Zhang Ruonan, a pure and innocent girl, is the white moonlight in the hearts of otaku.

She appears quiet and gentle, but after participating in several variety shows, male fans discovered that she has a rather cheerful personality and are willing to make jokes about her and Ultraman.

She was quite excited when she received the offer to star in "Goodbye Lovers".

Although she has never been in a relationship, she longs for sweet love!

Although it's a reality show about breakups, understanding other people's relationship problems can help you avoid making the same mistakes in the future!

So, putting aside the labor costs, she came to observe the scene and learn from the "advanced" experiences of her predecessors.

Moreover, she felt that since she had never been in a relationship, she would definitely be able to present a new perspective to everyone in the observation room.

Unexpectedly, the production team also arranged for her to play the role of "Angel of Love".

Having honed her skills through various variety shows, as a seasoned veteran of the genre, she felt it was time to take charge.

As a result, on the very first day, Zhang Ruonan was completely bewildered by the four groups of guests.

Yoko has a strong fatherly attitude and constantly breaks the rules of the show to highlight her uniqueness.

The program clearly prohibits bringing cell phones, but he had one confiscated last night and another one confiscated today.

Liang Song and He Meiyan, a married couple, are the youngest celebrities, but have the loudest voices.

The couple were easily angered; when they argued, it was like they each had a string of firecrackers in their mouths, spraying each other with explosive language.

There's also an old man named Li Shen. When he's not talking, he's as quiet as a virgin. When he writes poetry, the comments section is full of people calling him a beast. But once he opens his mouth, he becomes as fierce as an assassin!

What has marriage brought you?

Instead of solving the problem, try to solve the people who created it.

……

These insightful quotes are absolutely piercing!

Li Shen, what a contrast!

If he hadn't hurt Tian Tian, ​​he might have been the most popular guest.

After all, genuine, honest, and straightforward people are rare in this society!

And he's so witty!

What an interesting man.

If he weren't such a jerk, he would actually be quite charismatic.

Oh, and there's also that annoying Merlin, who's currently causing trouble in the courtyard!

When she fluttered the wings of the angel of love and arrived at the seaside, she was both excited and happy.

But now, she feels like dying.

The guests on this show are simply out of control!

A naive and innocent girl in her early twenties, she's uncontrollable by anyone...

In the courtyard, Merlin's crying and accusations gradually subsided, finally returning to silence.

It's been too long, I can't cry anymore.

She chain-smoked, then suddenly said earnestly, "Hangliang, you have too many problems: insincerity, perfunctory behavior, deception... If you continue like this, what woman could stay with you?"

Everyone: "..."

Merlin sighed, "I bore you two children. Do you know how hard that was for me?"

The comments were unanimous: [Warning: This is a warning about having children!]

"Making formula, washing clothes, raising them from infancy with every poop and pee, my hair falling out in clumps, only sleeping four hours a day, and what were you doing, Li Hangliang? All you did was hug your broken guitar!"

Li Hangliang pursed his lips and finally fell silent.

"Hangliang, you should reflect on yourself. If you continue like this, let's get a divorce."

Zhang Ruonan clutched her chest, so angry she could hardly breathe.

It's true that the child is Li Hangliang's, but isn't he also yours, Mailin's?

What does it mean that I gave birth to two children for you?

You work hard taking care of the kids, but Li Hangliang works hard for this family and provides his wife and children with a better life. Doesn't he work hard too?

What does Li Hangliang need to reflect on? Isn't it you, Mai Lin, who needs to reflect the most?

The only thing Li Hangliang needs to reflect on is why he didn't divorce you sooner!

But Zhang Ruonan dared not say those words.

Under the live broadcast camera, millions of eyes were watching, and she was terrified of saying the wrong word and being bombarded with online attacks!

Even if it weren't on camera, even in private, she thought she wouldn't criticize Merlin.

I suppose most people feel the same way.

She observed the crowd and noticed that no one criticized Merlin, although everyone was frowning and clearly angry.

