Chapter 44

The dance finally ended.

Yanxuan took off his coat, and the underwear underneath was visibly wet, and his feet felt a stinging pain.

"Yanxuan, are you really okay?" Mo Keyu asked him concernedly. He still hesitated and said he was fine. She felt deeply guilty. "I must practice the dance when I have time. I'm really sorry for today."

"It's okay, Sister Mo, you've already danced very well, I was just too nervous today." Yan Xuan said quickly.

[Nervous? Can you still be nervous when dancing at a banquet?]

[Brother Yan seems quite confident on the surface, but is he actually a nervous person? Haha, what a surprise.]

"Sister Yan, I'm just nervous dancing with you," Yan Xuan explained anxiously, but accidentally let it slip, "I'm just nervous today..."

[Wow, the contrast is quite big, is this really the first time I see Yan Xuan?]

"Okay, today is the first time after all, don't be too nervous. Everything has a beginning." Mo Keyu comforted the other party.

Yan Xuan's expression became even more depressed. This was completely treating him as a younger brother...

"Sister Mo, I'm going to the restroom." He said, pretending to be calm.

"Oh, okay."

Yan Xuan turned around and left the hall, struggling to support himself and walking steadily. He made sure that he was completely out of Mo Keyu's sight before he breathed a sigh of relief. He limped to an empty corner, took out his cell phone and called Yan Yueqian.

"Sha~ah, sister, please ask someone to bring me some medicine for my injuries."

"Yanxuan, what's wrong with you?"

"I...I accidentally hit my foot against the pillar."

“…”

"Hurry up, sister. I'll wait at the door."

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Yan Xuan had just left for a short while when many young men on Mo Keyu's side came to her and asked for her contact information. They were all handsome and wealthy.

Some people also invited her to dance, but Mo Keyu refused, saying that her dancing skills were not good enough. Seeing Mo Keyu's refusal, they had no choice but to give up.

Refusing to dance usually means rejection, but since you've added me on WeChat, it means there's still a long way to go and there may be another chance.

Yanxuan was very moved after applying the medicine. So many people invited Sister Mo, but she didn't agree, which shows that Sister Mo still has him in her heart.

[Alas, I agreed to Yanxuan because I am familiar with him. He will not get angry even if I step on his foot.]

[It would be a bit awkward to reject him, after all, the Yan family helped me with the hot search this morning.]

Yan Xuan: ...

By the way, what was the hot search this morning? My elder sister and second brother didn't mention it either.

"Hey, Yanxuan, you're here. I was just about to take a break," said Mo Keyu. Her feet were obviously a little uncomfortable because of her high heels. She pulled the sisters beside her to the lounge, "Yanxuan, you can take the initiative to invite the girls you like."

Yan Xuan said "oh" and watched Mo Keyu leave the hall, feeling empty in his heart.

He suddenly understood his second brother a little.

"Bah, I'm not as love-minded as my second brother." Yan Xuan murmured, and then asked the waiter for a glass of strong liquor to relieve his sorrow.

Mo Keyu, Zhang Xiaoli and Lin Qi were lying on the soft sofa. Mo Keyu took off her shoes and rubbed her feet: "It's so tiring to dance in high heels."

"Keyu, you are still popular. Many people invite you to dance, but no one wants to see Lin Qi and me."

Zhang Xiaoli said that she actually knew it, after all, she already had a child.

But now that I'm single, it doesn't matter if I find another one.

Lin Qi also knew why. Although everyone was saying that the next one would be better, the previous incident had caused such a stir that naturally no one dared to look for her. Even those who were considered friends would just say hello when they met her. When they heard that they wanted to dance together, most of them would find reasons to refuse.

"You are single now anyway, so even if you don't have anyone now, you can still look for someone. You will always find the right one."

Mo Keyu said.

While they were chatting, a few gorgeously dressed ladies came over. Just as they were about to sit down and talk and laugh, one of them suddenly shouted at them:

"Hey, Qiqi, why are you here?"

The few people who were chatting and laughing suddenly became quiet and looked at Lin Qi who was sitting on the sofa with surprised expressions on their faces.

"Qiqi, you came here without even saying hello to us. We were so busy dancing that we didn't even know you were here," another person walked towards her with a smile. When he saw Zhang Xiaoli, he was especially polite, "And Xiaoli, I didn't expect you to be here too."

"What a coincidence." Zhang Xiaoli responded.

Lin Qi also followed: "It's quite a coincidence indeed."

A sneer of contempt came from the crowd. The voice was very small, but it was still caught by the sensitive Lin Qi. Facing her old friend, she felt a little inferior.

"I didn't expect to see you here. How have you been recently?" a woman greeted with a smile.

Lin Qi answered mechanically: "Good, very good."

"Lin Qi, we are relieved now that you can start over. Oh, we are so tired after dancing just now. Let's go and rest first." said the woman.

Mo Keyu and her friends were sitting on a big sofa, so there was no problem with a few more people sitting there. However, that person looked at the people around them and pulled the other sisters to find a sofa seat far away from them.

I was afraid of getting too close and getting involved.

Mo Keyu knew at a glance that those friends were deliberately staying away from Lin Qi.

Lin Qi lowered his head and said nothing.

The group of people were chatting loudly about eating, drinking and having fun. People around them were disturbed by their noise from time to time and looked over there.

Until a woman turned on her cell phone and said that she had received an invitation from a young man to dance, and several friends around her started to pull her towards the dance hall.

"Yingying is still popular. Even the young master of the Lu family is fascinated by her." People around were praising her.

