One month before announcing his retirement from showbiz to pursue scientific research, Xie Changyu held a grand concert tour as a farewell to his fans.
It was a very special concert tour, and Xie Changyu’s most sincere gift to his fans.
That was because the entire tour was free of charge. Every member of the audience had been personally invited by Xie Changyu, who had written each invitation letter himself.
Once all the details had been finalized, the company team randomly selected fans from among those following Xie Changyu’s personal account and sent out the invitations.
Each invitation contained a tracking chip jointly developed by the Lu Group and Shengxia Technology, making counterfeiting absolutely impossible.
Not only that, but the travel and accommodation expenses of every invited fan would also be fully reimbursed by Xie Changyu upon presentation of the relevant receipts.
The tour consisted of six concerts, and the concerts would also be livestreamed in their entirety at no cost.
It might not have been perfect in every respect, but it was clear that a great deal of thought had gone into it.
Because of this concert tour, the topic “Xie Changyu and his fans are running toward each other” went viral across the entire internet.
The fans who received invitations cried their eyes out, while those who didn’t receive one also cried their eyes out.
For a while, countless fans began calling out to their own idols from afar, telling them to learn from Xie Changyu’s generosity.
Those idols could only whimper helplessly that they didn’t have the financial resources or influence to do anything like that.
Six completely free concerts, plus the fans’ food and lodging expenses.
That required not only a great deal of love, but also a great deal of money and power!
Naturally, some people were jealous and took the opportunity to stir up trouble in the comments under Xie Changyu’s account, accusing him of stopping at nothing to attract attention.
“If you have that much money, why not donate it to people who actually need it?”
Xie Changyu immediately met them head-on, even starting a separate livestream to respond.
Of course, he wasn’t really livestreaming to answer those troublemakers. His main purpose was to take the opportunity to express his profound love for his big brother.
After all, the extravagant spending behind this concert tour was entirely backed by Lu Huaiyu.
When Xie Changyu opened the livestream, that tiny handful of people—so few they could practically be ignored—who had come to cause trouble had already been waiting for quite some time.
As soon as the livestream began, Xie Changyu’s smug, radiant smile appeared on the screen.
“My beloved little fish-fry babies, good evening~”
“Oh wow, there are quite a lot of you here~”
The fans in the livestream were more than happy to play along, showering him with comments praising his looks and talent.
Seeing the screen filled with compliments, Xie Changyu practically looked ready to grow a tail and wag it.
But instead of getting carried away as he usually did, he began searching for the jealous haters.
“Ahem. I knew none of you could resist this face of mine…” Unfortunately, you’ll never have a face this gorgeous!
He hadn’t even finished his low-EQ remark when it was abruptly cut off.
His provocative tone took eighteen sharp turns and transformed into sickeningly sweet fan service.
“Because it’s my honor to be loved by you all thanks to this face~”
He followed that up with a series of winks and flying kisses, calling everyone “big sisters” and “babies” as he wildly shouted at the screen.
However, this smooth little routine of his did not make the fans scream with excitement.
[Dog Xie, have you been possessed?]
[Ew~ Xie Changyu, can you talk normally? I’m worried people will misunderstand and think I’m a fan of some kind of lunatic!]
[You’re the one who announced your retirement. Weren’t we the ones who were supposed to be traumatized? Why are you the one who’s gone crazy?]
Looking at the screen full of vicious comments, Xie Changyu nearly failed to hold back his own poisonous retorts.
“My beloved little fish-fry babies, what are you talking about? I’ve always loved you all deeply like this~”
“But for now, let’s give our anti-fans a little time~”
“Come on, come on! Anyone with objections to my concerts, step right out!”
“Ask me anything you want. I’ll answer everything. Hurry up, hurry up—once this opportunity is gone, it’s gone!”
Xie Changyu’s face was full of excitement. He could hardly wait to tell the entire internet that he and his big brother were the greatest brotherly duo in the world.
[Are you sick? Who has objections to your concerts?]
[Where on earth did you find those anti-fan comments? Why haven’t the rest of us seen any?]
Xie Changyu felt just a little guilty. Of course they hadn’t seen them.
He had spent ages scrolling through the comments before finally managing to find those few negative posts!
“Never mind that. I saw them, so I saw them!”
With eyes like yours… You couldn’t find them even if you tried!
Once again, his poisonous remark got stuck in his throat before he could say it, and his tone underwent another dramatic transformation.
[Xie Changyu, honestly, what kind of persona are you trying to establish today?]
[Stop pretending. Don’t we know exactly what you’re like? Listen, this gentle, refined big-brother persona doesn’t suit you!]
[I still prefer you when your little mouth is spitting poison!]
