Yes, Lady Funina!

- Pull.

Just when Richard tricked Fernina into flashing, igniting, weakening, and silencing her, Clorinde finally dealt with the peacocks surrounding her. She came to Richard and noticed Fernina's abnormality, and gave him an inquiring look.

Richard said calmly, "Lady Funina can't hold her liquor."

Clorinde understood.

It seems that Lady Funina was played by Richard again today.

Then she noticed that Richard was looking at her with a smile, and her heart tightened.

Lady Furninna's work was over, and it was her turn.

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"How was the chat? Was there anyone you liked?" Richard asked jokingly.

Clorinde's eyes were filled with resentment. After seeing gold and jade, how could she be attracted by scraps of copper and iron?

What's more, those so-called young talents usually haven't exercised for a long time. They have abdominal muscles but they are very slender. Moreover, most of them are not young anymore, most of them are over 30 years old, and they speak in a greasy way. Clorinde doesn't like it, but due to social etiquette, she still has to spend time dealing with them.

"Next time there's a party, I'd better change back to my old attire," thought Clorinde.

Just as Clorinde left for a while, another guy, who was dazzled by Clorinde's beauty, followed her and felt good about himself.

However, due to Furninna's dignity and social etiquette, he did not dare to approach her and talk to her. He just waited patiently with a glass of wine in his hand. In his mind, he thought that he was very gentlemanly and the beauty would definitely be impressed by him.

Little did she know that the beauty was thinking about her chest muscles, abdominal muscles and other muscles...

Richard also noticed that with the arrival of Clorinde, the proportion of men among the people around was gradually increasing, and the focus of the banquet was gradually shifting towards this side.

He looked at Funina beside him and found that she seemed to have not recovered from the tug of war. She still looked a little silly. After thinking for a while, he said to Clorinde, "Anything else?"

Clorinde was stunned. It sounds like you want to drive me away?

Richard took it for granted. There were so many eyes on you at the scene. How could I continue to control Funina if I didn't get rid of you?

Richard had originally wanted to tease Clorinde, but when he saw so many people, he thought better of it and kindly reminded her, "There will be a dance session later. Have you found a partner?"

Clorinde was stunned again. Richard smiled and said, seeing her like this: "Didn't you arrange everything at the banquet? Don't you know?"

It was indeed arranged by Clorinde, but she never thought of dancing herself. If you want to give everyone an honor duel, it's fine, but dancing is really difficult for this duel agent lady.

In previous banquets, Clorinde's presence was very low due to her cold temperament and the fact that she did not wear a dress, so basically no one would invite her.

In this situation, even if Clorinde was still hoping for a lucky break, she knew that the dance party later would be the most troublesome time of the night.

Thinking of this, Clorinde couldn't help but look at Richard eagerly, hoping that he could save her from the dire situation.

Richard noticed Clorinde's eyes, and he nodded towards the corner of the banquet. Clorinde looked in the direction Richard pointed and found that Linnet was quietly sipping tea there.

When Linnet saw Clorinde looking at her, she waved her hand holding the spoon in a friendly manner as a greeting.

What Richard wanted to express was very clear, he already had a dance partner and there was nothing he could do to help.

As for Funina, she usually doesn't participate in the dance. She just watches from the side and occasionally acts as a judge to select the star of the dance tonight.

After all, because of her identity, even the most ignorant guy knows that it is undoubtedly impossible to invite Lady Finina to be a dance partner, and Lady Finina will not agree.

Clorinde felt that Richard was just using Linnet as an excuse to make fun of her. After all, a ball usually involves several dances, so there is more than one dance partner.

Richard could have danced with her first and then gone to dance with Linnet. In this way, Clorinde could have used the excuse that she had already danced once and was tired to reject those peacocks.

"Then wait until you finish dancing with Linnet..." Clorinde tried to make an appointment.

But Richard sighed and said, "I've already skipped a song. I guess I must have been tired by then."

Clorinde: ...

It’s bad, he said all the words.

But Clorinde is no longer the same person she used to be. Her mind works very quickly and she came up with a plan in an instant.

She knew that Richard didn't like to be in the spotlight. If she publicly invited Richard to dance with her, how would he respond?

Mr. Richard, you don't want to be the focus of the party, do you?

After all, compared to Clorinde's active invitation to dance, dancing with Clorinde at the beginning of the ball would also attract attention, but at least it would not be so eye-catching, and it could be used as an excuse to say that it was arranged before the party started.

Clorinde conveyed her meaning to Richard in a tactful way.

"Claude, I think you seem to have misunderstood something." Richards said slowly.

"What's the matter?" Clorinde saw that Richard was not panicked at all, but looked at her with a half-smile.

She was very familiar with this expression. Whenever Richard wanted to plot against her or had a task to assign to her, Richard would show this expression.

