At midnight, the grand event at Blackwood Manor began.
The owner of Blackwood Manor was the Earl of Leicester, who slowly entered the hall as the bells struck twelve.
Everyone says that vampires are all perfectly beautiful and elegant. Leng Yue didn't think so before, but after meeting Lester, she believed it.
Unlike the others, Lester wore a white tuxedo, which made him appear even taller and more slender. His golden hair and deep, captivating blue eyes were striking.
When Lester looked at people, he always seemed focused and serious. His appearance caused a stir in the hall, mainly as the female vampires chanted his name fervently.
"Good evening, everyone. It's an honor to have you all here," Lester said with a slight smile as he glanced around the room. The ladies below were so excited they could barely hold their glasses of red wine.
Leicester, I love you!
"Lord Lester, please look at me!"
"Leicester, Leicester!"
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Lester seemed used to this. He raised his arm slightly, glanced at the crowd, put his index finger to his lips, and gently shushed them. Sure enough, the women all fell silent, their eyes fixed on Lester like predators.
"Ladies, thank you for your cooperation." Lester tossed his hair and gave another charming smile.
Some of the women in the hall actually fainted. Leng Yue was stunned; was this still a vampire?
But the venue remained silent! Clearly, the other vampires were used to this.
"Today is a grand gathering of our vampire clan, held once every hundred years. Yes, you all guessed correctly, we have found the Demon Pearl, and we will display it tonight." After flirting with the women present, Lester finally brought up the topic that the men were most interested in.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, the hall fell even quieter, and the men present became even more fervent in their eyes.
Hiding in the shadows, Leng Yue mentally scoffed at Lester, thinking he was a born enchantress, capable of simultaneously controlling the desires of both men and women—yes, desire. Leng Yue thought that if someone like him were in the entertainment industry, no other star would stand a chance.
Seeing that Leng Yue kept staring at Lester, Qian Chen felt jealous and couldn't help but squeeze Leng Yue's hand, whispering, "Don't look at him!"
Leng Yue looked at Qian Chen with surprise, "We're an old married couple, why are you still worried about this?"
"Even though we've been married for so long, I'm worried too. You're mine, don't think about anyone else!" Qian Chen is usually very tolerant of Leng Yue, but on this matter, he won't allow Leng Yue's gaze to linger on other men for too long!
"Relax, it's just for admiring. It's rare to see such a gem." Leng Yue waved her hand dismissively. "It would be a shame not to look, and besides, I can learn something from it, isn't that great!"
Leng Yue didn't have any particular thoughts. She simply felt that it would be a waste not to take a good look at such a rare beauty, who was a once-in-a-century find.
In truth, Leng Yue had seen more than a hundred faces as exquisite as Lester's before. However, it was rare to find someone who possessed such divine beauty and could also make the most of it.
Most of the owners of the stunningly beautiful women Leng Yue had met were reserved and aloof, so it was inevitable that she would be a little excited to suddenly meet one who was so good at flirting.
Qianchen got agitated. "What can you learn from him? You're not allowed to watch!" Qianchen stubbornly blindfolded Lengyue. "Stay away from him, or you'll become his brainless fan too."
"I'm not that brain-dead," Leng Yue said helplessly, brushing Qian Chen's hand away and looking seriously into his eyes. "I'm really just curious. Can you please not be so petty?"
"I know, but I still feel a sense of crisis." Qianchen pursed her lips, looking stubbornly at Leng Yue, just like a child throwing a tantrum.
“You really are…” Leng Yue sighed, then pulled Qian Chen to look outside and whispered to him, “Look at Lester, don’t you think he’s strange? Haven’t you noticed that he’s always emanating an aura?”
"What's that smell?" Qianchen stared for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Finally, he uttered a few dry words, "Is it a pungent smell?"
Leng Yue choked for a moment, then said after a pause, "That's about right. I always feel like Lester is a vixen. Do you think that's his special ability?"
"Temptation? You mean his superpower is temptation?" Qian Chen finally realized, because he was worried about Leng Yue before, so he wasn't affected by Lester. But after Leng Yue mentioned it, he focused his attention and found that even he was attracted to Lester.
Qianchen was 100% certain that he was a typical straight man. How could a straight man be attracted to another man? However, he had to admit that for a moment just now, he was indeed momentarily dazed.
If even he fell for it, then it means there's something wrong with Lester.
Leng Yue gave him a look that said, "You're teachable," and then focused on observing the hall. Suddenly, a gaze fell on Leng Yue, then walked straight to her side, carefully examined her for a while, and then left.
Only after the vampire left did Leng Yue breathe a sigh of relief. She pulled Qian Chen upstairs, not daring to linger any longer.
"Was that the vampire you saw earlier?" Once upstairs, Leng Yue didn't dare look down anymore, especially at the vampire that had almost discovered them.
Qianchen nodded. "He should be a mentalist. We can't look at him, or he'll sense it."
Leng Yue nodded. "I didn't notice him. It seems we can't keep looking around."
"Where is Mei Bao? Should we try to find her?" Blackwood Manor is much larger than Brown Castle, and Leng Yue isn't confident she can find Mei Bao.
“No need, look at that box.” Qianchen pointed to the wooden box next to Lester. “Meibao might be there. Didn’t he say he was going to show everyone the Demon-Slaying Pearl?”
Following Qianchen's finger, Leng Yue indeed saw a small, exquisite white box. But as she looked at it, Leng Yue realized, "Isn't that a coffin?"
The children's coffins here are different from the adults' coffins; they are small, like wooden boxes. Better ones might resemble wooden chests or cabinets, but they could all actually be coffins.
The small white coffin was painted with blood-red roses, which is why Qianchen called it a box. As they watched, Lester opened the small coffin.
Amidst everyone's anticipation, a delicate-looking girl stood up from inside.
The girl wore a white princess dress, with long brown hair cascading down her back. Her eyelashes were long, and her large eyes seemed to speak volumes. However, upon closer inspection, one could see a maturity and indifference in those eyes that didn't belong to a child.
"A bunch of little vampires?" The girl glanced around the room, which included Lester. "Where are your elders?"
Everyone was stunned, wondering if the little girl had gone mad or been scared out of her wits. They were vampires, not ordinary people playing house with her.
As you know, vampires aren't exactly known for their good tempers. So, all the vampires bared their fangs, trying to scare the little girl into tears.
But the little girl didn't cry or make a fuss; she just snorted coldly, and the vampires who bared their fangs were knocked to the ground.
Lester's alluring expression turned into one of utter bewilderment: Who am I? Where am I? What did I do?
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