Violet family, central castle.
The brightly lit castle has been decorated with various Christmas decorations, shining like an amusement park in the night.
The parking lot was crowded with luxury cars, and countless well-dressed direct descendants walked elegantly into the castle, served by servants.
Different from the whole clan meeting, even the collateral clan can attend the Christmas party. Although they are not allowed to be in the same ballroom as the direct clan, it still greatly increases the popularity and is the most lively festival of the year.
In the huge ballroom, which is as spacious as a football field, thousands of direct blood descendants are drinking and drinking, chatting and laughing.
On the dance floor, dozens of pairs of handsome men and beauties were dancing to the music, and their dance movements were pleasing to the eye.
With such a cheerful and festive atmosphere, it is hard to believe that they had just experienced a terrible plague not long ago.
However, this harmonious atmosphere is only on the surface. Many people are holding a shadow in their hearts, because the three candidates for the patriarch will also come to attend the Christmas ball tonight.
Virgil is actually okay, mainly Evelin and Anna. The bloody struggle between the two sides that broke through the lower limit some time ago frightened other direct blood descendants.
The Violet family has been thriving in this territory for hundreds of years. The last time there was such a fierce battle was more than a hundred years ago. At that time, there was also a competition among the clan leaders that resulted in bloodshed, and finally a fair competition was established. the rule of.
Fortunately, a plague prevented the two sides from continuing to fight, but there were also undercurrent rumors that the plague was actually released by one of the parties.
Anna has the highest possibility, and Evelin has not been able to escape suspicion, but no matter who it is, no one will pursue it in depth.
The only clan leader who can hold them accountable lives in seclusion in the snowy mountains and never shows up.
Some far-sighted direct descendants are very worried about this. If new rules cannot be formulated, future candidates may follow suit and continue this bottomless fight.
If this happens a few more times, the entire Violet family might be killed.
Evelin and Anna will both come to the Christmas party tonight, and who knows if there will be some friction between the two that could ignite a fire.
The first person to appear at the ball was Virgil, with his fiancée on his arm and a springy expression on his face, making everyone feel comfortable.
As soon as he appeared, he was immediately surrounded and almost unable to move away.
In terms of popularity, among the three candidates, Virgil's popularity is undoubtedly the strongest. If you can vote for the clan leader, he will definitely be elected with a crushing vote.
It's a pity that popularity cannot be used as food. In the end, what the world values is strength.
Vergil, who is the most popular, has the worst strength. He is more than capable of self-preservation and insufficient in attack. He appears too weak against the backdrop of these two cold women, Evelyn and Anna.
While dealing with the crowd, Virgil looked around, looking for Qiu Gongyue.
She said that she would find a way to follow up, but Virgil had no choice, and he couldn't be laughed at for being single, so he could only find his fiancée to support the scene.
"Don't look around."
Qiu Gongyue's cold voice suddenly sounded in Virgil's ears: "I'm in the dance hall, you can't find me."
Virgil was startled, but he resisted the urge to continue searching and enjoyed the dance like a normal person.
Just when he was about to invite his fiancée to dance together, he heard someone whisper: "Anna is here."
Virgil turned around and saw the petite Anna wearing a purple evening dress and walking in with her brother Feld from outside.
Anna's forces suffered heavy losses in the bloody battle with Evelin. If the plague had not intervened in time, they might have been defeated, and now they can only be said to be lingering on, without the strength to launch an attack.
Faced with such a predicament, Anna showed no trace of sadness on her face and continued to wear an elegant smile like a lady.
However, compared with the warm welcome she received before wherever she went, she was now clearly greeted with a cold reception. No one dared to go up and say hello to her.
On the one hand, it is the prestige she has gained during this period, and on the other hand, she may lose, so there is no need to get closer to the loser.
“Evelin is here!”
Someone shouted something in a low voice, attracting everyone's attention.
As if they had made an appointment, Anna and Evelin arrived at the ballroom one after another.
Virgil looked up and saw Evelin, wearing a blue evening dress, walking in alone from the outside.
He was obviously just one person, but his aura was stronger than anyone else present. Like a star, he stole all eyes with his powerful gravity.
Even as an enemy, Virgil had to admit that Evelin was really outstanding.
If he hadn't met Qiu Gongyue, he would have planned to pursue this competitor.
Qiu Gongyue's voice suddenly sounded: "Where is the man named Archer?"
She has heard Virgil mention it many times that there is a mixed-race boy named Archer who is very powerful and needs to be careful.
But she looked around the entire dance hall and found no one who matched the characteristics of an Asian boy.
Virgil was also surprised: "He doesn't seem to be here."
In this environment, Evelin dared to come to the party alone, which was simply audacious.
Anna also noticed that Evelin was alone, and the smile on her face froze slightly.
She had already sent people to steal the house and planned to capture Dinah as a hostage. If Xu Cheng didn't follow, wouldn't he stay at home to protect her?
At this moment, a waiter passed by from a distance carrying a wine tray. There was a bottle of red wine and half a glass of water on the wine tray.
