Chapter 27: Sharing the Moonlight Across a Thousand Miles

The music began.

A voice as ethereal as heavenly music rang out.

“♩♪ How long will the bright moon appear? Wine cup in hand, I ask the blue sky~”

“♩♪ In the celestial palace on high, I wonder what year it is this eve~”

After striking a pose, Su Yu began to dance along with the first line of the song.

Compared to the “King Xuanyuan’s Charge into Battle” she danced the first time, this time she was dancing an extremely gentle and elegant piece.

It could be said that it perfectly showcased her graceful figure and delicate dance movements.

This time, the dance music she chose was Faye Wong’s version of “When Will the Bright Moon Appear?”

The lyricist of this song was incredible; it was the household name and great lyricist Su Shi from her past life’s Huaxia.

After being sung by the heavenly queen Faye Wong’s melodious voice, it could be said that it was already a very perfect art song.

Paired with Su Yu’s professional-level dance interpretation, it was a great feast for the eyes of the viewers in the live stream room.

A light yellow long dress, water sleeves fluttering, the girl danced with the rhythm of the music, just like the fairies painted in ancient scrolls.

Elegant and moving dance steps, although giving people a fragile and soft feeling like a willow branch, those who knew could see that the girl’s movements were clean and powerful, something an ordinary dancer simply could not do.

Coupled with the unique and beautiful choreography, even with a slow and soothing song, one could still feel that the girl’s sense of rhythm was extremely in sync with the song.

“♩♪ I wish to ride the wind and return, yet I fear the crystal towers and jade palace.”

“♩♪ It’s cold in the high places~”

“♩♪ I rise to dance with my clear shadow, how can it compare~ to the mortal world~”

Soon, the song reached its middle section.

Su Yu’s water sleeves were completely released by her. The originally just slightly long water sleeves became full-length water sleeves.

As she hooked and flicked the water sleeves on her body, the rhythm of the dance suddenly quickened. The originally gentle and fragile dancer in the dance music began to become agile and ethereal.

When the last line, “I rise to dance with my clear shadow, how can it compare to the mortal world,” was sung.

Su Yu began to spin horizontally, her two water sleeves following her body, spinning faster and faster. When the last word of this lyric appeared, Su Yu concluded with a graceful dancer’s sitting posture.

“♩♪ It turns the crimson pavilion, stoops to the silk-netted doors, shining on the sleepless.”

“♩♪ There should be no resentment, why does it always become full when we are apart.”

In the next two lines, Su Yu showcased her extremely solid classical dance floor techniques.

Sitting on the floor, Su Yu tilted her head slightly towards the sky, her fingers forming an orchid shape, both hands pointing at the moon, brewing for the final section of the dance music.

As the last line of this section ended.

Su Yu slowly stood up, preparing to dance the final stage of this piece, which was also the ultimate meaning expressed by this poem and this song.

“♫♬ People have sorrow and joy, separation and reunion, the moon has its phases of dark and bright.”

“♫♬ This has been hard to have in full since ancient times!”

Su Yu’s water sleeves fluttered, coordinating with the ethereal voice in the music, doing her best to express the artistic conception in the lyrics and music.

“♫♬ May we all live long, though a thousand miles apart~ we share the same beautiful moon~”

When the last line ended, Su Yu still concluded with a gentle and elegant dance posture.

The piece ended.

At this moment, even the old viewers who had watched Su Yu’s live stream yesterday were stunned.

The “King Xuanyuan’s Charge into Battle” that Su Yu performed yesterday was more like a musical.

Her main goal was to perform this musical well, to vividly portray the courtesan, the general, King Xuanyuan, and the old soldier in the form of dance.

But today, the “When Will the Bright Moon Appear?” she danced was a pure dance performance.

She no longer needed to consider acting out a story.

Instead, she took the ultimate beauty of dance, paired it with the song and lyrics, and then, with what she had learned over many years, danced it out perfectly.

The song was beautiful! The lyrics were beautiful! The dance was beautiful!

It brought an ultimate audio-visual enjoyment, allowing people to feel the charm of song and dance…

That was all.

For most viewers, today’s “When Will the Bright Moon Appear?” brought them a much greater shock than yesterday’s “King Xuanyuan’s Charge into Battle.”

Compared to yesterday’s musical, today’s “When Will the Bright Moon Appear?” was more accessible and easy to understand, with a very clear theme and a relatively unified performance style.

The old viewers had at least seen Su Yu dance before and had a certain level of mental preparation, knowing that Su Yu was very good at dancing.

But those new viewers were different!

The Haixian platform, after signing Su Yu, had decisively given her live stream room popularity support, allowing her live stream room to now rank on the first page of the entertainment section.

Even without a special recommendation, there would be a steady stream of viewers coming in.

Those new viewers who didn’t come to watch yesterday, when they saw this stunningly beautiful water sleeve dance performed by Su Yu, coupled with this music they had never heard before, they were directly dumbfounded.

The bullet comments exploded.

[I just wanted to watch a pretty girl dance to unwind, but what did I see? Is this a fairy?]

[This song is so good! The woman singing has an ethereal feeling, and the streamer’s dance is also beautiful. That long-sleeved, fluttering dance is so good-looking.]

[Holy cr*p, holy cr*p!]

[So awesome.]

[When she started spinning in the middle section, I was completely mesmerized. The streamer is too strong.]

[I’ll be honest, although the dance is beautiful, I choose to be a fan of the streamer’s looks.]

[Can you post the lyrics? I didn’t remember all of them, but that line, “People have sorrow and joy, separation and reunion, the moon has its phases of dark and bright,” is so well-written.]

On the other side.

In the Haixian platform’s company conference room.

After CEO Chen finished watching the dance Su Yu performed live, he immediately led the applause.

“Clap, clap, clap…”

Originally, the main reason CEO Chen signed Su Yu was because he saw her positive image.

At least, he couldn’t let people think that the entertainment streamers on their live streaming platform were only female streamers who dressed revealingly, danced provocatively, and called out to “big brothers” for gifts.

Therefore, CEO Chen didn’t care about Su Yu’s actual economic value.

Even if the money Su Yu earned for the platform through gifts was far less than the platform’s signing fee, CEO Chen felt it was not a problem.

Now it seemed.

Perhaps this streamer could maintain a very considerable economic value while also taking into account her reputation and image.

Even without considering building an image for the platform, just considering her economic value, it was very likely that they wouldn’t lose money!

Yesterday’s “King Xuanyuan’s Charge into Battle,” although elegant and technically proficient in dance, reaching a professional level, was ultimately not “common” enough…

Perhaps it could change the platform’s image, but it would be difficult to win the favor of the majority of people.

In his opinion, for many art forms, being a little more “common” was not a bad thing.

Especially in their live streaming industry.

People eat the five grains, that is “common.”

To put it simply, it had to be down-to-earth!

A form like a musical was clearly not common enough, not down-to-earth enough, and not an art form that could be accepted by the majority of people.

But today…

This “When Will the Bright Moon Appear?” had done it.

Because, this dance was purely about performing a magnificent dance.

Even viewers who had never been exposed to classical dance could easily be moved by this kind of dance and feel the beauty of this type of dance.

Jiangxin Villa.

Qin Xiao muttered the lyrics of the song to himself.

“May we all live long, though a thousand miles apart, we share the same beautiful moon…”

He looked at the moonlight outside the window. Presumably, his family would also have such thoughts.

But for the sake of a great cause, they could only act separately and could not reunite.

Qin Xiao looked at the stunningly beautiful woman dancing like a spirit on the TV screen, and also felt surprised in his heart.

“Su Yunmeng, how much more about you is there that I don’t know?”