269 Mr. Xiao (1/2)

What? 100 points?!

How was that even possible!

Everyone in the room was astounded. This was an amazing score, and it was virtually impossible to obtain that with a karaoke system. One would imagine that even its inventor couldn't rig the system to get himself such a score. Perhaps for a singer with the skill of Qin Guiyue, a maximum score may have been possible, but only for a song or two that she was particularly good with. Her earlier score 98 points was already a superb tally, so for Xiao Luo to get a perfect 100 points was simply incredible.

Xiao Luo's rendition of the ”old hag” was unbelievable and dazzled each and everyone in the room.

”Xiao Luo, it's such a huge shame you didn't compete in The Voice of China with your talent in singing.”

”That's right, you're usually so low-key, and nobody would have expected you to have so much talent in singing.”

”Your daughter is a fantastic singer too, and she is so cute!”

Everyone was magnanimous with their compliments despite the song being sung as a dig at Qin Guiyue for her sarcasm. In fact, they all seemed to have totally forgotten about it altogether.

”Xiao Luo, I'm acquainted with an agent from a record company in Xiahai, and I could introduce you to him. With your evident talent, maybe you could achieve something great in this field.” Guo Qinghe said with genuine appreciation.

”Chairperson, thank you, but I'm not very interested in a singing career. But thanks all the same.” Xiao Luo turned him down politely.

Guo Qinghe sighed, ”Xiao Luo, you're really good at singing, why don't you think about it first before giving me an answer?”

Xiao Luo shook his head and smiled, ”I really appreciate your kindness, but I've got my own business to take care of. And I don't wish to become a public figure, so becoming a singer is really not suitable for me.”

”If that is so, then it's a little unfortunate.” Guo Qinghe replied, somewhat disappointed.

”Xiao Luo, since the chairperson had connections to a record company, you should take full advantage of it. Look at your mediocre life now, why don't you try to push yourself harder for once? If you become popular, many of us will support you.” A man tried to persuade him.

A girl chimed, ”Xiao Luo, I'm not trying to be nosy, but you've always acted this way since our college days. You don't know how to take advantage of the network and the resources around you. And now you're still acting this way even after we've graduated. How do you expect to be successful? A great opportunity like this is doesn't come every day.”

Xiao Luo still had a polite smile on his face, but he was terribly disappointed with this gathering. It had only been three years, and yet he could already see the drastic change in his former classmates. Gone was the sincerity in their friendship, replaced now with hypocrisy and ulterior motives behind their every word and action. He was truly disappointed as he did not think they would become such people, but perhaps it was he that had come with such high expectations, to begin with.

”I'm sorry, I have some urgent business to attend to, so I'll need to leave first.”

He made a random excuse, grabbed Bei Bei's hand, and walked out of the room. He could not bear to stay for another moment.

”Old Xiao, wait for me.”

When he saw that Xiao Luo was leaving, Zhang Dashan immediately stood up, not intending to hang around. He smiled and told everyone, ”I have something on too. You guys have fun, okay.”

He then picked up his jacket and followed after Xiao Luo.

Everyone was surprised, but it didn't take them too long before they started discussing the sudden departure of the two.

”What's wrong with these two, how could they leave just like that?”

”What else could it be. Xiao Luo's pissed off and Zhang Dashan being very close to him, of course, would do the same.”

”Wasn't it just a bit of sarcasm from Guiyue? Aiyah, if he's pissed off by a little thing like that, then it's not very manly of him.”

Hu Shuiping was a little peeved at all the talk and put his own thoughts across, saying, not too loudly, ”Are you all serious? You guys have been so condescending to Xiao Luo, giving him lectures without even knowing how he was actually doing in real life. And every single one of you was acting so high and mighty, how could anyone tolerate it?”

No one caught what Hu Shuiping said except Guo Qinghe, sitting beside him, who heard it clearly.

Guo Qinghe shook his head and let out a long patronizing sigh, ”Shui, you can't say just that, everyone was thinking in Xiao Luo's interest. Since we're all classmates, nobody would want him to do badly in life. If anyone faces any difficulty in life, we are all here to take care of each other.”