Jilted by Day, Cuddled At Night-Chapter 618: Gu Yan’s Dance Partner

This turn of events caught everyone off guard.

The first to react was Gu Yan, who reached out to grab Vivian, but the lights had already gone out. For some reason, when she reached out, she touched nothing?

Gu Yan was stunned.

It didn’t make sense. Vivian should have been right by her side. Had she left?

Impossible.

She and Vivian had an agreement; Vivian wouldn’t just abandon her on a whim.

But before the lights came back on, Gu Yan could distinctly feel a strange Beastman’s aura getting close.

Because of her affinity with plants, she was particularly sensitive to aura; at the very least, she could discern whether the presence closing in on her in the darkness was someone familiar.

It was definitely not Vivian!

With only three minutes, Gu Yan didn’t want to dance with other strange men, and facing their rejection under everyone’s gaze wasn’t too pleasant, so...

Miss Gu, she simply used Instant Teleportation!

But because she was a bit panic-stricken and couldn’t gauge the distance well, combined with the hall being filled with people, she transported once and still hadn’t left the hall.

Mainly, Gu Yan was still worried about Vivian and didn’t want to go too far!

But three minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Strange auras surrounded her, and Gu Yan swiftly teleported again. As she steadied herself, a familiar presence suddenly enveloped her.

At that moment, the hall’s lights came back on.

The voices inviting their preferred dance partners began to rise from every corner, and Lu Yu, who had set his sights on Gu Yan’s position, rushed over the instant the lights went out. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

He had to beat the other men and ask Gu Yan to dance first!

No matter what, Gu Yan might agree out of politeness and wouldn’t reject him, even if she didn’t have any special feelings for him. As long as they danced the first dance together, there might be more interactions to follow!

In fact, Mu Feng thought the same.

However, he wasn’t as quick as Lu Yu, and most importantly, he had Luo Xixi by his side.

The moment the lights went out, Luo Xixi reached out and grabbed Mu Feng. Mu Feng shook off her hand and turned to leave, which made him a few steps slower than Lu Yu!

And it was during that instant that Lu Yu managed to push aside the girl named Vivian and make his way to Gu Yan’s side.

All he had to do was wait a little longer, and once the lights were on, he could invite Gu Yan to dance!

But when the lights finally came back on, Lu Yu was suddenly dumbfounded.

Where was Gu Yan?

When Vivian was abruptly pushed by Lu Yu, she staggered a few steps and was bumped into by others. By the time she had managed to steady herself, she was already far from Gu Yan!

As the lights came back on, Vivian saw a strange young man standing before her. The young man was also a bit stunned; he paused for a few seconds, then, out of politeness, he spoke, "Vivian, how about you be my dance partner?"

"No thanks!"

Vivian, like a startled rabbit, turned and ran. Her speed was incredibly fast; the young man blinked and found that she had already vanished into the crowd!

Meanwhile, Gu Yan, looking at the person before her, exclaimed in surprise, "When did you get here?"

Bai Li’s eyes were half-lowered, "Just arrived."

It was at this moment the dance music began to play, and Bai Li bowed, adopting a gentlemanly posture, "Gu Yan, may I have the honor of inviting you to dance?"

Gu Yan nodded, "Okay!"

Actually, neither of them had ever danced a social dance before. As a matter of common knowledge, Gu Yan had learned it, but she didn’t like to dance.

As for Bai Li... acquiring such a minor skill from his long heritage memories was not a big deal.

The two glided into the dance floor and started dancing together, inexplicably in perfect sync, exhibiting complete understanding.

Lu Yu saw this from a distance, and his face darkened.

A bit further away, Mu Feng also saw this, and the look in his eyes toward Bai Li grew more scrutinizing.

Luo Xixi was still standing next to Mu Feng. Even though she had just rushed to Mu Feng’s side and asked him to dance with her, and had been rejected, she now followed his gaze and realized he was looking at Gu Yan.

And Gu Yan was dancing the first tune with that Insectoid.

Luo Xixi, who had been in low spirits all night, suddenly felt much better and bluntly said, "Now I understand. You really have feelings for Gu Yan, but look, she doesn’t think much of you. She’d rather be close to an Insectoid than give you any attention. Mu Feng, don’t you find yourself ridiculous?"

Mu Feng glared at her and turned away, leaving.

Luo Xixi watched his angry figure departing, feeling quite conflicted.

Gu Yan clearly doesn’t think highly of you, and yet here you are, hopelessly infatuated!

Other boys who harbored thoughts about Gu Yan were filled with intense envy and resentment toward Bai Li. If it had been one of their stellar Beastmen from Landis Star, it would have been acceptable.

But an Insectoid?!

Anji was also dancing with a girl; he glanced over there and a cold smirk tugged at the corner of his mouth. Then he took out his light brain and snapped a picture of the pair.

The girl felt a bit speechless, "Anji, are you here to dance or to take pictures?"

"It’s okay, I’m just collecting some evidence."

Anji was still puzzled. The anonymous letter he had previously sent to the principal’s mailbox hadn’t worked? Shouldn’t it have, given how much the principal doted on Gu Yan? Could it all have been fake?

Well, after all, he wasn’t her real grandfather.

Nevertheless, it was best to take these photos now, in case they came in handy in the future!

There was no way Anji could swallow this grievance. He might not be able to target Gu Yan now, but he wouldn’t let that Insectoid off the hook!

The girls who attended the dance party had all dressed up, wearing beautiful dresses and high heels.

Gu Yan, however, was wearing a uniform and military boots, and together with Bai Li, also in uniform, the two looked somewhat out of place at the dance. But inexplicably, they seemed to harmonize with it all.

Bai Li’s eyes were half-lowered, a dark light shimmering at their base, "Why did you come to the mixer?"

"What?"

"Don’t you know that the purpose of a mixer is to find a boyfriend or girlfriend?"

Gu Yan was taken aback and then quickly said, "The upperclassman who organized this dance helped me out before. She invited me, so I thought about returning the favor. Plus, I brought Vivian with me. We originally planned to dance together and then... oh right, where’s Vivian?"

Gu Yan looked around but couldn’t spot Vivian.

Bai Li reminded her, "Check your light brain."

Gu Yan looked down at her light brain and saw a message from Vivian saying she had been pushed aside and was now not dancing, waiting for her at the buffet.

Gu Yan immediately responded to her message, telling her she would meet up at the buffet later, just as the song was coming to an end.

But Bai Li tightened his grip on her hand and said persistently, "Xiaoyan, did you really come just to do your upperclassman a favor?"