Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 112 Celebration Banquet

Three days later, in Tianfu City, in the top floor banquet hall of Jinxiu Hotel.

A celebration banquet not open to the public is taking place.

In Yang Qi's words, the emotions of the people who suffered in the Longyanlei incident needed to be appeased, and logically, a celebration banquet could not be held now; but at the same time, in order to maintain morale, those who participated in the combat operations must also be rewarded, so this celebration banquet had to be held... The combination of the two turned it into a banquet that was like a secret operation.

Even the hotel chef in charge of the banquet had to sign a confidentiality agreement in advance, and all the hotel security personnel were replaced by elite troops of the federal regular army - this made Sun Hang wonder, is it really meaningful to hold such a banquet that costs so much money and time?

"Of course it makes sense." Yang Qi said, "Don't forget, you are one of the protagonists of this banquet."

To be honest, Yang Qi herself doesn't actually like this kind of banquet, but given her identity and position, she absolutely cannot show her dislike on her face.

She glanced at Sun Hang who was sitting next to her. The latter completely ignored the speeches of the leaders on the stage and busy himself with eating the delicacies on the table. According to the rules, it was time to enjoy the dinner only after the leaders' speeches and the reward process were over.

Except for their table, the food on other tables remained the same. No one would be so ignorant as to pick up their chopsticks at this time...except Sun Hang.

The only thing that made Yang Qi feel fortunate was that everyone's attention was focused on the stage, and Sun Hang's movements were quick and quiet, so no one noticed his behavior except the people at the same table.

As for the people sitting at the same table, the three siblings of the Ye family didn’t care about Sun Hang’s behavior at all. Ye Jiu even wanted to pick up the chopsticks in front of him, but was stopped by his brother with a stern look.

"Sun Hang, are you really...hungry?" Yang Qi asked in a very low voice.

She was very puzzled... Could it be that the Taotie meme also affects the appetite of the infected? If this is true, should this discovery be recorded in her research paper...

"Get ready." Yang Qi pulled Sun Hang's sleeves, "It will be your turn to go on stage soon."

"Me?" Sun Hang pointed at himself with his sauce-stained finger, speaking incoherently while holding a piece of pork ribs in his mouth.

"As the number one hero in repelling Longyan Fort, there will be a brief awarding ceremony later. You only need to say a few polite words. Uh..." Yang Qi suddenly paused. She looked at Sun Hang with some concern. "You... should be able to say it, right? Do you need me to help you draft it?"

"Pop!" Sun Hang spat the bone in his mouth into the plate and said, "Okay, I'm done. I'm leaving now."

"Eh? Wait—"

Yang Qi grabbed Sun Hang, but was shocked to find that the person sitting at the table was actually just a dummy made of mycelium. As for Sun Hang's real body, it had long disappeared.

"Damn, this bastard." Even though Yang Qi had a good temper, he couldn't help but curse at this moment.

"Good scolding." Ye Jiu, who was sitting at the table, snickered and gave a thumbs up, "He is just a bastard."

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Temporary restricted area outside the banquet hall.

Except for a few soldiers standing guard, this brightly lit and luxuriously decorated corridor was empty. Sun Hang looked around, walked up to a soldier and asked, "Where is the toilet?"

The soldier was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Sir, I don't know either!" Sun Hang suddenly realized a problem. These soldiers had just been transferred here. They were as unfamiliar with the environment inside the hotel as he was... As for the original hotel staff who were familiar with the environment, they were probably still staying at home waiting for the notice to resume work.

"Forget it, I'll find it myself." Sun Hang waved his hand.

"Um..." The soldier immediately stopped Sun Hang, "According to the regulations, you cannot leave this floor before the banquet is over! Please understand!"

"I'm just looking for a toilet." Sun Hang was a little helpless, "There can't be no toilet on this entire floor, right?"

To be honest, the decoration of this hotel is very luxurious, but the guidance and signage are really terrible - the various halls and private rooms have stylish names, and even the name of the side dish room is "Sutakeken", and who knows what kind of poetic pavilion the bathroom is.

Poetic? Full of moisture is more like it... Sun Hang complained in his heart and walked to one side along the corridor.

In the eyes of Sun Hang, who believes in pragmatism, the words romance and waste are synonymous - high-end marble floors costing tens of thousands of yuan per square meter, exquisite 18K gold lamps, hand-woven thick velvet carpets...all of these will inevitably turn into a messy ruin in the end.

Under the cover of eternal night, this building is not even as useful as those emergency shelters built purely with reinforced concrete.

The only thing that satisfied Sun Hang about this hotel, which was known as the No. 1 hotel in Tianfu City, was probably the food.

"The fried shrimp is pretty good, but the sweet and sour pork with pineapple is a bit too sweet. They should use less sugar and more vinegar... Hey, why are you here?"

Sun Hang looked at Yang Lian standing by the window and asked in confusion.

No wonder I didn’t see this girl at the party. I didn’t expect her to run out before me.

But Sun Hang still felt that she was at a disadvantage and should have tasted all the dishes first before leaving.

"Thanks to you, I got a promotion." Yang Lian said, "I am now responsible for the security management of this floor."

"Ah? Weren't you transferred to the research institute?"

"I found that I was not suited to research work... I am different from my sister. I have been chasing her for more than 20 years. Now I think that maybe I should have gone my own way from the beginning."

"How did you suddenly figure it out?" Sun Hang looked her up and down with a surprised look, "Did you hit your head against the door and suddenly got it?"

"..." Yang Lian stared at Sun Hang for a few seconds, but finally did not speak, and continued to look down at the phone in his hand.

"What are you looking at? Let me see it too." Sun Hang moved closer and saw on the screen a podium similar in shape to the one in the banquet hall. A middle-aged woman with a stern face was standing behind the podium, saying something righteously.

Yang Lian was wearing a Bluetooth headset, the video had no subtitles, and Sun Hang had never learned lip reading, so he had no idea what the woman was saying.

"The public lecture held every quarter in Tianshu Tower." Yang Lian replied, "The woman on the stage is Professor Deng Yi, one of the most famous 'reformists' in the academic world."

"Reformists?" Sun Hang was slightly startled. "What is that?"

(End of this chapter)