Interstellar Number One Farmer: I Only Want To Farm!

Chapter 695 - 212: The Evening’s Laughingstock (Part 3)

"Why should I entertain you? If it were you, you’d probably want to retreat.""She solved a problem that the Non-human Research Institute couldn’t conquer, no wonder she thinks so highly of herself."

"She’s young, it’s inevitable she’ll be arrogant and conceited. Perhaps when she was invited, she wasn’t offered enough incentives." This year’s most compelling and capable figure, wouldn’t even give face to Admiral Yi and Admiral Lu. What else could it be but arrogance?

"Stop joking, if big shots like you are giving this banquet face, no matter how strong she is, she’s not much stronger than Admiral Bai and others."

Around Admiral Bai, apart from two officers also on vacation talking to him, a meter around him was a vacuum zone.

His presence was too strong, and everyone here considered themselves somewhat important. If they went over and were dismissed after saying a few words, it would be very embarrassing.

"She didn’t come, I wonder if she donated any money or supplies."

"Yeah, if the person isn’t there, the money better be."

But no one knows how much will be donated, as the donation list and amounts will be announced at the end, so no one knows how much the others contributed.

There was a tacit understanding about donations, usually around one to two million.

Secretly, a lot of verbal deals are made at the banquet, not just money and power, but resources, and even beauty can be trading targets.

Fei’er and Luo Min were also invited because of Su Xiaocai, but they lingered near Admiral Bai, avoiding the gaze of many unscrupulous people.

As the banquet neared its end, the donation list would typically be announced, and the largest donor would usually be first.

This year, everyone seemed to have the tacit understanding not to vie for first place.

Even the Xue family, who always donated the most, only contributed three million this year.

First place was implicitly reserved for the nouveau-riche Su Xiaocai, but in the end, her name wasn’t even on the list.

"Huh? No way, were the donations that low this year?"

"Where’s Su Xiaocai? She didn’t donate?"

"What about Admiral Bai? No way, he donated a hundred."

Not thousands, just three digits, a hundred yuan.

Extremely stingy, completely indifferent to what others think of him, even more conspicuous than Su Xiaocai who didn’t donate at all.

Watching the live broadcast of the banquet with Fei Yi, Su Xiaocai was almost dying of laughter. Hugging a black and white plush toy, she pointed at the donation list mischievously: "As expected of a military rogue, in terms of shamelessness, I still lost. Hahaha, I can’t, when he comes back, I’m going to send him a fifty yuan red packet to thank him for attracting all the attention."

Admiral Bai touched his head, pretending to be simple and honest: "Hiss, did you all donate this much? Isn’t donating usually a few hundred? That’s what the person who invited me said."

The two officers chatting next to him were helpless, "How can you, as a Vice Admiral, donate only a thousand?"

"I can’t say that. How was I supposed to know the Lu Family had so many schemes? They intended to make me look bad." Admiral Bai turned the tables, saying this was how it was explained to him originally.

Admiral Bai’s voice wasn’t low, and many people heard it, thinking how the Lu and Yi Families’ actions seemed unreliable, unlike their usual ways.

Even Admiral Bai was set up.

The Lu Family’s smiles fell: "..." When they said a few hundred, they naturally meant a few million, didn’t Admiral Bai know to check past donation amounts?

Su Xiaocai ignored the banquet altogether, and even Admiral Bai didn’t take it seriously.

Last year, due to the Insect Man disguise incident, everyone was on edge, so it wasn’t held.

This year, the standard dropped dramatically.

The sudden cliff-like drop in donation amounts meant this banquet was counting down to its end, likely not lasting more years.

Admiral Yi and Admiral Lu, upon learning of this, were more than a little upset.

They immediately messaged Mrs. Lu, accusing her of being unreliable.

Already expecting to be blamed, Mrs. Lu threw out a divorce agreement, proposing to divorce Admiral Lu.

She didn’t plan to be ruthless, but as for the banquet matters, she returned them to the Lu and Yi Families as per their wishes.

If they couldn’t stand on their own and blamed her instead, there was no need for her to maintain connections.

Mrs. Lu’s firm stance on divorce made the other four Admirals sympathize with Admiral Lu. If the divorce succeeded, Admiral Lu would effectively have to leave his position.

All four of them, along with the highest rank, would never allow an admiral to be burdened with a massive entourage.

Everyone knew Admiral Lu couldn’t control the Lu Family.

Even if the Yi Family had a few small useless ones, most of the rest worked in various agencies.

The Lu Family was different, unable to start businesses, few joined the military, couldn’t pass civil service exams, with unkind elders and incompetent younger ones.

The only somewhat outstanding one was Admiral Lu’s son, but even he wasn’t down-to-earth, relying solely on his father.

In a career where achievements were based on battle merits, relying on his father was equivalent to voluntarily abandoning the path to the highest position.

Without Admiral Lu, and not having climbed high enough, he might just be pushed down in one fell swoop.