A Triple Gold Grand Slam rocked the world.

The entire second half of 2048 belonged completely to Rong Xu.

The Rong Yan Global Tour Concert also became even hotter due to this Triple Gold Grand Slam. Many casual observers turned into fans of Rong Xu, and many anti-fans fell silent, truly unable to criticize this record-breaking actor.

After winning Best Actor at Berlin, Rong Xu went to England, France, Italy… in Europe alone, he held four concerts within a month.

Time flew by quickly. In August, Rong Xu went to Australia and held only one concert. This was because in mid-August, he returned to Huaxia  to promote his upcoming new movie. By September 10th, this Wuxia film was released as scheduled, with its first-day box office exceeding 700 million and receiving rave reviews.

After the premiere, in October, Rong Xu went to New York and Los Angeles in the United States to hold concerts. Then he returned to Asia, holding a Tokyo-specific concert in Tokyo, Japan.

On October 26th, fans from all over the world excitedly rushed to B City, Huaxia . Because the next day would be the final show of Rong Xu’s global concert tour.

At the Huaxia  Sports Stadium, all fifty thousand tickets had sold out on the very first day of pre-sale.

For ordinary fans, they were very worried that this might be their beloved Rongrong’s last concert, so they absolutely couldn’t miss it. And for Cheng-Rong CP fans, this concert held even greater significance—

[October 27th is God Qin’s birthday! Don’t tell me it’s a coincidence; I won’t listen, I won’t listen, it’s just a turtle chanting scriptures! Rongrong definitely chose this day on purpose, definitely!]

At 4:00 PM on October 27th, due to the sheer number of attendees, all fans were allowed to enter the venue.

Attending Rong Xu’s concert was a little different from other singers’ concerts. For other singers’ concerts, fans had to buy official glow sticks and official support apparel themselves, but Rong Xu arranged for staff to directly place official support items on each seat. These were not purchased by the fan club; after confirmation by the head fans, these were all purchased by Rong Xu out of his own pocket.

At previous concerts, these support items were always available, and many fans who had followed Rong Xu on several global tours had collected quite a few.

But this time, many fans, upon reaching their seats, found a strange small bag in addition to the regular support items. Opening the bag, they saw a handwritten small card and a star-shaped glow stick.

“Huh, what’s this? Don’t we already have glow sticks? Why is there another one?”

“This star is pink! Aren’t Rongrong’s support glow sticks usually silver? There’s pink too?”

“Yours is pink? Why is mine white?”

“The handwriting on this card is Rongrong’s! Is this printed or handwritten?”

“Holy crap, holy crap, holy crap, my profession is handwriting authentication, the writing on my card is definitely not printed, it’s handwritten, and it really is Rongrong’s handwriting!!!”

“No way? Let me see yours, is your card handwritten by Rongrong?”

After some verification, fans discovered that all these small cards were actually handwritten by Rong Xu himself!

The entire Huaxia  Sports Stadium, with fifty thousand seats, and Rong Xu personally wrote fifty thousand cards!

“When I say please do me a favor, I hope everyone turns on this star glow stick. Thank you very much. From Rong Xu… What does Rongrong mean by this? He wrote so many words, his hand must hurt so much. Never mind, I’ll definitely turn on the light.”

“Rongrong probably wants to leave a memento at the end of his global tour? But he didn’t need to handwrite them all! Fifty thousand, my heart aches for him. I’d rather not have Rongrong’s handwritten card than have him work so hard.”

Before the concert even began, the news of the fifty thousand handwritten cards became a trending topic that day. After fans from various countries around the world learned about this, not a single person envied those who received the handwritten cards; instead, everyone felt immense heartache, and some fans even said they had cried.

[Why work so hard! You have to act, sing, and rehearse for concerts. Doesn’t your hand hurt from writing so much! Why don’t you be kinder to yourself! We don’t need you to write; just say the word, and if you tell us to turn on the lights, we’ll turn them on!!!]

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No matter how much heartache there was, after the concert officially began, it all turned into deep emotion/moved.

Because of this fifty thousand handwritten cards event, the number of fans following the concert live increased incredibly rapidly. Many fans originally didn’t plan to watch the concert live, but for those fifty thousand handwritten cards, they all opened the live stream video and started watching.

In Huaxia  alone, there were over sixty million live viewers.

In the United States, over twenty-five million live viewers.

In Japan, ten million live viewers.

In the UK, nine million live viewers.

France…

Australia…

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Excluding the fifty thousand live audience members in the stadium, the number of fans following this concert exceeded one hundred million!

