“Royal banquet?” Upon learning a certain piece of news from Arman, He Yishu’s entire being was in a state of confusion. “Uncle, are you sure that I’ve been invited to this year’s Royal Banquet?”
He had been just an ordinary citizen from the very beginning, and although he had done many things that seemed very unbelievable to people in this world, He Yishu himself didn’t really feel too much of it, except for the fact that his money pack was bulging rather noticeably.
Arman smiled and nodded: “Just now, His Majesty the Emperor contacted me, and he personally told me that he hopes you can attend the Royal Banquet to be held at the end of this year.”
“Do I have to attend this royal banquet?” Although the royal banquet sounded very lofty, He Yishu was actually not very interested.
This answer was completely out of Arman’s expectation, and he slightly raised his eyebrows. “Xiao Yishu, do you want to refuse this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Being able to participate in the Royal Banquet is equivalent to being recognised by the royal family, which is something that many people can only dream of.”
Saying this, Arman paused slightly: “Although the Interstellar Empire is not a dictatorship, refusing an invitation from the royal family is indeed not a very common sense choice.”
He Yishu was silent for a moment, but in order not to invite unnecessary trouble for himself, he still agreed: “It would indeed be an honour for me. I just don’t know when this royal banquet will be held. Do I need to make any preparations?”
“The royal banquet is held once a year; the time is usually at the beginning of each year; the royal family will send you an invitation letter about half a month in advance; the time and place will be written clearly in the invitation letter; as for the preparations, you only need to make sure that you can be there on time.” In order to express his love and care for He Yishu, he directly pushed out his own son. “As for the other things, just leave it directly to Adrian; he’s attended royal banquets before.”
“Okay, thank you, uncle.” He Yishu nodded.
After hanging up the communication, He Yishu looked up the news about the Royal Banquet on the virtual network, and then he was instantly shocked by what he found.
Looking at the glittering and glittering scenes that showed off the luxurious layout, looking at the gold-encrusted and silver-embellished jewelled clothes, and looking at the faces of the guests that showed off the elegance of the handsome men and beautiful women, He Yishu suddenly felt that even if his wallet was bulging, he could only be considered a tycoon at best.
In order to make himself look more like a slightly more dignified tycoon in this royal banquet, He Yishu carefully studied the dressing style of the Interstellar Empire and the norms of speech and demeanour in formal banquets in the time that followed.
Then He Yishu realised a very serious problem: he might not be suitable to be a dignified tycoon because those norms were too difficult for him, and even if he could really do it, it was still too tiring.
Hearing He Yishu’s long and short sighs as he watched a bunch of videos, Adrian thoughtfully said, “Don’t worry, I’ll be with you all the way when the time comes; I won’t make any mistakes.”
“So I don’t have to learn?” He Yishu’s eyes lit up.
“Don’t learn; instead of learning this, we should learn something more interesting together.” Adrian’s eyes also lit up slightly, then he hugged He Yishu to learn something more interesting.
Half a month before this royal banquet, He Yishu finally received a gorgeously framed invitation, and Adrian received one as well.
After seeing the invitation letter, He Yishu suddenly gained a subtle sense of nervousness and weirdness: “This is the first time for me to attend a royal banquet, and it feels a bit strange.”
Adding the word “royal,” He Yishu was a bit confused as to whether he was in the future interstellar era of advanced technological development or the feudal court era of the past.
Adrian pacified him: “Don’t be nervous, it’s just a banquet.”
With a serious expression, He Yishu patted Adrian’s shoulder twice: “It’s all up to you at that time; if there’s anything I do wrong, you must remind me in time; at least don’t let me make a fool of myself in public.”
Adrian smiled and assured, “I promise to take good care of you.”
Under such a delicate state of mind, half a month passed quickly, and on the day of the Royal Academy meeting, He Yishu and Adrian left the first academy together, heading to the location where the banquet was held.
Because they were worried that He Yishu would feel uncomfortable when he arrived at the banquet, the two of them didn’t go too early, and by the time they got there, it was only a short ten minutes or so before the banquet officially began.
Due to this, when the two arrived at the banquet venue, most of the invited guests had already arrived, and the moment Adrian and He Yishu appeared, they immediately aroused the collective attention of all the guests.
Adrian looked around, then he directly held He Yishu’s hand and walked towards Arman, who was standing in the centre of the banquet hall, exchanging pleasantries with the others.
Arman naturally also noticed the two figures, and as he watched the two people walk over hand in hand, Arman’s face, which had always been serious, immediately had a kind smile: “Xiao Shu, quickly come to Uncle.”
“Uncle.” He Yishu politely greeted; the feeling of meeting an acquaintance at this kind of banquet was indeed very good.
Arman first cared for He Yishu for a few moments and then brought him to meet a few of his friends who were familiar with him and had quite a high status in the interstellar empire before letting He Yishu and Adrian go about their activities freely.
He thought that he could finally get some peace and quiet, but who knew that just after taking not more than two steps, someone greeted him: “Hello, may I ask if you are Mr. He?”
The visitor looked to be in his thirties or forties, definitely older than He Yishu, but he used honorifics.
“Hello, I’m He Yishu.” He Yishu responded politely, since it was a royal banquet and the ones invited were obviously either rich or noble. It was better for this kind of person not to be easily offended, of course, provided that these people wouldn’t do anything excessive.
