Chapter 156 One step away

The light from the crystal chandelier was dim and yellow, and the bright white light in the hall had been replaced by an ambiguous yellow light. The center of the hall was automatically upgraded to a dance floor.

The person who hosted this dinner was really generous. The music was not played by speakers or records, but a small band was invited to perform on the stage.

Su Zhenqi already knew how to read the atmosphere and leave first. The whole room was silent, with only elegant music accompanying the sound of dancing.

Although Su Xiaoqiang was still afraid in his heart, he had already said it with great momentum. After all, the worst that could happen was death.

Su Xiaoqiang gently placed her slender little hand in Lu Mingfei's palm, and the two people's body temperatures blended at their fingertips.

"Can you dance?"

Su Xiaoqiang raised his eyebrows and asked a high-spirited question in a trembling voice.

“Tango is okay.” Lu Mingfei spread out his other hand. His college roommate once boasted that he was the Elvis Presley of Kassel College.

"Then don't step on my heels. I'm wearing Christian Louboutin shoes that cost more than 10,000 yuan a pair today."

"Shall we go then?"

"Go ahead!" Su Xiaoqiang bit his lip, a resolute expression in his eyes.

However, she collapsed the moment she said this, not because she regretted it, but because Lu Mingfei suddenly put his hand on her waist.

Although tango does involve the movement of supporting the waist, and Lu Mingfei's hands were placed in a very gentlemanly manner without any suspicion of taking advantage of the situation, this was the first time that Su Xiaoqiang had been touched in such an ambiguous and sensitive area by the opposite sex, and the soft feeling brought by the physical contact made her immediately want to find an excuse to retreat.

However, her steps subconsciously coordinated with Lu Mingfei, and she cut into the crowd gorgeously and crossed into the center of the dance floor.

It happened that the first dance music had already ended. After a brief pause, the band started playing the second piece.

"Por Una Caneza." Lu Mingfei suddenly said something in Spanish.

Of course Su Xiaoqiang understood what Lu Mingfei was saying. He was talking about the name of the song, which is called "One Step Away" in Chinese.

This is a famous tango dance music that has appeared in "Schindler's List", "Scent of a Woman" and "True Lies". The form of the music is a simple ABAB key. The style of the first part is lazy and humorous. After entering the B section, the minor key suddenly changes, instantly presenting a passionate feeling.

This band is quite professional. There is even a violinist who put down his violin and took out a harmonica to compose counterpoint harmony for the dance music.

Su Xiaoqiang's left hand was placed on Lu Mingfei's right shoulder blade, while Lu Mingfei's right hand was placed on the left half of Su Xiaoqiang's half-exposed back. The other two hands were crossed and clasped, and the two of them spun in an "open hug" motion to the dance music.

Su Xiaoqiang was indeed someone who had often experienced such social situations. When Lu Mingfei touched her back just now, he felt that her body was very stiff.

As the music started, the two began to dance together, and the little angel immediately got into her own rhythm, relaxing both her body and mind.

Su Xiaoqiang's body is delicate and boneless, as light as a white peacock, calm and beautiful. The hem of her skirt fluttering gently as she spins in Lu Mingfei's arms is like the peacock's dazzling open tail.

Lu Mingfei stared at Su Xiaoqiang's perfect profile in the misty music, and his heart couldn't help but move.

The dance music "Por una Cabeza" is really destined to be with him. That time, when he was invited by Caesar to the Amber Hall and danced with Zero, this song was playing in the middle of the dance floor. And today, he danced with the little goddess to this song.

"Por una Cabeza" is a horse racing term in Spanish, meaning "one horse head short".

In this dance music, it is extended to mean the complicated and inseparable relationship between lovers.

"The tune is about to change, don't step on my feet." Su Xiaoqiang's eyes sparkled as he reminded softly.

Yes, the dance music has changed its tune, from the lazy feeling of the first section to the contradictory and passionate style of section B.

The rhythm of the dance instantly accelerated. Su Xiaoqiang originally wanted to lead Lu Mingfei's rhythm, but he found that Lu Mingfei suddenly did a very professional step-changing movement.

It turned out that he was just warming up in the prelude, and now he finally began to take elegant steps. Standard tango, vigorous and powerful, each step was quite skillful.

Su Xiaoqiang was surprised that Lu Mingfei danced tango so smoothly, and he perfectly coordinated with his movements.

With a circular rotation, the dance music reached its climax in a grand manner. The posture between the two people also changed from the original "open hug" to a "closed hug" with upper bodies touching each other. The hugged parts also changed from shoulders and back to neck and waist.

