My Aloof Husband Can't Stop His Devoted Affection-Chapter 285 - 278: Extremely Relaxed

Chapter 285: 278: Extremely Relaxed
After Yun Xi and Ye Lingran sang the opening song, the room burst into high spirits. Yun Xi was in almost every song that followed, turning the atmosphere to the hottest, and even ended by selecting "Hero Song".
Cen Jin and Ye Lingran were stunned when they saw the song, looking at Yun Xi in disbelief. Seeing their reaction, Yun Xi laughed heartily and forcefully handed the microphone to the two of them: "Come on! Give it a try! I’ve wanted to sing this song for ages, just not the best to do it in front of others. We’re all so familiar with each other, so there’s no need to be so reserved, right?"
"This song... is it not quite suitable?" Ye Lingran looked at the microphone, feeling a bit unsure.
"I... I think so too." Cen Jin nodded in agreement.
"It’s okay, it’s okay, come sing with me!" Yun Xi pulled at their arms, playfully shaking them and blinking at them.
Since she put it that way, and it was her birthday, Cen Jin and Ye Lingran decided to compromise. Yun Xi kicked off the beginning of the song, and when it came close to the chorus part, Yun Xi quickly stepped aside, motioning them to continue while she took out her phone to record the two of them on video.
Cen Jin and Ye Lingran are those gentle and graceful types, their speech sweet and calm, so even when singing such a robust song, it sounded like a tale of love and affection between them.
Originally, Cen Jin was resistant to singing because she knew her singing was mediocre, so she rarely came to these KTV places. But Ye Lingran was different; her singing was as delightful as a warbler releasing in a valley, melodious and ethereal, exceptionally pleasant.
"Cen Jin, Ling Ran, the way you sing, it loses the song’s spirit," Yun Xi commented while filming.
Cen Jin turned her head and glared at her in feigned anger, "Then you sing it."
Only then did Yun Xi stop recording and gave them a sheepish smile, "Then... let’s change the song! This song, actually, doesn’t quite suit us either." She then selected a hit ancient-style song "Unspoken Hero", and tilted her head toward them, "How about this one?"
"Oh, this one’s good. I heard Ling Ran humming this tune days ago, and it’s super nice." Cen Jin’s eyes lit up when she saw the song and eagerly recommended it.
Ye Lingran chuckled helplessly, "Why do I feel you guys came to KTV just to hear me sing?"
"Can’t help it! Who told you to have such a beautiful voice? Among the three of us, yours is the best! Since Cen Jin says so, you’ll do a solo for this one! I’ll record a video to share later." Yun Xi wobbled her body proudly, pulling a funny face at her and restarted her phone’s video function pointing it at Ye Lingran. Seeing that the big screen had started the song’s prelude, she hurriedly urged, "Quick, quick, Ling Ran, start, sing."
Cen Jin put the microphone down, sincerely becoming an audience. She sometimes thought it was a pity Ye Lingran, who was a hidden singer thwarted by wedding dress design, didn’t pursue singing, as listening to her was a treat.
Ye Lingran took a deep breath and began in a calm and gentle tone: ’The evening glow is pinned on from my coat lapel, waving goodbye, I lead my old horse, passing by the smoke villages like the flying flowers of my homeland in past years... Fold the flowers towards Jiangnan, to the spring breeze and red candles, always as passionate as me, loving the world with ease. Fate brings acquaintances with joy to meet seven or eight... Talking of life and death as idle words, exchanging it for an unrestrained satisfying intoxication, the charm never ages, singing away the years with ease, freely doing what I wish, rather being a maverick hero.’
When the song ended, Ye Lingran relaxed entirely, turning to look at the two listeners behind her. Seeing them still in a daze, she waved the microphone in front of their faces, smiling and exclaiming lightly, "Hey, come back to your senses."
Yun Xi then snapped back to reality, stopped the recording, and gave her a thumbs up, "Nice, really nice, how about another one?"
"No, spare me! I’m taking a break." Ye Lingran firmly declined, putting down the microphone, and sitting beside Cen Jin.
"Have some water, moisten your throat." Cen Jin smiled, handing her a glass of juice.
"Thank you."
Taking the opportunity, Yun Xi edited the videos of the earlier cake-smearing scene at the restaurant and shared them on her social media circle, and also sent a full version to Yun Qi, happily raising her eyebrows, placing the phone aside, and taking a sip of her drink, "Cen Jin, Ling Ran, I’m going to the restroom."
"Okay, go ahead!"
On the other side, Yun Qi had just finished socializing and returned to the hotel by car. Before getting off, he gently said to the secretary sitting in the front passenger seat, "Draft the contract tomorrow, organize the data and give it to me."
"Yes, President Yun, do we still need to go to President Zhao’s place tomorrow, or should we directly return to Nancheng?" The secretary replied, pausing briefly and looking at his handsome face, hesitantly asked.
Just then, his phone chimed with a WeChat message notification, which he took out from his suit’s inner pocket, launching the app to see it was sent by his sister Yun Xi. He opened the conversation and found it was a video. Gently tapping it, an ethereal, moving voice like a dream drifted through the car, along with the image of a fair, smiling face holding a microphone on screen.
A thread of deeper meaning crossed his gentle gaze, the corners of his mouth curving into a smile. He patiently watched the whole song, with a final clip of Yun Xi smearing cake on Ye Lingran. He squinted slightly, freezing the video at the scene where Ye Lingran had cake on her face but still smiled gently, hesitating only about half a minute before exiting WeChat and putting away his phone.
The secretary in the front naturally recognized the voices of Director Yun and Miss Ye from the video but chose not to disturb, quietly waiting for Yun Qi to speak.
Once Yun Qi put his phone away, he slowly looked up at the secretary, seemingly pondering before saying, "No need. Call tomorrow afternoon to explain, and call Wei Kun at the subsidiary to go and discuss in detail. That project concerns the fashion industry in Yanhai City, so a detailed design and plan are required, send it to me by email, and book the ticket back to Nancheng for tomorrow morning."
"Yes."
After the secretary replied, Yun Qi opened the car door and got out on his own, returning to the hotel by himself.
Back in his room, Yun Qi, after taking off his jacket, retrieved his phone and played the video Yun Xi sent one more time. Once again, that clear and gentle ethereal sound reminiscent of trickling spring water reached his ears, and he suddenly felt at ease, his whole body becoming exceptionally relaxed.