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."

Shen Zhixian kept

front, we asked you to sing, why are you whispering and flirting there? The song’s already started," Jiang Chengsi

Tang Wan leaned in close to Jiang Jinsang, whispering, "Ms. Shen has a nice voice, singing must

Jiang Jinsang stayed silent.

had gather-rounds where Shen Zhixian had been asked to sing, but her seniority was so high that after she refused a couple of times, no one dared to press further, and thus, he had never heard her

and reluctantly followed the lyrics, singing a couple of

a woman, alternating lines, Jiang

Everyone was dumbstruck!

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

clinging to the melody, trying

struck a

tone-deaf, once off-key, there’s no

tone-deaf singers on TV but never encountered one this

angel, some might say she sounded

a dog wouldn’t bother chewing on

tone-deaf and wanted to correct herself, to follow Jiang Yanting’s melody, but just couldn’t make it; she

"Stopping already?"

Isn’t that obvious?

it back," Shen Zhixian said, both embarrassed and annoyed, better to not

matter how off, I’m

their conversation didn’t miss a beat, heard by everyone present.

and detached

vibes with such tenderness. Honestly, his own brother Jinsang, who had lived

said Qi Zeyan, his lips

...

was cheerful. Jiang Chengsi noticed Shen Shuci sitting on

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 had helped

debts of gratitude and 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

coughed, "Actually, your

leaving me at the

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

drink, and you can do as you

turned and walked

not intentional, and given how he had treated her before, perhaps it was just karma for him

him a favor, which she didn’t like, especially since favors were the hardest to

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

naturally wouldn’t say much about

got married, his aunt is now your aunt too,