She debuted after having a child with a celestial being.

The study was covered with sheet music.

Xiao He leaned back on the sofa armrest, carefully analyzing and making his choice.

He remembers very clearly the highly recognizable piano prelude of the original version of "The Only One" by G.E.M.

In the song "What the World Gave Me," Faye Wong's voice is as ethereal as the wind coming from the clouds.

In Zhou Shen's version of the music video for "Excuse Me," every frame is a moment that brings tears to the eyes of listeners.

Three songs, three directions, only one can be chosen to be placed in the position of Ning Que and Sang Sang's theme love song in "Ever Night".

Liu Yifei brought two cups of hot milk from the kitchen and placed one of them on the coffee table in front of him. The bottom of the cup made a soft, crisp sound as it hit the glass.

She was wearing her usual off-white knitted cardigan, her hair casually tied back, as she leaned over to look at the lyrics on the iPad screen, a few stray strands of hair brushing against his wrist.

"The Only One." She pointed to the song title on the screen.

"I've listened to all three of your demos. 'What the World Gave Me' is too cold, suitable for the stage but not so suitable for a drama. 'Excuse Me' is too urgent, suitable for the ending but not so suitable for a duet. 'The Only One', the line 'I really love you, every word is precious' perfectly describes Ning Que's feelings for Sang Sang. It's not the sweetness of passionate love, but the certainty of waiting a lifetime and confirming a lifetime."

Xiao He looked up at her.

She looked very focused when she analyzed the song.

This scene reminded him of last winter when she pointed to the windmills by the Guanting Reservoir and said, "That angle is good." Back then, she was teaching him how to compose a shot; now, she's helping him choose a song.

He suddenly said, "Sis, when did you learn to analyze song lyrics?"

"I learned it from you." Liu Yifei didn't look up, her finger still tracing the lyrics of the famous song on the screen.

"I used to only listen to the melody when I listened to songs. Later, someone told me that good songs are an expression of emotion, not something that comes out of the throat, but something that seeps out from the bones. I wondered if the person he was talking about was writing songs or writing about himself. Later I realized that it didn't come out of his throat, nor did it seep out from the bones; it was something he dug out from his memories."

She slid to the last line of the chorus and held the iPad up in front of him.

What were you thinking when you wrote the line, "Prove I am your only one"?

Xiao He did not answer.

He picked up the iPad, looked at the lyrics on the screen, and remained silent for a moment.

"I was thinking about Ning Que and Sang Sang," he said, then added, "and also about us."

"In which aspect?"

"Ning Que could step over the corpses of the entire world to reach Sang Sang. Sang Sang could give up everything and start over for Ning Que." He put down the iPad, picked up the hot milk on the coffee table, and took a sip. "We're not that miserable. So we don't have to feel so much pain when we sing."

"What should we use when singing?"

"With certainty." He put down his cup. "Ning Que spent the entire length of 'Ever Night' confirming that Sang Sang was his one and only."

Liu Yifei didn't answer. She picked up her iPad from the coffee table and read the lyrics again from the beginning. She looked at them for a long time.

Then she stood up, picked up the glass of milk that was half cold from the coffee table, and walked to the window.

The cats on the backyard lawn outside the window had long since dispersed, leaving only the orange cat dozing in the shadows of the gazebo, its tail twitching against the stone steps. Her voice came from the window: "Then let's choose 'The Only One.' The theme song for 'Ever Night' will be for Ning Que and Sang Sang."

A few days later, in the study of a villa in Shunyi.

In the meeting room of an office building in Chaoyang District, Xiao He sent the demo of "The Only One" to Yang Yang for a listen, and a video call request popped up almost simultaneously.

On the screen, Yang Yang sat in front of the monitor, holding a listening headset. His first words were, "How long have you been writing this piece?"

Xiao He didn't mention the rebirth, only the inspiration he had accumulated before.