The other party took the initiative to shake hands with He Yishu; his attitude seemed particularly enthusiastic—to be exact, it was a bit too enthusiastic: “Hello, I am the Alpha family’s patriarch; I have heard of Mr. He’s great name for a long time, and I finally met Mr. He today! The fact that you developed a healing talisman card and were willing to give it to all the people free of charge has spread all over the great clans.”
“It wasn’t free for all the people to use; this free use was limited to the list I made,” He Yishu corrected with a smile. “And the reason why I allowed these people to use the healing type rune card for free once wasn’t for no reason; they had all made supportive remarks.”
The visitor’s face turned slightly ugly, but he still tried to smile as warmly as possible. “Yes, yes, yes, that’s why there are a lot of people who have said that they are more willing to do good deeds after this incident. A person like Mr. He must be very generous, right?”
In the face of such words, He Yishu just kept a smile; he vaguely felt that this person wasn’t just trying to get close to him.
The other party awkwardly complimented He Yishu for a few sentences, seeing that He Yishu didn’t pay much attention to him. He then clenched his teeth and said his real purpose: “Mr. He, I actually came here to apologise to you; my son is young and doesn’t know any better; he posted some messy things on the virtual network; please forgive me, Mr. He.”
Now He Yishu understood the reason why this person came up to him: “So your son is now on my blacklist?”
The other party nodded awkwardly: “I’ve already taught him a hard lesson; if Mr. He feels the need, I can always let him apologise to you personally.”
He Yishu didn’t make a direct statement but first enquired, “May I ask what your son’s name is? And what is his citizen number?”
The other party thought that the reason why He Yishu asked for his son’s name and number was because he wanted to directly remove his son from the blacklist, so he immediately replied, “Jack Alpha, his citizen number is GM1289310716.”
He Yishu nodded his head and opened his light brain on the spot, checking the other party’s speaking record on the virtual network, and then his expression became less pleasant.
[What’s so great about He Yishu? As for so many people chasing after him? I think you’re all blind!]
[Why don’t you go die, He Yishu? As long as you die, you can help so many people. Do you have any reason to live? People like you are redundant!]
[He Yishu, die, die, die! Those who supported him will die too! How dare you call me names? Go to hell, all of you!]
……
The above statements were all from Jack Alpha.
The man standing in front of He Yishu saw that his expression wasn’t too good and quickly said, “I know that my son said some not-so-good things on the virtual internet, but he’s a little kid after all, and even if he did something wrong, it was unintentional, so I’m here to apologise to you on his behalf, and I hope that you won’t take it personally with him anymore.”
He Yishu looked straight into the man’s eyes and asked in a cold voice, “So you’ve already read those remarks he posted on the virtual internet before, right?”
The man’s face instantly became even more embarrassed, and such an attitude gave He Yishu an affirmative answer.
“I see, apologising isn’t necessary.” He Yishu was silent for a moment, then waved his hand, and seeing the other man’s eyes widen, He Yishu continued, “Because he’s already received the punishment he deserves.”
“Then are you…” The other party was eager to speak but was interrupted by He Yishu.
He Yishu smirked and said, “Of course, more importantly, I don’t intend to forgive him; as for whether other people who were hurt by his remarks will forgive him, I don’t know.”
For someone who could make such remarks, even if he was only in his teens, it was already very scary, and what was even more scary was that instead of his parents seriously teaching their child about this matter and correcting his mistakes, they instead used his young age as an excuse and hoped that the people who had been hurt would forgive him.
The other party’s face immediately changed; he frowned and said with a bit of displeasure and disapproval, “He’s just a teenager; he doesn’t know anything yet, and the mistake he made wasn’t that serious; can’t you, as an adult, just leave him alone?”
Just because a kid was young and didn’t know any better, did that mean he could do whatever he wanted? This kind of argument couldn’t constitute a sound logical relationship, nor could it convince He Yishu.
He Yishu turned his head to give Adrian a look and then said nonchalantly to the man who blocked their way, “With all due respect, someone like you, who doesn’t distinguish between right and wrong and who unconditionally condones your child’s capriciousness and fails to provide him with the right guidance, is really not worthy of being a father. I suggest that it would be better for you to go and seriously learn how to educate your child first and then exercise the responsibilities and duties of a father afterwards; otherwise, you will only continue to harm others and yourself.”
Not expecting He Yishu to suddenly say such words, the other party was directly stunned; he was so angry that he couldn’t speak well: “You, you… how can you talk like this? I was kind enough to apologise to you in place of the child, but you are so unforgiving and even deliberately insulted me; don’t you think you are too much?”
He Yishu snorted coldly, not paying any attention to the other party’s accusations.
The other party was still about to continue his condemnation, but Adrian reached out to grasp He Yishu’s shoulder and at this moment spoke: “This gentleman, looking at your age, you should be forty years old, but Xiao Shu is less than nineteen years old; even if his words were not appropriate, as an elder, you can’t possibly take it personally with him, can you? After all, he doesn’t have the experience and tolerance of someone of your age right now.”
He Yishu leaned his head on Adrian’s shoulder and nodded vigorously as he sniffed, “Yes, I’m still a child!”