Chapter 83: Invisible Wings
I hope Yu Wei can be an individual…
Watching Lin Yuting slowly walk onto the stage, Qi Luo An sitting in the second row of the audience seats felt a bit worried. Yu Wei’s song is not easy to sing, and she had deep experience with that.
Last time after singing “Under the Flying Clouds,” her throat felt uncomfortable for three days. Collaborating with Yu Wei was too taxing on the voice. Not to mention Bluebird, even a phoenix couldn’t withstand it.
Suggest including collaboration with Yu Wei in medical insurance.
The stage floor had a slight chill. Lin Yuting’s fingertips lightly rested on the staff member’s arm. In the darkness, she heard the rustling of clothing fabrics from below the stage…
Although she couldn’t see clearly, there should be many people, right?
Before the program recording started, Yu Wei told her a hell joke backstage: Other singers get nervous and close their eyes, but you don’t need to.
Now it seemed true. Seeing as if nothing is there allowed her to fully showcase herself.
The spotlight quietly shone on Lin Yuting, like a pair of invisible hands cradling her face. When the prelude piano sound sprinkled down like shattered diamonds, she took a deep breath and stubbornly closed her eyes.
She wanted to be like everyone else…
“Every time
I waver, staying strong in loneliness
Every time
Even if badly hurt
I don’t shed tears.”
Lin Yuting’s voice was clear as water. When the first line of lyrics overflowed from her lips, this gentle and quiet girl instantly became the focus of the entire audience.
Below the stage was silent like the deep sea, forming a stark contrast to the liveliness of the previous performance.
She felt a bit nervous. Was she singing poorly?
There was no sound feedback, which was not a good thing for a blind person. Lin Yuting subconsciously tightened her fingers, the metal chill of the microphone seeping into her palm.
She recalled the scene when she first learned this song. Because she couldn’t see the score, she could only learn it verbatim. Yu Wei sang a line, and she followed.
Later, she finally learned it, but during practice when Yu Wei wasn’t by her side, she panicked, making frequent mistakes… A person learning to walk with a white cane doesn’t dare to run without it.
But how to run with a white cane?
Yu Wei chose this song for her to teach her to be strong and not rely on others. If she became his new dependency, it would be putting the cart before the horse.
Invisible Wings are the strength of the inner heart.
In the silent darkness, she could only hear her own heartbeat pounding against her eardrums.
“I know
I always have a pair of invisible wings
Taking me to fly
Fly over despair.”
The melody surged like waves, pushing her forward. Wings are the hope to fly over despair, which was easy to understand, but why were the wings invisible?
She mechanically sang the melody and lyrics engraved in her mind, without any mistakes, but to the audience, it sounded good but felt emotionless.
“I knew this kid was sly.”
Qi Luo An watched from below with a bit of heartache. At first, she was puzzled when listening to this song—how was it so simple? Your difficulty seems different from mine.
Then after listening to two verses, she understood. The simpler the song, the more it emphasizes emotional resonance. Being good to listen to is the entry ticket for a song. To truly impress, you need either technique or emotion.
This song is easy to sing, but hard to sing well…
In entertainment novels, just pulling out a good song can dominate the world, but in a parallel world, aren’t others’ songs better than yours?
Singing isn’t about stacking stats. Su Xinnan’s “My Faith” is not only good to listen to but also has nostalgia. You can’t win just by song quality.
While Qi Luo An was secretly complaining if Yu Wei was deliberately tormenting the reader, Lin Yuting’s song suddenly stopped, clearly having an issue in the performance.
“Finally I see, all dreams blooming…”
When singing the words “see,” Lin Yuting’s throat suddenly choked. This verb, forever absent for a blind person, turned into bitter hardship under her tongue at this moment.
She had practiced it so many times and never felt anything wrong with that word, but at this moment, how she wished she could really see?
