10.25. 17:00 at all times.

Kiritha, who has finished her work, stands in front of the red fire hydrant in front of the fast food restaurant.

The bald boss walked out and took out two cans of soy milk from the pocket of his apron and handed one of them to Kiriha.

"Thank you. ”

"I'm in a good mood today. ”

"How do you know?". ”

"Because you're finally not standing in front of a fire hydrant in a daze. ”

"Ah......h

"Problem solved?"

"Probably. ”

"Young man in love. ”

"I'm not in that relationship with her. ”

"Yes. ”

The bald middle-aged man gently raised his eyebrows and patted Kiriha's shoulder.

Tong Ye glanced at the time and found that it had reached the appointed time, but Lu Ling did not show up for a long time, which made his already nervous mood a little stronger.

At this time, the mobile phone rang, and it was a message from Lu Ling.

- I'm sorry, I can't make it to time. You go directly to the "corner of the city" coffee bar, where can we meet directly?

- Okay.

Kiriba turned his head and asked the boss if he knew where the "City Corner" coffee was.

"It looks like it's right next to the bus station, and you should be able to see it if you walk straight over. ”

"Oh, thank you boss. ”

Kiripa hurriedly walked in the direction of the bus station.

*

He chose a window seat and sat down.

The flaxen-colored wooden table is covered with a cream-white tablecloth, a medium-sized potted plant is placed in the corner, and a wooden box containing white sugar and milk is placed in the middle of the table, which looks like an inexplicable sense of ritual.

Tong Ye took a sip of the green tea in the glass, and Lu Ling sent a message saying that it would be there soon.

His mood became uneasy again, because he didn't know what decision Lu Ling would make. If she rejected her offer last night, he really didn't know where to go with his investigation? Whether it was out of gratitude to Lu Ling or wanting to help him regain his memory, he was unwilling to give up this opportunity.

He propped his head and looked out the window, the café in front of a flower shop, and he naturally thought of the fields of pansies he had seen burned by the fire......

When he came back to his senses, he saw the curtain in front of the flower shop being lifted, and out of it came a girl in a white jacket. She looked a little hurried, as if she had forgotten something, and immediately went back. It took about half a minute before she came out again, probably trying to tidy up her appearance in front of the glass of the coffee bar, but when she got closer, she was surprised to find that Kiripa was sitting by the window.

Her face flushed, she waved her hand hurriedly, and trotted around the coffee bar door. When she entered, her face flushed, and she said, "Sorry, I waited for a long time," as she rested her bag on her chair. She lowered her head and straightened her coat, which looked very refreshing, and before she could sit down, she glanced at the teacup of the paulownia and found that it was actually a cup of green tea.

"How do you drink this. ”

The girl couldn't help but laugh.

"I just think it's more habitual to drink. What about you, why did you come out of the flower shop?"

"Part-time job. ”

"For living expenses?"

"yes. ”

"You don't really look like a local. ”

"Where did you see that?"

"Accent. ”

"Oh - I'm from Yuandu. ”

"Is it the famous big city?"

"Sort of, it's a lot better than here. ”

"How did you get here from there, and why do you have to work here?"

"To do the work of a demon hunter, of course. As for why he worked, his family had to work if he didn't pay for his living expenses. Of course, the main reason is because I don't want to use my savings. ”

"Do you still have deposits?"

"Demon hunters are a wealthy profession. ”

A confident smile appeared on Lu Ling's face.

"Then why don't you ask your family for living expenses?"

"One is that I think I can support myself, and on the other hand, of course, because I was absent from school, the original work allowance was deducted. ”

"Absenteeism? too, you look like you're fifteen or sixteen......"

"Fifteen years old, just had my birthday the other day. ”

Lu Ling suddenly said a little more seriously.

"It should be ...... now The third year of junior high school ......"

Tong Ye carefully calculated the educational background corresponding to the girl's age.

"I studied a year earlier and am now a freshman in high school. ”

"The school starts in September...... Didn't you just take it to school for a little over a month?"

"Almost, I took a leave of absence from school for work. ”

"Can it still be like this?"

