Qingdeng's steps stumbled slightly.
Harada deliberately lowered his voice.
Under the control of his exquisite voice, only Qingdeng and others who were close to him heard clearly what he just said.
As soon as Harada finished speaking, Nagakura looked at him with a shocked expression: "These barbarian girls have such strange faces. Looking at faces like this, are you still in the mood to do that kind of thing?"
Although the "Black Ship Incident" in which Commodore Perry of the United States led a fleet into Edo Bay occurred seven years ago in the sixth year of Kayei (1853), Japan did not immediately open its borders because of the incident.
The Edo shogunate, who was afraid of American force, did not dare to refuse the request for the founding of the country, but it was also afraid that if it abolished the national policy of "locking down the country" and opened the country, it would be criticized by the whole country.
Therefore, Masahiro Abe, the chief veteran of the Edo shogunate at that time, used the excuse that "the emperor's approval is required before the treaty can be accepted" and agreed that Perry would give a reply in the spring of the next year.
Therefore, the visit of the American fleet this time did not achieve any substantive results. It only succeeded in sending Japan their credentials for the United States to request Japan to open a country for trade, and successfully promoted their United States' military power.
In the following year, the sixth year of Kayei (1854), Perry arrived as promised, led a larger fleet into Edo Bay, and asked the Edo shogunate to "give an answer as soon as the agreed time has come."
It was not until this time that the Edo shogunate finally signed the Treaty of Kanagawa with the United States because it could not bear the pressure.
Subsequently, England, France, the Netherlands, Tsarist Russia and other countries rushed to sign treaties with Japan like cats smelling a fishy smell.
It was only then that the "Lockdown Order" of the Edo shogunate finally existed in name only, and the country's gates were completely opened.
So if we really want to take a closer look, up to now, the total time that Japan has really opened its doors to the world is less than 6 years.
Because the time for communication with the outside world is too short, even people who do not have a strong dislike for Westerners find it very difficult to get used to the appearance and culture of Westerners.
Whether it is the tall stature of Westerners, even for women, or the excessively white skin, colorful hair and eye colors, the Japanese of this era are extremely unaccustomed to them and feel that these Westerners all look like monsters.
Because the bridge of the nose of Westerners is generally very high, just like the big monster in Japanese legend: Tengu, this strengthens some people's understanding that "Westerners are a bunch of monsters and unclean things".
After asking Harada a sharp question, Nagakura lowered his voice and continued:
"I heard that because we are of different races from Westerners, if we do that kind of thing with Westerners, we will get sick."
"This is pure nonsense." As soon as Nagakura finished speaking, Qingto couldn't help but refuted it in a helpless tone because this statement was so ridiculous.
"Don't you want to give it a try?" Harada licked his lips, "Anyway, I really want to give it a try."
"It's a pity that this place seems...unlikely to have Western wandering girls."
The Westerners living in this Edo settlement were either businessmen who came to Japan to do business, or public officials responsible for handling Japanese affairs. Some with lower status were also servants and guards of the above two types of people.
In a word - the Western residents in this area are either rich or noble.
In this kind of area, there is really no chance of encountering a Western tourist girl.
In response to Harada's question just now, "Don't you want to give it a try?" Saito was the first to give a cold and cool, very personal short answer: "Not interested."
Nagakura followed Saito in his reply: "I'm not used to the appearance of Westerners."
At this time, a man with brown hair and green eyes, wearing a starched suit, walked towards Nagakura from the far direction.
Looking at the man's brown hair and rather green eyes, Nagakura shrank his neck, then silently took a step to the side, standing far away from the brown-haired man.
Seeing that Saito and Nagakura had given their answers, Harada turned his expectant eyes to Aoto.
Harada seemed... as if he wanted to find a companion with whom he could go hunting for flowers and willows in the future.
Aoto, who noticed Harada's gaze, had a helpless expression: "I'm not very interested in having fun with wandering girls."
Influenced by the education he received in his previous life, Qingdeng has always held an attitude of refusing to "find wandering girls".
Moreover, in Qingdeng's eyes, seeking pleasure from prostitutes in this era is a complete gamble in which one's own life is at stake.
