Chapter 81: The protagonist's aura
Chen Yin followed Vice President Wilson to the location of tonight's cocktail party, a villa manor on the outskirts of Picheng, on the way Chen Yin thought that the venue of the evening cocktail party would not be a place like an ancient castle, but unexpectedly, he saw a modern scene again, this five-building villa has three floors, covering an extremely wide area. At this time, on the neatly manicured lawn in front of the villa, an old man who looked like a housekeeper was directing a group of people to pull color bars, arrange lamps, set up high tables, chairs, cold dining tables and so on.www.biquge.info
When this person saw Wilson and Chen Yin, he hurriedly walked over a few steps, bowed respectfully and said, "Master, according to your requirements, the venue is still being arranged, you can go to the villa to rest first, and I will inform you after the arrangement is completed." ”
Vice Dean Wilson nodded, looked at the busy workers on the lawn and said, "I won't go in to rest, this is our most important guest of honor tonight - Chen Dashao, I will take Chen Dashao to visit here in a while, you can continue to be busy with yours." ”
After listening to Wilson's introduction, the old housekeeper hurriedly bowed to Chen Yin on the side again, and said, "Chen Dashao, it's an honor to meet you, I was a little slacking just now, please do more Haihan!" ”
Chen Yin was so shocked that he waved his hand again and again and said that he didn't dare, Chen Dashao?? This name is too bluffing, Chen Yin remembers that there were many people who were called a certain big and young in his previous life, but it seems that there are not many good people. So he repeatedly asked the old housekeeper to call his original name, Chen Yin.
Subsequently, Chen Yin was taken by Wilson to visit this villa manor, I have to say, Wilson vice president of this villa is quite magnificent, in addition to the villa in front of the villa covers an area of thousands of square meters of grass, there is a big swimming pool behind the villa, there is also a group of people by the pool are busy placing some chairs and long tables and other items, in the west of the manor about 400 meters away from the villa is a horse shed, which is captive with a few solid color horses, behind the horse shed is a small racecourse, which is convenient for the owner to walk the horse at any time. According to Wilson, the small estate was a legacy left by his grandfather, and it was renovated in his generation to become what it is now.
This also made Chen Yin understand a little that this luxurious villa manor was not the benefit brought to him by Wilson's current position, but with the help of his ancestors.
After walking around, Chen Yin and Wilson returned to the front of the townhouse, at this time, two researchers dressed in the costumes of the Institute of Oceanography were waiting for Wilson, there was a thick stack of official documents that he needed to read and sign, seeing that Wilson had business to be busy, Chen Yin proposed to go to see Wilson's study, and by the way, find out if there was a collection of books he liked to read. Wilson immediately instructed the old housekeeper to bring Chen Yin to his stack, why is it said that the stack is not a study, because the entire second floor of one of Wilson's five townhouses has been converted into a small library, which contains all kinds of books accumulated by Wilson's ancestors and three people, after all, Wilson is engaged in research, and the more books the better.
After Chen Yin came to the library, he let the old housekeeper go busy on his own. Then, Chen Yin began to look for the books he was interested in on the shelves of more than 20 rows. Judging from the color of each row of bookshelves, the outermost 8 rows of bookshelves are obviously new mahogany bookshelves, the middle 6 rows of bookshelves are slightly older Nanmu bookshelves, and the innermost 7 rows of bookshelves are rosewood bookshelves, which looks vicissitudes of life and simplicity. Judging from the order of the bookshelves, Chen Yin felt that the outer one should be Wilson's collection, the middle should be his father's collection, and the innermost bookshelf should be his grandfather's or even more distant ancestors' collection.
After browsing the first and second rows along the shelves, Chen Yin became more and more sure of his judgment, the first few rows of bookshelves are all various books related to marine knowledge, after careful selection, Chen Yin selected a copy of "The Legend of the Conqueror's Sea", and then continued to walk to the middle rows of bookshelves, judging from the types of books on the middle shelves, Wilson's father was a romantic poet or writer, because the books on the middle shelves are all biographies and prose collections of bards on the Valoran continent, After browsing for a while, Chen Yin casually took a copy of "Valoran History and Legendary Heroic Stories" and walked away, continuing to walk towards the innermost rows of bookshelves. On the seven rows of rosewood bookshelves, Chen Yin found that many of the books here had yellowed pages and broken covers, apparently after a long period of baptism, even after human maintenance, the pages had become very fragile. After Chen Yin carefully picked out a copy of "Tales of the Ancient Race", he saw a wooden box on the last row of bookshelves, and the size should be about two books, and Chen Yin, who was a little curious, also took the wooden box casually.