"I just don't like being the center of attention, but that doesn't mean I can't be the center of attention. What's more, even if you invite me, I can refuse. Rather than accepting, I think my refusal is what more people want to see."

What Richard said is not wrong. It is like your crush confessing his love to someone else. As a pursuer, do you want that person to accept your love or reject it?

I believe that as long as they are not terminally ill bootlickers, most normal people prefer the latter.

After Richard refuses, will everyone wonder why Richard refuses, or will they seize the opportunity to ask Clorinde to dance?

Clorinde obviously realized that she had taken things for granted. If Richard could be so easily manipulated, he would not be called Richard.

This couldn't help but give Clorinde a headache. She might as well just reject him outright. She didn't expect to be single anyway, and there was no need to give these people any face.

After all, she is not only the strongest duel agent, but also Finina's personal secretary. No one can force her to dance against her will, either in terms of force or status.

Well, Richard doesn't count, because if it was Richard, Clorinde felt that she would be happy to dance with him.

After all, dancing inevitably involves physical contact, and when women dance, they usually hold the male partner's hand with one hand and put the free hand on the chest.

Even though there were several layers of clothes between us, at least we could touch it, right? We could at least get a feel for it in advance, just like eating cake wrapped in a plastic bag.

Looking at the plum to quench thirst is a kind of.

Richard glanced at Clorinde who was obviously in a trance and couldn't help but sigh. The team was no longer morale-conscious and it would be difficult to lead it.

This guy Clorinde is becoming increasingly difficult to fool. Now she even dares to threaten him and even wants to take advantage of his body.

To be honest, Richard could clearly feel that since Clorinde saw his body that day, she looked at him more often, and the look in her eyes was similar to the way the men at the banquet looked at Clorinde now.

Full of yearning and possessiveness for beautiful things.

This made Richard feel a little emotional. When you live long enough, you can see everything. It's not like he hasn't been pursued by the opposite sex, but most of them were because of his looks, ability, money and power. It was the first time he had seen someone like Clorinde who was so devoted to him.

Take Linette and Funina for example, they both like Richard. In their opinion, appearance is a plus rather than a must. Even if Richard looks ordinary, they will still like him after spending more time with him.

But Clorinde was different. She simply liked Richard's body. Before she saw and noticed Richard's figure, Clorinde's attitude towards Richard was obviously that of a friend, and she never overstepped the line.

After seeing Richard's figure, this guy seemed to have turned on some strange switch in his body, and he obviously wanted to elevate the friendship.

After all, touching chest muscles, abdominal muscles, biceps, etc. is obviously not something that normal friends of the opposite sex would do.

Soon, the dance began. Richard skillfully and politely rejected many ladies and took Linnet's hand to indicate that he already had a dance partner.

It was obviously impossible for Linnet to show her weakness at this time. She changed her usual energy-saving mode and replied with a few more words than usual.

Richard's side was very popular, and Clorinde's side was even more crowded. Many gentlemen enthusiastically invited Clorinde to dance with them. Some of them even cancelled their scheduled dance partners and ran to Clorinde to show their courtesy, but they were caught on the spot and made a lot of jokes.

Clorinde didn't waste any time talking to these guys. She directly rejected all invitations and made it clear that she couldn't dance and didn't want to dance. She asked the gentlemen to focus their attention on other ladies.

Seeing Clorinde's firm attitude, the peacocks expressed their understanding and immediately planned to show off their dancing skills on the dance floor. If they danced well, they might be able to impress the beauty.

It was probably impossible to look at him differently. After all, since the ball started, Clorinde's eyes had never left someone, and the same was true for Funina.

Finina looked at Richard dancing with Linnet on the dance floor, and the scene of herself dancing with Richard emerged in her mind.

When he looked at Linnett, his eyes inevitably showed a hint of envy and desire.

Come to think of it, she seemed like she hadn't danced for a long time.

Although Funina had never danced this kind of social dance with anyone, she was able to learn it after watching it a few times with her artistic talent.

Over the past four hundred years, she has seen it countless times and has almost learned it.

"Lady Fu Nina...Lady Fu Nina..."

As she was thinking, Furniture suddenly heard a voice calling her. After coming to her senses, Furniture looked in the direction of the voice and found that it was Clorinde who was calling her.

As for the reason, while Furniture was daydreaming, the ball was almost coming to an end, and the whole audience was waiting for Furniture to announce the star of the ball tonight.

However, Fernina's eyes were fixed on Richard tonight, and she didn't notice the other participants in the ball at all.

Fortunately, Funina was experienced and directly gave the choice to the audience who were not participating in the dance.

Although dancing is an important part of the banquet, not everyone will attend. A considerable number of people in the audience are spectators. It is said that the eyes of the masses are sharp. Giving the right to choose to the audience can also reflect the democracy of the Water God.

