229: Chapter 230 Full Moon Celebration: An Extraterrestrial Civilization Sends a Galaxy as a Gift

Yunding Villa, open-air banquet hall.

This was no mere full-moon feast; it was clearly a top-tier global "vanity fair for the powerful and elite".

A long red carpet stretched all the way to the main road outside the villa area.

Global business tycoons, titans of the scientific community, and even several ambassadors who were usually elusive, were now dressed in crisp formal wear, queuing up to enter.

The gifts in their hands were, at their cheapest, luxury watches worth tens of millions, or one-of-a-kind heirlooms.

Jiang Chen, wearing a well-tailored dark suit, stood at the main entrance with an expression of utter resignation.

He hated these superficial occasions the most.

"Hey, Old Chen, stop checking the gift list over there."

Jiang Chen placed his wine glass onto the tray of a nearby robot waiter and turned to look at Academician Chen Shuyin, who was diligently verifying the cash gifts. "Donate whatever those people sent to the impoverished mountain areas later; we don't need them anyway."

Academician Chen Shuyin put down the tablet in her hand, her brows slightly furrowed.

"That won't do."

"Etiquette is etiquette; this represents face."

"Besides, some of the things people sent are actually quite creative."

She pointed to a glittering gift box nearby. "For example, that oil tycoon just now directly gifted the equity certificate for an oil field. Although we use nuclear fusion now, it would be great to use as a gas station."

Jiang Chen rolled his eyes.

These people really knew how to cater to his preferences.

Just then, a sharp roar suddenly came from mid-air.

It wasn't the sound of an airplane, nor the engine of a warship, but a vibration as if space itself were being torn apart.

Everyone looked up instinctively.

They saw the personal shuttle belonging to Jiang Chen, parked on the landing pad, slowly lowering its hatch.

Walking out from inside was not a waiter, but an alien wearing a strange silver robe with an extremely formidable physique.

This alien looked a bit like an octopus, but its tentacles had been modified into an anthropomorphic form, and it was wearing a pair of comical sunglasses.

It walked off the spaceship, holding something that looked like a transparent crystal ball, and walked straight up to Jiang Chen.

"Thump!"

Without a word, it knelt down on the spot, its tentacles expertly crossed over its chest.

That level of piety and awe was even more exaggerated than when Jiang Wanqiu met Jiang Chen.

"An emissary of the Primordial Ancient God pays respects to the two children of God."

The alien emissary spoke in a very clumsy, almost dialect-accented version of the Universal Galactic Language:

"Entrusted by Her Majesty Jiang Wanqiu, I have come specifically to present a 'small' congratulatory gift."

"This is the permanent mining rights to a resource planet numbered S-889, located on the outer edge of Centaurus."

"It contains fifty billion tons of gold, and... a dormant stellar energy pump."

The entire banquet hall instantly fell as silent as a graveyard.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

The oil tycoon just now gifted an oil field, and everyone already thought that was inhumanly wealthy.

Now you're telling me this guy just gifted a... planet?

Gifted a planet filled with gold?!

How is anyone supposed to compete with that?!

"Thanks, you've worked hard."

Jiang Chen appeared quite calm, casually taking the crystal ball containing the planet's coordinates as if he were receiving a delivery box.

He looked back at the shocked guests and shrugged:

"Don't look at me; I didn't want to accept it either. It's just that the child's godmother is too polite."

"By the way, you're the emissary from over there, right? Have you eaten? If not, there's freshly fried instant noodles in the kitchen; feel free to help yourself."

The alien emissary was flattered and kowtowed repeatedly. "Thank you for the gift, Father God! Thank you!"

After saying this, it didn't even dare to look up, scurrying off into the dining area to feast on a bowl of Master Kong braised beef instant noodles.

The banquet continued.

But the atmosphere had become somewhat strange.

Everyone was looking at Jiang Chen cautiously, with eyes that looked like they were viewing a true deity.

Who would dare to compete with a man who could casually take a planet as a gift?

Jiang Chen, however, had no mood to deal with these people.

He carried his red wine glass, wandering through the crowd in boredom.

Suddenly.

His gaze stopped at the edge of the crowd.

There, Jiang Qianqian was wearing a light blue dress, holding a juice, looking a bit reserved.

And opposite her stood a young man in a white suit, with features as exquisite as a sculpture.

That young man...

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

That outfit, that aura, even the faint metallic scent on him—why did it look so familiar?

That was clearly the alien little prince who used to follow him around!

Didn't that kid say he was going to move his capital to Earth?

Why is he hitting on my sister here now?

"Jiang Qianqian."

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes and walked over with his wine glass.

The alien little prince clearly noticed Jiang Chen, his body stiffening abruptly.

The smile on his face vanished instantly, and the tenderness he had shown Jiang Qianqian just moments ago dissipated.

"Um... Brother Jiang?"

Cold sweat instantly broke out on the little prince; the pressure belonging to a "creditor" made it extremely difficult for him to breathe.

Jiang Qianqian hadn't realized the danger yet and was excitedly tugging at Jiang Chen's sleeve:

"Brother! Look! This is a new friend I made, he is... he is..."

Before she could finish her sentence.

The alien prince actually reached out and grabbed Jiang Qianqian's hand.

It was an extremely bold grip, even carrying the nuances of some ancient marriage proposal ritual.

"Mr. Jiang."

The alien prince took a deep breath, and even facing Jiang Chen's gaze, he bit the bullet and held his ground, looking at Jiang Qianqian with burning eyes:

"I have come to propose marriage."

"To show my sincerity, my planet has already docked in Earth's orbit."

The priceless wine glass in Jiang Chen's hand emitted a cracking sound from being unable to bear the pressure.

At this moment.

Jiang Chen felt his Shura field warning go off again.

This isn't just marrying into the family; this guy is actually bringing his whole damn planet over!

"Old Zhao."

Jiang Chen took a deep breath and said into his communicator in a sinister tone:

"Bring out our 'Destroyer' missiles."

"Since this pig wants to root around our family's cabbage so badly..."

"Then let him know that our family's cabbage has thorns."