The next table back was the one where Zuo Xiaoduo and the others would be sitting.
Clearly, special instructions had been given. Their table was a full size smaller than the others, seating eight people at most, yet only six stools had been set out. After Zuo Xiaoduo and the other three sat down, two seats remained empty.
Those two seats were naturally reserved for Long Yusheng and Wan Lixiu. The pair would probably sneak over in a little while.
Before the banquet began, performances were already underway onstage, immediately drawing everyone's eyes.
Boom, boom, clang, clang, clang...
Like a dead dog, Zuo Xiaoduo lowered his head until it was level with the table. Make me go up there and humiliate myself with a performance in these circumstances? Lord Zuo would rather die.
I miscalculated. I miscalculated.
So shad!
Wanna cwy!
Chapter 281: Boss Zuo Takes the Stage
A little later, at a command from the emcee, every light in the hall went out.
A moment later, a gleam suddenly appeared in the darkness. A cake with a full seventeen tiers was slowly wheeled over, and its sweet fragrance instantly filled the entire hall.
Poverty really has limited my imagination...
Zuo Xiaoduo kept muttering inwardly.
So this is what they call "keeping it simple," or "a small gathering"... oh, how very small. How very simple.
Just the cost of ordering that cake would probably feed my family for two years...
Amid everyone's well-wishes, Wan Lixiu puffed out her cheeks and blew at the cake. Everyone at her table helped, and the candles went out in an instant. The hall rang with cheerful chatter and hearty laughter.
The lights came on again, though much softer than before.
Dish after dish began arriving, their aromas wafting everywhere.
The main performances had also