"Hey, Miss Erina, who is this classmate next to you?"
In the reception room, Suzuki Sonoko looked curiously at the braided girl wearing Totsuki school uniform next to the new commander-in-chief of Totsuki Group, Nakiri Erina.
It’s not surprising that Nakiri Erina is accompanied by Nito Higasako, but it’s too strange to be with one more person. You know, when this arrogant Queen Totsuki attended the banquet, except for Nito Higasako, there was never anyone else. Take anyone.
"This is the winner of my Totsuki Academy's 'Autumn Selection', and she is also the future pillar of the Japanese cooking world. I am bringing her here to open her eyes this time. Please don't take offense, Ms. Sonoko."
Facing the second young lady of the Suzuki family, Nakiri Erina also put away her past arrogance and spoke more politely.
Just being polite.
Others, even senior government officials or business tycoons, need to be polite when facing the future heirs of the Suzuki Zaibatsu, but Nakiri Erina does not need to be polite.
In terms of size, Totsuki Group is naturally no match for the Suzuki Zaibatsu, Japan's top large-scale general trading company. However, Totsuki Group's business is not closely related to those large general trading companies. Even if they offend any large general trading company, they have nothing to do with Totsuki Group. On the contrary, if those large comprehensive trading companies want to enter the catering industry and related industries, they must go to the terminal of Yuanyue Group. In Japan, without the recognition of Yuanyue Group, it is simply impossible to get ahead in the catering industry and related industries. It’s a fantasy that a single word from the “God’s Tongue” can determine the life or death of a high-end restaurant.
It can be said that the Totsuki Group occupies a monopoly position in the Japanese catering industry and related industries. As long as everyone wants to eat in the catering industry, everyone must bow to the Totsuki Group, even the Suzuki Zaibatsu, so Nakiri Erina She has the confidence to be rude to the Suzuki Zaibatsu, but now that she has a new official, her foundation is unstable. Nakiri Senzaemon has officially abdicated after the autumn selection, and Nakiri Erina is no longer the "quasi-general commander." ", but is the true commander-in-chief of the Totsuki Group. In this way, she cannot act as arbitrarily as she did when she was the heir, and needs to give the Suzuki Zaibatsu a little face.
"Um, hello, Ms. Suzuki, my name is Tazoe. It's our first time meeting you. Please give me some... advice!"
It was the first time for Tadokoro to attend such a high-end banquet, and the person in front of her was a lady from the famous Suzuki Zaibatsu in Japan. Her nervousness broke out again, and she accidentally bit her tongue when introducing herself.
Suzuki Sonoko may be said to be down-to-earth or approachable, but she is indeed an informal person. Not only did she not laugh at Tadokoro for her embarrassment, she took the initiative to step forward and hold Tadokoro's hand and said, "Hello, my name is Suzuki Sonoko, you look so cute! Can I call you Xiaomei? Ah, by the way! You are the winner of Totsuki's 'Autumn Selection', so the food you cook must be delicious. Can you treat me to some some other time? Is it delicious?"
"Hey! Miss Suzuki, you can call me whatever you want!" Tadokoro felt the warmth of Suzuki Sonoko's hand, her mood finally calmed down a little, and she began to speak fluently. "The same goes for cooking. If you have time, I will definitely help you." Prepare!"
"Miss Suzuki, we should be about the same age, just call me Sonoko!" Suzuki Sonoko pulled Tadokoro to Maori Ran and the others, and introduced her one by one, "Come, these are my friends, this is me Best best friend Mao Lilan, this is her childhood sweetheart Kudo Shinichi, a stinky detective, this is..."
When Eve was introduced, Tazoe's eyes lit up and she shouted happily: "Eve!"
"Sister Xiaohui."
Eve also used her most enthusiastic look and showed a slight smile to Tadokoro.
"Huh? Do you know each other?"
Suzuki Sonoko asked curiously, and even Kasumigaoka Shiu and the others looked at Eve curiously. They didn't know how Eve, who only moved between school and home, got to know the students of Totsuki Academy.
"Well, Sister Xiaohui is a disciple of Brother Kai's father's friend. Brother Kai once took me to her place as a guest."
Eve answered truthfully.
Hearing this, Nakiri Erina turned her attention to Eve: "Do you know Yan Kai?"
Eve didn't like Nakiri Erina's condescending look, but she still answered honestly: "Well, Brother Kai is my neighbor and a classmate."
"With a little kid like you?"
Nakiri Erina said in surprise.
This time her words were not actually meant to insult Eve, but they caused even greater harm to Eve.
What’s wrong with being so small! What's wrong with the late development? none of your business!
Eve's face darkened, and her answer became stiff: "I skipped a grade, and I'm thirteen years old this year."
As soon as she said what she just said, Nakiri Erina realized that it was not a good idea to speak like this. However, Nakiri Erina, who had always only accepted flattery from others, had almost never apologized to anyone, so even though she felt a little guilty towards Eve, She didn't even think about apologizing to her, she just said lightly: "Really..."
Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Suzuki Sonoko immediately took over the conversation and introduced the others to Nakiri Erina.
As the second lady of the Suzuki Zaibatsu, although Suzuki Sonoko does not have any particularly outstanding talents, she is definitely not mediocre and stupid, and she is quite good at adjusting the atmosphere.
But she is like this, after trying her best for several years, she still can't successfully match Mao Lilan and Kudo Shinichi, who already have a good impression of each other. All I can say is that Kudo Shinichi, a dead wood, will die if he takes the initiative. !
When Yan Ruyu was finally introduced, Suzuki Sonoko paused and then said: "This is my uncle's guest, Ms. Yan Ruyu, a young musician from the Central Plains."
Yan Ruyu shook her head slightly: "Miss Yuanzi is exaggerating. At best, I am just an ordinary person who knows a little about music. I have no achievements in music and cannot be called a 'musician'."
This is not the hypocritical self-effacement of Japanese people, but Yan Ruyu feels that she really cannot be a "musician".
The word "family" cannot be used indiscriminately. In Yan Ruyu's opinion, only those who have made outstanding contributions in their own field, have extremely high artistic skills, or who have devoted their lives to a certain industry can be called a "family" in their own field. " Yan Ruyu naturally cannot afford this title.
Of course, considering that in Japan, any politician can be called a "politician", maybe their requirements for "home" are very low, and any stupid thing can be called "home".
"Yan, Miss Yan, you are so beautiful..."
Tian Suohui looked at Yan Ruyudao blankly.
It's not that Tadokoro has never seen beauties. Ryoko Sakaki, who is in the same dormitory, is a very beautiful beauty. The school gathers all kinds of second-generation Japanese cooking circles, and all kinds of beautiful girls emerge in endlessly. Nakiri Erina, who stands at the top of them, even Counting the artist idols who have only been seen on TV, her beauty is definitely in the top three of the women that Tazoe has seen. It can be said that Tazoe has a very high vision, but when she saw Yan Ruyu, she Still couldn't help but stare blankly.
It's so beautiful that it doesn't look like a person, but a piece of finely crafted work of art.
Yan Ruyu felt a little embarrassed after being praised by Tian Suohui, but she didn't want to leave Tian Suohui in the cold. Yingying smiled lightly and said: "Thank you for the compliment, you are very cute too!"
Yan Ruyu was already extremely beautiful even when her face was expressionless. Now she smiled slightly and her beautiful face came to life, making it even more breathtakingly beautiful. Tian Suohui was stunned again.
Not only Tian Suohui, but also other girls were stunned when they saw Yan Ruyu's smile.
This was the first time they saw Yan Ruyu smile after meeting her, and they did not expect that this quiet and indifferent girl would smile so beautifully.
"Ahem!"
Seeing that a group of people were silent, Yan Ruyu coughed, and everyone came back to their senses.
Seeing that Kudo Shinichi still had obsession on his face, Suzuki Sonoko frowned and stepped on Kudo Shinichi's foot: "Oh, Kudo, I'm sorry, my foot slipped!"
"Bah!"
Kudo Shinichi woke up completely, and the instep of his feet hurt terribly, but he had to squeeze out a smile and said, "It's okay..."
Sonoko, what kind of high heels are you wearing? It hurts!
Yes, Suzuki Sonoko is wearing high heels now. The heels of high heels step on people. It feels so bad. Do you understand?
Nakiri Erina stared at Yan Ruyu. She always felt that this person seemed very familiar. However, as long as she saw such a beautiful woman once, she would never forget it even if ten or eight years passed. But why couldn't she remember where she was? Have you seen it?
But Erina Nakiri has a very arrogant character. It is impossible for her to take the initiative to ask questions about someone she meets for the first time, so she just glances at Yan Ruyu a few more times, but does not take the initiative to talk to him.
After introducing each other, Suzuki Sonoko stirred up the atmosphere and chatted with Nakiri Erina for a while.
Distinguished guests like Erina Nakiri usually come in advance before the banquet starts, mainly to give the host time to receive them alone. After all, when the banquet starts, the host cannot be alone with her, but because they are distinguished guests, they are not alone with ordinary guests. They need to be treated differently, so they need to be received in advance.
Suzuki Jirokichi left before to find some distinguished guests. Of course, he received all the elderly guests, while Suzuki Sonoko was responsible for receiving guests such as Nakiri Erina who were not much different from her age.
Not long after entertaining Nakiri Erina, the maid walked into Suzuki Sonoko again and whispered to her.
"Ah, I'm sorry, I have something to do here and I have to leave for a while. Sorry, sorry!"
Suzuki Sonoko apologized to Nakiri Erina.
"It's okay, Miss Sonoko, go ahead and get busy!" Nakiri Erina nodded.
She knew that another guest who needed to be entertained by Suzuki Sonoko was coming. She was well aware of this process and would not feel that Suzuki Sonoko had neglected her.
"Then, Xiaolan, please help me accompany Miss Erina."
Suzuki Sonoko said to Mao Lilan and the others.
"Okay, Sonoko, we will help you entertain Miss Nakiri."
Mao Lilan promised Suzuki Sonoko.
But after Suzuki Sonoko left, Mao Lilan felt unable to start when facing the cold Erina Nakiri.
This classmate seems to have a bad personality. How did Yuanzi manage to chat with her just now...
Mao Lilan thought with an awkward smile.
But when she turned around, Mao Lilan found that Tadokoro Emasa, Kasumigaoka Shiwa and the others who came with Nakiri Erina were chatting animatedly.
"Xiao Hui, is it hard to study in Yuanyue?"
"Well, hard work is still very hard, but I can study with many powerful classmates, and I can feel my progress every day, and my life is very fulfilling. When I think about it, it doesn't feel hard anymore!"
"Xiao Hui is the winner of the 'Autumn Selection', so she must be very good at cooking!"
"No, no, I'm still far away. There are many players who are very good. I'm just lucky!"
Unlike Erina Nakiri, who barely has the word "proud" written on her face, Erina Tadokoro is a very docile girl. She is the opposite extreme of Erina Nakiri. She is easy to talk to, and Xiaomei has passed Eve knew that Yan Kaihe and Kasumigaoka Shiyu were acquainted, and her favorability towards them suddenly rose to over 80, to the point where they could be conquered with a little effort. The few of them chatted together after just a few words.
Yan Ruyu did not participate in their conversation, she just sat quietly by herself, beautiful alone.
If possible, she hoped that this tranquility could last until the banquet began.
But she is not popular. Even if she is sitting quietly, her presence cannot be ignored.
The inexplicable sense of familiarity made Nakiri Erina let go of her reserve. She took the initiative to go to Yan Ruyu's side and asked Yan Ruyu, "Is Miss Yan from the Central Plains?"
"Yes."
Yan Ruyu replied calmly.
"I know a person from the Central Plains. His surname is also Yan. Is the surname Yan very common in the Central Plains?"
Nakiri Erina asked, staring into Yan Ruyu's eyes.
She had already remembered where this inexplicable sense of familiarity came from. This woman from the Central Plains named Yan Ruyu clearly looked very similar to Yan Kai. Well, it was Yan Kai who took off her glasses.
Although there are differences in temperament, and the details of the facial features are softer, the eyes and eyebrows are almost exactly the same, with a sharp feeling that pierces the heart, very sharp.
Nakiri Erina felt that the Central Plains woman in front of her must have a lot to do with Yan Kai.
"It's not bad. I remember that there are about 1.7 million people with the surname Yan in the Central Plains."
Yan Ruyu avoided the important and took the easy way out.
"1.7 million people, that's a lot..."
Nakiri Erina was slightly surprised at first, but then she thought, wait, it seems that there are 1.4 billion people in the Central Plains. If you calculate it this way, it is only a little more than one thousandth, right?
Isn’t this quite rare?
Nakiri Erina frowned.
Is this Central Plains woman fooling me?
"that……"
Just when Nakiri Erina was about to ask more questions to explore Yan Ruyu's true identity, Yan Ruyu suddenly stood up and said, "I'm sorry, Miss Nakiri, I need to start preparing for the performance tonight, excuse me."
If she stayed any longer, Yan Ruyu didn't know what questions Nakiri Erina would ask again, and she was not good at lying, so it would be better to just find an excuse and slip away.
Nakiri Erina opened her mouth to speak, but in the end she nodded slowly: "Okay, then I won't delay Miss Yan. We'll see you at the banquet. I have a lot to say to you."
What a coincidence, I don't want to say a word to you here.
Yan Ruyu wanted to roll her eyes.
And just when Yan Ruyu walked out of the reception room, Suzuki Sonoko led two little girls who looked exactly the same and walked towards her.
Aren't these... those two little cat eyes? Why are all the monsters and monsters here...
Yan Ruyu immediately recognized the identity of the twins, and her eyelids twitched, feeling that this dinner might be very uneven.
