After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 283 Returning to One's Roots

"Hahaha……"

"Thank you for the gift, Auntie!"

When Shen Ming'en saw the "long johns" his aunt gave him, not only Shen Ming'en but also the fans who came to "watch" couldn't help but laugh and applaud. To be honest, when it comes to "caring for someone," this generation of fans is still far behind the uncles and aunts!

In the dead of winter, sending flowers or letters is not as heartwarming as giving something that can actually "keep you warm"!

Letters are read and then thrown away, forgotten in a couple of days. Flowers are even less likely to be played with; they wither in just a few days. But this "long johns" can be worn all winter long. Every time he puts on clothes, he thinks of you. Tell me, what kind of play is more "real" than this?
"Let's take a picture, Auntie!"

Shen Ming'en couldn't help but laugh. He not only took a photo with his aunt, but also called for a Polaroid camera from the staff in front of him...

This thing was prepared by the theater troupe to record the highlights of the troupe members, and Shen Ming'en also has the right to use it.

After taking a Polaroid photo, he even signed it and gave it to his aunt. Goodness, his aunt was so happy; her smile never left her face.

There seemed to be quite a few women of similar age, like aunties, who came to support and cheer for Shen Ming'en. After the aunties, Shen Ming'en encountered several uncles and aunties, who all addressed him respectfully.

"Good job, young man!"

"Your song is so good!"

"You acted so well! You portrayed that thug so convincingly!"

Shen Ming'en: "(￢_￢) Shoot"

Uncle, are you a fake fan? I've only ever played Li Yunlong, when have I ever played a thug...?

However, it must be said that although many performers and staff members were very popular, Shen Ming'en was the only young artist who was particularly popular with these middle-aged and elderly fans.

That's normal...

First of all, most of Shen Ming'en's works are very suitable for the tastes of middle-aged and elderly people, and the older the generation, the stronger their "patriotism" is...

As for the local uncles and aunts, most of them are "overseas Chinese". Their feelings for their motherland are different from those of the uncles and aunts in China. Therefore, these uncles and aunts who have heard so many of Shen Ming'en's "representative works" naturally have a special fondness for Shen Ming'en.

And the gifts these uncles and aunts gave were always really "practical"...

Some people gave away scarves, some gave away hand warmers, and some even gave away neck massage chairs.

Perhaps it was because the auntie had just given him thermal underwear and taken a photo with him and got an autograph, but these uncles and aunties were being incredibly enthusiastic, making Shen Mingen feel a little uncomfortable.

In short, Shen Ming'en clearly experienced the enthusiasm of the local "overseas Chinese". The "stay-at-home brothers and sisters" were also very enthusiastic, making Shen Ming'en feel embarrassed if he didn't "return" their kindness.

He simply shouted:

"Thanks everyone for your support! But it's getting late, so let's all take a group photo. I'll post it on my social media afterward, and then we can all head home. It's quite late, and everyone's pretty cold..."

Then, under Shen Ming'en's organization, the cameraman on site helped take a group photo.

When the group photo was taken, Shen Mingen's car arrived.

"Let's go, let's go..."

Shen Ming'en waved and followed the security guard who was leading the way to the car.

Goodbye, Shen Ming'en!

Take care of yourself!

"Wear more clothes so you don't get cold!"

Remember to think of me!

The fans at the scene had all sorts of opinions, but Shen Mingen's comment, "Remember to miss me," was a bit too much...

Shen Ming'en muttered to himself, "Let them be. As long as they're happy."

I had a really good time at tonight's performance. He performed very comfortably, and everyone enjoyed listening to him. He probably relaxed after the performance, and taking photos, chatting and joking with fans made him feel pretty good. Now he's going home to have a late-night snack and have a nice long sleep until he naturally wakes up. Just thinking about it makes me feel so comfortable!

At that time, fans were still crowding around Shen Mingen on the road before he got into the car. Even with security guards clearing the way, Shen Mingen didn't walk very fast...

