Lin still couldn't have Lanzhou ramen at noon. She slept until three in the afternoon and took a lot of effort to put on the complicated Gothic-style long skirt. The wide and layered skirt was very heavy.

It turns out that beauty comes at a price.

Lin Nan pushed the door open with her heavy skirt in hand, and when she looked up, she saw Chen Chu waiting in the living room. Chen Chu also changed into a tuxedo bought from the store. Unlike Lin Nan's careful selection, he just randomly picked a piece of clothing of the right size without even trying it on. However, this ready-made piece of clothing, which cost only 200 Euros, made Chen Chu look noble and exquisite in it, as if it was custom-made.

When Lin was looking at Chen Chu, Chen Chu was also looking at Lin. Complexity and magnificence were the biggest features of the Gothic style dress. The wide black skirt was decorated with blood-red lace, and gorgeous golden threads were interspersed to embroider exquisite patterns. The chest was a piece of pure black thin lace, revealing a large area of ​​snow-white. On the girl's neck, a black ribbon was tied with a blood-red rose and tied on one side, like a kiss mark, extremely tempting.

"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Because the dress was difficult to wear, Lin had been struggling inside for a long time. Seeing Chen Chu waiting in the living room, she hurried out. Halfway through, her skirt got caught by Carmen, and she almost tripped.

Chen Chu subconsciously wanted to help her, but as soon as he moved, Lin stood up again, grabbed the edge of her skirt and squeezed out, half complaining, "This dress is really inconvenient to wear."

Lin Xi let go of her skirt and went to adjust the ribbon around her neck. She didn't know if it was because she hadn't washed it, but she always felt that the rose thorns were itching.

Chen Chu's eyes darkened as Lin Yan moved, and he caught a glimpse of a hint of pink in her fair complexion: "Are you feeling unwell?"

"Yeah, it's a little itchy." Lin nodded.

"Then don't wear it." Chen Chu came over at some point, reached out and peeled off the rose on the ribbon, and pulled it off along with the ribbon, "You're allergic."

"Allergy?" Lin ran to the mirror to look at her neck and saw a hint of red. "No wonder it's so itchy."

Chen Chu looked at the red, and suddenly he had the urge to tie the ribbon back on.

"Let me ask the front desk if they have any allergy medicine." Chen Chu said as he walked to the side and picked up the room phone.

"No need, it's just a temporary rash. It will heal in a while if you don't scratch it." Lin Xi knows her body very well. Her skin is like this. It looks very delicate, but its recovery ability is also very strong. This rash will heal in a while if you don't pay attention to it.

"Let's go, the ball in the Ghost Castle will start at 8 o'clock, and we still have four hours to get the invitation." Lin Yan walked towards the door excitedly.

Chen Chu had no choice but to put down the phone and walked over to hold the door for Lin Yan, so that she could squeeze out first with her skirt lifted. When they got into the elevator, Lin Yan's skirt alone took up nearly half of the elevator, making her presence so strong that when the elevator stopped at the 17th floor, the two guests waiting outside the door did not dare to go in for a while.

"I'm sorry, am I taking up too much space?" Lin Xi quickly shrank back, trying to reduce the space she took up.

"No, no, no, beautiful lady, I am stunned by your beauty." A well-dressed blond gentleman said to Lin Xi with a smile.

"Yes, such a beautiful skirt should not be treated roughly. You go down first and we'll wait for the next bus." The woman next to the gentleman also agreed with a smile. The two of them linked their arms together and looked like a couple.

Lin Xi had never been praised so bluntly for her beauty. She blushed for a moment and didn't know what to do. At this moment, Chen Chu had already thanked the two of them politely and then pressed the close button.

"My dear, they are such a perfect match. They remind me of our youth," the woman said to her husband.

"Me too, dear," replied the gentleman.

"Dear, do you think they can get an invitation to the castle?"

“It all depends on luck.”

Lin Nan didn't count on luck, but didn't she have Chen Chu? So even though Lin Nan didn't arrive near the main street until almost five o'clock, she wasn't panicked at all, and even took Chen Chu out for dinner.

