The Side Character's Hidden Boss!

Mo Yi nodded his head.

“Brother Yun, don’t worry about leaving Mo Li with me!” Xiao Yue turned to Mo Yun to assure him once more. Blushes appeared on her well-painted face.

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Mo Li looked at Xiao Yue and the information fell into place. Based on her knowledge of the plot, this Xiao Yue wanted to be her sister-in-law. In the original story, Xiao Yue had provided Mo Li with many bad ideas for Mo Li so that she could act as the mediator, gaining more chances to interact with Mo Yun.

Xiao Yue led Mo Li to a seat by the side and her eyes wandered to a specific corner of the room. Instantly a young man sauntered towards them and extended his hand towards Mo Li in a gentlemanly manner. “Miss Mo, I’m Xiao Yue’s cousin on her mother’s side. My name is Pang Jian. May I have the opportunity to invite you to a dance?”

Mo Li glanced at him and rejected him evenly, “I’m sorry, but I don’t know how to dance.”

Upon hearing Mo Li’s words, some of the onlookers shook their heads subtly. This is probably one of those minor families who came not to dance but to expand connections. 

For a moment, disdain and annoyance crossed Pang Jian’s eyes too. Bitch, who do you think you are?

Xiao Yue’s heart was blooming noticing the frown people around them direct at Mo Li, but to her surprise, Mo Li suddenly grasped her hand and placed it on Pang Jian’s outstretched palm. “Mr. Pang, Sister Xiao Yue is a very good dancer. Why don’t you share this dance with her? You’re cousins so it’s perfectly fine for you two to dance together.”

Mo Li suggested with sincerity. At the same time, her words told the nearby listeners that the reason she wasn’t dancing with Pang Jian was because she was not interested in his courtship.

This kind of charity ball had a romantic overture. They were for young people from important families to get to know each other better. However, no one was uncouth enough to point that out openly. What Mo Li did was to dress her rejection of Pang Jian in a graceful manner. She had given both parties enough face.

However, people had to come to rain on Mo Li’s parade. “It’s exactly because Pang Jian and I are family that I’m giving him this chance to dance with someone new!” Xiao Yue deflected with a graceful smile.

“Sister Xiao Yue, why wouldn’t you want to dance with Mr. Pang? Is Sister Xiao Yue also waiting for an invitation from someone new?” This retort from Mo Li shut Xiao Yue up because Mo Li had hit the nail on its head. Xiao Yue was waiting for Mo Yun to invite her.

Xiao Yue’s face dropped. What nonsense is she on about this time? 

“Sister Xiao Yu, you should dance with Mr. Fang, I can dance by myself. I’m not too good of a dancer, I’m afraid that I might hurt Mr. Pang with my clumsy feet.”

Xiao Yue glanced at Mo Li as if saying if you take the dance floor, I would too.

Under the glittering chandelier of the ballroom, Xiao Yue stood next to Pang Jian. Even though Mo Li was alone, she radiated elegance and confidence.

A classical music started and Mo Li danced gracefully in her qipao. This was a case of beautiful and handsome people could do no wrong. Mo Li swayed to the music. She wasn’t impressing people but she wasn’t embarrassing herself either. The fact that she had no partner played to Mo Li’s advantage because she could take things at her own rhythm. All in all, there was a charm about her.

The same couldn’t be said for Xiao Yue. She had already stepped on Pang Jian several times already. Pang Jian could endure it for a minute but not for the whole song. He tried to restrain his displeasure and hoped that Xiao Yue could only keep up with his pace.

Xiao Yue and Pang Jian were common dancing partners but you wouldn’t be able to tell that from their many missteps. The reason was because Xiao Yue was constantly distracted.

Xiao Yue saw from corner of her eye that Mo Yun was walking their way. She didn’t want Mo Yun to get the wrong impression about her and Pang Jian. She was so concerned that she almost tripped if not for Pang Jian saving her at the last moment.

The onlookers were surprised by how big of a klutz the young miss of the Xiao Family was. They snickered behind her back.

Xiao Yue’s mistakes reflected badly on her dance partner. Pang Jian was fuming. He had no idea what was wrong with Xiao Yue that day, she kept making amateurish mistakes. After one too many steps on his shoes, Pang Jian couldn’t hold his temper in anymore.

With everyone watching, Pang Jian let go of Xiao Yue and stomped towards Mo Li. It was embarrassing to be abandoned, but Xiao Yue was even more interested to see what Pang Jian would do to Mo Li so she quickly righted herself and turned to Mo Li’s direction.

Mo Li saw Pang Jian stride towards her. As the music changed, Mo Li slipped through the crowd and disappeared. She had no interest of dancing with that Pang Jian, plus dancing was more taxing than she thought. Her legs were feeling the pain and she just wanted to find a place to rest.

Following the signs, she arrived at the lounge on the second floor. Seeing as the door was open, she walked in. The lounge was more like a small drawing room. There were bathrooms to the left and right of the room, while deeper in the room was a bedroom. In the middle of the room was a coffee table with a laptop. Mo Li was impressed by the service here.

Incidentally there were things that she needed to do online so she threw off her shoes, leaned against the sofa, picked up the laptop and manipulated it skillfully. She was logging into a website that she frequented. Before she could log into her account, someone reached out to grab her slender wrist!

Mo Li closed the window as fast as she could and returned the screen to the desktop. Her movement was so fast that Quan Yu thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him.

“We meet again.”