Chapter 209: Dance Party

"As mentioned before, the winners of this dance will receive prizes from Star Luo."

Seeing that not many people went up on stage at first, Sima Lanxiao decisively continued to heat up the atmosphere, "Our selection process is actually quite simple: the two delegations will each recommend five representatives of high prestige for preliminary selection. After the preliminary selection, the Best Dressed Gentleman and Lady, the Most Handsome Gentleman and Lady, and the Best Dance Partners will each have ten candidates shortlisted. Next, we will have all members vote to determine the final winners."

Hearing this, some who originally did not plan to participate immediately also became interested.

The people present are elites from two continents. If they can leave a deep impression on their peers and the delegation members of the other country here, it will also benefit their own careers.

After all, a banquet is the best occasion for expanding connections.

Seeing everyone around participating one after another, Xie Xie scratched his head, and finally turned to Xu Xiaoyan, "Xiao Yan, do you want to..."

"No." Xu Xiaoyan rolled her eyes, "I don't want to dance with the funny sisters."

"..."

Has this 'sisters' meme not passed yet? And why does it feel like some incredible prefix was added in front?

Is this your true feelings, Classmate Xiao Yan?!

Xie Xie's eyelid twitched, "You'd better look around. That guy Le Zhengyu is mixing too well with the Star Luo female students, causing that group of male students to turn their gazes toward our Douluo Federation female students. Without a flower protector, you'll have a hard time later."

Although Xiao Yan's acting skills are good and she has a black-bellied side, her personality is still relatively soft and glutinous, unlike Ye Xinglan who has a cold aura. If she's invited by a group of people, she simply won't be able to refuse. He's also doing it to take care of this girl.

After all, among the few of them, Xu Xiaoyan is the group pet.

"Hmph." Xu Xiaoyan walked proudly toward Yuan En Yehui, hugging her arm, "It's fine, I have Sister Yuan En protecting me."

In terms of sense of security, Sister Yuan En Yehui is absolutely solid.

Once Titan opens, no one else is loved.

"... You'd better get it straight, she's your sister!" Xie Xie retorted.

Yuan En Yehui glanced at him, a smile appearing at the corner of her mouth, suddenly reaching out to grab Xu Xiaoyan's wrist, "Then let's go dance."

Xiao Yan should be joking, but this is a stepping stone delivered to the door.

Although she likes to wear men's clothing and use makeup to disguise herself as a man, there is a reason for this, and it doesn't mean she likes to deceive girls' feelings. With Xiao Yan by her side, she can also refuse others' invitations.

"Ah?" Xu Xiaoyan blanked for a moment.

She was just making a joke, how come Sister Yuan En started stirring things up?

Before Xu Xiaoyan could react, she was pulled into the dance floor by Yuan En Yehui.

Xie Xie stared dumbfounded at the two's departing backs, and only after a long while managed to squeeze out a sentence: "What does this count as? Am I not as charming as a girl? You really treat me as a woman?"

Tang Wulin had just refused several people's invitations when he saw this scene, suppressing a laugh as he patted his shoulder: "Condolences, Sister Xie Xie."

"..."

Xie Xie was silent for a moment, turned his head to look at Tang Wulin, revealing a strange smile, "Wu Lin, for a gentleman, if he can possess an elegant dance posture, it will definitely make him stand out more in front of girls, doubling his charm."

"Too bad Senior Sister Ouyang isn't here, otherwise you could invite her. As for now, I'll reluctantly teach you a bit." Tang Wulin looked at him in disbelief.

I just teased one sentence, and you want mutual destruction?

I'm not doing it!

On the other side, Dai Yun'er saw Huo Yuhao leave from beside Duo Qing Douluo and the others because the dance opened, and hesitated a bit.

Huo Yuhao staying at that table before was almost an explicit indication that he didn't want others to invite him.

If she invited him to dance here, he would most likely choose to refuse...

Just then, Dai Yun'er saw Huo Yuhao's movement, her movement paused, she smiled bitterly and shook her head, turning instead to do her work as the host.

With that girl beside Huo Yuhao who is stronger than her in all aspects, her going over would just be asking for humiliation.

And in the direction Dai Yun'er had been observing before, Huo Yuhao slightly bowed, and toward Gu Yue Na who was standing to the side with eyes shining as she looked at the dance floor, he took the initiative to issue an invitation, smiling: "Sister Na, are you willing to dance a dance with me?"

A trace of surprise flashed through Gu Yue Na's purple eyes, but it quickly turned into a brilliant smile. She lightly placed her slender jade hand in Huo Yuhao's palm, lightly nodding.

"Mhm."

When the two stepped into the center of the dance floor, the surrounding guests unconsciously made way for a space. The music started, a graceful Waltz.

When the two stepped into the dance floor, Huo Yuhao's arm naturally encircled Gu Yue Na's slender waist, pulling her a bit toward himself. The faint fragrance from Gu Yue Na's body lingered at Huo Yuhao's nose tip.

This movement was intimate yet not frivolous, carrying the unique familiarity between lovers.

"How come you suddenly wanted to dance? I thought you would keep chatting with the Soul Calming Douluo and them." Gu Yue Na tilted her head and asked, her breath lightly brushing over Huo Yuhao's jaw.

Huo Yuhao chuckled lowly, his palm exerting slight force at her waist: "Someone stared at the dance floor for half a day, eyes practically glowing." He led her in a spin, "I couldn't very well pretend I didn't see."

The music started, Huo Yuhao calmly led the dance steps. His movements were elegant and steady, every spin placing Gu Yue Na in the most suitable position for exerting force. Every turn, every advance and retreat was precise as if measured, yet carried a natural flow like floating clouds and flowing water.

Although Huo Yuhao had not systematically learned dancing, with his spiritual power and control over his body, mastering the rhythm and technique of dance steps was simply easy as turning over one's hand.

In the banquet hall, the music's melody was both elegant and full of passion, this was carefully arranged by Sima Lanxiao. He hoped to push the entire banquet's atmosphere to a climax through such a musical atmosphere. Only in a lively atmosphere can the exchange between both sides be more smooth and deep.

In the center of the dance floor, Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na completed another gorgeous spin at the climax of the music. When Gu Yue Na spun back into Huo Yuhao's embrace, she suddenly changed her originally elegant dance posture — her slender jade hand slid from Huo Yuhao's shoulder, instead forcefully interlocking her ten fingers with his.

The distance between the two instantly closed to where breath could be heard. Gu Yue Na slightly tilted her head, amethyst-like eyes staring straight into Huo Yuhao's eyes, the corner of her mouth hooking a faint smile. Her full chest rose and fell gently with her breathing, inadvertently brushing against Huo Yuhao's chest.

Huo Yuhao's breathing obviously stalled for a moment, but the next second, a trace of amusement flashed in his eyes. Not only did he not retreat, but he took advantage of this posture to lead Gu Yue Na in even bolder dance steps.

This girl, does she think I'm still the same as before?

Gu Yue Na's movements became increasingly bold, the physical contact between the two increased more and more, but Huo Yuhao received it all calmly.

In the dance floor, everyone else had long since stopped dancing, all gazes concentrated on Gu Yue Na and Huo Yuhao.

The two not only had outstanding appearances and extraordinary temperaments, even their dance postures and tacit cooperation with each other had reached a perfect realm.

Such a performance naturally appeared exceptionally dazzling on the stage.

(End of Chapter)