Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
In a corner of the banquet hall, there was a row of dining tables with countless cheeses, biscuits, fruits, and delicate desserts on top. Two chefs stood by the tables with the two huge cake towers that had five levels, and they were prepared to slice up the cakes as per request. There were cheesecakes with golden patterns on top, there were tons of other desserts that Mu Fan had never seen before nor did he know the names of, such as honeycomb cakes, pineapple puddings, custard bread with fruit filling, and many others…
From time to time, the guests would pay a visit to the tables and take a small plate of dessert elegantly. This corner was to provide the guests with desserts before the banquet started, and they were free to take as many as they wished.
Mu Fan’s eyes widened as he had never seen this much delicious-looking food in his life. They sat there like mountains, waiting to be eaten by the guests. However, not many of the guests went and took desserts from the giant piles.
Mu Fan could barely withhold himself from drooling! Mu Fan’s eyes sharpened as he stared at the butter bread that no one touched and walked towards it a step at a time.
At this moment, Black’s faint voice came through his earphone once again. “Mu Fan, you truly surprise me…”
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“Dear guests, thank you for attending this banquet hosted by me, with the intention to promote the commercial prosperity on Planet Loga. At the same time, I hope that we can make a toast to cheer for my son and his upcoming UGF enrolment exam. Please have fun tonight, and there are already guest rooms set up in the villa for those who want to stay overnight. I’ll quit talking, so let the banquet begin!” The magnetic voice came from a middle-aged man on the second floor near the handrail, and the hall was filled with the sound of applause once he finished his speech.
Wayne was Harry’s biological father. His height was average, and he was dressed in a fitting elegant black tuxedo. His gaze was sharp, and he had an extraordinary presence. However, it was quite unfortunate that Chubby Harry did not inherit the firm body from his old man.
The bell rang six times as the music flowed through the room, indicating that it was six o’clock.
“Let the banquet begin!” This perfect sentence made a good start for the night.
Wayne walked down the stairs after taking a glass of red wine from a waiter’s tray, and he began to greet the guests in the hall while colliding wine glasses with them.
The atmosphere in the hall was quite cheerful, and the young men and women were more easily influenced as they had smiles on their faces. Yet, most of the representatives sent by the big families were smiling out of etiquette, and the older ones were even more cautious. First of all, they couldn’t let Wayne’s family down. Second of all, the banquet was suddenly hosted with a far-fetched reason, so there must be other intentions behind this banquet that were unspoken. They were all merchants who could easily see through the human minds, and they were all opportunistic. Therefore, the families that were invited all sent their representatives to seek out the true reasons behind this banquet!
About tens of meters away, there were about 20 people gathered together at a relatively quiet place in the corner of the hall.
Chubby Harry, dressed in a small tuxedo, was part of the group, and he had a coping smile on his face as he greeted others. Although they were all dressed in suits and gowns, it wasn’t hard to tell that they were all around the same age with their young faces.
Chubby Harry wiped off the sweat on his face. Even though his father was hosting the banquet, these people didn’t show him respect and continued to mock him.
For example, Connor, who was the son of Planet Loga’s finance minister, was making a comment about tonight’s banquet as he saw on a leather sofa with one of his feet swinging.
“Hey fatty, this banquet hosted by your family is still quite low in class. There are too many irrelevant people here. When I was in a banquet for senators, we probably had the lowest status among all of the attendees. Oh right, Fredmen, you were there too, right? Your father took you there, and you were at the side venue. Tell them about what you saw; wasn’t that atmosphere low-key but luxurious. Shouldn’t we learn from that as well?” A teenager with a pale complexion who seemed to lack blood spoke up. His eye sockets were quite deep, and he spoke slowly with a high tone. This teenager was Chubby Harry’s classmate, Connor.
He didn’t look at Chubby Harry nor that young man named Fredmen as he spoke. Instead, he glanced to his right with the corner of his eyes. There were a few girls in twos and threes chit-chatting in that direction, and his gaze moved back and forth, always inadvertently focusing on one girl.
