4 Lotus Key "When--" the chime of the old-fashioned wall clock rang, startling me.
The sound came from the second floor. It was so loud. No wonder there was no need to place a clock on the first floor. You could hear the time from any corner of the living room.
I walked out of the house helplessly, and happened to see Xiao Kereng walking into the manor with his hands behind his back.
She changed into a red sportswear, and in the light cold air of early winter, like a little bird unwilling to be lonely, she waved her arms and twisted her waist while walking, doing various stretching movements. The dust and mist that filled the manor was slowly dissipating under the rising sun.
Go, the air is filled with the fragrance of fallen leaves and dead grass.
Standing in the hall at the entrance, you can see all the corners of the yard clearly at a glance.
At this time, the sound of sea waves became much clearer in my ears. Of course, I could clearly distinguish the difference between the sound of sea waves and the sound of water bubbles. What I heard last night was definitely the sound of huge water bubbles flooding.
"Morning, Mr. Feng." Xiao Kereng waved to me, her short hair moving lively with the movements of her body, and was coated with a faint golden light by the sunlight. After a night's rest, her eyes became brighter and brighter.
, always with a sly smile in his eyes.
The door was open, so she could probably see the mess in the hall, but she didn't show any obvious surprise.
"Today, Yasuko and Nobuko will send all the villa operating information to you for your signature. The accounts have been sorted out clearly. Generally speaking, the profits of the villa area have been steadily increasing slightly. Japan's domestic tourism industry has been frequently affected by
The impact of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions is generally flat or declining, which is not optimistic."
Xiao Kereng talked eloquently, with a businesslike tone.
I remembered her weird and excited look when she saw Guan Baoling's car yesterday, and I couldn't help but smile to myself: "A twenty-year-old girl is like the weather in midsummer. It can change anytime, anywhere, and it's hard to figure it out."
I walked down the steps, nodded to her in agreement, and then changed the subject: "I want to visit Fenggeo Temple. Is it convenient for the temple today? Can you make arrangements for me?" Standing in the middle of the yard, I turned around and looked at the main building.
At such a close distance, the feeling of "the buildings are like albatross" becomes even stronger.
There are seven houses on the left and right sides each, and a total of fifteen entrances together with the main entrance, connected by a long arched corridor. This building layout is somewhat unreasonable. After all, this is a combined building, and each room
They all have doorways facing outwards, which is not only repetitive, but also in Feng Shui, this pattern is called "Nine-Headed Birds Earn Life". The main culprit means "Everyone in the family is desperately developing on their own, and in the end the villa will be destroyed."
The spiritual energy inside was robbed and the family was destroyed."
The eldest brother is a master of tomb robbing. He must have a lot of knowledge about Yin Yang, Five Elements, and Feng Shui patterns. How could he set up such a bad formation in the villa where he lives?
Xiao Kereng was stunned for a moment, then raised the corner of his mouth and asked with a smile: "Well... it's easy to say, the relationship between our Xunfuyuan Villa Group and Fengcut Temple has always been very harmonious, I will let Anzi and the others make arrangements, don't worry. However, at present,
The big star Guan Baoling is in the temple. I'm afraid the paparazzi and the like can penetrate everywhere and spoil your fun?"
Her white tiger teeth flashed in the sunlight, like an extremely alert drug-detecting dog.
A fan is a fan, and she will blame anything on her idol. However, right now, all my thoughts are focused on tracking down the whereabouts of my eldest brother Yang Tian, and I have no interest in the relationship between men and women or anecdotes about the entertainment industry. Otherwise, when I was in Egypt,
Why would you reject Tiena’s naked confession without hesitation?
I really didn’t expect that Yasuko and Nobuko were twin sisters. When they appeared in front of me again with their heads lowered submissively, they were wearing the same type of white Nike sportswear, and both had standard Japanese clear noodles straight hair.
No matter which angle you look at, they all look exactly the same and there is no difference.
Last night, my mind was a little distracted and I didn't look at their faces at all.
Everyone walked into the living room together. Anzi and Xinzi quickly started cleaning up the scene. In order to cover up my embarrassment, Xiao Kereng offered to take me to the second floor to familiarize myself with the environment.
Stepping into the living room on the second floor, I breathed a sigh of relief, because I could feel that the Anzi sisters had been secretly holding back their laughter, but they just didn't laugh out loud in front of me out of politeness.
"Xiao Xiao, there is something... I wonder if you knew it before?" I tested her tone.
Xiao Kereng walked to the window and opened the huge wooden window, letting in the slightly cold fresh air from outside. In my impression, she seemed to never want to let herself stop, and kept walking around, doing
The various movements never stopped before my sight.
"What's the matter?" She then quickly opened the study door, and immediately, a strong smell of books hit her face, but it was also mixed with the musty smell of paper inherent in printed matter.
