After the banquet began, the first activity was the dance.
Fu Yunche, as a distinguished guest from the capital, was invited to dance the opening dance.
He took Chu Yu's hand and stepped onto the dance floor. The melodious music began, and the two danced gracefully to the beat.
They knew there would be a dance at the dinner party, and they had rehearsed it the night before. Now the two of them are getting along very well.
Fu Yunche held Chu Yu's waist, his dance steps steady and his movements elegant, like a prince on a white horse in a fairy tale. Chu Yu's dance steps were light and graceful, her skirt fluttering in the wind with her dance steps, beautiful as a dream.
As the rhythm of the dance music changes, the two hold hands or embrace, their movements perfectly coordinated, their eyes occasionally meeting in the air, a fleeting, invisible spark flashing between them.
At this moment, they only had eyes for each other.
In Fu Yunche's eyes, Chu Yu was as beautiful as a fairy descended from heaven, making him both excited and infatuated.
In Chu Yu's eyes, Fu Yunche was like an elegant and handsome prince, stunning her and making her heart flutter.
At this moment, time seemed to stand still, and everything was as beautiful as a dream.
After the dance, the entire audience erupted in enthusiastic applause.
Fu Yunche took Chu Yu's hand, and the two gracefully bowed before leaving the dance floor.
The guests' attention was originally focused on Fu Yunche, but after the dance, everyone's eyes were on Chu Yu.
In their eyes, Chu Yu was a metaphysician, a disciple of a powerful figure, young and beautiful, and an exceptionally talented dancer.
A group of men stepped forward, wanting to invite Chu Yu to dance.
Fu Yunche frowned slightly, protecting her behind him like a mother hen, and firmly refused: "Sorry, she is my exclusive dance partner, she doesn't dance with anyone else."
Upon hearing this, the male guests dispersed with disappointed expressions.
Seeing Fu Yunche's icy expression, Chu Yu raised an eyebrow. Was he jealous?
Fu Yunche glanced back at her, coughed awkwardly, and explained with feigned composure, "Well, I just didn't want you to be harassed by other male guests."
Chu Yu smiled and said, "I know!"
Ha, it's so obvious, anyone can see he's jealous.
After the ball, the guests were free to roam around. Naturally, many of them wanted to curry favor with Fu Yunche, so they all came over to toast Fu Yunche and Chu Yu.
When guests toasted Chu Yu, Fu Yunche said with a cold expression, "My dance partner is not good at drinking, so let her return the toast with juice instead of alcohol."
He had someone bring over juice and handed it to Chu Yu.
The person offering the toast gave an awkward laugh: "Drinking juice is good, it's healthy."
This action made the guests afraid to let Chu Yu drink any more.
Since Chu Yu forbade drinking, Fu Yunche himself should drink, so the guests toasted Fu Yunche one after another.
After Fu Yunche politely took a few sips, Chu Yu immediately stepped forward to explain, "I'm sorry, Mr. Fu's health has not fully recovered and he cannot drink too much alcohol. Let him have a few cups of tea instead of wine with everyone."
She asked the waiter to bring her a cup of tea and replaced the red wine in Fu Yunche's hand.
The guests were dumbfounded by this action.
These two were really cunning; one substituted fruit juice for alcohol, and the other substituted tea. Everyone was afraid to let them drink too much.
Watching the two of them support each other, giving off the vibe of a couple, some people joked, "Mr. Fu, is your dance partner, Ms. Chu, your girlfriend?"
Fu Yunche, thinking about the secret marriage, retorted seriously, "No, she's just my dance partner."
After saying that, he added, "They are still important partners."
Upon hearing this, everyone smiled without saying a word.
The young master denied it verbally, but his attitude and the way he looked at people were completely different. Even if she wasn't his girlfriend, she was definitely the one he was planning to have.
Those female guests who coveted Fu Yunche all gave up their hopes.
If they were ordinary people, they might dare to compete, but Chu Yu is a highly skilled metaphysician, so how could they dare to compete?
Zhao Zhifu, standing to the side, watched the two of them, a cold glint of interest flashing in her eyes.
These two are quite interesting.
She walked up to Chu Yu with her wine glass in hand and asked, "Miss Chu, are you free tomorrow? Things haven't been going well at my ancestral home lately. Could you help me exorcise the evil spirits?"
Chu Yu was just thinking of investigating her, which suited her perfectly.
She readily agreed: "I'm free tomorrow, I can help."
Zhao Zhifu smiled and thanked her, "Then I'll leave it to you."
After the banquet ended, the guests dispersed. Chu Yu and Fu Yunche, with Yuanbao in tow, left the banquet hall and went to the 7th floor. Just as they were about to return to their booked room, a female guest suddenly followed them and called out to Chu Yu.
Chu Yu recognized her as the female customer who had previously consulted her for fortune-telling.
The female guest pulled her aside and said to her nervously, "Miss Chu, Zhao Zhifu asked you to help exorcise evil spirits at his old house. I advise you not to go."
Chu Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why?"
The female guest said with a gloomy look, "I heard that in recent years, his ancestral home has been very haunted, and several relatives living there have died one after another."
Every full moon night, the surrounding area is shrouded in black mist, eerie and ghostly. In the dead of night, strange cries can be heard. The Zhao family invited many metaphysicians to exorcise the evil spirits, but none of them could help. Three of the female metaphysicians died in an accident while performing the exorcism.
I heard those female metaphysicians died horribly, their bodies drained of blood as if all their blood had been drained away—it was terrifying. You're a good person; I don't want you to take such a risk.
Chu Yu was somewhat surprised and asked, "How do you know all this?"
These kinds of things are usually not shared with outsiders, so how did she know so much about them?
The female guest explained, "I have a relative who used to work at the Zhao family's ancestral home; he's the one who told me about it."
Chu Yu understood: "I see. Thank you for reminding me. I will consider it carefully."
The female guest breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, then I'll be going now."
She said goodbye to Chu Yu and left in a hurry.
After watching her leave, Chu Yu returned to the guest room with Fu Yunche and Yuanbao.
They booked the presidential suite, which was very spacious and convenient.
As soon as she got back, Chu Yu sat on the sofa and picked up her phone to look up some things.
Fu Yunche didn't disturb her and took Yuanbao to brush her teeth and wash her face.
After finding some information, Chu Yu sent a message to her senior brother, asking him to help her investigate the Zhao family's ancestral home and the three deceased female metaphysicians.
After settling Yuanbao in, Fu Yunche sat down next to Chu Yu.
He overheard Chu Yu's conversation with the female guest and asked, "Are you going to the Zhao family's ancestral home to exorcise evil spirits tomorrow?"
Chu Yu nodded: "Go ahead. Zhao Zhifu has demonic energy on her body, and she may be connected to the Demon Queen. Also, such strange things happened at the ancestral home. I just checked, and the area where the Zhao family's ancestral home is located is where the Demon Queen and the Great Demon fought 300 years ago."
The woman said that every full moon night, the area is shrouded in black mist, filled with an eerie atmosphere, possibly the lingering demonic energy of a dead demon. Tomorrow is the full moon night, I'll go see what's going on, and whether the Demon Queen will appear.
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