Invincible Young Master in the City
Chapter 760: 756: More Meaningful Things

Chapter 760: Chapter 756: More Meaningful Things

Having temporarily left the stage, Ye Fan was arranged backstage with other substitute contestants.

Upon seeing Ye Fan, all the contestants were excited, rushing over to greet him. A female contestant at the forefront called out first, “Prisoner Two, I’m your die-hard fan. Can I have a photo with you?”

While talking, she took out her phone.

Others also expressed their requests for autographs or photos.

Ye Fan took a step back and waved his hands to stop them, “This is a competition, so I suggest everyone focuses on the event and advances through the blind auditions. I wish everyone good luck.”

The contestants had to stop regretfully.

Not long afterward, the director of China’s Good Voice came in and said, “Everyone, the supplementary recordings are about to start. However, due to the special circumstances of Prisoner Two, the production team has decided to have Prisoner Two perform first, and the other contestants will continue in the previously drawn order. Does anyone have any objections?”

“No! No!” the contestants immediately responded, only too eager.

If Prisoner Two had to redraw with them to determine the order of appearance, should Prisoner Two end up being last, despite excellent performances by those before him, the four mentors would reserve a spot for Prisoner Two, which would be unfair to the others.

“Since there are no objections,” the director addressed Ye Fan, “Prisoner Two, please bear the inconvenience and go first on stage now.”

“Okay.” Ye Fan nodded and walked towards the stage entrance.

Soon after, Ye Fan returned to the stage.

As soon as the audience saw Ye Fan, wearing his signature mask, return to the stage, they erupted into enthusiastic cheers.

The four mentors, having their backs to the stage and hearing the audience’s excitement, immediately guessed the performer was Prisoner Two.

Since it was still acapella, Ye Fan couldn’t sing the same song consecutively, so he decided to change to “Spring Mud.”

Ding, dong, dong…

The distinctive sound of a bell rang out, the lights in the hall dimmed, and the place fell into silence.

“Wide heaven of words in chaos fall on the ear,

You and I remain silent without response,

Holding your hand, yet you cry with reddened eyes…”

As Ye Fan’s soulful singing began, everyone immediately immersed themselves in the ambiance of the song.

At the same time, as Ye Fan sang, the four mentors hit their buttons almost simultaneously to turn their chairs for Ye Fan, then quietly listened to his singing.

Finally, Ye Fan finished singing “Spring Mud” and a thunderous applause erupted from below, continuously shouting “Prisoner Two.”

After the applause, Yang Kun, wearing a smile, said, “We’re glad to meet you again, please introduce yourself once more to everyone.”

Ye Fan repeated, “Hello everyone, hello four mentors, my name is Prisoner Two, an online singer.”

“Prisoner Two,” Yang Kun said, “we’re just as curious as many others are, why did you choose this name? Does it mean something?”

Ye Fan replied, “There’s no special meaning, just a name taken casually.”

“Really?” the mentors didn’t quite believe it and said, “The name ‘Prisoner Two’ itself sparks a lot of speculation, it’s hard to believe it has no meaning. Why didn’t you choose Prisoner One or Prisoner Three instead?”

“It really has no meaning,” Ye Fan said.

Zhou Jielun said, “Alright. Since you always appear wearing a mask, I’m curious, what motivates you to appear in public this way, and when do you plan to reveal your true face?”

“Singing is just a side job for me; I don’t want it to affect my normal life,” Ye Fan calmly stated, “so, I won’t be removing the mask.”

“So that’s the case,” Wang Feng asked, “What definition or position does music hold in your life?”

Ye Fan pondered for a moment and said, “Music is just music. The world is so vast, and there are many things more sacred and meaningful than music.”

The four mentors clearly disagreed, as they almost regarded music as their entire life. However, Ye Fan seemed to treat music as something trivial.

“So, what made you participate in ‘China’s Good Voice’?” Wang Feng asked sharply.

Ye Fan replied, “Through music, I can achieve some more meaningful things.”

“Oh, what do you think is more meaningful than music?” Wang Feng pressed.

“Charity,” Ye Fan calmly replied, “preventing impoverished children from dropping out of school due to poverty.”

This was indeed the reason Ye Fan had initially agreed to Shen Yan’s request to join ‘China’s Good Voice.’

Wang Feng found himself at a loss for words and had to awkwardly say, “Charity is indeed important.”

Ye Fan didn’t want to be asked too much, to avoid slipping up, so he said, “May I choose a mentor now?”

“Yes, of course,” said the four mentors.

Ye Fan straightforwardly said, “I choose Teacher Yang Kun.”

Yang Kun clearly didn’t expect Ye Fan to choose him and immediately jumped up excitedly and laughed, turning to the other three mentors and said, “Admit it, admit it!”

Then, he turned to Ye Fan and said, “Prisoner Two, you have great insight! This is a very correct choice!”

Afterward, Ye Fan stepped down the stage, hugged Yang Kun, and then shook hands with Na Ying, Zhou Jielun, and Wang Feng in turn.

“You are very talented. If you put more effort into music, you will become a giant star of the music world,” Na Ying said as they shook hands.

Next was Zhou Jielun’s handshake, and he said, “You’re great, and I have high expectations for you.”

“Music is very grand and charming, feel it with your heart,” Wang Feng said.

After shaking hands, Ye Fan walked out of the hall through the exit passage, then directly avoided everyone, took advantage of the night to leave, and avoided being tracked by the paparazzi.

Seven or eight minutes later, in a pre-arranged corner, Ye Fan, who had taken off his mask and changed his clothes, stepped out from the shadows, got into the car driven by Shen Yan, and then drove away.

“Earlier during your blind audition, none of the mentors turned around at first, which frightened me,” Shen Yan said with a laugh while driving.

Ye Fan smiled lightly and said, “I didn’t expect that either.”

“However, you eventually got all four mentors to turn around. Congratulations,” Shen Yan laughed.

Ye Fan smiled and remained silent.

Shen Yan continued smiling and said, “It’s not even nine o’clock yet, should we celebrate a little?”

“Uh?” Ye Fan was a bit surprised, wondering what there was to celebrate, but then he said, “Okay, where should we celebrate? I haven’t thought of any place yet.”

Shen Yan suddenly felt troubled. Many of the ordinary places where people usually hang out were places she simply couldn’t go to. Especially if she was with Ye Fan, if the paparazzi spotted them or if they were accidentally discovered and photographed by someone else, it would definitely lead to scandals the next day.

She racked her brains for a while, then suddenly had an idea.

“Ye Fan, do you play online games?” she asked eagerly, “Like LOL.”

“Uh, of course, I play,” Ye Fan couldn’t help but laugh. While he worked at the Emali Group, where he usually had nothing to do, he often played computer games, among which he played LOL quite frequently and had several level 30 accounts.

“Hehe, perfect!” Shen Yan immediately exclaimed with joy, “Shall we go to an internet cafe and play LOL?”

“I’m down for it,” Ye Fan said, “but are you sure it’s convenient for you?”

“Of course,” Shen Yan replied, “We’ll go to a high-end internet cafe. They have very private VIP rooms.”

“Alright,” Ye Fan agreed, suddenly thinking that if fans knew that a popular diva was going to an internet cafe to play video games, they would definitely be shocked.