Chapter 257 - Brother and Sister in a Ball (1/2)

It’s 11:48 pm. People in the small town are mostly asleep. Standing in front of the abandoned building in the Textile School, Lin Luoran looks serious.

The gate is rusty and the color of the tile wall has faded. Vines crawl all over the trees. The abandoned building emits a decayed atmosphere. Only the spiked and round roofs with colored tiles indicate that the building was European style many years ago.

Is this the reason why vampires choose to live here? Lin Luoran arrived here at 11 o’clock. She has been standing in front of the gate for over forty minutes. Lin is holding the disgusting flower called “Rose of Love” and she is wearing a mask decorated with cheap fake pearls and green feathers which she bought in a little store by the roadside. Most of her face is covered by the mask, but her eyes s.h.i.+ne in the night.

Lin Luoran is wearing the seasonal formal dress of a famous fas.h.i.+on brand. Li Xi’er gave Lin the dress a month ago and Lin put it in her s.p.a.ce. It’s a long tight golden tee dress. The design of the hemline is complex. The burdensome dress makes Lin feel like a golden mermaid.

They want to play and Lin would like to go along with them. She checks her watch. It’s five to twelve.

On the other side of the road, three young people are looking this way anxiously.

Li Xi’er, who has known Lin Luoran for years, Yuan Ye, Lin’s new apprentice, and Xiao Xiaomu, who volunteers to help, can all feel the coldness and low pressure around Lin Luoran. The three of them don’t have the invitation but they follow Lin here anyway.

Time is pa.s.sing by. When the hour hand, the minute hand, and the second-hand overlap, the sound of a bell comes from one of the roofs of the old building.

It’s 12 o’clock!

The building is like a sleeping beast that suddenly wakes up at night. Among the mist, lights in the building are turned on one after another.

The sound of music comes from far away. The rusty gate is open by someone from the inside. The waiters lay the red carpet on the floor. In the soft music, young girls in dresses in medieval style walk out in line. If their pale faces were covered up by the makeup and the smell of the Blood Line could be hidden, Lin Luoran would think that this is a scene in a movie.

One of the young girls notices Lin’s hesitation and she walks to Lin and makes a courtesy.

“Dear guest, follow me, please.” The girl says politely.

The girl makes a bow. Lin Luoran can see her beautiful neck and collarbone because the girl’s dress is low-cut. The girl is also wearing a corset, which makes her waist slender. She has a pink silk bow on her blond curly hair. Her hollow mask can barely cover her eyes. The girl reminds Lin of princess Sissi in the movies. She is so pretty and cute, just like women in medieval paintings.

From the stunning waitress, Lin Luoran knows for sure that the Blood Line cares about their appearance.

Lin Luoran fakes a smile and follows the girl inside.

Li Xi’er, Yuan Ye, and Xiao Xiaomu also want to go in. The rest of the waitresses giggle and close the door. In the light and the mist, they leave nothing but their laughter and the flashes of their dresses.

Li Xi’er stamps her feet, “Why didn’t you two try harder? We might have a chance to break in!”

Yuan Ye says nothing and looks up at the sky. Xiao Xiaomu follows. They are both young cultivators who spent almost all their lives cultivating in deep mountains. They barely see any pretty girls in s.e.xy outfits. How could they act roughly and push the girls?

However, they can’t ignore Li Xi’er. Yuan Ye says smilingly, “Call me brother and I’ll get us into the building.”

Li sneers, “According to the seniority, you’re my nephew.”

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The s.h.a.g carpet under her feet is so soft. Lin Luoran feels like walking on clouds. Her dress sweeps on the carpet and there is absolutely no dust.