"Here comes the cake!"
Someone yelled, and then the lights went out. The sky outside had just darkened, and the process was obviously advanced. Amanda might be being considerate of her friend, but Emma looked disappointed and seemed to want to stay a little longer.
Grande's three people were gradually pushed to the back. These three people were still a bit awkward in the eyes of a bunch of real acquaintances. Amanda's mother pulled the three people who were being pushed to the corner of the living room, squeezed into the crowd, and lit the only candle on the round cake.
"To celebrate life." The middle-aged woman suddenly said something. Some people understood it, but some people didn't understand it. "You can make a wish now! My baby!"
Amanda smiled and looked at her mother whose smiling face was printed by the candlelight. Without thinking much, she closed her eyes, thought for a while, and blew out the candle.
The lights came on again, and someone was already cheering as they pulled out the candles and brought slender knives. Zach kept smiling and slowly moved away from the knife that reflected the silver light. The purpose of attending the party was to get to know this group. Zach decided to start with Laura's driver, partly to avoid those people in Mrs. Quinn's family. Although they were grateful, it still made the vampire feel uncomfortable.
As a host, Amanda is not actually responsible. She didn't make any introductions to the three people in Grande, which may have something to do with the fact that Louise is always by Zach's side. Zach could only rely on himself. Fortunately, the young driver was familiar enough with the people in the Grand House. It didn’t take long for Zach to get to know his uncle, cousin, cousin, parents...
Then spreading out these people, Zach already knows everyone here.
The vampire couldn't figure out what he was feeling. Although he had guessed it, he still felt helpless when he actually saw it. If you think that the upper class society in the West District is based on family units, then these people. The people who serve the distinguished surnames are also based on the family unit.
Some people who had never even met Zach smiled and patted Zach on the shoulder after learning that he was Grande, "Mr. Cosier mentioned you!" Some older people even called out The names of Old Grand and Old Hank, "So. You are Grand's son?!" they asked with blinking eyes.
Such a tight system is a good thing for Grande, and Zach can only think so.
Socializing around is a waste of time and energy. Zach took out his 'snack jar' and drank some red wine. The party has already entered an advanced stage and everyone is playing games, so no one will notice. The game they played really left Zach with no sense of participation.
The black magic hat was stuffed with notes written by everyone. The person who pulled it out began to act out the person whose name was written on the note, and then a group of people began to guess.
"Stone!" someone shouted!
The performer nodded happily, opened the note again, and took a look. Think about it for a while. Then he continued to perform. He stood up straight, pretending to turn the pages of a book, and frowned slightly.
"Everyone in the Stone family is like this!" someone shouted dissatisfied.
The performer grimaced helplessly, and then acted like he was exercising.
"Hey! Can you be serious? Everyone in the Stone family can exercise, okay?" Someone raised an eyebrow in response, "Mrs. Stone runs on the Charles River every morning."
The performer slumped his shoulders and thought again. This time he seemed to have thought of something. Happy, I started to take off my clothes...
Thank God. He was stopped! But he eagerly started pointing at his body, as if he was writing something, writing all over his body.
"Ah! Blake Stone!"
Finally, someone guessed it! The performer pulled up his pants that were halfway pulled up, raised his hands and bowed.
Someone couldn't wait to pull out a piece of paper from the magic hat and pushed away the guy who was still stumbling to lift his pants. He glanced at the note. After thinking for a while, the performance started.
"Hey." Amanda took the wine glass and walked towards Zach who was leaning against the wall. She looked at Louise who was helping to arrange the desserts in the kitchen, and shook the wine in her hand with some embarrassment. "Thank you for the wine."
Zach smiled and nodded, "You're welcome. I hope you like it."
Amanda nodded, looking where she was looking, "I like it very much, thank you."
Zach was not ready to answer any more, and smiled and took a sip of his wine.
In the middle of the surrounding sofas, the performer clenched his fist with one hand and stood on his chest with the other, looking excited. His face was reddened, but no one seemed to know who he was imitating, and they looked at each other in confusion.
There was a smile on Amanda's face. She had already guessed who it was, but she was not prepared to say it because it was the name she had written. She glanced at Zach who had a thinking expression, moved her head slightly closer, and whispered, "Barton Daily."
Zach's eyes moved towards Amanda who approached and quickly left. He narrowed his eyes slightly, and when Amanda's slightly red face was about to turn away, he showed an 'oh' expression.
Zach shook his head and said in an equally low voice, "Isn't it more intuitive that he acted like he was wilting in a wheelchair?"
Yes, the answer is Mrs. Queen. Mrs. Quinn stood up suddenly at a press conference three months ago. This photo was praised by Zach for her momentum.
The blush on Amanda's face was still there, thanks to the red wine. She shook her head with a smile, turned her face sideways, and whispered, "Although it is a game, we still try not to show off..." She did not continue.
Zach nodded in understanding.
"What are you talking about?" Louise walked over with a smile, holding a silver tray in her hand. When she approached Zach, she successfully delivered the last dessert and placed it on the table. Louise stood in front of the two of them, smiling like a beauty pageant girl.
"I was just thanking Mr. Grande for the wine." Amanda became nervous for some reason.
"I'm glad you like it." Louise said with a smile, and took Zach's arm naturally. Her eyes no longer looked at Amanda, but at Benjamin who was sitting drowsily in the chair, and then motioning to Zach.
It's time to leave.
Amanda had noticed the two people's gaze, so when Zach said with his usual smile, "It's a little late, we have to go back to the South District, so..." Amanda pursed her lips and said a little apologetically. , "I'm sorry, you must find it very boring tonight."
"Oh no." Zach smiled and shook his head, "Actually, I'm very happy." Zach didn't forget to wave to a few new people he met, indicating that he was leaving. He patted Benjamin on the shoulder and apologized, "Benjamin is just lazy." They were guests, but now they were embarrassing the host. This was not in line with Zach's behavior.
Amanda smiled and didn't dwell on the matter. She went to the next room to get the coats of the three of them, "Once again, thank you for coming today."
"We're glad we came today." Zach didn't lie.
As they stepped out of the front yard, someone finally guessed Mrs. Quinn's name. A group of people complained noisily, "You are so unlikeable! Mrs. Quinn always lifts her chin!"
As mentioned before, this is an extremely tight system. (..)