If the confession fails, then pursue her best friend

Chapter 230 Xia Zhijin's first singing performance
Seeing that Chu Yanyan was eager to go out and play, Li Yuan naturally would not refuse and nodded with a smile.

"I can do it, you just have to decide."

Chu Yanyan asked with a smile: "Zhijin, what about you? Should we go shopping, sing, or watch a movie?"

Xia Zhijin glanced at Li Yuan quietly, thought for a moment, and replied shyly, "Let's go sing."

Hearing Xia Zhijin's answer, Li Yuan was slightly stunned and felt a little surprised.

He thought Xia Zhijin would say "whatever, anything is fine", but he didn't expect her to take the initiative to suggest singing.

He suddenly thought that since he met Xia Zhijin, the two of them had never gone to KTV to sing together, nor had he ever heard Xia Zhijin sing.

It seemed that, subconsciously, I thought Xia Zhijin couldn't sing and was not interested in music.

This is a mistake in thinking.

As a girl, Xia Zhijin just comes from a poor family, but her interests and hobbies are probably the same as other girls. She also likes food, shopping, traveling, music and the like.

Maybe Xia Zhijin’s singing is also very nice. After all, her voice is very nice, soft and sweet, like a solitary orchid in a valley.

Whether a song is good or not is closely related to the voice. Some people are like being chased by God and fed by God, and all the good qualities are added to them.
Li Yuan suddenly felt more expectant.

When Chu Yanyan heard that Xia Zhijin wanted to go to KTV to sing, she quickly nodded in agreement.

She actually also wanted to go to KTV to sing. In that era, KTV was very popular and was one of the must-go places for college students who had the conditions to gather.

"Hehe, Zhijin, your idea is really in line with mine, then let's go to KTV to sing."

Chu Yanyan looked very interested, and it was obvious that she also wanted to sing.

He looked at Li Yuan again, asking for his opinion.

"Li Yuan, is this okay?"

Li Yuan smiled and nodded: "Of course no problem."

This cousin probably doesn't know her current situation in the Chinese music industry, otherwise, she wouldn't have reacted like this.
Seeing Li Yuan agree, Chu Yanyan chuckled and said jokingly, "Li Yuan, Zhijin sings very well. You are in for a treat today."

When Xia Zhijin heard her cousin praising her, her face immediately turned red with shame, which looked very beautiful.

"No, I'm just an average singer and I don't sing that often."

Chu Yanyan smiled and joked: "Zhi Jin, you are always so modest, how can I not understand you. Hehe, when you were little, you often came to my house and followed me to learn new songs. Which singer did you like?"

"By the way, I remember that you won a prize for singing when you were in the first grade of elementary school, right?"

Seeing her cousin talking about the past, Xia Zhijin's face suddenly flashed with a gloomy sadness. When she was in the first grade of elementary school, her parents had not passed away yet, and her childhood was as carefree as that of other children.
But with an accident, everything changed.

All my interests and hobbies were hidden.

Because she no longer has the carefree environment under the protection of her parents.
Chu Yanyan smiled and said, "Then let's go now."

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Sister Yanyan, please take this back to the dormitory first."

Li Yuan handed the laptop in his hand to Chu Yanyan. He had been carrying it for several hours.

Chu Yanyan took the gift and said a little embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Li Yuan, I made you carry it for so long."

"It's okay, it's not serious." Li Yuan smiled and asked, "Zhi Jin, do you want to follow Sister Yan Yan to their dormitory to take a look?"

Boys are not allowed to enter the girls' dormitory of the University of Science and Technology.

Xia Zhijin glanced at Li Yuan with hesitation, and Li Yuan immediately understood that she was worried that he would be bored waiting downstairs alone.

"Zhijin, go check it out with Sister Yanyan. I'll make a phone call."

Only then did Xia Zhijin nod in agreement.

Chu Yanyan held Xia Zhijin's hand and said with a smile: "Well, then Li Yuan, you wait downstairs for a while, Zhijin and I will be back soon."

"OK!" Li Yuan made a gesture.

Seeing the two girls leave, Li Yuan took out his cell phone and made a call.

"Boss, do you need me for something?"

