Volume 1 Chapter 78 (1/2)

Banquet

The autumn wind was a bit dreary and Banta City at night was even colder than it was during the day. There were much less people on the streets compared to a month ago, making the entire city feel a bit lonely.

But in a mansion to the north of Banta City, there were over thirty horse carriages parked outside.

Although these horse carriages were of different shapes and sizes, the common feature was that every single one of them was luxuriously made.

Not only were the decorations of each horse carriage very expensive looking, even the horses pulling the carriage were all fine breeds, they were definitely not ordinary horses.

Just based on these horse carriages, one would know that their owners were very rich. Any one of them could be considered an important person in Banta City.

There were happy chatter and laughter that came from the mansion, as well as the faint sounds of dance music. It seemed like there was a banquet being held inside.

A banquet that could gather this many important people of Banta City, it was quite a rare event.

A black carriage suddenly came out of a corner.

This carriage looked very plain and other than a lantern hung outside it, there were no other decorations. The horse pulling the carriage was of mixed colour, it didn’t seem like it was a special breed.

Based on this carriage, the person sitting inside wasn’t an important person, so before they even reached the doors of the mansion, they were stopped by the guards outside the gate.

When the guard was about to reprimand them and drive away this carriage that didn’t know its place, the curtain suddenly pulled open and a young man jumped out.

Although the young man’s clothes weren’t luxurious and he didn’t wear any expensive accessories, his aura was strong and confidence filled his movements, so it could be seen that he was not a normal person. After the guard was stunned, he swallowed the words he was about to say.

The young man looked at the guard before turning back towards the carriage to stretch out a hand.

A delicate white hand came out of the carriage and being supported by the young man, a round faced cute girl with a lively aura who wasn’t that tall came out of the horse carriage.

Seeing this girl, the guard was stunned for a second before reacting. He said in a shocked voice, “You are miss Akali!”

Akali had just jumped out of the horse carriage when she suddenly heard someone call her name. She looked up in surprise and saw this happy looking guard, giving him a sweet smile.

“You recognize me?”

“Of course, of course!” The guard excitedly nodded, “Miss Akali, you are on the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s billboard outside the city, I have seen it countless times. I never thought that I would really meet you, this is really…...really……”

The young man to the side was naturally Xu Yi. Seeing how the guard looked at Akali like a groupie, he couldn’t help revealing a smile.

“Akali, you’ve become famous. You even have fans.”

“What are fans?” Akali looked at Xu Yi with a confused look.

“Ah…..Fans…..It’s someone who cares about and likes you. This guard brother became excited after seeing you and look how happy he is, that means he is your fan.”

“It sounds quite powerful.” Akali looked over and gave the guard another sweet smile, “Brother guard, we are here for the banquet, can you let us through?”

The guard was stunned before finally reacting. He looked at Xu Yi to the side and suddenly understood.

“This must be the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Xu, right? Please come in, please come in.”

Being led by the guard, as soon as Xu Yi and Akali entered the mansion doors, they felt countless pairs of eyes look over.

Compared to the people inside who were all wearing expensive clothes and magnificent accessories, people who were showing off their wealth, Xu Yi and Akali were dressed rather simple.

Although Xu Yi had tidied up before leaving, he was still wearing a set of normal clothes that didn’t show any signs of being valuable at all.

Compared to Xu Yi, Akali had clearly dressed up a bit, but she was still the daughter of a normal family. She came from a normal household, so naturally it was impossible for her to have many magnificent accessories to put on herself. She was just wearing a normal dress and there was a simple light purple shawl around her.

Of course, there were some small places that Akali had clearly changed.

For example, her hair was a bit loose and pulled into a bun behind her neck, revealing her white nape.

There was also a small accessory added to her hair, matching her round face, making her look lively and playful.

Although in terms of luxury, she couldn’t compare to the wives and the young misses, she injected a different kind of taste into this banquet that attracted everyone’s eyes.

It was quiet for a few seconds before with loud laughter, a thin looking middle aged man came forward.

“This one must be the Frestech Chamber of Commerce’s chairman Xu Yi, right?” The middle aged man moved in front of Xu Yi and grabbed his hand, as he said while laughing, “I’ve long heard of chairman Xu’s name, but this is our first time meeting. Chairman Xu truly is young and promising, it really makes me sigh with emotion at the future.”

Xu Yi slightly knit his brows. Why did this middle aged man keep emphasizing how young he was?

Of course, Xu Yi didn’t reveal anything on the surface and just asked with a bit of curiosity, “May I ask who you are……”