Free Web NovelChapter 679: Chapter 237 Bai Weixi and Zhong Tingyue’s First Collaboration_2
Zhong Tingyue watched Li Yuan with an amused, almost teasing look that made him a bit embarrassed.
Li Yuan cleared his throat and explained, "Well, I’ve never heard you two sing a duet before, so I wanted to hear it."
After speaking, he put on a regretful face and sighed. "Alas, even this small wish of mine can’t be fulfilled."
Seeing Li Yuan’s look of regret, Bai Weixi blinked her beautiful eyes, bit her lip, glanced at Zhong Tingyue, and then mustered the courage to speak softly.
"If you really want to hear it, I can do it!"
"Really?" Li Yuan’s eyes suddenly lit up.
"Uh-huh. As long as you like it, I’m willing to do anything for you!" Bai Weixi replied earnestly. After she finished, she made sure to steal a glance at Zhong Tingyue as a subtle show of defiance.
She was a smart girl and knew that, for certain reasons, she held a very special place in Li Yuan’s heart—a place that brought both joy and anxiety. Just like in the recent phone call from her parents, they had advised her to cherish the relationship and not be too willful. They warned that if she lost a boyfriend as outstanding and kind as Li Yuan, finding another would be very difficult... Li Yuan had done so much for her since high school, and she had already nearly lost him after the college entrance exams. If she was unwilling to change and proactively do something for him, like fulfilling this simple wish, she felt she might completely lose him one day...
Of course, Zhong Tingyue noticed Bai Weixi’s challenging gaze. With a small smile, she stood up, looked at Li Yuan, and asked, "Senior, which song would you like to hear?"
Seeing that Bai Weixi and Zhong Tingyue, his two proud girlfriends, were willing to go on stage together to sing a duet for him, Li Yuan suddenly became thrilled.
At first glance, it didn’t seem like a big deal—just two girls singing a song together. But only Li Yuan understood what this meant to him.
When Bai Weixi saw how readily Zhong Tingyue agreed, she also let go of Li Yuan’s arm, stood up, and spoke gently, "Li Yuan, whatever you want to hear, I’ll sing it for you."
Li Yuan looked at the two devastatingly beautiful women before him. One was the unattainable first love from his past life, and the other was the acclaimed ice-queen Goddess of Daxia University. Both were standing in front of him, saying the same thing. He was so happy he felt like he could faint.
His mind raced, frantically thinking of songs suitable for a female duet... Actually, "Natural Beauty" would also be fitting, but it wasn’t right for today’s occasion. It was rare to have an opportunity like this, so he naturally couldn’t pick a song that was too sentimental and might stir up emotional turmoil. Suddenly, a very sweet song that was perfect for a female duet popped into his head.
"Hey, Bai, Little Moon," he asked, "do you two know how to sing ’Sakura Grass’?"
Bai Weixi and Zhong Tingyue nodded in unison. The song wasn’t exceptionally popular, but its light rhythm made it well-known and easy to sing. Most importantly, it was a very "sweet" song, originally performed by the duo "Sweety"—two very good-looking girls.
Li Yuan smiled and said, "Then let’s go with ’Sakura Grass.’ I really like listening to it."
Zhong Tingyue gave Li Yuan a peculiar look and chuckled lightly. "Senior, you look so burly, yet you like such sweet songs. I thought only girls liked songs like ’Sakura Grass.’"
Li Yuan chuckled and teased back, "That’s where you’re mistaken. Every man with a rugged exterior actually has a very delicate heart."
"What’s that saying? Something about a tiger and a rose? I can’t remember it right now."
Bai Weixi giggled and finished for him, "It’s ’A fierce tiger in the heart, delicately sniffing a rose.’ The line comes from an English work titled ’In Me, Past, Present, and Future,’ which was translated by the Chinese poet Yu Guangzhong..."
Li Yuan didn’t know this anecdote and gave Bai Weixi a thumbs-up. "Impressive, Bai! Spoken like a true talent from a top-tier university."
Bai Weixi rolled her eyes at him and explained with a smile, "When I was in high school, my mom liked to find English books for me to study, and that’s how I came across this work."
A look of realization dawned on Li Yuan’s face. "I see," he remarked. "No wonder your English is so good. You scored over 140, several dozen points more than me."
Someone like him, who struggled with English, had rarely read books on the subject outside of classroom lectures, let alone digested foreign literary works as Bai Weixi had. This just went to show how important a family’s environment is to a person’s development. Both of Bai Weixi’s parents were teachers, and her mother, in particular, hailed from a major city. While calling them a scholarly family might be an exaggeration, their home’s educational environment was undoubtedly far better than most. Therefore, the expectations placed on her were also much higher.
Bai Weixi’s beautiful eyes twinkled as she teased, "It’s just that you weren’t focused when you were learning English. Back when we tutored each other, you were always distracted when I was helping you with English... Hmph, you were just like a fool, always staring at me."
Li Yuan coughed awkwardly, feeling a bit guilty because Bai Weixi was right.
They had been deskmates for two years. To fulfill their pact of "getting into the same university," they had indeed tutored each other. He helped Bai Weixi with the sciences, mainly physics and mathematics, while she primarily helped him with his English...
