Consider
Please prioritize considering me.
Lu Zhenqiu had never thought that one day she would be on the same stage as her idol, she had never even dreamed of it. She, under everyone’s gaze, walked step by step towards the stage, her heart was thumping and darting, ready to jump out at any moment, her legs couldn’t exert any strength. The distance between her and Zhang Xin was clearly just a stage, but she felt it was so far.
Zhang Xin proactively walked to her side, smiling and said: “The hat is really good-looking.”
Lu Zhenqiu’s skin was fair, and wearing the red hat made her skin look even more fair and clear. Her eyes were shining because of excitement, sparkling. Although she wasn’t wearing an exquisite formal dress, her facial features were pretty and charming, bright, beautiful, and poised. Many people were shouting: “Pretty older sister!”
“I…” Before Lu Zhenqiu could get the words out, she choked up. All the mental preparation1 she had just done completely collapsed under Zhang Xin’s gaze. In front of her was the idol of her youth, her former light. She wanted to convince herself to stay steady, but it was no use; her heart wouldn’t obey her, her whole body wouldn’t obey her.
Zhang Xin smiled: “Don’t be nervous.”
Lu Zhenqiu bit her lip. She subconsciously looked down below the stage and saw Jin Shuilan looking at her and smiling, her gaze gentle. Very strangely, Lu Zhenqiu’s heartbeat slowly recovered. She nodded. Zhang Xin said: “What songs can you sing?”
“I can do any of them.” Lu Zhenqiu’s voice was slightly hoarse: “Your songs, I can do all of them.”
Below the stage was clamorous, with people shouting song titles. Zhang Xin picked one, and the music started. Lu Zhenqiu took a deep breath, a deep breath, her gaze inadvertently swept below the stage, occasionally meeting Jin Shuilan’s. She tightened her hand holding the microphone.
Zhang Xin opened her mic first. She turned her head to look at Lu Zhenqiu, her voice clear and transparent. Zhang Xin’s songs are not very easy to sing, because her unique vocal quality is very hard to imitate. If one doesn’t sing it well, the tune collapses, but this didn’t stump Lu Zhenqiu. After Zhang Xin finished singing the intro, she immediately followed with the chorus part. The first line she sang out made Zhang Xin’s face fill with shock. Below the stage there was silence for three seconds, then there were irrepressible “Fuck!”s and screams.
“Aooooo!”
“Fuck! This voice is so similar!”
“Is it really not Xin Xin herself? It sounds so good!”
“I know her! The Sanshui streamer, named Zhenqiu! Her singing is fucking awesome! On the day she started broadcasting, she even got on the trending topics!”
Jin Shuilan stood in the crowd, looking at Lu Zhenqiu under that beam of light, her eyes completely filled with a smile.
She had never questioned Lu Zhenqiu’s ability; she knew that what Lu Zhenqiu lacked was only an opportunity.
An opportunity that would let her spread her wings and fly high2.
The crowd went through a commotion, and gradually calmed down. Zhang Xin’s surprised expression wasn’t concealed. After finishing the song, she couldn’t help but give a thumbs-up. Lu Zhenqiu smiled at her embarrassedly and said: “Teacher Zhang Xin, can I hug you?”
In countless sleepless nights, with cold wind and storms outside the window, it was Zhang Xin’s songs that accompanied her to sleep.
Lu Zhenqiu had once fantasized about what she would do if she met her idol.
Now that she had really met her, she greedily wanted to extravagantly request a hug.
Zhang Xin smiled: “Of course you can.”
As she spoke, she proactively extended her hands to hug her. Lu Zhenqiu also excitedly hugged Zhang Xin, her expression satisfied.
Coming down from the stage, she had already calmed down. The girl holding a banner behind her looked at her with eyes full of starlight and said admiringly: “Little older sister, you are so amazing!”
Lu Zhenqiu bit her lip: “Thank you.”
“It’s really fucking awesome!” After saying that, she covered her mouth: “Sorry.”
Lu Zhenqiu shook her head, indicating it was okay.
On stage, the next segment had already begun. Zhang Xin came out having changed into another set of clothes and danced with an artist she had collaborated with before. Lu Zhenqiu said to Jin Shuilan: “Thank you, Teacher Jin.”
Jin Shuilan tilted her head: “Thank me for what?”
Lu Zhenqiu thought for a moment and said: “For many things, many things.”
So many that she no longer knew where to start thanking from. After getting to know Jin Shuilan, it was like accidentally opening Pandora’s box3, and also like being favored by the Goddess of Luck4. Everything she did went very smoothly: entering Sanshui, voice acting, and now coming to the concert. Because the red hat was conspicuous, she had the opportunity to be on the same stage as her idol. Suddenly it seemed like she could encounter all sorts of good things.
