CHAPTER 1884: CHAPTER 890: ENCOUNTER AT THE OPENING BANQUET

As Yan Fei and Xu Xiaoyan were still guessing, someone already asked, "Young master Niu, do you have new information? Hurry up and tell us what’s going on?"

Young master Niu was clearly a nickname, and the young man thought for a moment before speaking, "Well, I’ll spill it. Anyway, I guess it’s about to hit the news. They say America is demanding us to send an investigation team too, to cooperate with them to investigate the situation. I think they’re too scared to go by themselves and want someone to take the fall with them?"

That’s definitely the case.

Everyone at the table thought so; the American investigation team must have suddenly realized that many surrounding countries have ’mysteriously’ experienced something, except for China, which is vast and close to Japan, yet has never been ’mysterious’.

That’s the only reason they made such a demand.

"If you ask me, just ignore them," another young man spoke. "Let them go, at the very least, have an investigation team go and never return, that would be the best result!"

It seems that even in this group of young masters, there are Angry Youths too!

While Yan Fei was feeling emotional, another young man said, "Xiaohe, you speak too lightly. They might throw in some conditions, failing to use threats, they’ll use bribery. They’ll eventually manage to make us assemble a team to go with them. How many times have we had to swallow our pride for the sake of development?"

"Brother Da Jun, that’s not fair! This time it’s blatantly bullying us..." Xiaohe replied indignantly, quickly voicing his discontent. Yet, many were like the previous speaker, sighing thoughtfully.

Among the young people Meng Si’an knew, they definitely had more exposure than those in Sancha River Village. The information one receives growing up determines their perspective. For example, this group of young people, while ordinary people watch the news for entertainment, they are shaped by it and certainly know more than children from regular families.

Hence, people like Xiaohe, who are somewhat angry youth, are in the minority; most have their own opinions.

"I think it’s more like they’re deliberately backing Japan," a young man said. "I recently went to Japan and found that over the years, their tourism industry has already been significantly affected. Now they’re just holding up a facade, taking a gamble. Either everyone is fine, or if our investigation team encounters problems too, then nobody will criticize anyone afterward."

Simply put, it’s about everyone looking bad together. If we encounter problems, you’ll laugh if yours don’t. So, just drag everyone down, and if everyone encounters it, it’s just a matter of who took fifty steps versus a hundred—no one will laugh at anyone then...

After all, no one has a solution for such issues.

It’s certain that Japan’s tourism industry is affected. At first, maybe a few researchers and curious people visit, but later the situation worsens. Aside from some who are apathetic and those who want to experience so-called space-time travel by visiting temporal rifts, others will try to avoid going to such a problematic place.

The world is so big, you can travel anywhere, no need to go to a potentially ’mysterious’ Japan, right?

The group was having a rather lively discussion, and Yan Fei was happy to listen. Indeed, these people were quite well-informed, and they had diverse perspectives, clearly influenced by their families.

Yan Fei could even deduce from their analysis and discussion whose family was in business and whose was in politics.

"Hey, big guy, why aren’t you saying anything? We’re all discussing matters, is it fun eating by yourself?" Suddenly, someone shouted at him.

Yan Fei, who was attentively listening to their opinions on America demanding China’s investigative team, hadn’t reacted yet. It was only when Xu Xiaoyan nudged him that he realized they were talking about him.

How is my eating bothering you?

He looked up and saw the speaker was none other than the younger Xiaohe, "Does talking here change anything? If you want to oppose, protest with actions, sail over and keep an eye on them, to stop them from crossing the line."

Everyone at the table was stunned at that moment; this person who had been silently eating was more radical than Xiaohe?

Xiaohe was unhappy: "You talk big, but do you dare to go?"

Without a second thought, Yan Fei replied, "You find the boat, I’ll pay, just tell me when we set off."

"..." Xiaohe was speechless at that, he had spoken too radically earlier, and since the others did not agree with him, his enthusiasm was dampened. Seeing Yan Fei being quietly focused on eating, he casually threw a jab.

Unexpectedly, Yan Fei’s straightforward response left him in an awkward position. Frustrated, he finally managed to say, "Fine, then when we get the news, you better not back out."

Yan Fei chuckled at his words, "Don’t worry about it."

Yan Fei’s calmness rendered Xiaohe speechless; after all, there were female companions at the table, and although Xiaohe was brash, he couldn’t be overly disrespectful. It was best to stop the conversation at this point.

Because of their exchange, others couldn’t continue discussing the topic. With plans to find a boat already underway, why continue sitting there pretending to voice opinions?

Yan Fei was happy for them to change the subject. To be honest, even though Xiaohe picked a fight with him for no reason, Yan Fei actually found Xiaohe a bit more likable. Although the others had logical analyses, they were a tad too detached.