“Ah? Little Sister can’t dance?”
Lu Qian suddenly looked at Qiao Shu in surprise, then glanced at He Yingzi. Of course, the look she gave He Yingzi was full of reproach.
The little girl couldn’t dance, so why drag her over? Wasn’t this just embarrassing her?
At that moment, He Yingzi belatedly realized that Qiao Shu came from the countryside and might really not know how to dance.
But this wasn’t her fault! Ever since Qiao Shu arrived at their home, she had performed so well and so excellently.
This had caused He Yingzi to overlook the possibility that Qiao Shu might not know how to dance.
“Shushu, sorry. It was my oversight.”
He Yingzi furrowed her brows slightly, her gaze full of apology as she looked at Qiao Shu and said sincerely.
“Sister, it’s fine. I know you just wanted me to make more friends.”
Qiao Shu hugged He Yingzi’s arm, mumbling in a sweet and coquettish voice.
Her cute little appearance was simply adorable, especially that “sister,” which was so sweet it melted hearts.
For example, Lu Qian’s heart nearly melted from Qiao Shu’s call of “sister.”
“Little Sister, call me ‘sister’ too, won’t you?”
Lu Qian shamelessly sidled up to Qiao Shu’s side. Though she had the face of an artistic young woman, her behavior was like that of a brazen female hooligan.
“Stay away from my Shushu.”
He Yingzi disdainfully pushed Lu Qian aside. She was pondering what to do since Qiao Shu couldn’t dance—should she take the little girl back first, or wait and see a bit more?
But before she could come to a decision, the man in the air force uniform whom Qiao Shu had rejected spoke up again, polite as ever.
“Ahem, if you don’t mind, I can teach this comrade how to dance.”
As the man said this, he appeared warm, refined, and calm on the surface, but his subconsciously clenched fists betrayed how nervous he truly was inside.
“You?”
He Yingzi glanced up at the tall, elegant-looking man before her. He seemed harmlessly scholarly, but every inch of his body was taut and muscular—clearly the result of long-term intense physical training and immense explosive power. She raised her brows.
“Sorry, we don’t know you.”
Though He Yingzi said this, she actually did recognize the man.
After all, they all moved in the same circles, and each was an outstanding figure among them.
The man was named Shen Muqian, the youngest son of the Air Force Commander-in-Chief’s family. From childhood, he had been the model child others compared their own to—a truly excellent soldier.
However, such an outstanding man was not on He Yingzi’s list of introductions for Qiao Shu.
After all—Shen Muqian was too old.
Twenty-eight was still too ‘old’~
If the other girls who admired Shen Muqian heard He Yingzi’s inner thoughts, they’d probably spit on her face.
How was twenty-eight old?!
And if he were too young, how could he have risen to the rank of air force cadre?!
Hearing He Yingzi’s cold words, Shen Muqian’s brows twitched slightly, but in the end, he said nothing. He simply smiled good-naturedly at the three women and said politely,
“Sorry, I was being presumptuous.”
With that, Shen Muqian gave Qiao Shu a deep look before turning and walking away slowly.
“Tsk tsk tsk, Sister Yingzi, you’re impressive. Even Shen Muqian gets no face from you.”
Seeing He Yingzi coldly ‘drive the man away,’ Lu Qian couldn’t help but click her tongue, her face full of admiration.
But she quickly reacted—
“Wait, no. Sister Yingzi, didn’t you come this time to find a match for our little sister? A top-tier excellent man like Shen Muqian still isn’t good enough in your eyes???”
He Yingzi was completely frank, hiding nothing as she voiced her thoughts.
“He’s too old. Our Shushu is only nineteen, and that Shen Muqian is already twenty-eight.”
If she picked a twenty-eight-year-old like Shen Muqian, why bother finding Qiao Shu a match at all? She could just let her marry her own thirty-year-old brother.
“Cough cough cough?! Old?! He Yingzi, you’re something else!”
Hearing He Yingzi’s disdainful words, Lu Qian nearly choked on her own saliva. She was utterly speechless toward He Yingzi and could only give her a thumbs-up.
Compared to Lu Qian’s exasperation with He Yingzi, Qiao Shu—the actual person involved—remained much calmer upon hearing from her soon-to-be sister-in-law that this trip was indeed for matchmaking.
Though she wasn’t entirely calm either.
She wasn’t a fool. When He Yingzi had dragged her to this mixer dance, she had vaguely guessed the real purpose was to set her up on a blind date.
Though it was absurd—being pulled to a blind date by her fiancé’s sister defied all logic.
But from the moment they first met, He Yingzi had shown her dissatisfaction with the childhood betrothal between her and Feng Xiao, believing this absurd marriage shouldn’t exist.
What she hadn’t expected was that even after telling He Yingzi she willingly married Feng Xiao and liked him as a soldier, He Yingzi still hadn’t given up. She wanted to sabotage the marriage between the Qiao and Feng families…
For a moment, Qiao Shu truly didn’t know whether to be grateful that He Yingzi truly treated her like a little sister, protecting and cherishing her so much,
or to feel a headache because He Yingzi’s good intentions were leading to bad outcomes.
After all, she had no intentions of dating or marrying anyone.
If, having transmigrated to this era, she was destined to marry, then she would marry Feng Xiao. After all, she liked the Feng family members and wanted to become true family with them.
“Shushu, since we’re already here, why not take this chance to learn how to dance? We could let…”
He Yingzi glanced at a few young, handsome men around them—blushing and shy-looking. Among them was one she thought had good character, someone she had originally planned to introduce to Qiao Shu as a ‘quality match.’
But before she could point him out as Qiao Shu’s dance instructor, Qiao Shu cut in.
“How about Sister teaches me to dance instead? Sister is so amazing; you must know the man’s part too, right?”
Qiao Shu looked up with a beaming smile, her clear, large eyes fixed unblinkingly on He Yingzi, brimming with anticipation and adoration.
Faced with Qiao Shu’s fangirl look—eyes full of little stars—who could resist?
He Yingzi, who had been set on playing matchmaker, instantly surrendered, immediately forgetting that so-called ‘quality match’ in her mind.
Once the dance tune ended and another began, He Yingzi made a very masculine invitation gesture toward Qiao Shu, then intimately took her hand and carefully led her into the dance floor.
Though He Yingzi was already tall—nearly six feet with ear-length short hair and in military uniform—
men and women could still be distinguished.
So when the two women entered the dance floor together, everyone’s gazes instinctively converged on them. And when they clearly saw Qiao Shu’s face…
Everyone was stunned.
Because the girl they saw was simply too beautiful…
“Am I dreaming? It feels like I saw a fairy…”
At that moment, everyone felt they had glimpsed a fairy.
Originally, only a few had noticed Qiao Shu, but gradually, the entire mixer dance was affected by those people’s exaggerated reactions. Everyone gradually discovered the girl in the dance floor who was beautiful like a fairy.
The whole mixer dance spread like a virus named ‘Qiao Shu.’ One by one, everyone became ‘infected,’ gradually succumbing to that stunningly unreal beauty.
Everyone stopped what they were doing, eyes glued unblinkingly to the girl in the center of the dance floor, intimately held and dancing gracefully…
At that moment, no one could see anyone else in their eyes but Qiao Shu.
Oh, no—they could still see He Yingzi, lightly holding Qiao Shu as they danced.
But they looked at her with eyes green with envy~