Chapter 184: Gelton Manor 34
——Mirror, mirror, please tell me, who is the most beautiful woman in the world?
This is a line from the fairy tale "Snow White".
Du Xiaoyue actually said this line.
Do you want to answer? Su Qingyun chose to answer.
She said, "No, Snow White is a thousand times, ten thousand times more beautiful than you."
This is also a line from "Snow White", said by the magic mirror.
After Su Qingyun finished speaking, she quietly watched Du Xiaoyue's reaction.
Du Xiaoyue did not react. She stood there with an expressionless face, as if someone had pressed the pause button.
At this moment, a system sound rang out in the manor.
[A grand ball will be held at Gelton Manor tonight at 6:00 PM. Players are requested to arrive at the ball with their invitations before 6:00 PM.]
Then there are the corresponding rules for attending the dance, such as the need to dress formally, and the necessity to invite a dance partner after the dance music starts, etc. There are seven rules in total.
After a while, everyone had an invitation in their hands, except Su Qingyun.
Because what Su Qingyun received was a task card, a task card to serve all invited personnel.
[Task Card: Players need to provide services to all people attending the dance. Players cannot speak during the service.]
After reading it, Su Qingyun was very satisfied with her identity.
At the same time, she also realized that Du Xiaoyue's sudden freeze might be due to the system urgently revising the plot.
Seeing that Su Qingyun did not have an invitation but was looking at the small screen on her wrist, Ye Jian tapped Su Qingyun's head with his gloves and asked her, "Why don't you have an invitation?" "No need for an invitation. I'm a maid here. Mr. Jeweler, what's written on your invitation?" Su Qingyun asked in the tone of Du Xiaoyue.
"I'm a wealthy jeweler. Du Xiaoyue wanted to make friends with me, so she invited me to a dance."
"That's all?"
"That's all." Ye Jian looked at Du Xiaoyue who was still stuck.
He expressed his guess, "Is Du Xiaoyue playing the role of the evil queen?"
Su Qingyun couldn't tell him much. She only said, "There's a fan fiction, and the person who is jealous of Snow White is her sister."
Ye Jian said "oh" and went downstairs.
Click, click, ding.
After three sounds, Du Xiaoyue returned to normal. She looked at Su Qingyun who was standing there motionless and suddenly became angry.
"You idiot, what are you doing standing here? Why don't you go down and entertain the guests?"
When Su Qingyun looked at her again, she found that she did look a bit like the evil queen in a fairy tale.
Su Qingyun went to the first floor. She went to the kitchen first and told Xu Xinghe about her mission.
"Now you are invited guests to the ball, you still have some time to change your clothes."
There were no winter clothes in the manor, but there were quite a few exaggerated performance costumes. Xu Xinghe and Qin Shu went upstairs to change clothes.
At half past five, Xu Xinghe changed his clothes and came down. Du Xiaoyue praised him exaggeratedly and called Xu Xinghe "dear".
Xu Xinghe did not respond. When Su Qingyun looked at him, he was already sitting on the sofa in the living room.
Others also came down one after another. Qin Shu, Yang Bingyan, and Yin Qi all changed into new clothes. Only Ye Jian insisted on wearing a military coat. However, he hung all the jewelry on his body, like a walking jewelry box.
At five fifty, Yu Shan arrived.
She was wearing an exaggerated full skirt, an ostrich hat, and a fur coat. As soon as she arrived, she took off her white gloves, walked around the room, praised the beautiful decoration of the ball, and then went over to hug Du Xiaoyue and kiss her on the cheek.
Su Qingyun was pouring tea in the tea room. When she brought the tea out of the tea room, Du Xiaoyue had already started introducing Yu Shan to everyone.
Yu Shan, Du Xiaoyue's best friend.
"I wonder what gift my friend brought me today?" Du Xiaoyue asked Yu Shan.
Su Qingyun served cups of tea to everyone, ignoring the greetings.
It was not until Yu Shan handed a basket of apples to Du Xiaoyue that she looked up.
The apple, the poisoned apple for Snow White, arrived late but not late.
Ye Jian seemed to have thought of the evil queen's poisoned apple. He looked Yu Shan up and down and asked, "Does Miss Yu Shan's family grow apples?"
"Yes."
"Are there still apples in this season?"
“We have storage.”
"Oh, like the cellar at Miss Du's house?"
"Yes."
"But the food in Miss Du's cellar isn't very fresh. I see a lot of it was stored several years ago. Could this apple be one of those?"
"These are apples picked this fall."
Yu Shan picked up one and walked to Ye Jian. She leaned over and handed the apple to Ye Jian, smiling and asking, "Do you want to eat it?"
As soon as she said this, her appearance changed, turning into an old woman wearing a black robe, a bamboo hat and an aquiline nose.
Ye Jian reached out to touch the Soul-Devouring Sword.
At this time, Xin Yi, who had gone to the attic to look for skill cards, came down from upstairs.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
Su Qingyun looked at the time. It was five fifty-nine. Xin Yi was really good at keeping track of time.
Xin Yi was dressed up in the truest sense of the word. She wore a golden long dress, her hair down, and an exaggerated hat.
Yu Shan returned to normal. She looked at Xin Yi and asked Du Xiaoyue.
"Who is this lady with extraordinary temperament?"
"This is a beast tamer from Jiangcheng." Du Xiaoyue pointed at Yang Bingyan and Qin Shu. "She, this magician, and this fire tamer are all members of the circus."
Yu Shan said "oh" and turned her head to look at Xu Xinghe. She seemed to be interested in him. "Where is this handsome man?"
"A gourmet, we had a wonderful encounter at the Hotel Amour."
"Lover?"
"My admirer."
Ye Jian was about to laugh this time, but Su Qingyun kicked him.
"What about this one?" Yu Shan asked Yin Qi.
Yin Qi stood up and bowed to Yu Shan. "Beautiful lady, please allow me to introduce myself. I'm a traveler. I came here by chance with my friend, the legendary jeweler. We're just staying at Gelton Manor temporarily. I didn't expect to receive such warm hospitality from Miss Du."
He bowed to Du Xiaoyue again.
That expression and demeanor were like performing a play.
This made Du Xiaoyue very satisfied. She nodded towards Yin Qi as if she was acting in a drama.
Yu Shan finally turned her gaze to Ye Jian.
"Are you a jeweler?"
Ye Jian stood up and bowed like Yin Qi.
"Yes, beautiful lady." He also used theatrical tone.
"If you want to buy jewelry, you can come to me. I will give you the best price in the city."
After saying that, he took off a pearl necklace from his body and handed it to Yu Shan.
"This is a welcome gift for you."
"Thank you!" Yu Shan was very happy. She put down the apple in her hand and reached out to take it.
The apple rolled twice on the table and fell to the ground.
Su Qingyun saw the apple disappear.
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