Chapter 22 The Eve of the Dance
For students who can always find new things to say, any so-called big event would only take two or three days to pass. The rumors about Shalan and Ailan also slowly disappeared in Cynthia No. 1 Senior High School. Instead, they were replaced by other true and false rumors, which young boys and girls told their good friends and classmates in a serious manner.
For Shallan, life has become relatively peaceful. Under Roll's indirect warning, Vanessa and Shaman, mother and son, became unusually quiet and low-key. No one in the school targeted Shallan anymore. If Shallan did not have to prepare for the dance on Saturday this week, this situation would be a very satisfying pace of life for him.
That night, after saying goodbye to Yiwen, with whom she still had dinner, Shalan returned to the manor. At this time, in a small reception room, a middle-aged female etiquette and dance teacher was already waiting there.
The middle-aged teacher was dressed very fashionably and looked very young. If Berman, the butler who brought him here, had not introduced the teacher's details, Shallan might have thought that he was only about thirty years old.
After changing his clothes, Shalan stood in front of the female teacher, while Sally stood in the corner behind him, waiting for Shalan's call at any time.
"Teacher, how should I address you?"
With a slight smile, the female teacher said, "Master Shalan can call me Rowena."
"Okay, Teacher Rowena, I think we should get to the point now. We are all very busy and time is very precious. How about we start now? If Teacher Rowena thinks that I learn fast enough, then she can teach me everything I need as much as possible, which can also save us time."
Hearing what Shalan said, Rowena was stunned for a moment. She had always been the etiquette and dance teacher for many aristocratic families in Cynthia City, and she knew the personalities of many members of aristocratic families.
According to her understanding, the eldest son of the Werman family was a violent and rude person, but the appearance that Shallan showed now was completely different from what Rowena had imagined.
However, Rowena had experienced many ups and downs after all. She did not show any expression, but just smiled and said: "Since Master Shalan asked so, then I will definitely teach you everything I can."
"Okay, then I'll trouble Teacher Rowena. Let's get started now."
After saying that, Shalan didn't say anything else and began to review etiquette and dance with Rowena. Of course, it was called review, but in fact it was just relearning. Even if Shalan had learned these things before, it was a long time ago. Now Shalan basically has no relevant memory and can only learn from scratch. However, with the help of her supernatural powers, Shalan's learning ability is amazing. Naturally, learning some etiquette and dance steps is not too difficult for Shalan.
Even though he couldn't dance very gracefully, as long as he didn't make any mistakes it was fine. The aristocratic class only asked for no mistakes in their balls. Could it be possible to require every aristocrat to be a great dancer?
During the teaching process, Rowena became more and more frightened. She had been teaching dance and etiquette for nearly twenty years, so she could naturally tell whether a person was a beginner or a veteran. She could say responsibly that Shalan was completely a novice in etiquette and dance, especially dance, and she knew nothing about it.
However, after studying with her for an hour and a half, Sharan was already able to perform extremely standard etiquette and dance a dance that was not graceful but definitely correct. Such an amazing learning ability simply astonished Rowena.
If Shalan was not the future heir to an earl, Rowena would have wanted to take Shalan as her disciple and teach her everything she knew about dance and etiquette.
After seeing Rowena off, Luo Er looked at Shalan who was sitting across from his desk and said in surprise, "Teacher Rowena said that you don't need to study with her anymore. You can perform the most standard etiquette and dance perfectly. So you still remember the etiquette and dance you learned before?"
Shalan didn't want Luo Er to have any bad associations, so she nodded immediately and said, "Yes, I still remember a lot of what I learned when I was a child. After studying with Teacher Rowena, I basically remembered everything. This thing is like riding a bicycle to me. Once you learn it, you will basically never forget it completely for the rest of your life."
"That's good. You can go do your own things. Our family will go to the dinner party the day after tomorrow, Saturday."
"Yes, father."
The dinner was to start at 7pm on Saturday night. Since there was no school on Saturday, after a morning of training, Shallan had lunch, took a medicinal bath, left the manor, and came to Howard Library. When he walked into the library with his schoolbag, Iwen was already sitting in her usual seat, reading "The Epic of Roma", which she had read dozens or hundreds of times.
Seeing Shalan coming, Yiwen looked up at him, stretched out her hand to lift the strands of hair hanging from her forehead, and said with a smile: "You came early today, didn't you go to school?"
"Yiwen, today is Saturday, there is no school."
After a pause, Yi Wen slowly nodded and said, "It turns out to be Saturday. I don't feel anything. I read books in the library every day, so I am not very sensitive to time."
"Yiwen , I can't have dinner with you tonight. I will go home around four o'clock."
Tilting her head, Yiwen looked at Shalan and said with a smile, "It's okay. I'm a little tired of eating with you every day. It's nice to change the taste by eating alone."
As soon as she finished speaking, Yiwen looked at Shalan who was staring at her without blinking , and suddenly felt a little guilty for no reason. After thinking about it, Yiwen added: "Okay, I was just joking."
Hearing this, Shalan immediately laughed and said, "I have to go to a ball with my father today, so I can't have dinner with you. But to be honest, I really don't want to go. As an heir to a noble family, I also have my own difficulties."
Rolling her eyes, Yiwen looked at Shalan and said helplessly, "If you say something like this again, I will kick you out. Hurry up and read your books. I don't want to waste time talking to you."
