Even if I was mentally prepared, You Zhen's words still made me not know how to answer. During the time I came to work at Tahoku Grocery Co., I saw all kinds of youkai because they have a long lifespan, and I always felt that death was far away from youkai.

"It's... What does that mean?" Guan Qing glanced at You Zhen and then at me, "Ye Ke, what did she mean by that? Even if she exchanged her lifespan for the opportunity to become a human, isn't the lifespan of a monster very long?"

"Because this is the second time I've taken on a human form. You Zhen said softly, "If the creatures in the sea turn their backs on the sea, they will have to pay the price, the first time they became humanoid, I exchanged half of my life, but fortunately, the sea was tolerant and accepted me who wanted to go back, and this time, I gave up the opportunity to return to the sea." ”

“... Why do you want to do this..."Guan Qing choked up a little.

"Because, I have nothing else to exchange for precious things. ”

"Come with us and take you to the man. Even if she didn't want to, it was her last wish.

You Zhen stood up, seaweed-like hair sweeping across my arm, "Thank you. ”

"No thanks, what you said, I'm here to answer your needs. "I think at this moment, I should think more about the person named Mida, don't let You Zhen leave too bad memories, "Guan Qing, I still want you to run again, can you go to the hotel for the dinner party to find a place for You Zhen to rest?"

Guan Qing quickly understood what I meant, "Okay, I'll ride over, you can take a taxi to bring her, and we'll get in touch." With that, he got on his bicycle, glanced back at You Zhen, and squeezed out a smile, "Don't worry, you will definitely see him." ”

You Zhen watched Guan Qing disappear from view, "He's such a good person." ”

"Well, he's a great guy, let's go, I'll take you to rest. ”

After getting in the car, You Zhen didn't speak all the way, but kept looking up at the sky outside the window.

It was only ten kilometers to the hotel to reach the dinner, but it took an hour to arrive, and You Zhen was already asleep.

I patted her gently, "It's here, get out of the car." She slowly opened her eyes, and her face turned even paler.

Seeing the hotel in front of him, You Zhen exclaimed in a low voice: "Mr. Ye Ke, human beings actually have such a beautiful palace. ”

I'm also a little overwhelmed, it's the first time I've been to such a high-end place, thinking that Guan Qing has become accustomed to these on weekdays, I smiled a little bitterly, I really can't figure out why he is so obsessed with me.

Standing in the lobby of the hotel, people came and went, most of them were well-dressed, and the concierge smiled at me, I was a little embarrassed, and took out my mobile phone to see Guan Qing's message, "Room 2104." I said, took the room card, and You Zhen and I walked into the elevator.

"Mr. Yecker is very nervous. You Zhen looked at me with concern, "Are you okay?"

"Oh, it's okay, I'm okay. "How can you make You Zhen worry about me, it's just a hotel, there are more people, don't be so nervous.

When I entered the room, Guan Qing was not inside, and according to his information, I opened the bathroom door, and sure enough, the bathtub was already full of water.

"You go to the bathtub first, I'll go out for a while, and I'll be back later," I handed the room card to You Zhen, "Guan Qing and I will knock on the door, don't open the door to anyone but us." ”

"Well, good... You Zhen walked over to the bathtub and tentatively put her hand into the tub, "What do humans do with this?"

“... Take a bath..."

"Bubble... Bath?" She clearly didn't understand what I meant.

"It's just... Relax in the water, well, probably. "I really don't know how to explain it.

"Well... It turns out that humans are also very comfortable in the water. As she spoke, she lifted her legs into the tub, completely ignoring that I was still there, and the hem of her skirt was already soaked in water.

I hurriedly turned my head and gently closed the bathroom door, "Then you rest first, I'll go out to find Guan Qing first." "She really has no idea about gender... But also, youkai and people are still different, that being said, a girl with a good face suddenly walks into the bathtub in front of you, and no one will be indifferent.

After gathering my thoughts, I left room 2104 and dialed Guan Qing's phone.

"Guan Qing, I have already arranged You Zhen in room 2104, where are you?"

"Is she feeling better?" he asked.

“... I didn't ask. ”

"Why don't you ask her if she feels more comfortable in the water!"

“... She's soaking in the tub, and you'll ask for yourself. "I'm speechless, this one.

“...... Still don't ask," he also seemed to feel uncomfortable, "I'm in the banquet hall on the sixth floor, you can come down." ”

"Okay, I'll be right there. ”

When the elevator opened on the sixth floor, Guan Qing was waiting for me not far away, he had already changed into a suit, looking very formal, fortunately it was still early before the dinner time, otherwise I would have been denied entry in my T-shirt and jeans. Seeing me coming, he walked straight towards me.

"I just called Mida and told him that I had something to talk about, and he quickly asked if he could meet earlier, and estimated that he would be in the VIP lounge in an hour at most. Guan Qing, who has changed his dress, speaks a lot more steadily, and he doesn't have his usual grin at all.

"Okay, so shall we go to the VIP room and wait for him in advance?" I asked.

