Chapter 53: Study Tour (Part 2) “Yes. It’s really hard to hear…

Upon hearing they were to be punished together, Yu Xiang immediately stopped caring about anything else: "Theoretically, this should be Jiang Ci's turn, right? I'm innocent."

"There's no rule that one bomb can only blow up one person. You two good classmates should share the joys and sorrows—" Xu Tianhao said loudly.

Yu Xiang looked at him in shock: "Why didn't you just stand by Lu Ziyang through thick and thin?"

"That's different. It's fine if he's beautiful alone."

"Don't you feel any pain in your waist when you're talking while standing?" Yu Xiang retorted.

"This does seem like a loophole in the rules. How about this? Let's ask another classmate for his opinion." The team leader suddenly had an idea and walked over to Jiang Ci. After taking in his appearance, he was stunned for a moment: "Wow, so handsome! Are all the classmates in your class this good-looking?"

“That’s—” Although they were not being praised, the students in Class 4 were still very proud of it.

"I'm so envious. If I were so handsome, I wouldn't be unable to find a girlfriend now." The team leader laughed.

"No! You're handsome too!"

"If you can talk, talk more, hahaha!" The team leader's eyes curved with laughter, clearly delighted by the words. "So, getting back to the point, handsome guy, what do you think?"

He was asking Jiang Ci, who, after a few seconds of thought, gave his answer: "If we answer at the same time, we'll be punished together."

Yu Xiang looked at Jiang Ci with trembling pupils: "???" Jiang Ci, I hate you!!!

"Okay!" I don't know who is adding fuel to the fire.

Yu Xiang: “…” What a miserable life.

"It seems like public opinion is like this. There's nothing we can do." The team leader feigned helplessness and said to Yu Xiang, "It's okay. Everyone is optimistic about you. How about this? You two take a minute to discuss whether you should sing a song individually or sing together."

"Okay. I'll discuss it with him." Jiang Ci answered him seriously.

"No problem, just order once you two have made your decision." The team leader handed his phone to Jiang Ci.

Jiang Ci took the phone, turned his head to the side, and looked at Yu Xiang, who looked hopeless. "Do you have any ideas?"

Yu Xiang looked at him angrily: "Now you remember to ask what I think?"

Jiang Ci hummed softly, "So now I know I'm in the wrong, so I'm here to ask you something."

Yu Xiang: "...I'm sorry, I don't see any sign of guilt on your face."

"It's not important. What's important is what you think now."

Yu Xiang thought to himself, I want to beat you up now.

But there were more than just the two of them present, and saying that wouldn't have a good impact, so he kept the words to himself and changed the subject, saying, "Let's sing a duet. You sing and I'll slack off."

"Isn't that fair?"

"I sang with you."

The two of them stared at each other for a while, and finally Jiang Ci shook his head: "To be fair, let's each do one part."

"Okay." Yu Xiang agreed reluctantly. "What should I sing?"

"Just sing your favorite song."

“How do you know what my favorite song is?”

"I'll tell you later." Jiang Ci said vaguely, "Complete the punishment first."

Yu Xiang also knew that this was not the right time to discuss the issue, so he stretched out a finger and tapped the phone screen: "The phone is in your hand, just click it."

Jiang Ci didn't waste any time and quickly selected the songs. After pausing, he gestured to the leader, "Let's sing a chorus."

"Chorus? No problem, no problem." The leader came over again with a raised eyebrow and handed him the microphone. "There's only one microphone, though. Can you guys get as close as possible?"

"Can."

After saying that, Jiang Ci gave Yu Xiang a look and asked if he could start.

Yu Xiang was about to say that they didn't need to get too close, and could just swap when it was their turn, but then he thought that if they did, they might die of exhaustion before the song was even finished, so he didn't say anything, but just moved closer to Jiang Ci: "Is this close enough?"

Jiang Ci shifted the microphone to his left hand, leaned towards Yu Xiang, and said to him in a voice only the two of them could hear: "Come closer."

"Closer? If we get any closer, we'll be face to face." Yu Xiang said this, but his body honestly moved a little closer to Jiang Ci.

The pleasant scent was so close that it aroused Yu Xiang's confusion and he almost forgot what they were going to do next.

"Yu Xiang." Jiang Ci called him in a low and pleasant voice.

Yu Xiang turned his head reflexively, but forgot how close they were at the moment, causing his soft lips to inevitably brush against the left half of Jiang Ci's face.

Then he saw Jiang Ci seemed to freeze, and a suspicious blush quickly appeared on his face.

"Ahem, what's going on?" Yu Xiang quickly turned his face away and pretended nothing had happened, while secretly thanking himself for being lucky that he was sitting by the window so that others wouldn't be able to see the little accident.

"Nothing, you're just daydreaming again." Jiang Ci's voice was clearly no longer as calm as it was at the beginning. "Then shall I begin? The first paragraph?"

"OK."

The prelude melody quickly spread throughout the entire car through the speakers, and Yu Xiang also lowered his head and huddled together with Jiang Ci to look at the lyrics on the phone.

