Chapter 194 Unexpected Incident at the Ball

Qiao Mei took the headphones, put them on, and through the perspective of one of the bodyguards, saw Qiao Yingying meet with the Crown Prince.

She hadn't seen him in a long time, but she still recognized him from his frog-like eyes, which were almost identical to those of the Crown Princess.

Although he was dressed respectably today, the lewdness in his eyes was impossible to hide.

After he saw Qiao Yingying's outfit today, he was like a dog seeing a bone, his frog eyes shining brightly.

He reached out to help Qiao Yingying up, but his hand wandered from her waist to her hips, his intention to take advantage of her was obvious.

Qiao Yingying clearly noticed, and after a moment of stiffness, she did not reach out to stop him. Instead, she followed the Crown Prince into a deserted pavilion and asked him how the matter she had asked him to help with was going.

Upon hearing her mention this, Qiao Haojie's eyes flashed with annoyance. He withdrew his hand from Qiao Yingying's hip and took a sip of the red wine he had brought over.

"Don't even mention it. Qiao Mei used some method to make my mother helpless against her. She said she already has someone to marry, a nobody who appeared out of nowhere. According to my mother, the only thing she can look at is her face."

"Oh?" Qiao Yingying's face paled for a moment upon hearing this. "That nobody, was he following Seventh Sister around all day?"

Qiao Haojie nodded: "Yes, I haven't seen her yet, but judging from what Mother said, there probably isn't much to see. If you ask me, Yingying, you're just too kind. You're so kind of you to come to me to ask for a marriage for her, and I even asked Mother for help. If she knew what was good for her, she might have gotten it. But now it seems like you've taken all my good intentions for granted!"

As he spoke, Qiao Haojie tried to reach his groping hand towards Qiao Yingying again, but she dodged it without leaving a trace, and said disappointedly, "It's okay, it's just that I really troubled you this time, brother. I don't know how to repay you."

Upon seeing this, Qiao Mei realized that the Crown Princess's harassment of her was actually orchestrated by Qiao Yingying.

After a moment of speechlessness at why Qiao Yingying always seemed to target her, the bodyguards started eavesdropping again.

Qiao Yingying held the hem of her dress with both hands and bowed respectfully to Qiao Haojie, telling him that she wasn't feeling well and would be going to rest first.

Then, as she turned around, the pale and delicate expression on her face instantly turned into one of sullenness and contortion. Qiao Mei was quite amazed by her ability to change her expression so quickly.

I originally thought that after she got rid of Qiao Haojie, she would go back to the banquet to retrieve the bag she had left there.

But unexpectedly, after leaving the pavilion, she turned and headed towards the attic where she could have a panoramic view of the entire ballroom.

The bodyguard quickly followed, but lost track of Qiao Yingying when they reached the second floor.

Upon arriving at this point, the bodyguard, being experienced, guessed that continuing to follow might cause some problems, so he consulted with Qi Shangduojin about whether to continue following.

Born into a prominent Shang family, Shang Duojin wasn't stupid. After thinking for a moment, he told his bodyguards to stop following them and wait there.

They saw people going up, and to come down, they'll definitely have to go back this way.

Qiao Mei watched this scene on the computer screen, subconsciously glanced at the attic facing the ballroom, and lowered her voice to speak to Ao Cang.

"Cangcang, what do you think Qiao Yingying is trying to do by suddenly going there?"

Ao Cang shook his head, his expression serious, and said, "But I can feel a very strong smell of death emanating from the attic."

Before he finished speaking, Qiao Mei heard a gasp from the guests.

"What's wrong with my familiar?!"

"Xiao Ying, Xiao Ying, wake up!!"

Qiao Mei stood up and looked at the chaotic guests, only to find that most of their pets outside were unconscious for unknown reasons.

However, after observing, Qiao Mei discovered that only some low-level familiar beasts were exhibiting this behavior, and they were all small white wolves with the metal attribute.

As for someone like Shang Duojin, whose level is also at the beginner level, the little green snake Thunder, there's nothing wrong with it.

Seeing this, she subconsciously looked again at the bodyguard's listening screen on the personal terminal.

Qiao Yingying, who had been nowhere to be seen before, was now walking out from the east, lifting her skirt, and looked a little pale.

Qiao Mei noticed that the little white wolf with the metallic attribute that she had been holding in her arms at the beginning was gone, and she didn't know where she had put it.

Before she could think any further, she heard several more surprised voices coming from the chaotic guests.

"He's awake! My familiar is awake! Ah-Hua, how are you feeling? Is anything bothering you?"

"Mine woke up too, it scared me to death, boohoo..."

It's no wonder these people reacted so strongly.

The main point is that the lives of the summoned beasts are indirectly connected to those of the awakened ones.

When a familiar beast is involved in an accident, the awakened ones either die physically or suffer brain death.

Hearing this, Qiao Mei moved closer to the crowd and listened to their golden-type little white wolf recount what had just happened.

They all said that they smelled a strange odor before, and then felt dizzy until they completely lost consciousness.

When asked if they felt unwell after waking up, they all said no.

This is very strange.

Since the incident occurred on royal territory, the royal family could not possibly remain completely silent.

They immediately announced that the ball was suspended and all guests would need to remain at the Royal Palace that night so that everyone could be screened.

After all, it's no small matter to knock out all the gold-type white wolves without them even noticing. If they can do this now, who knows what even more terrifying things they might do in the future.

This forced Qiao Mei to abandon her plan to introduce Ao Cang to Xu Hui that very night.

After being escorted into a room by royal soldiers, he made a phone call to Xu Hui using his personal terminal to explain the situation.

She also mentioned that the Crown Princess had previously tried to match her up with a man without proper consent.

"The Crown Prince helped me after seeing the red agate bracelet you gave me. I guess the Crown Princess won't be able to use this to cause me any more trouble after that."

Upon hearing that Dai Qin had indeed put Qiao Mei in a difficult position, Xu Hui's face darkened on the other end of the computer screen. She made a decision, comforted Qiao Mei, and then immediately made a computer call to Old Master Qiao.

"Hey, Father, there's something I might need to trouble you with."

"Just tell me what it is. It's rare for you to ask this old man for help."

"Okay, here's the thing. Do you remember what I told you before about Xiao Mei's marriage?"

"I remember, so what?"

Xu Hui took a deep breath and recounted how Dai Qin had made things difficult for Qiao Mei earlier that day.

Qiao Haojie: A nobody.

Qiao Mei: Oh, really? (Sharpening her knife)