Because reliable protection measures have not yet appeared, and people in this era generally do not have a sound awareness of hygiene, the disease has always been prevalent among the people.
In this era before antibiotics have been invented, most of the diseases caused by the disease are terminal and can only lead to death.
Qingdeng didn't want to die from a disease... and he didn't want to die from the Hualiu disease, which would happen to him.
Seeing that even Aomori had clearly stated that he was "not interested", Harada's eyebrows showed a clear look of shock.
"What about you?" Harada looked at the last person who had not yet expressed his stance, "Fudo, what do you say?"
"Ah? Me?" As the youngest person in Qingden's small team, Toudou's face was still obviously childish, but he had a depressed look of "Well...how should I answer?"
Seeing Toudou looking like he didn't know how to answer, Qingnobu was thinking about whether to help Toudou when Toudou suddenly spoke:
"I... don't really like these barbarians who have invaded our country."
"But I am different from the madmen like the anti-barbarian group who want to kill all the barbarians who enter our country and all the Chinese who have had contact with these barbarians."
"Although I don't like the Yi people, I still hope to coexist peacefully with the Yi people, maintain a good relationship with the Yi people, and then learn from the Yi people's advanced technology to strengthen our country's national power so that the Yi people will not dare to act recklessly from now on.
Insult our country."
“I think this is the real ‘rejection’.”
"Oh?" Harada raised his eyebrows in surprise.
At this time, Aoto, Saito, and Nagakura could not help but turn their heads and look at Todo.
Everyone's eyes were focused on him, which made Toudo feel nervous.
"Hug, I'm sorry." Todo smiled awkwardly and raised his hand to scratch his hair, "I seem to have said some not-so-interesting things... It was just my personal opinion. You can just listen to it and enjoy it."
good."
"Nothing." Harada grinned and laughed a few times, "I think what you just said is very interesting."
"On the topic of 'repelling the foreigners', the most common comments I hear from people around me...are either 'Practice your swordsmanship hard, and after the war with the Western countries in the future, I will be the first to be brave and split the barbarians with one sword.
's head'."
"Either it is that 'the battleships and cannons of the Yi and Di are nothing to be afraid of. The most important weapons on the battlefield are people's faith and will. As long as you have the determination to win and the will to fight without fear of death, it is not difficult to defeat the Yi and Di.'
"
"It's really rare for someone like you, Toudo, to advocate 'learning from the barbarians'."
Toudo smiled naively: "Harada-kun, there are very few people like you who find my ideas interesting."
Having said this, a hint of helplessness slowly appeared on Toudo's cheeks.
"I have also mentioned my idea of 'learning from the Yi and Di' to many people."
"But they basically either lack interest or scorn it."
"Although there are many people who are not as radical as the madmen like the anti-barbarian group and eager to kill all the barbarians in the country, they also hate the barbarians extremely."
"Either we feel that we cannot lower ourselves to have any dealings with the Yi Di."
"Either you think that the Yi and the Di are our enemies, and learning from them is a very shameful behavior."
"Only the master and some fellow disciples agree with my proposition."
The master Toudo refers to... naturally refers to the dojo master of Ito Dojo who is well-known in Edo and is famous for his ability in both civil and martial arts. Ito Daizo taught Hokushin Itto-ryu.
Ayoto had also heard that Ito Daizo was indeed one of those people with a relatively open mind. There were rumors that Ito Daizo was learning English and Dutch by himself.
Thinking about it this way, Todo, who practices Hokushin Itto-ryu in his dojo, was influenced by his master and came up with the idea of "learning from the West", which is quite advanced in the current Japanese social environment.
Not surprising.
After quietly listening to Toudou's words that sounded like complaints, Harada laughed "hehehe" a few times, and then shrugged his shoulders vigorously.
"Anyway, for me, as long as it doesn't affect my eating, it doesn't matter whether I want to drive out all the Yi Di or learn the skills of the Yi Di."
After such a simple chat, Qingdeng and his party stopped talking.
After turning two corners in silence all the way, Qingto and the others finally arrived at their destination—the place they were reported to be: a confectionery shop specializing in wagashi.
This snack shop is a rare Japanese-style building in this settlement.
According to the information provided by the informant, there is a rugged man with a beard who sneaks in and out of this pastry shop almost every day, carrying a large bag of things.
