Jiang Ye was stunned.

The song "Unforgettable Tonight" on the TV had finished.

He Zhou reached out and pressed the remote control to turn it off, as if he didn’t think there was anything wrong with the wish he had just made, or that he had missed anything. He just asked her, "Ready to sleep?"

"No… Did you understand what I meant?"

Jiang Ye said, "I asked you to make a wish, not to make a wish for me."

"I’m giving you another chance, you can make a request of me."

This time she emphasized, "Anything."

"I understand."

"But this is my request for you."

"I hope you’ll always be happy, always carefree and do what you like. Whether I’m in your life or not, I hope you can be like this, okay?"

He Zhou looked up, glanced at Jiang Ye, and smiled softly, "You’re not going to go back on your word, are you?"

Jiang Ye looked at He Zhou, and she felt like it was raining in her heart, urging her eyes to well up.

She was actually a very rational person.

She had always known that fans would leave her one by one, so she didn’t have high expectations for them.

She wasn’t the kind of child who grew up being showered with love, she knew from a young age that she didn’t have the right to be spoiled endlessly, she didn’t have the luck of being able to throw tantrums and have someone coax her, she had to learn to give before she could receive.

But that didn’t seem to apply to He Zhou.

He genuinely liked her without expecting anything in return.

Jiang Ye sniffed, and she leaned over and snuggled into his arms.

"Whether you make a wish or not, I’m going to do this anyway."

She said, "Wasting an opportunity."

But He Zhou said, "That’s good."

He paused and said, "Actually, I had a dream before, and you weren’t doing well in it."

Jiang Ye was slightly stunned.

"You were always drifting, you didn’t achieve your dreams, and you were very lonely on your journey to chase your dreams."

He Zhou said with a smile, "But luckily, the real you isn’t like that."

That’s why he made a wish, he wished that the things he feared in his dream would never happen.

The girl he liked would live a life filled with happiness and love.

But Jiang Ye seemed to sense something.

She blinked and asked cautiously, "Then… Have you ever thought about what if you woke up and realized that the dream was real life?"

Her past life wasn’t good.

She couldn’t have been the light that He Zhou looked up to later.

Would he still like her?

He Zhou thought for a moment and said, "Actually, when I woke up, I wanted to find you."

"I didn’t know what your situation was at the time, but I wanted to find you and tell you that even if you had nothing, at least you still had me."

Jiang Ye was slightly stunned.

Unlike her past life, there were many people who liked her in this life.

They liked her because she could shine, they liked her because she could give people strength.

But there was only one person who, even after seeing her down-and-out, miserable, and dusty appearance, still loved her.

Jiang Ye hugged He Zhou, her voice choked with emotion, "… Thank you for finding me."

He Zhou rubbed her head, "I should be thanking fate for letting me meet you, it’s my luck."

"..."

"You said it."

Jiang Ye said, "From now on, no matter what happens, you absolutely can’t abandon me, you swear."

He Zhou nodded, then suddenly laughed, "Didn’t you ask me to make a wish? Why are you turning the tables?"

"You won’t agree?"

"Of course, I’ll agree."

He Zhou twirled the coin in his fingers and said, "Then this coin will be the witness. We can’t go back on our word."

"How can you use a coin as a witness?"

Jiang Ye chuckled, "Are you saying that you, Murong He Zhou, are going to swear to heaven and earth and this coin that you will only love Chu Jiang Ye for the rest of your life?"

He Zhou: "..."

He was about to say something when Jiang Ye leaned over and kissed his chin.

"Doesn’t matter."

"I’ve sealed it."

"The coin heard it, and I heard it."

Jiang Ye said word for word, "He Zhou, you don’t have a chance to regret it."

He Zhou was slightly stunned, then he kissed her forehead.

"I know."

"I won’t regret it."

Jiang Ye stayed at the orphanage for two or three days this time.

She had no barriers with the children at all now.

The children had gotten over their initial fear of seeing a big star descend from heaven, and now they thought she was just a fun and down-to-earth big sister, completely different from those people who talked about doing charity but just came to take a few photos.

When she was leaving, Jiang Ye sighed, "I think I can take on a parenting variety show after I go back."

"Ouch, ouch, baby, don’t pull my hair."

"Sister Jiang Ye, Sister Jiang Ye."

The little girl changed to tugging at her clothes, looked up at her, her eyes shining, "Can I be like you when I grow up?"

Jiang Ye squatted down, looking at her eye-to-eye, and asked with a smile, "What do you mean, like me?"

"I want to be like you, be on TV, be on many stages, sing many songs!"

After the little girl finished speaking, she whispered, "But they all say I’m daydreaming…"

"What’s wrong with daydreaming?"

Jiang Ye pinched her cheek, "As long as you want to, you can."

She thought for a moment and took off her bracelet, putting it on the little girl’s wrist, "Dream big, and grow up well."

