Sure enough, these bastards started to cause trouble.
"Great Saint, all the pretty ladies are here. Why don't you show off your singing voice?"
Skinny Monkey made the first move. After all, Qi Sheng had stolen the girl he had his eye on. Wasn't he allowed to mess with him a little?
"Sure, pick whatever you want."
Qi Sheng nodded with a grin, not showing a shred of stage fright.
"Uh... You're sure? I'm really going to pick one?"
Skinny Monkey was taken aback. He had originally thought that if Qi Sheng was too embarrassed, he could let the guy off the hook this one time.
But he hadn't expected Qi Sheng to be so unflinching.
"Hurry up and pick. I'll let you guys witness the power of a karaoke king!"
Qi Sheng waved his hand. Such a great opportunity to show off had just landed in his lap; of course he had to display his skills for the girls to see.
"Heh, then let's do 'Love to Death.' Everyone knows it."
Skinny Monkey was being deviously clever, cranking the difficulty straight to the max.
As everyone knew, "Love to Death" was a KTV classic. If you couldn't sing it well, your voice was guaranteed to crack.
In the past when they went to KTV, they picked it quite often, but that was when there were no girls around.
For a bunch of guys, it didn't matter how much their voices cracked or how off-key they were.
But today was different. Four beautiful girls were sitting there watching.
In front of beautiful women, very few men would actually be okay with embarrassing themselves.
The opening verse—in the past, Qi Sheng would have been hopelessly off-key by now.
But today, he seemed completely at ease, hitting every note perfectly.
"I'll love you to death, anything less is not enough.
Only a love this deep is worthy of a confession.
I'll love you to death, I won't be happy 'til I've cried myself into a smile.
Even if the universe ends, my heart will go on."
As soon as Qi Sheng finished the main verse, the girls started clapping in pleasant surprise, showing their approval.
As for Skinny Monkey and the others, they were completely dumbfounded.
"Is that fucking Old Qi?"
"This is unscientific. When does this guy *not* sing off-key? How is he so steady today?"
"This is ridiculous. I fucking suspect I'm at a concert."
"Damn it, this guy managed to show off again!"
Skinny Monkey and the others were both envious and amazed.
Watching Qi Sheng effortlessly belting out the high notes, they suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.
'It makes sense when you think about it. Qi Sheng isn't just tall, rich, and handsome.'
'Now he sings well and is a beast at pool.'
'Tsk tsk, no wonder the pretty girls like this bastard!'
After finishing the entire song, Qi Sheng felt like he had just warmed up his voice and hadn't sung his fill.
As for Skinny Monkey and his friends, they were so demoralized they lost all interest.
They all got up and left the karaoke room, refusing to give Qi Sheng another chance to flex.
"Tsk, can't take it already?"
Qi Sheng paid no mind to those sons of bitches and happily sang with the girls.
Especially Tan Hua. After Qi Sheng picked "Because of Love" and they finished singing the duet, she looked a little shy.
It was mainly because Qi Sheng sang so well, and on top of that, he was looking at her with such an affectionate gaze that she found it hard to resist.
A tall, rich, and handsome guy isn't scary. What's scary is when he's also talented.
Singing well, being amazing at pool—Qi Sheng was revealing his strengths to Tan Hua one by one.
No matter how beautiful a girl is, she will still yearn for love.
Qi Sheng was very patient. With the numerous Professional Level skills the system had given him, picking up girls was a piece of cake.
After they finished their duet, Qi Sheng tactfully held back from pressing his advance.
A constant offensive would only make a girl subconsciously put her guard up.
Tan Hua also breathed a sigh of relief. She had been afraid Qi Sheng would ask her for another duet.
While Qi Sheng was singing to his heart's content, he didn't forget to pick songs for the other girls.
After all, it was a home KTV system, so its song library wasn't as complete as a commercial one.
After more than an hour of singing, it was time for dinner.
"Stop singing, the food's been served."
Wu Peng came to get them, secretly giving Qi Sheng a thumbs-up.
'Most people wouldn't have the guts to handle four girls at once.'
Qi Sheng just smiled without a word. The system was the source of his confidence.
'Rich, talented... why would I be nervous in front of girls?'
...
Dinner that evening was even more lavish than lunch.
There were twelve dishes in total. Although they were all home-style cooking, they looked quite appetizing.
Wu Peng took some ice-cold beers from the fridge.
If there was one drawback to the villa, it was the lack of air conditioning.
With only a few fans, it could get brutally hot at night.
That's when ice-cold beer came in handy to cool everyone down.
"Ladies, just drink what you're comfortable with. We'll drink ours."
Skinny Monkey and the others had no intention of getting Tan Hua and her friends drunk. After all, the girls didn't know them well.