After seeing this pastry shop, the expressions of Qingdeng and others suddenly became serious.
Under the leadership of Qingdeng, they were not in a hurry to get close to the dim sum shop, but first walked around the dim sum shop from a distance to observe the architectural style of the dim sum shop and the layout of the surrounding buildings.
According to statistics, this snack shop only has two doors, the front door and the back door, so there are not many ways for people inside to escape... This is quite beneficial to Qingteng and the others.
"Mr. Tachibana." Nagakura leaned his head towards Qingto, "What should we do now?"
Qingdeng pondered for a few breaths: "... First find a place to lurk and observe this pastry shop. See if you can catch the person the informant mentioned sneaking in and out of this pastry shop almost every day.
Bearded man."
After saying that, Qingden raised his head and looked around, looking for a suitable place to hide and observe the pastry shop.
After a while, Qingdeng's brows frowned slightly - this dim sum shop was surrounded by neatly arranged houses.
There is neither an inn that can be easily entered nor a secret alley that is convenient for hiding.
Saito and the others also found that there was no suitable place for them to hide around, and they all looked embarrassed.
When Qingdeng was thinking about what to do now——
"Eh? Mr. Tachibana?"
Such a childish but beautiful female voice...
The female voice came from behind, causing Qingdeng to turn around with a surprised expression.
A lovely silhouette suddenly caught Qingdeng's eyes.
"Miss Angoulême?" Qingden subconsciously whispered the name of this beautiful figure.
Little Elodie de Angoulême, whom she hadn't seen for a long time, was holding up a small white parasol in her left hand and holding up her white dress with her right hand. She walked straight towards the hotel with a cheerful face and a quick pace.
Qingdeng.
The parasol held by Elodie's left hand is too small for an adult. It is useless except for showing off, but for a person who is only 12 years old this year, her figure is quite petite.
For Elodie, it is just right.
Elodie leaned the pole of the parasol on her left shoulder, with Elodie's waist as the dividing line. Her body above the waist was hidden under the shadow of the parasol, while the body below the waist was exposed in the light.
middle.
Half of her body is in the shadows, and half of her body is in the sunshine. The combination of strong contrast, coupled with Elodie's extremely cute face, makes her figure cast a hazy color.
Elodie still has the same hairstyle. Her waist-length blond hair is braided into a neat three-strand braid, hanging forward from her right shoulder. Her thin and slightly inward-curled forehead hair is a bit like the "air bangs" that are very popular in modern times.
On her forehead as smooth as suet.
The three-strand braid hanging down to her chest kept jumping up and down in a light arc as she ran.
Compared to this unchanged hairstyle, Elodie changed into a white dress that Qingden had never seen before.
Qingden didn't know anything about Western clothing of this era. He only knew that the dress that Elodie was wearing was in the style of a tutu with a hem that reached to her feet.
Judging from the seemingly high-end fabrics and the rather fine stitching details, the price of the white dress Elodie is wearing must be so high that Qingden can't help but slow down his breathing.
The early summer sun hung just in the sky in front of Elodie.
Under the direct sunlight and against the background of the high sky, Elodie's petite figure seemed to have some kind of magic power, which naturally made people's eyes focus on her unconsciously.
After discovering Elodie, Qingden immediately found two people behind Elodie who were very familiar to him and almost always appeared with Elodie.
Elodie's brown-haired maid, Leroy, hurriedly followed behind Elodie. She kept shouting at Elodie in French that Qingden couldn't understand.
But judging from Leroy's expression, Qingden guessed that she was telling Elodie not to run too fast.
Behind Leroy is the fat old KFC grandpa... Ah, no, it's Elodie's grandpa: Anthony.
Anthony grunted and followed closely behind Elodie and Leroy, while casting a surprised look at Qingden.
Saito, who first fought alongside Aoto, knew Elodie and others. Nagakura, Harada, and Toudou met Elodie and others for the first time.
"Mr. Tachibana." Nagakura turned to Qingnobo and asked, "Do you know this beautiful little girl?"
Elodie's appearance is significantly different from that of ordinary Western girls.
