However, everything he had anticipated did not happen.
Gu Yue just looked at him quietly, her gaze as cold as ever, as if everything that had just happened had nothing to do with her.
She reached out and pulled Arthur up from the ground. Patting the dust off him, she said indifferently, "Get up, the floor is dirty."
Arthur was stunned: "Huh?"
This left him a bit confused; what on earth did Gu Yue mean?
Gu Yue turned around, seemingly unaffected by the scene just now, her tone as calm as if she were discussing the weather: "Were you satisfied with the dance just now?"
Arthur was even more unnerved by her nonchalant attitude: "I was..."
Gu Yue nodded, as if she were just confirming an inconsequential trifle.
She took two steps to leave, then stopped, turned her head slightly, and added indifferently, "As long as you liked it. That's all."
For the rest of the banquet, Gu Yue behaved perfectly normally.
She sat quietly in her seat, occasionally nodding to those beside her, her gaze calm and her demeanor proper, as if what happened in the center of the dance floor had never occurred.
Arthur, however, couldn't settle down at all. The banquet food had lost its flavor.
"Why aren't you eating faster?" A girl with a seductive appearance and a proud figure... approached.
Yuanen Yehui said gloatingly, "Hurry up and eat more of your last meal."
"What do you mean?" Arthur immediately picked up the pace of his eating.
Yuanen Yehui raised an eyebrow and sat in the empty seat opposite him, her posture lazy: "You're actually eating?"
She pointed at Gu Yue not far away: "You don't really think she's fine, do you? If you don't try your best to stick to her and coax her now, it'll be over once the banquet ends."
Arthur subconsciously turned his head and indeed met the gaze Gu Yue cast his way.
That gaze was the same as always, but it lingered on him for a moment before moving away as if nothing had happened.
Arthur said hesitantly, "It can't be that bad."
He was certain of Na'er's feelings, but he was completely unsure about Gu Yue's.
Over the years, Gu Yue's attitude toward him had been hot and cold, often making him feel that she liked him.
But every time he came to his senses, he realized that he might not be that important to Gu Yue.
After all, she was the Silver Dragon King.
And... "I don't know how to coax people."
This time, Yuanen Yehui was dumbfounded.
"No way, buddy."
"With so many women revolving around you all the time, you're telling me you don't know how to coax a woman?"
"Who are you kidding?"
Arthur scratched his head: "Since I was a kid, they've always been the ones going along with me."
Yuanen Yehui was silent for three seconds before slowly spitting out two words: "...Impressive."
"Just wait for death, then; you're hopeless." She turned and left... After the banquet, everything seemed normal.
Arthur went to find the ship's head chef, Mu Ye.
His Intuition was still warning him.
Maybe it wasn't because of Gu Yue, but because there were Evil Soul Masters on the ship.
Arthur made his way to the kitchen and smelled a rich aroma of food from afar.
Mu Ye was wearing an apron, busy at the stove, his movements skilled and steady. Seeing Arthur enter, he greeted him with a smile, "Yo, Little Arthur, how did you know I was going to make you something special?"
"Teacher, you should be more careful; I'm afraid some Evil Soul Masters might have snuck in."
"Evil Soul Masters?" Mu Ye brought a plate of freshly cooked roasted meat to him: "There definitely are some on the ship."
"With the exchange between the two countries, there's no doubt the Holy Spirit Cult will find people to sneak in."
While skillfully sprinkling spices on the roasted meat, Mu Ye said casually, "You don't need to worry about the Evil Soul Masters. There are quite a few powerful experts following in the shadows for this exchange."
"Is that so?" Arthur said thoughtfully.
"Screw the Evil Soul Masters, they're not important." He pushed the plate toward Arthur: "Since you're here, I should remind you."
Arthur ate the roasted meat; although he had just filled his stomach at the banquet, if he wanted to, he could digest it all in a single breath.
"Get ready; we'll start practicing the Body Secret Art tomorrow."
"The ocean is also an excellent place for body cultivation."
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