After the conversation with Hathaway, Annie took a bath and changed clothes with the help of a maid. She then wore a white evening gown representing holiness and nobility and attended the dinner and sat at the main table.
Sitting with her at the table were members of the royal family, the head of the consortium, and several business tycoons.
The leader of the City Y was accompanied by several other major bosses. Besides, there were Cai Zhou and local business representatives of City Y.
Cai was not a high-level official but represented the Zhou Family of City Y. The FS District under his jurisdiction was the main area that attracted the investment of Country B.
At the beginning of the dinner, the leader of City Y first gave a welcome speech, and then Annie gave a speech of thanks on behalf of Country B.
After all this, everyone began to eat.
Annie inherited the etiquette of the royal family. When rating, she moved gracefully and chewed slowly, showing her nobility and elegance.
She followed the customs and toasted one by one.
Although everything was strange to Annie, she always responded with an elegant smile.
“Beautiful princess, welcome you to Country C and City Y,” when it was Cai’s turn, Cai stood up and walked straight to Annie with a smile and a glass of wine.
He said, “Although it is the first time we meet, I feel we have met many times and have known each other for a long time.”
Annie stood up, holding a glass of red wine, and said, “Dear Mr. Zhou. I had the same feeling.”
All the officials sitting at the table, including the leader of City Y, were slightly startled. They looked at Cai in admiration. They tried to get closer to Annie, but no one did it.
The leader of City Y rejoiced that he asked Cai to take responsibility for attracting investment.
In his opinion, Cai’s performance had completely gained Annie’s favor, which would play a role in promoting investment.
Cai was more confident and replied, “Beautiful princess, I believe we will be good friends.”
As the leader of the third generation of Zhou Family, Cai was still a little nervous when his family handed over the task of receiving the Princess to him.
He originally thought Annie would be arrogant and wouldn’t respect him even he was a member of Zhou Family.
Unexpectedly, she was outgoing, and Cai gained her favor with just a few words.
Annie added, “I’m looking forward to it because my friend’s first name is Zhou too. He is my benefactor.”
Officials were all embarrassed, especially Cai, who stood up to toast.
They thought Annie had a good impression of Cai because of Cai’s handsome appearance and prominent family background.
Now Annie said that she liked him because her benefactor had the same first name as him.
Cai smiled and asked, “Beautiful Princess, who is the person you are talking about?”
Cai was curious about Annie’s benefactor and knew he was important to Annie.
Annie smiled and spoke, “His name is Robin Zhou!”
In the next moment, everyone kept silent.
All people of Country C attending the dinner, including the leader of City Y, were all shocked.
To show respect to Annie, whenever someone toasted to Annie, others would stop talking and make Annie the absolute protagonist of the scene.
In such a situation, Annie’s words came to everyone’s ears, and all officials of Country C heard the name.
Robin Zhou!
Could it be the person who was kicked out of Zhou Family?
If the person what Annie talked about was Robin Zhou who was kicked out by Zhou Family, then the dinner tonight would be interesting.
Because Cai Zhou was the son of Bowie Zhou and the brother of Irene Zhou.
Not long ago, Robin Zhou broke Irene’s legs and turned him into a paralyzed man.
It could imagine that how much Cai hated Robin.
What was more embarrassing was that Annie had a good impression on Cai because of Robin.
Cai felt he was humiliated.
Under the light, the smile and pride on his face disappeared and were replaced by embarrassment.
The embarrassment made him want to find a place to hide.
Soon, Cai’s expression returned to normal, and a smile appeared on his face again.
Cai wanted to find out whether the Robin Zhou that Annie said was the one he hated so much.
Annie noticed the abnormality and asked, “Mr. Zhou, what’s wrong?”
Cai shook his head and said subconsciously, “Nothing… nothing.”
His unnatural behavior fell into Annie’s eyes, and she was more suspicious, “Mr. Zhou, do you know Robin Zhou?”
Cai knew it was not easy to fool Annie and replied, “Princess, I have a cousin whose name is Robin Zhou. But I think he was not the person you talked about.”