Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot by Beautiful Crescent

Chapter 416: 267 A dog won’t bite the throat, personal debts are the hardest to pay (3 more updates)

After the engagement party, having sent off relatives and friends and seen the elders settled, Tang Wan had already booked a private room at the KTV next door; everyone decided to go there for a small gathering.

Shen Zhixian politely declined as she needed to take care of her children.

"The children can be taken care of by me; go and have fun with Xiaowu and the others." Fan Mingyu seldom saw her granddaughter, and though caring for the children was hard, she relished it.

The children, already worn out from playing, Taotao was lying in the old lady’s arms, fast asleep; otherwise, she would certainly have wanted to join the lively fun.

"Go on, it’s rare for you to be out," urged the old lady, and Shen Zhixian agreed but decided to wait until after the children had bathed and fallen asleep before leaving.

...

The KTV was next to the hotel in Pingjiang City; it was quite upscale, modest in facade, yet luxuriously understated inside.

Jiang Yanting had come with her and pushed open the door to the room; he immediately spotted Jiang Chengsi seated at the bar chair, monopolizing the karaoke machine, singing a Cantonese song with a voice that seemed destined for pop stardom; with his background in running bars, nightclubs, and clubs, he knew how to have fun and show others a good time.

"Big brother and sister-in-law are here! I specially picked a duet for you two," he said, swiftly switching the song to a popular duet that even children could hum a few lines to.

"I can’t—" Shen Zhixian started to refuse, but Jiang Chengsi had already handed them the microphone, "You both arrived late; normally, you’d be fined three drinks, but just singing a song isn’t too much, right?"

He was already sitting back on the sofa, casually opening a beer against the edge of the table with practiced ease, then drinking directly from the bottle.

His demeanor...

Truly carefree and uninhibited.

"Ms. Shen, sing one song. I’m not good at singing either, no worries, everyone here is family," Tang Wan said with a smile.

Shen Shuci sat quietly on a single seat sofa, simply listening and watching; she wasn’t familiar with anyone else, being Tang Wan’s aunt, and given the family hierarchy, no one dared call her out.

Qi Zeyan, always ready for fun and excitement, cheered them on to sing the duet, while Ruan Mengxi was enthusiastic but too timid to urge them on, especially considering it was the Jiang Family’s second master...

He looked genuinely rather fierce.

Shen Zhixian was now holding the microphone, her palms sweating, "I really can’t sing."

"Just hum a few lines then," Jiang Chengsi said with a smile, "however off-key, we won’t laugh at you."

Shen Zhixian had been pushed too far and, out of options, turned to Jiang Yanting for help.

"What’s there to fear? I’m with you."

well..." Shen Zhixian kept

at the front, we asked you to sing, why are you

close to Jiang Jinsang, whispering, "Ms. Shen has a nice voice, singing must be okay too,

Jiang Jinsang stayed silent.

gather-rounds where Shen Zhixian had been asked to sing, but her seniority was so high that after she refused a

options, clutched the microphone and reluctantly followed the lyrics, singing a couple of lines; her tone was not

a man and a woman, alternating lines,

Everyone was dumbstruck!

and nearly spit it out; though he stumbled through his lines, he was still on key. But the tune Shen

was Jiang Yanting, always steady, clinging to the melody, trying to guide her back

struck a merciless

once off-key,

her laughter, having seen many tone-deaf singers on TV

might say she sounded chewed on by a dog; as for

dog wouldn’t bother chewing

she was tone-deaf and wanted to correct herself, to follow Jiang Yanting’s melody, but just couldn’t make it; she felt horrible, planning to just put down the microphone and give up when

"Stopping already?"

Isn’t that obvious?

both embarrassed and

how off, I’m here. Just follow my

miss a beat, heard by everyone present. Except for Ruan Mengxi, who hadn’t interacted much with Jiang Yanting, the rest were utterly

detached Second Master

brother Jinsang, who had lived with him for so long, had never seen this side of

affection, it truly must be love," said Qi Zeyan, his lips twitching. His beautiful sister-in-law, how could her singing be so

...

progressed, the atmosphere was cheerful. Jiang Chengsi noticed Shen Shuci sitting on

he had mistakenly treated her like a thief previously, and had been rude in his speech, after his drunken episode, he returned kindness for ill treatment. He’d been beaten up and left at the door by some shameless person, and it was her who

grudge. He poured a glass of wine, sat down beside her, and said, "Miss Shen, there was some misunderstanding before. I owe you an apology. Later, you didn’t hold a grudge and even

coughed, "Actually, your

me at

it wasn’t good to let him continue misunderstanding, but Jiang

this drink, and you can

turned and walked

not intentional, and given how he had treated her before, perhaps it was

which she didn’t like, especially since

returned to his seat, Qi Zeyan moved a couple of steps and sat next

naturally wouldn’t say much about that

got married, his aunt is