The Wealthy Tycoon's Game of Life

Chapter 1262: Chapter 483: Space-Time Eggs (2)

After subtle influence, everyone naturally felt grateful towards Zhou Wang. It had already evolved into a complex emotion transcending ordinary friendship. The most evident one was Young Master Zhang, who used to feel frustrated when his Uncle Zhang treated Zhou Wang as an equal during their meals together.

But now, unconsciously, Young Master Zhang no longer resisted the fact that in front of his parents and Uncle, he naturally ranked a generation lower.

Once, when Young Master Zhang and Shao Xiaoqi were drinking together, he got so drunk that he even called Zhou Wang ”Uncle,” though Zhou Wang was not present at the time. The wily Shao Xiaoqi recorded a video, and ultimately, Young Master Zhang had to spend a considerable amount of money to prevent that short video from reaching Zhou Wang.

Otherwise, Young Master Zhang couldn’t imagine how Zhou Wang, who already had a mischievous nature, would tease him.

”Brother Dog, my parents and Uncle have already reached the parking lot...”

”My dad is a bit stuck in traffic, but he’s almost here too.”

”My mom is already inside. Hey, Brother Dog, no need to rush, my mom said you should go about your business, and she’ll be fine on her own.”

Everyone began to report on the whereabouts of their elders.

On an occasion like today, naturally, it wasn’t just the younger generation present. Whether it was Young Master Zhang’s parents, his uncle, or the parents of others, after receiving the invitation, they all basically came to Magic City to support Zhou Wang.

When Zhou Wang heard that Shao Xiaoqi’s mother, Luo Meiling, was already inside, he intended to go over and exchange greetings immediately, but Shao Xiaoqi stopped him.

Considering it was almost seven o’clock, when there would be a dense arrival of guests, Zhou Wang decided not to insist. As the host, he needed to stay here to receive guests.

”I’m counting on you all to help me a bit at the entrance.”

Zhou Wang smiled at everyone.

Actually, tasks like receiving and guiding guests could be handled by the professional hostesses present today, but in terms of etiquette, having the help of Qiu Zeyu and others was evidently more considerate. After all, people like Young Master Qiu and Young Master Zhang were famous among aristocratic families, and many knew them.

”Hey, Brother Dog, saying that makes you a stranger. Why do you think we came early?”

”Yeah, leave it all to us!”

Everyone spoke out and began dividing tasks and cooperating as discussed earlier. Young Master Qiu, Young Master Zhang, and Zhou Wang received guests at the entrance, while others lined up inside to guide them.

”Qingkui, I’ll handle elevators one and two, and you and Sister Ran take care of three, four, and five. Call me if there are any issues.”

Zhou Wang called out to Jiang Qingkui.

For today’s banquet, besides the dedicated elevator belonging to The Penthouse, four additional high-rise elevators were temporarily designated for the event. That’s why Zhou Wang made such arrangements.

Just as he looked over, Zhou Wang suddenly noticed that not far behind Jiang Qingkui, a few people with awkward smiles were watching him. They were dressed fashionably and didn’t seem to be part of the staff, which puzzled Zhou Wang:

”Qingkui, who are these people?”

Hearing Zhou Wang’s question, Jiang Qingkui, who had been caught up in some emotions earlier, remembered something. She awkwardly pointed at Du Mengqi and the others who hadn’t left yet, saying:

”I forgot to tell you, Mr. Zhou... these are my former university classmates and some of their friends. I ran into them by coincidence when I arrived, and they followed me for a tour. Now, they want to stay...”

”Oh, your classmates? They’re guests then, of course, there’s no problem. I’ll get someone to arrange a few seats for them...”

”No, Mr. Zhou, you misunderstood.”

Jiang Qingkui took a deep breath, her eyes filled with more embarrassment, ”What they mean is... they want to stay and help out.”

”Help out?”

Zhou Wang was momentarily confused.

”Yes, as volunteers or something like that...”

Not knowing how to explain further, Jiang Qingkui could only bite the bullet and say so.

... She actually didn’t quite understand what Du Mengqi, Qian Zihao, and the others were thinking. Initially, Jiang Qingkui didn’t want to agree, but Du Mengqi and the others were a bit persistent, and Jiang Qingkui really didn’t know how to refuse.

