Translator: StarveCleric Editor: Milkbiscuit
However, the ‘Peeping Tom’ conflict didn’t last for too long before Lu Benlai stepped forward to resolve the situation. Or to be more exact, the song that he queued— “Chilling” —had begun playing.
“The coldness starts to creep in with the onset of night, countless flowers fell to the ground and turned into frost… 1 “
Lu Benlai was a male, so Shi Yao thought that he would sing in a masculine voice. But contrary to her expectations, she heard a feminine voice instead.
Shocked, Shi Yao lifted her head to look at the singing Lu Benlai.
“You’re gazing from afar, gradually losing this moment of twilight. I refrain myself from reminiscing, but it’s too difficult to forget you…”
After confirming that the voice indeed followed the movements of Lu Benlai’s mouth, only then did Shi Yao convince herself that the feminine voice was coming from him.
“The resplendent peach blossoms have chilled, but how can you bear to cast aside the previous life we spent together…” Lu Benlai continued singing, and just like it played out in the duet, he had already altered his voice into that of a male. “A lost heart drifting along the sea, appearing to be devoid of pain, devoid of desires, devoid of exhaustion. But mere illusions these were…”
Wasn’t this roommate of Lin Jiage’s a little too incredible? To think that he could perfectly switch between a male voice and a female voice!
At that moment, Shi Yao’s attention was completely focused on Lu Benlai.
“The chilling night turns into a river carrying my longing for you, becoming the spring soil that cherishes me…”
“Time slowly made its imprint on the silhouette of my lover, and petals of resplendent peach blossoms wash down the river stream…”
Switching in between a masculine and feminine voice, Lu Benlai successfully sang “Chilling” up to the halfway point.
As the verse for the latter half of the song began, Lu Benlai started with a feminine voice. The tone he took was still the same as the original, but the lyrics were a little wrong, “They say that I’m too fat, cholesterol here and there… 2“
Shi Yao had lowered her head to drink some more juice when she suddenly heard the lyrics and froze. She was stunned for three seconds before she slowly raised her head and turned to look at Lu Benlai.
Lu Benlai’s mouth was still moving, “… My silhouette is like a wall, no dress I can wear that wouldn’t choke. Ah, how difficult it is to find a companion…”
Shi Yao blinked her eyes again and again before it came to her that Lu Benlai had changed the lyrics of the song.
Following which, Lu Benlai switched to a male voice, but the words he sang were still different from the lyrics reflected on the screen, “No, they’re not lying, I fear when you’re by my side. While your beauty is out of the frame, I plead for you to walk away. You’re blocking my sunlight…”
Hearing up to this point, “Pfft!” , Shi Yao couldn’t help bursting into laughter. She nearly spurted out her drink, but it was fortunate that she’d covered her mouth in the nick of time.
Did he have to be so comedic? To sing like that for a karaoke song, not to mention, to change the lyrics to something like that…
On the other hand, Lu Benlai noted that he had managed to coax some laughter out of Shi Yao, but he didn’t stop his singing just then. Instead, his gaze discreetly drifted towards Lin Jiage.
The moment Shi Yao laughed, the young man sitting beside her turned his head to look at her.
The young man’s expression was as cold and indifferent as ever, but when he saw the young lady chuckle, his gaze had visibly softened.
Knowing that he was finally out of danger, Lu Benlai sang with even greater fervor than before.
Lu Benlai (feminine voice): “But I only eat coarse grains, and iced water each day…”
Shi Yao had just taken her hand off her lips when she heard those lyrics and burst into laughter once again.
Lu Benlai (male voice): “While others eat three meals a day, you insisted you needed six…”
Shi Yao laughed so hard that her teeth were showing through. She turned to the side and whispered some words into Lin Jiayi’s ears.
Seeing this series of actions, it wasn’t clear whether he was infected by the young lady’s joyous laughter or provoked by Lu Benlai’s comedic lyrics; Lin Jiage’s lips crept up slightly as well.