"Why not? I wanted to drop out of school to concentrate on being a demon hunter, so I talked to my dad about that. He just didn't agree, and we had a big fight about it. Lu Ling looked very dissatisfied with this. "Although the end result was that we both gave in, he allowed me to take time off to work, and I agreed to stay in school and get my high school diploma. ”

"It's really the ...... of parents all over the world"

Hearing Tong Ye's emotion, Lu Ling hurriedly shook her head.

"No, no, no, my dad didn't approve of me dropping out of school just because he didn't want to fill out the parent form, which he found troublesome or didn't have time...... And if it's just a leave of absence, all he needs to do is sign the slip, and it's still within the range he can accept - although he still seems reluctant. ”

"Then why didn't you ask your mother to fill out the form?"

“...... Mom, she died a long time ago. ”

The girl said lightly.

"Ah, I'm sorry. ”

"It's okay - don't put on this look, I'm used to it. With all that said, you should tell us about yourself, right? What about you? I don't think you're a local. ”

"Why not?"

"It's not like temperament. ”

Lu Ling looked at Tong Ye and saw that he was sitting very upright, with just the right amount of arc in his arms when he picked up the teacup, and he looked like a well-educated person.

“...... Actually, I don't have much to explain, my parents work in the field all the year round, and when they reacted, they were already here. ”

Kiriha thought about it and said the wording that she had thought of a long time ago.

"So you're an outsider, too?"

"Maybe. Is there anything to eat here, I'm hungry. ”

He found a reason to open the topic, for fear that what he said more would reveal a flaw, so he quickly mixed it up vaguely.

"It's only Western, so if you're going to order, please order me a baked rice. ”

"Good. ”

When Tong Ye came back from ordering, Lu Ling was flipping through the magazine in his hand, and he handed over the receipt in his hand.

"I ordered a seafood gratin for you. ”

"If you want to cook rice, the beef here is more delicious. However, seafood is not unacceptable. ”

"I originally ordered beef, but the counter said the beef was sold out. ”

"Then you can't help it, what did you order for yourself?"

"Pasta with mushroom sauce. ”

"Oh, that, I think it tastes good. Lu Ling sucked on the fruit tea that had just been delivered with a tube, and she was flipping through a fashion magazine. "Let's get down to business. ”

She closed the magazine in her hand and inserted it back into the bookshelf behind her.

"Okay, Miss Lu Ling, you can say it. ”

"First of all, can you change the name of me, don't you think the title Miss Lu Ling sounds strange?"

"Isn't that weird......?

"Let's call it Lu Ling. ”

"Okay then, Lu Ling......"

Kiritha tried to scream.

"Much more normal. And then there is the most important thing of the day, about joining our family. ”

"Okay, Lu Lingxiao...... What do you think?"

He hadn't gotten used to this title yet, and he almost wanted to call out the word "Miss", but Lu Ling glared back with his eyes.

"Honestly, you don't know what that's all about, do you?"

"I really don't know anything about it. ”

Then, maybe after you hear it, you will completely cut off this thought. ”

"Are the conditions for joining your family very strict?"

"No, it's not too difficult to join the family, but it's ...... Forget it, just listen to me. ”

"Hmm. ”

Lu Ling paused for a moment.

"Because it can't cause panic in society, the vast majority of demon hunting families will hide it in a very ordinary way. And Yuandu is a city that hides a lot of demon hunting families, but even so, our Lu family is still at the top of the ecological pyramid of the Yuandu demon hunting family, that is to say, the Lu family is one of the top demon hunting families in Yuandu. ”

When Lu Ling said this, she didn't show as proud as she imagined.

"In recent generations, the head of the Lu family has implemented the concept of 'recruiting talents', which is to attract talents from abroad to enter the family, which is the origin of the so-called 'joining the family'. ”

"Although it is true that this can quickly strengthen the family, isn't it afraid of chaos by doing so?"

