That fluttering sensation vanished in an instant.
Xu Nan looked at the figure behind Barnes in surprise. The person's face was hidden beneath a hood, and he could see nothing.
"Mr. Su, this way, please..."
Because the second daughter of Quicksand Land had no noble title and also had a gender identity disorder, she was extremely awkward to address.
That was why there were rumors that she was difficult to get along with.
But Barnes was a shrewd man. The way he treated people made them feel like they were basking in a spring breeze. He hardly seemed like an Icefield Person from Wildfire City, more like a noble from the Eastern Kingdom.
Xu Nan nodded and entered the banquet hall amid the crowd.
Tonight's dinner had naturally not been prepared for him alone. It was the Sai Ba Long Family's regular monthly gathering.
The Sai Ba Long Family was enormous, with many branches. Those attending these gatherings were all young people. Though it was called a family gathering, it was actually a social venue for finding spouses. They had inherited the Icefield People's boldness and straightforwardness. At occasions like this, if they liked someone, they would go up and confess; more directly, if the confession succeeded, there were vacant rooms behind the hall prepared for young men and women...
That was precisely why the Sai Ba Long Family had flourished so greatly.
Xu Nan's arrival naturally became everyone's focus.
Some people treated him kindly, likely at Barnes's instruction; some were cold and hostile, seemingly due to the Icefield People's innate hostility toward those from the Eastern Kingdom; others were ambiguous.
Xu Nan was terribly uncomfortable dealing with social occasions like this. He found an excuse about needing the restroom and slipped away.
But soon, as he stood before the