Though paralyzed, still radiantly charming! Chapter 353 Sunshine Days

353 Sunshine Days

Sierra listened intently to Lila's performance on stage.

She thought the song sounded beautiful, but more than that, it felt like the lyrics were speaking directly to her heart.

The first line of the song took her back to when she had just arrived in this city. Back then, wasn't she wandering alone in this vast tropolis, feeling like the whole world had abandoned her?

And it wasn't just Sierra who was moved by the song.

In a dimly lit bedroom of a high-end apartnt, a brown-haired girl lay on her side, staring blankly at her phone screen, watching the live stream.

As the young singer on stage reached the chorus, the girl heard the familiar lyrics:

"Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy

Because I'm easy co, easy go, little high, little low

Any way the wind blows doesn't really matter to , to ."

The powerful voice seed to stir sothing within the girl watching. Her usually indifferent eyes flickered for a mont, like ripples on still water.

Then, as if she had made so kind of decision, her gaze beca resolute.

Back at the concert.

Serena's eyes sparkled as she watched the stage.

It's her!

Serena recognized the guest perforr as the girl she had t earlier—the one who had claid to be her fan.

Serena loved cute things, and she loved anything that shone brightly.

Now, she was starting to love the girl on stage!

Unlike Serena's cheerful excitent, Damian was caught completely off guard by this unexpected reunion. His expression was serious, to say the least.

Right now, he felt a bit uneasy—maybe even afraid of her.

In front of that mysterious girl, his usually sharp adult mind seed to be suppressed, like he couldn't think straight.

If Ethan were here to see him like this, he'd probably make so snarky comnt.

"See? Adults really do have heavy souls. Even when they're kids, they can't be happy."

anwhile, Damian's little sister had already climbed onto their guardian Fiona's shoulders, waving her glow stick along with the crowd, completely lost in the excitent.

Now that was what a kid should look like!

But if anyone was the most shocked by "Lila" at this mont, it had to be the real Lila herself.

From the mont the performance started, Lila had been in a state of disbelief, her eyes wide like saucers.

It made her look a bit ridiculous, and even though Ethan was ridiculously good-looking, not even he could pull off this level of absurdity.

Because the person on stage was... her.

And Ethan had kept his promise—he was wearing a black mask that covered the upper half of his face, adding a mysterious vibe to the whole thing.

But when Lila finally took in Ethan's full outfit, her composure completely shattered.

"Wait, seriously, dude? You're not even gonna change clothes for the performance? You're just gonna wear our Westbrook Academy uniform on stage? Who are you fooling?!"

Yep, Ethan, who was standing in for Lila, hadn't bothered to change. He'd just tied his school jacket around his waist.

Ethan knew it was basically the equivalent of trying to cover your ears while stealing a bell, but hey—it was rock and roll!

For the first ti in her life, Lila found herself ntally ranting so hard she was practically out of breath.

But the mont Ethan sang the first line, Lila forgot all about it, throwing herself completely into the performance that was, in a way, hers.

She watched as her on-stage self moved freely, the waves of light from the audience's glow sticks rising and falling with the rhythm of the song, like a vast ocean of stars.

This was the scene she had once dread of—sothing that had only ever existed in her fantasies.

Lila's eyes sparkled with emotion, and her heart was filled with a deep longing for that light.

Could I really do sothing like this? Could I really shine like that?

She couldn't help but ask herself.

But the answer seed obvious, because hadn't Ethan already shown her the truth?

Who was the girl shining on stage?

That was Lila!

In that mont, it felt like Lila's soul transcended the physical distance, resonating with the version of herself on stage.

Right now, we are one!

On the live stream, the atmosphere at the venue was electric. Almost everyone in the audience seed to find sothing in the song that resonated deeply with them.

No one had expected the most breathtaking mont of the night to co out of nowhere like this. So people were even discreetly wiping away tears.

As Sierra stood there, soaking in the song, the lyrics—so poetic and full of imagery—left her in awe.

Whose song was this? Was it sothing prepared by Jack o'Lantern Japan?

No, that couldn't be it.

Sierra quickly dismissed the idea. She trusted Lil Bunny, who had told her she wasn't planning to debut. And this song? It had hit written all over it. There was no way a song with this kind of potential would be given to soone who wasn't even planning to go pro. It just didn't make sense from a business perspective.

So, there was only one possible explanation: this had to be an original.

Sierra's eyes sparkled with amazent. Could her beloved Guitar Queen teacher really be this talented?

This was her first live performance, and she had opened with a showstopper.

And yet, Sierra couldn't quite wrap her head around it. With this level of skill, why wasn't she out there making a na for herself? Why was she just a small-ti creator on a video platform?

The song was nearing its end.

When it finally concluded, the stage lights ca up fully. This was usually the part where the perforr would say a few words, maybe interact with the audience a bit.

Ethan waved to the crowd and spoke into the mic, "The song I just perford is called Bohemian Rhapsody. I hope you all enjoyed it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience erupted in applause.

He could hear so of the people in the front rows shouting questions, most of them asking about his identity—who he was, where he usually perford, and if there were any ways to follow him.

But Ethan rembered his friend's instructions: no revealing his identity. So, he didn't even ntion the "Guitar Queen" account. Instead, he just smiled mysteriously and said, "That's a secret."

This only made the crowd even more excited. After all, mystery is always alluring—especially when it's coming from a talented and enigmatic young woman.

Since this was the anniversary celebration for Jack-o'-Lantern, and he was being paid for the gig, Ethan followed up with a well-rehearsed congratulatory speech.

His eloquent words left the audience stunned, their jaws practically on the floor.

After that, most of the stage lights dimd.

Ethan was preparing to sing the next song, so he announced, "Up next is the final song of the night. It's a song by soone I really admire—Sunshine Days."

As soon as he finished speaking, the intro to the song began to play.

This wasn't a cover of a famous song from another world. It was a track that already existed in this one.

anwhile, Lila, watching from her screen, was completely floored. Sunshine Days was a song she had loved since she was a little girl.

She couldn't believe it—she and the Commander had the sa favorite song?

But then Lila rembered what Ethan had said earlier. He didn't say it was a song he liked,he said it was a song by soone he liked.

Sunshine Days was a signature track by a once-national idol, Stella Sumrs. So, did that an the person Ethan admired was her?

Of course, Lila had adored Stella Sumrs when she was younger too. She had even dread of becoming an idol just like her one day.

But now, Lila's brow furrowed. It wasn't because her childhood dream had been crushed. It was because she had the strange feeling that she had seen Stella Sumrs sowhere before.

And then, in the next instant, it was like a jolt of electricity shot through her brain.

Lila suddenly jumped up from her seat, her movents clumsy as she scrambled out of her bedroom.

She had rembered. She knew where she had seen that person before.

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