Chapter 119: I'm so happy to fall in love with you!

  Singing "Courage" really takes courage.

  Because when Asian pop diva A-Mei's song was a huge hit, it seemed like every street and alleyway was playing it. No matter which street you walked down, the loudspeakers were all blasting the familiar tune of "I've finally made up my mind, they can say I'm unreasonable, as long as you're just as certain".

  Some good Samaritans have counted that the frequency of this song's appearance is tied with 'Last Three Days Clearance Sale, Last Three Days Clearance Sale, Passersby Don't Miss It' as number one on the annual small shop hit chart.

  The popularity is too widespread, from 80-year-old elderly women to 8-year-old children can hum a few sentences. So, wanting to sing this song well and stand out is really not an easy task.

  Can Tang Hua sing out a different feeling again?

  "Shut up." Bai Su scolded Zhang He, not wanting her to provoke Tang Chong and avoid enraging this smelly-tempered guy into storming off. She said: "Let's just listen to Tang Chong sing a song. Who knows, maybe he'll surprise us again? Last time you said she couldn't dance, didn't he dance really well? Look at how many people are still circulating the video of your dance on Mingzhu TV's 100th anniversary celebration online--"

  "Last time it was you who didn't believe he could dance." Zhang Hehe chuckled. "This time I think he can't sing. Even if he can, he must be terrible at it."

  "Hmph. Anyway, I believe in Xiaoxin." Akira said angrily. "Xiaoxin is so cute, how can she not sing? Besides, Xiaoxin's voice is also very gentle when speaking."

  Zhang He snorted and said: "Your little heart farted and you said it was fragrant?"

  "Is there?" Ah Ken sniffed hard and said: "I really didn't smell anything stinky."

  "Are you still not going to let me sing?" Tang Chong said with a smile.

  "Sing." said Bai Su and A Ken simultaneously.

  "Then don't speak," said Tang Chong.

  "Hmm. Shh. Everyone shh." Ba Su makes a zipping motion across her mouth.

  Tang Chong cleared his throat and began to brew his emotions.

  Bai Su'e and Zhang Heben Lin Huiyin and others sat around, their faces filled with expectation as they waited.

  Several seconds...

  "Ah..." Tang Chong let out a breath of air. "Can you guys not stare at me like that? It's making me really nervous."

  "Hmph." Zhang He said discontentedly. "You're just looking for trouble where there isn't any. Someone who can sing wouldn't be afraid of being heard by others."

  "I'm not afraid of being heard." Tang Chong explained patiently. "I look at your face and always want to smile-----"

  "Why?" Zhang He asked in puzzlement.

  "Because you look so funny." Tang Zhong said. Zhang He's small face was soft and white, her big eyes were round and shining with a hint of mischief, staring at him without blinking, her body leaning forward, the loose collar of her white Spider-Man t-shirt slipping down, revealing a captivating cleavage and two plump mounds of snow-white skin - her expression was so serious, her chest was so alluring, Tang Zhong really couldn't concentrate.

  "Go die." Zhang He was enraged by Tang Chong, then pounced on him, tightly hugging his body with both hands, and his mouth began to find a place to kiss.

  This time, she bit into Tang Zhong's neck.

  "Stop it. You're going to bite a hole in Tang's neck." Bai Su rushed over to intervene, having long since grown accustomed to such occurrences.

  "Be gentle, don't break the skin. Oh no, a man's face is a very important thing."

  Lin Huiyin sat quietly with a cold expression, sipping water from a small cup, as if the events unfolding before her had nothing to do with her.

  "Ah-" Zhang He finally relaxed his mouth and kept making "ah" sounds. "Die of saltiness."

  "I knew you were going to bite me. I haven't showered for two days in advance." Tang Chong said, touching the wound on his neck, only two rows of tooth marks, and no bleeding. It proved that this woman had mercy.

  "Disgusting." Upon hearing Tang Chong say that, Zhang He couldn't take it anymore. He jumped up from the sofa and ran upstairs to brush his teeth.

  Seeing Zhang He going upstairs, Bai Su urged: "Tang Zhong, hurry up and sing."

  She also thinks Zhang He Fan is more likely to cause trouble here, making it difficult for Tang Chong to get into a state.

  Tang nodded and said, "Give me some music."

  "I'm coming." Ah Ken ran to the computer and found "Courage", but only muted the original sound.

  Tang Chong closed his eyes and tapped his thigh lightly with his fingers in time with the music.

  "I've finally made this decision, I don't care what others say."

  When singing the first two sentences, Tang Chong was still a bit awkward and embarrassed.

  There are many people who can sing. Whether good or bad, almost everyone sings. However, those who have the courage to stand in front of others and sing are few and far between.

  "As long as you are equally certain, I am willing to go with you to the ends of the earth, I know it's not easy --"

  Tang Chong slowly entered the state.