Jiang Ci chose the right moment to open his mouth and sang the first line.

As soon as he spoke, a small burst of admiring "wow" came from the car - Jiang Ci's voice was pleasant in itself, and he was very familiar with the song. Every note was in tune, and from a non-professional point of view, there was nothing wrong with it.

Furthermore, with Lu Ziyang's magical voice as a prelude, his singing seems even more beautiful.

And when it came to the aftermath, the "wow" sound became even louder.

They thought Jiang Ci sang beautifully, but as soon as Yu Xiang opened his mouth, they were shocked even more.

"Wow, Brother Yu sings so well!" Zhang Miao looked so moved that tears streamed down his face. "Why doesn't he sing normally?"

But as soon as he finished speaking, Fang Chengyu glared at him. He was about to express his condemnation to him, but when he turned around, he found that the other party was secretly recording him with his mobile phone, so he shut up obediently.

He even gave Fang Chengyu a look that said "Well done, remember to send it to me later", and then successfully earned a speechless roll of the eyes from Fang Chengyu.

As Yu Xiang sang further, he no longer felt uncomfortable at the beginning. His voice became more and more stable and he performed very well. Jiang Ci also performed steadily throughout.

When the song ended, everyone responded with thunderous applause, and some people were still cheering, still wanting more.

"One more! One more!"

“It sounds so beautiful!”

"I'm a high school student, I agree to another song!"

"I'm the wheel, I agree to another song!"

Then more monsters like steering wheels appeared, and the atmosphere became quite lively.

"Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong with you guys? Why didn't you look like this when I asked you to sing another song?" Lu Ziyang appeared again at the right time and accused.

"Why do you come out here to be whipped? Don't you know how bad your singing is?" Ning Anyan teased him with a smile.

"It's clearly the sound of nature!" Lu Ziyang retorted shamelessly.

Wang Sitian laughed so hard that her stomach hurt. She held her stomach and replied, "Is Lai the toad's 緣?"

“Hahahahahaha!!!”

Xu Tianhao suppressed a smile and patted Lu Ziyang on the shoulder: "Don't listen to it, classmate, it's a bad review."

"Oh my dear Haozi, you are indeed very tasteful. Tell me, do I sing very well?" Lu Ziyang was overwhelmed by the desire to perform and said to Xu Tianhao with a loving face.

Xu Tianhao looked back at him gently: "Yes. It really is hard to hear."

Lu Ziyang: "??? I'm sad!"

"So we really can't sing another song?" Someone turned their attention back to Jiang Ci and Yu Xiang, especially the students sitting around them, who leaned over their chairs and moved their faces closer.

"Yes, it's really beautiful. Sing more if you can."

"But the punishment is over." Yu Xiang felt a sense of accomplishment after receiving such high recognition, but that didn't mean he would be flattered by the praise. He simply sang another song, "I think Lu Ziyang really wants to sing, let him sing."

When those people heard this, they immediately shook their heads like rattles: "Forget it, if you listen to it too much, you will have nightmares at night."

"Brother Du! Can you use some tricks to make them lose again later——"

'Brother Du' is their team leader. When he introduced himself, he asked everyone to call him Brother Du. Now that they are familiar with each other, people in the class are not polite at all when calling him.

"Ah? This isn't a good idea, right? Although I'd really like to do that." The team leader laughed heartily.

"I think we still have to maintain the fairness of the game." Jiang Ci returned the phone and microphone to him. "Don't you agree?"

“Yes, yes, hahahahaha——”

The game session lasted about an hour, and they didn't "win" again, so they just spent the rest of the time as spectators.

Shortly after the game, the bus drove into a winding mountain road. What was worse was that the road surface was not particularly flat and was very bumpy.

This causes people who are not prone to motion sickness to become a little motion sick, and those who are already prone to motion sickness are even worse off.

Yu Xiang belonged to the former. He was shaken so hard that his head felt dizzy and his stomach was churning, but he managed to hold back and not vomit.

If he could see his face now, he would find that he was pale.

So he tried to find a position that could relieve the discomfort by constantly changing his posture - he first leaned his head against the car window, but found that the window kept shaking, which made him even more dizzy, so he tilted his head towards Jiang Ci.

It was a little more comfortable, but the symptoms were not relieved much. I simply tried to lean on Jiang Ci's shoulder as a pillow, and found that it actually helped.

Especially the fresh smell on Jiang Ci's body, which well covered up the original smell in the car.

"Feeling dizzy?" Jiang Ci's low voice came from above.

"Yeah." Yu Xiang was listless. "Are you not dizzy?"

"I'm fine."

“So powerful.”

"Thank you for the compliment." Jiang Ci said calmly, raising his right hand to touch the top of Yu Xiang's head, but for some reason he lowered it again. "If you feel uncomfortable, just lean on me and sleep for a while. I should be there soon."

These words seemed to have some kind of magic power. Yu Xiang's mind went blank and he actually fell into a deep sleep.

In a trance, he felt as if someone was gently stroking his face with a warm hand, and the hand stayed on his face for a while.

He didn't feel repulsed, he even felt a little comfortable.