"Boss, two bowls of ramen, no cilantro." After shouting, he felt something was wrong and turned back to ask Chen Chu, "By the way, senior, do you eat cilantro?"

"No." Chen Chu shook his head.

"I don't want to eat either." Lin Xi suddenly became happy.

The boss recognized the two and asked with a smile, "Didn't you say you would come over at noon?"

"I overslept." Lin Xi said embarrassedly.

The boss smiled kindly, but his hands did not stop moving. He quickly made two bowls of ramen and brought them over: "I put an extra portion of beef in it for you."

"Thank you, boss." Lin Xi thanked him hurriedly.

"You have to take care of your fellow countrymen." The boss asked with a smile, "By the way, have you got the invitation letter?"

"No, we just came out and plan to try our luck after dinner." Lin Nan said.

"Then you better hurry up. It's already five o'clock. The dance starts at eight o'clock. I estimate that all the invitations will be distributed by seven o'clock." said the boss.

"Thank you, boss. We'll go after we finish eating."

"Boss, how much is this noodle?" At this time, another customer came. The boss nodded at Lin Nan and hurried over to greet him.

"Here." Chen Chu handed the disposable chopsticks to Lin Xi.

"Thank you." Lin Yan took it and the first thing she did after picking up her chopsticks was to put the beef slices in Chen Chu's bowl one by one. "There are actually eight slices. The boss is really nice."

Lin smiled and looked up, but Chen Chu picked up the chopsticks in a panic, hummed a little slowly, and took another mouthful of noodles. When he tasted the fresh aroma of the soup, he frowned and said, "This is bone soup, can you drink it?"

Lin Yan, who was about to eat the noodles, was stunned for a moment. Looking at the delicious ramen with fresh soup, she couldn't help but eat it: "I'll try it."

Lin used chopsticks to dip a little soup, smacked it in her mouth, waited for a while, and didn't feel nauseous. She was so happy that she almost jumped up: "It's edible."

“Beep!”

"Hmm?" Lin Xi seemed to have heard the system's prompt and paused in her eating.

"What's wrong?" Chen Chu looked at Lin Xi.

"Nothing." Lin lowered her head and continued to eat noodles, while asking the system in her mind, "System, did you speak just now?"

"No." The system replied.

"Oh, I must have heard it wrong." Lin Xi said nothing more and concentrated on eating noodles.

They were both very satisfied to have a bowl of authentic Lanzhou ramen in a foreign country. After paying the bill and saying goodbye to the boss, they walked towards the main street. They planned to rely on Chen Chu's luck and wait for the vampire to come to their door with an invitation.

As a result, Lin came with full confidence, but after shopping for more than half an hour, she didn't get a single invitation.

How come there is nothing? Lin Yu stared at Chen Chu intently.

Chen Chu was confused by her gaze: "What's wrong?"

"It's almost half past six, why is there still no invitation?" asked Lin Nan.

Chen Chu was speechless. He was not the organizer, so how could he know why? "Maybe we came too late and all the invitations have been sent out."

"No, it must be my problem." Lin Xi said with certainty, having a clear understanding of herself.

Chen Chu raised his eyebrows.

"It must be because my luck is so bad that it has affected you as well. So, let's go our separate ways from now on." Lin Xi made arrangements.

"How to separate?" Chen Chu asked.

Lin Yan walked straight to a bench by the road and sat down: "You go shopping by yourself, I'll wait for you here."

Chen Chu thought it was unnecessary, but he couldn't resist Lin Yan's insistence, and he didn't want to spoil the fun, so he said, "I'll just take a walk, and forget it if it doesn't work."

"Okay." Lin Xi agreed.

"You stay here and don't walk around." Lin Xi didn't have a cell phone with her, so if she got lost she could only go back to the hotel to meet him.

"Yes, yes, yes." Lin Yan nodded hurriedly, "I'll wait here and promise not to go anywhere."

Chen Chu had no choice but to turn around and walk to the other end of the main street, intending to make a quick circle and come back.

