"Miss Eri is missing?" Sakura's tone was also obviously panicked.
This was the first time that Caesar saw this girl showing such great emotion.
He originally thought that the girl who was a ninja had killed all her emotions, so her level of facial paralysis was even comparable to Chu Zihang's, but her panic look at this moment was as if she had lost a ton-sized nuclear bomb!
But "Eriyi" sounds like a girl's name, so she must be some important person? Could it be that she is the illegitimate daughter of the head of the Eight Snake Qi family? It can't be his old mother, right?
?How old are you? It’s really worrying!
"She went home again. She only left a note saying, 'I'll go out and take a look.'" Yuan Zhisheng sighed, "About fifteen minutes ago, she ran away while someone was changing her sheets.
.”
"Fifteen minutes? Ms. Eriri probably hasn't left the Genji Heavy Industries Building yet. I'll call the members of the technical team to call out the surveillance on each floor, and send more people to search floor by floor." Sakura suggested.
"No, I already have a rough idea of where Eri is hiding. Leave it to me to find her. You should accompany the distinguished guest as planned. If you make too much noise, it may arouse the child's resistance.
." Minamoto told Sakura, "Oh, by the way, the meeting time will be postponed for fifteen minutes. This is Mr. Masamune's order."
"Hai." Ying shouted and watched until Yuan Zhisheng left this floor, then she took Caesar and Chu Zihang to the 30th floor.
"What is the 'painted pear garment' you mentioned just now?" Caesar asked.
"She is the head of the Uesugi family among the three major surnames of the Sheqi family. She is the only woman among the eight surnamed family heads except the Sakurai family. She has a very good relationship with our young master and loves her brothers and sisters." Sakura hesitated, "But the Uesugi family head is physically
I have been ill recently, and something happened last night, so the young master is quite anxious. The head of the Uesugi family may not be able to attend the meeting later. I hope all distinguished guests will understand."
"Of course, I understand." Caesar patted Sakura's shoulder gently, showing an "I understand, I understand" expression.
Young girls are always sick for a few days every month. He knows very well that even a fearless little witch like Nono will be a little weaker on those days for no reason. At this special time,
Ladies should lie quietly in bed, drink a cup of steaming hot brown sugar and ginger water, and then recuperate. It is understandable that they cannot attend meetings or anything like that.
Different from the vigorous atmosphere on the 28th floor and the strict atmosphere on the 29th floor, the environment on the 30th floor of Genji Heavy Industries is not too relaxed and comfortable.
This floor is in Japanese style. In each of the exquisite retro Japanese rooms, elderly people wearing kimonos sit around on the tatami. In the corner of the small table are exquisite and small Daifuku snacks. Some of the elderly people are playing chess, and some are playing chess.
They were chatting and drinking tea, laughing from time to time.
"Is this floor your activity room for the elderly?" Caesar asked, "Do you also contract the business of nursing homes?"
"This is called the Strategy Department. Those who can enter the Strategy Department are the most senior and prestigious elders in the family. They may have been well-respected leaders of one party before, or they may have been famous swordsmen of one party. In peacetime, they generally have no importance.
They need to come forward again. What they usually do is drink tea and chat. As long as they exist, the Sheqiba family's status in the underworld will remain stable. These old people are the foundation of this building.
"Ying said, "Unless it's a matter of family strategy, we won't ask them to come forward. Every old man here has a wanted order at the police station. The amount is huge and difficult to cancel."
"Similar to some living legends? Elders of the family?" Chu Zihang concluded.
"Yes, that's what I mean." Sakura nodded.
"It's just like the House of Lords in ancient Rome. It's really interesting." Caesar smiled, "Are we just having a meeting with them?"
"No." Sakura shook her head, "Although you elders are also well-known in the family, the ones who are qualified to confer with the distinguished guests from the headquarters are the representatives of the Japanese branch and the heads of the eight surnames. The heads of the families should already be here at this moment.
Waiting in Xingshen Temple."
"Lu Mingfei won't get lost on the 24th floor, right?" Chu Zihang suddenly asked.
"She should still be bathing. In the etiquette of aristocrats, bathing is a very sacred etiquette. It is common to spend half an hour and an hour. It should take longer for him to look like that." Caesar thought for a while.
"Maybe he was attracted by something in the VIP area." Sakura was talking about the ancient sword exhibition area and game console room there. "Mr. Masamune has ordered that the meeting time be postponed, and he has plenty of time to do what he wants to do."
