After Marrying The Wrong Person, I Can’t Leave

Chapter 9

In the blink of an eye, Saturday had arrived.

The Campus Singer Contest consisted of two rounds, the preliminary and the final. The preliminary round was the first selection within the school, with the top ten moving on to the finals, where the two schools would compete.

The preliminary round began at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday evening, and Zhou Kexin had notified everyone in the contestant WeChat group to prepare in the school auditorium at 3:00 p.m.

On the way there, Song Linchu’s phone kept buzzing with messages from their previous dormitory group chat, “604 Clean and Sanitary”.

He glanced at his phone to see the messages:

He Wenyan: [Hey guys, come to my place for grilled fish tonight, it’s been ages since we’ve had any.]

Li Chang: [I have a date tonight, you guys go ahead.]

He Wenyan: [Bring your girlfriend along, dog food is delicious.]

Li Chang: [It’s not a bad idea, what about everyone else?]

Gao Yuan: [I’m okay with it.]

He Wenyan: [What about Linchu? @songlinchu]

Song Linchu: [I’m not going, I have a competition tonight.]

Li Chang: [Wait, do we have any upcoming contests in our major? Why wasn’t I informed?]

Song Linchu: [It’s the eighth annual Campus Singer Contest.]

Li Chang: [Fuck!]

He Wenyan: [Fuck!!]

Gao Yuan: [Fuck!!!]

Song Linchu: ‘…”

Li Chang: [How dare you secretly participate in the contest without telling us, you’re not a good brother!]

Song Linchu: [= = I only decided to participate a few days ago.]

Gao Yuan: [But didn’t Sister Zhou keep persuading you to participate and you refused her before? Why did you suddenly change your mind?]

Of course, Song Linchu couldn’t admit that he wanted to show off in front of Tan Yue, so he pondered and typed.

Song Linchu: [I wasn’t successful in refusing this time.]

He Wenyan: [Then what’s the point of eating grilled fish? We’re all going to cheer you on at the venue!]

Gao Yuan: [Absolutely!]

Li Chang: [Bingo, let’s go!]

Everyone in the dorm group was excited to come and cheer him on. Song Linchu hadn’t planned on telling them, since it was freezing cold outside and they would be risking getting cold, but seeing their enthusiasm, he knew he couldn’t stop them. So he sent the address and the competition time in the group chat.

The school auditorium was huge, with a row of dressing rooms backstage. Zhou Keyin had already arranged the groups: Rooms 1-5 were in the first dressing room, and 6-10 were in the second dressing room, and so on.

Song Linchu was No. 29 and in Room 6.

Zhou Kexin said they would start preparing at 3 o’clock, but when Song Linchu arrived, the backstage was already bustling with the participating contestants preparing.

The heating was on generously, and some of the resting rooms had their doors left open.

Song Linchu walked past a row of dressing room doors, and noticed that among the contestants, girls were in the majority. They were all dressed up in stunning outfits and wearing revealing summer dresses on such a cold day. He wondered whether the heating on the stage would be sufficient or if they would end up singing off-key due to the cold.

In addition, there were some male contestants dressed in Hanfu, looking like immortals compared to those few male contestants who were practically blending in with the background.

Song Linchu was a little surprised. This was supposed to be a singing competition, so why were they all focusing so much on their appearance?

The judges don’t look at faces when they score.

After arriving at the door of Room 6, he heard a familiar voice just as he was about to knock. “Junior, you’re amazing. Have you studied professional makeup before? You’re so good at it!”

It was Su Zhan. Song Linchu was surprised to see that he had also signed up for the competition and was in the same dressing room as him.

Song Linchu remembered that Su Zhan’s singing was quite average and off-key. At a classmate’s birthday party at KTV awhile back, Su Zhan was present and although he was not a great singer, he hogged the microphone all night, leaving a lasting impression on Song Linchu’s ears.

However, he remembered last year’s singer competition when Tan Mingqing was pursuing him and Zhou Kexin invited him. Tan Mingqing had also been urging him to participate, suggesting that if he lacked confidence, he could hire a professional vocal teacher to guide him.

