Dream Dance Gracefully - - - -

After a lot of effort to explain everything, Chen Tianqi seemed to have exhausted a great deal of energy. Li Shaofei looked at him with some sympathy; his brother was getting married, and he had to fork out a lot of money.

Zhang Wan’er gazed intently at Chen Tianqi, as if trying to see through him. Her big eyes blinked charmingly, captivating everyone.

“Alright, alright, let’s go,” Chen Tianqi finally said, leading a few people to the store.

The attendant was very enthusiastic. Zhang Wan’er felt a little embarrassed, but under Xu Meng’s gentle persuasion, they went upstairs.

It was already spring, and Chen Tianqi hadn’t bought anything too thick. He picked out a dress-a light pink one. It looked stunning on Zhang Wan’er, and Li Shaofei was drooling by the side. If it weren’t for someone stepping on his foot, he might have lunged forward.

Including a pair of shoes, the total came to three thousand yuan.

“Alright, just wear this; don’t change. It looks great!” Chen Tianqi said quickly when he saw Zhang Wan’er hesitating to change back.

“Oh, then I won’t change…” Zhang Wan’er lowered her head again; no matter how she changed, she could never quite alter her demeanor in front of Chen Tianqi.

“Come on, Wan’er, just keep it on. You look beautiful! And let’s fix your hair a bit…” Xu Meng suddenly changed the topic, reaching out to tug gently on one end of the hair tie on Zhang Wan’er’s head. “Haha, Wan’er, if you let your hair down, you’ll look even better.” Xu Meng knew how lovely Zhang Wan’er looked with her hair down, so she let it down, presenting her best look to everyone around.

“Ah… Meng-Jie!” Zhang Wan’er immediately covered her face, exclaiming in embarrassment and scolding Xu Meng for her actions.

“Wait, wait, wait! This can’t be right, this can’t be!” Li Shaofei was so taken aback that his eyes nearly popped out.

“What are you talking about?” Chen Tianqi was confused by Li Shaofei’s words.

“How can she look this good? I feel like I want to pursue her!” Li Shaofei was still in disbelief, completely unaware of what he was saying. “Hey, are you going to pursue her? If you’re not, then I will!”

Although Chen Tianqi was indeed impressed by Zhang Wan’er with her hair down, he kept his composure; after all, he had seen all of Lin Yiyi.

“Ahem, ahem.” Chen Tianqi quickly coughed twice, hoping that Xu Meng hadn’t heard him…

“Why are you coughing? Do you have a cold? It’s fine, let him say what he wants. I won’t mind,” Xu Meng replied at that moment.

Chen Tianqi thought to himself that this was bad. Li Shaofei also quickly realized what was going on and rushed to apologize. He knew the underlying meaning behind those words: I’ll mind, I care a lot. If you’re brave, then go ahead and say it!

“No, no, no! What I meant was, let Tianqi hurry up and chase her! If he doesn’t, she’ll be snatched up by someone else. Good things shouldn’t go to waste, right? It’s much better than letting someone else pursue her!”

“Someone else? Are you saying you’re chasing her?”

“No, no…”

“…”

Chen Tianqi decided to ignore the two bickering; let them argue if they wanted-it made things more lively. He walked straight toward Zhang Wan’er.

Standing in front of Chen Tianqi, Zhang Wan’er unexpectedly gathered her courage and twirled around, then looked down and softly asked, “Do I look good now?”

“You look great, really great. It’s getting late, so let’s go sing some karaoke, shall we?” Chen Tianqi felt at a loss for words and quickly changed the topic.

The two previously quarreling people stopped their argument and approached them.

“Well, it’s two in the afternoon now. We can go sing and then have dinner before heading home,” Li Shaofei suggested.

“Okay, let’s do that. Let’s go sing,” Chen Tianqi agreed.

The distance was short, and soon they decided to walk instead of taking a cab. There was a KTV nearby, and after fifteen minutes of walking with Li Shaofei leading the way, they arrived at their destination.

After paying and getting their private room, the four of them entered.

“Wan’er, you choose the song. I’ll help you pick it,” Xu Meng said, not being shy at all as she took over the controls and pulled Zhang Wan’er over to her side. “You two wait a moment.”

Zhang Wan’er had no choice but to obediently walk over to Xu Meng, feeling quite embarrassed. “How about you sing first, Meng-Jie? I’m not very good at singing.”

“No way, even nursery rhymes are acceptable. You have to sing!” Xu Meng insisted. To be honest, she hadn’t actually heard Zhang Wan’er sing loudly before; she had only heard her sing softly.

“Alright, I’ll see what I can find. You all sing first, okay?”

“Alright, but the second song has to be sung by you.”

“Um… okay, but if I don’t sing well, don’t laugh at me, okay?”

“Of course we won’t laugh!”

Xu Meng managed to resolve the matter with Zhang Wan’er and then tossed the microphone to Li Shaofei and Chen Tianqi, giving each of them one. With a cheerful tone, she said, “Alright, you two go ahead and pick a song. I’ll help you choose.”

Chen Tianqi rolled his eyes at him and replied, “Alright, I’ll go first. Let’s do ‘Little Dimples.'” He decisively chose the song he had previously sung with Lin Yiyi.

Xu Meng quickly queued up the song, but then it dawned on her how familiar this song was. Oh right, it was the one he had sung in a duet with Lin Yiyi. She wondered how he would perform the female part today. Wait, didn’t Zhang Wan’er also hum this song once? Could she end up helping him with the lyrics? With that thought, she turned her gaze to Zhang Wan’er.

Upon hearing the song title, Zhang Wan’er paused for a moment, then her heart raced like a startled deer. Should she help him out? Or did he plan to sing it all by himself? She felt conflicted…

While she was lost in thought, Chen Tianqi had already started singing. Li Shaofei glanced at Xu Meng and silently passed the microphone over.

“I’m still searching

For a place to rely on and a warm embrace

Someone to worry for me, pray for me

Get mad on my behalf…”

At this point, Chen Tianqi suddenly felt a headache. Sigh… he had forgotten that Lin Yiyi wasn’t there anymore, and that this song was meant to be a duet. Just then, it was time for the female part to start. He had just opened his mouth to sing when someone else started singing the female lines.

“Happiness begins to show signs

Fate brings us gradually closer

Then loneliness is swallowed up

Boredom turns into conversation, bringing change.”

Chen Tianqi glanced at Xu Meng, who was smiling and gesturing with her hands, indicating that she wasn’t holding the microphone. Only then did it hit him that… Zhang Wan’er had taken the microphone.

At that moment, he recalled that enchanting girl from his wedding day…

He shook his head and continued singing:

“Little dimples and long eyelashes

Are your most beautiful marks

I can’t sleep every day

Thinking of your smile

You don’t know

How important you are to me.”