“Mistress, are we going to contact her so soon?” the girl asked doubtfully.
“If there were a choice, I would also prefer later.”
Su Xiaoyan brought the girl beside her to Lilith Academy.
Just after leaving the sea, following the Moria River to the opera house area, Su Xiaoyan discovered that Li Ruoxi was nearby.
“This scent really brings back memories.”
Su Xiaoyan sighed.
“Mistress…”
“I said, you should just call me Xiaoyan from now on.”
“Mis…”
The girl found it hard to say.
“Otherwise, don’t speak.”
Su Xiaoyan pushed open the door and walked into the opera house.
Two guards at the door seemed not to see this scene.
The door opened, and then they closed it.
Like machines, with vacant gazes and wooden expressions.
She entered the grand theater.
Her eyes were like torches, sweeping across everyone in the hall.
Su Xiaoyan’s gaze caught Li Ruoxi.
At the edge of the crowd, Li Ruoxi was waiting anxiously, looking toward the host at the other end of the hall.
Su Xiaoyan also saw a place in the hall that resembled a performance stage.
The space temporarily cleared out in the opera house was as wide as a football field.
Even so, some venue decorations like flower baskets, folding screens, and dining tables were placed in two rows on either side.
Various parents of students were walking around and chatting here.
Glasses clinked, toasts were exchanged, and soft laughter filled the air as Ouyang Xue, standing gracefully on the small stage, delivered a welcome speech.
Ouyang Xue had a charming short haircut, wearing a red sleeveless short dress.
The slanted neckline perfectly revealed a patch of snowy white skin.
Her figure was graceful and alluring as she moved.
Dark black stockings clad her fair long legs, and red high heels supported her upright posture.
Ouyang Xue held a microphone, and her voice, melodious and fluctuating like an orchid in an empty valley, echoed through the venue.
The wealthy men’s eyes occasionally crossed over her.
In their eyes, Ouyang Xue’s pure appearance and slightly mature outfit undoubtedly stirred their hearts.
Having some understanding of Ouyang Xue’s background, some wealthy men looked at her more like prey.
“This life is different from before, like a different person. How interesting. These so-called nobles, truly a boring bunch.”
The one addressed as “Mistress” by the girl strode in boldly, looking around.
Step by step, she moved closer to the edge where Li Ruoxi was.
The girl followed closely behind.
No one saw the two people shrouded in black robes.
Su Xiaoyan’s petite figure was wrapped in a black robe, a hint of cold light in her eyes beneath the hood.
The girl beside Su Xiaoyan looked tall and thin.
The short robe couldn’t fully cover her; her slender calves were exposed, and her fair jade-like feet stepped on the red carpet.
The girl followed closely behind her mistress.
When Su Xiaoyan came within ten meters of Li Ruoxi, she stopped.
“Sacred objects always attract some evil creatures.”
A trace of disgust flashed in the quiet gaze under the hood.
She smelled the scent of those sewers-dwelling creatures on Li Ruoxi.
“How does she have it too?”
Su Xiaoyan’s gaze shifted to Ouyang Xue.
When her eyes fell on the blue fingernail-sized gemstone at Ouyang Xue’s slanted neckline, she understood.
“It seems I can’t take her away.”
She saw a wisp of Black Flame enveloping Li Ruoxi, while from Ouyang Xue’s gemstone radiated a brilliant white light.
“Truly… one step ahead of me. Father was right: getting older doesn’t necessarily mean getting senile; it can also mean becoming more cunning. These… filthy Black Bats.”
Su Xiaoyan, like the girl behind her, was also barefoot.
She removed the hood, and her light golden hair shimmered with specks of starlight in the air.
After Su Xiaoyan took off the hood, in the light, her pupils were a light blue like glass.
Her gaze lingered on Li Ruoxi for a long time, seemingly nostalgic, seemingly angry…
A complex look filled with several different emotions.
“What I love… I absolutely will not allow anyone to touch.”
Su Xiaoyan took a step forward, and dazzling gold abruptly disappeared from the venue, along with the girl beside her.
When she left, the Black Flame on Li Ruoxi dimmed by an imperceptible degree.
PS: I’m giving up on full attendance rewards. I need to refine the outline and plot.
So… I’ll just update a little bit like this.