Pei Ying's lips curved with a smile: "No, no, it's just a dance."

"I see Yingying is so pretty and good-looking. If the eldest son of the Shen family were here, he probably wouldn't be able to control himself."

Flattery is flattery, but accusing Shen Mingli of wrongdoing is a bit too much.

Although Mo Keyu was far away, their voices were so loud that she could hear them clearly even from a distance.

"Hey, I just saw the old man and his wife from the Shen family coming here. Will the eldest young master come over?"

"How is this possible? He never attends such events."

These people walked further and further away, but their voices could still be heard faintly:

"I really don't understand why Lin Qi would come here in such an occasion. Is she here to find a new lover? But her affair has long been known to everyone, and she still has the nerve to come here. She is really shameless."

"Look, Zhang Xiaoli, who was with her, had such a big problem. There was also a stranger who probably had some problems as well."

"After all, birds of a feather flock together. People with problems will naturally hang out with people with problems." Pei Ying couldn't help but make a few sarcastic remarks.

A lady nearby deliberately lowered her voice and said, "But Zhang Xiaoli is Shen Mingli's cousin, so we should still get along well with Zhang Xiaoli."

"Speaking of it, if the three families are to marry, there is really no one more suitable than Yingying. The Gu family has a lot of illegitimate children and it's a mess. Only our Yingying has the best conditions."

“No, no, ahahahaha,” she said, almost unable to suppress her smile, “We met last week.”

Pei Ying arrived at the dance hall. Mr. Lu, who had invited her, had been waiting for a long time. As soon as he saw Pei Ying, he extended his hand to invite her.

Mr. Lu is one of the few second-generation rich people in the rich circle who is not promiscuous. He is very career-oriented and good-looking. Many elders say that he will achieve a lot in the business world in the future.

Being able to dance with such a person naturally attracted a lot of people's attention. However, as the eldest daughter of the Pei family, Pei Ying never took this young master Lu seriously.

No matter how outstanding he is among his peers, in Pei Ying's heart, he is always inferior to the one from the Shen family.

People in this circle care about being well-matched, but the men in the upper class are either dirty or messy, and there are very few good ones.

This Mr. Lu is also a young talent, but the Lu family is still a little lacking compared to her Pei family. The only one that can match her is the Shen family.

Pei Ying danced absentmindedly and inadvertently caught a glimpse of a figure in the crowd. She thought she was seeing things, and turned around to the music, her eyes fixed in that direction.

The man stood straight and walked to the side of the dance hall. His black suit highlighted his temperament. His handsome face was scanning the people in the dance hall.

"I seem to have seen the eldest son of the Shen family, Shen Mingli."

Someone in the small group following Pei Ying exclaimed, and the others looked in the direction of Shen Mingli.

"This is so handsome, not only handsome but also young and promising."

"Why is Shen Mingli here? Doesn't he never attend such gatherings?"

"You can't be here just to see Yingying, right? Sure enough, the rumors about the Shen and Pei families are true!"

The eldest son of the Shen family is the center of attention wherever he goes, and just by standing there he has caused quite a stir and sparked quite a lot of discussion.

Seeing that there was no one he wanted to meet in the hall, Shen Mingli lowered his head to send a message on his phone, and then left the hall.

"Hey, why did you leave? Didn't you come here for Yingying?"

The people who followed Pei Ying were a little surprised.

Pei Ying had no mood to dance any longer. As soon as the music stopped, she chatted with Lu Shao for a few perfunctorily and went to find Shen Mingli.

As the top of the upper class circle, the Shen family has always had a good reputation. The children of the Shen family have been outstanding since childhood and are naturally favored by many elders.

The person who is most suitable for the Shen family is her, the only daughter of the Pei family.

The elders in the family often mentioned two children of appropriate age to the Shen family. The Shen family seemed to have this intention, but it depended on the wishes of the eldest son of the Shen family himself. After that, there was no further development on the matter.

Although they had only met a few times, Pei Ying was determined to win her over, and no one was more suitable than her.

She didn't care what the other party thought. As long as the two families got married, both sides would have money, status and face. As long as the marriage took place, the status of the Shen and Pei families would definitely not fall. No man would not care about his face. Even if they wanted to get married, they would definitely marry someone of equal status. Naturally, she was the same.

Mr. Lu wanted to go over and chat with Pei Ying, but Pei Ying was clearly impatient: "I have something to do now, don't follow me anymore."

After hearing this, he felt too embarrassed to hang out with others and could only stand alone in the corner of the dance hall and drink.

Pei Ying walked to the lounge, Shen Mingli was talking to Zhang Xiaoli. Nothing happened up to this point, but Shen Mingli's eyes were always on another person, intentionally or unintentionally.

The person was wearing a light blue dress with her hair curled over her right shoulder. She looked like a great beauty.

How could Pei Ying not see that this woman was even more familiar with Shen Mingli than she was with her? Maybe this woman had already set her eyes on the Shen family's eldest son, this good guy.

At this time, Mo Keyu was admiring the handsome guy, but she always felt a tingling sensation on her back and a creepy feeling as if someone was staring at her.

She looked towards the entrance of the hall, where stood Pei Ying, the eldest daughter of the Pei family. When she saw that she was discovered, she hurriedly looked away.

"Ms. Mo." Shen Mingli suddenly spoke.

"What's wrong?"

"Can I ask you to dance later?" he said in a flat voice.

However, when Mo Keyu heard the invitation, the first thing that came to her mind was the tragic scene of Yan Xuan being stabbed by her high heels...