Unlike Chen Hao's original version, which had a mellow and slightly husky quality reflecting his experience of life, Lin Caiwei's singing was lighter and more ethereal, as if she were truly a speck of dust floating under the starlight.

She has excellent breath control, her transitions between her true and falsetto voices are natural and smooth, and her emotional delivery is also very good.

Chen Hao listened and nodded inwardly.

He Muqing is right, this arrangement does perfectly match Lin Caiwei's voice.

It reduced the "heaviness" and "weather" of the original version, and enhanced its "lightness" and "dreamyness."

However, the core emotion of the song, "the longing and confusion of a small individual towards the vast world," has been preserved and transformed into a way that is more suitable for women to express.

In the chorus, Lin Caiwei's voice fully comes into play:

You are starlight, I am dust; we met in the vast sea of ​​people.

The brief intersection of our paths illuminated my paleness…

She handled the high notes with ease, producing clear and penetrating notes without being overly shrill.

The background harmonies complemented her voice perfectly, making it sound more three-dimensional and layered.

The stage lights changed with the music, and she stood in the pillar of light, the crystals on her skirt sparkling, as if she had truly transformed into the "starlight" in the lyrics.

The audience below the stage became unusually quiet.

Everyone was amazed by this brand new version.

Those who had doubts about whether Lin Caiwei could handle the song now shut their mouths.

This is not just "being able to sing," it's "singing extremely well," and it's a completely different version from the original, yet each version is wonderful in its own way.

The four young people who had just entered the venue—Xiaoya, Xiaoyu, Ajie, and Dapeng—all stared wide-eyed.

"My God..." Xiaoyu murmured, "This adaptation...it's amazing!"

"It's perfectly tailor-made for Weiwei!" Xiaoya excitedly grabbed Ajie's arm beside her.

"Listen to this arrangement; it perfectly highlights Weiwei's vocal strengths. The high notes are absolutely beautiful!"

Ah Jie didn't even bother to push up his glasses, nodding repeatedly: "Indeed impressive."

Haolin is amazing! His arrangement skills are incredible... Just how well does he understand Weiwei's voice? He's got every detail so perfectly in place.

Da Peng swayed his body gently to the rhythm: "Two versions, two feelings, but both are nice to listen to."

Haolin's version is like a man's monologue in the dead of night, while Weiwei's version is like a girl's dream under the starry sky.

Absolutely amazing!

Not only them, but the entire audience in the venue was captivated.

As Lin Caiwei sang the last verse, her voice gradually softened, like a sigh:

Perhaps tomorrow we'll be worlds apart, perhaps we'll never have to care about each other again.

But that fleeting moment of starlight is all of my summer…

As the last note fades, the accompaniment stops.

After a brief silence, the entire audience erupted in thunderous applause and cheers, the sound almost lifting the roof off.

"It sounds so good!"

"Vivi, I love you!"

"Haolin is awesome!"

"One more time!"

The shouts mingled together, and the atmosphere reached its peak.

On stage, Lin Caiwei was slightly out of breath. Looking at the enthusiastic reaction from the audience, a huge weight was finally lifted from her heart.

The response was even better than she had expected.

But what she cared about most at that moment was not the cheers of these unfamiliar fans.

She subtly turned her head, her gaze drifting towards the darkness on the side of the stage—

She knew that Chen Siqi was standing there, pointing her phone at her, and on the other end of the phone were her daughter and... him.

Did they hear that?

Like it?

Will Sisi think her mother sings well?

Where is Chen Hao?

How would he rate his own rearranged and sung version?

The applause continued. Lin Caiwei withdrew her gaze, bowed deeply to the audience, and an involuntary, genuine, radiant smile appeared on her lips.

……

After the concert, Lin Caiwei returned to the backstage dressing room, her makeup still on, and the first thing she did was ask Chen Siqi to bring her her personal phone.

She found a relatively quiet corner and couldn't wait to make a video call to her daughter.

The video call connected quickly, and Sisi's rosy, excited little face immediately appeared on the screen.

"Mommy!" Sisi's voice was crisp and bright. "I saw you! You were on stage, so beautiful! Like a fairy!"

Hearing her daughter's words, Lin Caiwei's fatigue from the night seemed to vanish instantly, and her heart felt warm.

She asked softly, "Did Sisi watch Mommy sing? Sing the song Daddy wrote?"

"I looked, I looked!" Sisi nodded vigorously, her little braids swaying behind her head.

"Mom sings so well! Just as well as Dad!"

If these words had been spoken a month ago, or even just a few days ago, Lin Caiwei would definitely have found them a bit strange, and might even have instinctively wanted to refute them—

She was a professional singer who had received rigorous training and had performed countless concerts, while Chen Hao... in her mind at the time, was just a food deliveryman.

How can you compare two people?

Not to mention it's "just as good-sounding".

But now, hearing her daughter say this, Lin Caiwei not only didn't feel offended, but instead felt a strange happiness and... a touch of sweetness welling up inside her?

She knew that Chen Hao was "Haolin", and that the song "Starlight and Dust" that made her shine tonight was written, composed, arranged and sung by that seemingly ordinary man who always managed to surprise her.

Sisi said, "It sounds just as good as Dad's singing," which to her was more like an affirmation of her version of the song.

After all, the original singer was Chen Hao, and my daughter thinks that she sang just as well as the original singer, which is itself a very high compliment.

"Really? Sisi really thinks Mom sings well?" Lin Caiwei's lips unconsciously curled up as she asked.

"Really!" Sisi said with absolute certainty.

"It sounds amazing! Dad said it sounds great too!"

Lin Caiwei's heart skipped a beat for no apparent reason.

She asked casually, yet with a hint of expectation she herself didn't realize, "Dad... did you see it too? What did Dad say?"

"Daddy watched it too!" Sisi blurted out innocently.

"Dad stayed with me the whole time! He also said Mom sang very well and looked especially beautiful on stage!"

Although she knew her daughter's account might be exaggerated, Lin Caiwei couldn't help but laugh, her eyes curving into crescents.

A feeling of joy at being recognized and appreciated filled my heart, especially since this recognition came from Chen Hao.

This is the man she once only wanted to keep her distance from, but now she sees him less and less clearly.

"That's good." Lin Caiwei's voice was even gentler.

"Sisi likes it, Daddy likes it, so Mommy is happy."

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