Did the male lead change his ways today?

Dio has been thinking about this for two nights in a row.

He found himself unable to sleep at all, anxiety overwhelmed him, and his mind wandered while reading during the day.Jojo's growing influence on him made him very angry that Jojo didn't deserve his attention!But he had to take care of her for his own benefit.

On the third night of insomnia, Dio, who was extremely troubled, finally couldn't help it, and decided to talk to Joannes.

In the afternoon of the second day, Dio covered his dark circles and avoided the maids at home who would run to him from time to time. In the study, he found Giovanni who was reviewing archaeological materials and observing the weird mask with a magnifying glass. Silk.

Jojo's eyes looked extremely focused, and she didn't notice that Dio came behind her at all.

Dio has to admit that Jojo is indeed attractive when she is quiet, but why is she still studying that disgusting mask?Isn't it just a torture device that will pop out when it touches blood?

Dio has seen JoJo experiment with this thing a few times, cutting her own fingers, or smearing them with the blood of animals in the house, but the thing seems to be able to pierce the brain of the person wearing it without any damage. Useless.He started to imagine that when Jojo tried to put on the mask, he took the opportunity to splatter blood on it, and then Jojo would be impaled in the brain, and her death would be an accident...

Dio forced himself to get this tempting thought out of his mind, Jojo had been getting along well with him lately, and he didn't have to let her disappear.

So Dio cleared his throat, prepared the lines that he had rehearsed countless times in his mind, and then said it pretending to be calm.

"Jojo, would you like to go to Sir William's ball?"

"Huh? Dior?"

Joannes finally noticed that Dio was coming, she put down her work, and nodded to him politely.

"Although I'm a little nervous, it's not a question of whether I want to go or not. Why do you ask this all of a sudden?"

Well, that's the answer he was hoping for.JoJo didn't want to go to that blind date dance, but she still needed some resistance.

"Actually, so do I. I'm not ready to meet those girls. My main concern now is studying, and I don't plan to get married so early."

He sighed lightly in pretense of embarrassment, and then he was not surprised to see Qiao Qiao's eyes slowly widen.

"Wait, you mean a blind date?"

She finally came to her senses, her face turned a little red, "Is this a blind date dance?"

...Nonsense, wouldn't she think that those nobles were keen to hold a ball and invite so many people to it just for fun?

It's social in name, but it's all for the purpose of finding a lover.Old George obviously didn't tell her this, and after her tutor was annoyed and ran away because of her different educational philosophy from George, her dance and piano stopped along with her etiquette.

Because the old witch wanted Jojo to learn some women's crafts, French embroidery and other things that sound useless, but Jojo insisted on studying archaeology, and old George also supported her choice, so after they argued about it, The old witch said that she quit, she could not bring such a student to affect her reputation, and asked George to hire someone else.

But George finally didn't continue to hire a tutor for Joannes, because since Dio realized that he no longer needed to fight against Jojo, or continue to suppress her, he also stopped those boring competitive behaviors.

He knew that the family bond between George and Joannes could not be severed by making her bad, not to mention that Jojo was also smarter than he imagined.

Her etiquette issues finally became less outrageous as she got older, though Dio still hated her disorganization.

"Of course, JoJo, you're going to be of age to enter the world, you're going to be very much in demand, I bet you're going to be the most popular girl at the ball, every gentleman will ask to dance with you .”

"My God? No, it's not..."

Dio's statement startled Joannes, who stuttered a little.

"Should I dance with everyone? But I'm a terrible dancer...and I don't want to get married so early..."

Not only is it bad, it's downright bad!Dio scolded her in his heart, when he used to practice with Jojo, she would step on his feet almost every time!

"My God, what if I stepped on those gentlemen's feet... I can't imagine, I think I will die of shame."

"Then you get blacklisted by all the guys and taunted by the girls."

Dio continued to threaten her, of course there were elements of exaggeration, but Jojo seemed to believe it, and she seemed very anxious.Good, just like he was two days ago.

"No, I don't want that. Can I not go to the ball until I have mastered ballroom dancing?"

Joannes was immediately ashamed. She had been concentrating on her studies and her own research. After Miss Jin quit, she completely ignored social etiquette. Her dancing level was still at the stage where she would have stepped on Dior's feet two years ago.It is also impossible for Dio to practice dancing with her, but now she is about to be arranged to go to the dance party for the purpose of blind date. She is even more nervous than taking an exam for a subject she is not good at.

