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"I saw the young lady and the boy named Lu get off the bus, and they seemed to be walking towards us." Crow said suddenly.
Yasha shrank back. "Are we exposed?" he asked.
"It's very likely. It is said that Lu Mingfei is the most elite student in our headquarters. His anti-reconnaissance awareness may be stronger than that of professional special forces." Crow was not sure either.
"Then what do we do?"
"If we are recognized, we will never admit it. Anyway, this is our territory and he has no evidence." Crow stared at the man and woman who were crossing the zebra crossing.
The sunlight falls on the girl in the cat-ear sweatshirt. She is slender and delicate, with skin so white that it is almost transparent.
She is indeed a very beautiful young lady. No wonder the young master has to knock on the door before entering her room. If Lu Jun can bring happiness to the young lady, it doesn't matter if they are together, right?
Crow thought.
His expression changed slightly under the mask, because Miss Eri was pulling Lu Mingfei and really rushing towards this direction.
"What should I do, Crow!" Yaksha shouted in a low voice, but his hands were not idle, he was still collecting money and shipping goods.
The crow opened his mouth, but before he could say anything, he saw the young lady holding Lu Mingfei's wrist and skipping into a nearby pet shop.
"It's okay, it's okay, they didn't find us." The crow patted his chest.
Mr. Saeki Ryuji thought that he was lucky to get away with it, and the task assigned by the young master was almost ruined. But just as he breathed a sigh of relief, he saw Eri, who had just finished shopping at the pet store, holding the box and walking towards this direction with shining eyes, holding Lu Mingfei.
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"Why does Eri want to buy a turtle?" Lu Mingfei picked up the cage containing the little turtle and shook it in front of him. The baby turtle looked around curiously and twirled its butt left and right.
This is a Japanese stone turtle. It is very small, probably only slightly larger than a coin. It is curious about the world and is not afraid of the sunlight. Instead, it is quite active.
"My brother has been watching science and education programs recently, and he seems to like turtles very much. I will buy one for him." Eri wrote a small note and showed it to Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei touched the girl's head and thought that after going through so many things, Eri has grown up a lot and she even remembered to bring a gift for Yuan Zhisheng.
"My brother will be unhappy if I don't go home at night. He will be happy if I bring him a gift." Eiry wrote something again for Lu Mingfei to see. Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly smiled silently.
"He will definitely be very happy. He will like any gift that Eri brings back," said Lu Mingfei.
Eri looked up into the man's eyes, "Why?" Stars sparkled in his red eyes.
"Because it was given to me by Eiry. Just like me, I will like anything that is related to Eiry." Lu Mingfei said seriously. He could feel that the heartbeat of the girl who was holding his wrist seemed to suddenly accelerate, and a very light blush slowly climbed up Eiry's white neck.
"Easy Bear!" Eri lowered her head and wrote to Lu Mingfei. She pointed to the stall at the entrance of the alley. It was a ring-tossing game stall, and the prizes were all kinds of stuffed toys.
Even Eriki would be shy and reserved when facing the boy she likes after the joy of reunion. She probably didn't know what it felt like to be shy in the past.
Suddenly talking about the stuffed toys on the street stalls is obviously an attempt to divert attention.
But Lu Mingfei didn't find it strange. He was just relieved. He thought it was a good thing because Eiry was growing up.
Lu Mingfei stood beside Eri, and they joined the crowd. The boys around them kept looking at them intentionally or unintentionally because their combination was so dazzling.
It was like the sun had set among the stars.
"Hey Eri, do those two bosses look familiar to you?" Lu Mingfei suddenly frowned in confusion. Although these two didn't show their faces, why did he feel so silly whenever he saw them?
Crow, Yaksha: Danger!
Eri really looked at the two straw hat men huddled together, pinching her cheeks to see if they were still a little hot, and wrote in her little notebook, "No, Eri doesn't know the boss."
Lu Mingfei showed an expression of understanding, and looked at the two guys who wanted to curl themselves into a ball with a strange look, then patted the back of the girl's hand.
"Eri, do you want to play? Don't you want Rilakkuma?"
"Can I take Rilakkuma back?" Eri hugged Lu Mingfei's arm, with a smile on her lips, and showed him the note she wrote.
"You can take anything back as long as you want." Lu Mingfei stretched out a finger and scratched her nose.
Eri looked very happy.
In fact, she has always been such a girl, who likes what she likes and is keen on the colorful world. Compared with champagne, red wine, truffle risotto and caviar, she prefers milk tea, soda, fried chicken, pizza and hamburgers; compared with whispering under candlelight in a Michelin three-star luxury hotel, she may prefer strip clubs or something.
Because loneliness and quietness occupied most of Eri's short life, she really wanted to see this bustling world with the person she loved.
"Boss, help me get one." Lu Mingfei shouted at Crow and Yaksha. He used Chinese because he had already recognized these two guys.
"Five thousand yen, thank you for your patronage!" Crow shouted in a shrill voice. Lu Mingfei's mouth twitched, and after looking into Crow's eyes, he did not expose them.
There are fifteen plastic rings in a bunch, which is not expensive, especially on this kind of road. However, in small cities in Japan, it is a good business with huge profits.
“Here, why don’t you try it first, Eri?” Lu Mingfei handed the ring to the girl next to him. They stood outside a red line. Eri held the two rings but suddenly felt a little overwhelmed.
She was a very beautiful girl, and the boys around her were always paying attention to her. The dazed look on Eri's face at this moment was like a bullet hitting the hearts of the Japanese otakus, making them almost unable to stand.
"I don't know how to play this game." Eiry looked up at Lu Mingfei blankly. It seemed that she had never played such a popular street game before. She just felt that the texture and quality of the ring in her hand were very poor.
Lu Mingfei met those beautiful but somewhat dull eyes, and at that moment those eyes became bright.
"It's very simple. Eri will definitely have a great time." He leaned over slightly and pinched Eri's cheek. Their eyes were very close, and Lu Mingfei could even see his own reflection in the girl's eyes.
"See those toys in front of you? Use this ring to put them on. Put on whichever one you like."
"As long as I win, can I take home what I like?" Eri's eyes sparkled, and the sunlight shining on her body seemed to be coated with a layer of golden light.
"Yeah." Lu Mingfei nodded. He thought, if Eri doesn't succeed, then I'll do it. How can I, a sharpshooter with a 100% accuracy, not be able to catch Rilakkuma?
When thinking this, the world seemed to stop at this moment. The people around them disappeared, and the man and the girl looked into each other's eyes in the dozens or hundreds of beams of light that fell through the leaves.
The fragrance of the young girl came towards him, and Eri's hands almost wrapped around his neck. Her breathing was as tight as the wind in early winter, slightly cold with a faint body fragrance.
Eiry didn't write anything else on the note. She put the plastic rings of poor quality in her hands around Lu Mingfei's neck and was reluctant to let go. Her expression was as stubborn as a child holding her favorite toy.
As the man said, you can wear the one you like. Of course, Eri will wear the one she likes.
It's like the time flies when spring and summer meet. After so many years, I still like you, I only like you.
I hope you like me too.
The girl looked up at him, she was looking up at her knight, her eyes were so fragile and yet so passionate, like those evenings with lush grass and flying warblers, and the light and shadow of the ignorant autumn.
—In the shadow of the big tree, the crow shook the ashes off the trunk.
"Haha, you two are so annoying." The man gently held his forehead with his smoking hand.
"I was so busy smoking that I forgot to smoke you guys."
Chapter 171: Eri's Autumn Strategy (3)
In the deep autumn, the roads in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture, are lined with lush red maples. There is a rustling sound in the wind, and the swirling and falling maple leaves are like red snow, falling on the shoulders of boys and girls. Eri carefully picked up the maple leaves that were still blooming, and looked up in the mottled sunlight that fell through the gaps between the leaves. Her moist eyes were like graceful gems under the light. The trees on both sides of the road stretched out branches like giant arms, intertwining above her and Lu Mingfei's heads. The grand autumn pressed down on the heavy maple branches, and the shadows of the trees enveloped the city.
The little stone turtle poked its head out of the cage and stretched its neck to pick up the falling maple leaves, but it didn't catch a single one. It stupidly drew its head back and sulked.
The city is still like Tokyo, and is still prosperous, but no longer like a cage. Although it is not as colorful, you can still see the sky.
Tokyo is full of Montblanc, Zegna and Armani, while Chiba is full of yakitori restaurants, sushi shops and oden. Compared with the former, Eri obviously prefers yakitori restaurants and oden.
Probably because Crow and Yasha had already informed their family that their whereabouts had been exposed, Disneyland actually cut in line through the VIP channel with great standards and welcomed Lu Mingfei and Eri in. Mickey Mouse and Winnie the Pooh surrounded them as they stepped into this place that they had not seen for many years and was buried only in their memories.
The gorgeous floats passed by them. The enthusiastic girls dressed themselves up as princesses in fairy tales, sitting on the roofs of the floats with their slender and taut calves exposed and swaying, reflecting the bright white light.
Lu Mingfei could feel that Eiry, who was hugging his arm, suddenly hugged him tighter. He looked down and saw the girl wrapped in a light golden color in the sunlight, with the cat ears on the hood of her sweatshirt painted with drifting light and shadow.
The lines of her cheeks were so soft, with a hint of blush in her healthy white face, her eyebrows were long and curved into a beautiful arc, her eyelashes were trembling slightly, and they were looking in a certain direction along with her clear eyes.
Eri suddenly looked up and met the passionate yet calm gaze of the man beside her, but she was not shy, and there was a deer-like joy in her eyes.
She let go of Lu Mingfei's arm and took two quick steps in the direction she was looking. The taut curve of her calves against the tight jeans was so beautiful that it made people's heart beat faster.
Eiry turned around, the cat ears behind her head jumping. She tilted her head and looked at Lu Mingfei with a faint smile, then lowered her head to write something.
Lu Mingfei just looked at her quietly. For a moment, he actually felt that something that seemed to be emitting the fragrance of roses was piercing his heart and growing wildly.
