One Piece Paranoid GL

Footsteps faltered in the aisle.

A young man in a suit was striding forward in the main house of Ximen, with an indifferent expression on his rather handsome face.His brows were slightly frowned, his dark eyes were staring straight ahead, and the corners of his lips were slightly pursed, as if he was thinking about something.

After quickly straightening his tie, he pushed open the half-hidden door of the study.

"Grandpa..." A woman dressed in fashion and exquisite makeup came home before him, and was lying on an armchair beside an elder's lap, muttering coquettishly and complaining, "The news is true Is it?" She seemed very aggrieved, and repeated confirmation as if unwilling to give up, "Is that guy really back?"

The old man had a gloomy face and did not reply to her immediately.

Ximen Hao cleared his throat, and when he was about to speak, he saw the elder slap hard on the armrest.

"Nonsense!" he roared, his eagle-like eyes looked at the woman who was about to cry, "Did you send those people? They would do something to scare the snake!"

The woman trembled in fright.

"Something that's more than enough to fail!"

Aggrievedly shaking his thigh beside the old man, the woman pouted and stopped making a sound.

Ximenhao glanced at his grandfather who was blowing his beard and staring, and then at the woman's appearance. He seemed a little helpless. He straightened his collar again and spoke in a calm tone.

"Grandpa," he said, "what do you think we should do now?"

The old man glanced at him, and snorted through his nose: "Fake things." He patted the armrest again, but this time his tone was not as intense as before, "Ask me, it's clearly you Have you got some ideas in mind?"

Ximenhao smiled with embarrassment as if someone had exposed him.

"It's like this, Grandpa," he nodded. "I do have some ideas, so I want to talk to you."

——What he wants is also very simple. Since he can't hold great power, at least keeping his own territory is enough.

Ximen Xiaolin looked at him in surprise.

"Brother, are you thinking of working with that guy?" She asked aggressively, "As soon as she comes back, everything for us will be over!"

Ximenhao glanced at her.

"Do you think our current development is on the right track?"

He knew that although the elder didn't speak out, he was listening, so he simply said it bluntly: "In the past year, so many companies have suspended cooperation with us, and there are so many products on the market. Frustrated, you have invested so much money trying to run your business in a short period of time... I don't even know what you are trying to do. Do you think our current development is beneficial to the entire family?"

He paused: "I never figured out why that guy Tingyu could gather so much manpower and material resources, why that guy could summon such a group of forces to follow her, I used to think it was just because of the wolf family background, but now I realize it’s not that simple.”

The woman was opening her mouth to refute something, but was stopped by the elder who raised her hand.

"Very well," he said, "go on."

Encouraged by his grandfather, Ximenhao hesitated for a moment, then continued to speak: "I now realize that our previous view of her may be biased."

He was thinking about his words, but was immediately interrupted by Ximen Xiaolin's aggressive tone: "Is it biased?!" She stood up excitedly from the ground, "She wants to occupy so many resources by herself, but she doesn't want to Share her interests with us, how could our view of her be biased?" She gave Ximen Hao a hard look, "Brother, you are just afraid of her!"

Ximenhao shook his head.

"What is a resource?" He asked back, "What is left unmoved is not called a 'resource', only when it flows, you can get benefits from it. Do you know how to use those resources?" Aware of my emotions A little excited, the man stopped the conversation in time, and quickly looked in the direction of the old man. Seeing that the other party just lowered his eyes and did not say a word, he regained his composure and spoke again.

"Resources, resources, you say this word every day, but have you ever thought about how to use them? What is put there is not called 'resources', they are just dead things. Only by letting them exchange and flow can they create value. Have you considered these? Do you know the meaning behind those 'resources'? Have you thought about how to make them achieve the effect of 1+1>2?"

Ximen Xiaolin was at a loss for words for a moment, her lips moved but she blushed.

The elder raised his eyes, and there was a faint hint of approval in his eyes.

"The reason why those resources can't be used by us is because those people are Tingyu." Ximenhao seemed inspired, and continued, "Tingyu understands them, she knows their insides and outs, and knows what they are doing. The careful thinking of them, knowing their future development direction... These are the experiences accumulated over the years, and we can't get involved in a short while. We can indeed understand their development trajectory, and we can also speculate Their future movements, but these people choose to gather around Ximen because they recognize the ideas carried by Tingyu."

——The name 'Ximen Tingyu' is a symbol of faith.

"This kind of bond is not something that we outsiders can get involved in."

The elder nodded: "Very good," he said, "You have grown up."

Ximen Xiaolin stared at him unwillingly: "Then do you hope that she will take over all our efforts in the past year as soon as she comes back? She—"

"Has our efforts in the past year achieved any results?" Ximenhao asked calmly.

Xiaolin seemed to flinch a bit: "It is impossible for us to make a profit so quickly in the early stage," she stammered, intending to justify herself, "It always takes some time to do the preliminary work."