Li Yuan looked serious and said calmly, "Well, can you help me check Yin Jie from the School of Electronic Information at Magic City University of Technology and his son Yin Sheng? I need detailed information, such as their relationship with men and women... Do you know what to do?"

The voice on the other end of the phone was a little excited, and nodded quickly: "Boss, don't worry, I know what to do."

Li Yuan: "Okay, do it as soon as possible. If there is any progress, let me know in time."

"Okay, boss!"

Chu Yanyan carried the gift and took Xia Zhijin back to the girls' dormitory.

Because today is Monday, two of Chu Yanyan's three roommates were there. They were all surprised to see Chu Yanyan leading such a beautiful girl back to the dormitory.

"Yan Yan, who is this?"

Chu Yanyan introduced with a smile: "Xiu Lan, this is my cousin Xia Zhijin. She came to our school to play with me today."

Zhang Xiulan suddenly realized: "Oh, I remember now, I heard Yanyan say that she has a cousin who is a freshman at Daxia University."

"Hello, cousin, my name is Zhang Xiulan, Yanyan's roommate."

Another roommate also came over to say hello.

"My name is Sun Junjun, cousin, you are so beautiful, you look just like Yanyan."

"Hehe, cousin, your family's genes are so good. I like them a little bit after seeing them."

"Cousin, do you have a boyfriend? Do you want me to introduce one to you? I know several handsome guys!"

The enthusiasm of the two girls made Xia Zhijin look a little shy. She pinched the corner of her clothes and greeted them with a blushing face.

"Come on, stop teasing Zhijin. Zhijin has a boyfriend, and he's waiting for us downstairs."

Seeing this, Chu Yanyan explained with a chuckle and put the gifts from Li Yuan and the others on the table.

Zhang Xiulan and Sun Junjun were both shocked to hear that Xia Zhijin already had a boyfriend.

Chu Yanyan is already a junior in college and still doesn’t have a boyfriend.

Zhang Xiulan exclaimed, "Oh my god, my cousin is only a freshman and she already has a boyfriend?"

"My cousin is so beautiful, her boyfriend must be very handsome too."

"I was wondering what kind of boy would be worthy of my cousin."

Xia Zhijin shyly said "hmm". She didn't even need to consider whether Li Yuan was handsome or not. In her heart, he was the most handsome man.

Zhang Xiulan looked at the outline of the gift that Chu Yanyan placed on the table and asked in surprise:
"Yan Yan, who gave you this gift? Why does it look weird? What is it?"

Chu Yanyan smiled and said, "It was given by Zhijin and her boyfriend. I haven't opened it yet."

"Aren't you curious at all?" Zhang Xiulan stretched out her hand to weigh it, and with a light exclamation, she muttered with a puzzled look in her eyes:

"Yan Yan, what's in here looks a bit like a laptop."

"Laptop?" Chu Yanyan was stunned and found it a little unbelievable.

She thought it was just an ordinary gift, a laptop computer could be worth thousands.

The most important point is that she hasn’t bought a computer yet.

Looking at Xia Zhijin, his cousin must know what the gift is.

"Zhijin, what gifts did you two buy?"

Xia Zhijin said jokingly with a smile: "Sister Yanyan, you can find out if you open it and take a look, right?"

Chu Yanyan curiously picked up the scissors and opened the gift packaging, revealing a notebook box.
"Wow, it really is a laptop?"

"Yan Yan, haven't you been saving money to buy a laptop? I didn't expect your cousin to give it to you directly."

"This model of laptop should not be cheap, it must cost tens of thousands of yuan. Hehe, I didn't expect that my cousin is actually a wealthy woman."

Zhang Xiulan and Sun Junjun looked at Xia Zhijin differently. To be able to give a laptop computer worth tens of thousands of dollars as a gift, his family situation must be unusual.

Chu Yanyan was stunned for a moment, bit her lip, and looked at Xia Zhijin with mixed feelings. She knew that Li Yuan's family was wealthy and generous, but she didn't expect that he would directly give her a laptop worth tens of thousands of dollars.

"Zhijin, this laptop is too expensive. I can't take it."

