Chapter 290

Three great beauties, standing right before one's eyes, so vivid and alluring.

If it were any other man, he probably wouldn't be able to resist, right?

But Qiao Muting seemed somewhat dissatisfied; Shu Xia suddenly felt that Qiao Muting had very high standards, and she wondered what kind of woman could ever catch his eye.

Qiao Muting's brows grew even more indifferent, and while looking at Shu Xia, he said, "I have better options; why would I take a fancy to someone you sent?"

At this moment, the few people finally realized that besides Qiao Muting, there were others in the private room.

And this person was standing right there, her gaze cool and detached, yet filled with a hint of curiosity as she looked them over.

Beautiful women love beauty, and they also love to compare themselves with others.

Seeing Shu Xia, the expressions of the three sisters immediately turned unpleasant.

Their goal today was to climb into Qiao Muting's bed, so how could there be another woman here? Didn't Father say everything had been arranged? He even told them to dress beautifully today, and outside the door, there were a cello and a guzheng set up; their talents were all prepared, just waiting for Qiao Muting to pull any one of them into bed.

As it turned out, there was a woman in the private room even more beautiful than they were.

Seeing the three sisters looking over, Shu Xia pulled a smile.

None of the three sisters could manage a smile.

They could sense that Qiao Muting did not like them; just a moment ago, they had been thinking about how they had been cultivated by their family in every way since childhood and possessed outstanding temperament, so why had they ended up in a state where Qiao Muting wouldn't even spare them a glance?

So it was because of this woman before them.

The middle-aged man was clearly very shocked, likely never having imagined that there would be someone else here.

He... he had everything arranged.

"This... this..."

He had never heard that Qiao Muting had any woman by his side; the person who frequently followed him was Zhang Tezhu, and over these years, many women had appeared before Qiao Muting, yet he had never seen Qiao Muting look at anyone with a straight gaze.

How could there suddenly be a woman?

This woman was clearly more beautiful than his three daughters.

"Qiao, I play the guzheng exceptionally well, and I've won gold medals in various competitions. Shall I play the guzheng to entertain Qiao and this young lady?" the woman among the three sisters who had flowing long hair and looked like a little fairy suggested quickly.

The middle-aged man had always been very fond of this daughter because she was clever, knew how to please men, and could step forward to resolve the situation under such circumstances.

Shu Xia blinked; could things even go like this?

Seeing Shu Xia's intrigued expression, a ball of fire inexplicably rose in Qiao Muting's chest, and the two words he spat out from his thin lips carried a sense of baleful energy: "Play it."

The middle-aged man let out a sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that one of his three daughters was clever enough.

Otherwise, he would have been unable to step down today, and furthermore, he had already staked everything to salvage the situation; no matter what, he had to get his daughter into Qiao Muting's bed—as long as Qiao Muting became his son-in-law, everything he had would remain!

Shu Xia had originally wanted to go to the restroom, but after being interrupted like this, she no longer had the heart to go.

She would just watch the little fairy play the guzheng.

The little fairy played the guzheng truly well, and it gave her an appetite, so she ate quite a bit of food during the performance.

However...

As she was eating, before the song had even finished, she suddenly felt a bit dizzy.

It wasn't the kind of drowsy, sleepy feeling, but rather, along with the dizziness, her body began to feel strange.

She inexplicably felt that Qiao Muting, who was sitting across from her, was excessively handsome and excessively charming.

Qiao Muting's eyes were also deep and dark, staring at Shu Xia in a way that made it impossible to discern his emotions.

It seemed as though something was burning in both of their eyes.