Twin Cities: I am the man of many myths

Chapter 129 Dinner in Twin Cities

It took Zaun only three days to expel all the Noxians from its territory, but it took Piltover a little longer because the business between Zaun and these Noxians was often just a seller-buyer relationship.

Noxians went to Zaun to buy resources and weapons, and Zaun sold them to them. Other than that, there was no other connection. After all, in the past, apart from the strange weapons, there was nothing in Zaun that Noxus would be interested in.

But Piltover is different. Piltover and Noxus have various business connections. It is not a simple buying and selling relationship. Many of them are relationships between investors and investees. Therefore, if Piltover wants to drive out the Noxians, it will take a long time and the compensation will be a considerable amount.

Although Hilco felt that Piltover had already chosen to do this, why should he show mercy to the Noxians?

Isn't this just like taking off your pants to fart? Are you looking for trouble?
But Renata rejected Hilco's idea. Although Piltover could indeed not pay compensation for the goods and not pay the penalty to the Noxian merchants, it could just drive them away. Anyway, war had been officially declared.

Doing so would save a fortune, but it would also damage Piltover's credibility.

Renata is a talented businessman. She failed to inherit her family's alchemy, but she figured out the art of turning lead into gold on her own. She is self-taught in business methods. In Zaun, she uses the Zaun way, and in Piltover, she uses the Piltover way.

Her business methods will be different in different places. From the perspective of Piltover, Renata believes that Piltover is a technological city-state now, but before the emergence of Hextech, Piltover was a trading city-state.

Its means of survival and way of accumulating wealth are all based on maritime trade. It cannot be said that after acquiring new technologies and new means and methods, it will abandon the means it once relied on for survival.

After all, the technological products made by Piltover have to be sold somewhere, right?
As a result, it took a full half month before a single Noxian merchant could be seen in Piltover.

The Twin Cities actually did not announce the severance of diplomatic relations with Noxus, but after learning about this and looking at the small cities and countries that have recently taken action against the Twin Cities, they all know that there will be changes in the future of Valoran.

The former pearl of trade is now dissatisfied with being just a commercial transit station for major city-states, but wants to officially appear on the stage of Valoran continent to flex its muscles.

What's interesting is that Noxus didn't make any move at all. Just as Mel said, the Noxians had no time to deal with the two cities at the moment. Perhaps in Darkwill's eyes, Piltover and Zaun combined were just small bugs that could be dealt with by a single charge by the Rether garrison.

Therefore, Noxus is still fighting everywhere, ignoring the provocative behavior from the "little bug" of the Twin Cities.

The little bugs were content to hide in the shadows, evolving rapidly at a speed that the Noxians could not imagine.

At the end of February, Jayce came to the parliament building in Zaun this afternoon.

With a smile on his face, he looked at Li Ke and Xier Ke and said, "Although we haven't caught all the war masons in the city-state, Meier thinks that our two cities should hold a dinner party."

"It's time for the Zaun and Piltover leaders to meet. We need to get to know each other, right?"

Jace is here to help Mel pass on a message.

It was Mel's idea to hold the dinner, firstly to consolidate the relationship between the two cities. The two cities are now cooperating not only economically but also militarily. It is not an exaggeration to say that the two cities are one.

Although the people of Zaun did not mention it, and the people of Piltover did not have the nerve to say that the people of the two cities were one family, everyone knew it tacitly.

They believe in the same god, once shared a common culture, and now have a powerful enemy abroad, all of which have invisibly pushed the people of the two cities together.

Besides, Zaun does need Piltover's financial resources, and Piltover also needs Zaun's trust.

The second reason was that Mel wanted the war masons who were still in Piltover to see that the current relationship between Piltover and Zaun had completely tied the two cities together in the eyes of Noxus.

Make Piltover heavier!

"Where is the location?" Hilco asked.

"Blue Smoked Manor, the one behind the Piltover Parliament Building."

"Oh, that rich area, Li Ke, I went there when I was a kid." Jinx looked at Li Ke and said.

Li Ke searched his memory and found that he had never been there. He asked, "Then why haven't I been there?"

"You were hanging out with Marsan at that time, so Wei definitely wouldn't take you with her," Jinx said.

She had indeed been to Lanxun Manor when she was a child. Wei took her there, saying that she wanted to get some valuable things back. Unfortunately, how could a manor in a wealthy area be so easy to enter?
In the end, Wei could only leave with Jinx in shame.

"I think it's feasible. I haven't been to a banquet for the upper class yet." Li Ke thought for a moment and said, he looked at Jinx and said, "Do you want to go?"

