"Second floor?"
Only now did Xu Le notice that compared to the bustling dance floor below, the second floor was exceptionally quiet. There were a few men wearing dark-colored waiter uniforms on the walkway, and they were vigilantly watching the people approaching. Puzzled, he glanced up and found that other than the principal of Ewha University, no one else from the university had appeared, including those highly respected professors. Could it be that there was an important person on the second floor who needed the principal's company?
He glanced at the middle-aged man beside him and said with a smile, "One look and I can tell that there must be some distinguished guest of the university upstairs. Even the eldest daughter of the Zou family and those youngsters know the rules and didn't go up, so how can I? But if I can go up later, I'll bring you along. "
This had nothing to do with being willing to help others. Xu Le purely thought that he was joking. He was only a gatekeeper and auditing student of Ewha University. It was already good enough that he could attend the ball today, although he didn't want to attend — he just wanted to see her.
But when this joke fell into the middle-aged man's ears, a light flashed through his ugly triangular eyes. He chuckled and patted Xu Le's shoulder without saying anything else.
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At this time, the ball had become lively. Those thick-skinned upperclassmen pretended to be mature and courteous as they sent out invitations to the female students who were wearing all kinds of gowns. Spurred on by this, the people who were originally a little embarrassed began to move towards the goddesses in their hearts. Fortunately, the gender difference in Area S1 was the opposite of Donglin Area, and there was indeed a lot of porridge. In a short time, many couples had succeeded. The young people dancing to the music had happy smiles on their faces, while the girls' faces were somewhat shy. No matter how they looked, at least at this moment, they were the most beautiful.
Out of Xu Le's expectations, there was actually a girl who was brave enough to take the initiative to invite him to dance. He never thought that he, who had an ordinary appearance, would be able to receive the attention of a girl. Shocked, he somewhat hurriedly rejected, not daring to look at the girl's disappointed expression. He had actually underestimated his reputation in Ewha University. He was the student that Professor Zhou admired the most in the mechanical engineering class, and he, who had set a few records in the laboratory building, had long since gained a secret admirer after the story of guarding the beauty in the plum garden.
To avoid the awkwardness, Xu Le subconsciously raised his head and looked into the distance. Coincidentally, he saw Zhang Xiaomeng's action of avoiding his gaze. His heart trembled slightly, and he knew that she was looking at him just now. He took a deep breath and stared at Zhang Xiaomeng for a long time. He watched as Zhang Xiaomeng gently rejected the invitations of many boys. She also did not step onto the dance floor with Hai Qingzhou, the son of the councilman beside her … His mood improved slightly.
"He is looking at you." Hai Qingzhou looked at the students who were happily hugging each other on the spacious dance floor and said softly to the girl beside him.
Zhang Xiaomeng looked straight ahead with a faint smile on her lips. She replied, "I know, but what does this have to do with me?"
Hai Qingzhou smiled and said, "But … you were also peeking at him just now. It seems that your relationship with him is not like what you said, a relationship between a pursuer and a rejecter. "
Zhang Xiaomeng's eyelashes fluttered. After a moment of silence, she said, "It's all in the past."
"You're really not going to dance with me? You know that I like you more and more now. " In order to hide his sadness, Hai Qingzhou lightly shrugged his shoulders. "Although I know that if you are going to dance with me, it might be because of some other reason."
"I'm very sorry." Zhang Xiaomeng said apologetically. "I made it very clear to you last time that I cannot accept your good intentions." Her expression became somewhat lonely. She glanced at the dance floor and said, "I was very stupid in the past. I have already hurt one person. I don't want to hurt a second person."
Hai Qingzhou knew that she was looking at Xu Le. His smile was somewhat awkward. He bitterly smiled and said, "It's a pity that I don't even have the qualifications to be hurt by you."
It had to be said that this was a very gentlemanly sentence. It was easy for young people with good family backgrounds to show their gentlemanly demeanor in their own social circle. For example, the children of rich families around the two of them, including the young master of the Sun family who had just finished his treatment, were all very polite as they watched everything on the dance floor. They did not reveal the slightest bit of arrogance.
The circle that these young people were in was very different from the lively dance party. It was because they were too quiet. Moreover, from their clothes and temperament, it was obvious that they were not ordinary students from Ewha University. None of them went down to dance. Naturally, the students would not come forward to invite the princess-like girls. If they did not know Zhang Xiaomeng and knew that she was a student of Ewha University. Otherwise, they would not have had the courage to invite her.
There was only one exception. Mr. Shi, who was wearing a Gu suit, smiled again. He ignored the group's murderous gazes and came in front of them. He elegantly bowed to Zou Yu and said softly, "Can you dance with me?"
