Does a Woman Adorn Herself for the One Who Pleases Her?

Xu Xiao stared blankly at the wine bottle before her, her mind filled with the word "coordinates" that had appeared on the Data Panel, along with that white firmament that had descended from the heavens and spanned the sky.

She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she barely noticed the chair beside her being pulled out.

Not until that familiar question rang out:

"What, the food not to your liking?"

The woman was completely immersed in her fantasies. Thinking it was some guard team member checking on her, she answered perfunctorily:

"How could that be? Today's dishes were made by Granny Cheng. I love her cooking..."

"Then why aren't you eating?" The question came again, and she caught a hint of teasing in it.

Xu Xiao frowned slightly.

Though she was famously good-tempered, that did not mean she had no temper at all.

Most of those attending the banquet knew her well and understood her personality.

Who was so tactless

that they could not see she had something on her mind?

Xu Xiao shifted her gaze away from the wine bottle and casually glanced to her side.

That single glance left her frozen on the spot, a crimson blush spreading from her cheeks all the way to her ears.

At the sight, Lu Li's upturned lips stiffened at once.

The delight of a prankster who had found something amusing instantly vanished, replaced by deep confusion.

What was going on?

Why were you blushing like a bubble tea kettle?!

"Y-you... why are you here..." Xu Xiao's eyes darted away, and her previously relaxed posture turned abruptly awkward.

"Uh..." Lu Li held his wineglass and thought seriously for a moment before answering with an uncertainty that was twelve out of ten: "This banquet today... I think Lin Tianxia invited me?"

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