Holding 3 books and this strange sandalwood box, Chen Yin walked to a large desk by the window, and casually turned on the switch of the "Starlight Lamp" on the desk, which is also said to have been invented by Pittwolf's legendary guardian hero Heimerdinger, which can absorb the light energy of the sun, moon, and stars during the day and night respectively, so that the lamp can remain illuminated forever.
After reading "The Legend of the Sea of Conquerors", Chen Yin looked at the second book "Valoran History and Legendary Heroic Stories" with relish, when the sky was getting dark, Chen Yin had finished reading the book, turned his head to look at the sky outside the window, speculated on the time, and then looked at the "Ancient Race Story" and the sandalwood box that had not yet been browsed, and after thinking about it, he put the two books on the desk first, and put the two books back on the bookshelf. Chen Yin is going to go downstairs to see the specific situation of the cocktail party for a while, if it is interesting, stay down for a while, if it is boring, he will come up and continue to read these books.
At this moment, there was a gentle knock on the door of the library, "Please come in," Chen Yin said. The door opened, and it was Vice President Wilson's old butler who came in, he bowed first after seeing Chen Yin, and then asked softly, "Chen Dashao, the banquet is about to start, the master asked if you have finished reading the book, let me invite you downstairs to participate." ”
Seeing that he had corrected the old butler so many times, he still called himself a young man, and Chen Yin didn't bother to say this question anymore, but he still replied, "There are still a few books left to read, but I am also about to go downstairs to take a look at the progress of the reception, by the way, Mrs. Wilson and my girlfriend, are the two of them back?" ”
"Da Shao, Madame has not come back yet. However, the master has already ordered someone to pick them up at the gate of the manor, and we can go down to the venue first and wait for them to come back! The old housekeeper replied respectfully, and Chen Yin nodded when he heard the old housekeeper say this, and followed him downstairs to the open-air venue on the lawn.
After following the old housekeeper out of this townhouse, Chen Yin saw that the lawn in the distance was surrounded by strips of colored lanterns in a large circle of nearly 1,000 square meters, the center of the circle was a square dance floor, the surface of the dance floor was paved with various fluorescent dark floors, and a bottle of high tables and a few high chairs were placed around the dance floor every few steps for guests to chat and rest. Between every three high podiums, there is also a half-human-tall purple spark light stick erected on the lawn, and the hazy purple light envelops the entire dance floor and venue area even more noble and mysterious. On the left side of the meeting hall is a row of white square tables arranged in a semi-arc, which are filled with food utensils, and gold and silver tableware are stacked on the first and last white square tables, which are reflected by the light, illuminating the first and last sections of the area. On the right side of the venue is a medium-sized band of about 20 people, playing a soft and melodious welcome song, which echoes over the lawn.
At this time, many people had gathered in the circular hall, and these men and women were gathered together in groups of three or five, chatting happily. In the venue, the busiest are the waiters who are dragging trays in their hands, and the trays are full of wine glasses and various cocktails, they are busy shuttling through the crowd, and they must always be vigilant to avoid collisions with agility, and the spilling of wine on their bodies is a small matter, if it spills on the guests, their responsibility is great, so everyone is careful to keep running and busy.
At this time, the two emcees at the reception of the venue stood in the entrance passage, and after receiving each guest who had just arrived, they would read aloud in the microphone next to them to inform the host and the guests who had arrived.
"Pitover Federal Guard, Lieutenant General John to ......"
"Pittover Central Bank, Deputy Governor, Mr. Ivansky to ......"
"Metropolitan Police Department, Director Dewell to ......"
"Pittover Southern Chamber of Commerce, President Richard to ......"
Looking at the luxurious scene in front of me, I listened to the unfamiliar names. Chen Yin felt that he was out of place with what was in front of him, he was used to the simple life in the War College, and he had more than three years of experience sleeping in the wilderness, this kind of business and political private drinking party made Chen Yin feel very awkward. Although he was also dressed in a dress and looked dignified, in his heart, he didn't want to step into the venue not far away.
Just as Chen Yin raised his feet and was about to turn around and leave, Vice President Wilson, who was standing at the entrance of the venue and was receiving guests, saw Chen Yin not far away at the prompting of the old housekeeper. So Wilson whispered a few words to the old butler, and the old butler quickly walked to the two emcees standing outside the venue to greet the guests and said a few words, and the emcee nodded again and again.
"Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, as well as all the guests who have arrived at the scene, I am entrusted by the host to introduce to you a super VIP who arrived today............" After the master of ceremonies said this, he probably elongated his voice and sold a pass. When the hundreds of people in the venue were attracted by this sentence and looked at the entrance of the venue, the master of ceremonies said loudly with his voice open:
"Let's, with a round of applause, welcome the elite cadets from, War College!! One of the peerless twins of the War College!! Not long ago, the heroic boy in the defense of the War College, Mr. Chen Yin!! Applause!! As he spoke, the master of ceremonies clapped his hands vigorously in front of Mike. With the applause of the master of ceremonies, there was a roaring applause that resounded throughout the world, as well as the exclamations of men and the screams of women. Of course, there are more bigwigs with ideas, who are not only staring at the entrance of the venue, but also constantly scanning their eyes at the organizer of this reception, Wilson, vice president of the Institute of Oceanography.
Chen Yin secretly screamed when he heard the first sentence of the emcee, and when he heard the second sentence and ushered in earth-shattering applause, he knew that he wanted to hide secretly today, so he had to walk to the entrance area of this circular venue step by step.
Chen Yin, who walked slowly, was accompanied by people's long-lasting applause and welcome music, and at the same time, more discussions also came into Chen Yin's ears.
"Is he Chen Yin?? I'm so young!! ”
"Yes, young and promising!! In the future, he will definitely be a superstar! ”
"Mommy, it turns out that Chen Yin is so handsome!! My sisters and I used to think he was a troll-like man! (The corners of Chen Yin's mouth twitched slightly when he heard this)
"Yes, baby, the main thing is that the War College is too high-end and mysterious for us, and Mom used to think that he would be like those barbarian muscles on the ice field."
"Sister, shall we get to know him later?"
"Okay, sister, but look at that~ in the Neuer family, she is drooling now staring at Chen Yin, we must start as soon as possible." (A black line appeared on Chen Yin's head)
In addition to these undisguised loud discussions, there were also whispering conversations in some corners, which Chen Yin did not hear.
"Father, does he look weak? Someone can't be impersonating, right? "This is a man in the uniform of the Pittover Federal Guard, with the rank of lieutenant colonel, asking his father next to him.
"No, kid. No one dares to swagger in the name of the War College in public, otherwise they don't know how to die!! In addition, you must not underestimate him, and you should not approach him for a while, I am afraid that your character will make you suffer. "This time it was Lieutenant General John, one of the top officers of the Federal Guard in Pittwolf.
On the other side, next to a stilted platform in the far corner of the venue, there were two women, one tall and burly, the other slender and slender, and the two of them were also discussing Chen Yin, who had just entered the venue.
"Caitlin, is this kid the same 0-point waste as your brother??" The burly woman, holding a large glass of vodka on the ice in her huge palm, said after taking a sip of it.
The beautiful woman called Caitlin stared at Chen Yin tightly and said, "Hehe, I don't know if it's a waste, I only know that my brother seems to respect him very much, and one of the conditions put forward in the secret report submitted to the family through special channels last time is that before the war starts, there is another kid named Chen Yin who needs the support of the family." ”
"Didn't your brother also participate in the Battle of the War College? Didn't he run? Finally, I went to fight like a man. I won't call him a sissy anymore when he comes back. The burly woman said after taking another long sip of wine.
After hearing the burly woman say this, Caitlin thought of the grievances between her and her brother, and smiled helplessly and said, "Wei, it's not that he doesn't want to run, but he didn't run away." Later, because of an unexpected incident, the war started early, and the teleportation array of the War College was closed, so he didn't run away. At that time, my father and I died in a hurry, but as a result, his life was quite big, and he survived to the extent that the death rate of teachers and students in the War College reached two-thirds, I think, this may have something to do with the Chen Yin in front of me. ”
There was a crisp sound of glass, and the wine glass in the hand of this burly woman called "Wei" was pinched and exploded by her. "Oh? It's not that I don't want to run, but I didn't run away?? Sure enough, it's still the same soft character as before, and when he comes back, I'll greet him well. ”
Hearing that Wei was about to have the idea of beating her brother again, the corners of Caitlin's eyes jumped slightly, and a smile appeared on her face and said, "I don't know if Colin is a soft-footed shrimp, after all, I haven't seen him for three years, but what kind of people make what kind of friends, I think, through some special methods to ask Chen Yin, you may know the current situation of my lovely brother." ”
It turned out that the woman who spoke turned out to be Chen Yin's good brother, the sister of Colin Biddles. Hearing what she meant by this, it was obvious that she was encouraging the burly woman in front of her to find trouble with Chen Yin. The strength of the protagonist's aura is strong here, and wherever he goes, trouble will definitely follow.