"Who's that? Singing so terribly! Can you please stop? I could hear it from a mile away. You almost scared the living daylights out of me!"
Suddenly, a young man pushed the door open, startling the three kids.
Miaomiao turned to look at the door, a puzzled expression on her face.
Singing terribly?
Was it her?
"Hey? The singing girl is so pretty. That's okay then. Do you want to come with big brother to another private room? There are lots of other cool guys there. But first, let me tell you, you can't sing there. But big brother can teach you some other fun stuff."
After seeing Miaomiao, the young man immediately changed his expression and put on a lewd and flirtatious look. His originally handsome features were somehow made to look greasy.
Miaomiao took a few steps back, standing there like a statue.
It wasn't because she was being flirted with. Instead, Miaomiao was sure that this guy was saying her singing was bad, which made her doubt herself.
She thought she sang pretty well!
This guy must just not know how to appreciate it!
"Why aren't you saying anything, little sister? Are you mesmerized by big brother's good looks?"
The young man tossed his hair in a showy way and reached out to grab Miaomiao's wrist, but was slapped back by Wei Ziqi.
"What do you think you're doing? You got a problem?"
Wei Ziqi stepped in front of Miaomiao aggressively and stared coldly at the young man.
"Who are you? A pretty boy trying to play the hero? What do you think you are? You're not even qualified to act like a good guy in front of me."
The young man sized Wei Ziqi up and down, speaking in a mocking and contemptuous tone.
"Then do you think I'm qualified? Coming here to cause trouble. Tao Cheng, I think you've got too much pocket money these days, don't you?"
Tao Jing suddenly stood up from the sofa, walked in front of Miaomiao and stood side by side with Wei Ziqi, glaring coldly at the young man.
"Oh, I wondered who it was. It's our family's young miss. Sorry, the lights in this KTV private room are so dim. I didn't notice you just now. But your threatening words just now aren't really appropriate, are they? I'm here to have fun. Aren't you too? Don't tell me you brought people here to inspect our family's business. Do you think a dog would believe that?"
Tao Cheng put his hands on his hips and provocatively challenged with an extremely arrogant attitude.
"I'm here to celebrate my birthday today. It's just a private gathering with friends. What's wrong with that? Unlike you, who comes to places like this every other day. Do you think your mom would beat you if she knew?" Tao Jing retorted without showing any weakness.
"Don't use my mom to scare me. We're all here in the same place having fun. Who's more noble than who? Since this chick is yours, I won't touch her. But you'd better not mess with me either."
After saying that, Tao Cheng slammed the door and left. In the corridor, he happened to run into Cheng Ruan and her friend who were coming back from the bathroom.
As they passed by each other, Tao Cheng was looking down at his phone, sending a message and not watching where he was going. He bumped right into Cheng Ruan.
The collision was unexpected, and both of them fell on their butts. Having been so angry in Miaomiao's private room just now, and then falling down as soon as he went out, Tao Cheng's temper flared up.
But when he looked up and saw Cheng Ruan's delicate mixed - race features, all his anger faded away.
"Little beauty, since you bumped into me, shouldn't you give me some compensation?"
Tao Cheng got up from the ground, dusted himself off, and blocked the way of Cheng Ruan and Yao Mingxuan.
"Are you crazy? It was clearly you who were looking down at your phone and not watching where you were going. You bumped into me, and now you want me to give you compensation. Are you so poor that you've gone crazy?"
Cheng Ruan rubbed her arm that was a bit scraped from the fall and rolled her eyes.
Yao Mingxuan, who was supporting Cheng Ruan beside her, also replied in a bad mood: "If you're sick, go get treated. If you really got hurt from this fall, we can compensate you. But the prerequisite is that you should go to the hospital first to see if you have a concussion, or go to the neurology department to see if you have any other diseases. Just because of a bump in the corridor, you want compensation. Is it trendy for people to stage fake accidents in KTVs these days?"
"Oh, not bad. It seems that every good - looking little beauty today has a sissy bodyguard. I'm not short of money, you know. Don't you even know who I am? Do you think I'm short of money? The compensation I want is not money, but a person. Pretty boy, I advise you to be smart and get out of the way quickly. I'm taking this little girl away right now. If you're not smart, don't blame me for being rude."
After saying that, Tao Cheng directly reached out and grabbed Cheng Ruan's wrist and pulled her back.
Yao Mingxuan didn't expect the other guy to directly try to kidnap someone in broad daylight. He was stunned for a moment. In that second of being stunned, the hand that was holding Cheng Ruan's arm slipped.
Cheng Ruan screamed and struggled. Yao Mingxuan quickly stepped forward and wanted to punch Tao Cheng. But just then, a bunch of boys and girls suddenly rushed out from the private room behind and surrounded Yao Mingxuan. The boys rushed up to him without saying a word and started fighting, while the girls helped Tao Cheng drag Cheng Ruan away.
Cheng Ruan had only been really scared twice in her life: once when she was in a car accident as a child and once when she was abducted. And both times, she was saved because of Miaomiao. Since then, she hadn't seen any big - deal situations. Now seeing Yao Mingxuan being beaten up, all she could do was cry anxiously; it seemed she had no other way to help.
"Stop hitting! Stop hitting! Miaomiao! Miaomiao, help me!"
Cheng Ruan cried out loudly for help, still struggling desperately against the people who were pulling at her. Yao Mingxuan had no way to fight back against so many people. At this moment, he regretted not learning some self - defense skills from Miaomiao. He wished he hadn't been lazy and had gone to the martial arts school with her.
Just then, the door of the private room where Miaomiao and the others were also opened.
Because of Tao Cheng's interruption, Miaomiao was deeply doubting herself. She couldn't believe that her singing could be called bad. So she simply stopped playing music and singing, and just sat on the sofa feeling down.
Wei Ziqi and Tao Jing, whose moods had been ruined, also had no interest in playing. So there was no deafening music accompaniment in their private room.
If anyone in the private room had been singing or playing music, even with Miaomiao's good hearing, it would have been hard for her to hear Cheng Ruan's cries for help.
As soon as they came out, they saw their friend being beaten up. Miaomiao was so angry that she charged forward in three big steps. She grabbed a boy by his belt, lifted him up with all her strength, and then threw him at the group of people who were still beating Yao Mingxuan.
Those people were like bowling pins, and a whole bunch of them were knocked down.
Yao Mingxuan felt the punches on his body stop. He slowly raised his head and saw Miaomiao standing in front of him, hands on her hips, looking extremely imposing. The bright yellow light shone down on her head, making it hard to see her features clearly.
At this moment, Miaomiao was like a goddess descending to the mortal world. She was surrounded by a divine light, which made Yao Mingxuan feel dazed for a moment.
Damn it, his legs were weak. He had this crazy urge to kneel.