HRPM – Chapter 257 A Dance That Will Make You Breath Cough (1)

Jin Luoluo smiled gracefully and turned to leave. As Xiao Luo watched her elegant, beautiful figure receding into the distance, his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

At last, it was time for the final performance.

Even the middle-aged host was unusually excited. Earlier, this young lady had spoken with such arrogance that everyone had long since become eager to see what she really looked like. More than that, they wanted to see her performance—and then mock her mercilessly if she failed to live up to her bold claims.

“Now, please welcome the final performer of the evening, Miss Jin Shuang’er!”

The moment the host finished speaking, an uproar erupted all around. The audience craned their necks in anticipation, staring excitedly at the grand pleasure barge as they waited for the appearance of the notoriously arrogant young woman.

Wearing a crystal-studded veil over her face, Jin Luoluo boarded the performance barge in a small boat, accompanied by Lüya and Hongye as her assistants.

“Set up these gauze screens around all four sides, leaving an open space about two meters wide in the middle.”

Following her instructions, the attendants arranged the frames draped with gauze. Each frame was hung with three layers of thin, delicate fabric.

The gauze was soft and light, like wisps of mist. With all three layers overlapping, visibility was only about seventy-five percent obscured. With two layers, it was about fifty percent obscured. With just one layer, the transparency was high enough that a person’s features could almost be seen clearly.

People were naturally curious creatures. If you revealed all your cards from the start, it was far less enticing than keeping things partially hidden.

Therefore, her winning strategy was not merely the belly dance—something the people of this era had never seen before—but also this method of performing behind veils, revealing just enough while concealing the rest.

By dancing behind the gauze, she would leave the audience fascinated and restless with curiosity, holding their breath as they waited for her true appearance to be revealed. Only a performance filled with such suspense could strike directly at the weaknesses of the human heart.

“Extinguish all the lamps on the boat.”

Soon, every light on the barge was put out.

Beneath the hazy moonlight, the crowd could only see Jin Luoluo carrying a box containing the luminous Haiming Pearl as she stepped into the enclosure surrounded by white gauze curtains.

The audience was completely captivated by this unconventional opening. No one understood why she had ordered the lamps extinguished.

Moreover, she had entered the curtained enclosure to dance. Under such dim moonlight, it was impossible to see her clearly.

What exactly was she planning to do?

That question occupied everyone’s mind.

Gradually, silence fell over the crowd. All eyes were fixed on the curtained enclosure, anxiously waiting for Jin Luoluo’s performance to begin.

Then, suddenly, the stirring sounds of gongs, drums, and reed pipes burst forth.

The music was entirely different from the soft, gentle melodies popular at the time. Instead, it carried an intense air of mystery and exotic charm.