Yang Yang listened to the video repeatedly, then said she was completely at ease entrusting the song to him. The emotional tone, the chorus progression, and the enunciation of the phrase "every word is not easily spoken" all matched Ning Que Sang Sang's temperament. But then she changed the subject.

"However, there's something I'd like to discuss with you. Could you sing all the OSTs yourself?"

Xiao He's fingers paused on the armrest for a moment, and he asked her if she meant HF wasn't involved in this song.

Yang Yang's tone was sincere; it wasn't a denial, but rather a concern.

She explained that Liu Yifei's singing skills have recently been the subject of much controversy online, causing concerns among investors and the publicity team.

The song is so emotionally intense that if it's labeled as having "controversial singing skills," the audience will be distracted.

It's not that they don't recognize the significance of the HF group, but rather that film and television OSTs are different from independent music; audiences won't forgive flaws just because of the singer's backstory.

Xiao He didn't answer immediately after hearing this, but looked at Yang Yang through the screen.

He said he fully understood the other party's concerns, but he also asked Director Yang to understand one thing.

HF is not a combination that can be temporarily split.

From day one, they established a rule: all works must be credited together, and all performances must be performed side-by-side. If investors need a solo OST, they can find another singer, but Hechao Music only releases HF's duet versions. "Crossing the Boundary" and "Insomnia Flight" are duets, "Mohe Dance Hall" is a duet, and "The Only One" must also feature her and him standing together in front of the microphone stand.

Yang Yang leaned back in his chair, looked at him thoughtfully, and then slowly nodded.

She said she could tell.

Xiao He wasn't promoting the HF brand; he was promoting the name Liu Yifei.

Everyone in the industry knows that from that "I'm not afraid of anything" Weibo post last year until now, he has been tearing off the labels that haters have randomly attached to Liu Yifei and wants to use his work to prove that she can stand on any stage again.

Moreover, it will make Liu Yifei the brightest star.

Xiao He did not deny it: "Director Yang, what I just said was the bottom line of Hechao Music. Now, as the founder of Hechao Music, I would like to ask you to use Liu Yifei."

He didn't wait for Yang Yang's answer, but went straight to the point: "Zhao Pan'er in 'Meng Hua Lu' is her."

Xiao He finished speaking in one breath. He said that Liu Yifei fit the role of Zhao Pan'er not because she is a "fairy sister", but because she has really climbed out of the bottom.

Last winter, she weathered the storm of "Three Lives Three Worlds," the Golden Broom Awards, the snatching of her godfather's film, and the ridicule from the entire internet as a box office poison.

Now, back on stage singing, from being ridiculed for her lack of singing skills to "Mohe Dance Hall" topping the charts and "Insomnia Flight" garnering 100,000 comments, she didn't rely on luck. The current Liu Yifei doesn't need to play Zhao Pan'er anymore—she has already walked Zhao Pan'er's path herself.

Then he began to analyze the reasons one by one.

Let's start with her appearance—he felt that Liu Yifei's classical temperament wasn't created through makeup, but rather stemmed from her bone structure and overall demeanor, perfectly matching the refinement and everyday charm of Song Dynasty aesthetics.

As for the quality of her performances—her acting skills from her past works such as "The Return of the Condor Heroes," "Chinese Paladin," and "Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils" have always met the aesthetic standards of cinema and have never deteriorated.

Even though she didn't film any TV dramas for many years, she never stopped her professional training, and her sense of camera presence was always on point.

Especially after experiencing a trough and a rebound in the past two years, her understanding of the inner struggles of her characters has become richer and more profound than before.

In the end, he didn't say anything more, letting Yang Yang figure it out himself.

Yang Yang's expression changed from hesitant to serious.

She said she would seriously consider it and would relay it to the producer and teacher Zhang Wei verbatim.

But the final decision depends on the investors' review and approval; it's not up to her to make the decision alone.

However, there is one thing she can answer right now—the OST single "The Only One" is a duet sung by Xiao He and Liu Yifei.