Lin Xi waited until Chen Chu disappeared before she averted her eyes. After waiting for a while, she felt bored and subconsciously wanted to take out her cell phone to check it for a while. She touched the decorative handbag and suddenly remembered that her cell phone had "died in the line of duty". The remains were still in a river on the border of the motherland, together with Chen Chu's cell phone. She didn't know where it was washed away.

Without a cell phone, Lin didn't dare to move around. She sat quietly on a chair, her wide skirt almost taking up the entire bench, and looked at the people passing by in boredom. Almost 90% of the people on the main street were dressed in medieval style, and being in it made Lin feel like she was in a medieval movie. The streets of the town were beautifully decorated, with brightly colored flowers, colorful lights, and carefully decorated window displays, making the whole town look like a fairy tale world in a crystal ball.

It’s so beautiful, but it’s a pity that I don’t have a cell phone. If I took a picture and showed it to Ranran, she would be so jealous.

Lin Yan only thought that everything in front of her was scenery, but she didn't know that she was also scenery in the eyes of others. She was an oriental girl with black hair and black eyes. Her long braids hung down in front of her chest. Her bright eyes sparkled like stars. Her tender face was smiling and was embraced by a complicated black dress. She was perfect like a Barbie doll carefully made in the window. And she was an oriental doll full of mystery.

"Bloom Duncan, 28, is going to have his ribs broken tonight."

Lin Xi looked at the silently unfolded signature and raised her eyes in surprise. Just as she was wondering who this unlucky guy named Bloom Duncan was, a handsome blond man in a pure black long dress and a slicked-back hair walked towards her.

"Beautiful lady, please allow me to introduce myself to you. I am Bloom Duncan, the vampire viscount in the castle. I wonder if I have the honor to invite you, the beautiful lady, to be my dance partner and attend the dance tonight." Bloom Duncan leaned forward slightly, stretched out his hand towards Lin Xi like a gentleman, and made an invitation gesture.

vampire??

Lin's eyes widened a little: "You want to invite me?"

"Yes, beautiful lady, your beauty attracted me at first sight." Bloom Duncan praised her without reservation.

"Yes, I do." Lin Xi never thought that a vampire would invite her. Was her bad luck not playing tricks on her today?

And the gorgeous lines were like those in a movie. Although she knew that the other party said that because of his character setting, no woman could stand being praised by a handsome man with such straightforward and explicit words. Lin Yan almost used up all her strength to control the scream that was about to come out.

"My beautiful lady, please come with me to the castle." Bloomdunken once again made an inviting gesture towards Lin Xi.

Um?

Lin Yan blinked and said, "Go with you? Didn't I get an invitation letter?"

Bloom Duncan patiently explained: "There are two types of invitations. One is to send out an invitation letter. Guests who receive the invitation letter can bring a partner to attend the dance tonight. The other is to be invited directly by the vampire and become the vampire's dance partner."

"Um... I'm sorry, I already have a dance partner. Can you give me an invitation?" Lin Xi was not very good at refusing people, especially when the other party invited her so earnestly, she felt even more guilty.

"It turns out that you already have a partner, ma'am. It's a pity." Bloom Duncan's blue eyes were full of regret, but he gracefully took out an exquisite card from his suit jacket and handed it to Lin, "This is an invitation. I look forward to your visit at 8 o'clock tonight."

"Thank you." Lin Yan quickly stood up and took the invitation.

Bloom Duncan smiled, and suddenly a bunch of gorgeous roses appeared in his hand. "These are the roses I picked in the garden this morning. They are the most gorgeous ones in that patch of roses. Although it is a pity that you cannot be my dance partner, I still want to give the most beautiful roses to the most beautiful lady in my heart."

Lin Xi stared in amazement at the rose that suddenly appeared.

"Don't be surprised, beautiful lady, vampires always have some super powers." After saying that, Bloom Duncan took off his hat, and the gentleman saluted to Lin Xi in a very ceremonial manner before turning around and leaving.

Lin waited until the other party walked away before she came to her senses: "I forgot to tell him the result of the robbery."

Forget it. For example, it is difficult to avoid a situation like this where you don't know clearly who broke your ribs, even if you know it in advance, so it's better not to tell the other party.

