Sure enough, it was Jay Chou's "Waiting for You After Class." Jay had been busy preparing for his concerts and going on tour, leaving him no time to release new music. But he didn't want his listeners to wait too long for a new song, so he wrote this one during a break at a celebration banquet after one of his concerts, then gave it to his listeners as a birthday surprise.
That was just how easily Jay Chou wrote songs.
The song won the 2018 Chinese Music Gala's Song of the Year award and the Billboard Radio China 2018 Mandarin Song of the Year award.
Ye Chen pretended to think for a moment, then picked up his guitar again and said with a smile, "Here's 'Waiting for You After Class' for everyone. I hope you like it."
Then the guitar's pleasant notes rang out.
Ye Chen began to sing, "In the alley where you live~ I rented an apartment~ So I could~ hopefully run into you by chance~~~ All three years of high school~ Why didn't I~ why didn't I~ study harder~ so I could get into the same university as you~ I found a~ job~ close to your dorm~ When I started learning how to make egg pancakes~ I realized you~ don't~ eat~ breakfast~~ Oh~~ You brushed past me again~ What are you listening to in your headphones~ Could you tell me~~..."
The moment the singing began, it tugged at the hearts of the fans in the livestream.
Gifts poured in, and the chat sprang to life again.
"When you like someone as a student, even putting your notebooks together feels like pure happiness."
"I'll always remember what it felt like to have a crush on an upperclassman in middle school. Every day, I'd try to run into