Crossing over, and then being blocked by a rich JK

Chapter 513 Turning Point: The Banquet Incident (Part Two)

Located in the Shiba Park area of ​​Minato Ward, Tokyo, with Tokyo Tower behind it and Rainbow Bridge in the distance, Harbour City Hotel is a rare Japanese-style business hotel in Minato Ward. It is worth mentioning that Harbour City Hotel and the Bunshu Hotel in Bunkyo Ward are owned and designed by the same person.

It's hard to imagine that two hotels designed by the same architect could be so stylistically different.

Perhaps it was because the driver chose a good route, or perhaps the driver's driving skills were truly excellent, in any case, they avoided the congested main roads and arrived at their hotel within the scheduled time.

"This way!"

After getting out of the car, the group entered the elevator at the invitation of Watanabe Akie, who was waiting at the entrance, and went straight to the banquet venue.

In fact, the subsequent process was exactly as Watanabe Yu had expected. After being led by Watanabe Genichiro and Watanabe Akie to greet the others, they were granted 'freedom' and permission to move around freely.

In a sense, this can be considered one of the benefits of having parents around. Someone helps you handle those social situations, and you don't need to rack your brains to deal with strangers. At most, you just have to call them "uncle" or "aunt" when your parents urge you.

"I'm actually quite curious about one thing."

"Which point?"

"Don't they intend to eat anything at these banquets?"

Wearing a white dress, Yuki stared longingly ahead, her tone filled with confusion.

The empty self-service area was reflected in those beautiful eyes.

It seems that they are the only ones who came for the desserts and all kinds of delicious food, while everyone else is already immersed in their own social art, busy expanding their 'social circle'.

“Theoretically speaking, that’s correct.” Watanabe Yuya also looked at the empty self-service area. He thought for a moment and shared his experience, “However, a small group of people will go there to get something to eat, but they will have to wait a while.”

At banquets like this, it's not uncommon for people to bring their own children. They might forgo eating and drinking to expand their social circles, but they can't do that with their kids.

Etiquette is etiquette, and filling one's stomach is filling one's stomach.

For children in a very small world, filling their stomachs is the primary goal after they get hungry; everything else has to take a backseat.

Of course, most of the people attending such banquets are already married, so they can understand the children's enjoyment of the food and generally won't say much.

"How long do we have to wait?"

Hayakawa Yuki looked at Watanabe Yu eagerly.

She didn't eat dinner tonight, she was just waiting to come here to fill her stomach.

However, she can't actually eat much; she has a very small appetite. Often, just as You is getting into the mood, she has already put down her chopsticks.

When she ate at You's house, she would eat a little more, but compared to them, she still ate too little.

"Ten minutes if it's fast, twenty minutes if it's slow?" Watanabe Yu pondered for a moment, then shook his head. "If you're hungry, just go ahead. The food is there for people to eat, there's no need to wait for others to eat before you start."

To make a somewhat inappropriate analogy, if this were a banquet in some other places, someone like Yuki wouldn't get enough to eat. Those people wouldn't listen to reason; once the dishes were on the table, they would just stuff them into the bag they brought.

Don't worry about whether they can finish it or not. Their philosophy is to take it all, no matter what.

"I don't think that's a good idea."

Hayakawa Yuki lowered her eyes and muttered something under her breath.

That made her feel inexplicably embarrassed, like... she was starving and reincarnated.

"What's wrong with it?" Watanabe Yu shrugged, casually shaking his head at the waiter who handed him the cocktail, indicating that he didn't want to drink. "There's nothing embarrassing about it. And then again, let me give you the worst-case scenario: what if they're waiting too? I mean, waiting for someone to go over there and get some food."

Isn't that the end?

To put it bluntly, if no one wants to be the first to stick their neck out, the end result will be that everyone just sits there doing nothing, unless someone really can't take it anymore and chooses to go over there.

Otherwise, we'll really have to wait until the chickens have finished pecking at the rice and the dogs have finished eating the noodles before we can say anything.

"But it's still awkward."

Hayakawa Yuki lowered her eyes and looked thoughtfully at Watanabe Genichiro and the others.

