"Alone in a dark room with the lights off, lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to sleep."
"On the night we broke up, I still couldn't say goodbye to you."
"Our stories are all false lies."
Tang Jinyan was silent. Lee Yoon-rim was silent.
On the stage, Jiang Minjing's beautiful eyes fell between them and stayed on Lee Yoon-rim's face for a moment before she finally lowered her eyes.
Tang Jinyan sighed. "What song is it?"
Lee Yoon-rim answered in a low voice, "'You Are My Everything'."
"My English is not good."
"'You Are My Everything'.
This song is not famous among their songs. I don't know why they opened with this song. I thought it would be the newly released 'Letter' … "
"Because she wants to say that your stories are all false lies."
"Whose stories?
Her and my fake phoenix?
She and you are in a deadlock?
Or … the gender that you and I have been hiding for so many years? "
The two were silent again.
When the singer picked up the microphone … Park Soyeon's words flashed in Tang Jinyan's mind, and he shook his head slightly.
Sure enough, the microphone was a singer's sharpest weapon. When she was immersed in the performance, she could say thousands of words in a few notes.
From now on, the image of Jiang Minjing in his heart was much clearer and more unfathomable.
"I'm a singer." She had forgotten when she had told herself so.
"Have you heard Minjing sing?" Tang Jinyan suddenly asked.
Lee Yoon-rim said, "I've heard the CD and watched the MV.
It's also the first time I've heard it live. "
"It's a good live show."
Tang Jinyan looked around. The audience at the scene waved their light sticks and shook their heads as if they were resonating with the song.
He was also a little surprised. This scene was really different from what he had seen before. It was also a girl group's concert, but it seemed to have come to a completely different dimension.
"Yeah …" Lee Yoon-rim responded in a low voice and did not say much. She stared at Jiang Minjing on the stage with her big eyes. No one knew what she was thinking.
The two of them stopped whispering to each other and quietly leaned back in their chairs, truly beginning to appreciate the song.
Tang Jinyan even closed his eyes and listened quietly. He realized that Soyeon was right. He didn't know when it started, but he started to like this kind of slow song that was like the background music in TV dramas. It was as if there were endless stories being told in the song.
Was it because of the song "Fated Marriage"?
Nine Masters, who had once smashed people's heads with a wine bottle amidst the deafening noise of heavy metal in the nightclub, was nowhere to be found.
*****
"Tired?"
After the concert, Jiang Minjing got into Tang Jinyan's Land Rover. Tang Jinyan drove the car himself. Jiang Minjing leaned softly on Lee Yoon-rim in the back seat.
"My physical fitness is okay, but my throat is a little tired," Jiang Minjing answered lazily in a very soft voice.
Lee Yoon-rim said softly, "Then don't talk anymore. Rest well."
Jiang Minjing was not obedient. Instead, she asked cheerfully, "Is my singing good?"
Lee Yoon-rim said with a straight face, "What's so good about it?
You're either dumped by a man or cheated on by a man. You're in so much pain that you want to die and feel sorry for yourself. Can't you be more promising? "
"You, you, you!" Jiang Minjing was angry. "Aren't most love songs like this?
We're not the only ones like this! "
"Is that so?"
Lee Yoon-rim squinted her eyes. "Then when you sang a false lie, your big black eyes stared at us. What did you intend to express?"
"Ah?
Did I? "Jiang Minjing laughed." It was just a coincidence. I just happened to look at you.
What can an occasional lyric mean? You're thinking too much. "
Her performance was still silly and cute, but Tang Jinyan would no longer treat her as a purely cute thing. Even if an occasional lyric did not have any deep meaning, Tang Jinyan appreciated her singing very much. "Minjing …"
"Ah?"
"Davichi's songs are really good.
Send me a few CDs later to listen to in the car. "
"Okay, okay!"
Jiang Minjing was very happy. "The CDs in your car, humph, are from the three girl groups. People who don't know will think that there are only three girl groups left in Korea. It's time to expand!"
"Is it?" Tang Jinyan glanced at her from the rearview mirror. "It's time to expand."
