Chapter 198: The Rose Segment
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Thank you.” Mu Anan took the roses and said calmly, “Excuse me. This is my first time attending the ball of the TAG club. Can you explain the details of the rose section to me?”
The waiter replied, “The rose section is a tradition of TAG. Every time at the banquet, female guests will perform on the round stage according to the theme of the venue. The rose in your hand is a kind of rating for the lady performing on the stage.”
“If you think the performance is wonderful, you can give the rose. Otherwise, you can choose not to give the rose.”
“After the lady on the round stage has finished her performance, her performance is considered successful if she receives more than half of the roses from the guests present. Otherwise, the performance fails.”
“What kind of treatment will the performer receive if she succeeds or fails?” asked Mu Anan.
“The lady who has succeeded can choose another lady present for the next performance. The lady who is chosen has no right to refuse.”
When Mu Anan heard this, she suddenly felt like laughing.
Those who could attend the banquet were all socialites with high status in Liuli City.
But these socialites and daughters were required to perform like the performers in ordinary bars and nightclubs.
This was bad taste.
The key was that these young ladies seemed to be particularly fond of this section.
“What if she fails?” Mu Anan asked.
The waiter said, “The men will bid on the spot. The highest bidder wins.”
When he said this, Mu Anan raised her eyebrows in surprise.
This sentence contained a lot of information.
The highest bidder got her.
And after obtaining her?
What would they do? What did they dare to do?
And behind this was Phecda of the Zong family. Who dared to offend them?
The scale was very large.
Mu Anan had finally experienced this banquet. It was indeed big and exciting. “Alright, 1 understand,” Mu Anan said, “Can 1 stay upstairs and watch?”
“I’m very sorry, miss. Please move to the first floor,” said the waiter and gestured for Mu Anan to go ahead.
Mu Anan nodded and did not say anything else. She followed the waiter downstairs.
There was no one on the second floor.
When Mu Anan walked down the stairs, the waiter had already left.
The noise on the first floor was still there.
There were screams and applause.
These were all crazy affirmations of Tang Mi’s performance.
Mu Anan was thinking about what Tang Mi had said to her. She did not notice that Zong Zhengyan and the eighth were walking side by side behind her when she went downstairs.
The eighth’s expression was still very solemn. “Seventh Master hasn’t appeared yet. He’s not coming, is he?”
As he spoke, the dimples at the corner of his mouth were faintly visible.
Standing next to the coquettish Zong Zhengyan, he looked young and pure.
Zong Zhengyan did not answer his question at all.
His gaze fell on Mu Anan, who had just come downstairs.
Just as Mu Anan and the attendant came out of the room, Zong Zhengyan and the eighth happened to come out too.
Only then did Zong Zhengyan realize that Mu Anan had hidden in the room next door.
The eighth rubbed his chin and looked like he was deep in thought, fie started to mumble, “Seventh Master doesn’t plan to come at all, does he? But if that’s the case, what about our ball? How are we going to explain this to the old master? With the old master’s temper, he would probably skin us alive if he knows about this.”
“And if Seventh Master doesn’t come, is Miss Tang going to do a one-man show? It’s said that Miss Tang has prepared everything for tonight. See, it’s Miss Tang on the stage. Her figure is amazing. However, 1 don’t like her. She’s too well-rounded and I feel that she’s a little hypocritical.”
Zong Zhengyan felt a headache coming on when he heard the eighth nagging non-stop. “Can you stop for a while?”
The eighth’s face was solemn. “Then tell me, is Seventh Master coming?”
“What do you think?” Zong Zhengyan tidied his long hair.
His gaze was fixed on Mu Anan.
She didn’t want to squeeze into the crowd, so she stood quite far away.
There was also a round pillar in front of her that blocked the view of the stage.
Zong Zhengyan raised his eyebrows. Was this woman hiding because she had done something wrong?
“I heard a rumor that Seventh Master raised a little princess in Jianglan City. Is this true?” asked the eighth.
Worried that this little chatterbox would start again, Zong Zhengyan immediately interrupted, “It’s true. The little princess of Yuyuan Estate, Zong Zhengyu treasures her like his life. The old master asked us to take action because he knew of such a person.”
“It’s said that the little princess of Yuyuan Estate does not have any presentable identity. The old master is most concerned about the family and social status. He won’t let that little princess… Hey, Sixth Brother! Where are you going?”
“Time is money.”
Zong Zhengyan couldn’t stand this little chatterbox.
He strode down the stairs.
He approached Mu Anan.
Mu Anan’s outfit was just the ticket for Zong Zhengyan.
She looked delicate and soft, but her eyes were very spiritual. One could tell that she was not a very obedient daughter.
Zong Zhengyan’s lips curled up as he walked towards Mu Anan with two glasses of red wine.
“Beautiful young lady, would you do me the honor of drinking with me?” Zong Zhengyan initiated the invitation.
Mu Anan was thinking about how to hide.
After listening to the waiter explain the rules of Rose’s performance, Mu Anan was basically certain that Tang Mi would probably drag her out to perform after her performance.
And she couldn’t refuse.
Therefore, she had to hide from the beginning.
When she heard a man’s voice, Mu Anan subconsciously rejected him. “Sorry, 1 don’t…”
Before she could finish speaking, she looked up and saw who it was.
A very coquettish man with long hair and a lace mask.
This was Mu Anan’s label for Zong Zhengyan.
She was also surprised that this person took the initiative to strike up a conversation.
She smiled and took the red wine. “Thank you.”
Zong Zhengyan raised his eyebrows. “1 thought you would refuse.”
“Sir, you have a unique aura. I can’t refuse,” said Mu Anan politely.
“Miss, is this your first time here?”
Zong Zhengyan asked as he leaned against Mu Anan’s side naturally. He narrowed his eyes slightly and sniffed the faint fragrance on Mu Anan’s body.
This fragrance was different from ordinary expensive ones.
How was it different?
Zong Zhengyan couldn’t tell.
In short, the woman he liked was different from others in every way.
“I heard that Seventh Master will be attending the banquet, so I specially came over,” said Mu Anan deliberately.
From the start of the banquet till now, Mu Anan had not seen Seventh Master.
When she came down just now, the people of Phecda also came down.
However, two or three of them had quietly left the stage when Tang Mi’s performance reached its climax.
This made Mu Anan a little uneasy.
So now she took the opportunity to since she had caught a person from Phecda.
When Zong Zhengyan heard Mu Anan’s words, he suddenly laughed. “I’m afraid Miss will be disappointed. Seventh Master will not be here today.”
Mu Anan frowned.
Although she had already guessed it, she still felt a little agitated when she heard Zong Zhengyan’s confirmation.
She had gone through all the hassle.
But in the end, Seventh Master didn’t come at all.
Mu Anan suddenly recalled that Seventh Master had asked her to stay in the hotel in the early hours of this morning.
Could it be that Seventh Master had no intention of coming to the ball at all but spending some time with her instead?
Was that why he asked her to stay in the hotel?
If that was the case, it would be hilarious.
Mu Anan’s heart suddenly started beating violently.
She steadied her emotions and decided to confirm this information with Zong Zhengyan.
Mu Anan pretended to say casually, “There’s news that Seventh Master will be there tonight and that Miss Tang and he will…”
The following words were deliberately left out.
However, after Mu Anan finished her question, Zong Zhengyan suddenly turned around and leaned his face close to her face..