Ryoko and Ayana were socializing with their uncle and aunt, chatting and laughing with people they barely knew.

Especially Ryoko, the current her is so different from the one in the past. If any of her classmates came, they would probably hesitate for a long time before they could believe that she was from their school. She was always an aloof and unapproachable beauty.

Compared to them, I feel utterly useless.

If I were to be the first person to grab something from the self-service area, wouldn't that make me seem even more useless?
"If all else fails, I'll go get it for you?"

Watanabe Yu didn't have as many thoughts as Yuki; in his opinion, if you're hungry, you should eat.

To put it bluntly, they haven't reached the point where they need to stand on their own yet; in other words, they have the right to be willful.

On the other hand, is it considered capricious to go to the buffet area to get some food during a banquet?

He felt he didn't count.

"Don't."

Hayakawa Yuki immediately grabbed Watanabe Yu's sleeve, signaling him not to go.

You might not care, but she really does care about his image in front of others.

She can accept being criticized, but she cannot accept him being talked about. Similarly, she doesn't want his image to be damaged in the slightest.

Even though he might think it was silly or unnecessary, she still decided to do it.

"..."

Watanabe Yu fell silent. He looked at Yuki, then at the self-service area in front of him, feeling somewhat amused and exasperated.

He could probably understand Yuki's thoughts, but he still said the same thing: this was completely unnecessary.

Even if Tokyo is indeed very xenophobic, and some people in this circle speak in a sarcastic and sarcastic way, it's not to the point that... no, even if it's to the point that they have to 'whisper' about this kind of thing, what can actually happen?

To be honest, people who talk behind your back or in front of you are usually powerless to do anything about it. To put it bluntly, if these people could really do something, they wouldn't just be talking nonsense.

Moreover, given the Watanabe family's current fame in Tokyo, he didn't think anyone would gossip about such a trivial matter.

This might sound a bit melodramatic, or even like something out of an urban fantasy novel, but that's the truth.

When you become powerful enough, you'll find that all the noisy voices disappear, those annoying people vanish, and you're surrounded by good people. The world suddenly transforms from a place of survival to a place of creation, becoming incredibly friendly.

"So, what happens when they get hungry if they don't eat anything during the meal and only drink alcohol?"

Seeing that he was silent, Hayakawa Yuki coughed lightly and changed the subject.

This is the only way to keep the conversation going.

Otherwise, they'll both stay silent and brood over each other.

“This situation is relatively common.” Watanabe Yu didn’t expose Yuki’s thoughts and continued, “So either you eat something before the banquet starts, but you can’t eat too much.”

"Does eating too much slow down your brain?"

Yuki Hayakawa answered the question first.

“That’s right.” Watanabe Yu nodded, then continued, “Either you endure it until the banquet ends, and then you can go wherever you want to eat and eat however you want after you leave.”

Speaking of this, he also felt it was quite a contrast.

Most Japanese people observe etiquette when dining and will say things like "don't be KY" (meaning don't act like someone who can't read the room), but once they enter a relatively private space, these pretenses immediately drop, and they become quite 'crazy'. "So, those people sitting in izakayas, with their ties ripped off, shirts unbuttoned, and drunkenly spouting outrageous things, are they them?"

Hayakawa Yuki turned her head, expecting his approval.

“Most of them are office workers,” Watanabe paused, “but there are also people like the ones here.”

After all, for most Japanese people, izakayas are the most relaxing places where they can drink alcohol; other places are either not very proper or too expensive.

It's quite interesting, though. Even when it comes to spending money at an izakaya, the office workers who go drinking together are very frugal. They're very precise about how many skewers each person can eat and how much alcohol they can drink. Then, when they've had enough, they'll arrange to go somewhere else for a second round.

Some even arrange a third round of drinking, getting completely drunk, and then going to work on time the next day with sleepy eyes.

In a sense, this is really suffocating.

This is precisely the direct reason why he has never been able to integrate into this place, or rather, why he never intended to integrate into it.

"Oh." Hayakawa Yuki nodded thoughtfully, then looked at the suddenly bustling crowd. "Is that the president of Akiyama Company?"

Amid the bustling crowd, a middle-aged man in a sharp suit was smiling and exchanging pleasantries with those around him.