Even the unruly and domineering CEO Yoko opened and closed her lips several times, seemingly wanting to say something but ultimately holding it back.

We are all part of the silent majority!

Here, a hedgehog really needs to step forward!

A hedgehog that never engages in internal conflict, but instead uses its quills to prick others without ever hurting itself!

By the way, where is Li Shen?

What's urgently needed here is someone like Li Shen.

As Zhang Ruonan searched for Li Shen's figure, she noticed that Huang Shengyi was also looking around, searching for something and hoping for something.

The two exchanged a smile, their unspoken understanding unspoken.

The live chat was also buzzing with anticipation for Li Shen:

Where did Li Shen go?

[Li Shen, come quick, give her a piece of your mind!]

[Where's Li Gou? Bite her!]

[This is the first time I've realized how important Li Shen is.]

[Where's Dog Bro! Where's my respected Dog Bro!]

[Dog Bro's Crazy Follower Growth Moment!]

[I need Dog Bro so much, I need him so much!]

……

Holding his guitar, Li Hangliang dragged his tired body and silently walked out of the courtyard, heading towards the depths of the ancient city halfway down the slope.

Huang Shengyi sighed: "Linlin, Hangliang is very sad. Go over there and comfort him."

"No need, he's fine."

Merlin remained unmoved, took out a cigarette, and lit it.

The conversation started with emotional issues and was steered towards a lighthearted and enjoyable topic: games.

She asked Zhang Ruonan, the "Angel of Love," if the program could provide a few sponsor phones so she could play a three-player match with Yangzi and Liang Song, saying that she, Cai Wenji, could dominate the battlefield.

Zhang Ruonan was completely speechless. She walked out of the courtyard and followed Li Hangliang.

She kept a considerable distance from Li Hangliang.

At this moment, he needed quiet, and even more so, he needed to reflect and perhaps awaken. She and VJ gave him ample personal space.

She let out a long sigh.

Li Hangliang is both pitiful and hateful. His excessive obedience and weakness bred Mai Lin's arrogant and rude behavior.

What if Mai Lin's husband was Li Shen?

"Is this the script for your show?" Zhang Ruonan asked the VJ next to her.

"Teacher Zhang, here's the script for you. Are you willing to act in it?"

"I wouldn't dare!"

Zhang Ruonan loves reading online novels, and she knows that this kind of character, in online novels, would be a highly toxic, brainless villain. Any author with a modicum of intelligence wouldn't write such a character.

But she does exist in reality.

Reality is often more illogical and absurd than movies, TV dramas, or literary works!

Within the ancient city, bars line both sides of the Jade River. This is the liveliest area of ​​the ancient city.

However, after midnight, the bar closed and all the tourists left.

It was already 1 a.m.

Li Hangliang sat on a bench by the river, looking at the familiar scene, holding his guitar and playing his songs.

His first album was recorded here.

Across the street was "Reunion Bar," where he and Li Shen had once gone for drinks. Back then, it wasn't called "Reunion," but rather "Romantic Encounter." The name "Reunion" was Li Shen's suggestion.

At that time, the owner wanted to change the name to bring some good luck to the bar, which was struggling to stay afloat.

He said his brother was a screenwriter, and then, amidst the expectant gazes of everyone, Li Shen finally raised his shy eyes and gave his advice.

Lijiang, a romantic city.

Here, there are too many one-night stands and too many romantic entanglements.

"Encounter"—such a poetic word, capturing the precious romance of a chance meeting. But in Lijiang, this word seems so cheap, so ordinary, so readily available.

In this ancient city where wine, sex, indulgence, and emptiness intertwine, the greatest romance is not a chance encounter, but perhaps a reunion.

"Tonight, we kissed here and parted in haste. Years later, we met here again. Your breasts sagged, my hair turned white, wrinkles appeared at the corners of your eyes when you smiled, and I could still call you by your anonymous name."

