Before the zero o’clock bell of the 2026 CCTV Spring Festival Gala, Tan Weiwei stood beside Liao Changyong and sang the last high note of “Mountains and Seas Looking for Dreams”.
The lingering sound of the band still lingered in her ears, and applause spread from the audience. Her fingertips were still trembling slightly when she bowed – she had practiced for three months for this song that combines ethnic and bel canto.
Wrapped in a thick down jacket, she retreated to the backstage passage. The smell of disinfectant and the heater hit her, and the phone in her hand vibrated.
An unread message lit up on the screen: “The soup is ready, waiting for you to come back.”
The person who sent the message is named Chen Yifei. Many people are unfamiliar with this name, but they have probably seen him in Taiwanese idol dramas.
5600m ring
In September 2016, on the Mount Kailash road in Tibet, Chen Yifei wore a thick navy blue jacket and stood beside a pile of prayer flags at an altitude of 5,600 meters. He couldn’t find the ring box in his pocket for a long time.
He had suffered a hypersensitivity reaction the day before, vomited three times, and drank two bags of glucose before recovering. Now his fingers were as cold as carrots, and the velvet ring box was stained with snow, making it too slippery to hold. It took him three times to lift the lid.
The ring is a plain silver ring without diamonds. It was made by Chen Yifei from an old silversmith in an alley in Taipei. The initials of the two people’s names are engraved on the inner ring.
Tan Weiwei stood opposite, her face peeling from the ultraviolet rays of the plateau, and the tip of her nose was red from the cold. She was still holding half a bottle of unfinished glucose in her hand, and she laughed first.
Half an hour ago, she was still complaining about Chen Yifei walking slowly, like a snail carrying its shell, but unexpectedly the other person suddenly knelt down on one knee.
The wind blew the prayer flags loudly. Chen Yifei had prepared a lot of words, so he opened his mouth and took three breaths of air-conditioning. He forgot about everything and could only hold back one sentence: “Will you marry me?”
Chen Yifei had been preparing for this proposal for half a year.
He didn’t tell Tan Weiwei, not even the other party’s agent. He only said that they would go to Tibet to hike the mountains together. He also specially formed a small group of just him and his friends to check the details of the itinerary every day, even rehearsing which pocket to put the ring box in more than a dozen times.
There are two theories about the specific location of the proposal: one is the top of Mount Kailash, and the other is the mountain pass at the foot of the sacred mountain.
The only number that can be confirmed is 5,600 meters, which is the altitude of the proposal.
The sincerity of this proposal is more than 999 roses.
Ginger tea on the set
The relationship between the two began in the 2012 drama version of “Love Is Not Blind”.
At that time, Tan Weiwei was invited to play a guest role as a bar singer. She only had three scenes. On the first day she joined the set, she wore a high ponytail and a washed-white denim jacket. She carried her makeup bag and went to the set manager to ask about the bathroom. She happened to bump into Chen Yifei, who had just finished filming.
Chen Yifei was playing Wei Yiran at that time, with his hair styled and a curled script in his hand. He quickly gave her directions and asked if she wanted to lead the way.
Tan Weiwei didn’t recognize him as the second male lead in the play. She just thought that the actor was tall and spoke with a soft Taiwanese accent, which was quite polite.
She was straightforward and didn’t make any detours. She added her contact information as soon as work was done that day, on the grounds that “I can ask for advice on singing in the future.”
The crew was filming a night scene in Shanghai at the end of November. The temperature dropped to 3 degrees, and the wind came in through the gaps in the studio, making people’s toes numb with cold.
Tan Weiwei had just finished recording the episode in the play. She sang a slow song eight times before finishing it. Her voice was so hoarse that she couldn’t speak. She sat on a folding chair wrapped in a blanket and couldn’t even calm down after drinking three glasses of hot water.
Chen Yifei handed over a cup of ginger tea. The walls of the cup were warm, just enough not to burn your mouth.
He cooked it himself in a health pot in the hotel, adding red dates and Ningxia wolfberries, and a small amount of rock sugar to avoid being too spicy and irritating his throat.
He didn’t say how he noticed her hoarse voice, so he put down the cup and left without even mentioning her name.
Later, the crew went to Ganzi Daocheng for filming, at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters. Chen Yifei checked the local climate and plateau precautions a week in advance and made a list full of A4 paper.
Chen Yifei’s suitcase was bulging with stuff, containing 8 oxygen bottles, rhodiola rosea, glucose, lip balm, and a small humidifier. Half of the things were moved to Tan Weiwei’s nanny car.
He also specifically greeted Tan Weiwei’s assistant, saying that it was a benefit from the crew, not to mention that it was prepared by him.
Tempting always depends on details, not words.
The two of them kept a low profile in their relationship and never took the initiative to make it public. Even when they went out to eat, they had to stagger the time for fear of being photographed by the paparazzi.
Until 2015, Tan Weiwei participated in the third season finals of “I Am a Singer” and sang “Night in Ulaanbaatar”.
An audience member photographed a man wearing a black peaked cap sitting in the corner of the last row of the auditorium, holding up an old mobile phone to take pictures of the stage. People next to him were shouting Tan Weiwei’s name, but he didn’t shout, and just sat quietly without blinking.
Someone recognized that it was Chen Yifei, and the photo was posted online. This relationship that had been hidden for three years officially entered the public eye.
two lines that do not intersect
Without this show, the two people’s life trajectories may never have intersected.
Tan Weiwei was born in Zigong, Sichuan in 1982. His father worked in a cultural station and his mother was a primary school teacher.