Lin looked at the invitation letter in her hand, and then at the flowers she received. Her smile was brighter than the flowers: "Beautiful flowers are given to beautiful ladies. Foreigners are really good at talking, hehehe."

"Where did the flowers come from?" At this time Chen Chu came back and saw Lin Xi holding a bouquet of flowers and smiling foolishly, and asked puzzledly.

"You're back? Did you get the invitation letter?" Lin Xi asked subconsciously when she saw Chen Chu coming back.

Chen Chu smiled, and imitated the action of a man at the other end of the main street inviting a lady to a dance. He bent slightly and extended a hand to Lin Yan, saying softly, "Beautiful lady, may I have the honor to invite you to be my dance partner tonight."

"Got it?!" As expected of Senior Chen Chu, he has really good luck.

Chen Chu smiled and nodded.

"I got it too, look." Lin Yan hurriedly showed the invitation letter hidden in her sleeve to Chen Chu with a look of boasting on her face.

Chen Chu looked at the invitation letter, then at the rose in the girl's arms, and vaguely understood something. He remained in the same posture and asked again: "This lady who already has an invitation letter, are you still willing to attend the ball with me?"

"Yeah, yeah." Lin An smiled and nodded. People are indeed animals of their environment. Even Senior Chen Chu has been affected.

"But in this way, we have one more invitation." Chen Chu stood up and glanced at the roses in Lin Nan's arms.

"It seems like that." Lin Nan said.

"One invitation letter is enough for two people to go, so we might as well give away the extra one," Chen Chu suggested.

"Okay, but who should I give it to?" There are so many people waiting on the street for invitations tonight, it would be a shame if they were wasted.

"When I came here just now, I saw a couple arguing over there because they didn't get an invitation. Why don't we give it to them?" Chen Chu thought for a moment and added, "You can pretend to be a vampire and give them the flowers along with the invitation."

Lin's eyes lit up, and she thought Chen Chu's idea was really great. And the vampire's lines were so interesting, she also wanted to learn to sing them.

"Where are they?"

"I'll take you there." Chen Chu led Lin Yan to the other end of the main street. Not long after they walked, they ran into the quarreling couple he mentioned. Both of them were wearing beautiful court clothes. The man with brown hair and bright eyes was gently coaxing the girl in the white dress.

"It's all my fault for coming out so late. How about we try our luck near the castle?"

Lin walked over, recalling what Bloomduncan had said to her just now, and said in her not-so-authentic but fairly fluent English: "Beautiful lady, your face is more beautiful than the rose in my hand, why are you crying so sadly?"

The girl looked up in surprise.

"I am willing to give you the rose in my hand, and I only hope that you can regain your face." Lin Xi said as she handed the rose in her hand to the girl.

The white girl took the rose in a daze, and then her hand touched something smooth. She looked down and found that it was an invitation to the castle.

"Oh my God!" The girl opened her mouth wide.

"I am the vampire Count Lin Yan, and you are welcome to attend tonight's dance." Lin Yan acted very happily and gave himself the identity of a count.

"Thank you, thank you! My dear, we have been invited by the vampire, and he is a count." The girl couldn't believe her good luck. She hugged her boyfriend and screamed excitedly.

Having had enough of the drama, Lin Yan happily slipped back to Chen Chu.

"Here." Chen Chu suddenly handed Lin Xi a bouquet tied with a ribbon. The style was somewhat similar to the one she tied around her neck in the hotel suite, but it was more beautiful and exquisite.

Lin Xi looked at Chen Chu in surprise.

Chen Chu said uncomfortably, "I saw girls wearing this on their wrists when they went to the ball at the castle, so I bought it. Do you want it? It should not cause allergies if you tie it on your hand."

Lin Xi remembered that in the last scene of the movie, the female vampires attending the ball did have bouquets like this tied around their wrists.

"Yes." Lin Yan stretched out her right hand.

Chen Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and lowered his head to wrap the ribbon around Lin Xi's wrist.

"Let's go to the dance."

After tying the bouquet, Chen Chu bent his arm, and Lin Yan took it, and the two walked along the street towards the castle.