Returning to my senior year of high school before college, I became addicted to dating.

The atmosphere in the private room grew increasingly heated.

Wang Lei had already taken off his coat, wearing only a white vest, and was standing on the coffee table singing "I Will Love You Till I Die." When he reached the high notes, his face contorted as if he were constipated, but he just couldn't hit the high notes.

Tiger went even further, grabbing the Russian girl's arm and insisting on smelling her armpits to see if she had body odor.

He'd heard that foreigners often had strong body odor, including bromhidrosis, and he was determined to see just how strong it was.

Lin Feng looked at the noisy room and a smile played on his lips.

He glanced down at Huo Shanshan, who was leaning on Lin Feng's shoulder, almost asleep, her breathing even, her eyelashes trembling slightly.

He reached out and gently tucked the stray hairs from her face behind her ear.

At this moment, Wang Lei jumped down from the coffee table, holding a wine glass, and approached Lin Feng, his face as red as a monkey's bottom:

"Brother Feng, let me toast you!"

Lin Feng raised his glass and clinked it against his.

Wang Lei gulped it down, then burped, "Brother Feng, I'll work for you from now on. Wherever you go, I'll go."

"You're not sticking with your Tiger brother anymore?"

"Follow! Tiger's following you, I'm following you too, we're all following you." Wang Lei's tongue was slurred, but his eyes were very serious. "You're generous, following you will make money, and it's fun too."

Lin Feng laughed and said, "Alright, go have some fun."

Wang Lei burped again and turned to find the blond girl.

Huo Shanshan was woken up, rubbed her eyes, and sat up straight. She looked around, then at Lin Feng, and her face turned red again.

"Am I asleep?"

"Yeah, I slept for ten minutes."

Huo Shanshan tidied her hair. "I'm sorry... I'm not used to working the night shift yet, my biological clock is completely messed up."

"Then you can sleep a little longer. I'll wake you up when it's time to leave."

"I'm not going to sleep." Huo Shanshan stood up, swayed slightly, and steadied herself by holding onto the sofa armrest. "I'm going to sing a song."

Lin Feng looked at her: "Are you sure you can do it?"

"I was in the choir in college, so I can't let you pick me for nothing today." Huo Shanshan walked to the song selection station, sat down, and swiped her finger across the screen a few times.

The music started, and as soon as the intro began, the private room fell silent.

It's an English song. I don't know the name, but the melody sounds familiar; I feel like I've heard it somewhere before.

Huo Shanshan stood up, took the microphone, took a deep breath, and began to speak.

The moment she opened her mouth, everyone in the private room stopped.

He opened his mouth with a crisp, clear voice, not loud but steady, and pronounced each word clearly.

Her voice was slightly hoarse, mixed with the mild effects of alcohol, and it was very pleasant to listen to, like a summer evening breeze blowing past your ear.

Wang Lei froze, holding his wine glass, not even noticing the wine spilling from the rim and dripping onto his crotch.

The brothers stopped making a fuss and listened quietly.

Even the girls at the karaoke bar were stunned. One girl with a ponytail whispered to the person next to her:

"This girl sings so well!"

After Huo Shanshan finished singing the last line, the private room was quiet for two seconds, and then it erupted.

Wang Lei was the first to clap, his hands turning red from clapping.

"Okay! One more!"

Tiger chimed in, "Yeah, one more!"

Others joined in the shouting, even the girls were shouting.

Huo Shanshan blushed, bowed, handed the microphone to the person next to her, and walked back to sit down next to Lin Feng.

"You sing so well?" Lin Feng looked at her.

Huo Shanshan lowered her head, a slight smile playing on her lips: "I even participated in a campus singing competition when I was in college, and I came in second place."

"Who came in first place?"

"A professional vocalist can't compare."

Raymond Lam poured her a glass of iced tea: "Then why didn't you continue singing later?"

Huo Shanshan took the cup, took a sip, and gave a wry smile: "Can singing put food on the table? At least being a teacher is stable."

Lin Feng did not respond.

Huo Shanshan leaned back on the sofa, staring blankly at the music video on the screen. After a long while, she said softly, "Lin Feng, thank you."

"What are you thanking me for?"

"Thank you for not looking down on me and for giving me a job. The salary for a finance person in the county town doesn't even reach four thousand. You're helping me."

Lin Feng raised his glass and clinked it against hers: "No. I'm poaching talent; you're worth that much."

Huo Shanshan paused for a moment, then smiled.

She had a beautiful smile, not the polite smile you give in class, but a genuine smile of happiness; her eyes crinkled into crescents.

This time she didn't dare drink too much, taking only a small sip before putting it down.

Time passed by, and the bottles of wine were emptied one by one.

Six bottles of champagne were opened, two bottles of Chivas Regal were drunk, and empty bottles of iced tea were scattered all over the floor.

Around 2 a.m., everyone was so drunk that they couldn't tell which way was which.

Wang Lei fell asleep on the coffee table, his face pressed against the glass, drool dripping from his mouth.

Tiger, with his arm around the foreign woman, leaned back on the sofa, his eyes half-closed, muttering, "Another bottle..."

Huo Shanshan leaned on Lin Feng's shoulder and fell asleep again.

She occasionally frowned, perhaps dreaming of something.

Lin Feng wasn't asleep. He leaned back on the sofa, his eyes half-closed, his mind racing with plans for tomorrow.

The online entertainment center has just opened, so we can't let our guard down. Huo Shanshan's resignation needs to be processed as soon as possible, and someone needs to keep an eye on the finances.

Suddenly, the door was pushed open.

They weren't waiters; they were a group of men.

The one leading the group was bald, shirtless, and covered in tattoos from his neck down—dragons, phoenixes, skulls, it looked like an art exhibition.

He wore a thick gold chain around his neck, which swung back and forth on his chest as he walked.

He was followed by six or seven people, all with tattooed arms and gold chains, each looking fierce and menacing.

He looks like he just stepped out of the set of "Young and Dangerous".

The music was still playing in the private room, but the laughter and talking suddenly stopped.

One of the bald man's henchmen pointed at a girl standing in front of the karaoke machine and yelled:

"Fuck you, the music stopped!"

The girl who was selecting the song accidentally pressed pause. The private room fell completely silent, with only the hum of the air conditioner remaining.

The bald man stood at the door, his gaze sweeping around like a searchlight.

His gaze swept across everyone's faces, finally settling on Huo Shanshan in the corner, leaning on Lin Feng's shoulder.

The bald man's lips twitched, and he raised his hand, pointing at Huo Shanshan, arrogantly saying:

"You. Come out with me."

Huo Shanshan was startled awake by the noise. She opened her eyes groggily and saw a row of tattooed men at the door. Her face turned pale instantly.

She instinctively shrank closer to Lin Feng, clutching his sleeve.

Tiger sobered up instantly, jumped up from the sofa, and stood in front of Lin Feng and Huo Shanshan.

Wang Lei also climbed up from the coffee table, his left cheek covered in drool. He looked sleepily at the door, then at Brother Hu, and then stood up and stood next to Brother Hu.

Those twenty brothers, whether they were drunk or not, all stood up.

Some were carrying bottles of liquor, some were clenching their fists, and some hadn't quite figured out what was going on, but seeing others standing, they followed suit.

The two groups faced off. The girls in the karaoke bar huddled in the corner of the sofa, barely daring to breathe.

Lin Feng squinted and didn't move.

He sat on the sofa, looked at the bald man at the door, finished his beer, and put the empty bottle on the coffee table.

"Smack."

The sound wasn't loud, but everyone in the private room heard it.