Xie Changyu was speechless for a moment. He turned around and grabbed Xie Tangning, who had been crouching behind him and pointing a toy gun at his lower back, lifting her clean off the ground.
“I told you this wouldn’t work! But you insisted, saying that since I was retiring, I should treat my fans better. Look at them—are they buying it?!”
Xie Tangning fell silent for a moment as well. Clearly, she had seen the comments on the screen that carried a distinct hint of masochistic tendencies.
[LOL~ So that’s why Dog Xie has been acting so weird today. Baby Sister has been holding an AK to his back! Hahahaha!]
[Long time no see~ Has Baby Sister grown taller again?]
When she saw people greeting her, Xie Tangning shoved her adorable little face right up to the camera and launched another barrage of sweet, sugar-coated attacks.
She coaxed the fans into a daze. It was at that moment that Xie Changyu, with his sharp eyes, spotted a particularly unfriendly comment.
[It’s just a few free concerts. How did they manage to brainwash certain people so thoroughly? If they have that much money, they should donate more and build up some virtue instead!]
“Hey, hey, look! Here it is!”
“I told you someone was taking the opportunity to attack me, but none of you believed me!”
Xie Changyu immediately and deftly singled out the comment.
Xie Tangning was equally quick to cooperate, pulling up records of all the taxes their family had paid and all the charitable work they had done in recent years.
The siblings then began working in perfect harmony, seizing the opportunity to ramble endlessly about their admiration for their big brother.
“See all this? Do I even need to explain how much Lu Huaiyu is worth?”
“The total cost of these concerts doesn’t even come close to the spare change from what my big brother donated this year, so there’s really no need to worry~”
[Who knows whether you faked all of that? Aren’t there plenty of rich people who pretend to be compassionate? I don’t believe any of it!]
“If you’re ignorant, go home and read more books. Don’t get in the way of us expressing our gratitude and admiration for our big brother, okay?”
“Second Brother, why waste your breath on him? Someone without a big brother could never understand the beauty of this!”
With one sentence each, the siblings kicked the triggered hater aside.
Xie Changyu made it clear that he hadn’t started the livestream today to argue with anti-fans.
He had simply wanted to show off the fact that he had an amazing big brother named Lu Huaiyu!
Then, as if reciting a heartfelt essay, he began praising his big brother as though he were the greatest person in all of heaven and earth.
By then, the fans watching the livestream had caught on as well. This livestream had absolutely nothing to do with promoting the concert.
It wasn’t for their fans, either.
Those two obnoxious brats had simply decided to be irritating, deliberately starting a livestream so they could shower praise on their big brother!
The only question was whether they were actually praising him or just humiliating him.
Because if they were in Lu Huaiyu’s shoes, they wouldn’t have had the nerve to listen to the things Xie Tangning and Xie Changyu were saying.
Their toes were practically curling into the floor. Who praised someone by blindly throwing every remotely complimentary word at them, regardless of whether it was appropriate?
Three minutes later, Lu Huaiyu pushed open the door, phone in hand.
“What are you two little bastards doing? Do you get antsy if you go even one day without humiliating me?”
The siblings were immediately brought to heel and began cosplaying as quails, quietly listening to their big brother’s lecture.
Actually, no. Those two little nuisances were talking back with all kinds of twisted logic.
Meanwhile, the livestream was filled with waves of laughter, along with fans ruthlessly roasting Brother Golden Toad to his face.
Xie Changyu’s six concerts had been spread out over the course of three months.
By the final show, everyone from both the Lu and Xie families had come.
At the fans’ insistent request, Xie Tangning even went onstage as a “special guest” and sang a song.
The moment their ears were subjected to that magical attack, the fans realized that perhaps they weren’t quite as willing to indulge their favorite child as they had thought.
Some even wanted to travel back in time and slap the version of themselves who had blindly followed the trend and demanded that Xie Tangning perform onstage too.
Why had they ever been so determined to suffer?
Xie Tangning’s singing was not something ordinary people could appreciate!
Below the stage, Lu Huaiyu held up his phone and took photo after photo of Xie Tangning and Xie Changyu, who were shining brightly under the lights.
Lu Qiwu, Xie Yanxun, and Old Master Xie waved glow sticks as they cheered them on.
Chen Linmei and Xie Heng'an wore pink support headbands and sang along.
Qi Rou and Lu Wenhua wore pink support shirts, and when the song reached its climax, they even joined the fans in screaming.
Down below, manager Lin Xinghai looked unbearably proud, bouncing along to the music even more enthusiastically than the fans.
Among those in attendance were close friends such as He Ya and Wang Chaoming.
Every member of the show Ta Travel had gathered together—even Director Zhang and the assistant director had come.
And so, this farewell feast, surrounded by the fervent love of family and friends, came to a close.
The End
