Hui Yuan Ai felt a lot more relaxed.
Thinking that Ike Shinnosuke was as nervous as she was when he faced her, she understood Ike Shinnosuke's attitude towards her.
Moreover, the Chi family did not call a driver, so Shinnosuke Chi drove them back. It would be more like an ordinary trip between family members, which was also well-intentioned.
She also guessed how to face Ike Shinosuke.
Be more relaxed and natural, and you can also learn to be "chi-style honest".
"Me too," Huiyuan Ai said openly, "I don't know how to get close to others."
Ike Shinnosuke proved to the other three that he was the leader of 'Ike style upright', "That's good."
"Ah..." Chi Janai fell weakly on the seat. He turned his head and saw Feichi crawling out of Chi Feichi's collar. He stretched out his hand, desperately seeking comfort, "Feichi, let me hug you."
'That's good' shouldn't be used here, right?
There is a strange feeling of 'it turns out you can't do it either, so I'm relieved'.
Even if you think so in your heart, you can still say it in a nicer way, such as, 'It's okay, we can get to know each other gradually and grow together.' Wouldn't it be more normal?
Hui Yuan Ai felt sympathy for his godmother in his heart.
Although she also thought, "It turns out Mr. Shinnosuke is not good either, so I'll be relieved," but she never thought of saying it directly like Mr. Shinnosuke.
…
The car drove all the way along the banks of the Thames River, past bustling commercial districts, and past modern-style buildings.
After the initial novelty wore off, Hui Yuan Ai couldn't stand it anymore and yawned one after another.
"Are you feeling sleepy, Xiao Ai?" Chi Kana turned around and asked, "Is it okay that you didn't have any rest on the plane?"
"I haven't slept at all," Chi Feichi said, "I have been watching documentaries."
"Because it happens to be night when I arrive in London, I want to wait until tonight before going to bed, so that I don't have to suffer jet lag. Brother Fei Chi, Fei Chi, Fei Mo, and Tuanzi didn't...sleep either..."
Hui Yuan Ai raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. After seeing the road scene outside the car window again, he felt a little more awake.
Before she dozed off, the car was still driving on a street lined with modern buildings and busy with traffic. She seemed to be in a trance for a while. Outside the car window, both sides of the street had turned into ancient British-style buildings.
Off-white buildings are arranged along the street. There is a small bell tower standing on the roof, and there are also Byzantine or pitched roofs. Flags are stuck diagonally on the outer wall of the first floor.
There are shops on the first floor along both sides of the road. Looking at the products behind the windows, some are luxury stores, and some are cafes and taverns.
There are passers-by strolling leisurely on the street, there are not many cars driving, and the lanes are somewhat empty.
If you drive slowly here in an antique car, it should be harmonious and harmonious.
When Haihara Ai's attention was attracted by the street buildings, the car continued to drive forward for a while. After turning a corner, the street scene outside the car window became more and more retro.
On both sides of the stone road, the red brick houses are three stories plus attic in height, arranged neatly.
Lights in the shape of kerosene lamps were hung on the red brick walls. The windows of most houses were lit, and the sounds of laughter, whispers and TV programs could be faintly heard from some houses.
After the car entered this street, it slowed down.
Hui Yuan Ai lay down behind the car window, looking at the road scene outside the car window, her sleepiness completely dissipated.
If she hadn't heard the sound of the TV show, if she hadn't discovered that the kerosene lamp on the red brick wall was powered by electricity, and if it hadn't been for the thick fog that pervaded the place during the industrial period, she would have suspected that she had returned to old London at the end of the nineteenth century.
It seemed that in the next second, a carriage would drive up the street. The dangerous old man with the smell of cologne stood elegantly beside the carriage, raised his hand to put on his tall felt hat, and invited them to his home with a smile. Stay for one night; or when the door of a certain house is opened, a tall and thin man walks out, looks at their car with sharp gray eyes, and quickly fills the pipe in his hand with tobacco and strikes a match. After lighting it, he gathered his tweed cloak with one hand and strode towards the street.
Professor Moriarty and Sherlock Holmes would not really exist here, but the atmosphere here was too similar to the London streets in the game Cocoon. The old time and space and the new time and space seemed to intersect outside the car, which made her start to have unrealistic fantasies. .
The car stopped on the side of the road.
Ikegana unbuckled his seat belt, opened the door and got out of the car. He looked around and asked Chi Feichi and Haihara Ai who got out of the car with a smile, "How was it? Isn't it great here?"
"It's very nice, it looks like Baker Street, but it looks like it's surrounded by residential buildings, not commercialized." Chi Feichi looked around, "I didn't know there was such a house at home before."
"It feels like returning to old London," Haihara Ai looked at the obviously renovated red brick walls. "This place should always be renovated as it is. It is really not easy to preserve this kind of building in the center of London."
"As long as you like it," Ikegana said with a trace of nostalgia in his eyes, "This street was like this when I was very young. At that time, my family lived far away from downtown London. People only come here occasionally when they go to London. When I was studying in London, I always lived in the school dormitory. In total, I haven’t been here for thirty years, if not six years. It would cost a lot of money to renovate it as it was before, and I almost forgot how many houses the Field family has here.”