Xia Zhijin smiled and said softly, "Sister Yanyan, just accept it. This is what he chose."

"If you don't, he'll be angry."

"Well, okay then." Chu Yanyan nodded hesitantly, and her favorability towards Li Yuan increased sharply.

When they heard that the gift was bought by Xia Zhijin's boyfriend, Zhang Xiulan and the other girl looked strange. It seemed that this cousin, who had just entered her freshman year, had found a rich boyfriend.

They didn't feel unbalanced. Xia Zhijin was so beautiful, if she found an ordinary boy as her boyfriend, they would be even more regretful.
Chu Yanyan has already decided in her heart that she will pay for the singing at KTV herself and not let Li Yuan pay.

She looked at Xia Zhijin and said with a smile, "Li Yuan is still waiting downstairs. Let's go over there quickly and don't keep him waiting for too long."

Xia Zhijin hummed softly.

Seeing the two were about to leave, Zhang Xiulan asked casually:
"Yan Yan, cousin, what are you guys planning to do? Are you going back to the dormitory tonight?"

Chu Yanyan and Zhang Xiulan are best friends and have a very good relationship, and they don't hide anything.

"We are going to go to KTV to sing. Lanlan, Junjun, do you two want to come with us?"

"Go sing?" Zhang Xiulan's eyes lit up and she looked a little interested. She really wanted to go, but felt it was not appropriate.

"Would it be inappropriate for us to go too?"

Chu Yanyan just said it casually. Seeing that her two roommates seemed interested, she felt a little hesitant. She didn't know if Li Yuan would be disgusted if she brought her two roommates along.

At this time, Xia Zhijin replied with a smile: "It's okay, two sisters, let's go together."

Since the main person Xia Zhijin had spoken, Zhang Xiulan and Sun Junjun looked very happy.

Zhang Xiulan: "Hehe, is that really possible? I haven't been to KTV to sing for a long time."

Chu Yanyan touched Xia Zhijin's arm and asked, "Do you want to call Li Yuan and ask him?"

Xia Zhijin thought about it, and although she felt that Li Yuan would definitely agree, she still obediently dialed Li Yuan's number.

When the call was connected, Xia Zhijin just mentioned it casually, and Li Yuan immediately agreed. Looking at the people who were looking forward to it, Xia Zhijin smiled and nodded: "Yes, he said welcome."

Chu Yanyan breathed a sigh of relief: "Then let's go together. Lanlan, Junjun, do you want to change your clothes?"

"Um, why don't you wait a few minutes while I change my clothes."

"I need to touch up my makeup, too."

"Cousin, talk to your boyfriend again, wait a moment."

When Li Yuan saw Xia Zhijin, Chu Yanyan and the other three coming out, it was already around 7:30 in the evening.

Chu Yanyan came to Li Yuan and said a little embarrassedly: "Li Yuan, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."

"It's ok."

Li Yuan smiled and looked at the two girls beside Chu Yanyan. They were both ordinary-looking girls, but they were dressed quite exquisitely. He smiled and nodded at them.

Chu Yanyan introduced them one by one: "Li Yuan, they are my roommates, Zhang Xiulan and Sun Junjun."

Li Yuan smiled and greeted: "Hello, senior sister!"

Under the dim lights on the roadside, Zhang Xiulan looked at Li Yuan's face and felt that it was familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember where it was.
However, just by looking at Li Yuan's height and appearance, Zhang Xiulan understood why he was able to pursue Xia Zhijin.

It was obvious that this was a truly tall, rich and handsome man, and he was also very generous. The gifts he casually gave to my cousin were all worth tens of thousands...

Zhang Xiulan smiled and greeted, "Hi, Li Yuan, you are really tall and handsome, and you and my cousin are a perfect match."

Sun Junjun also looked strange and joked, "Hehe, junior, you wouldn't mind if we shamelessly follow him to the KTV?"

Li Yuan shook his head and said with a smile: "It would be a great honor for the two senior sisters to go."

After saying that, he took Xia Zhijin's hand and looked at Chu Yanyan.

"Sister Yanyan, let's go over now. I have already booked a private room."