This ambiguous posture is obviously more suitable for dance performance. The two followed each other, and completed the dance steps in unison with only eye contact and the rhythm of each other's heartbeats. Their dance was unrestrained and free, just like a tacit partner who had cooperated for many years.

The air was filled with a faint scent of perfume, and the two people's bodies were heating up through dancing and mutual contact.

Close contact, softness, hardness, sweat in the air, the base notes of perfume, hormones, ambiguous temperature, the touch of the body, rapid breathing, flushed face, and the gazes that interact with each other without retreating.

The dance music came to an abrupt end with an elegant and long change of tune. The lights dimmed again, and the next song would begin after a short intermission. The dim candlelight on the dining table gave the hall a faint light.

Both of them were breathing nervously, as if the dance that just lasted for a few minutes had exhausted all their energy.

Su Xiaoqiang suddenly let go of Lu Mingfei's hand as if he was burned by fire, took a step back, and shook off Lu Mingfei's hand on his waist.

"You danced pretty well." Su Xiaoqiang looked up and pretended to be calm.

"I said my tango is OK, right?"

"Just...just barely." Su Xiaoqiang said somewhat arrogantly.

Lu Mingfei's eyes fell directly into Su Xiaoqiang's, and he deliberately teased her and said, "If it's barely enough, then let's do it again? This time I will definitely satisfy you."

Thinking of the physical contact just now, Su Xiaoqiang took a step back and finally waved his hand as if giving in: "No, no, you win, okay? I'm really tired."

She lifted the hem of her dress with one hand and stretched her feet in front of Lu Mingfei in a very heroic manner:
"Besides, the pair of high heels I'm wearing today are not suitable for dancing. Look, my heels are almost worn out."

Lu Mingfei looked down and saw a red mark on the little angel's round and smooth heel from the friction of a high heel.

"Then shall I help you go to the sidelines to rest for a while?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Su Xiaoqiang thought for a moment and said, "Why don't we sneak out now while no one is paying attention? I don't really like this kind of occasion."

"Then we have to go now."

Lu Mingfei pointed at the stage. The band's conductor waved his baton in the air, preparing to rehearse the next dance piece.

"When the next dance music starts, the lights will be turned on."

"Then run!"

Before Su Xiaoqiang finished speaking, he had already started running against the crowd.

Because she was wearing high heels, her running posture was not very good. She stepped hard on the solid wood floor as if the pair of black Christian Louboutin high heels that cost more than 10,000 yuan were slippers, and there was no trace of pain in her movements.

If it weren't for her exaggerated running posture, Lu Mingfei might never have discovered that the soles of her expensive high heels were actually red. In addition, she kept pinching the slit of her evening dress, just like a princess who ran away from home on a whim.

"Why aren't you following me?" The runaway princess turned around and waved at him with great vigor. "Oh oh."

Lu Mingfei finally came to his senses and hurriedly followed Su Xiaoqiang's steps, like a knight playing house with the princess.

……

The CBD center was still bright, like the reflection of the starry sky in the city, but the hotel was already silent. The security guard and receptionist on duty stood at the door, trying hard to fight sleepiness.

Flying insects were lingering under the street lights, and there was no human sound around as if it was the end of the world. Only the noisy chirping of insects that we often hear in summer could be heard.

They crept out a side door and circled the landscaped lawns and flowerbeds behind the hotel under the lights. It was surprising that there were fireflies in the flowerbeds in the middle of the city.

Su Xiaoqiang got excited on the spur of the moment and pulled Lu Mingfei past the "No Trespassing" warning sign and stepped onto the lawn to catch fireflies. The green glow quickly escaped as the girl chased them.

So the girl, exhausted, gave up the idea of ​​catching fireflies and took a leisurely walk on the lawn.

"Finally I left that damn place." Su Xiaoqiang stretched lazily, letting his superior body curves stretch out under the light, "The air outside is still more comfortable."

"I thought you were quite used to that kind of scene." Lu Mingfei said.

"I can't say I like it very much, I can only say I can handle it. You were there just now, so you should have felt it, right? Everyone looks like they have ulterior motives, everyone is acting, faking their own deaths."

Su Xiaoqiang spread his hands and said, "But if you are born in such a family, how can you not learn how to cope with it?"

"You sound like you're feeling so wronged. You don't know how many people want to exchange lives with you." Lu Mingfei curled his lips.

"So even though I envy them for not having pressure, I never say that I envy them."

Su Xiaoqiang shrugged.

"It's just like when successful people say how much they envy the ease of ordinary people. If I say I envy you for not having to deal with social situations every day, it will just make people feel like I'm showing off. I enjoy a superior life, so it's only right that I bear this pressure."