Su Zhan was probably able to participate because Tan Mingqing had hired a teacher to guide him.

He was born with deficiencies, but they can be made up for with hard work.

The conversation inside the room continued.

A girl’s voice answered, “It’s not a big deal. My sister runs a beauty shop, and I learned some from her.”

Su Zhan said, “That’s still amazing. Can you help me with my makeup later? I feel like you’re really good at it!”

The girl replied, “Oh…I’m sorry, I’m really busy. There are several people waiting for me to do their makeup, I apologize.”

Su Zhan said, “It won’t take up too much of your time. I’ll do my base makeup myself.”

The girl said, “It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s just that I really don’t have the time. Plus, your cross-dressing makeup will require more time, and it wouldn’t look good if I rushed it.”

Before Su Zhan could say anything else, someone opened the door to the lounge. Upon seeing Song Linchu standing at the door, someone exclaimed in surprise, “Ah! Song Linchu!”

This sudden outburst caused everyone in the dressing room to look towards the door.

Song Linchu: “…”

Song Linchu waved and greeted them, “Hello, everyone.”

Except for Su Zhan, everyone else in the dressing room was a girl. As the “campus beauty,” Song Linchu was quite popular in the school, and the girls’ eyes lit up upon seeing him. Song Linchu immediately became a little lamb thrown into a wolf’s den.

“Are you also participating in the competition, senior?” a girl asked.

Song Linchu replied, “I’m just here to make up the numbers.”

“I can’t believe I get to hear the live version. Ah! I’m so excited!” exclaimed another girl.

“What is your number, senior?”

“I’m number 29.”

“Ah! I’m number 26. I’ll be able to make it in time to see you. I’m so happy!”

“What do I do? I’m number 30 , and I really want to see it too. Wuu.”

“Don’t worry, there will definitely be many recordings. You can go back and watch them.”

“Ah, I want to preserve the video and pass it on to my grandson!”

Song Linchu: “…”

Aren’t these reactions a bit exaggerated.

“Senior, let me do your makeup, the kind that will stun everyone.” A girl’s voice said, and Song Linchu recognized it as the same girl who had just spoken to Su Zhan.

Immediately, another girl responded, “Our school flower doesn’t need makeup to stun the audience.”

Others burst into laughter, and the girl who suggested makeup said, “Can’t I make him even more stunning? My makeup skills are excellent. Look at these two contestants; I did their makeup, and they look perfectly balanced and better than everyone else’s.”

She pointed to two contestants who indeed looked stunning with their makeup, even better than the others. No wonder Su Zhan was pestering her.

When Song Linchu appeared, Su Zhan was momentarily stunned, but then saw him surrounded by a group of girls and he felt envious and jealous.

Hearing the girl’s suggestion, Su Zhan’s emotions reached a peak, and he said irritably, “Junior, didn’t you say you didn’t have time earlier? How come you have time to do his makeup now?”

“It’s different,” the junior didn’t realize the grudge between them and explained naturally, “Senior Song has good looks, so just a touch-up is enough. I can finish it in ten minutes, and I can squeeze that time in before dinner.”

Su Zhan: “.…”

Although what the junior said was true, Su Zhan still didn’t feel happy about it.

The junior didn’t notice his gloom and warmly invited Song Linchu, “Come, come, Senior Song, sit here.”

The junior wanted to take Song Linchu over to do his makeup, and others joined in teasing.

Song Linchu always thought that makeup was only for girls, and his idea of putting n makeup stopped at the time he was painted with a duck face in elementary school or Su Zhan’s heavy makeup when he wore women’s clothing. He thought that since he already had delicate features, he would end up looking like a woman if he were to put on makeup.

He Immediately waved his hand and said, “No need, my natural look is fine.”

“It’s almost the same as your natural look, just let us enhance it a bit, really!” The junior sister said.

Song Linchu didn’t believe it and said, “I just remembered that Zhou Kexin has something to discuss with me, I’ll go see her first, you guys go ahead and do your thing.”

With that, he hurriedly slipped away.

Su Zhan silently gnashed his teeth.

