"Drink up! Drink up!"
Li Wei clinked glasses with Merson, Gus, Jimmy, and the others.
Merson was the president of the Xinghuo Literature Society.
The Xinghuo Literature Society wasn't large. It had only three founders: Merson, Gus, and Monis.
Monis had recently left Maple City.
Only Merson and Gus were at the banquet, along with a few other employees from the Xinghuo Literature Society.
During the banquet, after chatting with them for a while, Li Wei finally learned why they were celebrating his birthday.
It turned out that after Gus had learned about Li Wei's past, he knew the boy was an orphan, all alone in Maple City with no one to rely on.
Since no one ever celebrated his birthday, Gus had taken advantage of the lively welcome banquet to throw him a birthday party at the same time.
Li Wei found the reason both funny and touching. A birthday party held simply out of convenience... well, he'd take it.
The birthday celebration officially marked Li Wei's sixteenth year.