"There is indeed a part of the worry, and there are also several painful lessons. Therefore, we also have corresponding strict rules and regulations for these people who have foreign surnames to join, which is also what I want to explain to you. Those rules and regulations are complicated, so I'll just pick some of them to tell you. First of all, according to Article 1 of the General Chapter, a person who joins with a foreign surname is called a 'servant', and a servant can never participate in decision-making at the top. Secondly, if the servant wants to marry a member of the descendant or collateral lineage, then the descendant must take the surname 'Lu' and accept the unified teaching of the Lu family. The upper-level decision-making within the Lu family is divided into the head of the family and the senate composed of seven elders, the two check and balance each other, and the descendants of the Lu surname with the blood of the servant are not allowed to become the head of the family, nor can they become members of the senate, although this fundamentally eliminates the possibility of rebellion from the top, but also basically cuts off the political future of all the servants, that is, their descendants in the family, I personally think that this is actually a greater hidden danger. ”

Lu Ling recited some regulations as if she had endorsed them, felt a little dry mouth, and couldn't help but take a sip of fruit tea to quench her thirst.

"And that's not all, is it?"

"This is only a small part of the general outline, and in addition to what I said, there are a lot of elaborate regulations, and some of them are amended every year, depending on the actual situation. To be honest, I'm not interested in these biting jobs, so I don't know what regulations have been changed this year, but what is certain is that every revision will inevitably make the "Slave Regulations" a little thicker, maybe the ones I just told you have been deleted or become more stringent this year. How's it going, after listening to so much, do you have any ideas?"

Tong Ye took a sip of tea and thought for a while before answering Lu Ling's question.

"Hmm...... There are a lot of constraints, and I do feel the so-called 'harshness' from them. But there's nothing — benefits or anything like that?"

"Oh, there are also that, for example, except for those rules and regulations, the descendants of the Lu surname enjoy the same rights as the descendants of the descendants of the direct or collateral pure-bloods in most rights. ”

Lu Ling thought about it for a while, and quickly gave a regulation that was indeed considered a welfare.

"But this is only for future generations, and it has to be the descendants of the surname Lu. ”

"I can't help it, after all, those constraints are always more. ”

"To be honest, those regulations sound a little daunting. ”

"Then I might as well recite a few more to you, maybe it won't be so scary to listen to. ”

"Forget it. ”

Lu Ling couldn't help but laugh when she saw that Tong Ye was a little embarrassed.

"So, if you don't have enlightenment, it's better to give up as soon as possible. ”

"After becoming a servant, can I unilaterally request to leave the Lu family?"

"yes, I forgot to mention that. After you enter the Lu family, you will be qualified to learn the Lu family's style arts, but this also means that you will never be able to leave the Lu family, because you already know certain Lu family secrets - this is probably the case for every family. If you want to break away from the Lu family, then according to the family rules, you will be considered a traitor and enter the Lu family's kill list. ”

Kiriba fell into a brief thought, admittedly, becoming a servant will inevitably be subject to many restrictions, including personal freedom or other constraints, but he also feels that behind the high price there may be higher benefits, for finding his own memory, this may be a rare opportunity. What's more, he is also a loner, and it doesn't seem like a big deal to become a servant.

"Then how do you become a servant?"

Lu Ling was obviously a little surprised, she was stunned for a few seconds, and then took out a blank piece of paper from her bag.

"What is this?"

"A deed of sale. Lu Ling smiled. "Just kidding, this is a temporary servant contract, as long as you press the handprint in this place, you are the temporary servant of the family. ”

She clicked on the box in the lower right corner of the paper, where the so-called handprints were pressed.

"What is a temporary servant?"

"You also know that recruiting subordinates is a certain risk for us, so if you want to become a servant, you need to go through the test of the Lu family. This test is to be a temporary servant of the Lu family. ”

"...... like this"

"This contract is a buffer for you to try to adapt to the work after becoming a Servant, and during this time I will guide you in the introduction of wind arts, but only the beginning. I won't teach you anything more confidential, and if I feel that there is something wrong with you, I will immediately unilaterally break the contract, and in the same way, you can decide whether you want to stay or stay in the meantime, and if you feel too aggrieved as a servant, you can choose to give up. ”

Seeing Lu Ling solemnly emphasizing these things, Tong Ye nodded, picked up the piece of paper and looked at it carefully.

"In other words, this is a treaty that both sides can tear up at will?"

In a sense, it is. ”