Five people, including one man and four women, got in Li Yuan's BMW X6 and came to a KTV called "Leishi" next to the University of Science and Technology.

The environment and grade of this KTV are pretty good, and it is only about 2 kilometers away from the University of Science and Technology.

In his previous life, Li Yuan had come here several times to sing.

Because it was Monday, there were not many people in the KTV, and the sounds coming from the box could be heard from a long distance away.

Li Yuan had booked the private room while he was waiting. The luxurious 988 meal came with a fruit plate, drinks, snacks, and more.

After Zhang Xiu Lan, Sun Jun Jun and others entered the private room.

Zhang Xiulan couldn't help but praise: "The sound effects of Leishi KTV are very good, and the environment is also very good. Junior brother Li Yuan is quite good at choosing places."

Sun Junjun looked at the dazzling array of fruits, snacks, and drinks, and her heart couldn't help but be moved.

When they went to KTV to sing in the past, they would always carry a big bag and secretly bring in their own snacks, drinks, etc.

Because the things in KTV are really too expensive, several times more expensive than outside.

At the door of the box, Chu Yanyan came to Li Yuan and said embarrassedly: "Li Yuan, I said I treated you, why did you pay so quickly?"

Li Yuan smiled slightly: "Sister Yanyan, we are all family, no need to be so polite."

Chu Yanyan's cheeks blushed slightly: "Well, let's go in and sing too."

……

In the private room,
As the only boy, Chu Yanyan and Zhang Xiulan urged Li Yuan to order songs first.

Li Yuan refused to order first, using the excuse that ladies were given priority. Chu Yanyan did not force him and could only order a few songs first.

……

Li Yuan sat next to Xia Zhijin, held her hand, and asked, "Zhijin, what do you want to sing? I'll help you choose."

Xia Zhijin stretched her body straight. It was the first time in her life that she sang in a KTV.

Xia Zhijin glanced at Li Yuan and said shyly, "I can only sing some old songs."

Li Yuan smiled and patted her head: "It's okay, I like old songs too, those classic old songs are good to listen to."

Li Yuan pulled Xia Zhijin up and said with a smile, "Come with me, let's go order some songs together."

Come to the song request station,
Li Yuan taught her step by step how to order songs.

"Zhi Jin, there are classic old songs here. You can also directly enter the song name to order a song, or search for the singer's name to order a song. There are also current hot songs..."

After Li Yuan's hands-on instruction, Xia Zhijin found the mode of classic old songs with a slight trembling of her little hands. As she listened to the songs, some familiar and some unfamiliar, her heartbeat kept accelerating.

Before her parents passed away, she was a very cheerful little girl who loved singing and dancing. But after her parents passed away unexpectedly, she became an orphan and grew up a lot in a short time, and also became autistic...

Under Li Yuan's gaze, Xia Zhijin checked three songs with slightly trembling hands: "Tomorrow Will Be Better", "Fruits of Midsummer" and "At Least I Still Have You".

Xia Zhijin said shyly: "Li Yuan, I have made my choice."

Li Yuan looked at the songs chosen by Xia Zhijin. These three songs were all classic old songs from 2000, which he could also sing. Especially the first song "Tomorrow Will Be Better", which was a must-sing song in the elementary school chorus competition.

Li Yuan rubbed Xia Zhijin's head and smiled: "Zhijin, I am looking forward to your singing."

Xia Zhijin's cheeks flushed slightly. She stared at Li Yuan anxiously and said, "I don't sing well. Please don't laugh at me."

Seeing Xia Zhijin looking nervous as if she was going to the battlefield, Li Yuan couldn't help but pinch her face.

"Zhi Jin, you must be able to sing well. Even if you just read the lyrics, it sounds better than most people."

Xia Zhijin chuckled, rolled her eyes at Li Yuan, and asked sweetly, "Li Yuan, don't you want to order some songs?"

Li Yuan smiled and said, "Okay, I'll order a few songs too."

The songs in Lei Shi KTV are relatively complete. Li Yuan checked the current popular music, but in his memory, they were all classic old songs.

Li Yuan randomly selected a few songs. After his rebirth, his voice had improved a lot. He also studied vocal music with Jiang Zhiyu for a period of time, and he could basically sing various songs.