With dazzling stage effects and magnificent lighting and sound, their idol didn’t perform intense and cool dances like many singers, but when he sang those familiar lyrics in his gentle and soothing voice, the entire audience tightly clutched their small cards, gritted their teeth, and sang along with tears in their eyes.

The first song was “Rong Yan,” followed by “Black Clouds,” then “The Moonlight”…

Rong Xu didn’t have many songs, but each one was a widely popular classic, with beautiful and gentle melodies that were deeply moving. Fans seemed tireless, always holding their glow sticks high and waving them to the rhythm of the music.

At Rong Xu’s concerts, light boards were allowed, but only in the aisles, otherwise they would block the view of those behind. At this moment, hundreds of fans were standing in the aisles, seemingly planning to stand for hours, holding heavy light boards. But they didn’t feel tired; compared to them holding for a few hours, Rongrong writing fifty thousand cards was truly exhausting.

During the concert, Rong Xu also interacted with fans several times, allowing them to request songs which he would then sing directly.

Holding a concert is actually a very tiring thing. Towards the end, Rong Xu sat on the edge of the stage, swinging his legs, and smilingly adjusted his in-ear monitor. His black hair was styled with wax, swept back to the right, revealing a full and handsome forehead. He smiled happily, stars twinkling in his eyes, and even the sweat on his forehead shimmered brightly under the lights.

At this point, the concert had been going on for over two hours and was nearing its end. But none of the live audience felt tired; instead, they were even more excited. The number of viewers watching the live stream did not decrease, but actually increased steadily.

This young man, adored by the whole world, sat on the edge of the stage, meticulously scanning the entire venue. Finally, he held the microphone and said with a slightly hoarse voice and a soft laugh: “It’s almost over. But honestly, I really want to spend a little more time with you all, talk to you a little more…”

“Rongrong!!!”

“I’m very happy to have held this concert. I started preparing for this tour a year ago, and now it’s finally coming to an end. Thank you for coming to B City to see me and listen to me sing. If I have the chance in the future, I’d still like to sing for you all again.”

“We want to hear it!!! Rongrong!!!”

A drop of sweat trickled down. On the big screen, that drop of sweat wet the young man’s fluttering eyelashes. Rong Xu raised a hand to wipe away the sweat. He leaned back, supporting himself on the stage with both hands, and continued: “I debuted in ’43, and now it’s been almost six years. Every day, I have so much I want to say to you all. I don’t know how to say these things, and I haven’t found the opportunity to say them to you. Here, I can only condense a thousand words into one sentence—”

“I am very grateful to have you, you are here.”

Many in the live audience burst into tears, some even hoarsely calling Rong Xu’s name. The sound was clearly audible in the 50,000-person stadium, showing how much effort they put into shouting.

And among the fans watching the live stream on their computers, many also had moist eyes, covering their mouths and weeping.

Liking this person is truly the most beautiful thing in the world.

He works hard at acting, he sings earnestly, he never speaks superfluous nonsense, only answering fans with his best works.

When picking up fans at the airport at 6 AM, he wouldn’t say he’s too tired; instead, he’d ask: “Have you eaten?”

When visiting the set, he wouldn’t talk about how hard he works; instead, he would earnestly tell fans: “Thank you for coming here to see me.”

You’ll never forget liking someone like this, not in a lifetime.

This person might not be liked by everyone in the world, but to them, this person is the one they love most.

After saying that sentence, Rong Xu’s eyes were also a little moist. He pursed his lips, reached out and covered his eyes, as if to prevent fans from seeing his tears. But this action made the fans on site shout his name even more fervently. The voices gradually converged into an ocean, the sound waves crashing towards the sky layer by layer. The whole world could hear that name—

“Rong Xu! Rong Xu! Rong Xu!”

Wiping away his tears, Rong Xu supported himself with one hand and nimbly stood up. His eyes were slightly red, and he said with a smile: “Although I can’t speak to each and every one of you, I can still talk to individual fans here, and interact with you. Now, the lighting engineer will turn off all the lights, and then he will randomly illuminate one person with a light. I would like to invite the fan who is illuminated to come up on stage and sing this last song, ‘Lost Wings,’ with me.”

“Aaaaaahgh Rongrong!!!”

The lights instantly went out. Fans excitedly waved their glow sticks, hoping to be chosen. Finally, the light suddenly stopped, and all fifty thousand people in the venue looked towards where the light landed. A fan in a panda costume was standing in the center of the first row aisle, holding a light board high.

