caught her breath and shouted, then turned her microphone toward the crowd—

Instantly, a wave of screams erupted!

"Heh, a little out of breath—I'll just recover a bit. You know, I rarely dance, because my dance teacher said I'd never amount to anything as a dancer."

"As someone once said, if I can run in a music video without being crippled, that's already a victory."

Since the screams began, Sun Yanzi had been grinning with her teeth wide open; she adjusted her breathing: "So I've always been jealous of someone with great dance talent who constantly slacks off and avoids dancing—I've often reported him to the company for skipping practice."

——?!?!

Is Zhou Yi coming on stage right now?!

Below, the fans who had just been laughing erupted in excitement.

Though Sun Yanzi didn't name him outright, everyone knew exactly who she meant—

"Sun Yanzi! Is Zhou Yi slacking off at the company every day?!"

From the crowd, a furious girl's shrill voice, close enough to be heard clearly, made Sun Yanzi burst into laughter: "I can't say—I suggest you ask him yourself."

"Okay, I've recovered enough now—next song: 'Escape.'"

Clearly, Sun Yanzi truly wanted to give fans as many songs as possible within the limited time; after the brief chat, she immediately launched into the next song.

Zhou Yi, dressed in a wine-red suit, was joking around with his and Sun Yanzi's crew; seeing the woman on screen about to pin the blame on him, he couldn't help but chuckle.

One has to say, the most charming moments of Sun Yanzi during this period were truly when she gripped the microphone on stage and shone brightly—that radiant smile from the heart was absolutely healing.

The string of songs performed during the concert was unbelievably intense—if Sun Yanzi hadn't trained her lungs and stamina in advance, she'd have been utterly drained.

Especially when switching outfits and returning to sing, Sun Yanzi didn't bring any other guests to duet with her—she simply had the DJ come up to spin records during interludes, just to keep the energy up.

After changing clothes, she darted back onto the stage, running everywhere and singing all around.

"And this next song holds very important meaning for me."

After finishing another round of singing, Sun Yanzi unscrewed the cap, took a sip of water to moisten her throat, her tongue sweeping over her wet lips, the smile in her eyes becoming even more obvious.

Down in the audience, the fans hearing these words instantly shivered with excitement!

"You could say that without this song, the singer Sun Yanzi might very well never have appeared."

Wearing a pink top and black trousers, Sun Yanzi brushed back her hair, slightly damp with sweat, and spoke of the special meaning this song held for her.

"'Tian Hei Hei', dedicated to everyone."

Holding the microphone, Sun Yanzi's expression remained entirely normal; she raised the microphone in her hand and spoke the song title—

A string arrangement, specially adapted for the concert performance, began to play melodiously, accompanying the pleasant piano sound as it entered the ears of all the fans present.

"In my childhood, when I was noisy and willful

"My grandmother would always sing to soothe me~"

Standing at the very front of the stage, Sun Yanzi began singing this divine song that once made her famous again; the fans below, still immersed in the voice with its adapted string rhythm, never expected that the very next second, a gap would suddenly open in the center of the stage behind Sun Yanzi—

The melodious piano notes and Sun Yanzi's singing complemented each other perfectly.

Most importantly, the man sitting beside the piano playing the keys was named Zhou Yi!

"When the sky is dark, it wants to rain

"When the sky is dark, dark~"

"Ah Zhou Yi!!!!"

"It's Zhou Yi, it's Zhou Yi! Zhou Yi has come out!!!!"

Amidst the screaming of nearly all the fans present, Sun Yanzi sang loudly with a smile in her eyes and brows, her state so good that she was completely unaffected by the surging roar of sound.

Indeed, she did not follow the concert convention of introducing Zhou Yi, who was playing the piano accompaniment for her, during the interlude to the fans present.

Instead, she turned with a smile on her face, walking step by step toward the very center of the stage, her gaze fixed from start to finish on the man in the wine-red suit, her voice clear and penetrating—

"I fell in love with someone who made me reckless

"I thought this was the world of pursuit I sought

"Yet crashing blindly, misunderstood and deceived

"Is there always something broken behind the adult world~~"

On the large screen at the venue, accompanied by the refreshing singing, Sun Yanzi, walking step by step toward Zhou Yi, stopped in front of the piano, leaned forward slightly, placed one hand on the piano, and gazed at the man who was likewise raising his eyes to look at her.

Zhou Yi's ten fingers did not stop, the melodious piano sound continuing unabated.

His handsome appearance under the lights, with Sun Yanzi looking down at him from above, formed an image straight out of the dreams of the Twin Stars CP fans—

The Princess, graceful in motion and stillness, with eyes full of affection; the Prince, radiant and handsome, with a smile in his eyes.

"Ah! Ah!!!!"

"Aaaaaah!!!!"

They've gone mad!

They've gone mad!!

Everyone is completely mad!!!

The screaming of over eight thousand people in the venue almost seemed ready to lift the entire stadium's roof; the continuous groundhog screams finally made Sun Yanzi, who had been locking eyes with Zhou Yi on stage for a long time, unable to hold it back, and she broke into laughter while singing.

Zhou Yi's piano rhythm changed accordingly, matching her laughter, and this section turned into pure music combining piano and strings.

Sun Yanzi leaned down completely, propping one elbow on the piano, resting her chin on her hand, gazing at Zhou Yi freely playing notes in front of the piano; her little head swayed with the music, and her right leg occasionally kicked up twice.

After the piano and strings pushed the rhythm to its climax, she finally brought the microphone back to her mouth: "When the sky is dark, I think of that song again

"Suddenly hoping for a quiet rain to fall~"

While singing, under the gaze of the entire audience, she suddenly reached out and held the microphone to Zhou Yi's mouth—

"When the sky is dark, it will rain

"When the sky is dark, dark~"

Amidst the beautiful piano outro, under Sun Yanzi's beaming, happy gaze, Zhou Yi opened his mouth and sang the eleven characters he was solely responsible for in this song.

Like a child about to receive red envelopes for the New Year, Sun Yanzi, grinning with delight, clapped happily as she took the microphone back; the "pa pa pa" clapping was extremely fast, sounding just like a seal slapping its belly.

Half-step to the Great Perfection of the Yin Realm!

(End of this chapter)