"I kind of want to, but also kind of don't want to." Jinx thought for a while and said.

Seeing Li Ke tilting his head to look at her, Jinx explained: "I also want to see what they eat at the banquet, listen to their music, and watch their dance. But I don't have clothes suitable for that kind of occasion. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if I went?"

"Baobao, if anyone dares to say anything against you, I will take off his head." Vander said from the side.

Jinx's clothing has always been based on comfort and convenience. She sometimes wears skirts now, but rarely. She usually wears overalls and a denim jacket. This kind of dress and her personality and temperament are indeed not in line with high-class dinner parties.

Hilco also smiled, looked at Jace, and said, "What Vandel meant is also what I mean. We can go up and attend the dinner, talk about the future development of the two cities, and talk about business. But if someone can't control their mouths at that time, our mouths will only be dirtier." "I understand, no, I have been in Zaun for so long, why are you treating me like this after I have been back for a while?" Jace was helpless, spread out his hands and said with a bit of aggrieved.

Jace then said:

"In fact, the dinner party in Piltover is not very interesting. It's nothing more than a group of guys dressed nicely, wearing expensive jewelry, and then eating elegantly with soothing music. Then they walk around with glasses of wine that they haven't taken a sip of for a long time, chatting with other pretentious people, and talking about business all the time."

Jayce said with a mocking smile on his face: "So, in fact, I would rather attend the dinner party in Zaun, where everyone gathers together to eat barbecue with their hands, drink wine, play finger-guessing games, and play cards. Is this what a fucking banquet is?"

"But you still have to go and take a look. After all, it's a good thing to get in touch with new things, isn't it?" Jace said to Hilco.

"Where's the time?"

"Tomorrow evening, you can enter at five o'clock, and the event will officially begin at seven o'clock."

"You can come over at 6:30 in the evening," Jace said.

After saying that, he said hello to Li Ke and then returned to Piltover alone.

After Jayce left, the Zaun council members started chatting.

"A Piltover dinner party. To be honest, I really wanted to get into that kind of occasion. I heard that the food they put on the table is all lobster, lamb chops, steak and so on." Scar swallowed and spoke.

Aunt Marna's eyes were full of stars. "Can I meet the actresses in the musical? I've been to musicals with Caitlin and Wei a few times recently, and I fell in love with an actress."

"Oh, kids, don't be nervous." Heimerdinger clapped his hands, stood up and said, "I've been to countless dinners. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me."

"Then Senator Heimerdinger, what kind of clothes do you think we should wear?" Marna asked quickly.

Heimerdinger looked at her, laughed, and said, "My child, you only need to wear what you think is the most beautiful."

"Heimerdinger is right. Everyone should just wear the clothes they like." Hilco said. He placed his fingers on the table, tapped the table lightly, and said:

"We are equal to the people of Piltover. This time, they invited us to the banquet. It is our freedom to wear whatever we want. We don't need to please them or cater to them."

"Well, let's get off work early today and have half a day off tomorrow so everyone can prepare well."

Hilco clapped his hands with a smile and said it was time to disband.

Li Ke and Jinx were the first to run out of the parliament door together, leaving a group of parliamentarians who had just stood up looking at their backs.

Marna suddenly muttered, "I have something to say, that is, when are they going to get married?"

Hilco was stunned, with a complicated look in his eyes, and Vander next to him also had a conflicted look on his face.

Jinx/Baobao are getting married.
So, who of them will be Jinx's father and attend the wedding?
Unconsciously, the congressman shivered and suddenly felt a little cold.

Then, Scar discovered the reason, reached out and pulled Marna's shoulder, and gestured for Marna to look somewhere.

Marna looked over.

I saw Hilco and Fandel staring at each other, and the coldness emanated from them.
"Let's go too." Marna said quickly.

"I'm going to buy some clothes, Jinx, can you help me look?"

"I'm going to buy some cosmetics later too!"

"Makeup? Do you know how to wear makeup?"

"I'm so good at painting, so putting on makeup shouldn't be a piece of cake, right?"

"That's right. So what are you going to wear tomorrow night? Jeans and black pants again?"

"I won't tell you. You'll know tomorrow night~"

Walking towards the market in Zaun, Li Ke and Jinx were chatting.

Dinner party.
Li Ke's first thought was naturally a suit, but he felt that his own parliamentary attire was also pretty good. The white clothes had beautiful white petals on the chest and dark black pants. The black, white and gray colors could never go wrong with the combination.

However, Li Ke is of course most concerned about what Jinx will wear.

Thinking about tomorrow, hey, to be honest, Li Ke is getting a little excited now.
(End of this chapter)