The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 569 - 499: Go Singing

Chapter 569: Chapter 499: Go Singing
Mu Chenxi sent Luo Shangqing a message with a nervous heart: We’re going to sing at the dorm tonight, and I was wondering if you’d like to come along, would that be convenient for you?
She had already braced herself for rejection, because someone like Luo Shangqing, with his temperament and taste, seemed out of place in the noisy KTV. To her surprise, Luo Shangqing quickly replied with one word, "Sure."
Chenxi was taken aback by his eager response, then received another message from him: I’ll come pick you up.
Even after settling into Luo Shangqing’s car, Susu and Xinyu’s emotions still hadn’t calmed down. This was their first time riding in Professor Luo’s car, and though the Audi A8 seemed just an ordinary sedan to Luo Shangqing, for them, riding in an A8 was like a dream come true.
The car was spacious and comfortable, not at all crowded with three people in the back. Susu covertly touched around here and there, her eyes full of envy.
Upon reaching the KTV, when Chenxi tried to get out first, she couldn’t undo her seat belt no matter what and started to sweat embarrassedly from the effort. Eventually, Luo Shangqing leaned over to take a look: "Seems like something’s jammed in there."
The others got out of the car first and waited outside, while Luo Shangqing calmly took some tools and tapped around the lock, finally retrieving a one-jiao coin. Holding the coin, he asked Chenxi, "Is this yours?"
"It’s not just me who’s been in your car," Chenxi retorted, unconvinced.
Luo Shangqing chuckled lightly and tossed the coin into the pocket of her coat: "This past month, you’re the only one who’s been in it."
The only one? Did that mean that he and Cheng Lin hadn’t been together recently? Since they spent every day in the laboratory, a whole afternoon at a time, and during that period, she hadn’t seen Cheng Lin at all.
Once inside the private room, everyone insisted that Luo Shangqing pick a song first, but he waved his hand and declined, "Sing, I’m here to listen."
"Let’s have our fourth girl start it off," Xinyu handed the mic to Mu Chenxi, "She’s the queen of the mic."
Although Chenxi was usually chatty with her girlfriends, she was compliant and well-behaved in front of Luo Shangqing. Seeing everyone wanting her to sing, she first glanced at Luo Shangqing and only went up to pick a song after seeing him nod.
This silent exchange of glances was noticed by the girls, and Xinyu couldn’t help but whisper, "Our fourth girl even needs permission from her Professor Luo to sing a song, she’ll definitely be the oppressed one if they end up together."
"I think, perhaps Professor Luo is also interested in our fourth girl," Quan Jin analyzed excitedly, "If Professor Luo didn’t like her, why would he personally mentor her, take her to the research institute every day, and did you see the way he looked at her when he was helping her with her seat belt just now?"
"What kind of look?" Xinyu leaned in closer, "It was too dark; I didn’t see it."
Quan Jin gestured to her own eyes, "Steady, filled with possessiveness."
"Really?"
Susu was also quite curious, although she hadn’t spoken to Quan Jin since their last quarrel. These days, she had been looking for an opportunity to reconcile with Quan Jin. Now that the conversation turned to the affair of Mu Chenxi and Professor Luo, she immediately joined in the gossip.
Quan Jin gave her a glance. She started to look away, embarrassed, but Quan Jin said, "Of course, it’s true. I saw it with my own eyes."
As the three ladies gossiped, soft music filled the room, followed by a voice floating through the speakers. It was delicate, rich, enchantingly carrying a haunting potency in its mature yet youthful and cute mid-low tone. The voice was singing Elva Hsiao’s "Something Like Love," expressing the helplessness, anticipation, and despair, drawing listeners into the song.
"Recently, both you and I,
Have felt the same,
It’s something like love,
Discovering love is nearing on the same day,
It is love, not perhaps."
Luo Shangqing, who was listening on the couch, could hardly believe that such a voice came from that seemingly dazed and cute child. She had never mentioned her talent, a voice that could easily compete in a singing contest.
Then again, he suddenly remembered, it seemed that every time he saw her outside, she had earphones in her ears, and during a break from experiments, she would softly hum a tune.