Unaware of the reasons behind it, Zhou Wang was still puzzled. He glanced at Du Mengqi and the others, whose smiles were full of flattery, but before he could say anything, the elevator’s ”ding” sound indicated that guests had started arriving at The Penthouse. Zhou Wang, not wanting to bother with such trivial matters, just waved his hand.

”Take care of it yourself. Just don’t mess things up.”

Finishing his words, Zhou Wang proceeded towards the elevator direction.

At this moment, the first batch of guests to arrive were the celebrities Zhou Wang had already met. Since there was a ”signing” and ”media photo” session during entry, it wasn’t suitable for a large group of people to rush in together, so they waited downstairs for a while and now arrived in groups using the elevator.

The first to enter were Miss Yang and Miss Gu. The two generations of leading actresses standing together created a rather pleasing scene, but when Zhou Wang saw them, he discreetly distanced himself, letting Lin Ran step forward to greet them.

After the earlier situation caused by Xia Xiwei downstairs, the two women probably had a lot of questions in their hearts. Especially Miss Yang, who had become quite close during their trip to Europe and now looked at Zhou Wang with a gaze so complicated it made him sweat.

Dare he give them the chance to speak to him?

Actually, Miss Yang was manageable. What he feared was the ”romantic” Miss Gu doing something inappropriate, which would be awkward for Zhou Wang.

As celebrities entered one by one, Zhou Wang found it strange that he hadn’t seen Xia Xiwei, who was supposed to appear before. He went to ask Shen Teng, who was the last to emerge from the elevator.

”Oh, Miss Xia said she has elders coming, so she went to the parking lot to meet them and will come up with her elders later...”

Hearing Shen Teng’s explanation, Zhou Wang was momentarily confused.

Was Xia Xiwei’s family coming?

First, he ruled out Wang Shang, who was in Magic City, because if it were Wang Shang, Xia Xiwei wouldn’t need to go to the parking lot to wait. Then who could it be — her aunt, her uncle; it couldn’t be Minister Xia himself, could it?

Unable to figure it out at the moment, Zhou Wang pondered whether to call and ask. Just then, with a ”ding,” the guests arrived at the first elevator.

Zhou Wang had to put that matter aside temporarily and walked toward the elevator door... The parking lot was handled by Xu Wenqian; anyone who reached via elevator one must be someone of significant status, so Zhou Wang naturally couldn’t neglect them.

Qiu Zeyu and Young Master Zhang also came over, standing behind Zhou Wang. As the elevator door slowly opened, the first thing that caught their eyes was a pair of serene, water-like light blue eyes.

As the gap of the elevator door widened, the face of a beautiful woman with exotic eyes became fully visible.

With deep, defined facial features, skin so fair it seemed to glow, and that mature charm unique to a young woman, a spark of amazement flickered in the eyes of both Young Master Qiu and Young Master Zhang.

While they were puzzled about the identity of this beautiful woman, they didn’t notice that Zhou Wang standing in front had fallen into a daze.

Flames, high-rises, ruins...

Scenes from the ”selection round” surfaced in Zhou Wang’s mind once again.

While Zhou Wang was in a daze, Ding Yi, standing behind the elegant woman, pulling Nie Xiaoyun, playfully waved her hand in front of the three, saying:

”Hey, you three, wake up. Staring at my mom like this is very rude...”

Young Master Qiu and Young Master Zhang snapped back to reality and, upon seeing Ding Yi, realized the identity of the gentle-looking woman. They quickly averted their eyes, formally bowed, and greeted:

”President Nie, hello!”

Nie Xiaoyun smiled and nodded at them, then her gaze fell on Zhou Wang, who still hadn’t reacted, and a hint of complexity flashed in her eyes.

”Zhou Wang, long time no see!”

”Aunt Nie...”

Regaining his composure, Zhou Wang was surprised by Nie Xiaoyun’s sudden appearance. Just as he was about to greet her, he froze once more.

The reason was the ”colorful question mark” suddenly floating above Nie Xiaoyun’s head.

Ding!

[Detected a ”Space-Time Egg” that can be triggered on the target. It has been marked for the host due to the ”Mythical Chessboard - Space-Time Magic Book” enhancement.]

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