大家离开后的安可

After the final official performance ends, the audience slowly walks past the night-market exit.

A Cheng thinks they can coil the cables, but sees the vendors still standing under the lights.

The corn auntie says, “Tonight, please sing for the people who truly haven't left.”

The drink vendor pushes two chairs across to the very front of the stage.

As soon as the music begins, wind blows past the half-open curtain and the old photos sway softly.

Halfway through, the high school student's voice almost breaks because every vendor is singing along.

They sing through the first song and then the second, and in the end no one says to stop.

A Cheng sees the auntie wipe her eyes and only then understands this small stage has passed through many people's youth.

When they leave, everyone walks through the empty main path together, but the lights seem brighter than at the opening.