Quickly Wear The Face Of The Devil

FOD Chap 6.5

No banners? Even without those, you should have longer light rods and star sticks, right? Are you or are you not Zi Nan-sama's staff? So unprofessional!

The audience were drinking water, taking pictures, and when they saw staff passing by, they rushed to intercept them and asked for more support items. The previously dark audience platform was now brightly lit.

Zhou Yun Sheng inserted the microphone on the stand and asked for an electric guitar. His fingers strummed out some random notes, and the noisy audience immediately quieted down until a needle drop could be heard. He seemed satisfied with the audience's reaction and smiled at the nearest camera.

His beautiful face appeared on the big screen, that compelling smile was intoxicating. Before the audience could calm their frenzied hearts, he put away his casual mood, and his fingers plucked on the strings at a speed indiscernible to the naked eye. 

One after another, notes collided in the air, exploding, converging, resulting in a hallucinogenic like, fantastic chemical reaction.

Their cheeks burned, eyes blurred, and they involuntarily swayed to the rhythm. Star stick after star stick was raised and waved in unison; flexible light sign after flexible light sign was lit up and rocked from side to side.

The youth on the stage was blasting a high note, shouting himself hoarse. Behind him was a waterfall of fireworks, opposite him was an undulating wave of lights, onstage and offstage was a dazzling sight. 

As he'd promised before, he could light up the whole stage, even the distant starry sky, by his own power, he was the most dazzling existence on earth.

The audience had already forgotten their original intentions, they were wholeheartedly crazy for him, completely immersed. His every song was so passionate, rhythmical, not providing a chance to breathe. 

Carrying you up into the clouds, then ruthlessly dropping you into the abyss, leaving you repeatedly tormented between exhaustion and heartbreak, unable to escape yet not wanting to escape.

Time seemed to pass in the blink of an eye, the young man walked up to the slowly emerging piano and panted out, 

"The last song, 'Because of You', I hope everyone can listen quietly."

H-how can it be the last song?! Didn't the concert just start? The audience was shocked, they looked down at their watches and found that it was eleven o'clock.

Someone howled, "Nooo don't stop, keep singing! We support you!"

"Encore, keep singing!"

"Ou Zi Nan, you're the best! We support you!"

"Sing until morning, sing until the end of time, we'll always listen to you!"

The shouts of support rose and fell, gradually converging into a thunderous applause. They had been completely conquered by the youth's talent.

"Thank you, but unfortunately, we have a contract with Star Pavilion. If we overstay our welcome, we'll face a huge fine." 

Zhou Yun Sheng smiled slightly at the camera across from him and continued, 

"This song is the original 'Because of You', hush, please be quiet."

He pressed his slender finger against his pink lips, his handsome appearance was dazzling. A pink wave surged through the audience, but they eventually quieted down. 

This was the song that pushed Ou Zi Nan into hell and Ge Meng Shu into heaven. Who was right and who was wrong, they all wanted to know.

The piano tune slowly flowed from his fingers like a stream, Ou Zi Nan's hall of fame level performance was amazing, his heavenly voice was mesmerizing, and the equally remarkable lyrics brought out an increasingly heavy and profound feeling.

I will not make the same mistakes that you did

I will not let myself

Cause my heart so much misery

I will not break the way you did,

You fell so hard

I've learned the hard way

To never let it get that far

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me

Because of you

I am afraid

I lose my way

And it's not too long before you point it out

I cannot cry

Because I know that's weakness in your eyes

I'm forced to fake

A smile, a laugh every day of my life

My heart can't possibly break

When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me

Because of you

I am afraid

I watched you die

I heard you cry every night in your sleep

I was so young

You should have known better than to lean on me

You never thought of anyone else

You just saw your pain

And now I cry in the middle of the night

For the same damn thing

Because of you

I never stray too far from the sidewalk

Because of you

I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt

Because of you

I try my hardest just to forget everything

Because of you

I don't know how to let anyone else in

Because of you

I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty

Because of you

I am afraid

Because of you

Because of you....

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T/N:

injected with chicken blood – Hmm...Wikipedia "Chicken-blood therapy (鸡血疗法) was a form of pseudo-medical therapy popular in China during the Cultural Revolution.... Claimed benefits included making the patient highly aggressive and strong."

It was really hard imagining those popular songs in a different voice. I keep hearing Adelle and Kelly Clarkson in my head. Also, Kelly freakin' Clarkson. (psst it was even worse re-translating)