Chapter 87 The King's Castle
The banquet was held at the Ye family's main residence, which was far away from the city center and close to the southern edge of Dongyang Island.
It is said that it is a gathering place for old nobles, including the Ye family, the Luo family, and the Craigavin family.
Although Su Ming had already imagined the luxurious life of the old nobles, he was still deeply shocked by the spectacular sight when he saw the huge villa complex with his own eyes after an hour and a half's drive.
The southern edge of Dongyang Island rises upward, like a sloping cliff magnified hundreds of times.
Driving close to the edge of the island, you can see the houses in that area from a distance. At the bottom of the huge sloping cliff are ordinary villas. The higher you go, the more gorgeous and bold the architectural style becomes.
When your eyes fall to the top of the cliff, you can see the huge castle standing at the top, like the residence of a medieval king, standing majestically at the highest point.
In contrast, the originally luxurious villas below became unattractive and even ugly. They were crawling on the ground like humble subjects.
Through the car window, Su Ming discovered that there were three castles at the highest point, and the boundaries between them were very clear. If he guessed correctly, they should be three famous old nobles.
“How impressive!”
Su Ming let out a long breath, as if he had exhaled half of the foul air in his chest.
Xia Xiaoyu beside him asked with a smile: "Are you envious?"
Su Ming sneered and shook his head: "I'm not envious. People who live in this kind of house would be hanged on street lamps in my country!"
"Why?"
"Capitalists are blood-sucking bugs." Su Ming said as a matter of course.
Xia Xiaoyu repeated it several times thoughtfully, nodding in admiration, and admired Su Ming's exquisite metaphor.
The car stopped in front of the castle gate in the middle. Su Ming got out of the car and happened to meet Flora who had just got out of the car.
She was wearing a pure white silk dress. Her golden hair was tied into a bun and lay softly on the back of her neck. A semi-circular ring dotted with blue crystals was inserted in her hair as an ornament, making her golden hair sparkle.
Flora saw Su Ming and took the initiative to step forward and invite him to go in with her.
Xia Xiaoyu followed them into the mansion, and Su Ming walked among the guests and went towards the castle with them.
The corridor leading into the castle is several dozen meters long and is paved with gray bricks and stones in an orderly manner. On both sides are a row of neatly arranged landscape trees. Through the gaps between the trees, Su Ming can see many flowers and plants.
He knew nothing about flowers and plants and couldn't even name a single one, but Xia Xiaoyu next to him followed his gaze and rattled off a string of flower names, as if she had studied these things often.
All the guests walking around Su Ming were dressed luxuriously. Su Ming thought that these people should be like the old nobles. Even if they had not done anything harmful to the world, at least they had supported the supremacy of the superpowers and jointly implemented a dictatorship on this island.
Su Ming walked through the corridor of dozens of meters in the crowd, and the entrance of the castle was right in front of him.
Su Ming had to try his best to raise his head to see the pointed top of the building. He truly felt the grandeur and majesty of the building.
He couldn't help but marvel at the ingenuity of the person who designed this building. Walking into the entrance was like going through some kind of solemn ceremony, as if he was completely separated from ordinary people.
"I finally understand why humans pursue power. Wealth can really make people feel a new feeling." Su Ming said this to Xia Xiaoyu, so Flora didn't hear it.
But Xia Xiaoyu didn't reply. Perhaps she thought Su Ming was not talking to her, so she didn't react at all.
Su Ming looked back at her and found that she was observing the waiters walking through the floor-to-ceiling window. Her expression was strange, a little serious, and vaguely lost.
"Xiaoyu, what's wrong?"
"Huh? Nothing, just taking a look." Xia Xiaoyu shrugged and her expression immediately returned to normal.
Flora and Su Ming entered the castle together, passed through the extremely high hall, and came to a huge hall.
Various women in fancy clothes and men in suits gathered in this hall and talked eagerly, but Su Ming felt alienated.
Su Ming didn't know what to call this place. He felt that it was no different from the square where the aunties downstairs in his hometown danced. The only difference was that the aunties' square was filled with ordinary people, while here were filled with those who claimed to be the elites of the upper class.
In comparison, Su Ming prefers the square in his hometown. Even the noisy sound of square dancing makes him feel natural.
"I'll go first. Lance should be here too. If he sees us together, we might get into trouble. Wait for me after the banquet, and then we'll go to my house together." Flora whispered in Su Ming's ear, then smiled at him and walked into the crowd.
Flora's words made Su Ming feel very uncomfortable. Although he understood what she meant, it sounded as if he was having an affair with her without Lance ... and he hadn't finished yet, he would continue after the party.
Su Ming took a breath, cheered himself up, and began to observe his surroundings.
He looked around, trying to find an inconspicuous place to wait, but his eyes accidentally fell on two people on the second floor.
Su Ming looked in the direction one of them was looking and saw Flora there chatting and laughing with other nobles. His intuition told him that the other person was looking at Flora.
…
On the other side, Flora, who had just separated from Su Ming, was found by Lance.
When Flora saw Lance, she was stunned for a moment, but the other party had a smile on his face and seemed to have no hatred towards her at all, which surprised Flora.
"Flora! I knew you would come too!"
Lance came up with a bright smile, like a golden retriever running towards his owner.
"Lance, what a coincidence."
"Yeah!" Lance nodded slightly. He licked his lips and mustered up the courage to say, "I'm sorry. I was rash last time. I shouldn't have done that, and I shouldn't have doubted you."
"It's okay, it doesn't matter at all." Flora said with a smile.
Flora felt relieved. She had thought that Lance would hold a grudge, but now it seemed that such worry was unnecessary.
“Flora, I heard from my family that Mitchell and Osborne plan to cooperate with these nobles on Dongyang Island to establish a stable spiritual salt trade channel.
The two of us will serve as representatives of the two families and be responsible for the handover of the spiritual salt. This is the first time I have received such an important task... I am really a little uncomfortable... Hahaha!"
Flora's smile froze on her face like a dried oil painting , her expression stiff.
Lance's words just now contained so much information that Flora couldn't process it for a while.
Establishing a spiritual salt trade channel with Lance? Could it be...