This is the true romance of a fleeting, ephemeral love affair in this superficial world.

Li Hangliang remembered Li Shen's exact words very clearly.

because--

What the hell is this "anonymous"?!

The honest and simple-minded Li Shen used all his cunning on writing screenplays, and reserved his pure love for Tian Xiwei.

At that time, Li Shen was not interested in women. When he saw girls with bare chests and legs, he would blush and hide in a corner, not daring to look up.

Eight years have passed, and Li Shen remains aloof from women, but he's no longer the stuttering boy who used to talk to girls. Instead, he's grown into a scumbag who keeps top-tier sweethearts at arm's length.

He, Li Hangliang, has also changed, becoming a soulless shell.

At least for now, he has no soul.

He was playing the guitar, but he didn't know what tune he was playing; he was just playing randomly.

He propped his guitar against the tree roots, lay on the bench, and stared blankly for a long time.

He lived in constant fear, facing Merlin's ever-present rage.

Merlin's logic in arguing was utterly illogical; he couldn't understand her thinking and felt endlessly confused.

Eight years of marriage, and Merlin was like a gentle, blunt knife, scribbling haphazardly in his heart in the name of love.

Before the scabs could even form, another flurry of cuts ripped open the old wounds, creating new ones.

Sometimes, he would have a terrible thought: maybe he no longer loved her at all, maybe their relationship had long since degenerated into that of family or even friends.

Love can fade away, it really does.

But when he sees his two children playing around his knees and running into their mother's arms, his terrible thoughts immediately vanish.

The child cannot lose his mother. Therefore, he loves her, and can only love her.

Eight years of marriage, all the way through.

He's tired!

He's tired!

He was completely drained!

He longed to return to the past, to that era of youthful vigor and high spirits.

Bound by his marriage, he hasn't written any songs in three years.

Li Hangliang closed his eyes, his heart as still as death.

Maybe it was 3 minutes, maybe it was 10 minutes, when suddenly the melodious sound of a guitar reached my ears.

After a guitar intro, a melancholic song echoed through the night.

My heart aches slowly, grows cold slowly.

Slowly, I waited for my lover, but they never came.

You give your whole life, but what do you get back?

Love cannot be separated, nor can it be hated.

Don't trust too easily.

True love always leaves scars.

... "

Li Hangliang turned his head and saw Li Shen holding a guitar, gently stroking the strings under the locust tree in the moonlight, his emotions full.

When did he arrive?

He sang so well, it almost killed me!

Li Shen continued to sing and play the guitar:

Tears, flow slowly, then dry slowly.

They gradually became friends.

Lonely nights, endured alone.

……

Slowly, slowly I lost the feeling.

Slowly, slowly I was ignored.

How could you bear to see me so haggard?

There was not a shred of comfort.

... "

The mournful and plaintive song traveled through the darkness and reached the mobile phones of countless night owls across China.

[Whose song is this? It's so fitting for the moment!]

[Brother Liang is heartbroken!]

[Don't rub salt into Liang Ge's wounds, Li Shen, please stop singing!]

[Li Shen, you're such a scoundrel!]

[It's both catchy and timely, Dog Bro, keep singing!]

[Only by making him despair can he feel hope—Li Shen did the right thing!]

[Li Shen: Breakdown therapy, a targeted approach.]

[No destruction, no construction; Dog Bro, keep singing!]

……

Slowly, slowly, my heart turned to iron.

Slowly, slowly I was rejected.

How could you bear to leave and fly away?

How am I supposed to mend this broken love?

The singing stopped;

Guitar, stop;

Two streams of hot tears streamed down Li Hangliang's face.

Every lyric, every word, resonated deep within his heart.

He felt an unprecedented sense of empathy.

Li Shen put the guitar back under the locust tree, yawned, and without saying a word, turned and left.

Sometimes, silence is the best way to leave room for emotion.

Li Shen walked in the moonlight with his hands in his pockets, his sharply defined face exuding a cold and aloof air.

