Like always, her voice was still so touching. Soon, she mesmerized all the audience in the stadium.

Improved by Physique-Improving Pills, Ouyang Shanshan’s body was much better than other singers. Therefore, she didn’t appear tired after consecutively singing a dozen songs.

Qin Haodong watched quietly among the audience. She was beautiful and her voice was touching. However, he still couldn’t figure out why a monk was printed on the ticket. How was that related to the concert?

Soon, the concert was going to end. Ouyang Shanshan went backstage to get a change of clothing. The host stepped onto the stage. “Everyone, Miss Ouyang Shanshan will be singing her last song. Please listen with your hearts.”

Hearing that it was the last song, fans present all felt a mixed feeling; some even shed tears in silence.

The girl beside him even cried and sobbed. “I don’t know what Sister Shanshan is thinking. Why is she quitting? She doesn’t want to see us anymore?”

Qin Haodong couldn’t really understand what those starstruck people were thinking. He could only comfort her. “Actually you don’t have to be that sad. Everyone chooses their life. Perhaps Shanshan has found a lifestyle she likes more.”

Hearing him, the little girl immediately stopped crying. Blinking her watery and big eyes, she said as she looked at him, “Do you think Sister Shanshan has found the guy whose ancestors have accumulated good merits? Does she want to get married and have children? Is that why she’s abandoning us?”

Qin Haodong hesitated a little before saying, “Maybe!”

At that time, the lights on the stage quickly dimmed. Then, a voice-over rang.

“Once upon a time, there was a temple, where a little monk was living. A princess was living beside the temple. They lived not far away from each other.

“One day, her father took the little princess to pray in the temple, so she met the little monk who liked to knock on a wooden fish. Later, the princess would often come to the temple to play with the little monk. They became playmates since childhood and grew up together.”

Hearing a story from the stage of a concert, everyone felt perplexed.

However, they all could tell that it was Ouyang Shanshan’s voice, so no one raised a doubt. No one booed. They all listened quietly.

Qin Haodong thought of something. She mentioned a little monk in the story. Was the story related to the little monk on the ticket?

At that time, the voice-over continued. “The little princess often told stories to the little monk. The little monk knocked a wooden fish for her. She knew that he liked tanghulu so she’d bring him one every day.

“The princess knew she’d fallen for him. Every day, she would go to a faraway shop to buy the little monk’s favorite tanghulu.

“Soon, they had spent six years together. The little monk’s cultivation level got higher and higher, and the little princess grew taller and taller. The little monk became a grown monk, and the princess also became old enough to get married.

“Suddenly, one day, the princess’ father went to find the head monk. That day, the princess didn’t smile as she always did or bring tanghulu with her.

“Seeing the little monk, the princess grabbed his sleeve and asked regardless of her shyness, ‘Do you like me?’ The little monk just knocked on his wooden fish without a reply.

“In the end, before she was taken out of the temple by his father, she shouted to the little monk, ‘I like you!’

“But the little monk still sat there. The only reply she had was the knocking sounds on the wooden fish.

“And the sentence ‘I like you’ became the last one the princess ever said to the little monk.”

The stadium filled with tens of thousands of people remained silent. Some even felt the emotion in the story and inexplicably became sad.

“Ever since the princess left, she never visited the temple again. The little monk thought that she had a happy life so he still knocked on his wooden fish every day.

“Until some day, the little monk heard the bad news. The princess was dead. She was dead in her red wedding gown on the night she got married.

“She was dead because a prince forced her to marry him. The princess refused and the prince had her by force. In the end, she took her own life to defy.

“The little monk was so heartbroken that he picked up a long sword and said to the Buddha in front of him, ‘Since you didn’t save her, I’ll avenge her even if I have to be a demon.’

“The next day, the little monk found the prince who forced her to death and sliced his throat open. But so what if he sought revenge? Dead people couldn’t come back to life. Since then, the little monk spent the rest of his sorrowful life in the temple.

“The sentence ‘I like you!’ became his lifelong regret!”

The story ended there. Though some people knew this was a story behind a recently popular song, they still wept with Ouyang Shanshan’s soulful storytelling.

The girl beside Qin Haodong even cried out loud. She murmured as she shed tears, “This is so touching. That monk was so stupid. Why didn’t he take the princess away earlier…?”

At the same time, the story also aroused everyone’s curiosity. What was Ouyang Shanshan’s purpose in telling the story? Did she want to sing the song?

As expected, music rang. The last song Ouyang Shanshan would perform was precisely the well-known song on the Internet: Why did you save me, not her?

Previously, her voice had been known for being sweet and melodious. However, at that time, she sang the song with sadness and dolefulness, which sounded so melancholy to people.