I feel that this is the consistent style of the little goddess. She will never pretend to dislike the smell of money while throwing money around like Zhao Menghua. She accepts everything positive and negative with a magnanimous attitude. She will not be artificially modest, nor will she show off like a complaint.

Faced with dense thorns ahead, she would only sprinkle roses to pave the way.

"It hurts, it hurts." The little goddess suddenly cried out in pain, "Lu Mingfei, come and give me a hand."

"What happened?"

Lu Mingfei hurried over, Su Xiaoqiang put one hand on Lu Mingfei's shoulder, lifted his foot, and took off the pair of Christian Louboutin high heels.

"My heel hurts so much." Su Xiaoqiang complained, lifting one foot and looking back, "I wonder if my heel is bleeding."

"No."

The moment the voice fell, Lu Mingfei realized that he shouldn't have said this. As expected, he turned around and met the fierce gaze of the little goddess. But immediately, the fierce expression on Su Xiaoqiang's face relaxed, and he said nonchalantly.

"Forget it, forget it. Just watch if you want. I don't have the energy to be angry with you today." Su Xiaoqiang looked indifferent. He raised his bare feet high and then immersed them in the shallow grass without fear of getting dirty.

"..."

Lu Mingfei suddenly felt that his title of pervert could never be cleared.

While taking a walk, Su Xiaoqiang suddenly had an inspiration. She stepped on the concrete edge of the lawn with her little feet, opened her arms and started walking on the balance beam. She held her two high heels in her hands, twisting her body but maintaining a delicate balance.

"By the way, Lu Mingfei." Su Xiaoqiang suddenly asked, "How did you get to know the two shareholders of the Black Prince Group?"

Then she added, "They were the two beautiful girls at the dance just now."

Especially the beautiful girl with long legs who always called Su Xiaoqiang "Brother Lu" left a deep impression on him.

Lu Mingfei didn't expect Su Xiaoqiang to suddenly bring up this topic. He thought about it and continued with the lie Su Enxi told at the time.

"Oh, them." Lu Mingfei pretended to be calm and said, "Their parents and my parents have known each other for many years. Our two families are old friends."

"So they are childhood sweethearts?"

For some reason, Lu Mingfei always felt that there was a murderous intent hidden in these ordinary words.

However, from an outsider's perspective, this lie is indeed a bit outrageous. The setting of a childhood sweetheart falling from the sky seems to be only seen in harem anime works.

Suddenly, green plums fell from the sky, two at a time. It was really hard to understand.

“Count, count, right?” Lu Mingfei scratched his neck.

"When I first met you in the Internet cafe, I thought you were just one of those common Internet-loving idiots in my class."

Su Xiaoqiang opened his arms like a swan, walked a little ahead of Lu Mingfei, and said:
"I didn't expect your family to be quite extraordinary..."

Su Xiaoqiang paused, then continued: "Also, you are not simple either."

Lu Mingfei could tell that the little goddess was too proud to say it directly, so she was praising herself in a roundabout way. He suddenly had the urge to tease her.

"So you're praising me?"

"Bah, bah, bah, don't be so narcissistic!" Su Xiaoqiang suddenly turned around and walked backwards on the balance beam, while sticking out his tongue and making a face.

“Hey hey!” Lu Mingfei quickly reminded, “You can easily fall like this.”

"Don't worry, I walk like this all the time." Su Xiaoqiang stepped back confidently, "Although I've never told anyone, I'm actually quite good at dancing."

Just as the words fell, a scream suddenly rang out from the quiet lawn. The little angel who had just set her flag a second ago decisively missed the edge of the fence the next second. She staggered and fell forward.

She fell into the arms of Lu Mingfei, who rushed over to rescue her.

The perfumes of Su Xiaoqiang and Lu Mingfei blended in the ambiguous air, bewitching both men and women. Their eyes met, and their faces looked red under the moonlight. It was unknown whether the dance just now was too intense, causing the two of them to not fully recover until now.

Su Xiaoqiang put his hands on Lu Mingfei's shoulders and the back of his neck, while Lu Mingfei rested his hands on Su Xiaoqiang's waist. Their faces were so close that they could feel each other's breath and even their own reflections in their pupils were clear.

Lu Mingfei never expected that this kind of classic love comedy plot would one day happen to him. He was stunned for a moment and just stared at Su Xiaoqiang in a daze.

However, the classic romantic comedy plot goes far beyond this, as someone witnessed it all more than ten meters away.

Liu Miaomiao stood there in a daze. For the first time, she experienced what it felt like to be in an ice cellar. She felt that her hands and feet had never been so cold. Even breathing was difficult, as if all the oxygen around her had been sucked away by someone.

　Once Liu Miaomiao gets over this hurdle, everything will be sweet for her, so please be patient >.<.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)