"I'm afraid it won't work, Jojo. It would be very impolite to refuse Sir William's ball."

Dio was secretly proud, but on the surface he still had to behave like a well-behaved person, and preached to her righteously.

"What should I do……"

Jojo wrinkled her face with a headache, but she didn't ask Dio for help.She would rather make a fool of herself than ask Dio to dance with her, but Dio was kind enough to give her an idea.

"But you can pretend that you are sick, have a cold, fever, or dysentery, for any reason. As long as you lie down and claim that you are not feeling well, father will definitely not force you to go to the ball. Don't worry, I will keep it secret for you."

"You're right! It's okay!"

Joannes eyes lit up, but she soon became a little uneasy again, "But will this embarrass my father? I have never lied like this before..."

"Oh, you don't have to worry about that, Jojo."

Dio pressed his hand on her shoulder, his Adam's apple rolled, and the lie flowed out of his mouth smoothly, "I will go for you, as long as one of the Joestar children is present, no one will feel rude .You know me, I would never disgrace our father."

He stared at Qiao Qiao, with sweet and sinful persuasion in his words, "As long as the lie is well-intentioned, there is no problem. You decided to temporarily escape this very sudden dance just to protect your father's reputation. God will forgive. "

"Oh yes. I swear I'm going to take ballroom dancing seriously from now on."

Joannes nodded, she accepted Dior's statement, and decided to stay away from this ball.But her next sentence froze Dio's smile.

"I need a dance partner, do you think Johnny or Diego will agree to practice with me?"

"...No, you don't need to look for them."

Dio blurted out almost subconsciously, and quickly stopped her from thinking.

No, why did Qiao Qiao think of looking for those two bitches? !He bet those two people would definitely agree without hesitation, and then take this opportunity to develop a relationship with Qiao Qiao that didn't need his attention!

Thinking about how dangerous it is for Jojo to practice dancing with any boy, Dio is sure that if Jojo had asked him if he could practice with her, he would have humiliated her unceremoniously and told her it was impossible.Qiao Qiao knew about this matter very well, so she never came to him for help.

But... now he had to.If he rejects Jojo, she'll go to someone else.Those were the results he didn't want to see.

So Dio struggled for a while, then looked at Jojo with difficulty, and offered to propose, "...I can teach you, yes, when I am free."

"Really? Great, thank you, Dio."

Jojo looked at him in surprise, his eyes sparkled, and then he smiled and said to him, "You have really changed a lot, I always thought you were a bad boy, you always hated me, but now you are like a reliable brother."

Joannis was quite emotional, the changes in Dior were different from what was originally expected.Since rescuing her from the barrel, and trying to find her in the mountains at night, Joannes had changed her opinion of him a lot.Even though she still feels like she shouldn't let her guard down with him, it's a nice development that Dio is finally starting to show her some kindness.

"...I know, I'm sorry for the conflicts we had when we were young, but that's all in the past, right?" Dio finally straightened his shoulders, pretending to be generous and said.

"Well, yes, I think we can get to know each other again, Dio."

Joannes smiled happily at him, and after Dio hypocritically echoed her a few words, he fled with a guilty conscience.

For some reason, everything started to get so difficult when JoJo started making lies.His confident eloquence was not easy to use, but he finally achieved his goal.

Jojo decides not to go to the dance, he can finally sleep soundly.

Maybe not so safe, because then he will have to face those who may give him a headache by himself.

Socializing with a bunch of brainless young nobles was probably more torturous than being with JoJo, whom he hated.Although the men in the upper class were very polite to him, they still looked at him with unconcealed contempt, reminding him that he was just an adopted son.

Families with status would not want to marry their daughters to him. Those aristocrats were different from old George, and what they needed was a well-matched marriage contract.In this narrow 19th-century British society, parentage matters a lot.So he does not really gain anything by going to such a ball.This slight would not end until he had climbed to a high enough position.But Dio just wants those who once looked down on him to kneel at his feet.

And without JoJo around, he might need to find something else to keep him focused.

He remembered that there was a witch who wanted to tell everyone's fortune, right?