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"What song?"
Qiao Chutian asked.
"I Need You Every Minute, do you know it?"
Mai Xiaomai thought of last time he sang 'Golden Fields' at the seaside vacation house, which was very beautiful, and she really wanted to hear him sing again.
"Mm."
Qiao Chutian responded, "I used to listen to my mom sing it often."
At this point, his heart gave a slight twitch, but there wasn't any severe neurological sensitivity that caused his epilepsy to flare up.
"Then sing it for me, will you?"
"..."
Qiao Chutian fell silent.
Singing had become a sort of emotional block and hurdle because of his mother's death.
"Come on, sing, hubby."
Mai Xiaomai, unaware of his emotional block, saw his silence and refused to sing, and so she played her trump card.
Sure enough, it worked again.
As soon as Qiao Chutian heard her call him 'hubby,' he completely lost control and began to sing softly:
"I wish I could pilot a rocket, taking you up to the sky
Living in space, just the two of us