Zou Yu's expression was unusually cold. She looked at the extremely beautiful and extremely hateful young man in front of her. She knew that the other party was threatening her with the secret. After a moment of silence, she stealthily led Shi Qinghai two steps to a quiet place to avoid the ears of her companions. She then said in an extremely low voice, "What do you want to do?"
Shi Qinghai slightly lowered his eyes, as if he did not know how to open his mouth. He slowly said, "It's the humble request from before. Please dance with me."
"How can you be so shameless?" Zou Yu's eyes were as cold as knives. Together with her fiery-red dress, she had a terrifying beauty. "Because of what happened that day, you want to take revenge? You should know what the first dance of the Double Moon Festival Ball represents … Do you think that I will be threatened by you and ruin the life that I have desired for more than ten years? "
Shi Qinghai slightly frowned as he looked at the beauty in front of him. He slowly said, "Maybe the future that you have desired for so long is not what you really want … Otherwise, why would you get drunk that night a year ago and then casually give up your virginity …"
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Xu Le narrowed his eyes as he looked at the group of people around Zhang Xiaomeng. He felt that the atmosphere was a bit strange. A few songs had already passed, but the well-dressed men and women still did not dance. If they were not here to dance, why would they come to Ewha University? He keenly observed that those people seemed to be waiting for something to happen … Suddenly, he remembered the conversation he had with Shi Qinghai in the bar that night. His heart skipped a beat, and he looked at Zhang Xiaomeng worriedly.
At this moment, there was the sound of a slap. Xu Le was shocked to see that in the far corner, the eldest daughter of the Zou family had angrily splashed the champagne in her glass onto Shi Qinghai's face. At the same time, she gave him a hard slap on the face. He did not know what had happened. As he was about to go over to take a look, he was pulled back by the middle-aged man beside him.
Although the music in the ball was soft, the countless sweet nothings added together made it a bit noisy. Other than that group of people and Xu Le who had been staring over there, not many people noticed this small episode.
Shi Qinghai's wet hair draped weakly on his forehead. He silently walked back, stared at his "uncle", and then stood beside Xu Le. He sighed and said, "A flower with thorns is indeed wonderful."
After Zou Yu, who liked to wear red, rejected Shi Qinghai's threat, she walked back to her friends. However, her fingers holding the empty wine glass were slightly trembling, and her face was slightly pale.
The middle-aged man standing behind Xu Le and Shi Qinghai suddenly smiled and said, "Qing Hai 'er, you can change your name to Lianhua in the future."
At this moment, the Double Moon Festival ball suddenly became quiet. The strings of the cello were gently plucked, making a buzzing sound, reminding everyone present that someone was about to speak.
The lights gradually dimmed, and a double round silver-white beam of light shot up to the second floor, just like the two moons that could be seen through the transparent dome. In the beam of light, the unknown principal with a head of silver hair stood in front of the microphone. He looked at everyone warmly and said, "Now, please allow me to introduce to everyone a beautiful part of Ewha University's history."
Applause sounded.
"Ewha University's Double Moon Festival ball, who knows how many beautiful love stories have been created." Principal Cong smiled as he looked at the children downstairs. When he thought of the story from twenty years ago, he couldn't help but feel a little emotional. He was very grateful that the Tai family was willing to wait until the ball started to pick a dance partner. At least this way, he didn't have to worry about harming those innocent girls who already had a romantic partner. However, he didn't consider that if that person really wanted to pick a girl who already had a dance partner, it was actually just another way to complete the ancestral love trial.
"Among these love stories, the meeting between Tai Zhi, the successor of the Xiu Shu Foundation, who was studying at our school twenty years ago, and his wife, who was by his side for the rest of his life, was the most touching." Principal Cong smiled and continued to say.
"I'm very happy that the fruit of Mr. Tai Zhi and his wife's love is also studying at our school today. Moreover, he will complete his coming of age ceremony at this ball today. He will invite a lucky lady to be his dance partner … Of course, if my female student chooses to reject him, as the principal, I will only feel proud." The principal chuckled.
The Xiu Shu Foundation was the largest private fund in the Federation. Although not many people knew the real name of the owner of this fund, who didn't know about this fund? When the principal announced the identity of today's mysterious guest, there was a sudden burst of excited discussion in the ball. The girls in the ball immediately imagined that the male student with the surname Tai, who hadn't shown up yet, was a prince riding a white horse. Their eyes were filled with excitement.
The spacious ball was completely dark. Only the two full moons in the sky that were about to touch each other spilled silver light through the transparent dome. There were also two beams of moonlight that left the principal's seat on the second floor and started to slowly move.
Everyone knew that the girl that was enveloped by the two beams of moonlight when they finally stopped was the dance partner that the mysterious guest had chosen today. The beams of moonlight gradually moved. No matter if the girls were beautiful or ugly, no matter if they had a dance partner or not, they all became nervous. Even if they weren't greedy people, but in this fairytale-like scene … how could they suppress the desire in their hearts?
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