After chatting for a while, Pearson mainly inquired about everyone's family affairs, especially Wang Yao's. Upon learning that Wang Yao was still unmarried, had no parents, and no children, his smiling expression became subtle.
Wang Yao didn't talk to him about his past when he traveled through time. After all, even if his parents from the world before he traveled through time were still alive, he might not be able to go back now, so he could only say that he didn't have parents now.
As for Ao Guang, it was purely Old Dragon's one-sided enthusiasm, while Wang Yao was just playing around with him to avoid triggering his mental illness; there was no way he could announce it to the outside world.
Then the banquet began, and Pearson apologized to Wang Yao and the others again. Because the Chairman had specifically asked for a low-key approach this time, he had not invited many people, big and small, from Erpi Pass, which made the banquet less lively and caused Wang Yao to lose face.
Wang Yao found this strange. Wasn't a banquet just for dinner? Why so many guests? Were they going to compete with him for food? Wouldn't it be better to have fewer guests?
The banquet table was indeed filled with a variety of delicious dishes from the human realm. As for the taste, Wang Yao hadn't eaten many good things before, but he felt that the ingredients in these dishes were extremely fresh and the cooking methods were very sophisticated. Even the cabbage didn't taste like cabbage; it tasted like seafood.
The human realm has always been known for its top-notch cuisine, and this banquet must have been prepared with great care. After the dishes were served, the chef even came out to ask Wang Yao and the others for their opinions. Regardless of whether they could discern the flavors, Wang Yao and the others praised the chef highly.
However, to save face for the Heavenly Court, the guests ate very sparingly that evening, leaving quite a few dishes uneaten, which pained the immortals. But the foreign chef in the castle was delighted to see this, and after the banquet, he served many of the desserts that everyone had eaten the most at noon.
"Your Excellency, is this wine not to your liking?" Pearson asked, noticing that Wang Yao hadn't eaten much or drunk much wine all evening.
"This... indeed, it's neither sour nor sweet, not as good as the dark-colored wine from noon." Wang Yao nodded repeatedly.
"Black? Could it be a 1000-year-old black pearl? Such a precious wine is probably..." Pearson turned to look at Liglong, and Wang Yao was astonished to find that his ever-present smile had miraculously disappeared when facing Liglong, turning into a stern and cold expression.
"This is the ultimate level of shamelessness; there's no need for an extra face," Wang Yao thought to himself.
When Liglong saw Pearson asking, he immediately looked very nervous. It seemed that the so-called 1000-year-old Black Pearl was probably an extremely precious wine. The castle waiter had brought it out early and let Wang Yao and his group drink it without knowing why, which was really a lack of management and quite inappropriate.
He beckoned over a waiter serving at the table, and asked him a couple of questions in English in a low voice. Then his eyes widened and he burst out laughing. He then turned to Pearson and whispered something in his ear.
How could they possibly hide their conversation from Wang Yao and the others? As high-level immortals, language was no longer an obstacle for them. However, Fairy Maiden, Hu Fei, Ma Chaoxing, and Zhang Wuji did not seem to notice anything unusual, but Caixia's pretty face turned bright red.
When Wang Yao heard the waiter tell Liglong that he hadn't drunk alcohol at noon, but a beverage called cola, he saw Liglong laugh out loud. He guessed that the kid probably knew that the 1000-year-old black pearl hadn't been drunk, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
So even the gods of the West are stingy! The Heavenly Court has already spent the money, so what difference does it make if we get to drink the wine? Wang Yao thought disdainfully, and just wanted to ask Pearson for the 1000-year-old black pearl to taste. It's all his money, so why not drink it?
"Oh dear, so the Chairman likes Coca-Cola! You should have said so earlier! I thought it was Black Pearl. That wine has been gone for 100 years. The last bottle was opened at the banquet welcoming Venus, so I was wondering why..."
After hearing Liglong's words, Pearson turned to look at Wang Yao with a smile on his face.
That smile was genuinely sincere, without a trace of the smugness of Liglong. Damn, he's still so stingy, afraid I'd drink it all, he just said it was gone! Wang Yao was greatly dissatisfied.
Fortunately, there was still Coke to drink. Pearson poured Coke for Wang Yao in a wine glass and then put his mouth close to Wang Yao's ear. Why do these foreign gods always like to whisper these kinds of ambiguous words? After all, they were born to scheme and plot, and they no longer know how to say things normally.
"Sir, shall we go outside and talk?" Pearson whispered.
“Okay.” Wang Yao had no idea what Pearson was up to, wanting to have a private chat with him. Could it be that he still had some black pearls left, just not many, and wanted to treat Wang Yao to a drink alone? Wang Yao was also quite curious about the black pearls, so he agreed without much thought.
The two stood up, apologized to everyone at the table, and then went one after the other to the back garden of the Goddess Castle.
The moon was high in the sky, and a sea breeze blew in from afar, filling the garden with the fresh fragrance of plants. Strolling around in such an environment was truly delightful, and Wang Yao almost forgot about the black pearl for a moment.
"Chairman, do you secretly admire Fairy Caixia?" Who knew that Pearson's words would shatter this beautiful moment? Wang Yao felt a jolt of fear. Damn, the foreign gods are doing a good job with their intelligence work. They only know about my thoughts from hundreds of years ago now.
“Mr. Pearson is joking. Fairy Caixia is a descendant of the Heavenly Emperor. How could I possibly be worthy of her?” Wang Yao hurriedly shook his head repeatedly.
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