Chapter 164 Tennis 52

The main restaurant on the third floor of the "Atobe" cruise ship is brightly lit at this moment. Huge crystal chandeliers hang down from the dome layer by layer, and each perfectly cut crystal is reflecting dazzling light.

The entire space is shrouded in a luxurious halo. The smooth marble floor is as bright as a mirror, reflecting the dreamy and intricate golden reliefs on the dome.

The air is filled with the buttery aroma of bread and desserts, the charred fat of top-quality steaks grilled, the fresh fragrance of seafood platters and caviar, and the aroma of champagne and aged red wine. It is complex and tempting.

The crisp sound of crystal goblets colliding with each other and the melodious orchestral music played by the musicians are intertwined, creating a scene of elegance and luxury.

The guests were all dressed in formal attire. The young men had shed their usual simple, sporty uniforms for a pair of straight, formal evening suits that flattered their perfectly proportioned figures. Their hair was also worn straight up, revealing their handsome, superior features, a delight to the eye.

But at this moment, their eyes were all directed in the same direction——

At the huge and gorgeous spiral staircase, a girl in a silver-purple haute couture dress was slowly walking down. Her steps were graceful and elegant. The hem of her skirt, dotted with sparkling diamonds, bloomed like a flower bud at her feet, and the silver-purple light rippled gently like water waves.

The light from the crystal chandelier cast a hazy, sacred and beautiful halo on the girl, attracting everyone's attention like a magnet.

The noisy voices in the banquet hall seemed to stop abruptly in an instant. All the whispers, giggles, the sound of knives and forks hitting disks, and the dance music played by the band stopped, and the hall fell into a breathless silence.

It is really too stunningly beautiful. She was born to be the center of attention and is almost unreasonably beautiful.

It's not the first day that everyone knows that Kurikawa Sana is beautiful, but after careful dressing up and the blessing of a specific luxurious scene atmosphere, the girl's already extremely rare beauty is doubled, bringing a shocking effect like a control skill.

It even creates a more obvious sense of distance.

Do people like this really live in the same world?

The silence lasted for a long time. Besides the young men who knew her, the guests invited by the Atobe Foundation looked at each other in surprise, discussing the origins of the young woman before them. The orchestra also came to their senses and resumed their music, and the noise of the scene re-emerged.

The host of this grand banquet also stepped forward and extended his hand gentlemanly towards the girl who was the focus of everyone's attention.

"Ah, yes, you look gorgeous today."

The person who said this was also very gorgeous. Atobe Keigo was wearing a high-end suit of the same color. The light purple suit fabric in the Morandi color system faintly revealed a silver luster.

As if by accidental coincidence, his suit and the girl's dress were almost the same silver-purple color, which also matched his hair color.

The highlight is the light purple "Song of the Sea" rose that was uniquely decorated on Keigo Atobe's chest. The flower bloomed brilliantly, just like the bouquet he gave to the girl in front of him, as if it would never wither.

"Do you like the skirt I gave you?"

“……!”

Kurikawa Sana nodded shyly and said gratefully, "I like it very much. Thank you, Atobe-kun."

Yesterday at the Marine Multi-Purpose Activity Center, she had wanted to personally thank him for the flowers and dress he had given her. Unfortunately, Atobe Keigo was so engrossed in the art of bumper car racing that he lost track of the world.

As soon as she woke up this afternoon, Kurikawa Sana was taken to the rest room by the housekeeper, makeup artist and stylist. They gave her a fierce treatment, changed her into an evening dress, and did exquisite makeup and hairstyle. Then she appeared here when it was time for the dinner to start.

After hearing her address, Atobe Keigo paused, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.

"Kurikawa, dance with me," he said.

"good."

Kurikawa Sana nodded and placed her hand on his palm.

…

Under the luxurious dome of the cruise ship's banquet hall, a young man led a young woman in a dance, a silver-purple light swirling around them, a scene of magnificent beauty. Almost all the guests watched the two dance in silence, unable to look away.

The music sounded melodiously, the waltz melody and the vibration of the strings brushed through the air, and Keigo Atobe felt his heart also tremble.

At such a close distance, the fresh and sweet fragrance of the girl lingered around him, and her black hair, which fell on her snow-white shoulders, flew as she danced, brushing against Keigo Atobe's cheek.

“……!”

His instantaneous subconscious thought was that fortunately, human hair cannot sense temperature.

Otherwise, the temperature of his hot cheeks would probably be discovered.

Finally, one of the regrets has been made up for, Atobe Keigo thought.

During the Hyotei Academy's themed masquerade ball this semester, due to some inexplicable emotions at the time, he subconsciously "stayed away" from her, so he could only watch as Obusari invited her to dance the only dance.