A teenager with small squinted eyes next to Connor heard his name being mentioned, and he immediately raised his chest as he commented. “Yes, Mr. Connor, you have a wide range of knowledge, and we were fortunate enough to participate in that even because of your father. The venue was set on the Deadman Interstellar Cruiser, and the atmosphere was indescribable!”
Among these people, some tried this as a joke since it didn’t concern them, and some wanted to suck up to someone specific. However, the one thing in common was that Chubby Harry didn’t have a high status in this group.
Ay, I wonder where Mu Fan went; why didn’t he give me a notice when he arrived? Chubby Harry had a timid temper and had always been bullied by others. Connor’s status in the group was higher than that of Harry, so he could only remain quiet and wouldn’t even dare to talk back to Connor.
Connor didn’t care about Harry’s father nor Harry’s family. Although he said he came because they were classmates, the fact of the matter was he had heard the news that Harry’s distant cousin had come as well. As for how distantly blood-related she was from Harry, Harry’s father had said that when his cousin’s mom was only a child, Harry’s father had left Planet Blue. They had come tonight because they were considering on reintegrating the Fuwen Corporation on Planet Loga into the family.
Harry’s cousin was said to be a rare beauty in the family, but Chubby Harry had never seen her before. This time, she and her father, who was a manager in the family, had come together to communicate the details.
She is quite beautiful, Harry thought after seeing her in real life. She was so beautiful that she didn’t seem to belong on Planet Loga, but neither Harry nor his father liked her. Now, the family wanted to integrate the Fuwen Corporation back into the family after it became prosperous; why weren’t they communicating with the Fuwen Corporation before?
Harry didn’t know where Connor heard this news about a great beauty from Planet Blue attending this banquet, and Connor acted like a cat who caught the scent of a mouse, forcing Harry to give him an invitation.
Connor had been gazing at his cousin’s direction nonstop.
Chubby Harry was insulting Connor on the inside, but he continued to wipe off his sweat and smile on the outside.
I wonder where Mu Fan is, and why isn’t he giving me a notice when he got here. There’s no one who I can call a friend here.
“Hey, Fatty. Stop laughing and say something. Young Master Connor is asking you a question.” A teenager who came from a medium-sized business family spoke up; he had always been trying to suck up to Connor.
“Ah? It was too noisy, and I didn’t hear it. What happened?” Chubby Harry really missed what Connor said.
“Is it because you’re too fat that it’s blocking your ears?!” The teenager’s mockery made many people laugh out loud.
“Harry, it seems that you are having a very happy conversation with your classmates.” Harry’s father suddenly came up to them with a glass of wine, and the teenagers here stopped laughing; even Connor acted with constraint.
“Greetings, everyone. Young Master Connor, please say hello to your father for me.” Wayne smiled as he toasted with his glass.
Connor didn’t act arrogant this time; he said with manners, “Of course, thank you, Uncle Wayne.”
“Alright, enjoy your time, everyone. I have some businesses to discuss. Goodbye to you all.” Wayne showed a standard smile and left with a few others as they headed towards the VIP room.
“Goodbye,” all the young man said.
As soon as Wayne left the hall, the laughter sounded again.
“Hahahaha! Fatty, we were having a very happy conversation indeed,” someone imitated what Wayne had said.
“Fatty, if only you are half as good as your old man,” even Connor tried to teach something to Chubby Harry, acting all mature.
“Hehe, I do double him in appetite.” Chubby Harry scratched his head, trying to making the atmosphere better.
With no surprise, the atmosphere became more cheerful as Harry used self-deprecating humor. Even the girls some distance away talking had turned their gazes towards this direction upon hearing the laughter.
Connor noticed the gaze from the girl on that side, and he stood up, fixing his necktie to appear more gentlemanly and looking back.
His henchmen wanted to follow Connor’s gaze and looked toward the girls, but some noises came from the other side of the hall, and a few turned towards the other direction.
Connor noticed that his henchmen weren’t paying attention, so he thought, these henchmen don’t know how to act.
Then, he cleared his throat and asked out of politeness, “What’s happening over there?”