Although she also has deep facial features full of Caucasian characteristics, the lines of her facial features are much softer than those of ordinary Western girls, and her frame is much more petite than those of ordinary Western girls.
This kind of appearance that combines Western beauty and Eastern beauty made Nagakura, who was not used to Western looks, have to agree that the little girl who just called Aoden "Mr. Orange" was very beautiful.
"Yes." Qingdeng nodded, "These people are all people I know."
At this time, Elodie finally rushed to Qingdeng.
"Mr. Orange, long time no see!" Elodie raised her little head and flashed her beautiful sky blue eyes towards Qingden, "Why are you here?"
Before Qingden could answer Elodie's question, Anthony and Leroy both came to Elodie's left and right sides.
"Long time no see, Mr. Orange. What a coincidence, I meet you here. Why are you here?" Anthony asked the same question as his granddaughter.
Qingden smiled slightly and greeted Elodie and the others politely: "Mr. Angoulême, Miss Angoulême, Miss Leroy, long time no see."
"My companions and I are here to conduct some official business."
After briefly discussing why he appeared here, Qingdeng asked:
"Monsieur Angoulême, are you... taking a walk around here?"
Qingdeng originally wanted to ask, "Why are you here?" But when he was about to say the words, Qingdeng suddenly realized that this was a very stupid question, so he abruptly answered the questions that had already flowed to his lips.
Swallowing it back, I changed the question to "Are you taking a walk around here?"
Elodie and the others are French and live in this settlement where foreigners gather. There is nothing surprising about meeting them here.
Anthony laughed "hahaha" a few times: "Yes, I rarely have free time today, so I went out for a walk with Elodie."
"What a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet you at the door of my house when I came home from a walk."
"At the door of your home?" Qingden keenly discovered this word in Anthony's words that he could not ignore. "Mr. Angoulême, do you live near here?"
"Huh? Yes." Anthony nodded, then pointed, "That's our home."
Qingden looked in the direction pointed by Anthony's finger.
What Anthony is referring to is a very new, 3-story Western-style mansion.
After seeing this mansion, Qingdeng's eyes immediately narrowed slightly and his expression became slightly weird.
Nagakura and Harada, the two upright and blunt-minded people, looked as usual.
On the other hand, after Saito and Toudo saw the home that Anthony pointed to, their expressions remained the same as Aoto, showing thoughtful expressions.
The reason why Qingdeng and the others were like this was not because of the special appearance of Anthony's home.
But because - Anthony's home is located diagonally opposite the dim sum shop they want to monitor...
If you stand on the top floor of Anthony's house, you should be able to see everything going on in the pastry house.
"...Mr. Anthony." Qingdeng turned his attention from Anthony and his family's home back to Anthony, and said seriously, "I have a heartfelt request..."
…
…
After a while——
"Mr. Orange, welcome to my home!"
As soon as she led Qingdeng and the others into the entrance hall, Elodie shouted to Qingdeng and the others in a cheerful tone.
After passing through the exquisite gate and filing into Elodie's home, Yongcang and the others were like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, looking around with their eyes wide open.
Every part of this house with a complete French decorative style, both in appearance and interior decoration, was a huge cultural shock to Nagakura and the others.
After entering the house, Qingnog also opened his eyes in surprise like Nagakura and others, but he was not shocked by the cultural shock. As a time traveler, he was naturally unlikely to suffer any cultural shock.
I was shocked by how exquisite and beautiful the decoration of this house was.
After entering the house, you can first see the gray carpeted floor, the high coffered ceiling with diamond arch lines, and the white velvet walls. There are quite a few oil paintings hanging on the walls. Most of these oil paintings are exquisite.
landscape painting.
Under the guidance of Anthony, Elodie, and Leroy, as they headed for the stairs leading to the upper floor, Qingden and the others passed a spacious room that looked like a dining room.
Two chandeliers hang low above the long table in the dining room.
On the table covered with white tablecloth, there are several candlesticks mainly used for decoration, and also decorated with a few flowers that Qingdeng cannot name - things and places with exquisite arrangements like this long table are here.
The house is full of them.
The layout of this mansion gave Qingdeng the feeling that it was "just right".
Everything is so "just right", neither too luxurious nor too shabby.
