"The Freak Show is about to begin. Players who volunteered to participate, please prepare yourselves."
"Once again, we wish you a pleasant evening."
This was an unmistakable courtship gift.
Even though the man's identity now differed from his identity in the Instance, he still owed every last apology.
Shen Ru had no idea how Mo Yu did it, but the clothes entwined with black mist dried instantly, and even his soaking hair became clean and dry.
Shen Ru sat beside the pool. His expression was indifferent, but anticipation was already stirring inside him.
Moments later, heavy footsteps gradually approached him.
Shen Ru looked up warily, a hostile glint flashing through his dark red eyes.
Mo Yu walked over with a bouquet of intensely red roses.
The man silently rubbed the rose petals between his fingers and gave Shen Ru a carefully measured smile.
Shen Ru knew this man was Mo Yu, yet not quite Mo Yu.
The wariness and interest in his eyes made it clear that the man before him was the "Mo Yu" Shen Ru had met in his first Instance.
The roses were mercilessly tossed onto the water, and the man bowed in invitation.
"May I have this dance?"
Boom.
An impassioned melody burst free of its restraints, music that shook the soul rippling through his heart.
A wicked smile curled Shen Ru's lips. He placed his hand in the man's palm and replied gently, "Of course."
The two danced with abandon to the fervent, soaring symphony.
As the music climbed, the man suddenly sidestepped, and the pebbles behind him shot toward Shen Ru's face as though controlled by some unknown force.
His ever-vigilant nerves caught the danger instantly. Following a turn in the melody, the handsome young man spun aside, elegantly and effortlessly evading the bizarre