  He thought of the sunshine, he thought of the roof of Hate Mountain Prison, he thought of that free and easy wind, he thought of the distant green hills and waters and the tall chimneys of the brick factory always emitting black smoke.

  Tang Chong liked to fight, liked to dance, liked to learn from a lame uncle how to use stones as darts to shoot birds in the sky, liked to pick locks and steal sheep, liked to concoct...

  He liked Tang poetry and Song lyrics, he liked writing brush calligraphy. He also liked listening to music and singing like millions of young students.

  Every time it came to the winter and summer holidays, when all the familiar inmates were either locked up or sent to work, Tang Chong would climb alone to the top of the prison building, with a cassette player in his arms and tapes by Liu Dehua, Zhang Xueyou, Shui Mu Nian Hua or Liang Jingru in his pocket. He would listen to one side and then flip it over to listen to the other side - at that time, having a cassette player was a very enviable thing. In the mountainous county middle school that Tang Chong attended, he was simply the school's high-rich-handsome guy.

  Everyone has a youth. At that time, Tang Zhong occasionally looked up at the sky or stars with a 45-degree foolish face, thinking about why people live, where I come from and where I go, and some philosophical but actually nonsense questions.

  Fortunately, those questions had no answers and he was able to give Bai Su a surprise today.

  We all need courage

  Go on believing we'll be together

  In the crowded tide of people, I can feel you

  Put your true heart in my palm

  Tang Zhong finished singing, but didn't hear applause.

  This was a big blow to him. He used to be the first place winner of the New Year's song competition in Class 1, Grade 1 of Henan Middle School ----- although there were only thirty-five students in the whole class, and only seven students went on stage to sing, among whom one sang the children's song "Counting Ducks" and another sang the revolutionary song "The East is Red".

  He smiled awkwardly and said, "I told you I'm not good at singing. You guys still don't believe me. It's just blind humming. And I haven't received any professional training, plus it's been a long time since I last sang..."

  "Be careful." Akane suddenly shrieked.

  He jumped up from the sofa and rushed towards Tang Zhong.

  Tang Chong's body leaned to one side, and he let her - no, it was him - fall headfirst onto the sofa.

  Even so, he was still excited and shouted like an orgasm: "Xiaoxin, you are a genius! You are a genius! I love you to death! I really love you to death!"

  Tang Chong completely ignored Ah Ken's confession, his eyes shining brightly like a hungry wolf staring at his Ba Su, and asked: "Do you think I sang well?"

  "Very good." Bai Su said. "Primitive."

  "What does it mean?" Tang Zhong asked.

  "Are you a non-smoker?" asked Bai Su.

  "I won't smoke," said Tang Chong.

  "Not drinking?"

  "I'll have a little drink occasionally."

  "You've lived in the mountains for years, your voice is originally very pure, giving people a clean and transparent feeling, and it hasn't been polluted at all----just now you put your emotions into it, I easily merged into the atmosphere of the song, singing to the point where I almost cried."

  "Did I really do that well?" Tang said in surprise. "I've always been too embarrassed to sing. When my dorm mates asked me to go karaoke, I refused every time - except for the one time I won an award at school. From young till now, no one has ever told me I sang well. So I thought I wasn't good at singing."

  Thinking of Tang Zhong's background, Bai Su also sighed and said: "There are thousands of miles of horses in the world, but they still need a Bole to appreciate them. You grew up in prison, where would anyone understand how to appreciate you? But didn't Xu Sanjin ever hear you sing?"

  "He did ask me to sing once, but I didn't agree." Tang Chong said with a smile. "And when we were together, we mainly talked about dancing. He taught, I learned. At other times...we were all very busy."

  Perhaps due to his own miserable life experiences, Master Tianwang Xu Sanjin is a very introverted guy. He was bullied in prison and Tang Chong helped him once. So, he told Tang Chong that he knew how to dance and asked if he wanted to learn. Tang Chong thought dancing was something cool and impressive, maybe even useful for picking up pretty girls like campus flowers or department flowers in college, so he readily agreed.

  There was only one time when Tang Zhong gave Xu Sanjin a small bottle of Erguotou, and after drinking it all in one gulp, his eyes turned red and he started crying. He grabbed Tang Zhong's hand and asked if he could sing, and if he could sing "I'm Happy to Fall in Love with You" for him.

  Tang Zhong agreed, but Xu Sanjin didn't hear. Because at that time he was already drunk and collapsed under the table like a dead dog.

  Later, Tang Chong knew that the song "I'm Happy to Fall in Love with You" was his wife's debut work. He single-handedly wrote and composed the lyrics and music, and also choreographed and starred as the male lead in the MV. In the MV, they were a handsome couple, deeply in love, and when they gazed into each other's eyes, it seemed like honey could drip from their eyes.

  Then he killed her.