After Ai led the two kittens upstairs, the store manager who was wiping the dishes happily hummed a ditty.
This is not because the boss has left. She feels that she can be lazy and fish for fun, so she is happy, but because she is happy that she can finally take off the "black shop" and "profiteer" signs. The store manager feels like, "Starting from today, I can finally The wonderful feeling of being able to live an upright life!
"Crack!"
The sound of the store door opening sounded, and the store manager who was wiping the plates happily raised his head and greeted the guests with a bright smile: "Welcome...?"
The store manager's smile suddenly froze, and his eyes narrowed slightly, as if he was carefully identifying the customer in front of him.
Fair skin, tall and slender figure, the uniform of a private divine school... If she had just these characteristics, it would be possible for her to overlap with others, but how could she not have those big glasses that could cover most of her face? It's impossible to admit your mistake.
It's you!
In her excitement, she broke the plate in the store manager's hand so much that a crack appeared.
Hearing the sound of plates breaking, Yan Kai couldn't help but glance in the direction of the store manager.
Your hands are pretty strong. Did you get them from grinding coffee beans?
Yan Kai thought so.
Yan Kai did not come alone. He was followed by Lu You and Lu Xuer, but both of them were wearing masks at this time.
The two people wearing masks did not attract other people's attention, because March and April are the hay fever outbreak seasons in Japan, and people wearing masks can be seen everywhere on the streets. It is not surprising that Lu You and Lu Xuer, father and daughter, wear masks.
It is said that about 25% of people in Japan suffer from hay fever. In some extreme places, this proportion can even rise to 50%. Hay fever can be called a "national disease" in Japan. Once spring arrives, sneezes can be heard one after another, and the streets are full of people wearing masks.
Speaking of which, there has been a popular saying in China for some time that most people in Japan suffer from hay fever because the environment in Japan is clean, so Japanese people have particularly sensitive respiratory tracts and are particularly susceptible to hay fever.
But this is not the case at all. The reason why Japanese people have more hay fever is because there are many Japanese fir trees. About 40% of the trees in Japanese forests are fir trees, and fir trees carry pollen by wind. In spring, the pollen of fir trees Naturally, it will spread along the wind to almost every corner of Japan.
In addition, Japan has developed a large amount of land and paved roads with concrete. Pollen falling on the cement ground cannot be absorbed by the soil. Instead, it is easier for the pollen to enter the mouth and nose of the people along with the car exhaust and invade the human body. The increasingly serious air pollution has caused the human body to pollen. It is easy to produce antibodies against harmful particles, and hay fever is naturally becoming more and more serious in Japan.
Therefore, the prevalence of hay fever in Japan is not because Japan is clean. On the contrary, it is because Japan is "dirty".
The reason why there are so many fir trees in Japan is that Japan needs a lot of wood for its post-war revival. The fast-growing trees like fir are favored by the Japanese people, who plant them all over the mountains and plains. Therefore, the Japanese people are prone to hay fever because of their own fault. , no one else to blame.
After Yan Kai led Lu You and Lu Xu'er into the coffee shop, he glanced around and found that the window seat where he used to sit was still empty. He subconsciously wanted to go there, but he remembered that Lu You and Lu Xu'er should not show their faces and sit by the window. The location was easily visible to pedestrians on the roadside, so we chose a corner location.
"Guest, what would you like to order?"
The waiter came up and asked after the three of them were seated.
"A glass of boiling water, thank you."
Yan Kai said to the waiter.
The familiar answer made the waiter's eyes twitch, and his standard business smile almost broke.
Damn it, I actually missed this annoying boy just now, it was crazy!
The waiter cursed in his heart, then continued to smile and said to Lu You and Lu Xuer: "Two guests, what about you? What do you want?"
After speaking, he handed a menu to each of them.
She had a premonition about what Yan would order for the meeting, so she didn't give him the menu, but when faced with Lu You and Lu Xu'er, she still gave it to him.
Lu You didn't speak Japanese and had no idea what the waiter was talking to him. He looked at Lu Xu'er with some embarrassment.
Lu Xuer can speak Japanese, but she can't read it very well. She was equally embarrassed after taking the menu from the waiter.
"Two glasses of milk and two chocolate chip cookies, please. Thank you."
Yan Kai said to the waiter.
"OK."
While the waiter was leaving to get the food, Yan Kai said to Lu You and Lu Xu'er: "Brother Lu, Xu'er, you can't stay in school anymore. I'll prepare another hiding place for you."