It’s about... let’s continue visiting.”
…
Genji Heavy Industries, 24th floor, VIP area.
Lu Mingfei stood in the deepest part of the bathing area. The hot air rose from the white jade bathtub in front of him. The little yellow duck was floating in the pool of rose petals. It was blown from side to side by the hot air. This rubber duck was like this.
Like being lost among the rose bushes.
Only then did he notice that there was actually clothes hanging on the hanger next to him. It was a red and white miko costume. The traditional costume consisted of muscle hakama, white hakama and scarlet hakama. The cuffs and placket were woven with red silk ropes and a belt.
It is a long strip of red silk. The shape of this miko costume is so wide that it can almost fit two adults... It is obviously a girl's clothes, and it was taken off by its owner and left here quietly.
So where should the owner of the rubber duck and the red and white miko costume be now?
This is actually an obvious question, but Lu Mingfei felt that his brain was not enough. In the quiet space, his heart beat like a drum... When facing a Dragon King, his heart had never beat so fast.
It seems like it's about to tear its chest apart and jump out!
This was an encounter he had never expected. It was so damn sudden! Lu Mingfei’s mind was filled with a sense of unreality. He still couldn’t believe it. He urgently needed some kind of proof to tell him exactly what he was doing now.
It wasn't like he was in a dream... How could it be otherwise? How could it be otherwise... His hands seemed to be out of control, trembling as he grabbed the rubber duck in the bathtub.
Suddenly, a pale hand stretched out from the water covered with rose petals and grabbed Lu Mingfei's wrist.
Followed by floating red hair, soft and smooth, a rare dark red, like crimson seaweed swaying with the waves... Then came the round and white forehead... the long eyelashes that were slightly raised...
Finally, a pair of deep rose red eyes…
Half of the girl's head emerged from the water, like a pink lotus that suddenly bloomed in the pond. She quietly looked at this "uninvited guest" who was as strange as a black bear. Her eyes were half curious and half wary, cautious, as if
Cat found while playing hide and seek.
Lu Mingfei opened his mouth wide, his throat rolled with difficulty, but he could not spit out a syllable. He seemed to have suddenly lost the ability to speak... Cassel's "S" class had never been so out of control. He had imagined hundreds of times before.
Thousands of scenes where he met a girl, maybe in the dark deep sea, maybe in a quiet secret room... Every time he thought of it, he would carefully arrange dozens of different sets of words for the encounter in different scenes.
.
But he never thought that the encounter would be so unexpected, as if fate had played a big joke on him... One of them was naked and immersed in the water, and the other was as gray and gray as a black bear.
Lu Mingfei had been preparing for four years. He originally thought he was ready for this fateful encounter... But when the moment of encounter actually came, he found that all the preparations were so pale. He wanted to give the girl a
He gave her a big hug, but her body was submerged in the water and she had no clothes on. He wanted to greet her cordially, like an old friend he had not seen for many years, but he couldn't find a suitable greeting in his mind. He had learned it for many years.
In the end, Japanese was of no use at all.
He only dared to stare at her blankly, as helpless as a child.
The girl's big eyes were blinking. She was also observing Lu Mingfei, and the vigilance in her eyes was almost completely replaced by curiosity.
She still held his hand and didn't have time to let go, because she could clearly feel that the arm was shaking uneasily every moment, but the arm was so warm that once she held it, she didn't want to let go. She initially
Her focus was on that funny dirty face, just like the teddy bear in her drawer, but she suddenly saw something on that face, and was instantly attracted to it, unable to look away.
It's the boy's eyes.
In fact, she didn't want to skip home this time, because every time she skipped home, she would be found in the end. The furthest time she walked to the road in front of the Genji Heavy Industries Building, stood there and stared at the traffic going back and forth.
Several hours.
She hides here, and when her brother or an acquaintance comes to find her, she suddenly jumps out of the water, which will probably scare the other person?
She had been hiding in the water and looking up secretly, but what finally arrived was a stranger she had never seen before. This strange man seemed to have come to steal her little yellow duck... until half of her head came out of the water.
caught that person's eyes.
That face was obviously as funny as her teddy bear, but those eyes were so clean. She had never seen such eyes before, and no one had ever looked at her with such eyes...