——As expected of a businessman who can engage in cross-border business in this era...
Qingdeng silently praised Anthony for owning such a beautiful house.
Qingzhen understood that Anthony, as a businessman, specialized in doing business - reselling Japanese specialties back to the West.
Being able to conduct cross-border business across oceans in this era would naturally not be a small businessman who lacks money, so it makes sense for Anthony to own such a house.
"Mr. Angoulême." Qingden couldn't help but ask as he followed Anthony and the others up the stairs, "Didn't you hire any other servants?"
Qingdeng found that since entering Anthony's house, he had not seen anyone else.
"I don't have any other family members." Anthony joked, "The family members in this family are currently only me, Elodie and Leroy. I have no plans to add new members in the short term.
,"
"Leroy is very capable. With her own efforts, she can keep this house and our clothes clean every day, and she can also make Elodie and I eat very delicious food every day."
Meals.”
After hearing this, Qingdeng couldn't help but smack his tongue, and then secretly cast a look of admiration at the taciturn maid who rarely showed expressions on her face.
To single-handedly maintain the normal daily operation of this large house with a total area of at least 300 square meters, and also take care of the food and clothing management of Anthony and Elodie... This ability really has to be admired.
After reaching the highest floor of the house, Anthony took Qingdeng into a room with two bookshelves filled with various books.
"Mr. Orange, this is our study room. Do you think this room is okay?"
Qingdeng walked to the window of the study room in three steps and looked out - he had a clear view of the dim sum shop diagonally opposite.
"Yes." Qingdeng nodded with satisfaction, "This place is just right. Mr. Angoulême, thank you very much for your help."
"Hahahaha." Anthony waved his hand, "No thank you, it's just a small favor. Just use this room."
Just now, after discovering that Anthony and his family's home is located diagonally across from the pastry shop, Qingdeng made a request to Anthony: Can you let them borrow a room on the top floor of your house so that we can monitor the pastry shop.
After briefly summarizing the general reason for the incident with Anthony, Anthony said "no problem!" very readily.
Anthony was a very friendly person, and when faced with this not particularly difficult request from Qingdeng, who had saved their lives, he almost nodded without any hesitation.
After thanking Anthony, Qingden turned his gaze back to the snack shop outside the window.
At this time, Qingden suddenly heard Toudo's surprised emotion coming from behind him:
"Huh? There is actually a Ukiyoe hanging here."
Attracted by Toudou's emotion, Aonto and his party turned around.
I saw an A4-sized ukiyo-e hanging on the east wall of the study.
This Ukiyo-e is a landscape painting.
The background is the city of Edo at night.
Two men in black, one tall and one short, were galloping on the houses that were arranged very densely and compactly.
Of the two men in black, the shorter one wore a scarf, only showing a pair of eyes, while the taller one wore a black fox mask.
Seeing the two men in black painted in the painting, the expression on Qingdeng's face suddenly became extremely strange.
"Oh, this." Anthony glanced at the painting hanging on the wall and smiled helplessly, "This is the painting Elodie bought a few days ago."
Qingden stood closer to the ukiyo-e and carefully looked at the two figures painted on the painting: "Are the two people in the painting...the cat monk and the fox monk?"
As soon as Qingdeng finished speaking, Elodie took two quick steps and stood next to Qingdeng.
"Yes! It's the Cat Monk and the Fox Monk!"
After saying that, Elodie raised her head and looked at the painting on the wall excitedly. Her delicate face glowed with a ruddy luster, and the skin on her entire face showed a white and rosy color.
.
Qingdeng's expression became a little weirder, but he quickly relied on his own self-control to control the changes in the expression on his face.
"Miss Elodie." Qingden shifted his gaze from the painting of the fox monk and the cat monk... that is, the painting of him and Kinoshita Mai, to the body of Elodie next to him, "You... are very
Do you like Cat Monk and Fox Monk?"
"Yes!" Elodie nodded vigorously, her eyes rippling fiercely, like twinkling stars, and her face became more rosy, "I admire them both very much! I think they are really amazing!
How dare you confront those evil people and maintain the peace of this city!"
Worship... Hearing this word, Qingden couldn't help but look weird again. He couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. He quickly raised his hand to pretend to wipe the sweat from his lips, but in reality he was trying to regain control of his expression that was almost out of control.