Judging from his demeanor, he should be the one who initiated this banquet, if nothing unexpected happens.

"Yes." Watanabe Yu glanced at him, and after seeing the face, gave an affirmative answer. He then introduced the other person, "Akiyama Yasuhito, the president of Akiyama Company, who married his wife when he was a sophomore in college."

Five years after graduating from university, I was blessed with a daughter.

"In terms of the speed of marriage, he was indeed the first among the many 'presidents' to get married, and in terms of his attitude towards his wife after marriage, he is a rare good man."

On this point alone, he has to admit defeat.

"He didn't cheat on me?"

Yuki Hayakawa frowned, instinctively questioning the situation.

She believes that pure love exists in the world, but she also knows that such mutually supportive love is far too rare.

If this kind of pure love were really so common, then pure love stories wouldn't be so popular, and there wouldn't be so many lovesick men and women.

"That's what you said."

Watanabe Yu gave her a disapproving look; this girl had been corrupted.

"...Sorry, I misspoke."

Upon hearing this, Hayakawa Yuki paused for a moment, then realized her mistake and immediately lowered her eyes to apologize.

Based on objective facts, her statement without any evidence constitutes malicious speculation.

She hates people who make malicious assumptions the most.

result……

"It's a small problem." Watanabe Yu patted her on the shoulder. "Just don't say that in front of the person involved."

He didn't mind chatting like this in private.

But it's not okay to say it in public.

In short, there's no need to invite trouble you shouldn't have just for the sake of speaking your mind.

"I won't do that again."

Hayakawa Yuki shook her head. She knew that Yu was giving her a way out, but the moment he brought it up, she realized that she was wrong.

She won't make that mistake again.

"...Alright."

Watanabe Yu was taken aback, somewhat surprised that Yuki would say that, but it was still a good thing.

A person who makes a loud drum without needing a heavy hammer is always likable.

"Could you tell me more about the history of Akiyama Company? Or rather, the history of their company?"

Hayakawa Yuki's long eyelashes trembled, and she uttered those words.

"I don't know everything, I only know a little bit." After making the disclaimer, Watanabe Yu truthfully told what he knew: "The headquarters of Akiyama Company is located in Minami-Aoyama, Minato Ward."

"Their main business is the research, development, production and sales of cosmetics, with skin care products, makeup and fragrances as their main selling points."

"Their promotional slogan reads: 'Akiyama Co., Ltd.'s core philosophy is 'Nature x Technology x Elegance,' emphasizing drawing inspiration from native Japanese plants and natural resources, combined with advanced biotechnology, to provide consumers with cosmetics that balance efficacy and quality."

After saying that, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

He didn't believe such advertising claims, but based on the information that Tongshan had given him before, their cosmetics did indeed contain those ingredients, but the specific amounts were a question mark.

He's an absolute master of wordplay.

"Aren't they setting their sights a bit too high?"

Hayakawa Yuki asked this question very honestly.

Generally speaking, advertising slogans for cosmetics should not be too exaggerated.

If someone makes a huge boast but fails to deliver the promised results, they could face legal trouble.

"In fact, so far there have been zero complaints, but there have been quite a few positive reviews, and their user loyalty is also quite high."

Putting aside personal feelings, companies with a stable customer base certainly have their advantages.

However, their irreplaceability...

It's worth considering.

"That's it."

Hayakawa Yuki lowered her eyes, lost in thought.

“Uh-huh, so…” Watanabe Yu’s words suddenly stopped abruptly, “Wait for me, I have to leave for a while.”

Directly in front of them, a tall and slender figure was looking in their direction.

Then, the figure nodded at him, turned around, and walked into the lounge next to him.

"Uh-huh."

Hayakawa Yuki paused for a moment, then nodded in agreement.

"I'll be back soon."

After saying that, Watanabe Yu quickly walked towards the back of the self-service area.

His luck in running into Sumire Eda at this time is truly extraordinary.

But problems arise and naturally need to be solved. As someone with experience, Jiang Tianjin wouldn't bite anyone. If she wanted to chat, he would gladly oblige.

It's just chatting anyway.

(End of this chapter)