Chapter 75 [004] A toast to Silang!

Chapter 75 [004] A toast to Silang!

Chapter 75【004】A toast to Shiro!
The funeral ceremony started with the family members' vigil last night and ended with the coffin being transported away for cremation. The process was relatively short.

The outer city did not have so many resources to use for the funeral, and Silang was not a team leader. Except for Qin Jiandan, no senior cadres from outside the Luoying Group came.

Cremation is a basic practice. In the outer cities, burial carries the risk of the body being stolen and sold for money. Only the very poor would bury their relatives and friends.

After the funeral, it was customary to entertain relatives and friends with a meal, so Xiaoxia and the "Nine Ninjas" invited everyone into the room.

"I'm hungry." Linlin whispered to her brother, "I don't know if the Falling Cherry Blossom Group is stingy when it comes to treating us."

There were many tables and chairs in the restaurant lobby of the castle tower. Relatives and friends took their seats one after another. Xiao Xia led Qin Jiandan and his sister through the lobby and into a single room with elegant decoration.

"Young Master, you must not be used to sitting on your knees with such long legs. The tables and chairs here are all Chinese style. Important people sit here!"

After Qin Jiandan entered the room, he took a look at the furnishings. Although there were Ukiyo-e paintings on the screen, the round table and wide chairs looked very Chinese in style and were spacious enough for eight people to sit.

Xiao Xia is quite capable...Linlin has an injured left leg, I would definitely be unhappy if you asked her to kneel down.

Qin Jiandan didn't know that it was Fengjian who specifically told Xiaoxia to arrange for them to come to the Chinese-style room. Xiaoxia originally wanted to invite the young master to a place with a larger space but where he needed to kneel.

Xiao Xia asked Qin Jiandan and his sister to sit in the inner seats, and then instructed the kimono girl standing by the wall:

"Notify the kitchen staff to deliver the food, quickly! If you're late, forget about your month-end bonus!"

The girl in kimono ran to the kitchen in small steps. Although today was a funeral, she still put on light makeup.

Linlin sat on her brother's left side with her fingers intertwined under the round table.

The women in the Falling Cherry Blossoms Group, I haven't seen any other abilities, but they are all very good at dressing up! If I don't come with you, my brother will fall into the land of tenderness when he comes alone...

The kitchen started to serve the dishes. Apprentice chefs came and went with their sleeves half rolled up. Their postures were meticulous when serving the dishes to the table, full of the so-called "craftsman spirit".

Qin Jiandan looked around the table. Many of the ingredients were probably bought from the inner city and were quite expensive, but some of the dishes looked strange at first glance.

Saying that Qin Jiandan had only eaten animal paste fried chicken was a disdain for the Night Dragon Society. It was just that the chefs of the Falling Cherry Group liked to show off their skills and wanted to process a rice ball into an Infinity Stone, but from the outside it didn't look like a rice ball.

Linlin reached out and took something that looked like a small rice ball from a nearby plate, put it in her mouth and chewed it twice.

"It turns out to be an egg..." Linlin seemed to understand.

Although the host had not announced the start of the meal, Linlin was hungry and didn't care about much. The private room was more private, unlike in public places, where she needed to consider the unity between the headquarters and the Luoying Group.

"Everyone, everyone, please eat quickly, otherwise some dishes will get cold!" Xiao Xia announced the start of the meal after the fact.

Linlin is only 15 years old, two years younger than Xiaoxia. Xiaoxia doesn't think that Linlin is deliberately looking for trouble by eating without permission.

After Qin Jiandan and his sister took their seats, the four "Nine Ninjas" also sat on both sides of them, but the two seats closest to the siblings were left empty.

Fengjian said a few impeccable polite words to relatives and friends in the lobby outside, then entered the private room and sat down next to Linlin very politely.

Xiao Xia also followed suit and sat down on the empty seat to the right of Qin Jiandan. The chair legs made a "squeaking" sound as they rubbed against the ground.

Judging from the posture and the direction of the force, Linlin felt that Xiaoxia wanted to sit on her brother more.

"Young Master, and Linlin, please forgive me for the poor hospitality of the Falling Cherry Blossom Group!"

Xiao Xia clasped her hands together with a smile on her face.

Such a happy mood was not suitable for a funeral. Fengjian coughed to remind her, and Xiaoxia restrained herself.

The nine ninjas were missing one person, and the team leader, Xiao Xia, still had a silly smile on his face, while the four black-clad ninjas sitting at the table felt a little sad.

But they didn't hate Xiao Xia, Xiao Xia treated them well, and didn't threaten to "sell you to mine" like Feng Jian did. Xiao Xia was just a little bit stupid, and she didn't care about the occasion when she was obsessed with him.

Qin Jiandan responded to Xiao Xia:
"The Falling Cherry Blossom Group has been very polite. Please don't be restrained during the meal. I propose a toast to Shiro..."

When the chef's apprentice served the dishes, the girl in kimono also placed a glass of beer on each person's table, which was what Kazama had instructed in advance.

Qin Jiandan unscrewed the sealed plastic cap when he saw the beer, but as soon as he raised the glass, he saw his sister beside him shooting him a resentful look.

Linlin seemed to have suddenly learned sign language. She raised her index fingers on both hands at the same time and made two "1s".

Then, turn the "1" on the left sideways and poke it continuously at the "1" on the right!
After a while, the "1" on the right died and turned into a "0". Linlin put the "0" made by her fingers in front of her brother.

