Pursuing Her Best Friend after Confession Failed

Although it was the first time the fans at the venue were hearing "The Ordinary Road," and they weren’t yet familiar with the lyrics and rhythm, many still hummed along. The atmosphere instantly ignited, as if it were a real concert.

When the song came to an end and Li Yuan finished his performance, many fans in the audience were still shedding tears and roaring loudly, as if they had achieved a spiritual resonance with "The Ordinary Road," using their roars to vent their pent-up emotions.

Li Yuan stood on stage with a slightly sorrowful expression. He held the microphone out toward the audience, quietly watching the thousands of fans sing the song’s climax in a powerful, unified chorus.

[I once crossed mountains and seas...]

[I also passed through throngs of people...]

[I had asked the whole world...]

[I never got an answer...]

This continued for several more minutes, yet the singing showed no sign of weakening. Even in the square outside the awards ceremony and inside the 40 Tea Color Moonlight stores, huge crowds of fans had gathered, singing in unison without any prompting.

After a long pause, Li Yuan raised the microphone. His slightly deep voice resounded in the ears of the audience in the venue and those watching on TV.

"We are all ordinary people, and perhaps the path we walk is an ordinary one.

"Life is as splendid as summer flowers, death as serene as autumn leaves. I hope all of you can live extraordinary lives in your ordinary ones. Cherish the people around you, cherish the life you have now, and live so that your future self has no regrets.

"Tonight’s concert ends here. Thank you, everyone!"

As soon as Li Yuan finished speaking, in the "Milk Tea Girl" section at the front, a few of the award-winning fans suddenly stood up and shouted, "Xia Hua, when is the next concert?"

Li Yuan responded with a smile, "It’s undecided for now. It will probably be a long time from now."

He was afraid of disappointing the fans and didn’t have the heart to tell them that this was very likely his last concert.

Hearing Li Yuan’s answer, many fans immediately looked sad and disappointed. One after another, fans stood up and pelted him with questions.

"Xia Hua, can the songs you sang today be uploaded online?"

"Xia Hua, will you release an album? We all want you to!"

"Xia Hua, will you continue to run activities like the ’Milk Tea Girl’ event?"

"Will we still have a chance to win prizes when we buy Tea Color Moonlight milk tea?"

"Xia Hua, can you sing ’The Ordinary Road’ again? I want to hear it one more time."

....

The entire awards ceremony felt like a press conference Q&A, with the frenzied fans relentlessly raising all sorts of questions. Seeing the atmosphere becoming too intense, Li Yuan raised his microphone and cleared his throat to signal for quiet.

"Ahem. Please, everyone, be quiet," he said. "If everyone asks at once, I can’t hear anything. I’ll just pick a few people to answer."

Li Yuan pointed to a slightly plump girl in a JK skirt in the fan area whose cheers had been especially loud while he was singing. Seeing Li Yuan point at her, the girl’s face flushed with excitement.

"Xia Hua, I want to ask a different question. Were all ten of those songs you just sang written for your girlfriend?"

Li Yuan was inwardly speechless. Isn’t it obvious? Is that even a question worth asking? Of all the people here, who doesn’t know how many girlfriends I have?

He chuckled and gave a noncommittal reply, "Some are, some aren’t."

After that curt reply, Li Yuan didn’t give the girl another chance to ask a question and immediately pointed to a guy wearing glasses.

"Xia Hua, I’m a die-hard fan of your novels and your music. I want to ask, will you hold more concerts in the future?"

Li Yuan smiled. "I’m not considering it at the moment. We’ll see in the future. I’m still a student and need to prioritize my studies."

After Li Yuan said this, the entire audience couldn’t help but laugh. Even Executive Vice President Ma Tengfei’s lips curled into a smile. They might believe that statement from someone else, but coming from Li Yuan, only a fool would buy it. Freshman year had only just begun and the first semester wasn’t even over, yet Li Yuan had already skipped more classes than most college students do in four years combined. Writing novels, starting companies, building websites, composing songs... and he claims to be prioritizing his studies? Who would believe that?

At that moment, another very pretty girl stood up and asked a question on the minds of many fans in the audience, "Xia Hua, I won a first-prize ticket to this concert by purchasing your company’s Tea Color Moonlight milk tea. I’d like to know, will Tea Color Moonlight continue to hold activities like this?"

Li Yuan looked at her, pondering how to answer.

Considering Tea Color Moonlight’s current growth trajectory, relying on the quality of the milk tea alone clearly isn’t enough to maintain such a premium brand value.

Currently, Tea Color Moonlight’s brand recognition was a far cry from that of Starbucks, KFC, or McDonald’s, yet its prices were even higher. The reason it sold so incredibly well was almost entirely due to his fan base and the "brand effect" generated by his fame.