The theme song was nearing its end.

According to the original ending move, Jiang Ye was supposed to reach out her hand towards the front.

However, this time, after reaching out her hand, she swayed and went down on one knee.

With her heavy costume, this kneeling didn't have the deliberately created romantic feel, but instead, had a clumsy, stubborn cuteness.

It was as if she was acting cute and pitiful to the audience, "Look at how hard I'm working, please give us some money".

The onlookers cheered and applauded.

"Oh my god, so cute!!"

"Pay up! You have to pay!"

"You can't just freeload on Tinky Winky's performance!"

"Since she can dance to 'Chasing Light', can she dance to other songs from Chasing Light Girls?!"

"Why, I'm here! I'll say it first! I want to see 'Sea of Wind'!"

"Then I want to see 'Wonder'! I'll pay double!"

These days, even requesting songs requires bidding.

As their emotions grew more excited, a steady stream of coins flowed into Jiang Ye's account.

Some were for requesting songs.

Some were purely for tipping her.

A dollar is for affection, a dollar is for love, and with the people who bid up the price for requesting songs, it quickly added up.

Jiang Ye picked the most popular request and danced hard.

After she finished dancing, she was truly exhausted.

This headwear was really suffocating, it was almost impossible to breathe.

Normally, she could easily dance five or six songs, but the limitations of this costume had almost drained her energy.

Fortunately, the onlookers happened to look at Cony the Rabbit and Brown Bear.

"Tinky Winky is dancing so happily, shouldn't you guys do one too?"

The onlookers cheered, "Do one, do one!"

Cheng Zhen thought for a moment and added a sentence next to the sign.

【We can, we can.】

【But it's a different price.】

The onlookers were in high spirits and continued to tip them.

Cheng Zhen and Tan Meng went up and took Jiang Ye's place.

Jiang Ye found a deserted spot, quickly took off her headwear, and rested for a while.

But after she came back, the audience cheered again, "Tinky Winky is back! Why don't all three of you go up together! I want to see 'Love River'!!"

Jiang Ye: "..."

Tan Meng: "..."

Cheng Zhen: "..."

As girl group idols, they had to maintain a little bit of their idol dignity, right?

If they danced to such a cheesy song, would it be appropriate when it aired?

But this unscrupulous onlooker who wanted to see "Love River" was very rich, and he directly tipped them a hundred yuan.

The three of them were silent for a moment.

What is dignity, is money more important?

So, the next second, the bgm for "Love River" echoed through the entire mall.

"If you could do it all over again, would you love me-"

The three plush toys danced on stage to the song, gritting their teeth.

The onlookers were about to laugh themselves to death.

The live stream's popularity instantly exploded.

【Hahahahahaha, help, I'm laughing to death, Shadow Flow Master in real life!!!】

【So cheesy, but I'm laughing so hard!】

【The plush toy army really worked hard to busk!!】

As they were imitating the Shadow Flow Master dance, Lin Zui arrived according to the location Cheng Zhen sent.

Lin Zui: "..."

Lin Zui almost couldn't help but laugh out loud.

She turned to her cameraman and asked, "Is it against the rules for me to tip them?"

Cameraman: "..."

After finishing the song, Cony the Rabbit said she needed to rest for a while.

After all, dancing in a plush costume was really exhausting.

So, most of the onlookers left, preparing to come back when the music started again, but a few onlookers stayed to watch their performance.

The three of them found a place to rest.

Cheng Zhen's hair was soaked, she reached out to fan herself, "... What kind of planning is this, it's so inhumane, I'm about to die from dancing."

Jiang Ye and Tan Meng were slightly better, but they were still tired.

Lin Zui quietly followed them.

Cheng Zhen saw her and her eyes lit up, "Captain, where did you go? Why are you so late?"

"I didn't see the message."

Lin Zui said, "I was recruiting business at the claw machine, helping people grab prizes, five yuan per try."

Lin Zui said regretfully, "But business wasn't very good, only two people paid."

Jiang Ye: "..."

Of course, what is the fun in getting someone to grab prizes at a claw machine.

That's even more ridiculous than her idea of being a gamer for hire.

Shen Zhiyi arrived last.

Sure enough, she got lost again, and after wandering around in circles, she decided to just take a taxi.

Unexpectedly, the driver saw that she was a directionally challenged person, and he took her in circles, even though it was a starting price distance.

She did not find a job, and she even lost thirty yuan in taxi fare.

Shen Zhiyi was heartbroken.

Cheng Zhen was very excited, "Come on, come on, the 5tars family has to be together!"

So, in the end, Lin Zui wore Pikachu.

Shen Zhiyi wore Kumamon.

After they finished resting, the five of them took the stage together.

The audience's cheers were even louder.

They danced to their first album's title track, "One and More".

Halfway through the song.

The live stream's popularity suddenly increased several times.

