Time slowly entered 1993.

At the closing ceremony of the House of Lords last year, the Queen herself admitted that 1992 was a bad year, so Alan responded to the spirit of the Queen's meeting and did not make a big deal about the Christmas party at home at the end of 1992.

I think back to last year when I was hosting a banquet for all my ministers at home and envisioning the future. Who would have thought that in the past 92 years, things would have been such a mess and ended up in such a mess? Although Wales is far away from London, even if Allen held a banquet at home, it is highly likely that no news would reach the Queen.

But...the old lady is angry, so there is no need for Alan to go and cause trouble, right?

Everything was kept simple, and William and Harry were taken back to London to spend Christmas. Allen did not invite anyone to the year-end party.

I issued bonus (red envelope) distribution orders to employees in various regions, distributed all the year-end rewards, and asked my servants to prepare a table of delicious food. And so the new year passed.

This was the loneliest Christmas Alan had ever spent in all the years since he came into this world. The only thing that kept him company was the newly cut Christmas tree in the manor, which stood tall in the Hill family's manor. Like in previous years, the Christmas tree was hung with small colored lights and socks filled with gifts.

…

In mid-to-late March, with the arrival of the first holiday of the year, George once again came to the Hill family's estate.

In British universities, undergraduate programs are generally three years long.

There is no senior year!

Each year is divided into three semesters. The first semester is from September to before Christmas, which is the fall semester.

The second semester starts in January, usually after New Year's Day, around the 3rd or 4th, and then goes to the end of March, with an Easter holiday.

The third holiday is from mid-to-late April to mid-to-late July, and then it’s summer vacation.

This is the British standard of three terms a year.

The last time George came to see Allen was during the Christmas holiday, with the purpose of inviting Allen to a party before college graduation.

After New Year's Day, the two discussed it and Allen attached great importance to this graduation party and even sponsored it on his own.

Until now, when the first semester of the year was over, George once again came to the Hill estate to report to Alan on the preparations for the party.

…

In the study...

George looked at a few red eggs on Alan's desk. There was a soft cushion next to it, on which lay a big fat bird, Little Yellow, sleeping soundly.

The last time I saw this bird, it was "alone", but this time there was a rabbit in the bird's nest!

These things were originally used for Easter, but now that they appeared here, George felt a little weird.

Originally...Easter is a traditional Western festival and a very important one.

If compared with the same items, its importance is comparable to that of China's Lantern Festival.

During festivals, it is popular to boil eggs at home, then dye them red and use them for playing games. Of course... you don't have to use cooked eggs, raw eggs will do too!

Another thing that can be used during the festival is probably various rabbit ornaments or bunnies.

Rabbits have a special meaning in Great Britain.

Because this thing is very fertile and has a strong reproductive ability, it was once carried all over the world by British sailors. This is how the rabbit plague in Australia was caused.

During the Easter period, you can get a few rabbits at home, which symbolize fertility, etc. Anyway, the general meaning is to seek good luck.

But now...

Alan was peeling red eggs and eating them alone in the study. There was a live rabbit in the nest of his pet snowy owl. It was obvious that the little rabbit was scared and lay in Xiao Huang's nest, not daring to move. But Xiao Huang, the silly bird, was obviously not used to eating live things, so he fell asleep while hugging the little rabbit.

What appeared before George's eyes now was a scene in which neither the owner nor the pet seemed to be in good shape.

…

"Boss... the party is almost ready. I'm here to give you the health form."

George handed the stack of documents in his hand to Alan's desk, bending over with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Hmm...eat eggs. Here, I just peeled them."

"Ah? Thank you...thank you, boss."

George took the egg blankly.

Handing the egg to George, Alan picked up the information.

The cover reads "1993 Graduation Party Salon, Physical Examination Report and Health Certificate of All Participants".

If you weigh it carefully, it is quite heavy.

"How many people are there in total?"

Alan didn't rush to watch. He looked at George who was eating eggs with a sad face and asked a question.

