Bai Yaoyao was a little surprised when she looked over the opening gifts Chen Jing had collected and the accompanying list.
Many of the families and Special Ability Teams seemed to have had no dealings with Dark Night at all. Yet not only had they all shown up, their opening gifts also showed considerable goodwill.
After a moment's hesitation, she asked Great Sage in her space to prepare some generous gift bags, one for everyone who had brought a gift.
Dark Night would not take advantage of anyone.
Great Sage got to work as soon as he received the task, thinking about what gifts outsiders would like and consider valuable, but that their own people had little need for.
In the end, his gaze settled on Little Red's fruit that contained no energy. He added a small bag of sweet potatoes, some medicine and nutritional supplements, and chocolates and candy in flashy but impractical packaging.
Such huge boxes, with barely anything to eat inside. What a waste of resources!
Finally, he found some attractive bags and tied them with gift ribbon. Perfect. All done!
Bai Yaoyao had always trusted Great Sage to get things done.
Seeing the gift bags he had put together, both beautifully presented and substantial, she nodded in satisfaction.
She had Chen Jing hand them out, much to everyone's delight.
Connections were built through give-and-take. Whatever else happened, they had established a relationship today and made themselves familiar faces.
Some of the more impatient guests discreetly shielded their bags and opened them to peek inside. Good heavens! So much stuff, and all of it good!
They suddenly felt that the mutant beast meat they had brought was far too modest a gift. Dark Night had given them something so generous in return.
After agonizing for a long