Guan Qing looked at me, "You need to go and change into suitable clothes first, and you also need to get your invitation, otherwise it will be easy to be invited out." ”

“... I don't seem to have clothes for this occasion. ”

"I know you don't have time to prepare, so I brought you a copy of mine, we're about the same size, you should be able to wear it. He led me down the hall to the guest lounge at the rear, where everyone greeted me respectfully.

"Hey, are you sure I'm okay for this kind of occasion?" I asked in a whisper.

"What's the problem? It's not really interesting to be on this occasion... Everyone is hypocritical. Guan Qing swiped his card and pushed open a door, "I hate to participate in this kind of occasion very much, I used to find all kinds of reasons not to come, so when I proposed to my family that I wanted to bring my friends, they agreed without thinking about it, you can choose one of these three sets of clothes." ”

Hearing the word "friend" come out of his mouth, my heart really warmed, "Just that black set, the others are too conspicuous." ”

"Ok, here's your invitation, you remember to put it on you," handing me a purple envelope, "I'll go and see how the Mida lounge is arranged, it's right next to it." ”

"Okay, there you go. ”

After changing my clothes, I looked at myself in the mirror, and sure enough, the suit was more suitable for today's occasion than it looked just now, and knocked on the door next to me, and I heard Guan Qing's voice: "Please come in." ”

Pushing open the door, I saw Guan Qing sitting expressionlessly on the sofa, and sitting across from him was the person who has been frequently seen on TV recently, Mida.

Seeing that it was me, Guan Qing stood up, and Mida also stood up, "This is Mr. Mida," Guan Qing introduced, "This is the gentleman I just told you, Ye Ke." ”

The sudden introduction made me not know how to answer, Mida stepped forward and stretched out her hand to me, "Hello, I'm Mida, I heard Mr. Guan say that you two have something very important to talk to me about." ”

I politely shook his hand, "Hello, long admiration of the name." ”

Mida seemed to be familiar with these processes, "Haha, don't dare to be, don't dare to be, don't stand, sit quickly." After sitting down, he didn't say any more greetings, and said straight to the point: "Mr. Guan asked me to come in advance today, I feel flattered, and I can get the cooperation of Guan's Group, which is what everyone in the industry wants." ”

Guan Qing didn't answer in a hurry, but asked the waiter to pour tea for everyone without hurrying, and then motioned to the waiter to close the door when he went out, "If there is nothing important, please don't let others come in and disturb our conversation." With that, he took a slow sip of tea, and I could feel Mida trying to keep her polite smile as she could.

At this point, there were only three of us left in the room.

"I'll talk about the cooperation later," Guan Qing finally opened his mouth and went straight to the point, "Ye Ke and I want to talk to you about another thing first. ”

Mida obviously didn't think of it, "Another thing?"

"Ye Ke, come on. Guan Qing said, and I could see him clutching the water glass, trying to keep himself calm.

There doesn't seem to be much time for me to say the opening sentence, "There's a girl named You Zhen, I don't know if you remember." ”

“... Youzhen?" Although Mida quickly regained her composure, a moment of panic betrayed him, "I don't remember much of the name. ”

"Think about it, don't worry. Guan Qing put down the cup, stood up and opened the cabinet by the wall, took out the letter You Zhen gave us, and put it in front of Mida, "Look at these, maybe you can remember something." ”

Of course, Mida knew what was in front of him, he stood up and was about to leave, Guan Qing stopped him: "As long as you step out of this room, what you did before will appear in the major media." ”

"What did I do? Are you kidding? Who would believe that there is such a thing as a yokai in the world. Mida didn't mean to back down, stood at the door and said with a smile, "Mr. Guan, since it's not about cooperation, then I don't need to waste any more time." ”

"Of course, no one will believe in the monster thing," Guan Qing also stood up, "but there are still a lot of interested people in the fact that you are profiting from it under the guise of charity." ”

I looked at Guan Qing with some surprise, he smiled and didn't speak, waiting for Mida's reaction.

Sure enough, Mida sat down on the couch again, the polite smile on her face disappeared, and her face was gloomy, "Say, what do you want to do." ”

"Why don't you leave You Zhen without saying a word?" I asked, expecting him to give a good reason.

"Abandon?" Mida raised an eyebrow, the ruthlessness in her eyes at a glance, "It's just a monster, where to talk about abandonment." ”

"A youkai?" I repeated his words, feeling like something was choking in my chest, "What's that, just a youkai?"

"Monsters are monsters, monsters don't have a heart, so there's no need to care about them anymore after using them," Mida cocked Erlang's legs, "I remember what that monster is, shark man? yes, it's a shark, it's really thanks to it, I copied a few poems for it and it was willing to give me the shark silk, and I thought it would take more energy, do you know how valuable that shark silk is?" As soon as I released the news, countless companies came to me to buy it, and I made a lot of money, but who would have thought that this guy would find my door and ask me if I didn't like it anymore? You say it's funny or not, and a monster can ask such a question? I was really... Ahh

Before Mida's words fell, he was punched by Guan Qing in the face, and before he could react to what was going on, he was punched again, I quickly stepped forward and grabbed Guan Qing's fist, Mida covered his face, and the whole person was already sitting on the ground.

"Ye Ke, let go of me, the two punches just now were for You Zhen, and the next one is for me to fight. ”

"But You Zhen doesn't have that much time. ”