Chapter 138: Once We Part, We Can Never Return

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Just as the viewers in the livestream were watching with bated breath, the production team of *The Voice of Heaven* finally reached Zhang Yuan’s stage performance.

The moment Zhang Yuan appeared, the livestream’s comment feed erupted. The entire screen filled with messages bearing her name, leaving no room at all for anyone else’s comments to survive.

Backstage, Wang Chong watched as viewers poured into the livestream at a staggering rate. The audience graph rose like a straight line, climbing higher and higher in rapid succession. The speed of the increase left him completely dumbfounded.

Although Wang Chong had anticipated that the audience would surge at this point, he had never imagined it would be so terrifying. After all, this segment was mainly about Zhang Yuan; Zhou Ran was only tangentially involved. Zhang Yuan was the true protagonist. Yet even so, Zhou Ran’s fans alone had already packed the livestream to bursting. The genuine number of people watching online had already surpassed ten million.

This ten million was a real figure, accumulated from actual viewers, with no inflated numbers whatsoever. That was very different from certain livestreaming platforms, where even if the true audience numbered only ten thousand, they might still dare to display it as a million.

Ultimately, Wang Chong had failed to grasp just how starved Zhou Ran’s fans were. It did not matter whether Zhou Ran appeared onstage or performed at all. As long as a program involved Zhou Ran, they wanted to watch it. They were not picky in the slightest. As long as Zhou Ran’s name was there, that was enough.

As Zhang Yuan’s performance officially began, information about the song she was performing appeared in the lower-left corner of the screen.

Song: *Later*
Lyricist: Zhou Ran
Composer: Zhou Ran

Many of Zhou Ran’s fans became excited the moment they saw those lines. They had not even heard Zhang Yuan sing yet and had no idea what the song was about, but simply seeing those words was already enough.

In the eyes of Zhou Ran’s fans, anything bearing his name was bound to be excellent. His name alone was sufficient. After all, he had been in the industry for nearly a year, and not one of his original works had disappointed them. That had given his fans a strange and powerful confidence. Still, they had every right to feel confident—this was an undeniable fact.

Many people were waiting for Zhang Yuan to begin singing. Some studios had even prepared their press releases in advance. If Zhang Yuan made the slightest mistake during her performance, they intended to exaggerate it and spread it recklessly.

Unfortunately for them, their plans were doomed to fail. Zhang Yuan’s performance that day would leave them no opportunity to publish malicious articles about her. With Zhou Ran’s painstaking and serious training, if Zhang Yuan still made a major mistake, it would truly be an insult to all the effort he had spent rehearsing with her.

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Zhang Yuan’s performance in the first episode, combined with the song *Later* that Zhou Ran had given her, was nothing short of perfect. It left those marketing accounts with no opening to exploit.

Later, I finally learned how to love,
But sadly, you had already gone far away, lost among the crowd.
Later, at last, I understood through my tears
That some people, once missed, can never be found again.

The moment Zhang Yuan sang the opening line, the fans in the livestream were captivated. Their reaction was much the same as that of the guests during the recording of the show. Zhou Ran’s song, combined with Zhang Yuan’s voice, drew the viewers completely into the story. It was as if they had entered the world within the song.

White gardenia petals
Fell upon my blue pleated skirt.
“I love you,” you whispered softly.
I lowered my head and breathed in a wave of fragrance.

Two people meet at school, fall in love for the first time, and spend a beautiful, sweet period together. Yet because they are young and inexperienced, because their minds are still immature, they ultimately part ways amid a host of circumstances, leaving behind only regret.

In truth, they never needed to separate. All it would have taken was for one of them to swallow their pride and apologize. But in the recklessness of youth, neither was willing to apologize easily, and so they ended up going their separate ways.

After enduring the trials of society, they eventually came to understand many things. At last, they realized how regrettable that former relationship had been. Yet by then, it was too late. What had been lost could never return, and in the end, it could only remain an everlasting regret in their hearts.

Zhang Yuan’s voice, paired with Zhou Ran’s lyrics, elevated the song completely. The viewers in the livestream were swept along by her singing and felt the story she wished to convey. In one way or another, everyone had encountered regrettable moments in their own lives.

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Zhang Yuan’s singing awakened the feelings buried in the deepest parts of the audience’s hearts. It was as though she were singing their own stories. Some viewers listening to her had tears welling in their eyes. Her voice had gone straight to the depths of their hearts.

At that very moment, inside a residence in an upscale neighborhood in Mingzhou, someone was watching Zhang Yuan’s performance on television. He had intended to break up with his girlfriend after watching it. He was an impatient sort by nature—a typical Gemini man. Even though she was his first love, he had been ready to end things on a sudden impulse.

But just as he was about to send the breakup message, he unexpectedly heard the song Zhang Yuan was singing onstage. He realized that the first half of the song resembled his own story so closely. He and his girlfriend had met in high school, and they had been each other’s first love. Their personalities had also suited each other quite well.

The longer he listened to Zhang Yuan sing, the more the thought of breaking up vanished from his mind. He was afraid that he might become the kind of person described in the song: someone who separated from the person they loved for one reason or another, only to spend a very, very long time regretting it. He had a premonition that he might truly become such a person.

Many people ended their relationships in exactly this way. An idea would suddenly occur to them, and without thinking it through, they would impulsively ask for a breakup. In the end, they would regret it for the rest of their lives. Even if they later realized their mistake and wanted to reconcile, no matter what they did, once a relationship had been broken, a barrier would remain. It could never again be as perfect as it had been.

“Are you there? I miss you!”

After listening to Zhang Yuan sing, he immediately sent the message to his girlfriend.

“What’s wrong? Did you suddenly start missing me?”

—————End of Break—————

I seem to have gone on for a bit too long, but this story is actually based on my own experience. We broke up for various reasons, and even after two or three years, I still felt regret. There was also a chance for us to get back together, but in the end, I chose not to reconcile. Perhaps it was because of my Gemini personality—I liked acting this way, yet I never changed. Because of that, I missed several good opportunities. I was too eager to have fun and simply could not settle down. I hope all the readers who have made it this far can learn from my experience and take every relationship seriously. Never ask for a breakup lightly. Once you do, it may truly be impossible to turn back. If you have conflicts, just sit down and talk them through. These words are free of charge.

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