Besides the noise, the air inside was also unbearable for Shang Lin. He really wanted to turn around and leave, but Fan Mingyu grabbed his neck and pulled him inside.
Shang Lin patted Fan Mingyu's arm helplessly, "What's wrong with you? Do you think I can run away or something?"
Fan Mingyu showed no intention of letting go of Shang Lin, and said with great certainty, "That's hard to say. I saw you frowning just now, maybe you were thinking of running away."
Surprisingly, this kid has a pretty good eye for observation. Shang Lin said with a wry smile, "Then you don't need to put your arm around my neck. It's such an eyesore."
"Once we get to the private room, I won't hold you anymore."
Fu Xinyu complained directly to Zhou Heng, "Hey, Lao Zhou, isn't Xiao Fan a prime example of someone who's fickle and easily bored? Luckily, Shang Lin isn't a girl, otherwise he'd be the epitome of someone who values romance over friendship."
Shang Lin laughed and said, "You're mistaken. Little Fan is looking for fatherly love from me."
"Pfft, hahaha..."
Fu Xinyu burst out laughing. Zhou Heng wasn't much better off. Fan Mingyu immediately let go of Shang Lin and said with great disdain, "Look at you, you're as skinny as a bean sprout. You still want to be an elder? Why don't you just fly to the sky?"
Shang Lin wanted to say, "Does being able to fly on a sword count? But then I thought about how I don't even have a sword right now, let alone fly on one? That's ridiculous."
However, he said, "Everyone should have dreams. What's wrong with God? What if they come true someday?"
As they were talking, several girls dressed in fitted clothes walked towards them. Because of the dim lighting, it was impossible to tell their exact age. They went straight into one of the private rooms, where music immediately started playing and then quickly disappeared as the door closed.
Shang Lin, who was at karaoke for the first time, was a little confused and asked naively, "Aren't they cold wearing so little?"
Zhou Heng asked, "This isn't your first time in a place like this, is it?"
Shang Lin nodded, "Yes, my family used to live in a small mountain village, and there are many places I'm visiting for the first time."
Fan Mingyu looked at Shang Lin with great confusion, and really wanted to ask him, "You are clearly the leader of a sect, and you have so many excellent disciples in your sect, so please don't act like you came from a small mountain village."
Fu Xinyu asked with some curiosity, "Really? But judging from your calm demeanor, you don't seem like someone from a small mountain village who's never seen the world."
Shang Lin stated bluntly, "Wasn't that what happened just now?"
Fan Mingyu and the other two laughed. Fu Xinyu said, "Come, come, let me tell you about the entertainment venues in the city."
Shang Lin wanted to say, "I don't want to hear it at all. I'd rather spend this time comforting Xiaobai."
But when I think about my future self, I will still have to live in the human world, so going to various entertainment venues will be unavoidable. What difference does it make what I learn?
As soon as the four of them entered the private room, Shang Lin's sense of smell made the smell even more unbearable. Therefore, someone like him is more suited to cultivating in a secluded mountain.
Fu Xinyu actually became Shang Lin's "teacher." They stopped singing and started talking to Shang Lin, filling in the gaps in his knowledge. Before long, a group of beautiful women came to sell them drinks.
The fragrance emanating from the beautiful women made Shang Lin sneeze repeatedly, and he couldn't help but silently complain to himself, "Is he here to sing karaoke? He's clearly here to suffer!"
Fan Mingyu and Zhou Heng quickly sent the people away, and Fu Xinyu continued to act as the "teacher." For some reason, this gave him a special sense of accomplishment.
Once the songs had become more widely known, Fan Mingyu and the other two had all sung several songs enthusiastically, but Shang Lin couldn't sing a single one—no, he couldn't sing a single line. The three of them looked at him like he was an alien.
Fu Xinyu, acting as the "teacher," asked directly, "How is that possible? Haven't you ever sung a song since you were a child? Even if you haven't sung one, you must have heard them. You must have listened to a lot of nursery rhymes when you were a child, right?"
"Nursery rhymes?"
Shang Lin looked blank, trying hard to recall his childhood, but unfortunately it was too long ago and he really couldn't remember. As for the original Shang Lin, he didn't even know if he existed.
Besides, Yuan Shanglin's mother disappeared when he was very young. He lived with Old Man Chai, a grown man, so it would be strange if he could hear nursery rhymes. At most, he would be told bedtime stories.
"No way?" Fan Mingyu was even more shocked when he saw Shang Lin's reaction, knowing that he didn't even know nursery rhymes. "Then how did you grow up?"
Shang Lin gave everything to the small mountain village that had nothing, without any guilt. Moreover, he was an orphan who was raised by his godfather.
Fan Mingyu and the other two looked at Shang Lin with great sympathy and even apologized to him sincerely, "We're sorry, what we did to you before was really awful."
Shang Lin was completely taken aback. Why bring up the past again? He quickly waved his hand and said, "It's all in the past, why bring it up again? If you feel bad about it, let's leave now. The environment here is really not good! It feels suffocating."
Fan Mingyu very tactfully said, "I understand, I understand. This isn't your beautiful, pristine place, so we won't pollute it. Let's go, let's go."
Zhou Heng and Fu Xinyu also cooperated fully, saying, "That's right, that's right."
Shang Lin glanced at Fan Mingyu helplessly. If he hadn't been so restless, he wouldn't have wanted to spoil the fun! So they split up: Zhou Heng went home, and the others went to see a movie.
However, it was still early, so Shang Lin was dragged by Fan Mingyu and Fu Xinyu to play games. But he was still a complete novice in front of all kinds of game machines, and most importantly, it was noisy.
When Fan Mingyu and Fu Xinyu saw Shang Lin's bewildered look... well, they had forgotten that this person came from a small mountain village and that this was probably his first time at an arcade.
Fan Mingyu said directly, "Forget it, let's go upstairs to the cinema and drink some soda."
Shang Lin said very calmly, "You guys do your thing, I'll go upstairs first..."
"No," Fu Xinyu said hurriedly, "You've never been anywhere before, and you're so small and harmless. What if you get lost again? Let's go together."
Shang Lin, "..."
Was he being treated like a child again? He's not; he's practically an old monster! Unfortunately, I can't say that.
When Shang Lin and his two companions arrived at the upstairs cinema, there were still twenty minutes before the movie started. They also bought the essential movie-watching combo: popcorn and sugary drinks.
Shang Lin, this country bumpkin, asked with great confusion, "Why are the three of us guys buying things that couples buy?" He had just noticed that it was all couples buying these things.
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