CH 84

The Garden Hotel used to be an old-fashioned hotel in City A, but it was refurbished and changed to a new name. The refurbished hotel follows the latest Internet celebrity route with the various halls inside being very different in style. This time, Zhangjiaxuan’s Rainforest Hall was an outdoor platform. The entire platform was surrounded by beautiful European-style white railings. Various lush tall plants were planted around the platform. The dining table was not the regular round table for ten people, but a long table covered with a white tablecloth. The table was decorated with beautiful flower garlands. The whole platform was like a scene from a fairy tale, very fantasy feel.

Because it was an engagement banquet, there were not many people invited. Apart from some relatives, the rest were all very close old friends and Liang Jili was naturally among them. Pang Deyou has no relatives and friends here, so Guo Ming and Wu Yuanyuan attended together as the man’s relatives and friends.

When everyone arrived, it was only half-past four and the buffet reception in the Rainforest Hall had already been set up. The long buffet table next to the waiter was full of various drinks and snacks. The old friends invited by the Zhang family were mostly Zhang Renyi’s comrades-in-arms and colleagues, and they are all about the same age. When they arrived, they all laughed exaggeratedly and commented that the old man was able to choose such a fashionable place to hold the banquet.

Zhang Qiang also invited a few close colleagues and friends, plus Zhang’s mother’s friends, there are more than 30 people here. Everyone gathered together to eat fruit snacks and chat, it was very lively. Of course, the main content of the chat was the praises for Pang Deyou.

Pang Deyou, who had been receiving compliments throughout the night, took a rare chance and escaped from Zhang’s family and friends. He poured a glass of wine and stood beside Guo Ming, rubbing his stiff cheeks, and did not forget to praise Guo Ming’s new clothing.

“Doctor, you look much better in this outfit than the one full of pockets!”

“Needless to say, I look good in anything I wear.” Guo Ming gave him a proud look.

“Hey, this important life event has already proceeded towards success, what do you think of it? Bridegroom-to-be?” Guo Ming picked up a piece of fruit and asked while chewing.

“It’s like a dream, it feels unreal. I’ve already settled on my marriage? If, if my parents were still there and see this scene… Hey, let’s not talk about this.” Pang Deyou drank the wine in one gulp, turned his head and poured another glass, and then looked at Guo Ming: “It’s you, I have concerns here, how about you? Are you planning to be alone for the rest of your life?”

“Me? I have long been in love with Miss Wu.” Guo Ming smiled, turned her head, and picked a piece of fruit with a fruit fork.

“Oh, that’s really a good thing! Why didn’t you say it earlier! I used to see that you and Miss Wu were very close, but I thought you were just close friends. But it turned out that you were already in love! Congratulations! I didn’t know. When are you planning to get married?”

“Get married? Don’t you think I want to be like you and tell the world that this woman is my lover? It’s a pity… hey! The customs here are different from those of Tianrong, and they can’t tolerate our same-gender love! Guo Ming stared at a banana tree not far away, her expression gloomy.

“This is not like you.” Pang Deyou stared at Guo Ming and said. “When did Tianrong’s number one killer, become a person who worries about the other’s comments?”

“Let me ask you, if your love troubles Miss Zhang, will you still treat her as warmly as ever? If you knew that the Zhang family will definitely oppose your marriage, and even cause Miss Zhang to lose her family, will you stick to your feelings?”

“But…but…”

“We are still persisting, I was thinking, if there is a way to make her stop worrying about our relationship, and let her family face it calmly, even if they don’t agree, they can acquiesce in the relationship. That’s good enough.”

“This… it seems that this is the only way…”

Everyone chatted for a long time, and it was almost time for dinner. The sky was still bright, but all kinds of lanterns were already lit up on the rooftop, and the light here was like daytime. The waiter took down the fruit plate, and several dining carts came over one after another, pushing new hot and cold dishes, which were stacked neatly on the long table.

There was a small stage surrounded by a few dwarf trees, with star-like lights behind it, cascading down from the top of the trees like a curtain. Seeing that it was almost time, Zhang Renyi took his wife’s hand and walked up together.

“Thank you for taking your busy schedule to attend the engagement banquet of Pang Deyou and my daughter Zhang Qiang…”

After a polite greeting, the engagement banquet officially began.

Because it was a buffet, everyone was much freer, and the Zhang family did not deliberately arrange seats, so the guests all gathered to eat and greet each other according to their own preferences. It could be said that the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

Although the engagement banquet was Western-style, the toasting event was still Chinese-style. After all, most of the people here are elders. If you just stand there, say a few words and then propose a toast, it will inevitably make people feel that there is not enough etiquette. In addition, Zhang Qiang and Pang Deyou are also someone who loves fun and is not afraid of drinking, so they simply raised their glasses and started toasting table by table.

During the toasting process, the captain came over, saw that the two were busy, so he walked up to Zhang Renyi and said in a low voice, “Mr. Zhang, in order to congratulate the two newlyweds of your family on a happy engagement, our hotel specially arranged an iron plate wagyu beef disk. It will be cooked by a professional Japanese chef on the spot for you, I wish you a happy and beautiful life!”

When Zhang Renyi heard it, he was very happy and he nodded immediately: “Okay, Thank you!” By the way, he told the people around him the news, which was regarded as an advertisement for the hotel.

After a while, two waiters came over with a large cooking table. There was a huge iron plate on the cooking table, and there are beautifully textured beef cubes and other sauces on the white counter next to it.

The one who followed the cooking table was a chef with a headscarf, wearing a navy blue cardigan and an apron. He was tall and carried a cloth bag with him.

After standing in front of the cooking table, he put the cloth bag on the table, slowly opened it, and rays of cold lights immediately appeared!

It turned out that there were several chef’s knives ranging from large to small, each of which was polished to a bright, cold shine.

The surrounding guests exclaimed, what a beautiful knife set! To tell the truth, even for those veterans who were used to fighting on the battlefield and retired, when they see such beautiful swords, guns, they will still be full of love for it. Among these people here, there were a few such people.

For some reason, Guo Ming felt a little uncomfortable when she saw the knife in the man’s hand. Those knives he used to cut the beef gave Guo Ming a murderous feeling.

Thinking of this, Guo Ming glanced at the man vigilantly and found that he was just looking at the squeaky beef that was being burned on the iron plate. Guo Ming was still worried, so he looked at Pang Deyou again.

Pang Deyou was watching the chef’s performance with everyone, and he felt a look and raised his eyes to meet it. Although he had been drinking, he was still sober. Instantly he understood the message from Guo Ming, and his face became solemn.

“Wow~~~~~~” With a loud shout, a flame rose from the iron plate on the cooking table! The aroma of the wine wrapped in beef rushes towards everyone!