Time passed slowly, and in a flash, the setting sun sank into the horizon.
Liyue entered the night.
The gentle sea breeze brushed over the sea surface, carrying the slightly misty moisture of the ocean, and blew into Liyue Harbor. Accompanying the curling cooking smoke rising into the sky, the lights of Liyue Harbor also lit up one after another.
The atmosphere in the packed Heyu Tea House had also reached its peak at this time; they were all craning their necks in anticipation of Master Yun's appearance.
"Night has fallen; Miss Yun Jin should be coming out soon, right?"
Looking at the finely crafted lanterns lighting up in the tea house, Fang Qiu whispered.
Although the lighting effect was far from those high-tech light tubes of her past life, it was precisely these slightly hazy lanterns that created just the right atmosphere. Especially the lanterns on the stage; the lighting was handled just right.
"Logically speaking, it should be soon."
Hu Tao stroked her smooth chin and said.
Just as they were chatting idly, a burst of faint sounds from silk and bamboo instruments rang out.
"She's here."
Hearing the instruments sound, the expressions of everyone present were roused one after another.
A middle-aged man eating pastries was even in such a rush to swallow the pastry in his mouth that his face turned beet red from choking; if not for the person next to him hurriedly handing him a cup of tea, he would probably be lying on the ground by now.
Of course, Fang Qiu naturally did not pay too much attention to that person, but instead stared intently at the opera stage, awaiting that Miss Yun Jin's ascent to the stage. She was very curious about what this Miss Yun Jin actually looked like.
"Alas..."
As a melodious and tactful mournful cry rang out, the crowd below the stage all held their breath and focused their attention, their gazes fixed tightly on the stage.
With a soft sound.
Two huge screens on the opera stage were pushed aside to both sides. Behind the screens was a young girl dressed in an opera costume, with a lithe figure and a clear, elegant demeanor.
She stood sideways, half-concealed and half-revealed. As the word "Alas" from her mouth settled with a melodious turn, she also gradually turned her body around, revealing a charming face with light makeup.
"Cold night, secluded..."
Her sandalwood lips parted slightly, and the melodious and tactful opera singing voice issued from her mouth.
What she sang was the person in the play losing their way in the snow, unable to help but sigh in mourning amidst their dazed helplessness.
"It's Walking in the Snow; she sings truly well."
"Having listened to opera for so many years, aside from this child Yun Jin's mother, this child sings the best."
"I've heard others sing this Walking in the Snow too, but compared to Master Yun, they are quite lacking."
"Indeed so, worthy of being our Liyue's most famous star."
The crowd praised one after another.
"Not bad, really not bad."
Hu Tao was also at the side, putting on an appearance of having understood and savoring the art.
Looking at the young girl dancing lightly on the stage along with the opera music, Fang Qiu couldn't help but be somewhat dumbfounded.
That girl on the stage was actually the girl she had encountered in that Mondstadt beverage shop earlier who was holding her book and reading.
"It's her? She is Yun Jin?"
Fang Qiu muttered.
"That's right, how about it? She sings well, doesn't she?"
Hu Tao whispered with a beaming smile, saying, "She likes reading your Sword and Fairy immensely. When she sought me out a few days ago, she even specifically told me that she bought two of your old books, and would read them during her free time after finishing this opera performance."
Hearing Hu Tao say this, Fang Qiu's delicate body trembled suddenly. She hurriedly stole a glance at the girl sitting at the same table. Seeing that she hadn't heard the conversation between herself and Hu Tao, she couldn't help breathing a sigh of relief.
Since what Yun Jin was reading was her book, then combining it with the time... The book that girl gave Yun Jin was extremely likely to be her own copy of Sword and Fairy...
She turned her head to look at Yun Jin on the stage, and at this moment, Yun Jin also happened to cast her gaze toward her.
Their eyes met.
Although the movements of her hands did not stop, and the opera singing in her mouth was not affected in the slightest. However, Fang Qiu could feel that Yun Jin had also recognized her, and seemed very surprised to see her sitting beside Hu Tao.
She hadn't expected that she had already met this head and pillar of the Yun-Han Opera Troupe before.
However, thinking about it carefully, it made sense. That day in the dessert shop, after Yun Jin sat down, the gazes cast from the surroundings obviously became much more numerous.
At the time, she thought those people were just purely curious about them; looking at it now, quite a few people had recognized Yun Jin.
But feeling that Yun Jin was enjoying private leisure time, they didn't go up to disturb her. It was also possible that because they weren't sure if it was Yun Jin, they didn't go up to say hello.
Fang Qiu returned a shallow smile, then spoke no more, quietly listening to the opera.
It had to be said.
Yun Jin sang truly well.
Although she didn't understand matters regarding opera very well, because she accompanied the elderly to watch TV, she had been forced to listen to quite a lot of opera. And to her ears, Yun Jin's strength did not lose out in the slightest to those famous actors on TV in her past life.
Yun Jin continued singing. As the piece Walking in the Snow concluded, Yun Jin performed a standard opera bow to the crowd.
The crowd applauded and cheered one after another.
"As expected of Master Yun, this singing was just too good!"
"Although it's an old play, one has to say, Master Yun's performance was truly too perfect."
"Indeed so, a single song of Walking in the Snow sang out all the confusion, joys, and sorrows of life."
The crowd discussed while applauding.
Fang Qiu also clapped along with Hu Tao. Thus, under the admiring gazes of the crowd, Yun Jin gave a shallow smile, took a step back, and after she retreated that step, those two screens slowly closed up.
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