Water Margin: Gao Yanei is actually a Gal Genius

Although Gao Jin was sitting in the most conspicuous seat, not many people spoke to him.

The young masters clearly understood the purpose of today's banquet, so they kept quiet about it, but their eyes kept drifting towards Gao Jin.

Seeing everyone ordering the maids to peel crabs for them, Gao Jin subconsciously glanced back and saw Lin Chong's wife, whose face was as cold as frost, staring at him.

When Lin Chong's wife saw Gao Jin looking at her, she came to the table without saying a word to peel crabs for him.

Gao Jin dared not. If his younger brother and sister-in-law were to serve him at this banquet, wouldn't that be like getting mud in his pants?

He quickly grabbed the crab-disassembling tools and started haphazardly peeling the crab. "Sister-in-law, you stay in the back and behave yourself."

When everyone saw Gao Jin peeling crabs himself, they burst into laughter again.

Gao Jin ignored the laughter and focused on peeling the crab shells.

The young masters watched Gao Jin peeling crabs for a while, seeing that he remained calm. Finding this uninteresting, they exchanged pleasantries and offered him drinks, no longer paying attention to Gao Jin.

After several rounds of drinks, the atmosphere at the banquet became increasingly lively. One of the young masters exclaimed, "Eating alone is boring. Brother Ren, would you like some singing and dancing to liven things up?"

Cai Xiu replied, "A banquet cannot be complete without singing and dancing. Today I have prepared the Hu Xuan dance for you all."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fujin frowned slightly. Ever since An Lushan, the Hu Xuan dance had been regarded by many scholars as a sign of extravagance and disaster that led to the downfall of the nation.

No one at the table noticed this scene, and everyone continued chatting as usual.

"Brother Ren, is that the Sogdian Whirl Dance that was popular during the Tang Dynasty's golden age?"

Cai Xiu smiled, "The Hu women from the sandbar should be genuine."

"Then we'll have to enjoy it properly."

Cai Xiu nodded to the guards at the door, "Go and call them to the stage."

As several orchids entered the hall carrying small round blankets, Gao Jin had just collected a crab shell.

Gao Jin placed the assembled crab shells aside, facing Cai Xiu, before picking up his teacup.

The bowl was filled to the brim with crab meat, crab roe, and crab fat. He then poured in ginger vinegar and perilla leaves.

He picked up his chopsticks, stirred it, and then started shoveling food into his mouth while watching the Hu woman dance.

"Brother Ren, this dance is a bit lacking in flavor," a young master of the yamen (government office) grumbled.

Cai Xiu put down his cup and asked curiously, "Was your dancing not good?"

Gao Jin's movements slowed down; he had a vague feeling that something was wrong.

"I've often heard that the Sogdian Whirl Dance is mesmerizing when performed by men and captivating when performed by Sogdian women. Here, people's hearts may be captivated, but their eyes remain untouched."

"It's my fault, it's my fault. I thought the male dancers were filthy and an eyesore, so I didn't call them. Someone! Go outside the mansion and call those male dancers in to perform." Cai Xiu was extremely annoyed.

"Wait!" Li Kuo raised his hand to stop the guards. "Brother Ren, only a general can perform the Hu Xuan dance. A few mere male dancers are truly an eyesore."

Cai Xiu asked curiously, "Well, I'm rather ignorant. Does it have to be a general?"

Li Kuo nodded and said seriously, "Only a general, or at the very least a member of a military family, can bring out the exquisite details of this dance."

Gao Jin started eating again. He didn't like either the general's or military family's dishes. He wondered which brother was so unlucky as to be paired with him as a fellow sufferer.

"What should we do? It's all my fault for being unprepared, leaving you all with regrets." Cai Xiu slapped his forehead, looking remorseful.

"Grand Commandant Gao commands 800,000 Imperial Guards, and the brothers Tuizhi are both imposing figures. How can they not be considered sons of a military family?!" Li Kuo laughed.

"This..." Cai Xiu said, glancing at Gao Jin, "...Brother Tuizhi, would you be willing to dance a round for us?"