Because he and Song Linchu were not WeChat friends, even though they were in the same WeChat group, he didn’t know that Song Linchu had decided to participate in the competition.

He had never heard Song Linchu sing, but when they went to KTV before, someone had teased Song Linchu to sing, and he had said that he was tone-deaf and wouldn’t sing well.

Besides, Song Linchu was number 29 and he was 28. He was also cross-dressing, so the contrast was maxed out, and he would definitely steal the show. Song Linchu could look as handsome as he wanted, but he wouldn’t be able to create any waves.

Heh, what’s the use of being handsome and popular, can it add points to the competition?

It’s just going to be a one-and-done.

When he got outside, Song Linchu breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Kexin had called them to come over to prepare for makeup and to change clothes. He didn’t need makeup, and he hadn’t prepared any special clothes, so he planned to go to the library and wait until the rehearsal started at five o’clock before coming back.

Oh, by the way, he had to tell Tan Yue to download the Little Apple TV app!

——————

At the same time, at the Aikang Hospital.

“Sir, Mr. Yuan from Yuante New Materials wants to meet with you. He doesn’t know where you’re staying, but he’s already downstairs,” Cheng Bin said to Tan Yue, who was sitting by the floor-to-ceiling window, processing company affairs in the sun.

Tan Yue’s surgical incision had been removed, and his injuries from the car accident had been properly treated, so he could now walk by himself.

After more than a week of gloomy skies, the weather had finally cleared up, and the long-lost sun was shining, making people feel lazy.

However, Cheng Bin felt that even the warm sun felt cold when shining on their boss.

Tan Yue’s eyes were slightly squinted due to the sunlight and he said, “No.”

Cheng Bin hesitated a bit, “He’s asking for a favor for Tan Zhao …”

Tan Zhao was Tan Yue’s half-brother.

Tan Yue chuckled, “Then let him go to him if he wants to.”

Cheng Bin nodded solemnly, “I understand.”

With that, Cheng Bin quietly left, while Tan Yue continued to look at the files on his computer.

At that moment, his phone next to him made a “ding” sound, indicating a WeChat notification. Tan Yue continued to look at the computer screen.

It wasn’t until WeChat made another “ding” sound that he picked up the phone.

Little Songlin: [Gege! Remember to download Little Apple TV!]

Little Songlin: [Live room ID: 249583. I am No.29. I will appear at around 9 pm tonight. Be sure to come and see me!]

Little Songlin: [(Little Fox Kiss.gif)]

The tense expression on Tan Yue’s face relaxed a little.

He looked at the seductive little fox blowing kisses on the screen for a moment, then his fingertips moved and a message was sent.

Tan Yue: [Okay.]

Song Linchu’s mood soared as he looked at the simple and clear “okay” in the chat box.

He agreed, he agreed!

Being a licking dog to the end wasn’t for nothing.

See, this is progress!

Song Linchu was elated.

He felt he could move the earth.

Little Songlin: [I just went backstage and saw that they are all well-prepared. I am so nervous now QAQ. ]

Little Songlin: [Your cute little one lacks confidence and needs gege’s encouragement to reach full confidence~]

Tan Yue responded quickly with just three words: [Go for it.]

Song Linchu: “…”

What did he expect from this cold and steel straight man?

Song Linchu made up his mind to go big.

Little Songlin: [Don’t just cheer me on, give me a kiss~]

WeChat was a strange thing.

When talking face-to-face with Tang Yue, Song Linchu spoke cautiously, not daring to overstep under his powerful aura.

However, on WeChat, he could even say such embarrassing things as wanting a kiss from a man he had only met twice.

Song Linchu touched his flushed face, feeling like he had lost all dignity. But at the same time, he was also anticipating Tang Yue’s reaction.

Would he just block him directly?

After about ten seconds, Tang Yue replied with two rare consecutive messages, each containing more than one word!

Tang Yue: [I think fate brought us together.]

Tang Yue: [Let it kiss you.]

Song Linchu: “……”

This guy, even though he had a terminal illness and was about to die, he was still single for good reason!

Damn it!

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