Chapter 440 Before the Celebration Banquet
Chapter 440 Before the Celebration Banquet
In the VIP lounge on the second floor of Daydream Hotel, Xing touched her belly and took the elevator to the first floor contentedly. She was accompanied by March 7 and Black Swan.
She quickly glanced at the current state of the VIP room and concluded that the people gathered here were all "elites".
Compared to the bustling lobby on the first floor of the hotel, the VIP lounge on the second floor was obviously sparsely populated. All the people who could find their way here were her old acquaintances, and they were all high-ranking executives and representatives of various factions who could rank high.
Although the hotel's original VIP lounge was temporarily opened by the family as a resting place for guests at the celebration banquet, few people could find it.
First, the family did not publicize the opening of the VIP room, and second, most of the guests at the celebration banquet were from the Xianzhou Alliance.
Compared to the gentle and elegant social dinner, the group of Cloud Riders were leaning on each other's shoulders, chanting loudly for immortality and pouring wine into their mouths as if it were water.
As for Ao Shuang, who volunteered to manage the order in the venue, he had already been caught up in a evenly matched contest and had no time to care whether you made any noise or not.
Xing took San Yue Qi all the way to the bar. Everyone who passed by greeted her with a smile, showing goodwill to the two unknown girl duo.
The atmosphere of the celebration party in the hotel lobby was naturally lively, but Pinocchio had just gone through a lot of hardships.
Whether it was the remnants of Order or the Xianzhou Alliance forcibly meddling in the family's internal affairs, there were countless things to keep them busy.
So as early as half a system, almost all the "seniors" in the lobby who she was familiar with had rushed into the VIP lounge on the second floor of the hotel, leaving only Ao Shuang and a few others still staying in the lobby.
Xing took a quick look and found that there were not many familiar people in the VIP room, and almost half of them were strangers to her.
For example, the dragon-born hero next to the sofa who can stand a horse on his arms, and the blond muscular man with great pectoral muscles next to him.
For example, the little girl holding a string of candied haws standing next to Jiang Fan with her eyes sparkling, is it really not cold standing on the floor barefoot? Clark has learned to wear shoes now, okay?
And you are very brave, girl. The real boss of Mirror Stream is sitting right next to you, and you dare to mock him with a look of admiration on your face. You really don’t know anything about the “mafia”.
Xing was thinking about all sorts of things in her mind. She sat down on a chair in front of the bar and snapped her fingers: "A 50-year-old Sulada whiskey cocktail. No whiskey, no cocktail."
"Okay, a glass of Suleda soda." The bartender at the bar wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, wondering where this weird thing came from.
But Xing ignored the bartender's strange look and leaned to the side, nudging Jiang Fan with his elbow: "What are you talking about? Take me with you?"
Jiang Fan glanced at her and said calmly, "Let's talk about the martial arts ceremony of the Immortal Boat next month. Are you interested?"
"I'm not interested, but maybe San Yue Qi is." Xing pointed at San Yue Qi beside him, "Didn't she say that she once practiced hard on a special skill called Star Slashing and Universe Breaking? Large Glazed Sword? The martial arts ceremony is a great time for her to shine."
"Xing! We agreed not to tell anyone!" Sanyueqi thought that his face must be red, not because of warmth, but because of embarrassment.
"Um... I have something I don't know whether I should say or not." Xing suddenly frowned and lowered his voice, "I always feel like I forgot something, but I just can't remember it. Am I suffering from premature Alzheimer's disease?"
"Oh?" Jiang Fan glanced at her and said, "Go on."
"I don't know how to put it... I just always feel like I've forgotten something... It seems very important... But I just can't remember it. When I asked San Yueqi and the others, they also said they didn't feel anything." Xing thought desperately.
She felt something vaguely, but it was very fuzzy. The lost memories seemed to be hidden in a tangled ball of fluff. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't make sense of it and ended up getting herself confused.
"I'm not surprised that you feel this way." Jiang Fan said slowly, "You are the only one who participated in the entire Pinocchio Music Festival, including all the activities before the festival. Why do you think you forgot?"
"I don't know. If I knew, I wouldn't come to ask you." Xing shook his head.
"Because seeing is believing is a mistake in dreams. What you see and touch may be an illusion." Jiang Fan looked straight ahead, his pupils deep. "Your memory, or everyone's memory, may be the thing that deceives your eyes."
"So stay awake, Galaxy Bat Man." He turned around, patted Xing on the shoulder, and strode away. Jingliu, who was sitting next to him, also stood up and left silently.
"Damn it, Riddler..." Xing drank Suleda in small sips, his mind was completely confused, and he had the illusion that he was in a cloud.
"Xing, Sister Ji Zi asked us to go to the hotel lobby. It seems that General Jingyuan and others are also here. Do you want to come with us now?" March 7 looked at his cell phone and stood up from his chair.
Xing originally wanted to come to the VIP room to have a good rest, and he had just arrived and really didn't want to run around like a mule.
As a result, after Jiang Fan and Jing Liu left, there were only a few of his acquaintances left in the VIP room. Although he knew their names, they had little interaction, so he inevitably felt a little lonely when left alone.
Xing raised her head and drank the whole glass of Suleda, then nodded: "Okay, let's go together, otherwise I'm afraid you'll be lonely."
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"Haha, that's fine. This is a time when the enemies are competing with each other. For the sake of safety, our alliance should mediate on behalf of the Starry Sky Train. We must not let you take risks."
