“Why are you still chitchatting? The game begins.” Jessie trots over and continues, “Leigh, why are you rubbing your butts? Do you have hemorrhoids?”
“Honey.” Leigh pulls her into his arms, taking advantage of her soft body without any sign of uneasiness while saying with grievance, “Louis instigated me to invite Daniel, but Daniel kicked me twice!”
Jessie strokes his head and asks with concern, “Does it hurt? Can you dance later?”
“It hurts.” Leigh hums, “But I will definitely accompany you to dance and to play games. You will have all the things and cares that other girls have.”
Louis is rendered speechless.
‘Leigh must be a lunatic who just escaped from a madhouse.’ Louis thinks to himself.
The ball room is mainly of Morocco style with the dark red color as its main theme. The rock-and rock it plays is just appropriate. Young girls and boys are dancing in the center dancing pool. The atmosphere here is pleasant and lively.
Lily is wearing a medieval court-styled blackish green long dress. With her hair loosely tied up and the Chanel pearl hairpin on the bun, she looks lazy and elegant.
Her face was palm-sized and her facial features are quite immaculate. The lights keep flickering. When she’s dancing, her dress swirls. Looking from aside, it’s like a blackish green flower is blossoming in the dancing pool, which is quite fascinating.
Louis looks at her with explicit praise in his eyes, “Mrs. Smith is so pretty tonight.”
“Thank you. Mr. Smith, you’re so handsome too.” Lily curls her lips into a smile.
This man is really interesting. Every time he would send her the gift secretly, and when she wears it, he would praise it as if he’s not the presenter.
Won’t he be tired of these tiny tricks?
When the hot dance is over, the emcee walks onto the stage and tells everyone about the game they will play later and asks those who want to take part in to raise their hands. There are rewards for the game, and those who don’t want to join in can watch by the side.
This is a game call “find the target while being blindfolded.”
A couple forms a group. The girls will be blindfolded and she needs to distinguish which one is her boyfriend from the coughs of the male participants and ask him to remove her blinder.
The first couple to remove the blinder will be rewarded with a pair of ‘love’ diamond rings sponsored by YH.
Just as the emcee tells them all the rules, Leigh, who is in the crowd, hastily raises his hand, “I promise, I and my girlfriend will be the first couple to complete the task.”
“Boo!”
The people present all roll their eyes at him.
Dozens of couples, including Lily and Louis as well as Stella and Daniel, raise their hands.
The emcee asks the audience to leave the stage and turns to tell the participants that since it’s not easy to divide 13 groups, they will have to play the game at the same time. Girls are required to stand behind the white line with their eyes covered. The game will begin when the first man standing opposite them coughs.
All the men are not allowed to utter a word during the game, and those who violate this rule will be knocked out.
Lily moans and groans secretly.
Five couples in one group would be barely acceptable. But what the heck, there are thirteen couples in one group! It’s really hard to find their own boyfriends even if the girls have sharp hearing, for the thirteen men standing opposite them would cough one by one!
This game is really awful. If she has known the rules, she would have not raised her hand.
During the preparation, Leigh yells at Jessie, “Honey, my voice is quite recognizable. You must find me! If you choose the wrong one, you’ll know what will happen when we’re back.”
Jessie flushes due to shyness and feels the urge to throw him a bottle.
“Shut up!” Jessie shouts.
A waitress comes over and helps Lily to wear a blinder.
The blinder is thick, thus Lily is soon engulfed by darkness. She feels nervous as she can’t see anything.
Twenty seconds later, the men opposite them begin to cough.
The emcee has made clear of the rules before: they should cough in a low voice and in an unrecognizable manner rather than an exaggerated way.
The first man coughs quite gently, and Lily is quite sure that he’s not Louis. Several seconds later, she hears the cough of the second man. But it’s still not Louis.
Lily still fails to find Louis after distinguishing the coughs of several men, plus that she can’t see anything, she subconsciously clenches her fists.
“Ahem… Ahem…”
The seventh man coughs in a low voice.
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