Chapter 31 - 19: The Ball (4)
"The mansion was brightly lit under the evening sky, and carriages were parked next to the fountain in the garden. The coachmen and attendants had started to gather for gambling.
The conductor's baton gently swayed, and the musicians played melodious music that softly echoed in the hall.
Pairs of people danced to the rhythm, the ladies' long dresses fluttering like butterflies.
Yilin and Count Gruglu's dance had already ended, and the two stood at opposite ends of the hall, either busy talking to other nobles or quietly observing.
Who were they watching?
Of course, they were watching Shelley and Gray.
The ball was a marketplace for noble transactions, and just as two influential families who could sway the entire Beishier Duchy had broken off negotiations, the night's festivities for family members Gray and Shelley only seemed to be just beginning. After Yilin and Count Gruglu had left, Shelley and Gray seamlessly took center stage on the dance floor.
The attending nobles were all watching closely.
"Come on, let me teach you! Follow the rhythm, yes, just like that. Ah! You stepped on my foot again!" Shelley pretended to be angry but then burst into laughter as Gray tried to flee, "It's okay, let's try again..."
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"What's going on?" Yilin asked Huoersi quietly.