The scene was somewhat chaotic, and some foreigners passing by were puzzled by it, as their "fan culture" didn't seem to be as exaggerated, and they didn't quite understand Shen Mingen's "status" in the eyes of Chinese fans.

However, they could see the sincere gazes of the fans surrounding them, so even though they didn't understand, they still maintained their respect.

Tonight's "fan meeting" should have come to an end like this...

But it was at this moment that...

Shen Ming'en walked and walked...

Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I seemed to catch a glimpse of a girl standing at the back of the crowd, wearing a pure white down jacket and black-rimmed glasses, sobbing.

This caused Shen Ming'en to pause in his steps and turn to look.

Actually, the girl wasn't particularly noticeable in the crowd. She was of average height, probably a little over 1.6 meters. But because Shen Mingen was there, and because this was kind of like a small "fan meeting," the fans nearby were quite excited, cheering and shouting. Everyone was holding their phones high, pointing them at Shen Mingen to take photos or record videos. Everyone was very conspicuous...

Among so many people with conspicuous bags, this girl was also holding up her phone to take pictures of Shen Ming'en, but she was wiping away tears as she did so, and occasionally she would sob softly...

Shen Ming'en didn't know if he had any kind of "perfect pitch," but he just immediately caught the sound of the girl "sobbing."

What a coincidence!

This, however, made Shen Ming'en feel somewhat puzzled and strange...

Ber... Sister, why are you crying?
Is seeing me a very sad thing?
Or did someone bully you, or steal your spot as the first person in the front row to watch?

What the heck! Maybe it's because he was actually quite happy tonight, so for some reason, Shen Ming'en just can't stand seeing others cry...

What a coincidence!

Because of the sharp drop in temperature when he was in China a couple of days ago, Shen Ming'en always carried tissues in the pockets of his pants and down jacket. Now, because it was a bit cold, he put his hands in his pockets and just happened to find some tissues.

So Shen Ming'en thought about it for a moment, and ultimately ignored the security guard's advice, took out his own pack of tissues from his pocket, and handed it over as he walked, asking as he went:
"What's wrong, sis..."

Shen Ming'en's sudden use of a Northeastern accent amused many people nearby, especially the girl who was sobbing. She seemed surprised and flattered by Shen Ming'en's sudden appearance, instinctively waving her hand to refuse his tissues while sobbing as she said:

"It's okay, it's okay... I'm fine... um..."

As she spoke, she felt like crying again, and finally simply raised her hand to cover her mouth, lowered her head, and looked shy, bashful, and melancholy... At that moment, those around her seemed to feel a lot of emotions coming from this girl.

Her appearance amused Shen Ming'en: "What's wrong? Is something bothering you? Can I help you?"

The actions of the kind-hearted citizen Shen Ming'en immediately drew everyone's attention to the girl in the white down jacket. Shen Ming'en was perhaps used to being the center of attention and being under the spotlight, but the girl was clearly uncomfortable, and thus blushed somewhat, taking a long time to finally say something.
"It's nothing, it's just... I'm a little homesick."

As soon as these words came out...

"..."

Many people nearby were slightly taken aback.

You see, because it was a fairly large "fan meeting," the area was actually quite lively. Everyone was talking about all sorts of things, and just moments ago, someone was discussing why the little girl was crying...

As a result, the girl's weak words seemed to touch a sensitive string, causing many people nearby to fall silent for a moment.

The guys who were just moments ago enthusiastically giving Shen Ming'en gifts, asking for photos and autographs, and even offering him cigarettes, suddenly fell silent for a moment for some reason.

For a moment, the noisy backstage exit of the theater felt as if it had been paused.

Although the noise quickly returned to normal, that moment of stillness seemed to have touched everyone's heartstrings.

yes……

Which of these overseas Chinese who have children abroad doesn't miss home?
In fact, not every one of these overseas students comes from a very wealthy family. Indeed, a considerable number of them come from ordinary families who have exhausted their entire generation's efforts to send their children abroad to study, all in the hope of a bright future for them...

International flights are very expensive, so expensive that some people may not be able to return home for one or two years. In some special periods, they may not even be able to go home once during their entire study abroad career.

