Black Orchid

Dinner banquet

Orchid and the others left Frans' house for the hotel where the Ardiansa family was staying.

Oscar was still listening to the chatter of his father and the two homeowners who were none other than his father's cousins. At eight o'clock in the evening, they went to the dinner table for dinner.

Eight o'clock Orchid and others just arrived at the hotel after a fairly jammed trip.

Ardiansa's two sons returned to their rooms to change clothes, while Frans and Orchid went straight to the hotel ballroom where the banquet was held.

That place is crowded.

"sister.." Orchid shaking Frans hand .

"what?." Frans.

"where are we sitting?." Orchid was confused to see because only this time he attended this crowded dinner.

"i haven't seen Maxim's father or mother, so it's better to stand here waiting for Maxim and Niko to come.

The two of them waited near the entrance and after fifteen minutes the two sons of Ardiansa just appeared from behind the door .

Frans was so upset that he waited so long that he even found a chair for Orchid to sit on.

"hi, you two are like women! change really old clothes, yegal." grumbled Frans .

"sorry.so we asked to see grandfather before coming here." Maxim resigned.

They walked towards the table that was reserved for the Ardiansa family. Shortly after, Peter and Lucy join forces.

******* your grandpa dialog using English does not need Chinese so no need to repeat words 😁 *******************************

Grandpa Lu stood in the middle of the ballroom near our table. The room that had been crowded was immediately quiet and they occupied a table that was in accordance with his family name. They completely shut their mouths when the authoritarian grandfather entered the room.

The grandfather circulated his gaze throughout the room, after which it felt like all the tables full of grandfather started to open the dinner with a little speech.

"i'm glad you guys took the time to attend tonight's banquet. For that I thank you and I hope that nights like this will continue to exist and become a tradition in our extended family. In order not to wait long let's start dinner tonight, please enjoy." the grandfather then sat down on the table as a family Ardiansa.

Throughout this dinner there was only the sound of the clang of the cutlery and it made Orchid disturbed and not so the meal just sat and waited for dinner to finish.

Orchid is taught to eat without making the sound of the clang of the cutlery let alone the sound of chewing food or the sound of sipping water that can be heard by others ,for such is the pride of God's fortune and the contempt for the underfed. Orchid never complained to others who ate with him, he said everyone had their own views, being silent and waiting for them was his way of respecting others.

The waiter looks busy here and there serving each table with perfect.

The guests did not make things difficult for the servants because they did not want to offend the grandfather.

After dinner, the grandfather stood in the middle of the room with a smile.

Grandfather made an announcement to his extended family.

"tonight I was very happy and I decided to retire from business. I want to enjoy the rest of my life in peace for that I give all my business both inside (China) and abroad to my grandson, son of my youngest son, Maxim ." the grandfather smiled broadly at Maxim to the applause of the family present with their stiff smiling faces.

A surprised Maxim stood up to his grandfather and thanked him .The family standing up congratulated the grandfather and Maxim took turns .