A few days ago, Qingnogang found out: peripheral products of him and Mai Kinoshita have recently begun to circulate in the markets of Edo...
As he and Mai Kinoshita were like Batman in Gotham City, they continuously attacked the evil people in Edo. Based on Mai Kinoshita's original popularity, the current popularity of "Cat Little Monk and Fox Little Monk" has already
It's so high that many very business-minded people are starting to produce related peripheral products...
A mask of the same style as him, an ukiyo-e depicting him and Mai Kinoshita... As far as Ayoto knows, these products are selling very well.
Originally, Qingdeng didn't pay much attention to this matter.
It was impossible for him to run to those merchants with such arrogance and say, "I am Hu Xiaoseng, please give me the royalties."
In addition to feeling dissatisfied with these unscrupulous merchants who are using his and Kinoshita Mai's names to make money, Qingto also has no ability to control the peripheral products of him and Kinoshita Mai on the market.
Qingden never expected... that he would find the peripheral portraits of him and Kinoshita Mai at the home of Elodie, who is Kinoshita Mai's best friend, and even heard Elodie say that she admired them both...
At this moment, Qingdeng didn't know what expression to put on.
For a moment, Qingto suddenly wanted to know whether Kinoshita Mai knew about this and what kind of expression he showed after hearing about it for the first time...
"I'm sorry, Mr. Tachibana, for making you laugh."
Perhaps because he was worried about the negative impact of loudly expressing his admiration for two phantom thieves who had been in the limelight in Edo in front of a "sheriff" like Aonto, Anthony quickly walked away while smiling apologetically.
Arriving at Qingdeng’s side.
"I don't know if it's because she has read too much Robin Hood, but Elodie particularly likes these two strange thieves."
"Although the recent deeds of Cat Little Monk and Fox Little Monk are indeed worthy of admiration, but..."
Anthony paused, thought about his words, and then continued:
"Mao Xiaoseng has a very detailed record of theft. He is a disgusting thief who has stolen many people's money. He is not someone worthy of worship at all."
"Hu Xiaoseng has just emerged recently. Although there is no record that he has participated in thefts with Mao Xiaoseng, he is Cat Xiaoseng's companion after all. I guess in Mao Xiaoseng's previous series of thefts, Fox
Xiao Monk must also have done a lot of support work for Cat Xiao Monk behind the scenes."
As soon as Anthony finished speaking, Elodie, who had just seen stars in her eyes, immediately looked sullen.
And when he heard Anthony call Kinoshita Mai a "disgusting big thief", Qingteng's eyes also flashed with an imperceptible flash at the same moment. Not to mention the people around him, even Qingteng himself didn't realize it.
The look of displeasure.
Qingdeng pursed his lips, and then moved his lips. When he was about to say something to Anthony, Elodie beat Qingdeng and said:
"Grandpa, what Mao Xiaoseng and the others stole were the money of evil people!"
Probably because it would be impolite to speak French that they didn't understand in front of Qingdeng and others, Elodie did not communicate with her grandfather in French, but used French to speak French, regardless of whether it was standard or fluent.
Can't fault the Japanese language.
"Isn't stealing the money of evil people not stealing?" Anthony frowned slightly, "No matter what, stealing something is stealing something. No matter what thing is stolen or who is the target of the theft, theft is still theft.
"
Every word in Anthony's words reveals his displeasure with the cat monk.
"This is different!" Elodie started a tit-for-tat confrontation with Anthony without giving in. "Cat Monk, Fox Monk, they all dare to attack those evil people who can't even touch the government, and they dare to let those evil people eat a lot.
The suffering. This alone is enough for us to respect them!"
"Okay. Let's talk about these later."
"Grandpa KFC" frowned and glanced quietly at Qingdeng and the others... He must have been concerned that it would be indecent to make a noise and argue in front of guests like Qingdeng and the others, so Anthony wanted to end the conversation.
But Elodie was unyielding and completely ignored what Anthony just said, "We'll talk about it later."
Elodie was seen overlapping each other, and the two small hands placed in front of her navel were slightly clenched, and the light in her sky-blue eyes like a sunny summer day suddenly became much sharper.
