Chapter 536

This discomfort was even starting to affect Alice physically.

She raised her hand, hovering it near her ear, and frowned slightly.

Dana immediately noticed her movement and looked over right away. "Not feeling well?"

Alice pressed her hand against her chest and slowly shook her head.

At that moment, music had started playing in the venue, probably to pump up the atmosphere. The music had an extremely strong beat that made people's hearts race.

"Just not used to it!" she said loudly near Dana's ear.

Hearing this, Dana nodded, her eyes fixed tightly on Alice's face. Seeing that she indeed showed no obvious discomfort, she said nothing more.

However, Dana soon stood up and walked to the row in front, whispering something in Liam's ear.

Soon Liam nodded and stood up, moving against the crowd downward, quickly disappearing from everyone's view.

Alice watched, somewhat curious, and leaned in to ask when Dana returned, "Is something wrong?"

Dana smiled at her. "The music is too loud. I asked Mr. Reyes to go negotiate with the organizers."

Alice found this behavior somewhat unbelievable.

She looked at where Liam had disappeared. "Are we really doing this?"

Arabella, who was sitting nearby and had overheard their conversation, immediately looked over with a smile.

"You're pregnant now, so everything should prioritize you."

Her voice was kind and steady, her tone matter-of-fact.

Hearing this, Alice blinked, once again clearly sensing the relaxed confidence of wealthy people. But she also wondered in her heart whether the organizers would really lower the music volume because of Liam's intervention.

After all, this was a legal and legitimate business operation. If they encountered someone difficult, the goal might not be achieved and could even trigger a conflict.

Just as she was thinking about this, the music in the venue gradually weakened.

Then Dana's phone rang.

"How's this volume?" Liam's voice came through the receiver.

Now that the music was getting lower and lower, Alice could clearly hear the sound from Dana's phone on speaker.

Dana didn't answer immediately but first looked at Alice. "Mrs. Russell, what do you think of the volume now?"

Alice hadn't expected to have to speak up herself. She blinked, then realized that the organizers' staff were probably on the other end too, and suddenly felt a bit awkward.

But even so, she remained composed. "It can be a bit louder."

After she finished speaking, Liam immediately began negotiating with the people on the other end in Eldorian.

Just a second or two later, the music in the venue indeed got a bit louder.

The sound now wasn't noisy, but it wasn't too quiet either.

Alice nodded, satisfied with the current volume.

Seeing this, Dana said "okay" to the person on the phone and hung up.

Liam didn't return until after the circus performance host came on stage.

He was wearing a proper suit, and when he entered, he attracted quite a few gazes, as his attire was rare in the entire venue.

But when people's eyes followed his path, they suddenly discovered that there was already a group of men in suits sitting neatly in the venue.

Based on their seating arrangement, it wasn't hard to see that the six people surrounded in the middle were their key protection targets.

The venue instantly became like a stone thrown into a pond, creating ripple after ripple.

The rustling sounds of discussion spread slowly and gently like water ripples into the ears of Alice and the others.

Arabella straightened up. The crowd's attention made her subconsciously pay attention to her own state, though her tone carried a hint of disapproval. "Liam acts too ostentatiously."

Hearing this, Alice couldn't help but feel indignant for Liam in her heart.

The Liam who used to follow James wasn't high-profile at all.

Alice strongly suspected that Liam's current ostentation had something to do with Dana.

In the front row, Liam sat down with a straight face, but inside he couldn't help wanting to cover his face because of everyone's stares and comments.

Since following James, Liam had often faced being watched and discussed by people, but never once had it been as embarrassing as now.

Liam suddenly regretted following Dana's rhythm in arranging this outing.

However, even though Alice's group was so ostentatious, people's attention on them was only temporary. After all, the circus members soon came on stage.

The first to appear were acrobatic performers.

Foreign acrobatic shows were somewhat simpler than domestic ones.

This simplicity was superficial—they looked simple, but once you tried it yourself, it was a completely different experience.

Domestic acrobatic shows were more elaborate, especially the one Alice had seen at the orphanage.

The acrobatic performer invited by the director was a family of three.

Their props and costumes were shabby, looking quite old, with only the child's clothes being the newest.

This was probably because children grow fast, so their clothes were newer.

The couple was the main act, and the child's performances were simpler, but they still looked thrilling.

Alice still remembered that she hadn't dared to look directly at the time and could only watch the whole show while clutching Justin's clothes.

Suddenly thinking of Justin, Alice froze for a moment.

Since that time she heard about him half a year ago, she hadn't heard any news about Justin.

He seemed to still be in Harbor City, but there was very little news about him.

Alice couldn't tell if there really was no news or if the news just hadn't reached her. In any case, she felt a bit dazed suddenly thinking of Justin.

She glanced at the performance on the central stage.

Probably because it was just the beginning, the current acrobatic performance was still juggling things similar to bowling pins.

To make it easier for the audience to see, those bowling pin-like objects were painted in bright colors, gradually forming a complete circle as the performer tossed them.

At first there were three pins, then gradually four, five... until they couldn't be seen or counted clearly.

Finally, the performer stopped and stepped back, and the wooden pins with no one to catch them fell down.

Alice's group was at the best viewing angle, so they immediately counted how many pins there were.

"Fourteen, that's amazing." Bob was the first to speak and applaud.

Although Felix didn't speak and his applause was quiet, his face still showed admiration.

Actually, these young people had also played around tossing things like this, but even Oliver, who was the most talented among them, could only juggle five at once.

Scattered applause also rang out in the venue.