Chapter 15: Going to KTV

"No need, he is a very busy man." Bai Shuruo would never call Han Yangting to come over; in her view, Han Yangting was completely out of place with the people here.

After He Jian left, Bai Shuruo sent a WeChat message to Han Yangting.

She had added him such a long time ago, yet this was the first time she had ever sent him a WeChat message.

His WeChat name was just the single character "Ting," but his profile picture seemed to be a movie poster.

And her WeChat name was just the single character "Ruo," with a cartoon cat as her profile picture.

Ruo: 【Brother Han, the company has an event, I will be back a bit late.】

Ting: Almost an instant reply 【Where is the location? Do you need me to come pick you up?】

Ruo: 【No need, it's the department colleagues going out to eat and sing together.】

Ting: 【If it's too late, remember to take a taxi back, don't save that little bit of money.】

Ruo: 【I know.】

The department meal was at a Sichuan restaurant slightly more upscale than a street food stall; the dishes served were Bai Shuruo's favorites, boiled fish and bullfrog, as she loved spicy food.

Xiang Feifei reminded Bai Shuruo: "If you like these dishes, eat them quickly, otherwise you won't be full later."

Bai Shuruo was puzzled; there were 12 dishes on the table and the colleagues didn't have big appetites, so how could they not be full?

Xiang Feifei gave Bai Shuruo a look that said "you'll understand in a moment," then proceeded to eat the plate of dry-pot bullfrog in front of her voraciously.

Bai Shuruo stopped worrying; Xiang Feifei had joined the company earlier, so listening to her was definitely the right thing to do.

Sure enough, at first the colleagues were just eating and chatting, and some even asked Bai Shuruo why she got married so early and when she planned to have children.

She was almost choked dizzy by the spiciness.

After drinking a few mouthfuls of water, just as she was about to answer the question, Wei Zhuguan arrived.

Wei Zhuguan was the boss of the Design Department; once he arrived, the style of the meal changed.

People were offering toasts and pouring tea.

Everyone's focus was entirely on Wei Zhuguan; who cared about when Bai Shuruo was going to have a baby anymore?

Wei Zhuguan was also a chatterbox who liked to lecture on everything while eating; his voice was effeminate, and he would occasionally gesture with a delicate orchid finger, looking just like a eunuch from a period drama.

"Our team's results from the last quarter were quite good, with several mobile phone models being quite enjoyed by young people, especially that findx model designed by He Jian's team..."

"However, our team currently has a question, and this question was pointed out by our Vice President..."

With Wei Zhuguan speaking up there, no one below dared to eat, and they all listened respectfully.

Bai Shuruo looked at Xiang Feifei helplessly, finally understanding what Xiang Feifei meant by saying she should eat more while the food was good.

After Wei Zhuguan had been talking for a long time, he lifted his watch to look at it: "Oh, is it time for the KTV?"

The department clerk said: "It is already time."

Thus, they had no choice but to change venues.

Bai Shuruo looked at the table full of food, not even half-eaten, and felt it was truly a pity.

After arriving at the KTV, Xiang Feifei pulled Bai Shuruo to sit in a corner.

Xiang Feifei said: "It's not our turn as interns to sing yet; we have to wait until the leaders finish singing before we can sing."

Bai Shuruo nodded; the workplace was just like that, one had to follow seniority, and it was best for them as interns to sit on the side, cracking melon seeds and playing dice.

After all, a KTV was not an office; although the leaders were present, it was relatively more relaxed.

Once things relaxed, everyone started doing what they wanted to do.

Bai Shuruo saw that He Piaoxue was quickly surrounded by several male colleagues; they took the initiative to invite He Piaoxue to play dice, saying that if she lost she could just drink cola, and if she couldn't finish it, they could drink it for her.

As for some of the older ones, like Wang Jie, she would chat with her peer Li Jie; both were married and had children, and they were loudly discussing domestic trivialities in each other's ears, complaining about their mothers-in-law not taking good care of their grandchildren.

There were also a few microphone hogs who only wanted to sing when they came to the KTV; when they encountered a song they liked, they would grab the microphone and sing, unable to extricate themselves from being intoxicated by their own singing, such as Hao Jian, who was quiet and gentle in the office but sang high-pitched songs like "Parting Song" and "Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies" at the KTV, as if venting some kind of emotion.

Wei Zhuguan first sat on the side looking at his phone, then later played dice and drank beer with a group of people.

By the time the singers were tired and the cola drinkers were stuffed, they turned their interest toward the interns, egging them on to perform.

There were 6 interns in the Design Department in total, and now that they had been called by name, they were naturally both shy and eager to try.

Who wouldn't want to perform well in front of the leaders?

Two boys knew how to breakdance; they cued up a high-energy song and started dancing on the floor. The dance was performed extremely well, drawing applause from the department members one after another.

Bai Shuruo also clapped, while nervously swallowing her saliva. She was neither good at singing nor dancing; she had learned a little piano when she was young, but she wasn't proficient, and besides, there was no piano here.

What kind of performance should she do in a moment?

"Shuruo, are you going to sing or dance later?" Xiang Feifei asked.

Bai Shuruo said: "I don't know either, what about you?"

Xiang Feifei suggested: "How about we sing a duet?"

"Okay." Bai Shuruo couldn't ask for more.

The two discussed it for a while and decided to sing "Courage" by Fish Leong.

Before them was He Piaoxue's performance; He Piaoxue was going to dance "The Noble Consort Gets Drunk." Although her dance steps weren't very refined and she was wearing modern clothes, looking less like a noble consort and more like a little maid, she still won enthusiastic applause from the male colleagues.

After she finished dancing and returned to her seat, He Yu and the others poured her tea and cola.

Finally, it was the duet by Xiang Feifei and Bai Shuruo.

They were the last performance, and everyone thought the finale would be very good, so they were all looking forward to it.

As it turned out, Bai Shuruo had truly overestimated Xiang Feifei's musical ear.

She felt that her own singing was already tone-deaf, but Xiang Feifei's musical ear was even more like it had wandered off into outer space; after singing the verse, the chorus was like roaring, and because she had a loud voice, it completely drowned out Bai Shuruo's voice.

After the song "Courage" was arduously finished, the private room was silent for a few seconds.

Wei Zhuguan was the first to give a thumbs up: "You two, you certainly have courage."

……

After the KTV ended, it was already 11 o'clock at night.

Li Jie and Wang Jie had children at home and had said their goodbyes early; Wei Zhuguan had also left, and when some people saw that the supervisor had left, they felt there was no point in staying, so they all left too.

However, among the interns, one named Zhang Liang called out to Bai Shuruo and the others, suggesting, "Why don't we interns find a food stall to get something to eat? We are all interns, we should stand united and cultivate our relationships."

The interns looked at each other.

This Zhang Liang was the first to arrive for the internship, his personal ability was decent, and since those who came later would ask him for advice whenever they had problems, he had effectively become the leader among the interns.

Moreover, he had been following Wei Zhuguan around drinking all night; he seemed quite adept at climbing the social ladder.

He Piaoxue was the first to say, "That's fine, but it can't be too late; we girls need our beauty sleep."

Xiang Feifei did not want to go, and she glanced at Bai Shuruo.

Bai Shuruo truly did not want to go either; it was already 11 o'clock, and she lived far away. But it was her first day, and if she refused now, it would make her seem arrogant.

At this moment, Bai Shuruo's phone rang at the perfect time.

It was a call from Han Yangting, and she hurriedly pressed answer.