Chapter 24: Dance Party Mutation
"Yiwen..." Shalan muttered to herself, her eyes lit up, and she walked towards Yiwen with an expression of great surprise on her face.
Seeing Shalan's actions, Yiwen said something to the old man beside her, let go of the old man's arm, and came to Shalan under the gaze of the men and women attending the dance.
Shalan looked at Yiwen. At this moment, she took off her round-frame glasses, revealing a pair of lake-green eyes that looked even more lively. Her usually messy hair now draped smoothly behind her head and on both sides of her cheeks. Combined with her sky blue dress, she looked as if she had unveiled her secrets, revealing an indescribable beauty, like a sapphire in the crowd, exuding a breathtaking charm.
"Yiwen, why are you here?"
"If you don't welcome me, I can leave now."
After she finished speaking, Yiwen smiled playfully, held Shalan's arm and walked to the buffet table next to the dance venue, picked up a small piece of lobster meat with a toothpick and put it into her mouth.
"If I had known it would be so troublesome to attend the dance, I wouldn't have come. Now I have nothing to eat."
Hearing Yiwen's words, Shalan laughed and whispered, "I haven't eaten either. I just got home and was forced to sit on a chair to have my hair done for more than an hour. My stomach is growling loudly now.
But then again, I kind of miss the meal we had at the snack street. That was a real meal. You could eat whatever you wanted and stuff it into your mouth without any worries . Now you have to pay attention to etiquette when eating like this. It's really ridiculous."
"Who said it wasn't? So you have to take responsibility for the sin I suffered today. Take me out for a delicious meal tomorrow."
Shalan raised her eyebrows slightly, looked at Yiwen, and said with a half-smile: "Oh? Is your suffering because of me?"
While stuffing beef, Yiwen nodded, but she didn't understand the hidden meaning of Shalan's words.
Seeing Yiwen nod, Shalan continued, "So, you suffered because of me, which means you came to this dance for me?"
Yiwen paused for a moment while stuffing beef into her mouth, swallowed the food in her mouth, and said nonchalantly, "Don't get me wrong, I came here to play with Grandpa Rhodes. Don't feel so good about yourself when you say it's for you."
"Oh, so that's how it is. I understand now."
Although she said this, Shalan naturally knew the truth.
At this moment, Yiwen's face was slightly flushed, perhaps because she had just drunk a glass of champagne.
At this moment, the dance floor was gradually emptied, music started, and the mayor, Viscount Fred, who was the organizer of the dance, and his wife walked into the dance floor as the lead dancers and the two began to dance.
When a dance was over, those who were interested in dancing invited the ladies to go to the dance floor to dance. As the pearl of this dance, Yiwen naturally had people coming to invite her to dance.
The eldest son of Mayor Viscount Fred walked slowly towards Iwen, and it seemed that he wanted to invite Iwen to dance, but at this moment, Shalan suddenly invited Iwen in a standard posture.
"Beautiful Miss Yiwen, how about you dance with me?"
Looking at the hand that Shallan handed over, Yiwen showed a smile on her face and nodded, saying, "It's my honor, Mr. Weinman."
Under the unwilling gaze of Viscount Fred's eldest son, Shallan and Iwen walked onto the dance floor and danced together. Although neither of them had great dancing talent and their dancing was barely flawless, their figures and looks were impeccable and they instantly became the focus of the scene.
After the dance ended, when Shalan and Yiwen left the dance floor, they both clearly saw many men and women looking at them covetously.
The two men looked at each other, and immediately turned and left in unison, moving among the people and soon disappeared from the sight of those men and women, leaving only their helpless sighs and unwilling faces.
At this time, at the stairs on the second floor of Cynthia's mansion , Shallan and Yiwen were holding hands and looking out. They finally breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that no one noticed them here.
But at this moment, they both found themselves holding each other's hands. Shalan blushed, and just as she was about to say something, she saw Yiwen let go of her hand as usual, looking nonchalant, which made Shalan feel a little amused.
Yiwen looked around and suddenly saw a balcony not far away. She immediately pulled Shalan's sleeve and walked towards the balcony.
"It's a bit stuffy in here, let's go to the balcony to get some fresh air."
As she spoke, regardless of whether Shalan agreed or not, Yiwen pulled him to open the glass door of the balcony, came to the balcony, stretched out towards the bright moonlight in the sky, and relaxed completely.
Seeing Yiwen's look, Shalan turned around and leaned against the balcony railing, saying with a smile, "This place is really nice. Why don't we stay here until the dance is almost over before leaving?"
"I think so too. Although the dance party is nice, in my opinion, it is not as comfortable and quiet as reading in the library."
"It's a pity that my gift looks beautiful, but it can't hold anything. Otherwise, it would be nice to put a book or two in it."
Hearing what Shalan said, Yiwen suddenly showed a smile on her face. She reached her hand into the hem of her dress and took out two books while Shalan was stunned. One was the "Epic of Roma" that she had been reading, and the other was the book that Shalan had not finished reading during the day, which introduced another ancient language, Shilan language.
"You actually brought the book with you! Should I say you have magical powers?"
"Haha, worship me."
After taking the book, Shalan looked at Yiwen, and the two of them opened the book and started reading.
But just when the two of them had just started reading, a loud roar suddenly sounded, and both Shalan and Yiwen felt that the Cynthia Mansion was clearly shaking.
Then there were gunshots and shouting and wailing sounds coming from inside the house. Shallan and Yiwen looked at each other and reacted almost immediately, hiding behind the wall beside the balcony door, one on each side. At this time, four men wearing black hoods and holding light machine guns rushed up from below and checked around to see if there was anyone hiding on the second floor.
One of the four men saw the balcony and slowly walked over. He stretched out his hand and pushed open the glass door of the balcony.