Hearing her words, Jin Shuilan smiled: “Then you should first thank yourself.”
Lu Zhenqiu was perplexed: “Why?”
Jin Shuilan said: “Others just give you an opportunity. Whether you have the ability to be competent, how well you do, that is your own ability. So you should first thank yourself.”
She said with a gentle gaze: “It’s because you yourself are outstanding, that’s why you are able to grasp these opportunities.”
Lu Zhenqiu was slightly moved upon hearing her words.
She asked in return: “Me?”
Jin Shuilan nodded affirmatively and said: “Yes, it’s you. You are very outstanding.”
A subtle emotion churned in the bottom of Lu Zhenqiu’s heart. She listened to Jin Shuilan’s words and thought seriously, music booming in her ears. Zhang Xin was singing and dancing again, hyped to the extreme by the atmosphere.
On the right side, near the corner position, Tang Yingxia stared deadly at the red hat. Her pair of hands were clenched tight, and even Yu Wen’s complexion was exceptionally ugly.
How could it be so coincidental, to run into Lu Zhenqiu?
And even see her go on stage to perform?
The person beside Yu Wen kept muttering: “Who was that girl who went on stage first just now? An artist?”
“Quite good-looking, I hear she’s a streamer from Sanshui.”
“Yes, yes, named Zhenqiu, she’s even prettier in person than in her streams. Have you guys not heard her sing? It’s so good it could kill you.”
Mixed in with the clamorous music, they could still hear a thing or two. Later when they go out, it was foreseeable with the naked eye that topics about Lu Zhenqiu would explode. Truly an unkillable cockroach5, no matter how you suppress her, she can rebound. Yu Wen had a stinking face6. Beside her, Tang Yingxia didn’t speak and turned her head to walk outside; she had no choice but to follow.
“God Xia…”
Tang Yingxia said: “Let’s go out.”
This concert, she didn’t want to stay for another quarter of an hour!
Yu Wen nodded and followed behind her to walk out. The atmosphere on site was still scorching hot, the fire in every fan’s heart was ignited. Zhang Xin’s name pierced through the clouds, climbing higher and higher, finally landing in “I love you Zhang Xin!” for a perfect ending.
After it ended, Jin Shuilan received a message from Ji Zibo: “Saw you guys, on the right!”
She raised her head to look to the right. Across the crowd, Ji Zibo was standing there waving a glow stick. Jin Shuilan and Lu Zhenqiu walked over. As soon as they met, Ji Zibo said: “Amazing, Qiuqiu, the moment you opened your mouth just now, we knelt7!”
People passing by their side also looked towards Lu Zhenqiu. A few were pushing and shoving each other, and some seemed to want to come ask for her contact information, but seeing them standing together, they were too embarrassed to come over.
Lu Zhenqiu said: “Teacher Ji, where are the others?”
“They went back.” Ji Zibo said: “Let’s go back too.”
Jin Shuilan nodded: “You and Zibo go to the car first, I’ll come over in a bit.”
As she spoke, she handed the car keys to Lu Zhenqiu. Lu Zhenqiu curiously looked at her back and didn’t speak. Ji Zibo said: “Then we’ll go over first.”
Lu Zhenqiu hummed in agreement.
Just as she walked out of the stadium, she received a call from Hua Luo, who said in surprise on the other end: “Fuck, Qiuqiu, you’ve become famous!”
Lu Zhenqiu knitted her brows: “Hm?”
“Look at the trending topics!” Hua Luo said, anxiously shouting: “Look at the trending topics!”
“You were on the same stage as Zhang Xin today?”
Lu Zhenqiu hummed in agreement, clicked into the trending topics, and sure enough, saw a video clip. It was her and Zhang Xin’s duet. The popularity was already very high, and in the comments many were asking who she was.
【Kneel at the first note8, my mom asked me why I’m watching my phone while kneeling.】
【Sings so well, not inferior to a professional singer at all!】
【The first two lines still had a little nervous tremor, so cute ah ah ah ah ah ah, I’m going to die from the cuteness!】
【Fuck! Isn’t this Qiuqiu! @Sanshui——Zhenqiu】
【It really is Qiuqiu! Qiuqiu and my goddess are in the same frame? A dream collaboration9!】
Lu Zhenqiu’s Weibo ID was posted out10 just like that, without any warning. Her number of followers was rising rapidly, and her private messages were about to be stuffed full. Lu Zhenqiu was caught off guard; it was her first time handling such a situation. Ji Zibo saw she hadn’t moved for a long time and asked: “What’s wrong?”