As if not expecting to be chosen, this lucky fan was suddenly stunned, with no reaction at all.

Rong Xu smiled and said, “Please invite this fan to the stage.”

With the assistance of security personnel, the fan in the panda costume was escorted onto the stage. The fifty thousand audience members and hundreds of millions of live streaming fans gnashed their teeth in envy and jealousy, while Rong Xu smiled and nodded to the security personnel, then had a staff member give the panda girl a microphone.

The panda girl remained silent.

Rong Xu smiled softly, his beautiful phoenix eyes curving into lovely crescent moons. Many in the audience whispered in surprise: [I always feel like Rongrong is very happy, he seems genuinely happy, it’s the first time I’ve seen him smile so happily…]

The panda girl didn’t speak, but Rong Xu still wanted to communicate with the lucky fan. He held the microphone, earnestly looking at the panda. After a long moment, he turned around and looked at the fifty thousand audience members below: “Perhaps you’ve never understood why I handwritten these fifty thousand cards.”

Upon hearing this, the fans immediately asked in unison: “Wh-y!”

Rong Xu first smiled, and then gave an unexpected answer: “Because I feel very guilty.”

A commotion immediately broke out below the stage; everyone was confused by Rong Xu’s meaning.

Under the spotlight, the young man continued: “My concert should only be held for you. But when my agent told me a year ago that he wanted to help me with this global tour, I thought of a plan, and it was from then on that I started writing these cards. It took me over a year to finish.”

“I shouldn’t use the concert for something like this, but I really wanted to ask you to help me, to help me achieve this. So I handwritten these cards to say sorry to you and to ask for your forgiveness for this personal use of a public platform.”

After these words were spoken, the fans were even more confused.

But on stage, Rong Xu’s smile gradually faded. He solemnly looked at the fifty thousand fans below and bowed deeply: “Now, I want to ask you for a favor.”

When I say “please do me a favor,” please turn on the lights.

As soon as the words fell, most fans hadn’t yet fully processed them. It was only after the first person turned on their star-shaped glow stick and shouted loudly, “Turn on the lights, turn on the lights,” that all the fans awoke as if from a dream. Whatever Rongrong wanted to do this time, they would help him, because he was worth it.

Pink glow lights lit up, white glow lights lit up.

The lights at each seat were divided into these two colors only: white for the background, pink for the text.

When the last audience member also quickly turned on their glow stick, fans worldwide looked at the characters displayed on the screen, their eyes wide in disbelief, staring intently without blinking. Live stream viewers were almost going crazy, and those fans who had formed the character array on site all had red eyes, covering their mouths and crying.

Among them, some were purely devoted fans who never thought of supporting their idol’s development of other relationships. Some were genuine CP fans, often enjoying “candy” and creating fan works. But now, their reaction was only one and the same: they held up their star-shaped glow sticks high and powerfully uttered that sentence—

“Qin Cheng, I love you”

“Marry me”

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Cheers and cries echoed long over the Huaxia  Sports Stadium. Fans watching the live stream worldwide also covered their mouths, utterly speechless at their complex emotions at that moment.

Rong Xu stood in this pink ocean, gazing intently, never turning around. Fans didn’t understand why their idol suddenly went public with his relationship and came out at this moment, but the only thing they could do was hold up their glow sticks and help him with this favor.

The wind whistled past his ears.

The cheers from the live audience reached his ears.

Rong Xu stood with his back to the person behind him, gripping his fingers tightly, not daring to look back.

Suddenly! He heard a gasp from the audience. He instinctively turned his head, but as soon as he did, he was pulled into a tight embrace, and a passionate kiss immediately sealed his lips.

His clear eyes widened abruptly, but slowly, he closed them, wrapped his arms around the man’s neck, and passionately kissed him back.

Amidst the marriage proposal message formed by the fifty thousand fans in the stadium, and the blessing comments from hundreds of millions of fans worldwide watching the live stream.

Qin Cheng passionately kissed the young man he loved most deeply, and his young man looked up, responding to his burning love.

I prepared for this proposal for a year.

You wanted us to go public at the awards ceremony, but what about the birthday surprise I specially prepared for you?

All the reasons became clear at this moment.

Falling in love with this person was the best decision Qin Cheng ever made in his life.

When he saw this young man walking towards him from the sunlight that afternoon, his violently beating heart had already given the best answer.

Never have I been so grateful to fate, grateful to him, for making me fall in love with you at first sight.

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[End of Main Story]

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