The Ultimate War Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 531 - 524 Heresy

Chapter 531: Chapter 524 Heresy

Different perspectives, different self-assessment, naturally leads to different views on issues.

Gao Yuan felt that this matter was originally very simple, but under the manipulation of Big Ivan and Justin, it had become unnecessarily complicated; however, when he thought about their usual survival environment, it seemed that this approach of first testing, then showing goodwill, and finally revealing true intentions before attempting to buy someone off was, indeed, the most normal way of doing things.

Justin came out.

There was nothing worth Justin personally overseeing in the kitchen, so his departure was just to avoid suspicion, or perhaps to give Big Ivan and Gao Yuan some private space to talk.

Although there was no competitive relationship, it wasn’t a situation where they could talk about everything without any reservations.

"How was the chat? We can continue the discussion at the table. Please, take your seats."

Justin displayed the enthusiasm of a host, and then the group rose and followed Justin to the dining room.

The dining room had a long table, which indicated that Justin would definitely be treating Gao Yuan and the others to a Western-style meal.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please allow me to proudly introduce this pre-dinner dessert specially prepared for Miss Xinghe, Gelato ice cream, authentic, handmade Gelato ice cream."

A chef pushed a cart, and Justin stood beside it; he personally took a silver lid from a tray on the cart, revealing a plate specially designed for serving ice cream.

"Miss Xinghe, may I have the honor of inviting you to taste the best ice cream on this planet?"

When it came to gourmet food, Xinghe had no resistance; she immediately nodded, then expressed her excitement and anticipation without any disguise: "Yes, please, thank you."

Justin took a porcelain bowl, then he scooped up a spoonful of ice cream with a half-spherical scoop and placed the porcelain bowl on the plate before personally presenting it to Xinghe.

"Please have a taste, I assure you it won’t disappoint. It’s Earth women’s favorite, and to allow you to savor this delicious ice cream at the perfect moment, we deemed it worthwhile to delay the banquet for an hour."

After Justin confidently finished speaking, he returned to his seat at the head of the table, then directed the attendant standing behind him: "Begin serving the dishes."

Ram knew Justin was stretching the truth, but he could understand why because without this ice cream, it wouldn’t correlate with what he had said before.

Even if the ice cream was delicious, Justin wouldn’t present it as an unexpected surprise unless he truly had nothing else surprising to offer and had to make do with the ice cream instead.

However, Gao Yuan and Xinghe didn’t know this, because Gao Yuan wouldn’t understand these little tricks played by so-called nobles and magnates.

But the effect was somewhat unexpected for Ram, because after Xinghe took a bite, she suddenly widened her eyes, then immediately turned to Gao Yuan with an incredibly surprised tone: "It’s delicious! It’s really good!"

Gao Yuan asked with some curiosity, "Is it?"

At that moment, the waiter pushing the cart immediately placed a small bowl with two scoops of ice cream in front of Gao Yuan, smiling as he said, "Please."

Gao Yuan took a spoonful, tasted it, and then began to nod.

It was indeed good, truly very good.

Then Gao Yuan immediately noticed a problem, which was that Xinghe would abide by perfect etiquette in every situation, but if there was a moment she didn’t wish to follow etiquette, she would quickly discard such so-called etiquette.

For example, when Xinghe encountered food she couldn’t resist.

"I’d like more, thank you."

The waiter had just served a scoop of ice cream to Ram and heard Xinghe’s request, leaving him somewhat at a loss, since in his experience, no lady had asked for more ice cream after finishing theirs.

But the waiter quickly backed off because he couldn’t possibly deny a lady’s request.

Justin seemed very pleased because his ice cream was popular.

But then a problem arose when the waiter, having specially given Xinghe another scoop of ice cream, planned to continue pushing the cart away so that all the guests could taste the ice cream, unless a guest themselves declined. Just at that moment, Xinghe genuinely exclaimed, "It’s really tasty..."