The stars of the ball were quickly selected. They were an old earl and countess. Finnina smiled and gave her blessings, which made the old couple very excited. The Countess even asked Finnina for an autograph, looking like a fangirl. She said frankly that she grew up watching Finnina's performances and admired her very much.

Funina was not surprised by this. After all, most of the people in Fontaine grew up watching her performances. Even the poor families who could not afford tickets to the opera house could see her on the bench. No tickets were required to watch the trial at the Opiclay Opera House.

After the dance, the banquet was coming to an end and many guests left the venue. Clorinde finally changed back into her familiar duel agent uniform. However, even so, there were still many guys who had seen Clorinde's style and tried to invite her to have a chat after the banquet.

Clorinde refused straightforwardly and decisively, and said frankly that she already had someone in her heart, so you should let other ladies see your peacock screen.

"Lady Furninna, there shouldn't be anything to do later, right?" Richard asked.

Furninna looked at Richard, then at Clorinde.

It seemed that Richard didn't understand why the other party asked this, and it seemed that Clorinde was asking her if she had any plans later.

"No arrangements, Lady Fernina." After returning to her job, Clorinde felt the long-lost peace of mind. As expected, being Fernina's secretary made her feel more comfortable than dealing with those suitors.

"In that case, why not wait a little longer?" Richard said.

Although Furninna didn't know what Richard was planning, she still agreed.

When most people in the venue had left, Richard bowed slightly as a standard gentleman, then extended his hand to Fernina and said, "Lady Fernina, may I ask you to dance with me?"

Funina's almond-shaped eyes widened. She didn't expect Richard to do this to her suddenly. She subconsciously handed her hand to Richard and couldn't help asking, "Why did you suddenly think of inviting me to dance?"

"Does Lady Finina want to hear a romantic lie or a spoiler's truth?"

But before Furniture could choose, Richard said to himself, "I have always wanted to see Lady Furniture's dancing. I think it must be very beautiful. It would be even more beautiful if she could dance with me."

"And just now during the dance, you kept staring at me, Funina, and it was almost as if you had written on your face, 'I want to dance, too.' As your subordinate and friend, I should satisfy your needs."

Richard added, "The first part is a romantic lie, and the second part is a spoiler of the truth."

"I can hear it!" Funina stepped on Richard angrily.

Not far away, beside the gramophone playing music, Linette and Clorinde watched the interaction between the two, then looked at each other and saw an indescribable complex emotion in each other's eyes.

Linnet was thinking that Lady Fernina really had feelings for Richard, while Clorinde was thinking that Lady Fernina's hand was in a really good position, and she wanted to put it there too, wondering how it would feel...

Clorinde couldn't help but throw this question to Linnet, who had danced with Richard not long ago.

Linnet:?

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Until the next day at work, Linnet did not answer Clorinde's question.

Clorinde's problem also sounded a wake-up call to Linnet, that is, Clorinde, who seemed the least likely to join the battlefield, was now applying to fight.

This made Linnett a little confused. Why did Clorinde suddenly have feelings for Richard?

According to Linnet's previous observation, Clorinde should be a cold beauty who would not easily fall in love with a man. In fact, in the nearly one year of getting along, Clorinde had never shown any emotion beyond friendship to Richard until last week.

But after just one weekend, Clorinde seemed like a different person. Linnett observed carefully and found that the number of times her eyes lingered on Richard increased significantly, and the meaning contained in her eyes was quite impure, one could even describe it as drooling, and she had no intention of disguising it at all.

Lady Funina's eyes became more and more gentle as she looked at Richard. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Funina was completely attracted to him.

It's getting more and more difficult... Linnette thought with a headache.

"Linnet, are you free tonight?" Richard asked.

The three women in the office all looked at Richard at the same time. What do you want to do by asking Linnet out at night?

"Yes, yes, but what are you going to do?" Linnet looked at Furninda and then at Clorinde, asking the question they wanted to ask the most.

"Have you forgotten? The clothes at Qianzhiwu have been prepared. Go pick them up on your way home from get off work tonight." Richard said.

Linnett then remembered that Qianzhiwu had informed her that the finished product was ready and asked her to pick it up when she was free. When she went to pick up the finished product, Richard would also go with her to try on the sample.

It was mainly because Clorinde asked a strange question last night, which made her brain's CPU occupied by work and how to deal with two rivals in the same office at the same time. She had no space to think about small issues like clothes.

When Furninna and Clorinde heard about this, they turned their attention back to the work at hand. So this was it. They thought they were going to do something inappropriate.

"Speaking of my custom-made clothes, haven't Qianzhiwu made the samples yet?" Funina suddenly thought about why there was still no sign of her custom-made clothes.

"That's great. I'll ask for you then." Richard replied.