The little girl’s eyes widened in surprise.

He Zhou stood at the door, smiling and calling her, "Let’s go."

Jiang Ye stood up when she heard him, and she touched her head.

"Don’t be like me."

"Work hard and become someone even better than me."

As soon as her vacation ended, Jiang Ye started preparing for her solo concert.

This was her first solo concert outside of her company, so it was naturally very important.

But Jiang Ye decided to make this concert free—of course, only for her fans.

As soon as the news was released, it caused a stir.

Netizens had different guesses.

【No way, she just left the company and she’s holding a free concert, what’s the meaning?】

【A classic case of having too much money and burning it, she’s really the number one philanthropist in the entertainment industry, right?】

【It’s not strange if it’s Jiang Ye, she’s the second best in the industry when it comes to pampering her fans, no one dares to say she’s not the first, her first solo concert is being held as a way to give back to fans, I bet her fans are going to cry.】

【Didn’t she transition? Why is she still treating her fans the same way?】

【Although I’m a passerby, I’m really a bit envious, being a Jiang Ye fan is really a lifetime of happiness.】

There were many opinions, but Jiang Ye didn’t care.

Anyway, the concert tickets were given to the fan club to review, they had their own standards for how to review them, Jiang Ye didn’t worry about that, she just focused on preparing for her concert.

He Zhou didn’t understand her actions either.

But this time, Jiang Ye chose to keep it a secret from him, she only reserved the first row seats in the inner circle for him, and said, "Make sure you come to see it."

•••

Jiang Ye’s concert was held on White Day.

At eight o’clock in the evening, she was slowly lifted to the center of the stage by a lift.

The entire venue erupted in screams.

The venue could seat 20,000 people, and after strict review by the fan club, at least they were all fans who had been following her for two years or more.

There were even some fans who had already faded out of the fandom, but they came back specially when they heard that she was holding a free concert to give back to her fans, and they raised their old light sticks to cheer for her again.

Jiang Ye didn’t prepare many songs for this concert.

But each song was very meaningful.

It almost included all her representative works from her debut to now, every year.

When the last song was over, Jiang Ye appeared on stage wearing a wedding dress.

The wedding dress was gorgeous, with a fluffy skirt, she really looked like a princess who walked out of a fairy tale.

She seemed to have gone backstage to touch up her makeup, her makeup was exquisite, even her eyelashes were sprinkled with silver powder, as if the stage in front of her wasn’t a stage, but her wedding aisle.

The screams of the audience suddenly boiled over.

"Oh my god, she’s so beautiful! Ah ah ah ah—!"

"Wuwuwu, it feels like my daughter has really grown up."

He Zhou in the VIP front row: "?"

His back straightened slightly, he looked at Jiang Ye on stage, as if he realized something, his heart was pounding.

Jiang Ye picked up the microphone, "I entered the industry when I was sixteen, debuted when I was eighteen, and now it’s been more than ten years."

"I’ve always been so grateful for your company, no matter what my identity is, whether I’m an idol or a singer, you’ve always silently supported me."

She looked up and looked seriously at every corner of the concert.

She had burned her youth for this profession for decades, and she could say with a clear conscience that she had no regrets.

Even her farewell was the most romantic way she could think of.

"But an idol’s career will always come to an end."

"Two years ago, you accompanied me through this important transition, but I don’t think I’ve ever said a proper goodbye."

"So now, I want to say, idol Jiang Ye is officially saying goodbye to you."

Jiang Ye curved her eyes and smiled, "She’s going to wear this wedding dress and live her own life."

The entire venue was in an uproar.

"?! What did I hear?!"

"No way, Jiang Ye, don’t scare me!!"

"Don’t tell me you’re getting married when you go back!!!"

"Not so fast."

"I’ve just found something that’s just as important to me as the stage."

Jiang Ye said, "And I think I should tell you first."

She said seriously, "You’re the first to know this news, even before my family and friends."

Her fans were the most important to her.

Even though most of her fans had already accepted that she could date, and they even jokingly said they could compare whose brother-in-law was better and more talented, she still wanted to tell them in a very ceremonial way.

That’s why she didn’t charge her fans a single ticket for this concert.

This was the grandest curtain call she could give.

Some fans in the audience had already started crying.

Screams and shouts filled the air.

He Zhou sat in the first row, and for a moment, he didn’t know what to say.

Jiang Ye just looked at them calmly, smiling gently, "I have one last song to give you."

The music started.

It was a very famous Cantonese song.

Jiang Ye did not speak Cantonese, but when she sang the song, her accent was very standard, she had clearly practiced many, many times beforehand.

Perhaps in countless nights, she had been listening to this song, deciding on the direction of her life.

"Daydreams fly, never too far, too abstract."

"In the end, becoming a queen, becoming a bride, are all ideals."

From now on, the shining idol Jiang Ye would become a shining bride.