After choosing the song, Li Yuan hugged Xia Zhijin and listened to the three girls, Chu Yanyan, Zhang Xiulan and Sun Junjun, singing.

Perhaps because she is her cousin, Chu Yanyan’s voice is somewhat similar to Xia Zhijin’s, and the songs she sings are also very nice.

Zhang Xiu Lan's voice is very penetrating and her personality is very lively. In Li Yuan's opinion, she is also at the level of a KTV microphone queen.

As for Sun Junjun, the songs she chose were all very obscure, and Li Yuan felt that the songs she sang were a little off-tune.

Li Yuan was listening to a few girls singing when suddenly, the words "No Makeup" appeared in large letters on the big screen of the KTV.

Li Yuan subconsciously widened his eyes with a very strange look. Wasn't he the one singing this song?

He saw Zhang Xiu Lan had already picked up the microphone and introduced herself with a smile.

"Yan Yan, Jun Jun, have you heard this song? It's very popular on the Internet. I think it's very nice. It's said to be written by a college student."

Chu Yanyan nodded: "'No Makeup'? I think I've heard it on Kugou Music. It was sung by a singer named Sheng Ru Xia Hua, right?"

Zhang Xiulan smiled and explained: "Not entirely, this is a duet between a man and a woman. Unfortunately, there is no MV, so we can only sing along to the rhythm."

Soon, the prelude ended.

Zhang Xiulan spoke softly.

Another quiet night
Sitting alone in a rocking chair to enjoy the coolness

I admit it's really peaceful like this
Just like the old man downstairs...

Listening to Zhang Xiulan singing the song "No Makeup", Chu Yanyan, Sun Junjun and the other three girls were not clear, but Xia Zhijin next to them was clear.

In other words, she knew everything about Li Yuan.

She just kept many things in her heart, but that didn't mean she didn't know.

Li Yuan clearly felt that Xia Zhijin's hand holding his suddenly tightened, and there was even a trace of sweat.

Li Yuan met Xia Zhijin's gaze, feeling a little uneasy. He put his head close to her ear and whispered:

"Um, Zhijin, how about we sing the song "Tomorrow Will Be Better" together later?"

Xia Zhijin rolled her eyes at Li Yuan with a strange expression. She knew who Li Yuan sang the song "No Makeup" with, and she also knew the meaning of what Li Yuan had just said.

"Okay, Boss Li!"

When Li Yuan heard Xia Zhijin calling him "Boss Li", he knew that Xia Zhijin was jealous. Every time she was jealous, she would call him "Boss Li".

It's like a special name.

Just like, when she was with Zhong Tingyue, she liked to call herself "senior", when she was with Bai Weixi, she liked to call herself "brother" or "husband", and when she was with Jiang Zhiyu, she would always call herself "brother Xia Hua"...

Chu Yanyan sat next to Xia Zhijin and said with a smile: "Zhijin, have you heard this song?"

Xia Zhijin nodded slightly. Of course she had heard of it.

Chu Yanyan added: "Hehe, I think you can sing this song with Li Yuan. This song is very suitable for a male and female duet."

"Right, Li Yuan!"

Li Yuan coughed awkwardly: "Well, I'm not very good at singing this song."

Chu Yanyan thought that Li Yuan really couldn't sing, and said with a little regret: "Oh, if you can't sing, forget it, but this song is easy to learn and sing. You will be able to sing it if you listen to it a few more times."

When Xia Zhijin heard Li Yuan say that he couldn't sing the song he wrote, she couldn't help but chuckle and glared at Li Yuan shyly with her beautiful eyes.

Soon, the female version of "Su Yan" sung by Zhang Xiulan came to an end.

Another song appeared on the big screen, it was the song "Tomorrow Will Be Better" that Xia Zhijin had requested.

Zhang Xiulan asked with a smile: "Who requested this song?"

Li Yuan replied, "Zhi Jin ordered it."

"My cousin ordered this?" Zhang Xiulan quickly handed over the microphone, looking forward to hearing her beautiful cousin sing.

"Cousin, here's the microphone. The stage is up to you."

(End of this chapter)