Reborn One Week Before the Apocalypse

Chapter 94: Chapter 86: All Acquaintances

”Qin Fen?”

Apparently, Song Qing and Song Feng knew Qin Fen as well.

”Well, I’ll be going now.” Tang Mo used Qin Fen’s offered hand as an excuse to get away from Song Qing’s crazy brother.

Instead of placing her hand in Qin Fen’s, she simply headed toward the center of the dance floor.

Seeing Tang Mo turn away, Qin Fen froze for a moment before quickly following her.

”Those two?” Song Feng watched their retreating figures with a meaningful gaze.

”There’s nothing going on between them. Brother, stop making a scene. It’s impossible between you and Tang Mo.”

The normally good-tempered Song Qing was about to be driven mad by her brother, but she couldn’t just come out and say that Tang Mo’s boyfriend was Qin Ling.

”She’s just the Wen Family’s stepdaughter. Even if we’re only a branch of the Li Family, our connection is still a cut above hers. Why wouldn’t it work?”

It wasn’t that Song Feng looked down on Tang Mo; he just didn’t want his sister to feel wronged.

If Tang Mo married him, it would be her marrying up. He didn’t really care who he married. Compared to getting a wife, he was far more immersed in improving his strength and breaking into the rankings.

To him, marriage and having children were just tasks that had to be completed.

’Why wouldn’t a perfect solution like this work?’

Sometimes, single-minded people were truly exasperating.

”Do you remember who’s ranked fifteenth? You can’t even get on the leaderboards. Give it up. She wouldn’t be interested in you.”

Seeing that her brother still wasn’t listening, Song Qing decided to stop holding back.

”It’s her?!”

As someone whose greatest goal was to get into the rankings, Song Feng had practically memorized every person on the leaderboards and knew about every minute change.

So naturally, he was incredibly familiar with the person named Tang Mo in fifteenth place.

But he never imagined that *that* Tang Mo was the one he knew.

Perhaps he was simply unwilling to consider that this seemingly frail woman was so much stronger than him that he couldn’t even hope to look up to her.

Even if it was a Space Ability, fifteenth place was still fifteenth place.

At the very least, her value was something he could never hope to match.

”So I was the one trying to marry up.”

Song Feng lowered his head. He thought about how he’d said Tang Mo was just a stepdaughter and wasn’t good enough for him, and he was too ashamed to even look at Song Qing.

You should never be too arrogant. Anyone around you could be the daddy you never knew you had.

Meanwhile, after Tang Mo and Qin Fen reached the edge of the dance floor, Tang Mo stopped.

”I’m sorry, I’m not very interested in dancing. And thank you for earlier.”

Tang Mo refused politely. ’Are you kidding me?’ she thought. ’I don’t even dare to go public with my own boyfriend right now, so how could I possibly dance with a member of the Qin family?’

”You don’t know how? I can teach you.”

Qin Fen still didn’t know who Tang Mo really was. Tang Mo had specifically told Wen Jianshu not to release her photo in the news that day.

”Look, there’s a girl over there by herself who’s looking at you. Why don’t you invite her instead?”

Tang Mo pointed, and sure enough, a wide-eyed girl was looking at Qin Fen with a pitiful, endearing expression.

Having been rejected yet again, Qin Fen was in a foul mood. This was the first time a girl had refused him time and time again.

’Everyone knows I’m from the Qin Family, so why is she still acting so cold?’

Qin Fen couldn’t understand. ’Shouldn’t she be scheming to flatter and curry favor with me?’

’Or is this just a game of playing hard to get?’

Qin Fen looked down at Tang Mo.

In her formal gown, she possessed a unique temperament and an irrepressible charm.

Among all the socialites and daughters of prestigious families, Tang Mo might not have been the most beautiful, but she was definitely the most unique and captivating.

”Having a nice chat?”

Suddenly, Tang Mo felt a long, slender arm wrap around her waist.

She was just about to raise her leg to kick when she heard Qin Ling’s voice by her ear and immediately stopped.

”Qin Ling? You two know each other?”

Qin Fen stared at Qin Ling’s hand on Tang Mo’s waist. The crucial point was, a woman with Tang Mo’s personality wasn’t resisting?

Qin Ling was his cousin, a role model for all the younger members of the clan, and also his greatest rival in his heart.

”This is my dance partner for the evening. If there’s nothing else, you can leave.”

Even though they were both from the Qin family, Qin Ling didn’t bother with pleasantries.

He had the strength to back it up.

In this world, only the powerful were qualified to have a personality.

Qin Fen gave Tang Mo a deep look, said nothing, then turned, took the hand of the wide-eyed girl nearby, and headed for the dance floor.

”You look really beautiful tonight.”

With the eyesore finally gone, Qin Ling turned to face Tang Mo and spoke.

”Are you crazy?”

The romantic atmosphere, dead.

In truth, so many people had complimented Tang Mo on her looks today that she couldn’t even remember them all. But only Qin Ling’s words exploded in the lake of her heart, sending ripples across its surface.

But she couldn’t bring herself to say anything shy or sweet. Even though her face was already flushing red, she remained stubborn with her words.

That was just the kind of person she was.

Fortunately, Qin Ling understood.

”Come, my princess. Let’s go dance.”

This time, even Tang Mo, who didn’t want to go public, couldn’t bring herself to refuse. She let her heart guide her and followed Qin Ling onto the dance floor.

’Just dancing... that should be fine, right?’

Clasping Qin Ling’s hand tightly, Tang Mo thought that there was always that one person in the world who could make you occasionally forget your own principles.

That space beyond all rules and boundaries—that was what was most special. That was what you call love.

At this moment, there weren’t many people dancing. Most were still outside, exchanging pleasantries.

Just as Qin Ling and Tang Mo walked onto the floor hand in hand, the music changed to a new piece.

The song that began to play was Johann Strauss’s ”Voices of Spring.” It was lively, vibrant, and flamboyant—a perfect match for Qin Ling and Tang Mo at that moment.

Tang Mo had always been beautiful, and she had danced the waltz at all sorts of balls during her school days. Naturally, she was very familiar with the steps.

As for Qin Ling, he had attended countless such events growing up, so it went without saying.

Tang Mo lifted the hem of her skirt with both hands and gave a slight bow. With practiced grace, they took each other’s hands and began the romantic dance.

It was as if they had practiced together countless times, like they had been dance partners for years. Under the spotlight, they lost themselves, immersed in each other’s gaze.

’It’s so good. It’s so good to still be alive.’

’It’s so good that in a world full of blood and cruelty, I can still have a clean, warm corner like this for myself. The world has been good to me.’

In that moment, Tang Mo almost wanted to drown in the tenderness of Qin Ling’s eyes.

The entire world seemed to have been muted. For those ten-odd minutes, it felt as if they were the only two people left, dancing in the universe.

Gradually, the crowd’s attention was drawn to this perfect couple. Their height and good looks made everyone feel they were an impeccable match.

”Isn’t that Tang Mo?” Li Xian, the current head of the Li Family, said to Wen Jianshu, who was standing beside him.