As he watched the waiter prepare to push the cart away once again, Xinghe said faintly, "It’s just too little..."

Gao Yuan was about to lose his composure; he nudged Xinghe with his leg beneath the table, and after a moment of hesitation, Xinghe didn’t ask for more ice cream.

Everyone silently breathed a sigh of relief, although no one here was true nobility, including Justin. If one didn’t play by the rules, it could cause discomfort since the atmosphere had been created.

As the ice cream was taken away, Xinghe watched it go with lingering reluctance.

One must understand Xinghe, because on this planet, no, in this universe, there really wasn’t much that could pique her intense interest.

It started with the appetizer, a salad; after Justin ate a few perfunctory bites, he looked up and smiled, "Miss Xinghe likes the ice cream very much?"

Xinghe nodded repeatedly, then pointed to the salad in her plate and said, "Yes, it’s much tastier than this. It seems my tastes are quite fixed. Hmm, I think salad isn’t as pleasant as dipping vegetables in soybean paste."

Ram nearly let out a laugh, then quickly coughed twice to cover it, while Gao Yuan could only feel embarrassed.

Justin gestured with his hand and the waiter immediately removed Xinghe’s appetizer and brought a soup.

Cream of truffle mushroom soup.

Xinghe took a sip with her spoon and then began to sip intermittently; her polite dining indicated she didn’t like it.

Justin appeared calm, but had no choice but to speed up the serving of dishes.

He subtly signaled, and the waiter brought the entrée sooner than planned.

Raising his glass, Justin smiled, "I propose a toast to Miss Xinghe’s arrival..."

As for drinking, everyone raised their glasses, but Xinghe, after lifting hers, downed the whole glass of white wine in one gulp.

Justin was momentarily stunned, but then he looked at Xinghe, who continued eating without hesitation, and drained his glass in one go.

The wine wasn’t meant to be finished in one gulp, but everyone couldn’t just let Xinghe and Justin drink, could they?

The atmosphere of the banquet began to turn odd, as the entrée was served amidst an uncomfortable silence.

The entrée was cheese-baked oysters. After the oysters were placed on the plate, Justin smiled and said, "Miss Xinghe prefers ice cream, right? No problem, ice cream is actually a dessert to be enjoyed after a meal. I just wanted Miss Xinghe to taste it at its best, which means you can have more ice cream after the meal, as well as pudding, of course."

Xinghe ate an oyster and then nodded slightly before briskly finishing off the four oysters in their shells.

Her pace was quick, but there was only so much meat in a shelled oyster, so Xinghe’s plate was soon empty.

Finally, Xinghe could not hold back her opinions anymore; looking rather helpless, she said, "I wonder why all the dishes can’t be served on the table to allow me to have a choice of what to eat. This is one of the reasons I think Shenzhou is better. This dish is somewhat greasy, and I can’t eat something else at the same time to cut the grease. I can only drink white wine."

After saying that, Xinghe took a sip of white wine and then nodded, "Eh, not tasty; I find all alcoholic beverages unpalatable..."

The awkwardness was indescribable.

Xinghe turned to Gao Yuan and said, "It seems I’ve developed a Shenzhou stomach, no, I just dislike this complicated dining environment and so-called etiquette. In my eyes, any banquet that replaces gourmet food with elaborate etiquette is heresy!"

Gao Yuan was shocked; he didn’t know where the problem was, but it looked like Xinghe was having a bout of drunken rage.

Drunken wrath? Hardly likely, just for not having enough ice cream?

Xinghe exhaled, sat up straight, and pointed at Justin with a look of serious and intense expression, "Let me tell you something, it’s wrong to have a huge plate with just a little food on it. You really should learn how to present food properly. Also, I came here to eat, not to wait hungrily for the dishes to be served one by one over a long period of time, that’s not just taxing my patience... Alright!"

Xinghe, clearly irritated, slapped the table and then angrily declared, "Any so-called banquet that doesn’t focus on gourmet food is heresy! Heresy!"