“Wind is still blowing, meddling with someone’s youth

“He grows long hair and put away his wooden fish

“Spending summers without her under the sacred fig

“Are his eyes still red? She’s no longer there

“The morning bell is ringing but doesn’t save those flowers

“I look down to smile but no longer see your long hair

“I ask Buddha that if you’ve saved so many people

“Why not her…”

The song was sorrowful and touching itself. At that moment, Ouyang Shanshan’s performance had brought that to the extreme. After the song, the eyes of all the audience in the stadium became moist with tears.

At that moment, the entire building fell silent. Spotlights shone on Ouyang Shanshan’s face. Crystal clear tears hung on her delicate face.

She held the mic and said emotionally, “The little monk couldn’t forgive himself because the tragedy could’ve been stopped, but it happened.

“The two liked each other but couldn’t be together because the little monk refused to face his feelings. In the end, they were separated by death.

“The little monk was willing to abandon his persistence and belief to be a demon, avenging the princess. One could see how much he loved the princess.

“But why can’t you face it when you love me? Will you only face my feelings the day I die too?”

At that time, the quiet stadium broke into an uproar. The mournful atmosphere was completely driven away by the shock the audience felt. Everyone realized that it turned out that Ouyang Shanshan wanted to confess her love to her lover. No wonder she put so much effort into preparing the song.

“OMG. Ouyang Shanshan has a lover. How didn’t I know?”

“My Shanshan is quitting singing for that guy?”

“Darn it. What kind of man is he, making my Shanshan take the initiative to confess her love? Couldn’t he have taken the first step?”

Despite the tears on her face, the little girl’s expression became an excited one. As she pounded on Qin Haodong’s shoulder, she said with indignation, “Who do you think that lucky guy is, winning my goddess’ heart? He’s so hateful because he didn’t even take the initiative to confess his love. I’ll definitely cut him if I know who he is!”

At that time, Ouyang Shanshan continued on the stage, “Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. The reason why I named today’s concert blossom is that I want the love between us to blossom like a flower.

“Now I just want to ask if you want to protect me for your lifetime or become a demon after losing me?”

The words ignited the tempers again when the crowd had just calmed down a little.

“OMG. That lucky guy is actually among us. Who on earth is he?”

“Is it me? Is my goddess confessing her love to me?”

“Dream on. Look at you. How can you deserve our Shanshan…?”

The little girl grasped Qin Haodong’s arm. She seemed to be talking to herself, but she seemed to be asking him too, “Who do you think that *sshole is? Who got good karma for praying during his past 18 lives?”

“It’s me. I’m the *sshole who prayed during my last 18 lives.”

Qin Haodong smiled at the little girl, gently brushed off her hand, and stepped toward the stage.

All along, he hadn’t decided how to handle his relation with Ouyang Shanshan. Nevertheless, the girl had done so much in public for him. He couldn’t stay silent anymore.

The previous song had also made him realize that it was much better to seize the moment than to become a demon after losing!

Ouyang Shanshan was standing on stage. She couldn’t see what was going on off stage because of the lights. She could only guess the reaction of the person who had heard her love confession.

However, she waited for long, but there was still no response from off stage. With time passing by, her heart got colder and colder. Though under tens of thousands of people’s gazes, she still felt very lonely.

“Does he really not love me? He really feels nothing about my love confession?”

Just when she was feeling more and more desperate, suddenly a clear voice rang by her ears. “You don’t need gods or Buddhas in the sky to save you. You have me to protect you for a lifetime!”

The few words instantly left Ouyang Shanshan bursting into tears like a breached dam. Her heart was filled with great happiness.

“He came. He really came. He loves me and he’s going to protect me for the rest of my life!”

Though the stadium held 70 to 80 thousand people, everyone’s ears were greeted by the extremely clear love vows.

“That man came. The person Shanshan was looking for really showed up!”

“Who in the world is he? Who can make Shanshan fall for him so much?”

When everyone came back to their senses, they looked toward the stage, only to see a determined figure holding Ouyang Shanshan’s hand. The two were going backstage.

Ouyang Shanshan had many fans. Qin Haodong didn’t want to become a public enemy because of her. Naturally, he wouldn’t expose himself under everyone’s eyes. He chose to take her off stage in that way.

Until his figure disappeared, the little girl who had sat next to him realized.

“OMG. No wonder he has two VIP tickets. It turns out that he’s Sister Shanshan’s boyfriend. That stinky guy actually hides so much from me. Sooner or later, I’ll settle a score with you.”

The little girl stomped from anger, but suddenly realized that she hadn’t even asked for his name. Where could she find him?

Qin Haodong brought Ouyang Shanshan to a lounge backstage. The two embraced and looked into each other’s eyes affectionately.

“Haodong, is what you said just now real? Will you really protect me for my lifetime?”

“Of course it’s real, as long as you don’t leave me.”

“No, I won’t. You’re the one I love the most. I’ll never ever leave you.”

Saying that, Ouyang Shanshan excitedly offered her lips. The two kissed each other hard.

After a long while, they finally separated from each other slowly. Qin Haodong said, “Come home with me tonight.”