I swallowed and killed gods in a strange world

Chapter 246 Banquet
In the banquet hall on the second floor of the Regent Hotel, the largest hotel in the wealthy district of Dongxing City, melodious music sounded slowly.

This grand banquet was not only to welcome the members of the investigation department mobilized from various cities, but also to welcome Li Xingruo, who had ascended the position of saint.

The hall is full of well-dressed businessmen in gowns pushing cups and changing cups, and most of the female guests' clothes are even more eye-catching, which makes them feel like they are competing for beauty.

In addition to the powerful tycoons in Dongxing City's business circles, those who came tonight were also some members of upper-class families in other cities who were placed in Dongxing City to be responsible for some marginal affairs.

The purpose of all of them coming here is to meet Li Xingruo, who is likely to become the Pope of the Holy Light Church in the future.

In the history of the Holy Light Church, it is a certainty that anyone who ascends to the position of the saint will almost become the Pope and one of the three pillars of the Federal Parliament in the future.

It would be a great honor for them personally and for their family if the last sentence they said was even familiar.

However, Li Xingruo, the protagonist of this banquet, is not interested in this kind of occasion. Unlike the beautiful clothes she wore when she attended the recruitment meeting of the Investigation Department in the morning, she has already changed back to the simplest white nun clothes she wears every day.

Standing by the side, Li Yan, the caterer of tonight's banquet, could tell that Li Xingruo didn't like this kind of occasion, so he tactfully shunned anyone who wanted to get close to Li Xingruo.

Although this kind of action would cause dissatisfaction among quite a few people, Li Yan didn't care much about it.

He felt that he would be recalled to Tianjing City in a short time, and who would care what happened to this shitty Dongxing City by then.

What Li Yan was even aware of was that the saint in front of him didn't seem to be very friendly with his own lady.

But because it happened to be his turn this year to be in charge of coordinating the entire Dongxing City, and he had to participate in the affairs of the investigation department, even if it would cause dissatisfaction with his own lady, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and cater to these people who were not in the same faction as him.

Standing alone by the window sill looking at the dark night sky, Li Xingruo didn't understand the little Jiujiu in Li Yan's heart at all.

But after arriving in Dongxing City today, she also noticed Li Yan's busy work for her.

After sighing, Li Xingruo turned to look at the huge banquet hall, and a golden-white light shot out from her fingertips when she raised her hand.

The golden-white light was fleeting, and it merged into Li Yan's body in the blink of an eye.

"I've worked hard on you all day today." Li Xingruo said slowly.

"This is what I should do." Li Yan felt the exhaustion in his body swept away, and his face was full of gratitude.

Before he could continue to say some words of gratitude, a middle-aged man with white beard and hair but hale and hearty appearance leaned over behind him.

Li Yan frowned slightly, and introduced him sideways, "This is the person in charge of Dongguo Rare Earth Company, Mr. Ji Kangyong."

Li Xingruo nodded slightly, looking at the anger in the body of the man in front of him who was supposed to be old and decrepit, a trace of surprise flashed in Li Xingruo's eyes.

"The Holy Maiden came to Dongxing City. This is the glory of all of us." Ji Kangyong stepped forward and put the goblet in his hand on the plate held by the attendant.

"I don't know if the Holy Maiden can show her face and dance with me?" Ji Kangyong held his protruding belly with his left hand, bent over and stretched out his hand like a gentleman, making an invitation gesture.

When Li Yan saw this, he was about to speak out to stop him, but Li Xingruo refused in a cold voice: "You can step back."

After Li Xingruo's words fell, the scene froze for a while, and Li Yan's expression was also weird. He didn't expect Li Xingruo to be so shameless.

Looking at Ji Kangyong who was bent over with an embarrassed expression on his face, Li Yan coughed and smoothed things over: "Brother Ji, the saint is already tired from the journey, let's go another day."

"Excuse me." Ji Kangyong's face flashed an imperceptible gloomy look, and he forced a stiff smile on his face.

Li Yan squinted at the unconvinced Ji Kangyong, thinking that the old man had been the local emperor in Dongxing City for a long time, and had an illusion.

In his opinion, the gentry and rich men in Dongxing City are not even nouveau riche compared to the superstructure in Tianjing City, they can only be regarded as local chickens and dogs.

Li Yan's cognition is very clear, in such a world, those who have mastered wealth are not considered powerful.

Only those who have mastered power can be considered powerful. This kind of power is nothing more than the power of individuals and organizations like United Laboratories that can be assembled as much as the strongest individual power. Only such an organization family can be regarded as a powerful family.

As for the commercial companies and individual families in Dongxing City, they have only developed in recent years by relying on the resources that the Federation can eat and discard.

It is simply impossible to compete with the old family that has occupied the Federation for hundreds of years and has a lot of resources, let alone the Church of the Holy Light, which has the potential to become a leader.

Various thoughts flashed through Li Yan's heart. He looked at Ji Kangyong who was a little frustrated and left with his head down, thinking about how to put on some shoes for this old boy. Suddenly, there was a wave of fluctuation somewhere in Dongxing City. As an ordinary person, he can feel it.

He turned his head abruptly to look out the dark window.

At the same time, the entire banquet hall fell silent.

Especially Ji Kangyong, who had just turned his head and left, turned pale with disbelief on his face.

"What happened in the city?" Li Xingruo stared at the discovery coming from this wave, her voice was neither sad nor happy, and could not hear any emotion.

"I'll send someone to take a look at it right away!" Li Yan's complexion changed. If something happened to Li Xingruo in the city, the Holy Light Church might sacrifice the entire city.

While replying, Li Yan walked through the center of the banquet hall without panic and dissatisfaction. While walking, he took out his mobile phone to notify his acceptance to quickly investigate what happened in the city.

At the same time, Li Yan, who was careful, also noticed Ji Kangyong who was standing stiffly on the spot and began to ooze sweat from his forehead.

Ji Kangyong, who was frozen in place, seemed to realize that something was wrong with his state, he quickly corrected his expression, and left the banquet venue as if covering up.

After walking to the innermost aisle of the banquet, Ji Kangyong anxiously took out the hand in his pocket and dialed the phone.

Hearing the busy sound coming from the phone speaker next to his ear, Ji Kangyong's expression became more and more tense.

He has already ordered that the investigation department will not start operations until it enters the border.

Unexpectedly, an accident would happen at this time. If Li Xingruo is in the city now, if something really goes wrong, he will definitely not be able to afford it by then.

"Brother Ji?" Li Yan's voice suddenly sounded in the narrow corridor.

Ji Kangyong, who was holding up his mobile phone, was taken aback and almost couldn't hold the mobile phone steadily in his hand.

"What's the matter with you?" Ji Kangyong slowed down his heartbeat and stared at Li Yan.

The two don't deal with each other, there is no need to give each other a good look when there are no outsiders.

"Brother Ji, you look a bit wrong, did you do some tricks in the city?" Li Yan played with the phone in his hand with a half-smile.

"I think you should still be worried about yourself. I heard that the eldest lady of your United Laboratories is not dealing with this saint. If you are so attentive, you are not afraid that your lady will wear shoes for you?" Ji Kangyong retorted to cover up his inner feelings. panic.

"You don't have to." Li Yan said halfway, the phone in his hand vibrated suddenly.

He answered the phone in a hurry. After the voice came from the phone, Li Yan, who was about to watch the show, changed his expression greatly, and he couldn't hold back and said loudly: "What did you say?!!"

(End of this chapter)