Such bright eyes, making people unable to look away after just one look... So lonely, so hesitant and so stupid, but when he looked at her, he was so clear-headed, gentle and spotless, as if a lonely child finally met the seaside
The most beautiful shell, those eyes are so bright...it seems like they will shed tears at any time.
He seemed to be about to cry, but he tried his best to show you a smile.
"Hui..." Lu Mingfei was finally able to make a sound.
"Miss Eriyi...Ms. Eriyi..." Nervous shouts interrupted Lu Mingfei's words. The sound of running came from far and near. Someone was coming here!
The girl in the water was like a frightened rabbit, half of her head suddenly dived into the water.
A woman's reflection appeared outside the black curtain wall. Just before she put her head into the cubicle, the girl's soft fingers suddenly touched Lu Mingfei's palm. Lu Mingfei came back to his senses and grabbed the clothes on the hanger.
The miko costume also has a rubber duck hidden in the water behind her.
"Miss Eriyi, are you here? If you sneak around while I'm changing my sheets, I will be raped by the head of the house..." The middle-aged woman walked into the cubicle, and her voice stopped abruptly when she saw Lu Mingfei.
He looked at the dirty man in front of him with suspicious eyes, as if he didn't understand why such a person suddenly appeared in the VIP area.
"Who is it?" The middle-aged woman looked at this person warily, who did not look like a distinguished guest.
"Commissioner of Kassel College, Class of 2009, Lu Mingfei." Lu Mingfei introduced himself, "Your young master's assistant Yabuki Sakura asked me to come here. I need to take a shower and change clothes before meeting with the head of the family with the eighth surname. You can
Go ask her."
No one noticed that a string of bubbles suddenly appeared in the pool behind Lu Mingfei.
"He is actually a distinguished guest from our headquarters. In desperation, I could not identify the distinguished guest. I am rude. I am extremely sorry!" The middle-aged woman lowered her head respectfully and bowed deeply.
"It's okay. It's a good thing to be vigilant. There's no need to apologize." Lu Mingfei pretended to be calm, "I look like I just finished rolling in the mud with a bear. It's really easy for people to misunderstand me."
"I'm sorry to disturb your bathing time. I'll leave here immediately." When the middle-aged woman was about to say goodbye and leave, she glanced behind Lu Mingfei. She suddenly stopped and frowned slightly.
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but "thump" in his heart. Could it be that Eryi suddenly showed up at this time? If he was caught on the spot, he would at least be accused of plotting against the head of the Yuan family. Then he would jump
Even if he enters the Sea of Japan, it won't be clear. The turtle and Tachibana Masamune probably want to castrate him, right?
"Do you like taking a bath with rose petals?" the middle-aged woman asked.
Lu Mingfei breathed a long sigh of relief and grinned: "Yeah, yeah, I like to wash my body with roses. It was like this when I was in the United States. Every time I don't spread a layer of roses, I feel like I can't wash myself clean... What's the matter?
Is it a problem?"
"It's not a problem..." The middle-aged woman looked at Lu Mingfei with curiosity, "It's just that in Japan, only women bathe in the bathtub with rose petals, and some men bathe with rose petals... Yes
To attract another group of men with fragrance.”
The woman muttered and left, leaving Lu Mingfei standing there stunned as if struck by lightning.
Suddenly, the girl jumped out of the water, like a graceful mermaid breaking out of the water. Lu Mingfei's eyes were instantly filled with whiteness, his nose felt sweet, his heart skipped a beat, and his mouth opened into an "O" shape in surprise.
...Then he was suddenly pulled into the bathtub by the girl and choked on his mouth full of bath water.
The hot water penetrated his lungs, and the feeling of his respiratory tract being filled with water was definitely unpleasant. Lu Mingfei struggled to get up, but the girl's palm suddenly reached down and rubbed his head gently. Lu Mingfei was silent for a moment.
Come down.
Not only because of the girl's gentle caressing like a child, but also because Lu Mingfei was pressed against the bathtub at the moment, so he could hear more clearly that a fast and deliberately lowered step was approaching quickly. The same thing as the middle-aged man just now.
The young woman is different. The owner of the footsteps is obviously a martial artist, with a fierce murderous intention. In ancient China, he must be a peerless master who has practiced light kung fu to the seventh heaven.
"It is indeed here...Eri Yi." A male voice sounded on the water along with a sigh.
Lu Mingfei looked under the water through the gaps between the rose petals...Yuan Zhisheng was here.