Dragon King's Son-In-Law

More than a dozen songs later, Xie Yujia’s eyelids became heavier as she listened to the familiar melodies. She felt like Hao Ren’s humming sounded like a lullaby and fell asleep unconsciously.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw Hao Ren snoozing with both of his hands on the sofa.

She sat up, and her shoes made a squeaking noise on the sofa. Hao Ren heard the sound and woke up immediately. The microphone in his hand fell to the floor.

“You really didn’t sleep last night?” Xie Yujia rubbed her eyes, saw the black circles around Hao Ren’s eyes, and asked guiltily.

“That waiter was patrolling by the door all night. I couldn’t sleep even if I wanted to,” Hao Ren stretched his arm and laughed, “How was your sleep?”

“It was alright. I had a few dreams,” Xie Yujia replied as she returned the jacket to Hao Ren and checked her own clothes.

She wasn’t concerned about Hao Ren doing anything while she was asleep as she trusted him. Instead, she was scared that her clothes might slide and reveal parts of her body that shouldn’t be exposed.

She calmed down when she saw that her clothes were tidy.

“What time is it?” she asked.

“It’s almost six. The time for the room is almost up too,” Hao Ren replied.

“Um,” Xie Yujia nodded, “Thank you so much for yesterday.”

“It’s nothing. These types of things happen sometimes,” Hao Ren stood up and said, “Let’s go find a place for food!”

“You don’t want to sleep for a bit?” Xie Yujia looked at him in confusion.

Hao Ren shook his head, “It’s fine…”

“It’s not even six yet. You should sleep for a bit. There’s no use going back to the dorm since it’s not opened yet. I’ll be on the watch for you this time!” Xie Yujia said.

She saw Hao Ren’s tired face and suddenly realized that this was the first time she stayed overnight alone with a guy.

“No need, it’ll be six in half an hour,” Hao Ren still shook his head. He couldn’t sleep alone and have a girl keep vigil for him.

“Let’s sing then!” Xie Yujia changed her expression and said.

“Huh?” Hao Ren was a bit surprised.

“There’s still half an hour. We’ll be wasting it anyways and might as well use this time to sing,” Xie Yujia walked up to the karaoke machine and chose a few songs.

The first song “Blessings on the Street Corner” came out on the screen. After half a night of sleep, Xie Yujia was already energetic. She picked up the microphone without being shy, found the key of the melody, and started singing.

“In many autumns and winters, I was almost about to be cured…”

Hao Ren listened to Xie Yujia’s voice and didn’t know that the Class President sang so well.

“I could only pretend that I couldn’t hear from other people about how he was doing…”

After the first song, Xie Yujia continued to sing the second song.

Her voice was melodious and pleasant, and the smile on her face seemed to create a sense of happiness.

Hao Ren sat on the sofa and looked at Xie Yujia quietly. Unexpectedly, the studious Class President was also a pro at karaoke.

“Afterward, I finally learned how to love. It was a pity that you’d left long ago, disappearing into the crowd… Afterward…”

“Is she singing these songs for me?” Hao Ren suddenly thought.

After singing six songs continuously, Xie Yujia abruptly took out another microphone and handed it to Hao Ren. “Come and join me!” she said.

“Ah? No, I can’t!” Hao Ren waved his hands quickly.

“Let’s sing together. There is only the two of us, what are you afraid of?” Xie Yujia put the microphone in Hao Ren’s hands enthusiastically.

The old song “Hiroshima Mon Amour” sounded. Hao Ren had to hold the microphone and sing awkwardly. Not sure if his potential had reached new heights or what had happened, but Hao Ren, who didn’t sleep for the whole night, sang the song perfectly with a husky voice.

“Not bad! Let’s do another newer song. ‘Rooftop’!” Xie Yujia swayed her hands and said happily.

Hao Ren tried to refuse but sang the song perfectly and expressed the gloominess in the song well.

“Geez! You are so good at singing! Stop pretending you are bad already!” Xie Yujia winked at Hao Ren.

Hao Ren found it weird as well. How did he voice become so full and broad? Was it because he cultivated the Spirit Concentration Scroll?

After they finished singing another duet of “You Are a Song in My Heart” and were about to pick another song, the waiter pushed open the door and came in suddenly.

“Excuse me, sir. The time of your room is up!” he said.

Hao Ren and Xie Yujia felt like they didn’t sing enough, but they still had classes that day, so it was impossible to continue singing. They looked at each other, smiled, and put down the microphones. Then, they grabbed their stuff and checked out at the front desk.

Xie Yujia wanted to pay when they were checking out, but Hao Ren stopped her. Even though he was accompanying Xie Yujia, how could he make a girl pay for him?

After they walked out of the KTV, Xie Yujia insisted on treating Hao Ren to breakfast, and Hao Ren could only accept. They headed to Dexin Restaurant and ate two nutritious breakfast meals. Then, Hao Ren rode the bicycle and took Xie Yujia back to school through the west entrance; they were headed to the dorm area in the south.

The morning at school was as silent as a park. The air was refreshing, and the environment was beautiful.

Xie Yujia sat in the back seat of the bicycle, and both of her hands held on to Hao Ren’s shirt as her body swayed in the direction of the wind. She thought for a while and placed her head on Hao Ren’s back.

“It’s cold in the morning. Do you want my jacket?” Hao Ren asked as he rode the bicycle.

“It’s fine,” Xie Yujia felt the warmth on Hao Ren’s back through his shirt and whispered.

“I’m quite happy today,” she suddenly said after being silent for a while.

“What’s that?” Hao Ren didn’t hear her as he was concentrating on riding the bicycle.

“Singing was enjoyable today, and so was last night,” Xie Yujia raised her voice and said. The chilly morning breeze blew into her hair and face and sent her words into space.

“Oh… I am glad you enjoyed it!” Hao Ren was busy riding the bicycle and answered casually.

“This idiot…” Xie Yujia thought in her mind.

“One, two! One, two!”

Suddenly, organized shouts came from somewhere nearby.

“Hao Ren! Change route and go around!” Xie Yujia, who was sitting in the back, suddenly tugged on Hao Ren’s shirt and hurried him.

“Huh, what?” facing the wind and riding the bicycle, Hao Ren once again didn’t hear her well.

At the same time, the Captain of the basketball team, Xie Wanjun, who was wearing a dry-fit sports t-shirt and leading the whole sweaty basketball team ran towards them.

It was Hao Ren’s first time seeing the face of the Captain of the basketball team, so he couldn’t help but slow down. The two-meter-tall giant Captain was leading the jog at a moderate speed and turned his head at the same time to look at Hao Ren, who was riding the bike, and Xie Yujia, who sat in the back seat.

Xie Yujia felt conflicted as she looked at her older brother.

It was six o’clock in the morning. Other than the basketball team, who were doing their morning run, not a lot of students would be awake at this time.

Hao Ren and Xie Yujia came from the west entrance of the school. What did the west entrance mean? Restaurants and small hotels could be seen any around Hongji Square.

Would it be going out to eat and just coming back at this time?

Xie Yujia lowered her head and didn’t know what to do. Her older brother, Xie Wanjun, merely led the six to seven basketball players, yelled, and ran passed their bicycle emotionlessly.

Xie Yujia knew her older brother well enough, and his poker face was often his scariest expression.

While Xie Yujia was nervous about this, Hao Ren turned his head and looked at the basketball team that moved like a tall wall. He noticed that those six basketball players who got kicked out were not in the morning training.

“This Captain of the basketball team, Xie Wanjun, lost six team members because of the school’s punishment. He probably hates me… but it seems like he doesn’t know me yet?”

Hao Ren rode to the south entrance and thought.

Xie Yujia, who was sitting in the back seat, could only think of one phrase in her mind, “Oh cr*p!”