Part 3
He paused. “Yao Lixin’s wedding wasn’t a big affair. At that time, his wife had a miscarriage.”
Today they were going to sign the contract. Tang Yue’s clothes had been specially delivered by Jiang Shulu’s order.
The style looked different from the day he went to the Jiang house; it was closer to Tang Yue during his boy band era.
The clothes were prepared by Yao Lixin’s wife, Miss Xia.
Tang Yue: “I didn’t know anything about that. I feel like I care so little about Second Brother.”
Jiang Shulu: “Many people don’t know.”
In the car, he told Tang Yue a bit about Yao Lixin, such as his unrequited love, and how he almost became a “third party” for love.
Tang Yue listened, letting out “wows” and sighs, then saying “that’s great,” his exclamations endless, making Jiang Shulu want to laugh.
Tang Yue: “So is that why Second Brother doesn’t have children now?”
Jiang Shulu: “You also know he isn’t as heartless as he looks on the surface, right?”
Tang Yue: “He really liked that Miss Xia. I asked him before, but back then he said she was just an older sister.”
Only then did Tang Yue realize that during the group period, everyone had some emotional issues more or less.
For example, the push-and-pull between Liu Xichao and Jiang He, his own secret crush on Jiang Shulu, and Yao Lixin’s unrequited love that he thought would end in nothing.
Now, they had all unexpectedly come to fruition.
Jiang Shulu: “He got what he sought.”
Tang Yue asked, “Then did Miss Xia like Second Brother when she married him?”
Back then, Yao Lixin was the fastest to announce officially. After Tang Yue flew far away, he impatiently announced his marriage news, but invited no media to the wedding.
When the variety show first started airing, Yao Lixin joked on the plane that Tang Yue didn’t serve as his groomsman. In reality, the wedding was just a meal with family, not as lively as Tang Yue imagined.
Jiang Shulu: “That I don’t know.”
He was also astonished when he got the news back then. Later, he learned that Miss Xia had been abandoned by her ex-boyfriend.
The ex was also in the industry, just working behind the scenes.
Yao Lixin almost got into a fistfight with him.
In his peripheral vision, Tang Yue was still thinking seriously. “Then it’s love after marriage, that’s also quite good.”
Jiang Shulu didn’t expect him to reach this conclusion. He asked Tang Yue, “Then what kind of wedding do you want?”
Tang Yue: “Me?”
He thought for a moment. “It’s fine as long as everyone is there.”
Tang Yue hadn’t thought about these things before. Being asked suddenly, his mind was blank.
After a while, he added, “I want to kiss you.”
Jiang Shulu: “Now?”
Tang Yue: “I want to every day.”
Jiang Shulu: “If you say it again, I’m going to kiss you right now.”
Tang Yue looked at the Chengkong Media building ahead and said with some difficulty, “We can’t stop on the side of the road now, can we?”
He was actually considering it. Jiang Shulu smiled. “Joking. Wait until you sign.”
“We still have the last five days of the trip, we can have fun.”
Tang Yue: “Is Third Brother not going?”
Jiang Shulu: “How could he not go? If he wasn’t going, he would have joined the film crew by now.”
Tang Yue: “Really?”
Jiang Shulu: “You can ask him later.”
Before the news that Tang Yue was the musician “Evening” spread, many people guessed that this variety show was the signal for Tang Yue’s comeback.
When the alias was unveiled, even major music apps changed their splash screens to Tang Yue.
Music bloggers even made videos specifically about Tang Yue, analyzing the changes in his musical style over the years.
As a result, because organizing Tang Yue’s solo materials from the Away era took too long, the videos had to be split into several parts. Coupled with the fan group activities, many people fell vertically into the fandom years later.
Evening’s style was indeed very similar to the fragmented music clips Tang Yue released in his early years.
Although Tang Yue’s Weibo didn’t often update with original content, his public music account would publish some works—some were discarded drafts, some were covers.
The company didn’t interfere much with these. The team even felt this was a breakthrough to make up for Tang Yue’s shortcomings in “business” (fan service/promotion).
The only downside was…
Tang Yue updated too diligently.
His high productivity was somewhat exaggerated, leading to many rumors of plagiarism.
Finally, he dispelled the rumors via livestream, where fans and onlookers alike saw Tang Yue’s obsessed attitude toward music.
And they completely felt what a genius was.
No way! How can someone just sit down and start composing without thinking?
Is it that simple?
We even have to think when playing mahjong!!
After Away disbanded, Tang Yue didn’t use the music account @Away_Tang Yue anymore.
Now, many people dug into the public favorites list of the account “Evening” and found that the saved music styles were very similar to what Tang Yue had saved before.
When the two were finally linked, everyone suddenly realized—
This feeling of high productivity! It could only be one person!!
Originally, no news had leaked about Tang Yue going to Chengkong Media today. The company even planned to issue a press release directly after the signing.
As it happened, a new boy group returned to the company to sign materials at this time, and the company building was surrounded by various paparazzi and fans.
Plus, Chengkong Media had undergone major changes. Meetings had been held non-stop for two days, and the underground parking lot was full.
Jiang Shulu’s car parked outside. Although Liu Xichao had sent security down to pick them up, sharp-eyed fans still spotted them.
Many fans of this generation’s boy groups had also chased the previous generation’s groups.
Even those who hadn’t chased a group of Away’s level knew about them, not to mention they had been high on the trending topics recently; it was hard not to know them.
Originally, the members of the new group had just gotten out of their nanny van and were about to greet the fans. But the people who were about to crowd the front of their car suddenly ran off.
—”Is that Jiang Shulu???!!”
—”Tang Yue ahhhhh—”
—”OMG, I didn’t expect to see the two of them up close!!”
—”Two men, so compatible!!”
—”Help, I suddenly feel the ones I’m chasing now aren’t quite okay. So envious of the fans from back then, boohoo.”
The juniors of the new group fell silent.
The security originally prepared for them had to be deployed over there. Seeing the fans so excited, they kind of wanted to crowd over too.
They had also watched countless materials of these seniors ahhhh!!
They wanted autographs too!
In the crowd, Jiang Shulu protected Tang Yue as they walked forward. Beside the screams, there were questions from reporters who were originally there to interview the new group.
—”Jiang Shulu! Are you and Tang Yue cohabiting now?”
—”Tang Yue, did you come to Chengkong Media today to sign a contract?”
The reporters’ questions were relatively normal, but they were interrupted by fans’ screams. Amidst the various “ahhhhs,” Tang Yue could still hear key sentences related to Jiang Shulu.
“Jiang Shulu, are you not working anymore?”
Tang Yue subconsciously looked at Jiang Shulu.
Jiang Shulu put his arm around him without shying away. Amidst the sound of flashing shutters, it gave Tang Yue a feeling of dreaming back to the old days.
Someone else asked: “Tang Yue, are you sure it’s him—!”
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