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It was already 7:30 PM and each student started to arrive at the venue. The ball shall begin at 8:00 in the evening.

Everyone was waiting for the official start of the event.

Wei Yang, with both hands on the sides of her skirt, walked on the campus pavement lighted by a street lamp, glowing with golden s.h.i.+ne that illuminated the road ahead. She was still very upset because she did not know how to go to the music hall! She has been calling Qin Yang and Angela, but none of them has answered. She thought that the ball's music was too loud that they could not hear her calls.

“Professor Crowe!” Wei Yang recognized the figure walking in front of her. Her eyes suddenly turned bright and she rushed forward. Federline turned his head and looked at the girl coming to see him. He was stunned.

The delicate-faced girl was wearing a black lace, long-sleeved dress that revealed her smooth shoulders. Under the light, her deep collarbone looked very charming. A rose-flower pendant of the same color, hanging in the middle of the necklace, spruced up her neck. She carried a small bag, shaped like a black pearl, which also shone with great brilliance.

“Oh! So the kitten is alone tonight, ha?” Federline raised his eyebrows, sneering in sarcasm. Although he did not care about his students' activities, he still knew about the college ball of the LMP University Department held every second week of the third month of the school year. Wei Yang was dressed with a long gown, and of course, it was impossible that she was going horse riding.

Wei Yang's mouth twitched slightly. In her heart, she wanted to punch Professor Crowe in front of her, whom she did not know whether Professor Harris or Federline. She was speechless for a while; she shook her head and just smiled sweetly. “Yes, Professor. I don't know how to get to the music hall. Will you help and accompany me to go there?"

Federline looked at the girl's beautiful blue eyes. With her pleading eyes, he gulped, thinking whether or not he will grant her request. He said sarcastically, “Such a troublesome kitten!” After that, he turned around, strode away and took a few steps, and then turned around again, only to find out that Wei Yang didn't follow him. He rolled his eyes at her because she was still foolishly standing on the place she's at. He can't help but reprimand, “Follow me, you little b.a.s.t.a.r.d!”

“Ah? Oh!” Wei Yang thought that Federline was not willing to take her to the hall at all, but it turned out that he crazed a twisted att.i.tude!

“Put away your silly expression! d.a.m.n it. Why did the school accept this kind of little b.a.s.t.a.r.d kitten!" He said loudly at her.

"You're the one who's stupid. Your family is stupid! Whether you are Harris or Federline! Hmph!" Wei Yang shouted at him in her mind; feeling p.i.s.sed, yet she remained smiling.

The music hall was on the east side of the first teaching building. After about five minutes, the two went to the entrance door. The dance has only started and they were just about one minute late.

“Oh, oh! I think you're the first girl that's late for the college ball of LMP. I think that was really a good idea!” Federline hummed coldly, then pushed Wei Yang without hesitation. Then, he turned around and left.

Wei Yang was thrown onto the entrance door in a hurry and her hands touched the door hesitantly. Then, she opened the door and caught everyone's attention. The cla.s.sical music in the hall was slowly drifting and people were just standing around the hall laughing at each other when suddenly, they heard some discordant voice coming from the door. Then all of them turned their eyes at her.

The stunning girl caught everyone's eyes - she looked like a fairy who fell to the mortal world, with an irresistible beauty that caught everyone's hearts. She wore a gothic black dress with layers of lace tugging at her feet, reflecting the red carpet. The black ribbon on her waist showed her slender body under the glazed lamp. The ribbon folded behind her waist into a big bow. The silver cuff of the medieval European palace matched her silver earrings alongside her long wine-red hair. She actually had the spotlight that night.

Qin Guan pushed Qin Yan, who was still sober, and then he suddenly regained his senses. He vigorously fixed his black suit and walked along the red carpet gracefully towards Wei Yang. He couldn't help but kneel on one knee as he held her hand with black lace glove, and gave it a pious kiss, saying in an oath-like tone, “Welcome, my Royal Highness!"

Wei Yang picked up her eyebrows, then chuckled. She obviously felt amused by Qin Guan's gesture. She helped Qin Guan stand up, then wrapped her hand on Qin Guan's arms.

Wei Yang's astonis.h.i.+ng arrival pa.s.sed, but everyone still can't take away their eyes from her beauty, including Luo Lixiu, who was just standing on the corner of the hall.

At the ball that night, Luo Lixiu wore a white s.h.i.+rt and looked a little bit sick. He leaned against the golden cylinder and just quietly gazed at his special girl with an oblique eye. With his first impression of her before, she radiated with a different aura like no other. He then felt something mysterious which made him all the more eager to approach her. However, slowly and unconsciously, he didn't have time to stop himself anymore. He could only find himself deeply tied up and couldn't resist looking at her every time she's around. For him, this feeling shouldn't be bad at all, but in the case of being a member of the Luo family, it was. Although there's a woman who cared for him, whom he kept on rejecting and ignoring.

Every time he neglected her, his feelings only got deeper. Just yesterday, he and his brother, Luo Weiqi, reached an agreement: to fight for power and love while protecting the girl.

Every leader of the Luo family had betrayal, conspiracy, and death. He didn't want the girl to be affected by those. He lowered his head and drank a mouthful of white wine. He put down his gla.s.s and left the music hall and no one noticed.

“Wow, Wei Yang! I'm so glad that I didn't come here with you. Otherwise I would be treated like a wicked witch foiling Snow White!” Angela pulled Wei Yang near her and praised her exaggeratedly.

"Well, actually, I'm more like being a witch." Wei Yang joked.

“I heard yesterday was your birthday. I'm sorry I didn't give you a birthday present on time.” Qin Guan smiled appropriately and took out a small black velvet box from his pocket.

When he learned from Qin Yan that yesterday was Wei Yang's birthday, he felt upset and immediately asked Professor Davis about the style of clothes she will be wearing for that night's ball. Then he called his family and asked for help to find a matching jewelry for her dress. Fortunately, he was able to have the gift before Wei Yang arrived.

However, Qin Yan couldn't be blamed for his carelessness. He checked the information of Wei Yang – she appeared as Xiahou Wei Yang for too short of a time and there were only limited information in the school's archives: name, gender, and age.

“Thank you.” Wei Yang took the box. Qin Guan helped her open the box. It was a beautiful silver necklace with a few round pearls. It was fresh and chic.

“It's so beautiful! I like it very much. Thank you, minister.”

"May I put it on for you?" Qin Guan asked.

Wei Yang was stunned. She thought the chain was beautiful, but she already had something on her neck. Wouldn't it be rude to take that off with him? But as a lady, she could not refute the face of a kind gentleman, so she smiled and nodded.

Qin Guan took out the necklace and put it behind Wei Yang. He hung it in the forehead of the girl, added a trace of exotic amorous feelings, and made it more elegant.

“Ah, that's what it used to be.” Wei Yang felt the frozen pearl on her eyebrows and felt stunned again. Then, she laughed.

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