The study door is an extremely heavy old-fashioned oak door, with a rose pattern carefully engraved on it, which conveys the grandeur and elegance of the British in the 19th century. The bookshelf is also made of high-quality oak, without paint, and the original wood color is exposed.
, the woody fragrance and the bookish smell are mixed together to form a wonderful and intoxicating atmosphere.
"Last night, I was in front of the fireplace and heard the sound of water bubbles——" I saw Xiao Kereng's eyebrows raised, and the corners of his mouth seemed to be raised again.
"I made such a mess in the hall just to find out where the sound of water bubbles came from. You have been managing this villa for a long time. Do you have any impressions of such weird things?" I didn't care whether she laughed or not, I just said it first.
Let’s talk about it soon.
Xiao Kereng couldn't help laughing in the end and shook his head vigorously: "Mr. Feng, don't be joking. I can tell you responsibly that the ground level of the villa is higher than the sea level in the west, north and east directions of the nearby mountains.
The surface is about fifty meters, so even if a submarine volcano suddenly erupts, the water bubbles will not reach the villa."
She picked up a book on the shelf and pretended to flip through it, her shoulders shaking with laughter.
I know that my experience last night was very strange. If not, how could I be so frightened that I made a mess of the entire fireplace?
"Are there no such experiences recorded before?" I continued to ask.
Xiao Kereng shook his head vigorously, his short hair flying, and he looked at me slightly mischievously: "Mr. Feng, have you watched too many old movies like The Phantom of the Castle and subconsciously hallucinated?"
I shrugged my shoulders and smiled bitterly, not wanting to argue, and having no way to argue.
Wonderful horror and suspense movies can always give people an immersive sense of panic, and they will never be forgotten for a long time after watching it. This kind of mountain castle is one of the most suitable settings for compiling horror stories.
But I believe that I am not so mentally retarded that I regard fantasy as reality and have been busy for half a night.
As soon as the stairs sounded, Anzi (or Nobuko) came up, holding my radar watch in both hands, and bowed to me politely: "Mr. Feng, your watch."
I walked over to pick her up and secretly admired the girls' elegant etiquette. Among all Japanese cultures, the only thing I agree with is their "etiquette" and "politeness".
If there is a problem with the watch, I have to call the radar company's dealer in Japan to discuss replacement, which is time-consuming. I just arrived in Hokkaido and suffered such minor setbacks. It is really depressing. The watch is still in hand.
In my hand, I unconsciously looked at the surface. Huh? It started moving again. The time was 8:20 in the morning.
I was suddenly startled and took a deep breath. When the clock stopped last night, it was at 8:20 in the evening, but now I start working at this time...
"Xiao Xiao, what time is it now?" I blinked continuously and looked at my watch over and over again.
"Eight-twenty, oh no, it's eight-twenty-one, what's wrong?" Xiao Kereng's smile became more and more obvious.
I put on my watch, Anzi bowed to say goodbye, and then quietly went downstairs.
The suspension of watches is inevitable for anyone in the world, and I am certainly no exception. It is said that this limited edition of 3,999 watches has been sold so far.
So far, no piece has been broken, and I don’t want to be the first. However, when I sat back on the sofa and saw the big clock on the side of the window, my nerves tingled again - the one that was more than half a meter tall.
The tall old-fashioned bronze grandfather clock also stopped. The time was neither too early nor too late. It pointed at eight-twenty, exactly the same as my watch.
I crossed my hands vigorously and breathed in hissingly. Just now downstairs, I heard the chime of the clock, which proved that it had just stopped. So two watches, two eight o'clock
Twenty points, is there any inevitable or accidental connection?
The surface of the grandfather clock is also polished clean. It is shaped like an ancient Chinese general with his hands on his waist. The armor, combat boots and sword at his waist are all shiny. The dial and pendulum of the clock add up to fifty centimeters.
High and held firmly on the general's chest.
Such a huge bronze statue is relatively rare. I stretched out my finger and flicked the sleeve of the statue's robe, and there was a clanking sound. It was indeed a genuine bronze product.
Xiao Kereng walked over with a frown on his face and muttered dissatisfiedly: "Stopped again? I don't know why, but every time this big clock stops, it's always 8:20, and the hour and minute hands happen to block the winding hole.
Alas, it happens every time..."
She pressed a button-like spring switch on the chest of the statue, and the glass panel on the clock popped open. On the inner wall of the clock on the side of the pendulum, hung a bronze key more than twenty centimeters long, with a handle
Tie with black ribbon.
What attracts me is the tip of the key, which is not square or flat like the winding handle of an ordinary clock - it is a lotus flower with twelve overlapping pieces.
Xiao Kereng took off the lotus key, moved the hour hand a little, then put the end made into a lotus shape into the winding hole of the dial, and twisted it.
I walked to the door of the study room and looked inside. My eyes were filled with layers of books, which made me dizzy. If my eldest brother had purchased these books before, he should be a very fond of reading.
