Although Victoria's popularity has never been high, the fans are very loyal. Although the group did not develop well, few people left before it disbanded. The fans' support is also very strong. When they participate in offline performances, even if there are only ten fans in the audience, they can cheer as if there are a hundred people.
Xia Zhi always felt that despite the group's poor performance, they could perform hard in every performance, no matter how small the stage was. In fact, it was because the fans' support was so enthusiastic that they gave them the illusion that they were not that bad...
I don’t know if it’s because we haven’t had a chance to cheer for many years, but everyone is a little nervous. Xia Zhi feels that today’s cheering is more enthusiastic than ever before. The cheers are so overwhelming that they almost blow the roof of the theater off.
Cheng Yunan suddenly turned around and whispered to them, "We haven't seen each other for so many years. Look how depressed our girls are. They are all going crazy."
Cheng Yunan's words abruptly extinguished the feeling of gratitude that had already arisen in the hearts of the other four people.
Xiao Han covered his mouth and couldn't help laughing.
Sang Luo also glanced at him helplessly.
Cheng Yunan said with a smile: "Okay, let's go up too. I haven't seen these girls for so many years, and I miss them a lot."
"Well," Sang Luo patted the shoulders of the four teammates one by one and said, "Go up to the stage and meet our old friend."
"Um."
Before the show started, they were actually quite nervous, after all, they had been away from the stage for almost ten years. But after hearing that the audience present today were all old fans who had supported them since the beginning, their nervousness was relieved by more than half. Now that Cheng Yunan teased them, even the last bit of nervousness disappeared, and they were more eager to meet old friends again.
The five of them walked onto the stage amid the cheers of their fans, with Sang Luo walking in the front.
After the fans screamed excitedly, they began to shout Sang Luo's name in unison. Although their real names had already been revealed with the broadcast of the program, they were still more accustomed to calling them by their debut stage names.
"Sundy! Sundy! Sundy!"
Sang Luo smiled and waved at them, and instantly received even louder cheers.
The remaining four members came on stage and they also shouted out their stage names one by one, their voices getting louder and louder, as if they wanted to make up for the past eight years.
After standing on the stage, Xia Zhi scanned the audience seats below one by one.
There were about 200 people, and every face was very familiar. VV and CC were sitting in the middle of the crowd. VV was holding a five or six-year-old mixed-race cute baby in her arms, with blonde hair and black eyes, half like VV. VV probably noticed that Xia Zhi was looking at the child, so she took her son's hand and waved at him. Xia Zhi also waved slightly and smiled at them. VV also smiled at him while holding her son, with a gentle smile.
In Xia Zhi's memory, VV was a lively little girl, but now that she has become a mother, she has become much more stable. CC, on the other hand, is still as bright and enthusiastic as before.
After a brief encounter with the two VC sisters, Xia Zhi looked at the others. Although some fans’ names had become a little blurry after so many years, he still remembered every face.
These fans were about the same age as them, and were basically college students studying in City A and its surrounding cities at that time. The once innocent little girls have now become mature, charming and elegant women with exquisite makeup and elegant clothes.
However, no matter whether they were the royal sister type, the cold goddess type, or the strong woman type, they all lost their usual calm temperament. They cheered for them at the top of their lungs, regardless of their image, just like they did eight years ago.
Many of them came with their children. All the children had the same expression at the moment—looking up at their mothers in doubt, as if they couldn’t believe that the woman in front of them, who was shouting and screaming with excitement, was their gentle and graceful mother.
The screams lasted for a full five minutes before they finally subsided.
The five people on the stage finally found a chance to speak.
"You're already a mother, but you're still so unstable. You scared our little baby." Cheng Yunan was the first to speak, and he started with a joke. His way of getting along with fans has always been to tease each other.
In the past, fans would definitely not miss any opportunity to criticize him. But today, as soon as Cheng Yunan opened his mouth, most of the fans' eyes were red before they could even say anything.
They haven't seen them for a long time and they missed them terribly. Even Cheng Yunan's mean tone made them miss him terribly.
Seeing the fans’ red eyes, Cheng Yunan was suddenly speechless.
Xia Zhi and his friends stood on the stage, and the fans sat in the audience seats, with an aisle less than half a meter wide between them. The distance between them was very close, so close that Xia Zhi could see the wetness in their eyes.
As time goes by, many things have changed quietly and silently, but fortunately, many things have not changed.
"Long time no see, everyone."
Sang Luo asked them to greet the fans one by one. When it was Xia Zhi's turn, he couldn't help but say this.
This sentence was like a switch, causing everyone who had been trying to hold back their tears to suddenly burst into tears. When one person started crying, the second and third people followed suit, and soon the only sound in the audience was sobbing.
It was the first time for the five people on the stage to see so many girls crying together. Some of them couldn’t handle it, so they looked at each other, at a loss as to what to do.
Xia Zhi felt even more guilty, as he had not intended to make them cry.
"Okay, okay, stop crying." Cheng Yunan probably took care of the child for too long, and his tone was full of fatherly love when he coaxed his fans, "You are so old and still crying, the child is laughing at you. Hurry up and wipe your snot and tears, your makeup is all ruined by crying."
Maybe the emotions have passed, this time there are finally fans who refuted Cheng Yunan.
"There are only tears and no snot! Don't slander us!" I don't know who shouted, and the voice was quite loud.
This not only made the five people on the stage laugh, but also made the crying people in the audience burst into laughter. The sad atmosphere was finally dissipated.
After chatting for a while, they sang two songs according to the program, which, as expected, aroused the whole audience to sing along. However, during the singing, someone in the audience cried again, but this time it was tears of excitement.
Before this, they never thought that they would be able to wait until the day when the five of them would reunite and sing those familiar songs for them again. So once again, one person burst into tears of joy, and the crying was so loud that it drowned out the singing of the five people.
Xia Zhi really didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Why hadn't she noticed before that these girls in her family were so sentimental? They cried when they said something, and when they sang a song. I don't know how many times they will cry tonight. They won't flood the theater, will they
But soon Xia Zhi discovered that these girls seemed to be really planning to flood the theater...
Because the fans were so emotional that they shed tears several times in the audience, the five had to stop the performance several times to appease the girls. For a moment, the five didn't know whether they were acting as boyfriends or old fathers, but they were deeply moved.
Fortunately, the concert went on very smoothly, but as the songs were sung one after another, the atmosphere began to slowly become low, and the fans' emotions were no longer as high as at the beginning.
Because it means the time of separation is getting closer.
Everyone knew that this time they would never see each other again.
Parting is not a pleasant feeling, but it is a necessary process.
"Next, it's the last song of this concert." Sang Luo's voice was also a little melancholy. "It's a song that means a lot to both us and you. Can anyone guess it?"
The audience, who had been giving the most enthusiastic responses throughout the entire process, was completely silent this time, and no one answered. They all knew the answer very well, but no one wanted to say it out loud.
There was moisture in the corners of Sang Luo's eyes, and she stammered for a long time but ultimately couldn't utter the name.
The music started at the right time. It was a very cheerful song, but the atmosphere on and off the stage was a little depressed.
The song is called "Hello, Goodbye." It is Victoria's first single.
I still remember when they got this song, all five of them were disgusted, thinking that the name of the song was unlucky, how could a group say goodbye to the audience right after debuting. They even scolded Chuanxing at the time, saying that the company was mentally ill. But now it seems that Chuanxing was clearly far-sighted, probably foresaw Victoria's ending long ago, so they wrote a farewell song for them at the very beginning.
There is no song more appropriate than this one at this moment. But it is so appropriate that as soon as they sang the first line, the audience burst into tears again.
The crying was very contagious. As Xia Zhi sang, she felt her eyes becoming sore and swollen. Her throat also felt so blocked as if she had swallowed a piece of pig iron that it was difficult for her to speak.
After singing the whole song with difficulty, the music suddenly stopped and the whole audience fell into silence. Xia Zhi's expression was blank, and he felt a sense of loss. He subconsciously looked at his teammates around him, and everyone's expressions were indescribably heavy.
At this moment, Sang Luo suddenly reached out and grabbed him. Xia Zhi immediately understood and reached out and grabbed Jiang Zhixia, who then grabbed Xiao Han, who then grabbed Cheng Yunan. The five of them walked hand in hand to the center of the stage and bowed 90 degrees to the audience.
The moment she bowed, a tear fell from the corner of Xia Zhi's eye.
Xia Zhi stared at the teardrop that fell on the floor, his mind a little hazy. Afterwards, Sang Luo seemed to say something to the fans, but to him it was just a buzzing mumble, vague and unclear.
When Xia Zhi came back to his senses, he was already in the lounge backstage. There were only five of them in the room.
He was sitting on the sofa, with his right hand still held by Jiang Zhixia. The other three team members sat in three corners, lowering their heads and keeping silent, all of them feeling a little depressed.
Xia Zhi subconsciously looked at Jiang Zhixia and asked softly, "Is it over?"
Jiang Zhixia gently stroked his cheek: "Well, it's over."
"I'm so tired." Xia Zhi closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
Jiang Zhixia reached out and gently placed his head on her shoulder.
Xia Zhi leaned on his shoulder, rubbed his cheek gently, and murmured, "It's really over."
Jiang Zhixia lowered her head and gently kissed his hair, and said softly to comfort him: "It is an end, but also a beginning."
(End of this chapter)