It has only been one night and the legend of "The New Wife" has been spread. If we stay here for a few more nights, will the private divine school turn into a spider's nest?
So Yan Kai found an excuse to sneak out of the activity room after hearing the "ghost story" told by his senior sister. Kasumigaoka Shiyu thought Yan Kai was frightened by him and slapped the table and laughed for a long time.
"Why……"
Lu Xuer frowned.
"You still said that!"
Lu You glanced at his daughter very dissatisfied.
If she hadn't been discovered by the patrolling security guard while playing with her mobile phone at night, would Brother Yan be in such embarrassment?
Lu Xuer stuck out her tongue, trying to be cute. She actually knew that the reason was hers.
"Well, my aunt has a gym nearby. Except for my nephew who cleans the place at three or four o'clock every afternoon, no one will go there at other times. You can stay there for the time being."
Yan Kai said to Lu You and Lu Xuer.
"Then WiFi..."
Lu Xuer suddenly flashed her big eyes and said.
"This is not available at the moment."
Yan Kai shook his head.
A trace of despair flashed in Lu Xuer's eyes.
How can she live without WiFi?
"Mei, don't bother your Uncle Yan all the time!"
Lu You tugged Lu Xu'er to stop her from messing around any more.
"In addition to the place where I am temporarily staying, I also found out the current whereabouts of Nishikawa Masaaki. This is also the main reason why I came to you."
Yan Kai said to Lu You.
"Where?"
Lu Xuer's eyes lit up.
As long as she finds Nishikawa Masaaki and gets the sacred object back from him, she can go home, and she no longer has to worry about WiFi!
When Lu Xuer was bored at home before, she even thought about sneaking out to play. Now that she has gone abroad, Lu Xuer only wants to go home, so she shrinks in her room and doesn't go out!
"in Africa."
Yan Kai said quite helplessly.
"ha?"
The light in Lu Xuer's eyes quickly dimmed.
She also knew that it was unrealistic to go to Africa to find Masaaki Saikawa, it was too far.
"It is said that he is negotiating with an African warlord about the mining rights of diamond mines. He will not be back until at least this weekend."
Yan Kai also sighed.
This was something Ryoko Mikado learned through her connections. According to Ryoko Mikado's inquiries, the opening ceremony was actually supposed to start last weekend, but Masaaki Nishikawa suddenly postponed it due to physical discomfort.
Of course, Yan Kai guessed that he suddenly acquired the sacred artifacts of the Miao people before the opening ceremony, so he could only temporarily change the layout of Shuiyue Palace, which would have to postpone the opening ceremony.
And the time he had agreed with the African warlords to discuss business could not be postponed at will. After ordering his men, he rushed to Africa without stopping. Everything revealed a rush.
In any case, Nishikawa Masaaki is now in Africa, and even Yan Kai is beyond his reach. It is literally "thousands of miles away". Even if we put aside the distance issue, Africa is so big. Where to find Nishikawa Masaaki after he arrives in Africa is also a problem. question.
"Then what should we do? Do we really have to wait until the weekend? If he shows up at night, then we won't be able to get back to the clan in time!"
Lu Xuer said anxiously.
"Amei!"
Lu You held Lu Xuer's hand and asked her to settle down.
"If it's really too late, this is Hongxia's fate, and we can only accept it."
Lu You said to Lu Xuer.
She watched Lueyi Hongxia grow up, and she was as dear to him as his biological daughter. Considering that his biological daughter always made him worry, maybe the well-behaved and obedient Lueyi Hongxia was more dear to Lu You than his biological daughter.
Like Lu Xu'er, he didn't want Sunset Hongxia to die with regret, but they shouldn't bring their emotions to Brother Yan who had been helping them!
"...I know, Dad!"
Lu Xuer nodded after gathering her emotions.
She, her father, and even Uncle Yan have tried their best. Maybe it is true as her father said, this is Sister Hongxia's fate.
"Hmm..." Yan Kai thought for a moment, and then said to Lu You and Lu Xu'er, "Actually, I have a way to make Xi Chuan Zhengming come back to Japan quickly, but I don't know if it can be done..."
"any solution!"
Lu Xuer said happily.
"I……"
Yan Kai was about to talk about the solution he had come up with, but he felt that the waiter was slowly walking over with something in his hands and immediately stopped talking.
Lu Xuer also felt it, and sat up straight with her father, pretending to be calm.
After the waiter left, Yan Kai took a sip of water, and then said: "I have thought about it. Although Nishikawa Masaaki is in Africa discussing business, his most important thing now is the opening ceremony of Shuiyue Palace. If he knows that someone is going to attend, If he caused trouble during the opening ceremony, do you think he will rush back in a hurry?"
Lu Xuer's eyes lit up: "I think it's very possible!"
"But won't this force him to postpone or cancel the opening ceremony?"
Lu You expressed concern.
Yan Kai shook his head: "No, Nishikawa Masaaki is also a well-known figure in Tokyo. If the opening ceremony is postponed or canceled because of the slightest disturbance, then he will no longer have to hang out in Japan's upper class society, and he invited Japan's upper class people The invitations have been sent out. He has postponed the opening ceremony once before. If he postpones it again, he will be teasing the guests he invited. Even if Nishikawa Masaaki is the jewelry king of Japan, he cannot afford to offend so many distinguished people. guests, so I’m sure he won’t postpone or cancel the opening ceremony, but I’m not sure whether this trick of alerting the snake will really succeed.”
"No matter what, we have to give it a try!"
Lu You's eyes showed determination.
Now that they had made up their minds, Lu You and Lu Xuer quickly ate the chocolate cookies in front of them, and then drank the milk in one gulp.
The two of them didn't bring any money (to be precise, they didn't bring anything except Lu Xuer's mobile phone and charger), so it was naturally Yan Kai who paid the bill in the end.
"Store manager, please pay."
Yan Kai put the money on the counter and said to the store manager.
Yan Kai used to be a regular customer of this store. He knew the prices of the items here very clearly. He didn't need the store manager to calculate the prices. He calculated the prices himself. Well, if the prices didn't change.
The store manager looked at Yan Kai with complicated eyes, then pressed a hundred yen into the money Yan Kai took out, and pushed it to Yan Kai.
"You gave too much to the guest!"
As a store manager, her dignity requires her to return the 100 yen to Yan Kai.
"oh."
Yan Kai said "Oh", took back the coin and turned around to leave.
He didn't notice the eye-catching price list behind the store manager. He just muttered something in a low voice while turning around: "Japan's deflation has been really bad recently. Not only did things not increase in price, they actually dropped in price..."
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"Is it the heirloom of Masaaki Nishikawa's family... Hehe, it's a worthy target!"
Kuroba Kaito, who changed into a white dress and transformed into Kid, sneaked into the building where Nishikawa Masaaki's company is located.
Of course, Kuroba Kaito is not here to steal anything today, but to deliver a notice. As a magician, of course he has to perform on the grandest stage, so he and the "Saikawa Family Heirloom" The day will only be on the weekend, during the opening ceremony of "Shuiyue Palace".
It is said that Nishikawa Masaaki invited half of Tokyo's dignitaries to attend the opening ceremony. If the "Nishikawa family heirloom" is included in the bag on this occasion, the reputation of "Kidd" will definitely be taken to the next level!
"Huh...huh...huh..."
Kuroba Kaito was panting after climbing up to the thirty-first floor with bare hands. He couldn't help complaining: "Really, why are you arranging your residence at such a high place? Aren't you tired of going up and down stairs every day!"
It was indeed not tiring, after all, everyone took the elevator, only Kuroba Kaito climbed.
Saikawa Masaaki usually does not live at home, but directly sets up his home in his company building. In fact, not only Saikawa Masaaki, but also many Japanese capitalists do this to facilitate the supervision of employees working overtime at night.
It's just that Nishikawa Masaaki arranged his residence in the company building not to monitor employees' work, but to facilitate him to appreciate the company's jewelry nearby.
It is true that Nishikawa Masaaki is the owner of the company, but he is not the owner of all the company's jewelry. Even he cannot take home the jewelry under the company's name at will, but Nishikawa Masaaki is the kind of person who loves jewelry to the point of obsession. Therefore, he decided to live directly in the company, so that he could legitimately "appropriate" the jewelry in the company as his own.
After climbing inside the building, Kuroba Kaito sneaked into Saikawa Masaaki's office, which can also be regarded as Saikawa Masaaki's bedroom.
Although Nishikawa Masaaki is not in Japan now, his company's staff will still come to clean his room every day.
Touching Nishikawa Masaaki's desk, Kuroba Kaito placed the notification letter with the riddle on it.
There was no light in the room, but the moonlight was extremely bright, causing Kuroba Kaito to discover two strange things on his desk.
A card with a "cat's eye" logo and a note with calligraphy written on it.
Oops, we collided with our colleagues!
Kuroba Kaito shouted in his heart that it was not good.