When George heard Alan's question, he quickly stuffed the remaining half of the egg into his mouth, choking him and rolling his eyes.

"Boss, there are 33 people including you, 11 boys and 22 girls."

"Oh? Are the female students so enthusiastic about this kind of activity?"

Alan was a little surprised to hear that the number of girls participating in the party was almost twice that of boys.

He thought there would be more men than women at such activities.

"hey-hey……"

George looked at Alan's surprised expression, chuckled twice, bent over and was about to lie on the desk, and leaned close to Alan and whispered, "Boss, you don't know, in fact, the study pressure in college is still very high. Many people study very hard during school and are under a lot of pressure. Now that graduation is approaching, they all want to relax. That's it... I raised the threshold and increased the upper limit to select 22 people. If the participation standards are relaxed, the number of female participants can at least double."

“Wow…”

During the past few years of schooling, Alan seldom communicated with his classmates. The only male classmates he remembered were George, who was his deskmate, and the international student from the island country.

As for the girls in the class, due to his deep obsession, Alan has never liked female classmates.

When I was young, I often received love letters from female classmates. At that time, the old earl was still alive and the family rules were strict. Alan had no chance to do anything wrong. He could only feel itchy when looking at the love letters, and then... if he received too many, it would be time to transfer to another school.

But after going to college, he has seen the "wonderful world" outside over the years. For Alan now, as long as he wants, he can get 99% of all the opposite sex he sees.

As a result, the appeal of these female classmates and junior students in the school to Allen was greatly reduced.

but!

Ever since that day when Hut advised him to experience more of the life of a young person and not to miss the best years of his life, Alan completely understood.

How many times can you go to college in your lifetime?

Graduation is almost here. If you don’t have fun now, you will never have the chance again!

Just then, George invited him to a party, so Alan accepted the invitation.

In Allen's mind, a graduation party...

If we follow the custom in China, everyone will put on a cultural show, and then get together for a meal or sing some songs, and that's it.

It’s amazing…After all the shows are over, the men and women who used to love each other will confess their love to each other, and that’s it.

Even if it's a little more extreme, like the party in "American Pie", where everyone has a little more fun, it's not impossible to get started right away and go deeper later.

However, because of religious beliefs in the UK, many students in normal universities are still very conservative in their thinking, of course, with the exception of international students.

But what was unexpected was that after George introduced the nature of the party, Alan instantly became interested.

This kind of party was far beyond his expectations. Even though it sounded a little shy at first, Alan still decided to attend!

Even if there is insufficient funding, he can still sponsor it!

For a party like this, you should go if you have the conditions, but if you don’t... you should create the conditions and go!

…

"Okay... leave the information here with me. We'll meet at Cardiff Port at 7pm the day after tomorrow, right?"

"Haha, then...Okay, then Boss, you go ahead and do your work. I'll leave first."

Seeing that Allen was doing what he had planned, George felt relieved instantly. He rubbed his hands slightly and said goodbye to Allen with a smile.

…

The Port of Cardiff is a larger port than the Port of Llanelli.

This area used to handle nearly 40% of the transportation volume for the coal and steel industries in south Wales.

However, with the development of the times, the coal industry in southern Wales has long been a sunset industry. Except for a few small companies in Swansea, other large companies have either relocated or closed down.

Now that we pay attention to environmental protection, the coal industry is no longer profitable.

As the cargo volume of coal transportation decreased, the Port of Cardiff lost its former bustle and returned to its duties as a fishing port and passenger port. In addition, the population of Wales was not large to begin with, and now there are only a few ships calling at the port every day, making it seem a bit desolate.

…

At seven o'clock in the evening, a giant ship hundreds of meters long was docked at the largest berth in Cardiff Port. Its entire appearance could not be seen clearly in the night, and it only gave people a feeling of being large and majestic. Looking at the outline alone, it looked a bit like a warship.

This is Alan's private superyacht, the Earl of Carmarthen.