"Grandpa, your remarks... are really annoying."
"I like to use human standards to demand brave and noble people who are willing to confront evil people."
"It is required that their conduct, style of life, and methods of conduct must be upright, in compliance with the law, and without any mistakes."
"Once there is even the slightest flaw in their body that you don't like, you can say that they are just mediocre with a condescending attitude."
"Then he often shows mercy to those evil people."
"If Lucullus had done anything thrifty, it would have seemed like he wasn't so bad after all."
“If Abagon in Molière’s novel let go of the money bag he holds tightly in his hands and gives a little money to the poor, which is just a drop in the bucket for him, you may think that he is actually a kind-hearted philanthropist.
Bar."
"As long as these bad guys do a little good deed, they will receive your applause and cheers."
"This way of treating heroes and villains differently is so ridiculous and annoying."
"It's just because there are so many people with ideas like yours, grandpa, that people become more and more willing to be villains!"
Anthony's mouth was slightly opened by Elodie's refutation, and he was speechless.
Not to mention Anthony.
Aoto and others... even Saito, who rarely showed fluctuations in emotions and expressions, were all dumbfounded at this time and focused their attention on what they just said, which was not something that a 12-year-old girl could say.
The words of Elodie.
Although Qingdeng and the others don't quite understand Western allusions such as Lucullus and Molière's Aragon, they can all roughly understand its meaning.
Everyone's astonished eyes were focused on herself... but Elodie did not show any stage fright. She continued to look at Anthony with a firm look that did not give in.
"...Okay, I admit that I did go a bit too far just now." Anthony sighed softly, "Elodie, let's discuss the merits and demerits of Cat Monk, Fox Monk and others later.
Let's go out for now. Staying here will affect the work of Mr. Tachibana and the others."
Elodie was startled, and then seemed to realize that this was indeed not the right place for a heated argument with Anthony.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Tachibana." Elodie turned around, slightly lifted the skirt of her white tutu with both hands, and saluted Qingden and others with an apologetic expression, "I've made you see a very indecent sight.
scene."
"It's okay, it's okay." Qingdeng quickly smiled and waved his hand, "We don't mind."
"Mr. Ju, let's go out first." Anthony smiled apologetically at Qingdeng again, "If you need anything, such as food or drink, just come to us. If we can help, we will do our best to help.
.”
After saying everything he needed to say in one breath, Anthony led Elodie and Leroy out of the study under the watch of Qingden and others, whose expressions of surprise had not completely dissipated.
As soon as Elodie and others left, Nagakura grinned and said to himself:
"What an amazing little girl..."
Nagakura's muttering expressed the thoughts of everyone present, including Qingto.
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Monitoring the dim sum shop through the study window did not require many people, so Qingdeng set up "two shifts".
He and Todo took the first shift.
Saito, Nagakura, Harada train second flight.
Two groups of people took turns monitoring the dim sum shop for half an hour.
Ayoto and Todo leaned against the wall by the window and spent the first surveillance calmly. Nothing unusual happened at the snack shop, and they did not find the sneaky beard mentioned by the informant.
After changing shifts with Saito and the others, Aoto suddenly felt a little thirsty.
After briefly asking his friends if they also wanted to drink water, Qingdeng left the study alone, preparing to ask Anthony and the others for some water.
The third floor where the study room is located was quiet, with no one around, so Qingden had no choice but to explore down the stairs.
It wasn't until he reached the bottom floor that Qing Teng finally saw someone.
"Ah, Mr. Tachibana."
In the restaurant, Elodie jumped off her chair and ran towards Qingden with three steps at a time and two steps at a time with joy on her face.
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Thank you to the leader [My Love Home, I’m Actually 12] for the rewards from the two leaders the day before yesterday!
The author's current number of updates due has risen again for the first time in a long time, from 12 to 14.
Today’s 10,000-word update is to repay the owed update to the Silver Alliance [Handsome is my handsomeness]. I owe this Silver Alliance 12 chapters of unpaid updates... because he rewarded 2 alliance leaders and 1 Silver Alliance leader in this book.
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The author still owes 13 chapters worth 10,000 words.
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This chapter has been completed!