There is an ancient Chinese saying that "travel thousands of miles and read thousands of books". My eldest brother has undoubtedly implemented this ancient saying well.
With so many books, even a cursory flip through from beginning to end is probably a very arduous task. If you have to carefully search page by page, the workload is unimaginable.
Outside the window, the sound of a car suddenly coming to a screeching halt came in.
Xiao Kereng had already wound up the big clock. He raised his head and looked out the window, frowned and whispered: "It's this group of people again?"
From the window, you can always see the situation at the gate of the manor. Two luxury black Toyota cars parked at the gate one after the other. The driver in front jumped down and opened the door. He respectfully covered his hand on the door frame and greeted everyone.
A middle-aged Japanese man got off the bus.
The man was wearing a gray suit of good quality and shiny black leather shoes. He had a tall and tall figure and high spirits.
"Who are these people?" When I asked, Xiao Kereng had already put the key and closed the glass cover of the grandfather clock.
"Watanabe Castle, executive officer of the alliance of Japan's three major heavy industry consortiums." She pointed at the man.
In the global heavy industry community, when the name "Watanabe Castle" is mentioned, it should be more famous than the Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Many well-known heavy industry product dealers in Europe and the United States have regarded Watanabe Castle as the leader in this industry and are stomping around Tokyo.
, London, Paris, and New York all trembled.
I have heard his name, but his face is obviously younger than those in the newspaper photos.
He wore a pair of very light brown glasses on his face, his hair was neatly combed back, and his chin was slightly raised, giving him a smug look.
Xiao Kereng hurriedly explained: "I have already reported to Sister Su Lun that the Japan Heavy Industries Alliance in Watanabe City, for unknown purposes, has been contacting us for the past two months and is preparing to purchase the Xunfuyuan series.
I believe you know about the villa group, Mr. Feng?"
I nodded, indeed, Su Lun mentioned it.
"In terms of price, they have already sold four times the market valuation -" Xiao Kereng took a long breath, because the transaction amount four times the market price absolutely deviated from the rules of business, and had to be on guard. In business,
Since everyone is ups and downs in the business world, everyone knows that "pie in the sky will not fall from the sky." Any business that seems to be a sure profit without loss may be a bait thrown by the opponent.
Xiao Kereng walked downstairs and reported two figures to me neatly: "The land price of the Xunfuyuan villa complex, together with the buildings on the ground, was quoted at 40 million US dollars by Tokyo's chief real estate appraiser. This is already the maximum price."
It’s an overestimation. Based on this report, the business representative of the Heavy Industry Alliance directly promised to purchase it for US$1.6 billion, and it’s cash.”
For such a large business merger and acquisition plan, almost no one will happily hand over cash to the seller, and most of them will use the "stock exchange" transaction method.
I followed him downstairs and smiled sarcastically: "Is the Heavy Industry Alliance crazy? Are you willing to do such a costly business?"
The hall downstairs has been cleaned up, and Anzi and Nobuko are placing two vases on the fireplace. The vases are filled with blooming red roses and baby's breath, and the fragrance of roses is spreading throughout the room.
Xiao Kereng turned around and smiled: "Again -"
I continued: "Are these Mr. Scalpel's rules again?"
Scalpel is a person with an extremely elegant attitude towards life. He has developed many unique and elegant habits over the years, such as authentic Chinese jasmine tea, and seeing roses and baby's breath wherever he goes - all flowers and plants are
It was airlifted from the Dutch flower cultivation base on the same day to maintain first-class freshness.
Both vases are made of bronze, with a big belly and short neck. The mouth of the bottle has two small carved handles, which are antique.
I found that there are many bronze products in the villa in Xunfu Garden, such as vases, statues above the fireplace, bronze carved mirrors in the bathroom, and floor clocks. Unfortunately, it would be better if the crystal chandelier on the top of the living room was replaced.
A large and flamboyant baroque-style bronze flower and plant lamp...
Looking out from the open door, Watanabe Castle has reached half of the boulevard. He slowed down and raised his eyes to look at the main building of the villa.
Beside him, there were two people standing on one left and one on the right. The one on the left was very tall and thin, as if he was wearing a suit on a bamboo pole for drying clothes. He looked very uncoordinated and "swaying".
At first glance, I saw his two sleeves. They felt a little tight from the wrist to the elbow. There must be weapons or weapons hidden inside.
The man had black sunglasses on his face, his sparse hair was hanging casually, and he was definitely over 1.80 meters tall. He followed Watanabe Castle, looking a little distracted.
The one on the right is wearing a loose gray European-style casual suit and a pair of gray sneakers. He holds a folding fan in his right hand and taps it gently on his left palm as he walks. He does not wear glasses, but his eyes are thin in shape.
It's long, like two lying lancets.
Watanabe Castle stopped and stood in the shadow of a birch tree.
The two people behind me also stopped, standing in the same shape as Watanabe Castle, silent. Only then did I realize that behind them,