Just when everyone was thinking about it, Sharp Hall had finished his greetings with the others, and the banquet had officially begun.

According to the Hall tradition, the banquet is usually held in conjunction with the ball. The party tonight was to celebrate Ophelia's bar mitzvah, so the first dance was performed by Ophelia with her father, Sharp.

Although Sharp is already middle-aged, he has advanced technology in this year, and he himself has been exercising authority for many years, and his demeanor is by no means comparable to that of ordinary young people, and the two dance on the dance floor, looking very harmonious.

He looked at his daughter lovingly, and the smile on Ophelia's face was pure and happy, but he felt very uncomfortable just thinking about what might happen next.

Ophelia's mother died when she was only three years old, and although he was busy with family affairs and research potions for so many years, he never neglected his daughter's growth - nearly thirty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and the baby has grown into a beautiful girl, but he doesn't know how long he can protect her, whether he can see another person who is able and willing to protect her appear next to her.

"Father, we'll all be fine."

Ophelia spoke suddenly, not that she didn't know what was going to happen today, but she still thought — or rather looked forward to.

Although she is already a qualified heir, the flowers that grow in the greenhouse, untouched by wind and rain, always have a pitiful naivety about the world.

Sharp couldn't bear to shatter her innocence, so he smiled and nodded: "Our Royal Highness is right. ”

- He knew that Ophelia didn't like to be called a little princess, so he never mentioned the word in front of her, but referred to her as "princess".

Ophelia couldn't help but laugh too.

At the end of the song, the warmth between father and daughter did not disappear with the abrupt end of the music, but what should come will always come.

At the end of the first dance, everyone in the audience applauded, and a bunch of praise poured out as if they were not for money, whether it was sincere or just ceremonial.

Normally, after the protagonist of the party dances the first dance, everyone is free to dance, but tonight is different, not many people are interested in dancing with others, and their eyes are still firmly locked on Ophelia.

Not about Ophelia, but about who she chose to dance with for her second ball.

Ophelia is, after all, the heir to whom the Hall family has been decided, and at this time, her dance represents the tendency of the Hall family to choose which side to turn to.

Although most people already have speculation in their minds, when the Hall family does not make a clear statement, they can only maintain a fragile balance.

The music has sounded again, and these musicians are not so well-informed, and they don't know what the situation is now, but according to the convention, they have chosen the music that is most suitable for everyone to dance together.

Qin Sui, who was standing in a remote corner, heard the music and suddenly felt very happy—the song was so cheerful, but what was going to happen next would be ...... Hehe, if you think about it, there are sometimes many such laughable coincidences in life.

Ophelia looked at everyone in the audience, her eyes were as clear as water, and she looked even more lustrous under the light, her gaze swept over everyone in the banquet one by one, only paused slightly on Solich and Neumann, and finally landed on Li Sixun next to Chu Shaoyin.

Li Sixun showed a very graceful smile, stepped forward, bowed slightly, and stretched out his hand to invite: "Miss Ophelia, can I have this honor to dance with you?" ”

Ophelia looked at the person in front of her, and for some reason, she didn't have the feeling she had when she chatted with Qin Sui about him that day. With a slight smile, she gently placed her hand on his, "It's also my pleasure." ”

The conversation between the two was ostensibly just about dancing, but in fact it was about the future belonging of the Hall family.

Solihi's face immediately turned ugly.

He came from an aristocratic family in the Lancelot Empire, and he had always been self-respecting, and today he was "picked and chosen" by a poor rural "village girl", but people didn't even fancy him - although he knew that it was Sharp Hall's old fox decision, he still felt deeply humiliated.

Neumann's expression was a little better than his, but the curvature of the corners of his lips was almost none, and he was obviously extremely unhappy with the result.

The atmosphere in the arena gradually became delicate.

Li Sixun didn't seem to notice anything, and he took Ophelia's hand and was about to walk onto the dance floor.

And Ophelia couldn't help but hesitate a little at that moment—this was undoubtedly a slap in the face of the two envoys.

Li Sixun gently squeezed her hand, as if to inject strength into her.

Ophelia received his encouragement, and her expression regained her composure, and she no longer hesitated. At this point, the other party's dissatisfaction will not disappear because her attitude is slightly better now, and there is no point in hesitation.

At this moment, Solich finally couldn't hold back his words: "Miss Ophelia, according to tradition, the second dance of the coming-of-age ceremony is to be danced with your future partner, and it seems a little hasty that you decided so quickly. ”

With the voice of the leader, the rest of the people who were dissatisfied with Ophelia, or the choice of the Hall family, also spoke up, and Neumann walked up to Ophelia with a gentle smile and stretched out his hand to her: "Miss Ophelia, I am fascinated by your beauty and wisdom, and I wish I could have the honor to dance this second dance with you." ”

At this time, even those who no longer knew the situation noticed that the situation was unusual, and they unconsciously took a few steps back, as if in this way they could gain a pitiful sense of security.

In the face of these people's blatant provocations, Li Sixun raised his eyebrows, but did not say anything, but looked at Ophelia. At this time, his words didn't work, what they needed was the statement of the Hall family.

He was the same.

Ophelia knew that no one was going to help her now, and her father had entrusted her with such an important decision in order to make her truly enter the family decision-making level and become the future spokesperson of the family - at this time, no matter how much hesitation and worry she had in her heart, she had to go on, because there was only one path in front of her.

She exhaled softly, her smile unchanged, but her tone was more resolute: "I am honored to love Ophelia, but I have already chosen a partner for the second dance, and I can't bear to make such a handsome Mr. Li happy, so I can only say sorry." ”

Li Sixun laughed, with a kind of pride in the heart of a beauty, and said "regretfully" to Solich and the others: "Miss Ophelia is really charming, and I don't want to give her second dance to others, everyone, please let me go, we are going to dance." ”