Chapter 64 - Will you dance with me?

Honglin smiled eerily and still proceeded to talk. "I was invited to an important event. Would you accompany me?"

"I am not going." She ignored him and opened the door to enter inside.

He blocked her, wrapping his hand around the doorknob to close it. "Weren't you invited?"

She frowned slightly but she had a feeling that this was her parent's doing. "Even so, I am still not going."

He grabbed her hand and enclosed them in his own. "You need to go out more often. We are engaged for so long but we are hardly seen together in public. People are starting to ask questions."

She pushed him away. "Since when did I care about what people say or think?"

He clenched his teeth and sighed. She was misbehaving again, showing him her rebellious and difficult personality. He was asked to bring his fiancée to accompany him in order to close an important deal with an overseas company and he had already suspected that she would refuse his request.

Things were not as they used to be in the past. Last year, an investment company called Star Blade had risen to the top of the finance sector, suppressing their competitors with nothing but their greatest weapon.

Money.

They had strong influence overseas and many international alliances making them the wealthiest company in China. They had shaken the balance of power among the six families.

But what happened this year was most shocking news in the last fifteen years.....

The head of the six families, Tang Huizhong was overthrown as the most powerful man in China!

He accepted the defeat with dignity and nobility saying. "One cannot live forever so it is expected that one cannot remain at the top forever. The young will replace the old. It is the law of nature."

Since then, his father-in-law has been distant from him. Everyone expected him to succeed him but it was snatched from him all of a sudden.

Maybe that is the reason Chunlan also changed her attitude towards to him. It was possible she had started to look down on him.....

His eyes darkened in anger. He was really interested in the identity of this person and had exhausted all his resources to no avail. Fortunately, he heard that person was hosting this party for his debut into the Chinese society.

It was really convenient for both of his goals.

He noticed that Tang Haifeng was walking towards them so he put on a doting look towards his fiancée and greeted his mother-in-law. "Good day, Mother."

She nodded and smiled. "Honglin, what a surprise."

"I just wanted to discuss something important with Lan'er but it seems we don't seem to agree on the subject. Perhaps, you can help us." He watched Chunlan's face turn stoic, smiling cunningly.

'What is it?"

"I wanted her to accompany me to a business party." He looked down dejectedly.

"I am very tired, Mother. Besides, I don't even have a dress." Chunlan felt like slapping this annoying fiancé of hers silly. Honglin really didn't know what it means to be denied of something.

He was so shameless!

"Lan'er, you hardly attend any social gathering with Honglin. It is not good. Just make him happy this once." Haifeng chided her.

Chunlan turned to give Honglin a cold look before agreeing. "Okay, Mother."

Honglin grinned triumphantly, ignoring her angry look. "Here, let me help you to your room."

"No need. If that is all you came to tell me, then you can go now."

Her mother rebuked angrily. "Lan'er!"

Honglin chuckled with amused and magnanimous eyes. "Then I shall go. But remember, I will come back to pick you up by 8:00pm sharp. Goodbye, Mother."

Chunlan could feel her mother's disapproving glare so she quickly entered her room, avoiding a long lesson on propriety. She was hopping mad about what Honglin did but she wasn't the kind of person that would stew over the matter without any form of retaliation.

She would definitely make sure he will regret it.

At eight o'clock, Honglin arrived in the Tang mansion dressed in a red tuxedo looking very handsome and sending the poor maids blushing silly. His brown hair was combed back, revealing his black eyes, his lips curled into a sinful smile.

His eyes brightened when he saw Chunlan come out of her room dressed in a black lace gown with her brown hair flowing in curly waves behind her ears. She was stunning, her only accessory was two diamond earrings.

The maids whispered happily. "Look at them!"

"They are a match made in heaven!"

"Such a perfect couple!"

Chunlan scowled at the maids making them scurry away in a haste. She wrapped her hand round his own, her eyes concealing her mischievous plan. She smiled sweetly. "How do I look?"

For some reason, Honglin felt goosebumps subconsciously. He couldn't remember why he was suddenly hesitant when he saw her smile. It reminded him of a vague childhood memory. "You look beautiful."

"Are you sure?"

Now he was very sure that she was up to something. Because whenever Chunlan wanted to do something but he found it very amusing...

Because she was blind, what harm could she cause?

Besides he was going to make sure she wasn't going to leave his side.

They arrive at the party, hand in hand smiling in front of the cameras with Honglin in the lead. Her presence managed to take many elites by surprise, making her the center of attention.

Most men truly found her breathtaking and dazzling even though they were aware of the fact that she was currently blind. But their female companions regarded her in disdain and jealousy.

One of them approached them with her male companion, glancing at Honglin. "Lin-ge, it is nice to see you here. You look as handsome as ever."

Honglin smiled faintly. "Likewise. Tao Xiang, you have truly grown."

Tao Xiang blushed faintly. "It is an honor that Lin-ge still remembers me."

Chunlan watched they ignore her existence, exchanging pleasantries back and forth. She smiled faintly at the disrespecting couples but didn't say anything. Instead she stretches her hand out in the direction of her male companion. "I am Tang Chunlan and you are?"

The man was slightly flustered. "My name is Dai Liang. Nice to meet you."

Her next question was enough to halt the conversation between the two people beside her. "Would you like to dance with me?"

Honglin whipped his head to glare at her, his hand tightening around her waist possessively. "Chunlan, you cannot dance. Don't forget that you can't see anymore."

"Who said that blind people can't dance?" Chunlan smiled, her left leg gingerly moving to step on his right leg. He winced in pain when her high heel threatened to crush his toes making him release her.

She leaned into Dai Liang's arm, smiling seductively.. "I may not be able to see anything but that only means that I will have to depend on my partner wholeheartedly. Don't you agree?"