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67 Raised His Voice Confidently

In the orchard, Song Jing skillfully applied Lin Wan’s makeup and tied her hair up.

Lin Wan looked like a princess in her yellow dress, except for her shoes. Li Yanchen felt that her white sneakers didn’t match with her yellow dress. But where could he find a pair of high heels for her on such short notice?

“Good!” Li Zekai clapped his hand. “Auntie, you look so good.”

“It’s a success! Lin Wan, you’re even prettier than before. If this was a beauty contest, you would definitely win the first prize,” Song Jing praised her.

“I’m too old for beauty contests,” Lin Wan said humbly.

When Li Yanchen heard the word “old”, he frowned. Was Lin Wan implying that he was old?

“Ms. Song, can you help me a little as well? Just maybe the dark circles under my eyes. Can you cover them up?” Li Yanchen took a lunge and asked for a touch-up for himself.

Song Jing was just packing her stuff when she heard Li Yanchen request for makeup. She looked at the time. There were still fifteen minutes left. It would only take her around five minutes to touch-up Li Yanchen’s face. She had plenty of time to reach home and prepare for the 3 P.M. talent show.

“Sure.” Song Jing told Li Yanchen to sit down.

Li Zexin was stunned.

“Mr. Li, we will go back the day after tomorrow. I can take you to have a face lift, you will look much younger that way,” said Li Zexuan.

Li Yanchen was speechless.

“Daddy, you’re already very handsome. You don’t need makeup,” said Li Zekai.

Lin Wan was also very surprised. ‘Is Li Yanchen really going to sing a duet with me’?

When he had suggested singing with her, she had told him to sing a few words. His voice was unbearable.

“You’re all dressed up. I can’t fall back. We are a family.” Li Yanchen wanted to be by her side and not look very old beside her.

“You’ve changed,” said Li Zexuan to Li Yanchen.

Very quickly, Song Jing was done with his makeup. She had applied a very thin layer of foundation on his face and done some contouring. His face looked sharp in features.

Li Yanchen looked at himself in the mirror and was satisfied.”Thank you,” he said.

“I’m going back now. See you after the mission.” Song Jing packed up her makeup box and rushed home.

After the Li family was ready, Li Zexin moved the camera over.

“You still want to sing?” Lin Wan looked at Li Yanchen.

Li Yanchen nodded. “Yes. Just like we decided.”

Lin Wan recalled their conversation.

“What can you do?” Lin Wan asked.

Li Yanchen replied that he knew a little of everything. Lin Wan had made him sing a few different songs and realized that the man couldn’t sing to save his life.

In the end, Li Yanchen had chosen “Like the Wind” from Xue Zhiqian’s many albums. It was the only song Li Yanchen could remember the lyrics for.

Lin Wan, initially, had no problem with Li Yanchen wanting to sing with her. Initially, Lin Wan had wanted to sing a duet with Li Yanchen. However, after a round of practice, she realized that the moment Li Yanchen started to sing, everything fell apart. Hence, Lin Wan had no choice but to suggest that she sing the main song and Li Yanchen only had to pitch in during the chorus. Even so, the short lines sung by Li Yanchen made it feel as though they were at a crime scene.

Lin Wan wanted to convince Li Yanchen to give up. “Li Yanchen, this song is too difficult for you. You can practice some simple songs like “Two Tigers” or something. How about we each perform one song each instead of a duet?”

Li Yanchen sat cross-legged on the ground. “I have already memorized the song. I will definitely be able to keep up after I practice a few more times.”

Li Yanchen didn’t seem to understand that she didn’t want to sing with him. Lin Wan had no choice but to play along.

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“Let’s go through it two more times.” There were still five minutes left before the talent show. Lin Wan wanted to make use of the remaining time to practice more.

Li Yanchen raised his voice confidently. His three sons covered their ears and regretted their actions. If they had known that their father was this bad at singing, they would not have encouraged Lin Wan to sing.

It wasn’t that Li Yanchen was dense. He knew that his singing was bad. He just wanted to show Lin Wan that no matter how bad he was in singing and no matter how much the netizens might criticize him for it, he was ready and willing to do it for her if she needed his support. He did not care about what others might say about him. He wanted to set an example that it didn’t matter how bad you were at something; you can follow your heart and be brave enough to pursue it until you got better at it. No one knew about his good intentions.

It was finally time for the talent show. All the fans were already at the livestream.

At Anan’s house, An Yang faced the camera. Song Jing turned sideways, ready to put on makeup for him. At this moment, An Yang was his big, burly self.

[Oh my God, the pores on An Yang’s face are so apparent under the camera. Can Song Jing really turn him into a beauty?]

[You can always believe in Songsong.]

[An Yang is really sweet. A dignified architect, a big burly man, is willing to be a model to support his wife in front of the camera.]

[Songsong is so fast and efficient in her work. An Yang already looks cute with the pigtails.]

At Anan’s house, the fans did not dare to look away from the screen, afraid that they would miss out on important steps. They felt that if Song Jing could turn An Yang into a beauty, they would definitely be able to do it themselves and make themselves look beautiful.

At Tutu’s House, Xu Xiaoxiao had changed into her costume. Su Wei sat next to the camera and stared at Xu Xiaoxiao. He pulled Tutu along with him. Tutu stood by his side impatiently. Xu Xiaoxiao waved her hands, and sang, “A Match Between Mortals”.

[It’s really nice to listen to. I’ve returned to the time when the seven fairies descended to the mortal world and met Dong Yong.]

[Xu Xiaoxiao is so beautiful in the ancient costume. A woman who can sing is so elegant. Women at that age nowadays only sing pop songs.]

[It’s really good. My mom is singing along too.]

In Wheatley’s house, Wheatley and Nannan had changed into blue clothes. The dress with a long skirt looked like dancing butterflies as the two of them moved gracefully.

[How many clothes did Nannan bring? It’s a new set of clothes.]

[Even the dancing clothes are a mother and daughter pair.]

[My daughter is also learning the folk dance. Send me a link to the clothes, I want to buy them.]

[They’re so beautiful, just like two fairies who have fallen into the mortal world.]

At Xiao Yi’s house, Xiao Tianlin moved the camera to the kitchen. Xia Mo was making a cheesecake and the audience could almost smell the fragrance of the cake through the screen.

[Is she making a cheesecake? That is as difficult as Napoleon cake. Every time I try, I can’t get it to sit upright. The filling always flows out.]

[Teacher Xia, please tell us how to stop our fillings from flowing out.]

When the cake came out of the oven, Xia Mo patiently replied to the bullet comments. This led to more and more people asking questions in the live broadcast room, and most of them were baking enthusiasts.

Xia Mo felt like she had found friends. “Thank you, everyone. Baking looks very easy, but the steps are too cumbersome. However, if you follow the technique and maintain the right amount of heat, it will come out okay. Please follow the steps I mentioned.”

Unlike the four groups of families, the Li family’s live broadcast room was full of chaos.