Chapter 014: Eri Uesugi
After getting out of the car, Sakura Yabuki, who had already met yesterday, was in charge of acting as the tour guide for the trip, leading the four of them around the Genji Heavy Industries Office Center.
No one noticed that as the layers deepened, the gold in Qianli's half-hidden eyes became more and more intense.
The meeting room of the Eight Houses of Snake is called "Koshinji", and the architectural style is completely based on the Japanese Shinto temple.
Yabuki Sakura took the copper basin filled with water in the hands of others, and Chiri immediately stepped forward to fetch water to wash his hands and rinse his mouth, and explained to several other people the "hand water ceremony" of visiting the shrine.
Then he followed Yabuki Sakura to the interior of the Awakening Temple, and when they stood still, the six people who had been sitting at the round table stood up and bowed, and Yabuki Sakura introduced them to the backgrounds and positions of these people one by oneβall of them were the heads of the Snake Eight family.
After seeing the faces of several people clearly, Inuyama He, the head of the Inuyama family, who had a kind face and was completely connected to the underworld, showed a look of surprise, and the golden light under his eyes flashed, and then returned to calm.
At this moment, a red figure floated over like a butterfly, hitting Qianli straight like a small cannonball.
Before Qianli could react, he saw Yuan Zhisheng quickly stand up from the futon, and quickly grabbed the person who came: "Ei Liyi, what's wrong?" β
The other people at the table were also shocked by this change, and Yuan Zhisheng threw a puzzled look at Qianli while trying to pull the girl named Eri Yi who suddenly broke in from her: "I'm sorry, this is my sister Eri, the head of the Uesugi family, who was supposed to be recuperating from her injuries, she didn't know how to get here, please forgive me." β
"It's okay, it's okay." Qian Li waved his hand indifferently and distanced himself from the person in his arms: "Little sister, what's wrong with you?" β
Eri lowered her head and wrote the words "You're finally here" on the board she was carrying.
"Do you know me?" Qianli was full of suspicion.
Eri tilted her head and wrote on the board again: "Sister doesn't remember me?" β
Qianli frowned and thought for a while: "I'm sorry, I only came to Tokyo for a while when I was very young, and I returned to Japan due to illness after I was four years old, so I can't remember my childhood memories clearly." β
Now she is nineteen years old, and Eri is twenty-one, both in age and time, which is different from what Eri described.
Eri probably also realized that she had recognized the wrong person, and wrote: "You have the smell of your sister." β
She was about to write something, so she suddenly coughed, and the eldest patriarch on the side, Tachibana Masamune, summoned a few attendants: "The head of the Uesugi family is still sick, you take her back to recuperate first, take care of her, and don't let her run out again." β
The others hurriedly responded, trying to pull Eri away from Qianli's side, but Eri suddenly grabbed the corner of Qianli's clothes.
Yuan Zhisheng didn't know why his sister behaved so strangely, so he could only look at Qianli helplessly and beggingly.
Qian Li smiled: "Miss Eri Yi will go back first, okay?" You're still sick. β
Eri shook her head and wrote on the cardboard, "Play games with me." β
"So, I'll play games with you when you're better?" There was no impatience in the words, but it was as if she was coaxing this girl who was a few years older than her as a sister.
Eri thought for a moment before finally nodding and letting the others take her away.
The group joked about the accident with a hitch, and then continued with the previous topic.
Tachibana Masamune made tea with a solemn expression, and several people looked at the only person in the current team who was familiar with Japanese etiquette, but saw Chiri half-hanging his head as if he was thinking about something. This was not the time to disturb her, and in desperation, Lu Mingfei had no choice but to use the tea ceremony etiquette mentioned in the appendix of the book that the little devil gave him.
As described, they take the first steps and drink the tea.
When Qian Li came back to his senses in a panic, he looked at the already empty cups of several people, and his eyes were faintly sympathetic.
These guys...... Is it really okay to drink boiled water?
It turns out that the genes of the half-breed are really strong, at least after drinking the boiling water, a few people look the same as usual from their faces, and they can even talk and laugh with a few heads of the family, but there is a lot of forbearance in the words, obviously restraining something.
The corners of Qianli's mouth twitched, and he whispered a word beside Yabuki Sakura, and the other party nodded and temporarily withdrew.
"This young lady seems familiar?" Tachibana Masamune glanced at Chiri.
"Mr. Masamune is already the fifth person to say this to me in the past few days." Qianli smiled.
"Really? It doesn't seem to be a good pick-up. β
Mr. Masamune laughed.
Qianli picked up the cup, took a sip, and put it back.
Tachibana Masamune opened his mouth and said some words of blessing to them for a successful mission in Japan, and left with the other heads of the family.
β¦β¦
"You seem to have something to say."
"The head of the family, that Miss Qianli, her face seems to be a little familiar."
"Where have you seen her?"
"I ...... Come to think of it. β
"Well, let's focus on the investigation."
"Yes."
In the wind, the sound of the two of them talking could be heard.
β¦β¦
Yuan Zhisheng took out the materials and took a few people to the terrace, preparing for the handover before leaving.
Caesar and Lu Mingfei on the side were talking in a whisper, and the content was probably just how they felt after drinking boiling water.
Qianli almost couldn't hold back her laughter, and it happened that Yabuki Sakura had already returned with ice cubes and handed them to the three strong men: "The eldest patriarch shouldn't know much about the tea ceremony, after all, there is no custom in Japan to boil water to make tea for people to drink." β
"Yes." Yuan Zhisheng nodded.
"So junior sister, why didn't you remind us!" Lu Mingfei complained with tears of love for the motherland in his eyes.
Qian Li tried his best to stop gloating: "I was thinking about something else, and before I could remind you, you had already drunk it." β
As he spoke, he couldn't help but pat Lu Mingfei's head: "My fault, my fault, didn't I ask you for ice cubes in advance to apologize." β
Lu Mingfei's expression was a little unnatural when she was so intimately touched, and he touched the back of his neck: "I'm your senior brother, please don't make a gesture that I'm smaller than you." β
"Sorry, my hand slipped." Qianli Road.
Chu Zihang watched the two interact as if no one was around, and suddenly had a bit of a wonderful feeling. He wondered if he was too bored, and this reflection could be called inexplicable.
Even he couldn't figure out why he had such a thought, and it was just a flash.
He had ice cubes in his mouth, and the burning sensation in his mouth had decreased considerably, and his gaze shifted elsewhere.
Seeing that the expressions of several people eased slightly, Yuan Zhisheng began to introduce the details of this mission.
In 1992, the Lenin shipwreck in Japanese waters has a dragon embryo in its infringing state, and as time goes on, the embryo is ready to break out of its shell, and their mission is to dive into the abyssal sea, known as the forbidden area of life, to prevent the embryo from being "resurrected".