"Besides, the company is eager to achieve success, but after all, it has the reputation of peace first. Although the family has no reputation for advancement or retreat, it also claims to be committed to harmony."
"Although the alliance has temporarily taken over Pinoconi, it has always convinced people with reason. I believe that both parties will be able to put aside their past grudges and shake hands in peace." Jing Yuan said with a smile.
"The general is a man of great righteousness, and several generals from the Xianzhou Alliance are also present. I believe that with the help of the alliance, peace in Pinocchio will be just around the corner." Ji Zi said.
"I don't deserve it! Without the unity of the entire army and a thorough plan, and without the members of the train crew, what use would it be?" Jing Yuan said.
"Otherwise, before this dream paradise can be at peace, the remnants of the anti-Church Order will get there first..."
Xinghe Sanyueqi had just taken the elevator downstairs. Before they had taken a few steps, they saw Jingyuan and Uncle Yang talking in the aisle at the corner of the hall. When they got closer to listen, they immediately made eye contact.
"Do you understand?" Xing asked in a low voice.
"No, did you understand?" March 7 asked back.
"You didn't understand?" Xing's eyes lit up and he said in a low voice, "Then I understand a little bit..."
After Xing and Sanyueqi whispered to each other for a while and looked up, they found Jingyuan and Uncle Yang were looking at them quietly.
This made Screw Gumuxing and Black Tower March 7, who had just mustered up the courage to compete with each other in intelligence, very embarrassed.
"Our great hero is finally here." Jing Yuan smiled.
"I don't deserve it, I just contributed a little bit, it's not worth mentioning." Xing coughed lightly, "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility."
"Hahaha, you are worthy of being the Galaxy Bat Man. A great hero is one who can see everything clearly!" Jing Yuan smiled.
"But Uncle Yang, are you okay? I heard that guy didn't even let Miss Robin go and locked you all up..." San Yueqi looked Uncle Yang up and down, and was relieved when he found that he was not missing any limbs.
"You guys..." Xing was stunned for a moment, and vaguely felt that he had grasped something.
"Well, it's a long story... But Mr. Sunday was a decent man and didn't do anything cruel to us." Walter shook his head, "He just used an ability called tuning to connect our consciousness with his own. In other words, he imprisoned us in his consciousness."
"Thanks to Miss Ao Shuang who defeated the Qi Xiang Choir, we were able to escape." As he spoke, Walter cast his gaze towards a corner of the hall.
There, Ao Shuang was standing with his hands on his hips, showing a smile of victory. Alan was squatting on the ground, beating his chest and stamping his feet, as if a genius who walked out of the town had met the son of a super sect, his eyes full of unwillingness.
"Ah, he also used that...that tuning on us. Doesn't this mean that we almost got imprisoned..." March Seven subconsciously covered his mouth and looked at Xing beside him, meaning that we almost got into danger.
But Xing just stood there in a daze without responding, because she felt more and more that she must have missed something, and it must be very important.
"Now we can be sure that he really wants to fight us fairly..." said Himeko.
"Then where is he now? Has he been captured by the alliance's cloud riders?" asked March Seven.
"It's complicated, but in a nutshell, he is now the former head of the Oak family." Jing Yuan said slowly, "The company identified him as the main person in charge of the family's branch in Pinoconi, and asked him to be responsible for the unrest on behalf of the family on the grounds of threatening the peace of the galaxy, and handed the case over to Pierpoint for trial."
"But the family immediately labeled him and other members of the Order as enemies, insisting that the riot was an internal rebellion. In this way, the company could not intervene in the family's internal affairs.
"But how can the Xianzhou Alliance temporarily take over Pinoconi? Didn't the family insist that this was an internal rebellion..." asked March 7.
"Because the Alliance has always convinced people with reason, and now the situation in Pinocchio has not been completely resolved, the Alliance has the obligation to coordinate all matters major and minor of Pinocchio before the family sends a new leader of the branch family." Jing Yuan's face was full of justice.
Xing looked at Jing Yuan's "Jiang Fan-style justice" expression, and was full of complaints.
But now she really didn't have the mood to complain, she just nodded lazily, meaning that we believe you.
"Then what will happen to Miss Mockingbird? She and Sunday are both involved in this harmonious festival, and they are siblings... The book says that the whole clan will be punished, right?" March Seven scratched his head.
"The girl is fine now. The alliance will persuade the family to make a careful decision on this matter during the mediation process." Jing Yuan estimated the time and glanced at the train team. "It's time, everyone. I have agreed with the important personnel of the company to discuss the next negotiations first. I wonder if you are interested in coming to listen."
"Since the general has invited us and this is related to cosmic affairs, the train team will naturally not refuse. But if the company is not very welcome to this..." Ji Zi hesitated for a while.
"Of course you are welcome. They said that you are the company's reliable allies in Pinoconi, especially since Xing is working for the company. There is no reason not to welcome you." Jing Yuan smiled.
"Besides, if a reliable observer like the Star Train were present, the discussion would surely go more smoothly." Jing Yuan said softly, "Well, what do you think?"
"Then I'd better obey your command." Ji Zi said.
"Well...I, I'm a little allergic to this kind of occasion. I also have an appointment with Yanqing, so I'll go back to the train first." San Yueqi scratched his head.
"It doesn't matter. Ji Zi, Uncle Yang and I can help." Xing suddenly said.
She felt that she needed to go, whether it was Jiang Fan's reminder or the vague illusion in her heart.
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