She Confessed, He Ran Away

"Senior, are you going to say yes or not?"

"Junior, calm down. We really aren't right for each other."

"I don't care! If you don't accept my confession, I'll jump!

Don't come any closer... Ah!! Senior? Senior Lin, don't die!"

Today's Headlines: Music academy student's confession rejected by senior; threatens to jump off a building. Senior bravely tries to save her, but falls to his death.

"My heart is Bingbing!"

"And I'm Bingbing all over!"

"Not a bird flies over a thousand mountains—but Bingbing's the most extraordinary!"

Lin Mu slowly came to, his ears filled with deafening shouts.

What was going on?

Was this about CCTV's ratings secret, Bingbing?

Could it be that he hadn't died?

Lin Mu struggled to open his eyes and look around.

Everyone was waving glow sticks and screaming at the stage up ahead until their voices were hoarse.

As his senses gradually returned, Lin Mu realized he was in a stadium that could hold tens of thousands of people.

A huge stage had been set up in the middle of the stadium.

At that moment, under the dazzling lights, a woman was singing. Her looks rivaled Goddess Liu's, her figure was no less stunning than Liu Yan's, and her smile was sweeter than Wang Bingbing's.

She wore a long silver-white dress, her bearing elegant. Her voice was clear and sweet, yet rich with warmth.

As she sang, the entire stadium was swept up in a feverish atmosphere.

Lin Mu finally came fully to his senses.

He had transmigrated.

Back on Earth, he'd been a top student at the Central Conservatory of Music. Because he was too handsome, he'd become the target of a confession from a junior.

After he turned her down, she'd threatened to jump off a building.

Lin Mu had tried to save her, but instead he'd fallen from the building himself and died in a senseless, horribly unfair accident.

In this world, he was a corporate drone who'd graduated from university two years ago. On the surface, he earned only three thousand a month, but behind the scenes, he worked a mysterious job.

Today, he'd been invited to watch his junior's concert.

That's right. The bright, youthful star with the beautiful voice onstage was his former junior.

She'd shot to fame in just three years after her debut, earning the title "Little Diva of the Music Scene." She was the rising star—

Feng Bingbing.

Today marked the third anniversary of Feng Bingbing's debut.

She'd specially invited her close university friends to come to her concert.

Lin Mu was two years ahead of Feng Bingbing. They'd both belonged to the school's Literary Society, so he'd received an invitation too.

At that moment, Feng Bingbing had just finished singing the song that made her famous, You Don't Know I Love You.

She'd sung it with such emotion that by the end, tears streaked her face.

The concert had reached its climax, and her fans were screaming her name like mad.

But Lin Mu couldn't focus on the stage. Memories from two different lives were merging in his mind.

At the same time, a massive Golden Finger containing every classic entertainment work from Earth was forcing its way into his brain.

There was too much information, and the Golden Finger was too huge. Lin Mu felt as if his head was about to explode.

"If this keeps up, my head's going to burst!"

Clutching his head, Lin Mu wondered if he'd transmigrated only to be crushed to death by his Golden Finger.

"Senior Lin, what's wrong?"

A few classmates beside him noticed he seemed unwell and asked with concern.

"I'm fine, I'm fine."

Lin Mu endured the headache and the sudden, nauseating urge to throw up, managing a strained smile as he shook his head.

At that moment, the music stopped onstage. The backup singers and dancers filed off, and a spotlight fell on Feng Bingbing alone.

The stunning Little Diva of the Music Scene suddenly fell quiet. She gazed intently toward someone in the front row and slowly began to speak:

"There's a story I've kept in my heart for a long time. Today, I want to tell everyone about it."

Her words gradually quieted the noisy, lively stadium.

A strange feeling stirred in many people's hearts. They couldn't shake the sense that something was about to happen.

Sure enough, Feng Bingbing's next words made her fans' hearts shatter.

"This is a story about me and a boy. Many years ago, when I was just a little girl, I was often bullied.

"Then one day, a boy stood up for me.

"He took the blows from those bad kids on his back while holding me close to his chest.

"He even smiled and told me, 'Don't cry. I'll protect you for the rest of your life.'

"But...

"My parents later moved far away, and we lost touch.

"I thought we'd never see each other again.

"Then, on the first day I went to university, I ran into you again!

"I was at the lowest point in my life, and just like when we were kids, you protected me once more and helped me get back on my feet.

"I think it must have been fate."

The crowd erupted.

No! Please, no!

The audience was in an uproar. Feng Bingbing's fans had already sensed something was wrong, and the noise began to rise.

But there was nothing they could do to stop Feng Bingbing from delivering the words that would soon rock the entertainment industry:

"I've made up my mind. I don't want to be a lonely girl anymore. If you're willing to accept me, come up here!"

After saying this, the graceful, radiant Little Diva clasped the microphone in both hands and stood still, waiting.

The crowd went from heartbroken to completely losing it.

"Who? Who is it?"

"No! Please, I'm begging you, don't go up there!"

"My heart really is Bingbing now!"

Feng Bingbing's fans were shocked, furious, pleading... All kinds of conflicting emotions battered their fragile nerves.

Someone suddenly shouted, "I heard Feng Bingbing invited her university classmates to the concert! They're in the front row!"

The people around them immediately caught on.

Her university classmates?

Could the person Feng Bingbing had confessed to be one of the university classmates at the concert today?!

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned toward the front row.

The giant screen onstage quickly focused on it too.

But even Feng Bingbing's university classmates were bewildered.

They looked around at one another.

"Who is it? Come on, stand up!"

"Who's been hiding this so well? None of us knew!"

"Could it be the class president?"

"Don't be ridiculous. The class president doesn't like women!"

"Then who is it? Bingbing's been standing up there for a whole minute. Come on, whoever you are, get up there!"

The classmates whispered among themselves, glancing left and right, but no one stood up.

Feng Bingbing stood alone onstage. Her eyes were reddening, but she kept a stubborn smile as she waited in silence.

A close-up on the giant screen showed her body trembling slightly.

It was heartbreaking to watch.

In the vast stadium, the chatter and speculation grew louder and louder. At last...

A figure in the middle of the front row stood up.

"Oh my god!"

"How is that possible?"

"S-Senior Lin?!"

The classmates seated nearby all stared wide-eyed at Lin Mu as he sprang to his feet, unable to believe what they were seeing.

Feng Bingbing's crush wasn't a classmate she'd spent every day with, but Senior Lin, who was two years ahead of her?!

The audience saw Lin Mu stand up on the giant screen too.

"Someone stood up! Someone really stood up!"

"Who is that?"

"He's pretty handsome."

"Is he the man Feng Bingbing confessed to?!"

Under the scorching gazes of tens of thousands in the stadium and millions of viewers online, Lin Mu staggered toward the stairs beside the stage.

"Is that really Senior Lin?!"

"Oh my god, Senior Lin's going up! He's making his move!"

"Huh?"

"Why isn't Senior Lin going onstage? Where's he going?"

Just as the crowd began to boil over and his university classmates even started applauding, Lin Mu reached the stairs beside the stage at a run. He was going faster and faster, only two or three steps away from rushing up and winning over the Little Diva—

But he ran straight past the stairs, turned a corner, and vanished from sight.

A sign hung beside the passage where Lin Mu disappeared: EXIT THIS WAY.

"???"

The stadium fell silent.

After a long while, someone finally murmured:

"Did he just run away?"

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