“Online…”
“The trending topics?” Ji Zibo said: “I saw it too. You sang so well, it would be strange if you didn’t get on the trending topics.”
Lu Zhenqiu bit her lip. Suddenly there were many confessions in her private messages, and the comments were also all praising her. Very good, outstanding, too amazing. It seemed like the praise from over twenty years was not as much as she received on this one day. Lu Zhenqiu’s eye sockets grew slightly hot. She took two deep breaths to calm her mood. Ji Zibo said: “Should we go to the car first?”
“Where is Teacher Jin?” Lu Zhenqiu said: “Let’s wait here for a bit?”
Ji Zibo had no objection.
Lu Zhenqiu looked inside, from time to time meeting people coming out, none of them were Jin Shuilan. Beside her, Ji Zibo’s phone rang several times. Lu Zhenqiu said: “Teacher Ji, if you’re busy you can go attend to it first, I’ll let Teacher Jin know.”
Ji Zibo glanced at his phone screen, frowned and said: “Can you manage alone?”
Lu Zhenqiu smiled: “Of course I can.”
Ji Zibo nodded: “Then if you have any problems, give me a call.”
Lu Zhenqiu hummed in agreement. After Ji Zibo left, quite a few people mustered up the courage to come over and ask for her contact information. When Jin Shuilan came out, she saw two boys standing next to Lu Zhenqiu. She called out: “Qiuqiu.”
Lu Zhenqiu turned her head, saw Jin Shuilan give a slight nod to the people beside her, and then walked over in a few steps. Jin Shuilan asked: “Where’s Zibo?”
“Teacher Ji had something to do and left first.”
So unreliable.
Jin Shuilan nodded and said: “Then let’s go back too.”
Lu Zhenqiu followed by her side and asked curiously: “Teacher Jin, what did you go back inside to do just now?”
“To ask for something.” Jin Shuilan said as she pulled Lu Zhenqiu over. Only then did Lu Zhenqiu notice someone was pushing and shoving; she had almost been bumped into just now. She said: “Thank you.”
Jin Shuilan smiled: “Not asking me what thing?”
The two had already reached the side of the car. Half the people here had left, and the parking spots on both sides of Jin Shuilan’s car were now empty. Lu Zhenqiu walked by her side, turned her head and asked: “What thing?”
Jin Shuilan took a postcard out of her bag and handed it to Lu Zhenqiu. Lu Zhenqiu was stunned. The night wind blew up the hems of their clothes, their beautiful hair collided in the air, the streetlight elongated their shadows. Lu Zhenqiu said: “This?”
An autograph? It’s actually Zhang Xin’s autograph?!
Tonight there was no autograph event, so everyone was just saying it was a pity when they came out. Unexpectedly, now Jin Shuilan, as if performing a magic trick, conjured one for her.
Jin Shuilan said: “A gift for you.”
Lu Zhenqiu’s emotions for the whole evening had been full of big ups and downs11. She thought she could properly calm her mood after it ended, but it turned out that wasn’t the case. Jin Shuilan gave her another huge surprise!
She gripped the edge of the postcard tightly, bit her lip and handed it to Jin Shuilan: “It’s too precious, I…”
“You feel you can’t accept it.” Jin Shuilan asked: “Is that from the perspective of a friend, or the perspective of being pursued?”
Lu Zhenqiu’s expression changed slightly, surprise flashing in the depths of her eyes. Although she and Jin Shuilan hadn’t spoken openly about many things, she believed Jin Shuilan could understand. The two of them had never spoken in depth about those things like liking and pursuing.
It seemed if they spoke of it, they were afraid it would be more awkward.
Tonight was the first time the two words ‘pursuing’ were mentioned.
Lu Zhenqiu stood on the spot. Jin Shuilan looked at the postcard and said: “Qiuqiu, don’t feel pressured, and don’t feel awkward. I know you just ended a relationship and don’t plan on jumping into another relationship so quickly. That’s all okay. Before you plan to get into another relationship, you can put me in the position of a friend, just a friend who wants to be good to you.”
“A friend?” Lu Zhenqiu raised her eyes and saw Jin Shuilan looking at herself, her gaze firm and clear. Jin Shuilan said: “Yes, but this friend has a request.”
Lu Zhenqiu and her met each other’s gaze, her breathing slightly stifled: “What request?”
Jin Shuilan’s gaze was exceptionally gentle. She said: “If you plan to get into another relationship, please prioritize considering me.”
The author has something to say:
Thirty red envelopes, memeda.
Qiuqiu: Who can withstand this…
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