"Cough cough." Gao Jin coughed up because he was choked by the ginger and vinegar, and realized that everyone in the hall was looking at him.

He slowly pointed to himself, staring in disbelief, and said, "Huh? Me?"

Gao Jin really can't dance, let alone something as difficult as the Hu Xuan dance.

Although Cai Xiu and his group were indeed humiliating Gao Jin, Gao Jin didn't feel anything, after all, he had only been there for less than three months.

In Gao Jin's view, what's the difference between this and "a rich second-generation throwing a wad of cash at him and asking him to give up his parking space"?

"Brother, are you unwilling?" Cai Xiu asked, his face showing displeasure.

Gao Jin stammered, "It's not that I'm unwilling... I just really don't know how."

A dance could clear his brother's name. If it weren't for his feud with Cai Xiu, he could even be asked to dance in women's clothing.

"If you're willing, that's good. It's alright if you don't know how; these dancers will teach you."

Gao Jin glanced at Hu Ji's attire, took off his upper clothes, revealing his well-defined muscles, and walked towards the center of the arena.

His robust physique caused all the women in the hall to turn their heads away, their faces flushed as they stole glances at him. Even Zhao Fujin was glancing at him furtively.

The Hu women were also bold, throwing flirtatious glances and licking their lips at Gao Jin, making him momentarily dazed.

Cai Xiu glanced down at his slightly protruding belly, then noticed Zhao Fujin's actions beside him, and his lips trembled with anger.

"What kind of behavior is this! Gao Jin, get dressed now! Princess Maode is still here!"

Gao Jin put on a light shirt, and Cai Xiu's expression calmed down. "Hurry up and practice with the dancer."

Just as Gao Jin was about to go downstairs, Cai Xiu's voice rang out again, "Let's learn here, so we can broaden our horizons too."

"That's right! That's right!" the young masters shouted.

Left with no other choice, Gao Jin returned to the arena, whereupon four or five dancers swarmed around him, offering to teach him how to dance.

There were people teaching him hand gestures. They stood on round stools on the left and right, each holding one of Gao Jin's arms and swinging them, occasionally brushing against certain parts of their bodies.

The person teaching him how to use his waist muscles never left Gao Jin's abdominal muscles, sliding down from the left side and pulling up from the right side.

They corrected his leg movements even more harshly, as if trying to figure out his body structure, pinching and squeezing his leg muscles hard.

"Fuck!" "What a vicious Cai Xiu!"

Gao Jin knew that if he made a fool of himself here today, his life would be ruined.

Gao Jin closed his eyes and silently recited, "If the heart is pure as ice, even if the sky falls, one will not be alarmed."

The young masters laughed loudly at Gao Jin's embarrassed appearance.

Gao Jin ignored them. With Princess Maode present, they dared not speak in any low-level manner, and kept repeating the same old things over and over.

After an unknown amount of time, when the commotion on Gao Jin's body subsided, he dared to open his eyes.

"Brother Tuizhi, you must have mastered your skills. Hurry up and show us your dance."

Without waiting for Gao Jin's reply, the music started, and several dancers began to dance around Gao Jin like flower petals. Gao Jin also spun and danced along with them.

As Gao Jin spun around, he realized something was wrong.

It wasn't that the dance was particularly difficult, but Gao Jin suddenly noticed that the favorability ratings of these young masters were skyrocketing.

Cai Xiu's favorability rating: 30.

Cai Xiu's favorability rating: 31.

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In this hall, even Cai Xiu, who has the lowest favorability rating towards him, has over 30 points, while the highest is almost 50 points. The female ratings haven't changed much.

When Gao Jin arrived today, most of these people were around 10 o'clock.

Recalling the memories of his predecessor, there were occasional gatherings where these young masters were accompanied by young men.

Gao Jin thought about it again and realized that it was no wonder that the Song Dynasty was brutally defeated by Genghis Khan.

Looking up, all the young masters in the entire capital city of Song Dynasty were giving away gifts!

If they were all heroes like Lu Zhishen and Lin Chong, Genghis Khan would have pushed them back to their hometown.