He stopped in front of the "Reunion" bar as he passed by.

Some memories were awakened.

He named the bar.

Is the owner changing the store name to bring good luck?

But looking through the glass at the interior, it seems to be the same environment as 8 years ago.

Wanted to stand out, but failed?

What was the boss's name again?

"Li Shen".

Li Shen's thoughts were disrupted. When he turned around, he saw Zhang Ruonan looking at him with teary eyes.

Li Shen was taken aback: "I sang this for Li Hangliang, why are you crying?!"

"I'm so touched! But when I searched for the lyrics, I couldn't find the song."

Search for "DuMei".

Zhang Ruonan picked up her phone, entered keywords into the music app, and searched carefully with wide eyes: "I can't find anything!"

"Top-notch."

"I couldn't find it either!"

"So beautiful."

"No, uh... how could it be a song title like that?"

"Who said it was a song title?"

"That is?"

"The label of a singer".

"Who is the singer?"

"Li Shen".

"Li..." Zhang Ruonan exclaimed in surprise, "You? Your work?"

Li Shen nodded, then turned and walked away.

"Wow, wait a minute, aren't you going to have a heart-to-heart talk with Li Hangliang?"

Li Shen paused and sighed slightly: "A little-known fact: more than 90% of diseases in the world are not cured by drugs, but by the body's own immune system healing itself."

"Really?"

"Yes, let him heal on his own."

Li Shen waved his hand and disappeared from Zhang Ruonan's crystalline gaze.

[Holy crap! Original content?]

[That shameless bastard!]

[I really couldn't find this song in the music library!]

[Can he really sing?]

[Dog Bro, it seems you actually have some talent!]

……

When Li Shen returned to the courtyard, Mai Lin, Yang Zi, and Liang Song were playing King of Glory in the third row, each with a cigarette in their mouths.

This variety show is so realistic that they don't even forbid guests from smoking on screen. Of course, they'll edit it in post-production.

Liang Song initially wanted to pretend, but when Yangzi handed him the cigarette, he accepted it anyway.

They're not going for the idol route; even if they become famous, rappers are still rebellious.

Moreover, the idea of ​​not smoking for a month is simply alarmist for smokers.

Yoko, wearing her reading glasses, caught a glimpse of Li Shen out of the corner of her eye: "Shenzi's back?"

"Um."

"Why are you only coming back now? We've all been waiting for you." Yoko's words had a hidden meaning.

Li Shen didn't understand and thought it was just a regular greeting.

He walked to the middle of the three people and curiously looked at the mobile game called "Honor of Kings".

Few otaku don't enjoy playing games, and Li Shen is no exception.

This mobile game called "Honor of Kings" is very similar to its predecessor, "Honor of Kings".

Yoko was playing for the first time, and she was as clumsy as someone with Parkinson's disease, while the other two were extremely skilled.

In particular, Mai Lin's handling of "Cai Wenji" completely dispelled Li Shen's stereotypes about female players.

After watching for a while, Li Shen felt sleepy.

Before going upstairs to rest, he gave the group some advice: "Gentlemen, I don't really recommend that you smoke in public places."

Liang Song quickly turned off the live stream: "It's not good to be live, I understand."

Li Shen shook his head: "No. It's simply that smoking is harmful to your health."

Yang Zi flicked the ash from his cigarette, took a deep drag, and said, "Thanks, Shenzi. My body can handle it."

"But my body can't take it!"

Yoko: "Huh?!"

Li Shen: "I mean, your smoking is harmful to my health."

"Cough cough."

Zhang Ruonan, who was coughing from the fumes, immediately smiled and gave Li Shen a grateful look.

The chat got excited:

[Welcome back, Dog Bro!]

[Well done!]

[I'm so happy Dog Bro is back!]

[Why weren't you there, Dog Bro, when Sister Heart was causing trouble?!]

[I just realized that Dog Bro is the soul of this show!]

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