Chapter One: The Encore Ten Thousand People Forgot

Behind the curtain she silently formed the words: "If your eyes forget the wasteland, beneath the moon, I will love you again." Gu Linchuan turned and looked directly at her. No one screamed. Thirty thousand people held their breath inside the same dream. Shen Wu saw tears on strangers' faces. Some removed wedding rings and placed them on unfamiliar hands. An old man embraced a boy beside him and called him by a name that was not his. The live feed on the giant screen lagged by one second. In it, Gu Linchuan was not singing. He stared into the camera, lifted one hand, and pointed behind Shen Wu. She turned. Another Shen Wu stood beside the control desk.