"Distinguished relatives and friends! Welcome, everyone! The banquet officially begins now! Please welcome our birthday star, Old Mr. Ding, to the stage!"
The banquet began shortly, and as the host's words fell, the banquet hall instantly burst into rounds of enthusiastic applause!
Amidst the applause, an elderly man with half-gray hair, dressed in birthday robes, walked in!
This elder's face was full of age spots, and he didn't look like he was sixty at all, but rather more like eighty, with a pale face full of wrinkles. When he smiled, he looked like a chrysanthemum blossoming, filled with sleaziness!
As he walked into the center of the venue, the people there immediately stood up to greet him warmly, and Old Mr. Ding kept responding with a smile on his face.
"Thank you all!"
With the applause gradually subsiding, Old Mr. Ding clasped his hands towards everyone around and began to speak:
