Genji Heavy Industries, in the temple of the awakening god.

Lu Mingfei lowered his head, looked at the Celestial Maiden Beast figure exposed in his pocket, and then looked at the Uesugi family master who was staring directly at the Celestial Maiden Beast figure opposite.

After hesitating for a moment, Lu Mingfei took out the figure from his pocket, and then tentatively moved the figure to the left.

The head of the Uesugi family turned his head in the direction in which the figure moved.

Lu Mingfei lifted the figure up.

The head of the Uesugi family raised his head.

Lu Mingfei moved the figure down, and the head of the Uesugi family also lowered his head.

Lu Mingfei pulled the figure behind him again, and the head of the Uesugi family leaned forward slightly.

"Ahem!" Yuan Zhisheng coughed vigorously twice.

Lu Mingfei noticed that the other family heads present were all staring at him with a not very kind gaze.

Lu Mingfei chuckled in his heart - it's bad, I almost forgot that this girl who doesn't look very smart is also one of the highest-ranking people in the Eight Snake Qi families.

I shouldn't be mistaken for a provocative outrage by these people, right? Lu Mingfei was a little apprehensive.

No, you have to do something to make up for it!

So Lu Mingfei rushed forward with an arrow step, and handed the Heavenly Maiden Beast figure to the Uesugi family master with both hands: "I've given it to you!" ”

Anyway, I bought it cheaply, and I don't feel sorry to send it out. Besides, looking at the expressions and eyes of the other family owners, if he didn't "break the fortune and eliminate the disaster", he was really worried about whether he would be able to get out of this room alive.

The head of the Uesugi family stared at Lu Mingfei for a few seconds, his eyes fell on the Heavenly Maiden Beast figure, raised his hand, but quickly put it down, and turned his head to look at the old man who had not yet been introduced.

Tachibana Masamu glanced at Lu Mingfei, the corners of his eyes jumped, and he took a deep breath before saying, "Ei Liyi, since it's a gift from a distinguished guest, then accept it." ”

Eri quickly raised her hand to take the Celestial Maiden Beast figure away, stuffed it into the wide sleeves of the witch suit, and then wrote on the small notebook and showed it to Lu Mingfei: "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome." Lu Mingfei breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that it was okay to peel off this stubble.

Then Eri lowered her head, and the pen kept swiping on the notebook, making a "rustling" sound, and it didn't stop for a long time.

"Ahem," Gen Zhisheng coughed lightly, "Finally, this is Mr. Tachibana Masamune, the head of the Tachibana family, and the head of the Eight Snake Clans. ”

"It's a pleasure to meet such an excellent young man as you, Mr. Lu Mingfei, and welcome to Japan," Tachibana Masamune, dressed in white linen, smiled and shook hands with Lu Mingfei, "Please say hello to Principal Angers on my behalf." ”

It's just that I don't know if it's an illusion, Lu Mingfei always feels that he can see a "#" from the forehead of this smiling old man.

But think about it carefully, Lu Mingfei has to admit that he was indeed a little too presumptuous just now, although the head of the Uesugi family opposite seems to be just a girl who is not very smart, but after all, he is one of the most noble people in the Eight Snake Families, especially in terms of Japanese culture, his actions can even rise to the level of "humiliating the dignity of the Eight Snake Families", and the heads of the family can still be polite and polite to him, which is already very self-contained.

Damn, was I assimilated by Tony? Lu Mingfei secretly complained about himself in his heart.

Just teased the head of the Uesugi family, which made the atmosphere a little dignified, Lu Mingfei felt that he should liven up the atmosphere now.

That's right! Lu Mingfei's heart moved, remembering that the principal had said that he was very prestigious in the Japanese branch back then, and after he came to Japan, there were indeed many people who mentioned the principal, and there was even a Inuyama family head in front of him who was the principal's student when he was young.

This shows that the principal's reputation in the Eight Houses of Snake Qi must be very good, and talking to them about the principal may ease the atmosphere?

"Mr. Tachibana, fortunately, I will convey my greetings to the principal," so Lu Mingfei held Tachibana Masamune's hand and said enthusiastically, "It seems that everyone in the Japanese branch has a good relationship with the principal." ”

As soon as these words came out, I don't know if it was an illusion, Lu Mingfei felt as if the surroundings were quiet for a few seconds, and only the rustling sound of the head of the Uesugi family writing was still there.

After a few seconds of silence, Tachibana Masamune still smiled: "Yes, yes, the eight families of Snake Qi were taken care of by the principal, and it was out of respect for Principal Angers that we joined the academy and became the Japanese branch of the academy. ”

The principal actually has such a good popularity in Japan? He is a legendary dragon slayer who has been active for nearly a hundred years! Lu Mingfei couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

After introducing all the heads of the family, Gen Zhisheng sat down at the last empty table, there was a low table in front of Tachibana Masamune, Lu Mingfei sat down across the table, there was a charcoal stove lit on the table, and a Kansai iron kettle sat on the stove, the iron kettle was dark and heavy, the upper half was like a durian with countless blunt thorns, and the lower half was carved with a red-faced and long-nosed crow tengu, spreading its wings and flying in the flames of the flowing clouds.

The charcoal fire burned the bottom of the pot red, and the face and wings of the Raven Tengu glowed with glowing fire. The water is about to boil. A breeze blows and the water in the pot gurgles. From such a high place, you can directly see the sea of Tokyo Bay, and the white sails are patches in the sun.

"Is this a Japanese tea ceremony?" Lu Mingfei was a little excited, he was the first time to see the Japanese tea ceremony in reality, in Tony's world, he usually went out with Tony, Tony likes parties and spirits, and he is not very interested in walking demure and elegant things, so Lu Mingfei has never experienced the Japanese tea ceremony.

Tachibana Masamune nodded: "There's nothing to entertain distinguished guests, just use this Japanese tea ceremony." ”

Lu Mingfei subconsciously glanced at the head of the Sakurai family and the head of the Uesugi family - according to his experience of watching anime, it should be a beautiful woman pouring tea at this time, right?

But to his disappointment, the two heads of the family did not mean to get up, and it was probably the tall old man in front of him who entertained him.

Damn it! What kind of tea ceremony is a Japanese tea ceremony without a beautiful girl!

No, now is not the time to expect a beautiful girl to pour tea, Lu Mingfei looked around and found that the eyes of the other family heads were still not particularly friendly to him, which proved that he had not had much effect when he used the principal to enliven the atmosphere just now, and he still needed to continue to work hard.

Keep up the good work...... How is nagging? Lu Mingfei made a decision silently.

Immediately, he noticed that Tachibana Masamune's accent had some Russian characteristics.

In Tony's world, Lu Mingfei will not only accept Tony's teachings, but also communicate with other scholars, so he specially learned some more popular languages, such as Russian, French, Spanish, Japanese and Portuguese, but learning Japanese is mainly for the convenience of watching anime, and learning Portuguese is for the convenience of going to the little goddess's mother's house to play in the future.

And because of the spirit of words, although he did not invest too much effort in language learning, Lu Mingfei still learned several languages to reach the mother tongue level, so he was proficient in Japanese and Russian, and he keenly noticed that Tachibana Masamune's Japanese accent has the habit of Russian, which means that he learned Russian earlier than he learned Japanese, and Russian is his real mother tongue, so he will bring Russian accent habits into Japanese.

And although Tachibana Masamune has pure black eyes, and his every move has a strong Japanese flavor, his nose is straight, his eyes are deep, and his facial lines are as clear as a knife, which is not the usual Asian facial contours, but more like a white and yellow mixed-race.

So Lu Mingfei guessed that he should be of mixed Japanese and Russian descent, and he had lived in Russia for a long time.

Isn't that a topic!

"Mr. Tachibana, listening to your accent, have you ever lived in Russia for a long time?" Lu Mingfei asked.

Tachibana Masamune was silent for a moment before he said, "I am only half Japanese, the other half is Russian, I lived in Russia until I was thirty years old, and then I came to Japan and returned to my family. ”

Except for the head of the Uesugi family, who was writing something with the seriousness of a Miyoshi student, all of them showed surprised expressions, even those like Kotaro Kazemo and Minamoto who didn't seem to be smiling.

They quietly looked at each other and exchanged their opinions with their eyes.

The first reaction in the minds of most family heads is that this S-class is really not good, and they just met and wanted to question the rationality of Mr. Tachibana as the head of the family from the bloodline and origin?

But immediately, many family heads sneered from the bottom of their hearts.

Indeed, from a common sense point of view, a person with half Russian blood is not very suitable to be the supreme leader of a Japanese mixed-race family, but everyone sees what the patriarch has done for the Snake Qi Eight Family, and his prestige is unconvinced, just a Japanese-Russian mixed-race is not enough to shake the prestige of everyone, this S-class is still too naïve.

However, Tachibana Masamune really didn't want to have an in-depth conversation with Lu Mingfei on this kind of issue, after all, it was not something to show off that the patriarch of the Eight Snake Clans had Russian ancestry.

At this moment, the water in the iron kettle boiled, and Tachibana Masamune took the opportunity to change the topic and said, "The water is boiling, I will come to serve tea to the guests." ”

Lu Mingfei sighed disappointedly in his heart - sure enough, it wasn't a beautiful girl who came to pour tea.

Tachibana Masamune didn't know what Lu Mingfei was thinking, so he picked up the iron kettle by himself, poured the boiling water into the tea bowl, and then poured the water out. This is the procedure of the standard Japanese tea ceremony, where the first hot water is simply used to heat the tea bowl. Then he used a wooden teaspoon to pick out two spoonfuls of tea powder and put them into the tea bowl, and then took a large spoonful of hot water from the iron kettle, ready to pour it into the tea bowl......

At this time, Lu Mingfei suddenly spoke: "Mr. Tachibana, I am very curious about the principal's affairs in Japan, can you tell me about it?" ”

Lu Mingfei's idea was very simple, he also saw that Tachibana Masamune didn't want to talk deeply about the topic of Russia, so he wanted to turn the topic back to the principal, and he was really curious about what the principal did in Japan back then, and asking other family heads to tell the warm story of the friendship between the principal and the Snake Eight family should help bring him closer to the family owners.

But unexpectedly, Tachibana Masamune's hand shook, and the hot water splashed out of the bowl.

The other heads of the family looked at Lu Mingfei with deep eyes - came to provoke, right? This guy is definitely here to provoke!

Seeing that Tachibana Masamune spilled the water, Lu Mingfei enthusiastically picked up the towel on the side to help wipe the water.

Tachibana Masamune hurriedly apologized: "I'm really sorry, Mr. Lu. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's normal for the old man's hands to shake a little occasionally, after all, the principal's kind of person who is more than a hundred years old is more energetic than a young person is a very few." Lu Mingfei Dao.

Tachibana Masamune took a deep breath and did not continue to speak.

In the ears of other family heads, Lu Mingfei's words obviously mean that the connotation of the patriarch is far worse than Ange, so he looks at Lu Mingfei's eyes even more unkindly.

Just as the atmosphere fell into an eerie silence again, the silence was broken by someone no one expected.

The head of the Uesugi family, whose face was covered by a black veil, suddenly got up and walked in front of Lu Mingfei, his red hair and the wide sleeves of the shrine maiden costume swaying slightly.

She took the small notebook she had been writing before, tore off a piece of paper from it, and handed it to Lu Mingfei.

Lu Mingfei took it, and drew a person standing up with delicate brushstrokes on the paper, looking at a little dinosaur that was a little silly.

Although the painting is in black and white, Lu Mingfei is very sure that the little dinosaur in the painting is yellow - because this thing looks like a Digimon no matter how you look at it!

Stunned for a moment, Lu Mingfei looked at the head of the Uesugi family and asked tentatively, "Is this ...... Do you want to return the favor? ”

The head of the Uesugi family nodded vigorously, the black veil covering his face flipped, and Lu Mingfei could vaguely see her white chin and cherry blossom-like lips, and the faint scent of sandalwood lingered on the tip of his nose.

Although he couldn't see the full face, Lu Mingfei was very sure that the head of the Uesugi family was definitely a beauty, and he should be more beautiful than the head of the Sakurai family next to him.

In front of the head of the Uesugi family, he solemnly put the painting in his pocket: "Thank you, I will take it away." ”

Although his face was solemn, Lu Mingfei almost regarded this as a coaxing child, after all, this girl revealed a not very smart aura all over her body, if it weren't for her slender and elegant tall figure, Lu Mingfei would have wondered if she was still in junior high school.

Yuan Zhisheng frowned slightly, got up and wanted to take Eri Yi away - originally they shouldn't have let Eri Yi see outsiders, but this time Lu Mingfei came with his back to Ange, and after thinking about it again, Tachibana Masamune still decided to let Eri Yi show her face, and the gathering of the eight family heads was the most grand, and the effect would be much worse if there was one less.

Originally, he and Tachibana Masamune had specially told Eri Yi that she only needed to sit there, say hello to Lu Mingfei with a notebook, and then sit quietly until the end of the welcome party.

But now there was an accident, and Eri Yi was attracted by the figure brought by Lu Mingfei, and instead communicated with him.

This was a completely unplanned situation for Yuan Zhisheng, so he immediately got up and wanted to take Eri Yi away, but unexpectedly, after seeing Lu Mingfei seriously put away the painting of the Yagu Beast, Eri Yi turned around and ran away without warning.

Only Lu Mingfei and the other family heads were left looking at each other, watching the red and white shadow disappear behind the torii.

"Sorry, I missed you." Yuan Zhisheng apologized to Lu Mingfei, and then chased him out.

(End of chapter)