As the sponsor and host of the graduation party, Allen did not reveal his identity. More than half of the students who attended the party were like Allen and did not reveal their identities.

Whether you are a boy or a girl, if you don’t want to be exposed, you can choose to wear a masquerade eye mask or a mask to cover your face. Although it may be exposed if you have fun, but... these are not the point.

…

Alan was wearing a black, extremely exaggerated eye mask, a black cloak, and a ranger suit like Zorro. The black silk shirt was a little thin, and the muscle outline of his chest was revealed. Although he was wearing a eye mask, it did not affect his original aura.

One by one, the female guests, some wearing evening dresses, some wearing casual clothes, all kinds of fancy clothes. Most of the girls didn't wear any camouflage, showing their true faces, and boarded Alan's yacht one by one.

"Boss, everyone is here."

George is a little shy. He wears a semi-enclosed mask, a bit like Batman's hood, but his hood is gray with two long rabbit ears on it, which looks very funny.

"Hahaha... I can't wait any longer. Come on! Start the boat! Let's go!"

Alan rubbed his hands excitedly and was looking forward to the seven-day and seven-night graduation party on a super yacht at sea.

…

As far as he could remember, Allen felt that the most chaotic time was when he took Spencer to France to play with French girls.

But even though we went there alone, we had agreed before we went that if the conditions were right, the four of us would share a room and play together.

Later... Alan was still a little shy, so he didn't get to play, and he disliked the French actress named Sophie Marceau.

But this graduation party was different.

This time, the preparation for the party alone took as long as three months, and George organized the entire process personally. He met everyone who was going to the party in person and asked them to get a physical examination for safety reasons.

In addition, among the more than 30 people who came this time, 90% were local people from the UK. Although the party they came to attend was not very serious, according to George, these people were very conservative before, and this time they were just indulging themselves before graduation.

…

Although this party was named a graduation party, the content of the party actually had nothing to do with graduation.

Everyone can give themselves a nickname to replace their real name and use it to address each other.

Allen nicknamed himself Zorro.

There are eleven boys in total, and each of them needs to prepare a few gifts in advance and hand them over to the organizer, Allen.

Then……

After the party starts, the girls who come to the party can choose gifts first, pick some gifts that they like. They are not allowed to pick only one, but can pick any one they like. If they are greedy, they can take all the gifts, that's not impossible.

But once you have chosen the gift, you have to interact with the boy who prepared the gift. You can chat, talk, or do something else. Anyway, the main purpose of this part is, first: everyone eliminates the embarrassment with each other.

Although all the people who came here were students, not all of them were from the Department of Logistics Management. There were so many people and so many departments in the entire Cardiff University. Among the more than 30 people, there were perhaps only one or two from the same department, and everyone was not familiar with each other.

Second, once the sense of unfamiliarity has been eliminated, you can move on to the next topic.

Anyway, these gifts are just a stepping stone, and also a kind of alternative benefit. The British are all gentlemen...

Although there is no charge to attend this kind of party, girls still need to be taken care of!

Alan was very generous. He specially prepared more than 40 gifts, which were filled with jewelry that he did not think were expensive.

At this time, dozens of gifts were piled up on the long table in the middle of the banquet hall, waiting for more than 20 girls to choose. They could open them on the spot and take whatever they liked!

…

"Boss, you prepared so many gifts. If they all take your gift, will you be able to handle it?"

George was holding a glass of champagne, hiding in the distance, whispering to Alan next to him.

"What are you afraid of? If you're out to play, you should have fun. If you're not brave enough wearing a mask, then why are you out to play?"

Alan clinked glasses with George and just after taking a sip of the wine, he suddenly seemed to remember something and took out a pack of pills from his pocket and handed it to George.

"If you can't do it, take a piece of this."

"What?"

George looked at the plate of pills handed to him by Alan. There were four blue pills on the aluminum foil. The color looked strange, giving him an inexplicable urge to eat it.