Li Ming positioned both herself and the Heaven Emperor in the very center of the hall.

She could tell that her mate was nervous but he pretended to be as calm and collected as always.

Even though he could deceive everyone in making them believe exactly what he wanted but she was not just everyone. She was his mate, the other half of his soul.

Her eyes could see all those things that her mates tried their best to keep hidden from her.

Like she could see the tension but also happiness in the Heaven Emperor's eyes.

She could see that even though Hei Long appeared completely fine but there were moments when he was struggling. His shoulder was killing him in pain but he was pretending to be fine.

She didn't approach him because she was afraid that he would start ignoring her. She also didn't want to increase his suffering by doing something stupid.

Therefore, she decided to wait till the end of the party before talking with her mates about it.

The Second Demon Prince won't be able to go against his senior brothers, right?

She also saw the glaring competition that was going on between Wen Guiying and the banshee.

She had seen all of these but she just stayed silent, letting the things flow on their own.

"Here, give me your other hand." She told the Heaven Emperor as they both took their position.

The Heaven Emperor placed his other hand in her palm and was immediately taken aback as she placed it on her waist.

"Don't let go!" Li Ming hurriedly ordered as she felt his hand slipping from her waist in his shock.

The Heaven Emperor was quick to follow her command as he placed his hand back on her waist.

"That's good." Li Ming praised him with a beautiful smile playing on her rosy lips which made the Heaven Emperor's heartbeats accelerate.

"Now, look here..." Li Ming told him and then raised her other hand a little in the air which was holding his other hand.

"This is the posture in which we will dance. Now follow me...One...two...three...Again, one...two...three..."

Li Ming kept leading the Heaven Emperor as she showed him the steps. It didn't take the Immortal Ruler much time to grasp the basics and soon they were dancing around the hall on the sweet melody.

A chuckle left her lips as the Heaven Emperor twirled her around and then brought her back in his arms with a pull.

What made the moment so adorable was the slight blush that was covering his cheeks. Li Ming had a great urge to move forward and bite his rosy cheeks but she somehow controlled herself.

They danced for twenty minutes straight, both giggling and smiling, enjoying one of the sweetest moments of their lives.

But then she felt the presence of someone else behind her and a deep voice whispered in her ear.

"Will you mind dancing with me, Sweet mate?"

Wen Guiying's warm breath brushed her nape making her skin tingle.

The Heaven Emperor planted a soft kiss on the back of her hand and let her go as he passed her a soft smile before returning to his seat.

She turned around to look at the Supreme Immortal and placed one of her hands in his large one while resting the other on his shoulder.

Wen Guiying did not hesitate to put his palm right on her waist. He even pulled her a lot more closer to his body.

After watching her dance with the Heaven Emperor for such a long time, the rest of her mates had already grasped the idea of how the dancing style worked.

As the melody started, both of them moved in sync.

One after the other, Li Ming danced with each of her mates as the party progressed. The last one was Ruoshan and as they both enjoyed the final dance of the night, some other supernaturals also joined them.

"Thank you for bringing us here today. We all enjoyed it very much." Ruoshan whispered softly in her ear as he planted a sweet kiss on her jaw.

Li Ming smiled at her mate as she replied, "Thank you for accepting my people. I know they are completely different from the rest of your world but they carry good hearts within them."

Ruoshan cupped her jaw with one of his hands as he looked at her with soft eyes. It was like he wanted to say something but then decided against it.

He just pulled her in his arms and rested her head on his chest as he circled his arms around her.

"Let's return to the mansion."

Li Ming heard Lord Yueliang's voice speaking softly to them and she found herself nodding her head.

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"Miss Li, why are you not saying anything?" Sir Liu asked in a barely audible tone.

None of them had any idea that the Young Miss would be visiting the Dongji village this early in the morning.

Therefore, seeing her standing at the edge of the fields so early in the morning as she inspected the fields left everyone in surprise.

Of course not in a bad way because everyone was happy to see their Young Miss after two and a half months.

She inspected the fields, took a tour through the farmhouse, visited the shops, and then spent her afternoon in the orphanage where she examined the training of the students.

All the day she remained mostly quiet, not saying much except asking questions or giving out more orders.

It was not until all the shop owners, the head of the farmhouse, the person in charge of the fields, Old Mo and Old Madam, and Sir Liu came to attend the meeting that Li Ming organized in the evening, that they all noticed that their Young Miss was barely showing any reaction.

Her face was not cold nor her eyes held any anger or sadness, but at the same time, there was something off about the entire situation.

Even though she didn't appear cold but she also didn't hold the warmth that she usually emitted while meeting with the people of the Dongji village.

Not only that but she also showed no emotions when she interacted with the children of the orphanage.

Currently, Sir Liu had given the final account book of all the businesses of the Dongji village to Li Ming so that she could take a look.

As they all waited for the Young Miss to praise them for their hard work, they realized that the girl was not even looking proud after seeing the account book.

Her expressions remained completely neutral all the time and after a few minutes, she closed the account book and put it aside.

Old Sir Liu could not stop himself from asking the question that was plaguing the mind of every single person who was present in the room.

Therefore after mustering some courage he voiced out the question. Unfortunately, his courage was met with complete silence as Li Ming totally ignored his question.

The Old Sir passed quick worried glances to his fellow companions. No one knew what to to do.

Therefore, in the end, everyone decided to stay silent for the time being.

"Alright! I have taken a look at all the accounts and other matters. Everything is going on fine. I'll be heading towards the Capital city now. You all are dismissed." Li Ming announced as she stood up from her seat.

The sentence 'everything is going on fine' was like a sharp blade that pierced the side hearts of all the people present in the meeting room.

They worked so hard to bring such good results, but their Master was too cold-hearted to see any of that.

Everyone passed worried glances to each other. Now, they all were pretty sure that something was wrong with their Young Miss.

Miss Li was the kind of person who never failed to praise the hard work of her people. She would always pay attention to each little detail and would make sure to motivate the person to keep doing their good work.

She always interacted with the children with smiles and kindness but for the first time, they noticed her acting completely indifferent towards them.

The change in her attitude was too much for the people of the Dongji village to not worry about their Young Miss.

"Miss Li..."

"Yes?" Li Ming stopped in her tracks and turned to look at Old Mo as he called her.

"...it's...just that...are...are you okay?" Old Mo finally found the courage to voice out the question.

"Yes. Why? What's wrong with me?" Li Ming asked while raising her eyebrows.

The lack of any kind of emotions on her face made the people in the room gulped down their saliva.

"N-nothing! Absolutely nothing. Everything is fine. You should continue with your work. We won't disturb you anymore." Old Mo hurriedly said as bowed down his head.

The rest of the people in the room followed him and also bowed their heads to with their Young Miss goodbye.

Something was wrong with Miss Li. Very very wrong!