The price of studying abroad is loneliness; it's dragging several suitcases weighing dozens of kilograms for a long, long way; it's sitting alone in the courtyard watching the moon on Mid-Autumn Festival; it's never being able to get used to foreign food, which is neither available nor desirable; and it's the countless days and nights spent cautiously going back and forth between the supermarket, school, and home with your phone in hand...

When do you ever see someone leave home and turn their back to customs, and the corners of their mouth still turn up in a smile the moment they turn away?
There really are cases of students studying abroad who, in the middle of the night, get so homesick that they go to the embassy and cry...

Hearing the embassy staff speak Chinese was incredibly heartwarming!

The more I listen, the more I want to cry!
Do you understand that feeling of being in a foreign country, surrounded by people whose language and lifestyle are completely different from yours, and you're forced to adapt to the environment they've always lived in, carefully trying to get by for a long time, and then occasionally hearing someone speak Chinese?
This is still in places with embassies. In some places where there isn't an embassy of our country, seeing Chinese characters can really make you feel disoriented...

The ancient poem "Raising my head, I gaze at the bright moon; lowering my head, I think of my hometown" is something many people in China take for granted, but it often lingers in their minds after they go abroad.

At the time, it seemed like nothing special!

These overseas Chinese are different from the local overseas Chinese. The local overseas Chinese may have come here several generations ago, and many of them have lived here since childhood and have long been adapted to life here. But the overseas Chinese have at least lived in China since childhood. The differences between China and other countries are simply too great!

I'm not talking about language, lifestyle, or anything like that. Just take food for example. Whenever some Chinese food gets featured on Douyin (TikTok), do you see any guy who doesn't rant about it?

Looking at the world, there are very few cuisines that can compare to ours. Some people who have been abroad for a long time come back and eat Lanzhou beef noodles, and they are so moved that they cry tears of joy...

Shen Ming'en had seen videos before of people returning from abroad after two or three years, where someone would say "Welcome back to the motherland" to them...

Although Shen Mingen had not experienced that kind of thing, his "empathy" was actually quite good; he could genuinely empathize with people immediately.

Looking at the girl in front of him, and at the Liu Zi brothers and sisters who had just been laughing and joking around him, Shen Ming'en suddenly realized something...

It's like this group of people are usually scattered in different places, each integrating into the lives of the locals, living a very lonely and isolated life. In their daily lives, they can't even see a single Chinese character, let alone any other Chinese people.

Today, because of Shen Ming'en and his team's performance, many overseas Chinese and international students gathered together. Here, they no longer have to worry about others not understanding their language; they can freely speak our language in front of foreigners...

When everyone around you is speaking Chinese, when they all start to let their guard down, and emotions surge up, you can't help but laugh.

The longing for home...

A romance unique to our nation.

Shen Ming'en comforted the girl for a while, then asked her a few more questions. It seemed that the girl's concern wasn't just because many international students and overseas Chinese had gathered there today, speaking Chinese, and because the people there were all "family members" who could understand them...

This is also because she is actually a fairly loyal fan of Shen Mingen.

It seems she became a fan of Shen Mingen sometime before he transmigrated, before her original body was even born. Even when she was abroad, she would often read news about Shen Mingen, seeing him overcome the suppression from those capitalists, from "Chinese Music Center" and "Peak Singer Challenge" to the Bird's Nest, to "Little Life", to "Jingguo Shenfu", to "Spark Chapter", and finally step by step to her city...

Seeing him in person now, so popular and adored by everyone, I'm really touched and can't hold back my emotions.

At that moment, for some reason, Shen Ming'en also felt a lump in his throat...

Suddenly, I realized that there really was someone who had always liked him.

Suddenly I feel that being a star or an artist isn't so bad.

"Hey, don't cry..."

Shen Ming'en thought for a moment, then simply laughed and said:
"How about we write a song for you international students for the later performances?"

Regarding their thoughts and feelings, Shen Ming'en does indeed have a poem called "Fallen Leaves Return to Their Roots," which is quite fitting.

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(End of this chapter)