In 1997, she participated in the Sichuan Primary and Secondary School Students Art Festival and won the gold medal.
In 1998, her father died of illness. Before he left, he held her hand and gave her half the salary he had saved for half a year, so that she could go to the music school.
In the same year, she was admitted to the Vocal Music Department of Sichuan Conservatory of Music.
Before taking the exam, she had no formal vocal training and could not even recognize the musical notation. Her admission score ranked second from the bottom in the department.
As soon as she started her freshman year, she went to a bar to sing as a resident. She sang four songs a night and earned 200 yuan, which was just enough for a week’s living expenses.
Every morning at six o’clock in the morning, she went to the piano room on time to practice her voice, and she didn’t leave until ten o’clock in the evening when the dormitory manager locked the door.
When she graduated, her professional scores ranked first in the entire department.
This hard work is engraved in her bones.
In 2005, she released her first solo album “Heart of the Plateau” and won the World Music Award at the French Record Show. In the same year, she sang at the Vienna Golden Hall.
In 2006, she participated in Hunan Satellite TV’s “Super Girl” and won the Chengdu division championship and the runner-up in the national finals.
Later, she released albums such as “Tan Moumou” and “3811”. Her representative works include “Xiaojuan” and “Qinghai-Tibet Plateau”. She was called the “rock goddess” by many audiences.
Chen Yifei is 3 years older than Tan Weiwei. He was born in Taipei in 1979 and his original name is Chen Yufan.
He immigrated to the United States with his family when he was a child. He studied economics and business management at the University of California, Irvine, and had nothing to do with acting.
During college, he sang in a bar in the United States for a year, and originally planned to return to Taiwan to become a singer.
In 2002, he returned to Taiwan for the summer vacation and was spotted by a talent scout. He accidentally starred in the idol drama “MVP Lover” and made his official debut.
After that, he acted in dramas such as “Green Forest” and “Pool Boy”, and became a familiar face in idol dramas in the eyes of many viewers.
He is 183 centimeters tall and has been called the “ageless male god” by some netizens for many years since his debut.
Both of them have had the experience of singing in bars.
A man sang in a bar in the United States for a year. He wanted to be a singer but failed and became an actor.
One person sang in a bar in Chengdu for four years and earned enough tuition to become a singer.
Half a world apart, seven or eight years apart, two people who couldn’t be compared with each other happened to become a couple.
Later, Chen Yifei shifted the focus of his work to the mainland and successively filmed works such as “Iron Blood Red Ann” and “Hello Qiao An”.
It wasn’t until filming the drama version of “33 Days of Love” that he met Tan Weiwei.
Days off screen
In 2018, the TV series “The Wilderness” starring Chen Yifei was broadcast.
This drama was filmed for eight months, most of which was shot in the Gobi Desert of Xinjiang. The summer temperature was as high as 42 degrees. He wore a 20-pound armor for action scenes and suffered heat stroke three times.
After filming this movie, he rested at home for three months. He cooked and stewed pear to soothe the throat of Tan Weiwei who was busy preparing a new album every day. His life was slow and steady.
After that, he rarely appeared on the screen, and even the social platforms were rarely updated. Sometimes he would only post one post every six months, either reposting for charity or calling Tan Weiwei’s new song.
It is said that he took a break from the screen to return to his family and pursue a future with Tan Weiwei.
In 2020, some netizens met Tan Weiwei by chance in the obstetrics and gynecology department of a private hospital in Hangzhou. She was wearing a loose coat, a hat and a mask, and walked slowly. Chen Yifei followed beside her, carrying a thermos bucket in her hand, and gave her a hand from time to time.
Later, many sources broke the news that Tan Weiwei gave birth to a pair of twins.
The two have never publicly responded to relevant rumors. There is almost no family-related content on social platforms. Even when posting daily photos, they only take pictures of food or scenery, and never show their children’s faces.
Only by hiding your private life can you really live a good life.
In 2026, 44-year-old Tan Weiwei frequently appears on the mainstream stage.
During the Spring Festival Gala, I sang “Searching for Dreams in Mountains and Seas” with Liao Changyong, and performed on stage at the Lantern Festival Gala of the Year of the Horse. The song was said to be “Barcarolle”, while others said it was “Long Road”.
At the National Day Gala, she sang her original song “Long Road”.
The background of the stage is a highway extending into the distance, with rolling mountains and golden rice fields on both sides. She stands in the center of the stage, and her voice is still powerful.
Chen Yifei rarely appears in the public eye.
Last year, a netizen met him by chance at a fresh food supermarket in Hangzhou. He was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and a black baseball cap. He was pushing a shopping cart to pick tomatoes in the fresh food section. The cart contained vegetables, fresh milk, eggs, and two boxes of strawberry cookies for children.
Someone also met him in a community park, taking two children to play on the slide. He stood at the entrance of the slide to pick up the children, smiling so hard that his eyes were bent. The parents nearby thought he was a stay-at-home dad, and no one recognized him as an idol drama actor back then.
No one knew what he was doing specifically, except that he was always standing behind Tan Weiwei.
結語
The outside world has various opinions on this relationship. Some people say that Chen Yifei is “eating soft food” when he fades away from the screen. Some people say that Tan Weiwei is too strong and the relationship will not go far.
Live your life for yourself, not for others to see.
The 5,600-meter ring is real, the ginger tea that is warmed to perfection in the crew is real, and the silent companionship hidden behind the scenes is also real.
The relationship between two people does not need to be measured by outsiders’ standards.
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