APCF -Chapter 27 (1)

Once Bo Ye mentioned the title of the song, Qi Xingchen’s first response was: “I want to sing the male part, I can’t marry someone else!”

Bo Ye: “The male part has a rap, you can do it?”

“……Oh,” Qi Xingchen resigned himself to his fate, “Then I’ll just sing the female part then.”

With just these few words, the two of them distributed the parts. Qi Xingchen was forced to go and find the backing track before returning to the stage with Bo Ye, who had changed into his own clothing.

All of the guests thought that after the lion dance, the performance segment would be over. After all, there could hardly be a more interesting and captivating show than the lion dance.

That was, until two very handsome young men holding microphones came up.

One of them was the Master of Ceremonies at the wedding just now. He was dressed in a beige suit, with his short hair laying obediently on his forehead. His chin was small, and his monolid eyes were bright and innocent.

One was a never seen before, unfamiliar, handsome young man. His fringe was combed back to reveal his clean forehead, and the sleeves of his black dress shirt were rolled up to his forearms. His complexion was a cool pale while his expression was indifferent, exuding a powerful aura and fierceness.

“Who’s that chap in the black dress shirt? Why does he look so familiar?”
“Seems familiar to me too, I think he’d been on some programme.”
“Eh, wasn’t he on the Spring Festival Gala?”
“I remember, he was on the Spring Festival Gala, he’s called……”

The uncles, aunts, grandfathers, and grandmothers at the guest tables immediately started discussing, while the bride, who was halfway through her toast, was stunned in place.
——She didn’t see wrongly, right?
——That’s Bo Ye?
——Was that the light that has been silently guiding her for so long?

When she heard that Bo Ye was coming to the village to record a programme, as she was in a rush while preparing for the wedding, and in addition, there was the constant nitpicking from the parents of the groom, she had only gone to the Zeng’s house to secretly have a look once.

Unfortunately, Bo Ye was not around that time, and she never found another chance after that.

She never thought that today, he would descend and arrive at her wedding like a deity.

Bo Ye’s indifferent gaze swept around, then fell on the bride: “Hello everyone, I am Bo Ye, and today is the wedding of a fan of mine. Right now, I would like to gift her a song.”

A cheerful and sweet prelude started playing. Bo Ye raised his microphone and melodious notes rang out: “The blooming of flowers in the warm spring brought away the melancholy of winter/ The wind brings along the smell of romance/ Every love song is suddenly brimming with meaning/ At this exact moment, I suddenly saw you.”

This was immediately followed by Qi Xingchen’s part. The guests had never heard him sing. So when he first opened his mouth, it was to their surprise that he was pretty good. Although his singing skills were average, his strength was in his pitch accuracy, and his tone was clear. All of this refreshed everyone’s awareness of his identity as an actor.

This was the most common song used in wedding receptions and KTV, thus it was not difficult to sing. Needless to say, Bo Ye was a professional, and Qi Xingchen also performed it very well.

The guests all could not help but follow the two handsome guys, clapping and swaying to the rhythm.

An auntie who was familiar with using a smartphone searched online for a while and returned, exclaiming: “Oh god, the young man wearing the black dress shirt is a huge celebrity!”

The guests invited by Widow Sun’s family consisted of some grandmothers and mothers; the groom’s side felt that it was humiliating to come to a village to attend a banquet, and only invited a few of their closest uncles. There were almost zero young people who always went online at the banquet.

Hearing that this was a huge celebrity, all the aunties started taking out their phones in succession: “All of you lower your heads and vacate some space for me, I’m going to film a short video to send to my friend circle!”

The launching sounds of short video apps like Kuaishou and Douyin sounded one after another, and the guests pointed their pitch-black camera lenses at the stage.

It just so happened the chorus was being sung, and both people were immersed in emotions. Coincidentally, they turned sideways to look at each other.：

“It is already too late for yesterday, but it will be a pity tomorrow.”
“So would you marry me today?”

…

At the end of the song, Bo Ye told the bride: “Congratulations on your wedding” in person.

The bride could not contain herself at that moment, smiling while crying at the same time, and had to calm herself down for a long time before gushing: “Thank you, really, thank you so much. If this is all a dream, I’d rather not wake up, I’m too happy!”

Qi Xingchen was inevitably moved. After all, they were all idol-chasing dogs, he could understand how joyful the bride was.

At this moment, a short and stout woman walked past them. Qi Xingchen suddenly recalled something, and grabbed her: “Auntie, do you still remember what you said yesterday?”

“Ah?” The groom’s mother quickly thought of something, “What did I say yesterday?”

“Based on my price, pay me twice the hosting fees.”

She had to say, although this young man looked young, his hosting was considerably good.

And an ordinary Master of Ceremonies would only sing two songs at most, who would do an actual lion dance? Getting top celebrities to sing together at the end also made her feel much more dignified. Many sisters praised her for the impressiveness of the wedding, which was grander than those held in the big city!

But twice the price would be severely exceeding her budget, and she really did not want to pay, refusing to admit to it: “Wasn’t it my son’s mother-in-law who invited you? Go find her for the money!”

“Oh?” Qi Xingchen raised an eyebrow, “If you don’t pay me, I will tell everyone here right now that even though this is your family’s wedding, you did not pay the Master of Ceremonies. We’ll see then, if it is you or Auntie Sun who will lose face.”

After all, it was her family who took in a daughter-in-law. Gritting her teeth, the groom’s mother finally took out her purse reluctantly.

Qi Xingchen got the money, then stuffed it into the red envelope he had prepared and walked back to the bride’s side.

Although Bo Ye had already left, the bride was still sobbing. Qi Xingchen comforted her in a soft tone: “Don’t cry.”

“En…… en, t-thank you.”

“Don’t mention it,” Qi Xingchen fished out the money he had just received. “When we came, we didn’t know that we would be in time for your wedding and didn’t prepare anything. Please just accept this red envelope.”

The bride was stunned: “How can I do so? You took the time to help me rescue the wedding, I haven’t even thanked you properly for that yet.”

“No need, this was not given by me,” Qi Xingchen smiled, pointing towards the direction Bo Ye had disappeared to. “It’s from him.”