CHAPTER 333: CHAPTER 332: TRIANGULAR RELATIONSHIP

Zhen Yu: "Me,"

"You’re studying vocal, right?! Once you’re good at vocal, of course you should sing for everyone to hear! You’re not, not afraid of singing in front of people, are you?!"

Zhen Yu: "..."

"Aren’t you the one who said ’those with strong hearts fear nothing’?"

"...Go away!"

Before the meal was even finished, Gu Qing had run off to make a phone call.

Zhen Yu waved to her brother, "Gu Qing said she wants to go out to sing after dinner, do you want to invite your good friends?"

"...I’m not calling them." Zhen Yan hesitated, then decided not to bring anyone.

What if those brats took a liking to Gu Qing and his sister?

It’s safest not to call anyone!

Zhen Yu was unaware of her brother’s protective mindset.

Seeing that he had no intention of inviting anyone, she thought it was because he didn’t want to expose his terrible singing to his friends.

So, she didn’t persuade him.

Gu Qing’s phone call lasted several minutes, and Zhen Yu didn’t know exactly how many people she invited or who they were.

But there was no fear in the boss! She had previously been reluctant to go, mainly because she was too lazy to move!

Now that she agreed to go, she planned to have a happy time and relax.

As soon as Gu Qing returned, she hurried Zhen Yan and Zhen Yu to eat faster!

"Hurry up and eat! I’ve made a reservation for half an hour from now, and even though the karaoke place is nearby, it still takes ten minutes to walk!"

Zhen Yan silently picked up his pace in serving himself food, while Zhen Yu remained leisurely.

Amidst "Eat more!" from Gu’s father and "Fill up before anything!" from Mrs. Zhen, Zhen Yan put down his chopsticks, "I’m full."

Gu Qing immediately looked at Zhen Yu, who put down her chopsticks, got up, and put on her coat, "Let’s go!"

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As the initiator, Gu Qing arrived at the karaoke place first with the Zhen siblings.

She looked very familiar with the place, as if she had been there before.

In the late 90s, karaoke was still an emerging industry and did not have the scale of dozens of private rooms on one floor like in the future, it was just a small storefront on the street. As soon as you pushed the door open, you entered the singing area. Zhen Yu looked around and found it similar to the karaoke rooms of the future, just much simpler.

Before her previous life’s college days, Zhen Yu had never been to a karaoke place, so she was quite interested in the karaoke of this era.

Standing in the center of the karaoke place, Gu Qing said to Zhen Yan, "Zhen Yan, can you go nearby and buy some snacks and drinks?"

Zhen Yu raised an eyebrow, "They don’t sell them here?"

"Of course not! This is a karaoke place, not a convenience store!"

Zhen Yan nodded, "How many people in total? What kind of drinks do you two want?"

"One, two... seven people! Anything is fine for drinks, just pick something!" Gu Qing said.

"Then I’ll go now." Zhen Yan turned and left.

Zhen Yu sat down on the sofa with Gu Qing, both of them casually flipping through the song catalog.

"How much per hour?" Zhen Yu was curious, did karaoke places actually make money now?

"What per hour?"

Zhen Yu rephrased her question, "How is the charge here?"

"Two yuan per song! I have enough money, you can sing as much as you want!"

So at this time, karaoke was charged per song! A song lasted three to five minutes, taking three minutes on average, you could sing 20 songs in an hour, which would cost forty yuan. It seems profitable...

But usually, people won’t sing songs back-to-back, and it also takes time to pick songs! Plus, karaoke places aren’t always busy all day, so overall, it’s just average!

Zhen Yu shook her head with a wry smile.

When did she pick up this habit?

Whenever she took an interest in something, the first thing she thought about was whether it would make money...

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With Zhen Yan’s return, the classmates Gu Qing had invited came one by one.

There was Li Yueru, Lu Huai, the class president, and a girl whom Zhen Yu wasn’t very familiar with.

Gu Qing greeted everyone to take their seats, "Alright! Now that everyone’s here, let’s start singing!"

"Hey! Why would you suddenly want to go out singing late at night? It would be better to play a couple of rounds of King of Fighters!" Lu Huai complained to Zhen Yu.

"As if I wanted to." Zhen Yu rolled her eyes.

Hearing this, Lu Huai suggested slyly, "How about we sneak off for a bit?!"

Zhen Yu glanced at this clueless idiot, "Not going!"

"Playing games is so much more fun than singing! Why not go?!"

What else could be the reason! Of course, it’s because she was the one being treated!

Who would ditch the person treating them and run off?

"Go away! Don’t get in the way of my singing!" Zhen Yu said irritably, pushing Lu Huai away and heading towards Gu Qing.

Feeling snubbed by Zhen Yu, Lu Huai couldn’t help but murmur ’Women and small-minded people are the hardest to deal with’ to himself three times, but still couldn’t resist grumbling, "Hmph, she’s nuts!"

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As soon as Zhen Yu came over, Gu Qing immediately called out joyfully, "Xiao Yu! Come see, what do you want to sing?!"

Zhen Yu smiled and took a seat next to Gu Qing.

Whether she was happy because of Zhen Yu herself or because Zhen Yu wasn’t sitting with Lu Huai, Zhen Yu didn’t want to meddle with other people’s feelings.

"You guys go ahead and order! I’ll look for myself later," said Zhen Yu politely.

Right after Zhen Yu spoke, Li Yueru immediately chimed in, "Lady boss! I want to sing ’The Joyful Old Home’!"

"Got it!" the female boss responded and started to select the song.

"I’ve made my choice, I want to sing Sun Yue’s ’Companion’," Gu Qing also told the boss.

The boss nodded and continued to take orders, as the prelude of "The Joyful Old Home" began to play.

With a song catalog in each hand, another female classmate finished ordering her song and handed the spare catalog to Zhen Yu.

Zhen Yu quietly began to flip through it.

The boys were still whispering among themselves. As the only male student who knew both the class president and Zhen Yan, Lu Huai had no choice but to act as a link between them.

"Class president, Zhen Yan, have you two decided yet?"

"I’ve decided! I’ll go and tell the boss," the class president said as he stood up and walked over to the boss.

However, Zhen Yan said, "You guys sing! I don’t want to."

"Since you’re here, sing one song!" Lu Huai persuaded.

"No, I won’t!" Zhen Yan shook his head vehemently, not wanting to reveal his tone-deafness for the first time ever.

Seeing his firm stance, Lu Huai gave up and started looking for a song he could sing.

"Lu Huai, you haven’t ordered a song yet! Have you decided?" Gu Qing, who appeared out of nowhere, first asked Lu Huai.

Lu Huai replied, "I’m still looking, haven’t decided what to sing yet."

Gu Qing sat next to him and leaned over to look at the song catalog he was holding, "How about I pick one for you? Can you sing any of Liu Dehua’s songs?"

"I can! But I don’t really feel like singing," Lu Huai replied while flipping through the catalog, totally indifferent to Gu Qing’s deliberate closeness.

Zhen Yan finally silently looked down.

He didn’t want to keep watching, but couldn’t help listening, and his heart was truly not at ease.