"No way, what's the fun in just you guys drinking? Our tolerance isn't bad either, okay?"
Chen Jia, having been rebuffed by Qi Sheng, wanted to use the excuse of being drunk to test him again.
When everyone was sober, Chen Jia was too embarrassed to confess her feelings directly.
But under the guise of being drunk, even if she were rejected, she could pretend the next day that she had just lost her composure due to the alcohol.
"That's great! Everyone gets a bottle of beer, and no holding back."
Seeing Chen Jia proactively ask to drink, Skinny Monkey was overjoyed and placed a bottle of beer in front of each of the girls.
It was definitely no fun when it was just a bunch of guys drinking.
With girls joining in, the atmosphere instantly changed.
Qi Sheng, however, noticed Tan Hua's brow furrow slightly. She seemed hesitant, so he leaned in and whispered, "What's wrong? You can't drink?"
"Yeah, I'm not a good drinker. Half a bottle of beer is enough to make me throw up."
Tan Hua was a bit embarrassed. Her alcohol tolerance was indeed quite poor.
"Haha, then I'll drink it for you."
Qi Sheng moved the bottle of beer from in front of Tan Hua to his own spot and handed her a can of Coke.
"Hey, hey, hey! Old Qi, what do you think you're doing?"
Skinny Monkey had the sharpest eyes. He saw that the beer in front of Tan Hua had been replaced with a Coke.
He immediately gave his other roommates a meaningful look.
"Yeah, we agreed one bottle of beer per person. Old Qi, you're breaking the rules."
Wu Peng and the others played along. Their goal was to deepen Tan Hua's good impression of Qi Sheng.
A man who drinks for you is naturally going to make a girl's heart flutter.
"Tan Hua can't drink, so I'm drinking for her."
Qi Sheng smiled and winked at Skinny Monkey and the others. Everything was understood without a word.
"That won't work. Not unless you drink two extra bottles for her each time."
Chen Jia had originally wanted to use getting drunk as an excuse to confess her feelings, but seeing this, she instantly realized she didn't stand a chance.
His target was obvious; he had no interest in her at all.
"Fine by me. I'll drink one extra bottle for her each time, then."
Qi Sheng didn't hesitate in the slightest. 'Getting drunk is even better,' he thought. 'It'll make Tan Hua feel more indebted to me.'
"Jiajia."
Tan Hua shot Chen Jia a displeased glare.
"Oh, don't you worry about him. Maybe Handsome Qi's alcohol tolerance is amazing."
The sour, jealous tone in Chen Jia's voice was obvious to everyone.
Tan Hua couldn't say much more, so she just quietly watched Qi Sheng drink with them.
Fortunately, despite all the talk of drinking...
...at the beginning, everyone tacitly agreed to eat some food first to line their stomachs.
Drinking on an empty stomach is bad for you.
"Come on, come on! I'll toast Handsome Qi first. Here's to you winning over our Huahua soon!"
Chen Jia proactively raised her glass, focusing all the firepower on Qi Sheng.
It wasn't that she had no pursuers of her own; she was just a little bitter.
A tall, rich, handsome guy who drove an Audi A8 was completely out of the league of the men in her "fish pond."
"I'll toast you back. I hope you can find your own significant other someday."
Qi Sheng didn't back down at all and chugged a whole bottle.
"HIC~"
Budweiser has quite a kick. It was a good thing he had modified his Physique to 69, which had also increased his alcohol tolerance considerably.
Otherwise, he would have been dizzy already.
"Nice tolerance!"
Chen Jia was no slouch either. After pouring it out into a few glasses, she also finished a whole bottle of Budweiser.
"Hey, Handsome Qi. You've finished your bottle, but don't forget Huahua's two bottles."
Chen Jia wanted to see if Qi Sheng really had a high tolerance or was just putting on a brave face.
Little did she know, her actions were completely playing into Qi Sheng's hands.
If Tan Hua saw Qi Sheng get drunk for her sake, how could she not be moved?
That's why Qi Sheng practically couldn't wait to get drunk.
"No problem."
Qi Sheng chugged another bottle, then quickly ate a few bites of food to cushion the alcohol.
Even though his tolerance had increased, chugging whole bottles of beer back-to-back like this was still a lot of pressure.
"Awesome! That's Brother Sheng for you!"
"Speaking of which, Brother Sheng never even dated in college. This has to be the first time he's ever drunk like this for a girl, right?"
"Isn't it? I fucking thought I was seeing things."
As good brothers, this was naturally the time to act as his wingmen.
Claiming he'd never dated in college, and that this was the first time he'd ever drunk so much for a girl...
...it didn't matter if it was true or not. What mattered was that Tan Hua believed it.