Qin Jiandan understood the riddle: This means "1-1=0". If I drink beer here, I can't drink the beer in Linlin's refrigerator when I go home! After entering the single room, although Linlin no longer cares about Xiaoxia's face, she knows that she has to save face for her brother in front of outsiders and try not to let outsiders know that her brother is "sister-governed".

After finishing this set of finger gymnastics, Linlin lowered her head and continued to eat. Everyone in the Luoying group except Fengjian was confused.

Xiao Xia raised her glass with Qin Jiandan to dispel the awkward atmosphere in the air:
"Let's join the young master in paying respects to Silang! Silang's heroic spirit is immortal, and together with the ancestors of the Falling Cherry Group, he will bless us to have success in future battles!"

These few sentences were learned by Xiao Xia from eavesdropping on Feng Jian's speech in the lobby. She was in a hurry and couldn't unscrew the beer bottle cap, so the nine ninjas next to her helped her unscrew it.

Led by the young master and the team leader, the four ninjas took off their masks, revealing their nondescript faces and drank together.

Linlin didn't touch the beer in front of her. She said casually, "I don't drink."

As for Kazama, she drank soda when everyone toasted, and she had originally asked the waiter to add soda to her drink.

Xiao Xia knew that Qin Jiandan liked to drink beer, so she also followed Qin Jiandan's example and drank it all in one gulp. Her mouth was small, and she almost sprayed it out of her nose because she drank too quickly.

"Cough, cough!" Xiao Xia put down the wine glass with red cheeks. She was not drunk but choked.

After drinking, everyone started eating. Qin Jiandan didn't like to be restrained, so the atmosphere quickly became lively.

At this time, a man who was obviously a chef brought in a plate of exquisite sushi.

Xiao Xia introduced: "This is the famous "Sushi Sage" on Sakura Street!"

Qin Jiandan and Linlin both rolled their eyes secretly.

After setting the plate, the sushi master did not leave, but enthusiastically introduced:
"This plate of sushi is not simple. It uses relics from the Earth era. It contains not only snow water from Mount Everest, but also seaweed from the deepest part of the Mariana Trench! You can't get this kind of top-notch food in the inner city!"

Qin Jiandan blurted out: "These two things have been frozen in the refrigerator for 100 years? Can they still be eaten?"

Seeing the embarrassment on Sushi Immortal's face, Qin Jiandan changed his words:
"I'm not in a hurry to eat such good things. It's better to take them back for Master to taste. You've worked hard. Please leave first."

The Sushi Immortal then turned his worry into joy and left politely.

Anyway, Qin Jiandan didn't dare to touch the plate of sushi. He lied that he was not used to sushi and asked the nine ninjas to help clean up.

"Young Master, don't just eat cheap food! The Falling Cherry Group isn't that poor yet!"

Xiao Xia put a sea cucumber in Qin Jiandan's bowl. If Han Tiancheng was there, he might think that the sea cucumber was worthy of Qin Jiandan's ball skills...

Linlin transformed into a great Yin-Yang master: "I often observe in the monitoring room. The Falling Cherry Group is very good at making money. It's amazing."

"Right, right?" Xiao Xia didn't hear this as a mockery, she was quite proud of it.

One of Linlin's duties in the Intelligence Department is to call and notify anyone who breaks the rules in the Night Dragon Society's territory. Even now that she has a prejudice against the Falling Cherry Group, she does not put personal interests above public ones.

"Hehehe~ Thanks to you, Linlin, for helping to monitor Yingtong Street, we were able to catch customers who didn't pay. Please take care of me in the future!"

Xiao Xia also picked up a sea cucumber for Linlin, but Linlin did not pick up her chopsticks to eat it immediately.

Qin Jiandan was between Linlin and Xiaoxia. In order to pass the sea cucumber over, Xiaoxia almost put her entire upper body on Qin Jiandan's legs!

And from that angle, she was clearly leaning her chest towards her brother's hand! Brother, did you not dodge or were you secretly happy?
Linlin was in a bad mood. She placed her chopsticks flat on the edge of the bowl:
"Doesn't the Falling Cherry Group plan to develop some other industries? One that doesn't require girls."

Qin Jiandan frowned slightly. His sister's question was too sensitive. As long as it did not violate the basic rules, the headquarters would never ask about the operating details of the subordinate organizations.

Xiao Xia didn't expect Linlin to ask this. She said awkwardly:
"I, we didn't force women of good families into prostitution. Other industries in the outer city are saturated. If we don't do this, we can't compete with the "Biointelligence Group" and the "Sorrow Group."

Feng Jian said calmly from Linlin's left:
"The 'ancient knife making' of the Falling Cherry Group has a certain market. However, the knife needs to be repeatedly polished and washed in the phlogiston ashes, and the knife maker is very likely to die of phlogiston disease."

Qin Jiandan heard from Mrs. Watanabe that Xiao Xia's father's sword was made using ancient methods. Unfortunately, the production of this kind of sword is not large, and the sword-making process is inhumane.

Fengjian told Linlin in a disguised way: It is better to sell yourself than to die.

But Linlin still didn't want to accept it. The bun-haired girl grabbed a vortex of fabric on her knees:
"There must be another way, right? Isn't there this immortal and that immortal on Yingtong Street, whose food is very popular?"

Feng Jian adjusted his glasses that had slipped off his nose:
"Just like some countries on Earth that rely on tourism for their livelihood, some tourists come here for other reasons. Miss Linlin should understand the reason."

The girl in kimono was collecting trash around the round table. As she passed by, Linlin suddenly grabbed the girl's wrist:
"Tell me the truth, did the Falling Cherry Group force you? My brother is the young master of the Night Dragon Society, he will make the decision for you!"

(End of this chapter)