What a dazzling girl she is! Eri's radiance cannot be concealed, her skin is moist and her eyes are sparkling, and her red hair is as smooth as a bunch of seaweed.
She stood in the direction where the wind blew. The girl's faint fragrance was like an elf that wanted to embrace Lu Mingfei. Then the fragrance flew like a white bird and dissipated. The high clouds were floating from one direction to another, and the sun's light was like a goddess in the clouds showing her skirt.
"Look, ice cream." Eiry finally showed the written note to Lu Mingfei, and Lu Mingfei smiled silently.
There was indeed an ice cream truck in the distance, not far from Cinderella's Castle, with its bells swinging as it slowly moved away.
"What flavor do you want to eat, Huili? Wait here and I'll buy it for you." Lu Mingfei strode up to Huili and pinched her nose.
Eri wrinkled her nose. She was clearly a tall girl, yet she looked cute.
"I want to eat vanilla flavor this time. Let's go buy it together." Eri wrote. She stretched out her hand towards Lu Mingfei. Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then took the girl's soft and slightly cool hand.
He remembered the first time he and Eiry came here many years ago, and Eiry also wanted to eat ice cream like today.
That day, the mobile ice cream truck ran farther and farther away, shaking its copper bell. Lu Mingfei ran madly to chase it, but when he caught up with it, it had already run a long distance.
That time he bought a strawberry flavored cone for Eri and a vanilla flavored cone for himself. Eri waited for him right there, sitting obediently on a bench in the gap between the crowds, her hands folded on her knees, her skirt and hair fluttering in the wind. At that time, Lu Mingfei wondered who would have the heart to let her face this sad and lonely world alone?
Later, as long as they were together, no matter what Lu Mingfei wanted to do, Eri would always stay there waiting for him, as if she was completely unaware of the passage of time.
Later, Lu Mingfei realized that she was not willing to stay there waiting for someone else, but was just waiting for him.
It was not until today that Lu Mingfei suddenly realized that compared to waiting, perhaps Eri prefers... companionship.
The guy driving the ice cream truck was a very honest young man, probably a high school dropout. There was still some awkwardness on his face. He saw the man and girl running and chasing each other in the mottled sunlight in the rearview mirror, so he stopped the car by shaking the bell.
"Oh, oh, I didn't see you two guests. I'm so sorry." The young man apologized shyly as he got out of the car. Eiry opened her big round eyes and looked at the ice cream flavor brand behind him. The young man quickly moved to the side.
"You two guests are truly a perfect match. Even in a place like Disneyland, it's rare to see such a well-matched and beautiful couple like you." It seemed that he was still a very outgoing and talkative person. After Eri pointed at the vanilla ice cream and strawberry ice cream, he started making them while chatting with Lu Mingfei.
But Lu Mingfei was not fooled. He saw that the boy's Disney staff uniform had a Ukiyo-e lining underneath, and tattoos of evil spirits and tigers were faintly visible on his exposed wrists.
You can tell at first glance that he is a member of the family.
Sure enough, Minamoto Chisei and Tachibana Masamune chose to give in and allowed Lu Mingfei to take Eri away. But she was the most important asset of the Sheqi Eight Clan after all, and in the eyes of the family heads she was also the most unstable weapon of mass destruction. Of course, they would use the most stringent surveillance to ensure that the girl's physical and mental condition would not suddenly get out of control.
Although it is a society shrouded in shadows, the Snake Clan is, after all, the makers and followers of order. If something as dangerous as Eri is allowed to run around outside, it may cause horrific casualties after getting out of control. If things get too serious by then, even the secrets of the Dragon Clan may not be hidden any more.
"Haha, we are not a couple, we are good friends." Lu Mingfei laughed heartily. He realized that there might be more than one or two people paying attention to this place at the moment. Maybe the Eight Snake Families, the Ghost Clan and the Academy are all staring at them.
This is actually an indisputable fact. All forces that intend to get involved in Japan's territory will not miss such an opportunity.
Although Chu Zihang's team has not received any news, it is clear that a turbulent undercurrent has begun to wash over the entire mixed-blood world, and the center of the undercurrent is this small island country.
"Is that so? But you two really look like a good match!" The young man handed vanilla ice cream and strawberry ice cream to Eri and Lu Mingfei respectively, and gave Lu Mingfei a thumbs up.
"Eri and Lu Mingfei are a perfect match." Eri licked the strawberry-flavored ice cream and carefully showed the note to Lu Mingfei, as if she was going to show the man the biggest secret in the world, a secret that only he could see.
Many years have passed, and Eri has grown a lot compared to the last time. She actually understands a lot of things and knows the differences between men and women. Eri hasn't changed her clothes in front of Gen Chisei for many years.
She once didn’t even know what boyfriend or girlfriend was, and her understanding of love was just the vague starlight entering her eyes through the dark clouds. Today, she already knows what it means to love someone.
Even though she expressed what she wanted to say cautiously, shyly and reservedly, in Lu Mingfei's eyes it was like a thunderclap exploding out of nowhere, like the afterglow sinking in the wilderness.