"This was so much fun!"
"Miss Li, your family really is full of talented people! They even came up with such an entertaining game!"
"Yes, exactly! It feels like it's been ages and ages since I had this much fun playing a game!"
"Mm, I feel like I could play all night without getting bored! It's so much fun!"
After five rounds of the game, everyone dispersed.
Liu Shan and Zhao Yan also pulled Li Ningyue aside, marveling at it all.
Through this game, not only had Li Ningyue grown much closer to Xiao Yu, but the two women had become just as warm toward her.
The reason was simple.
Li Ningyue had been playing seriously the whole time, without taking advantage of the opportunity to get handsy and seduce him, or putting on any manipulative, innocent act.
She had behaved quite properly.
So naturally, their opinion of her had improved.
Li Ningyue smiled softly, secretly wiping the sweat from her face.
It had been so thrilling.
She had never imagined that playing a little game could be so nerve-racking and exciting that she would sweat all over.
"There are even more fun games coming up! Come on, let's go to the hall!"
Previously, Xiao Yu and the other two had come to this ball with the mindset of "marrying off their little sister."
They had not been particularly interested in the ball itself.
Now, they genuinely wanted to have fun themselves.
They returned to the first-floor hall.
Everyone gathered excitedly in twos and threes, chatting about the game they had just played.
They were a bunch of wealthy young men and beautiful, wealthy young women. What games hadn't they played?
Yet now, everyone had come away thoroughly satisfied.
Housekeeper Li appeared at the front of the hall again, still