This was the promised signal, and Dinah had successfully captured it.
Ana's stiff smile suddenly softened, and she actually walked up to Evelin.
Seeing that these two female devils were about to hit the earth with sparks again, the originally noisy dance hall quickly became quiet, with only the soothing music still playing.
Ana walked up to Evelin with a friendly smile on her face, as if the relationship between the two was very good and there was no hatred.
"Evelin, why do you come to the dance alone? I remember in previous years, even if you didn't have a dance partner, you would always have that little girl Dinah with you."
Anna meant something: "Could it be the sequelae of the plague? Tsk, tsk, what a poor child."
"Dina would lose her appetite if she knew Aunt Anna cared so much about her."
Evelin was not irritated, and said with a normal expression: "Aunt Anna is thirty-five years old, and she has to have her brother follow her every step of the way when she comes to the dance. It seems that she is old but still young."
Ana, whose age was attacked again, had a friendly smile on her face. She bent forward, her head slowly moved closer to Evelin, her eyes revealed resentment, and she whispered: "Do you think you will win? ?”
"That's right."
Evelin put one hand on her hips and looked at her condescendingly, her tone revealing strong confidence: "I will definitely win."
The two sides looked at each other silently, and invisible sparks seemed to bloom when their eyes collided.
"Ha ha ha ha ha!"
Anna suddenly covered her red lips with her silk-gloved hand and smiled unbridled.
Everyone in the ballroom was so excited by her smile that they felt chills in their hearts.
"Then you win and show me."
After saying these words in a sarcastic tone, she turned around and left with her brother Feld.
Evelin stared at her swaying back and did not catch up and continued to taunt.
Everyone was relieved when they saw that the two female demons only exchanged a few harsh words and did not fight on the spot.
As a result, the songs were sung and the dances were danced, and the dance quickly returned to a lively atmosphere.
Evelin found a seat and sat down, then rejected the large number of young handsome men who came to invite her to dance. She was not interested in dancing, so attending this dance was more like an obligatory appearance.
Compared with Evelin's popularity, Anna's side seemed sparse. Except for a few die-hard buddies, no one dared to get close.
After all, she was about to lose this fight, and no one would help her in times of need.
Anna didn't seem to be affected at all, drinking and having fun with her brother, not caring about the looks of others.
As time went by, the dance became more and more lively, and lasted until twelve o'clock in the evening, when many direct blood descendants began to live wildly.
The Christmas Ball is privately known as the Lust Party. On this night, many men and women who look at each other at the dance will find a place to exchange skills in private, even married men and women.
At this time in previous years, Evelin would have taken Dinah home, but today was the key to deciding the outcome with Anna, so she did not leave immediately.
When many men saw that Evelin had not left, they mistakenly thought that this high-altitude flower was staying to attend the Y party, and they all became extremely excited.
A man plucked up the courage and walked towards Evelin, but halfway there he suddenly showed a painful expression, covered his chest with his hands, and fell to the ground in pain.
Everyone around him was startled, and then hurriedly stepped forward to help him.
But the next moment, another dancing woman covered her chest with her hands, showing an extremely painful expression.
The dance partner quickly hugged her and shouted: "Doctor! Doctor!"
Every year when there is a misunderstanding, a doctor will be arranged to be present to prevent someone from having an accident and provide timely treatment.
With the shouts, the lively crowd and music were forced to pause. Many people turned their heads to look at the doctor in the corner, only to find that the doctor was huddled up on the sofa, clutching his chest with his hands, and his face was sweating in pain. , speechless.
The pain spread quickly among the crowd like an infectious disease, and a large number of people began to collapse due to the sudden onset of severe pain.
The entire ball suddenly became chaotic, with many people carrying patients trying to leave the ballroom and send them to a nearby clinic.
However, when they just reached the door of the dance hall, gunshots suddenly rang outside, knocking down several direct blood descendants.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of men in black with guns rushed in and pointed their guns at the crowd in the dance hall.
The scene caused an uproar in the ballroom, which then became even more chaotic.
Some people stood up and angrily denounced the group of men in black, some stood there at a loss, and some wanted to find a place to hide, while more and more people were suffering from unexplained pain.
Gunshots were also heard from the remaining exit passages of the ballroom, and a large number of men in black appeared, blocking the exits.
In this chaos, Evelin was still sitting in her original position, but her eyes passed through the messy crowd and stared closely at Anna's actions.
"Everyone be quiet."
Anna's voice suddenly sounded and was transmitted to everyone's ears through the microphone.
The originally chaotic ballroom gradually became quiet. Everyone looked along the direction of the sound and found that Anna and her brother were standing on the host stage at some unknown time.
"Anna!"
An elder yelled angrily: "Did you do all these things?"
Anna glanced at him contemptuously, then raised her hand and snapped her fingers, followed by a gunshot.
"boom!"
The elder looked down at the bloody hole in his chest, with a look of disbelief on his face, and slowly fell backwards.