【Wow, why are so many people coming in all of a sudden!】

【We were brought here by Weibo! It says we can see our group's substitute here!】

【That's right, mom fans who are starving for their children are here, wuwuwu.】

【Oh my god, our group hasn't been active for half a month, Xi Ba Guang Ying Entertainment, quickly release the group variety show, don't make me kneel down and beg you!】

【This fan wants to say, they're actually pretty good at dancing.】

【That's right!! Especially those few moves, they really have that vibe of our group!】

【Is anyone else wondering if this plush toy army is our 5tars fans? Do we follow each other?】

【Do they not know? I do! I'm using this space to expand my circle, I'm a Jiang Ye solo stan, I ship CPs, I want to find sisters with the same attributes to play with!】

...

The live stream comments eventually turned into a 5tars fan group building site.

This video quickly spread online, many fans reposted it and laughed, and some even @ed 5tars to watch.

But 5tars didn't have time for that.

They took off their plush costumes and found a place to rest, panting.

Cheng Zhen finally finished handing out all the flyers.

As a reward for lending her the clothes, she also helped the manager's restaurant attract customers.

She was already not very physically fit, and she had done the most work, so she was naturally the most tired.

Lin Zui: "What should we do next?"

Shen Zhiyi waved her hand and whispered, "I can't dance anymore."

Cheng Zhen: "I'm hungry."

She raised her hand and said, "I officially oppose the 996 work system, I think we can clock out."

This proposal was immediately passed with four votes.

Only Jiang Ye was quite regretful, "Actually, there's still a lot of foot traffic at night, if we come back, we might be able to make more money."

"... No way!"

"We're just here to complete the group variety show task, do you really want to make a fortune from this?"

"Quickly count the money, how much did we make!"

Cheng Zhen was full of anticipation for their earnings, "Can we eat at the revolving restaurant here?"

"I passed by the entrance just now and looked at the menu, the food looks pretty good."

Jiang Ye: "..."

Jiang Ye: "Don't get your hopes up-"

She said, looking at the total earnings for the day, she was startled by the number, and the second half of her sentence got stuck in her throat.

She was silent for a moment, and then she asked, "Which revolving restaurant are you talking about?"

Everyone else: "?"

•••

Because it was the last episode, after they finished eating, they also recorded all the group variety show's concluding remarks and post-interviews, and finally, they wrapped up.

By the time they finished, it was very late.

The road was empty, there were almost no people, only the occasional car speeding by.

"Why don't we not take the company car?"

Jiang Ye suddenly suggested, "Let's ride bikes?"

Lin Zui raised an eyebrow, she was interested, "Why did you suddenly think of that?"

"Isn't the theme of this episode to be an ordinary person?"

"But I think we didn't really succeed."

Jiang Ye muttered, "After all, what ordinary person would be fully armed and not show their true face?"

Cheng Zhen couldn't help but nod, "That's right."

Lin Zui rolled her eyes, "I've wanted to complain for a long time, I've been suffocated covering my face all day."

"If we really want to be ordinary people."

Jiang Ye smiled, "Actually, now is the best time."

The whole world is asleep.

Only the five of us are still awake.

No one will recognize us, and no one will pay attention to us.

Jiang Ye waved her hand, "Let's go! Follow me!"

•••

"--So, the bike you're talking about is a shared bike?"

"What else would it be?"

Jiang Ye unlocked a shared bike, leaned on the handlebars and laughed, "You guys don't want to buy a new one, do you?"

"Not really."

Lin Zui was a little uncomfortable when she got on the bike, "... It's just that I haven't touched a bike in eight hundred years, I'm a little nervous."

Jiang Ye: "You'll get the hang of it once you start riding, let's go."

Jiang Ye was in front, she pushed off the ground and quickly rode forward.

There really weren't many people on the road at midnight.

Finally, they could ride their bikes without wearing masks and hats, and they could freely explore the night.

They rode their bikes very fast.

As they passed a downhill slope, the summer night breeze blew their hair, making their clothes flutter.

The dim yellow streetlights stretched their shadows long.

Everything was quiet, only the sound of their bike chains rolling.

Jiang Ye suddenly whistled.

The tune was the song she wrote.

Because the scene at that moment was a perfect match for the ending of the song she wrote.

Sleeping people are sleeping.

Butterflies emerging from their cocoons spread their wings and fly.

When there were such imperfect yet perfect girl idols, they felt unexpectedly comfortable.

They laughed, sang, and shouted each other's names in the wind, joking.

There were no cameras now.

They didn't have to live as the glamorous idols in front of the stage, and they didn't have to bear the burden of the name 5tars.

They were just themselves, five girls in their twenties with sincere friendship and pure hearts.

The wind blew Jiang Ye's hair, blocking her vision a little.

But she felt relaxed.

Jiang Ye certainly enjoyed shining under the spotlight.

But at this moment, she suddenly felt that if she went back to being an ordinary person one day, it wouldn't be so scary.

The streetlights bathed her shoulders in starlight like spotlights.

The night insects in the grass by the roadside were like fans cheering and screaming for her.

The stage is never fixed.

Wherever she lives, that's her stage.

This was a dreamlike escape.

Jiang Ye, with her joyful and youthful soul, escaped from the pressure of being an idol and swam into the peaceful and beautiful night.