Oshitari said that his personality and behavior are called "tsundere", and that tsundere is now out of fashion, and being straightforward is the way to go.

Atobe Keigo's face changed at that moment. Speaking of "straight ball", he immediately thought of a first-year kid from Seigaku who was running around recklessly.

When I confessed my love to her, she once asked me a question: "Aren't you angry? I may have fooled you and everyone else..."

His answer at that time was that he would not be angry anymore. A truly strong person should not be dominated by emotions, but should be the master of his emotions.

So, now he has changed.

Atobe Keigo lowered his eyes, which just happened to meet the girl's raised blue eyes, which seemed to be filled with stars, so beautiful.

His heart was filled with warmth, and his dance steps suddenly became disordered. He stumbled and almost stepped on her skirt.

If the scene unfolded as in romantic literature, he might have stepped on her, causing her to sway suddenly and lose her balance, falling into his arms. They might even have been breathing so closely that they only had eyes for each other - but that was too cliché.

Besides, that would dirty her skirt.

She just said that she really liked the dress he gave her.

He steadied his steps and refocused his attention on this hard-earned dance, trying to make up for the regret of being beaten to the punch at the last Ice Emperor dance.

It can even be said that his cruise trip was prepared for this moment.

On the boundless ocean that is bigger and more vast than the Ice Emperor, under the watchful eyes of everyone, I dance with the one I love.

It's something he would do.

"Kurikawa." He called her in a low voice.

"Um?"

"Are you happy?"

Kurikawa Sana was stunned for a moment.

"I'm happy." The girl smiled sweetly and beautifully. "Thank you, Atobe-kun. I haven't felt so relaxed in a long time."

Atobe Keigo made a low "hmm" sound in his throat.

As long as you like it.

[Atobe Keigo, Favorability +3. ]

…

The other side.

"Jingshi, are you okay?"

Yukimura Seiichi paused and looked to the side. It was his good friend Yanagi Renji calling him. The latter opened his eyes for a rare time and looked at him with a hint of worry in his eyes.

"I'm fine, Renji."

"Really? That's good." Yanagi Renji was silent for a moment. "You didn't look very well just now. If it's because the banquet hall is too stuffy, it would be better to go out and get some fresh air."

After saying that, Yanagi Renji glanced towards the center of the dance floor, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

The dance between Keigo Atobe and Sana Kurikawa was undoubtedly the focus of everyone's attention. Even Seiichi himself didn't realize how indifferent his expression had been.

Yanagi Renji didn't know how to describe his current feelings. The girl who was nervously guarding the door of the operating room in Jing City not long ago could now dance with Atobe so naturally, and even he felt there was no sense of incongruity.

For a girl with such an almost overbearing beauty, whatever she does seems natural.

And then there is…

Yanagi Renji glanced at Niou Masaharu beside him again. The latter's eyes were also glued to the two people in the middle of the dance floor, and his expression was very similar to Seiichi's just now.

Perhaps this is the reason why Jingshi chose to give the phone to Niou instead of Renji Yanagi when he entered the operating room.

Because Seiichi already knew that his level of attention to monitoring Kurikawa Sana's heart rate would never be as great as Niou's.

Yanagi Renji knew that there was an app in Seiichi's mobile phone that was connected to the watch on Kurikawa Sana's wrist, which could monitor her heart rate at all times. This was an agreement between them.

Yanagi Renji asked himself, he also has a strong sense of responsibility, but he can't stare at the screen of his mobile phone every minute to observe other people's heart rates. After all, he has his own things to do.

But King Ren did it.

Not only that, when Yanagi Renji saw that Yukimura Seiichi also took out his mobile phone at this moment, he sighed silently.

Yukimura Seiichi lowered his eyes slightly and glanced at Kurikawa Sana's heart rate displayed on his mobile phone screen.

Her heart rate increased.

Obviously, it's because of dancing with Atobe.

I don't know whether I should praise her or not, but she really did what she promised and never took off her watch at any time, not even when she was dancing with the person she confessed to.

So, was the sudden spike in her heart rate before due to a similar situation?

Yukimura Seiichi's eyes became very dull.

By the way, Atobe was also one of the people she had "confessed" to.

They were in the same school and class, so they would only spend more time together. They might have spent quite a bit of time together with the other students at Seigaku in Tokyo, but he was far away in Kanagawa, so it would take them several hours of commuting time to see each other.

Thinking of this, Yukimura Seiichi's deep blue pupils shrank for a moment, and the grip on the phone in his hand tightened a little.

If it were him not long ago, he would have thought, why think about these things, what does her affairs have to do with him.

…But times have changed, and now he has to admit one thing.

He had already changed his opinion of her.

Admit it, Yukimura Seiichi.

You care about her a lot.