"How many buildings?"
Chi Feichi cast a scrutinizing look at his cheap mother, not sure if this was a show off of wealth.
In the central area of London, each of these houses that have preserved old-style buildings has historical and artistic symbols, and the price is not lower than those of so-called luxury houses.
Being able to preserve the next building shows that the Field family has always been prosperous and has never been in decline. The people who can live on this street are either rich or noble, or have a certain social status, which makes this street famous in the times. It has been preserved amidst the changes and has not gradually turned into a commercial district or tourist attraction. It still exists as a residential building.
Similarly, since the neighbor is not short of money, it is naturally impossible to sell the house at will. I just looked along the road and saw that many of those houses are still occupied.
Where did the "several buildings" of the Field family come from?
"Ah, that... it was because the neighbor's family had financial problems in the early years. Your grandmother thought at that time that London would develop better and better in the future, and the transportation would become more and more convenient. She could buy these houses from her neighbors. , If the children want to live in London in the future, let the children be neighbors and take care of each other." Thinking of his deceased brothers, Ikegana still felt a little sad in his heart. He looked up at the house in front of the car, cheered up and smiled. , continued in a slow voice, "This house is originally owned by the Field family. The left and right houses were bought from neighbors, and there is also a house at the corner of the street, but that one is much smaller..."
Haihara Ai looked at the lighted second-floor window of a house on the left, "There seems to be someone living here. Is he a relative of the Field family?"
"No," Ikegana bent down and smiled sadly at Haibara, "It's Darcy, he is Shinnosuke's most trusted bodyguard, and his younger brother, Lydia, whom you have met, they live here temporarily. , I will let them rest early, and you will be able to see them early tomorrow morning. As for the household on the right, I am going to leave it to the breeder and doctor who came with you. I will let Lidya take people to clean up the house tomorrow. They move here. Of course, if they prefer to stay in a hotel, I will hire another doctor to come over. I am worried that the animals will not be used to the London climate. It would be better to have a doctor living nearby."
Chi Feichi: "..."
Did his mother forget that he was also an animal doctor?
Ikegana looked at the street entrance and continued to introduce the house arrangements, "As for the small house at the street entrance, it is actually the work base of Umbrella's bodyguards. Some of the security work on this street has been handed over to Umbrella by the neighbors. La, this is good, Xiao Ai and Fei Chi can run around on this street and nothing will happen!"
Haibara Ai:"……"
There are bodyguards living on the left side, and there is also a bodyguard work base on the right street. They can run as much as they want on this street, and they will never be put into sacks and kidnapped... Is that what you mean?
It's really reassuring to think about.
…
After Chi Feichi and Chi Zhennosuke took their luggage and locked the car door, Chi Kana took out the key and opened the door. After entering the house, he turned on the light.
The interior walls are made of wooden boards and red silk. There are no exposed red bricks, but they have the same retro style as the exterior.
The living room after entering the door has a thick dark red carpet on the floor. A black fireplace is set against the wall with two old candlesticks fixed on it.
There is a wooden coffee table in front of the fireplace, two leather single sofas are placed around the wooden sofa, and some sundries and newspapers are placed on the wooden storage cabinet in the corner.
There is a set of couches on the other side of the living room, and a TV cabinet is placed in front of the wall. However, the main body is also red, black, and wood in color, and some old handicrafts are placed. The retro style has not been diluted by the addition of modern electrical appliances.
Chi Jana took a general look around with Chi Feichi and Haihara Ai.
In addition to the living room, the first floor also has a kitchen and dining room. The second floor has a master bedroom, a second bedroom and a large study room. The third floor has three small rooms and a small study room, and above that is an attic for storing sundries.
There are separate bathrooms, washrooms, and toilets on each floor. Only the bathroom in this house is relatively modern. The decoration and furniture in other places are in the old British style.
Chi Feichi and Haiyuan Ai briefly looked around on the first and third floors before being rushed to wash up by Chi Kanai, and then rushed to the room that had been packed in advance.
The two of them didn't sleep on the plane. They lay in the quiet room. The excitement brought by the novelty gradually relaxed and they fell asleep quickly.
The next morning, it was raining outside.
Haihara Ai finished washing, put on casual clothes, and walked along the wooden stairs to the living room. She saw Chi Zhennosuke sitting in front of the burning fireplace reading a newspaper, and said hello, "Uncle Zhennosuke, good morning."
Ike Shinnosuke temporarily put down the newspaper, "Morning."
There was a sound of "blah blah blah" in the kitchen, and Ikekana poked her head out of the kitchen. Her long hair was tied back into a bun with a hair tie. She was wearing a red and white plaid apron. She was holding a pair of long chopsticks in her right hand and smiled. He said hello, "Good morning, Xiao Ai, and Fei Chi, good morning."
"Morning," Chi Feichi followed Hui Yuan Ai downstairs. Wearing only a normal sweater and casual trousers, he looked into the kitchen, "Are you making fried dough sticks?"
(End of chapter)
