Chapter 231
Chapter 231
The young woman soon stepped down from the platform.
She entered the center of the dance floor, lifted her skirts in both hands, and dipped into a shallow curtsy before beginning to dance.
After her solo, the surrounding guests entered the dance floor one after another and began moving along with her.
Qin Nan was still trying to make sense of it when Jian Fan suddenly grabbed him and pulled him toward the dance floor.
“Dance,” Jian Fan reminded him.
With Jian Fan taking the lead, the whole group joined the dancing crowd.
As an internationally acclaimed actress, Zhou Jingying was entirely in her element. She quickly caught the surrounding rhythm. Lin Junruo had also studied a little dance, and after her initial stiffness, she soon moved quite convincingly.
As for Mu Xin, she flew through the air and spun from time to time, looking fairly convincing herself.
The others, however…
Qin Nan was a little better. Lu Jing looked as though he had turned dancing into military boxing. The rest were an appalling sight, too. Calling it dancing was generous; they were simply walking back and forth across the dance floor, waving their arms at random.
Jian Fan remained perfectly composed and unaffected. Awkward as his dancing was, his sheer presence somehow left everyone unable to comment.
Qin Weiyi… Qin Weiyi had gone numb and abandoned all dignity.
Yellow Hair was the funniest of their group. An embarrassed look hung on his face as he struggled to copy everyone else’s movements, only to produce something that resembled none of them.
Overall, though, Yellow Hair was not the funniest one there.
Seeing every guest except the servants enter the dance floor, Fang Kang naturally understood what he needed to do.
He hopped onto the floor.
After some thought, he raised both arms.
Everyone was absorbed in the dancing, but if they happened to look down, they would see a frog standing on his hind legs, arms held high as he waved all four limbs in an extraordinarily peculiar dance.
Fang Kang had not yet fully adapted to a frog’s body. His bizarre movements often threw him off balance, forcing him to perform the occasional somersault or land flat on his back with all four limbs in the air.
All in all… his dancing was certainly “colorful.”
Once Qin Nan found some semblance of rhythm, he finally had the attention to question Jian Fan.
“What’s happening now?” Qin Nan asked.
The hostess had warned them not to stand out at the ball. That meant they could not leave while everyone else was dancing, or something unpleasant would likely happen.
But if they had to keep dancing, when were they supposed to investigate this world? How could they find clues about leaving it?
“Be patient,” Jian Fan said.
Qin Nan nodded.
If Jian Fan said so, he must have a plan.
No one knew what else they could do, so they continued dancing with the crowd. They danced through an entire song.
One song lasted five minutes. The instant those five minutes ended, everyone had just breathed a sigh of relief and begun wondering whether they could leave when the music started again. Strictly speaking, the transition contained only a one-second pause.
As the music changed, so did the dance.
At the center of the floor, a Prince in a white Tuxedo held out his hand to the young woman in the white princess gown.
She placed her hand in his.
The Prince took her hand, placing his other hand just below her left shoulder, while she rested hers on his shoulder. As the music began, the two quickly started to dance.
Was this–a Partner dance?
Once the pair demonstrated, the other guests immediately sought Partners and quickly formed pairs.
Qin Nan naturally noticed and turned to Jian Fan.
Did this mean they had to follow along and dance as a pair too?
Before he could speak, Jian Fan stepped forward without changing expression. One hand seized Qin Nan’s, while the other settled beneath Qin Nan’s shoulder. Qin Nan instinctively lifted his free hand and placed it on Jian Fan’s shoulder.
Only after completing the pose did Qin Nan belatedly realize something.
Wait! Why was he dancing the woman’s part?
Snow White was leading? This was outrageous!
“I think I should lead,” Qin Nan protested.
Jian Fan looked at him, answering with silent rejection.
Qin Nan: “…”
The others had also paired off.
Yellow Hair reacted quickly and claimed Qin Weiyi, since their current heights were relatively compatible. Qin Weiyi had wanted Lu Jing as his Partner, but Yellow Hair beat him to it, so he did not refuse.
He was not willing to dance the woman’s part, though.
Knowing how difficult finding another Partner would be, Yellow Hair tearfully accepted the woman’s steps.
Lu Jing… ended up paired with Zhou Jingying.
Lin Junruo wanted to work with Mu Xin, but Mu Xin was only the size of a thumb and could not possibly dance with a Partner. Helpless, Lin Junruo had to look elsewhere.
Among those remaining, only Yang Zhen and Shi Chen were possibilities. Xia Zeqin did not enter Lin Junruo’s consideration at all.
The moment Yang Zhen saw everyone forming pairs, she headed toward Lin Junruo’s group. She beat Shi Chen by one step and successfully paired with Lin Junruo. Shi Chen, arriving too late, had no choice but to seek out Xia Zeqin.
Xia Zeqin had not done anything suspicious in this world so far. He had remained on the dance floor throughout, and now cooperated with Shi Chen as a temporary Partner.
Ten people formed five pairs. That left only Fang Kang and Mu Xin.
With no other option, Mu Xin had to pair with Fang Kang in his present frog form.
Staring at the frog’s face before her, Mu Xin felt her life had presented her with a monumental ordeal.
Why did she have to suffer like this?
No matter how aggrieved Mu Xin felt, survival required her to cooperate with Fang Kang for the moment.
Everyone began dancing to the music.
When they danced alone, they could all flail like demons without interfering with anyone else. Partner dancing, however, produced one disaster after another.
Qin Nan and Jian Fan fought over who would lead. Neither knew how to dance, yet neither would cooperate. In the end, they alternated stepping on each other’s feet, each unwilling to fall behind, as though whoever stepped on the other fewer times would be the submissive one.
Yellow Hair and Qin Weiyi… After Yellow Hair accidentally stepped on Qin Weiyi’s foot and received a warning glare, he became exceedingly cautious.
He did not step on Qin Weiyi again, but tripped over himself several times instead.
Qin Weiyi nearly burst out laughing.
Seeing Yellow Hair’s pitiful expression, he silently swallowed his laughter.
To keep from laughing, Qin Weiyi stopped looking at Yellow Hair and searched for Lu Jing instead. The moment he found him, Qin Weiyi truly could not hold back and laughed aloud.