The backstage air conditioning blew over her nape, her skin instantly tensing. She had sung barefoot on blue bricks in a rainy night, feeling a similar chill.
The damp brick seams stimulated her foot arch, the pattering rain accompanied her, and at that time, she seemed to really see a rain.
So Lin Yuting really liked Yu Wei’s “Sound of Rain.”
Seeing the world with ears, using the heart as eyes…
After a slight pause, the singing continued. She no longer mechanically recited the lyrics but climbed upward along the steps of the melody.
Can’t see doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist.
She couldn’t see the world, but the world remained peaceful. The wings were invisible, but they were always there.
“Finally I soar
Gazing with heart, unafraid
Wherever there is wind
Fly that far.”
Lin Yuting slowly raised her head, her voice suddenly becoming clear and full, like moonlight piercing through clouds, echoing in the broadcast hall dome.
Yu Wei’s gentle lowered voice during teaching turned into the airflow behind her at this moment. The audience’s slight gasps of amazement gathered into the wind lifting her. Her parents’ concerned words before departure intertwined with her singing into a double spiral.
Her body began to sway naturally with the beat, as if standing on a cliff edge spreading wings.
“Don’t think
They have a beautiful sun
I see
Even the daily sunset changes.”
Singing the words “see” again, Lin Yuting seemed like a completely different person. Her lips curved into a smile, making the stage spotlight dim in comparison.
This scene was too shocking. The same song, same words, yet the contrast before and after was so great. The audience saw it all, as if transforming along with her.
They went from ordinary listeners fully immersed in the singing. It was precisely that simple pause—even strangers would worry seeing a blind singer suddenly make a mistake.
It was this small heartache that directly drew them into Lin Yuting’s following singing, and they personally witnessed the birth of those invisible wings.
Even more precious was that this performance wasn’t scripted. They personally witnessed a blind girl’s confusion and accompanied her as she spread wings and soared.
Lin Yuting not only showcased outstanding singing, but more importantly, she expressed the song’s emotions to an unparalleled degree, deeply moving everyone.
Compared to memories, this stroke they jointly wrote was even more shocking, just like the song’s last line, “Leave a wish to let oneself imagine.”
The highest realm of an inspirational song is definitely not hysterical shouting, but making people truly believe from the heart that miracles do exist.
Hope isn’t shouted out, and they happened to witness it today.
After the song ended, Lin Yuting still couldn’t see the audience, but she heard the thunderous applause, even Qi Luo An’s loud cheers.
“Amazing.”
From the latter half of the song, Meng Han’s exclamations hadn’t stopped. The song was good, sung well, and the entire performance process was excellent on top of excellent.
No other words? Yu Wei really should consider calling him “Amazing Bro.”
“Convinced. Your song is inherently better than mine. I was thinking of making up for it with performance, but unexpectedly even the performance surpasses mine.”
Su Xinnan generously admitted it. Yu Wei’s creative ability was outstanding enough, but unexpectedly his ability to coach singers was also so terrifying.
Tailor-made songs, plus targeted guidance. After “Music Blind Box” airs, he’s probably going to produce twelve top-tier disciples!
She turned back to look at Lin Yuting in the center of the stage, her gaze filled with strong appreciation, clearly having taken a liking to her talent.
Better to snatch her early…
A singer with representative works and strength, still a civilian, would be a hot commodity anywhere.
Actually, in the previous episode, both Qi Luo An and Su Xinnan admired her, but her relationship with Yu Wei was deep, obviously impossible to poach.
This time, she could give it a try!
Su Xinnan’s calculations fell through quickly. The moment Lin Yuting was helped off the stage by staff and groped her way to Yu Wei, she said something inconceivable.
“Between me and the role in the book, who sings better?”
A slightly coquettish joke directly stunned Su Xinnan.
In two episodes of the program, all the singers Yu Wei coached were readers she valued. Clearly just a simple reader relationship, why was their connection always so close…
Did Yu Wei’s book have something in it?
