Otherworldly Companions: Every Handsome Man is Extraordinary

Fan Qingyin pushed Lan Yu and asked Jiang Yu for his opinion.

"There will be an opening dance later. The housekeeper just asked if Xiaoyu would like to dance."

Jiang Yu didn't really care whether she danced or not. She was wearing such a beautiful dress that she could have participated in the opening dance, but considering that it wouldn't be convenient for Lu Shuang and Lan Yu, she replied, "I won't dance, it's too tiring. Let's find a place to sit down and rest."

Fan Qingyin nodded, raised her hand to summon her personal butler, who bowed and listened, then immediately led Jiang Yu and his group to a corner of the hall.

"Lord Jiang Yu, this is the rest area reserved for you. The wine and food provided at the banquet will be brought here by servants. Please make yourselves at home." After saying this, he bowed and withdrew.

This is a semi-open area consisting of two two-seater sofas, two single armchairs, and a large crystal coffee table. The entire area is partially surrounded by a white openwork decorative wall carved into feathers, and a beige shaggy carpet is laid on the floor.

There were only a few such areas in the entire hall; they were probably all allocated to lords from the most prestigious families. The remaining rest areas were much simpler.

"I'm so lucky to have Lord Jiangyu. I feel like I'm being drowned in envious glances all around me," Lu Shuang said with a smile, covering her mouth.

Jiang Yu looked at the straightforward woman and pulled her hand to sit down on a double sofa: "Lord Lu Shuang, from now on I will call you Shuangshuang. You don't need to be so polite with me anymore. Don't use honorifics. They sound too distant. Just call me Xiao Yu."

"Ah, how can this be..." Lu Shuang was about to refuse, but when she met Jiang Yu's sincere eyes, she swallowed the rest of her words.

"Xiao Yu..." She swallowed hard, her throat still feeling dry, and she was already incredibly nervous as she managed to squeeze out just two words.

"Shuangshuang, we're friends now~" Jiang Yu smiled happily. Just then, servants filed in, bringing lots of delicious food and drinks. Jiang Yu then started urging Lu Shuang and Lan Yu to eat.

While everyone was having a great time, in another lounge area of ​​the same size in the hall, a woman in a fiery red dress was staring intently at them.

Several lords surrounded her, but they seemed more like her followers. A fiery red figure sat in the center, surrounded by admirers, arms crossed, a mocking expression on her face.

A sharp-eyed woman nearby noticed this and looked up in that direction as well.

"Ke Cheng, do you know Lord Jiang Yu over there?" She couldn't figure out what Ren Ke Cheng meant, so she could only ask tentatively.

"How could I possibly have the chance to meet him? How about this, could any of you introduce me?" The woman in the red dress withdrew her gaze and looked around at the people around her.

She made no attempt to hide her superior gaze, but even though others were used to her demeanor, they were still momentarily taken aback by her disdain.

A woman in a sky-blue dress gave a dry laugh and said, "Who doesn't know that the daughter of the Jiang family in the Ocean Empire is the jewel in the tower? She's been treasured since childhood, and her reputation has always been well-known, but very few people have actually seen her."

“Your family background is even higher than hers, and you don’t even know her, so how could we possibly have the opportunity to know her?”

"Hmph." The woman in the red dress let out a cryptic hum, her tone ambiguous, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied. She spoke only when everyone else was silent.

"What good is a high family background if it can't compare to the mystery that someone carefully cultivates, or a face as beautiful as a flower?"

Those around them exchanged glances before realizing it was hostility. But did the two lords have some kind of grudge? They'd never heard of it before.

The woman in the red dress looked at the beautiful face opposite her and the sparkling dress, and felt like she wanted to grind her teeth to dust.

She had meticulously prepared for so long, intending to shine at the lord's banquet and stand out from the crowd. But unexpectedly, someone else interfered, and that person turned out to be her "arch-enemy."

The thought of Kong Yiche's face, which made her infatuated, made her wish that Jiang Yu would disappear from the world immediately.

"I'm going to meet her, and see what else the legendary beauty Lord Jiang Yu has besides her face." With her fiery red skirt fluttering, the person who was sitting just now suddenly stood up and headed straight for the area where Jiang Yu was resting before anyone around her could react.

As soon as she moved, the women surrounding her immediately followed, and their respective partners could only helplessly follow.

Jiang Yu was eating a bowl of stew when she looked up and saw a large, colorful cloud drifting over. Before she could react, she saw a group of people standing in front of her rest area, looking at her menacingly.

Fan Qingyin frowned, stood up, and half-blocked Jiang Yu's path without saying a word. The newcomer was clearly no good, so he adopted a confrontational attitude from the start.

"The Seven Fairies..." Jiang Yu silently complained in her heart, put down the stew pot, stood up, walked to the front and stood side by side with Fan Qingyin, a smile appearing on her face:

"Excuse me, what's the matter?"

After all, the visitor is a guest, and even if the visitor is not friendly, she still has to put on airs and greet them with a smile. Given her family background and status, she cannot act like some random nobody and lose her dignity.

"I simply admire Lord Jiang Yu's reputation; after all, your entrance was truly spectacular."

“Oh, I haven’t introduced myself yet. I am Ren Kecheng, the daughter of the Ren family. My territory is located in the most prosperous area in the east. I believe you have heard of it as Kandichin.”

So she's the Ren family's daughter. No wonder she's so arrogant, and she doesn't even bother to hide her aggressive words.

Jiang Yu quietly observed Lord Ren Kecheng before her. He wore a fiery red floor-length dress that was not noticeable from afar, but upon closer inspection, it was discovered that it was woven from different shades of red feathers from top to bottom.

The fluffy feathers on the body do not make it look bulky at all, which is obviously the work of a master craftsman with superb skills. The time and cost alone are hard to estimate.

For the daughter of the Left Prime Minister to wear such fine feathers, they must be from rare birds; birds of this quality are seldom seen in the Ocean Empire. They are most likely from prized birds of the Forest Empire.

Wearing this to a gathering of lords in the Ocean Empire suggests a burning desire to rise to the top. No wonder they dislike me. But shouldn't someone of such high birth have the magnanimity to even consider a piece of clothing? That shouldn't be the case.

"So you're the daughter of the Left Prime Minister. It's all my fault for not attending social events often; I didn't even recognize you."