Eh?
Lee Yoon-rim blinked her eyes, and so did Jiang Minjing.
After a long while, Jiang Minjing asked cautiously, "Hey, wuli, President Tang, have you been conquered by my peerless charm today?"
Tang Jinyan laughed and said, "You'd better maintain a little bit of the image of a goddess on the stage.
This appearance is too stupid. "
"…" Jiang Minjing waved her fist at the back of his head, and then leaned back into Lee Yoon-rim's arms in boredom.
Lee Yoon-rim smiled and said, "Men should have a sense of conquest. He means that it's boring to bully you with your usual appearance."
"I see …" Jiang Minjing said lazily, "It's better to be like this to avoid being bullied.
It's fine if he bullies you. "
Lee Yoon-rim said, "He won't bully me."
"Oh." Jiang Minjing looked at her meaningfully and did not say anything.
If flirting with her all day long wasn't considered bullying, what else could be considered bullying?
Speaking of which, this masochist might be even happier if she was bullied …
However, the meaning in Tang Jinyan's words was that he finally recognized her beauty!
Jiang Minjing was happy in her heart. It was the right choice to invite him to the concert today.
The concert in Pusan a few days ago was boring. It was obviously crowded, but she always felt that something was missing.
Today, she finally understood that what was missing was the two of them sitting below the stage.
In fact, there was no deep meaning in the lyrics. It was just that when she saw them listening below the stage, she felt very fulfilled.
Why did he adjust that song to the opening?
Because of "You Are My Everything"!
They were really stupid. They even boasted that they were so smart!
"By the way, Yoon-rim …" Tang Jinyan suddenly asked, "How do you plan to celebrate tomorrow?"
Jiang Minjing was stunned. Tomorrow?
It was not a big day.
Why did he ask that?
Lee Yoon-rim answered smoothly, "Anything. Do you want to call your brothers to drink together?"
"No need. Just me and you … Well, and Minjing."
Lee Yoon-rim scratched her head. "Well, I forgot to tell you that the birthday on my ID card is wrong. My birthdays have been fake for the past few years.
In fact, my real birthday passed on the 11th of November, so don't make trouble. "
Tang Jinyan was stunned and then became angry. "Lee Yoon-rim, are you stupid?"
Lee Yoon-rim shrank her neck and did not say a word.
Jiang Minjing finally knew what they were talking about. No wonder … Tang Jinyan thought that tomorrow was Yoon-rim's birthday and asked her how she would celebrate it.
In fact, Yoon-rim's birthday had passed a long time ago, at a very special time.
November 11th, Singles' Day.
She stood alone by the window sill, which suited the scene very well.
When asked why she did not call Tang Jinyan, the answer was that she did not want him to see that she was thirty years old …
The moonlight was very bleak, and the answer was even more bleak, but Jiang Minjing understood it very well.
Women … Sometimes their logic was so strange. Celebrating a birthday at a certain age was not a birthday celebration, but a body harm.
"Minjing sang the right song." Tang Jinyan was still angry. "Our stories are all false lies."
Eh?
Jiang Minjing hurriedly said, "I didn't mean that!"
"Then you ask this woman. Not to mention how many years she hid her gender from me, she even hid her birthday!
Is there still any trust between people? "
At this moment, Jiang Minjing knew very well what Tang Jinyan was angry about.
He was distressed, distressed that Lee Yoon-rim faced her Singles' Day birthday alone. It was such a fitting occasion, and he clearly had the energy and time to spare, but he forcibly missed it.
He was not angry at her for hiding it, but at himself for not taking care of Yoon-rim …
Lee Yoon-rim said softly, "I used to hide it from you because … I didn't want to face you as a man on Singles' Day. It would make me feel that I was destined to be alone for the rest of my life."
Tang Jinyan fell silent and did not speak for a long time.
Although their story was strange, it was actually quite loving. Not to mention Yoon-rim's feelings for him, his feelings for Yoon-rim were really special.
And he was like a witness of history. No one knew better than himself about the strong passion buried in the hearts of these two people.