Ximenhao nodded: "You're right, so," he looked at their grandfather again, "my idea is to apply to her to keep some of the projects we operate."

"Application?" Xiaolin caught this unpleasant word, "Why do we need to apply to her?"

"First, she is the eldest lady of Ximen's family, who is in power in the true sense; second, the forces behind her can easily help us speed up these projects and increase the possibility of their success." Ximen Hao said without a doubt His tone blocked her words.

"Thirdly, Xiaolin, you have to admit that although she sometimes speaks and does things in her own way, it is unpleasant. After all, she is young, but she is generally very open-minded and tolerant."

"Are you saying she is tolerant?"

"Yes, I think so." Ximenhao stood his ground calmly, "She can listen to reason, no matter what it is, you can reason with her."

Ximen Xiaolin seemed to be racking her brains for some rebuttal points, but was interrupted by her grandfather.

"Xiaohao," he raised his hand to signal the other party to continue, "Then how are you going to handle this matter next?"

Ximenhao nodded: "I want to sort out the things at hand first, and single out certain things to give her review and authorization. In addition, there is no need to deliberately hinder her from coming back," he seemed to think that the whole thing It's all very ridiculous, "How can we stop her?"

"We don't need to meet her specially," the old man added lightly, "According to the intelligence, she and the eldest lady of the Gu family may have met."

"What?" Ximen Xiaolin said excitedly again, "Then what should I do? If they meet—"

"What else do you want to do?" Ximen Hao chuckled, "If the two young ladies have already been contacted, then I can reasonably speculate that those 'foreign surnames' will come back soon."

——The man's guess is not wrong.

"Robin, what do you see?"

Everyone gathered around Robin in a large study room. Seeing that Robin closed his eyes and focused on detecting the movement of the mad wolf with his abilities, Usopp finally couldn't hold back his breath and asked.

The black-haired woman had a half-smile on her face, with a vague sense of playfulness, and it was only after a while that she agreed leisurely.

"Well," she said lightly, looking down from a hidden corner of the ceiling in the hall, looking down at the few people sitting on the sofa in twos and threes, but her tone was clueless, "It seems that it's just friends chatting about the old days?"

——Of course this can't be just a simple reunion of old friends.

The few people on the sofa seemed to be arguing fiercely about something. The girl leaned her head up on the sofa, her eyes slightly closed, and she nodded from time to time to show her approval.

——I feel like I got involved in some kind of family conflict.

Robin calmly analyzed in his heart.

"Then what should we do next?" Usopp seemed a little anxious, "Where is this? How should we get back to the Meili?"

Watching helplessly as the discussion among several people gradually turned into a dispute, Nami intervened in time, and after punching the other several people, she was called away and pulled aside.

When she came back, she brought the "good news" that someone would accompany them to hang out.

Robin withdrew her ability, and quickly exchanged glances with Nami.

——Obviously, they all knew that this was just the opponent's plan to delay the attack.

Watching Nami explain the follow-up itinerary to the Straw Hats, Robin calculated the time and came to the corridor by himself.

"Why are you here?" She didn't expect to run into each other at this time, Ting Yu was a little surprised, she frowned slightly, "I should have someone take you out to play?"

"Are you tired?" Robin asked quietly without too much foreshadowing or guesswork, "Do you need me to stay and help you?"

"No need," Qiang cheered up but felt a little unnatural resistance in his heart, Ting Yu's tone was a little indifferent, "Just go out and play with the straw hats."

Robin tilted his head and looked at her curiously.

The girl's back was still straight, and she looked as calm as if the sky could fall down.

But she was keenly aware of the tiredness on the other side.

Robin didn't think much, just stretched out his hand, and gently took the stubborn mad wolf into his arms.

He didn't expect the other party's behavior at all, Ting Yu froze, awkwardly at a loss, but in the end he softened his body and curled up into her arms silently.

Looking down at the girl resting her head on his neck wearily, Robin stroked her back soothingly.

"Is this the 'Hua Guo' you mentioned last time?"

she asked calmly.

——It is really not a very decent thing to inquire about the details of the other party's family when they are exhausted physically and mentally.

——But Robin didn't bother with so many "moral principles".

"Ah."

Taking a deep breath of the familiar elegant floral fragrance on the other person, being bewitched by that peaceful embrace, he relaxed his nerves, Ting Yu struggled, and in the end he gave up trying to defend himself, and just agreed in a low voice.

"Those people were your partners just now?"

"Friends, let's do something together."

"The people you mentioned 'coming tomorrow' are the elders who helped you before?"

The girl chuckled, and buried her wearily in her arms and then arched her body: "My real family."

"When you were in our world, those relatives of yours tampered with your subordinates and your assets, and they occupied the magpie's nest again?"

"Ah."

"Are these two worlds?"

Robin asked suddenly.

The girl didn't speak, but it was obvious that Robin could feel the body in his arms stiffen suddenly.

Her heart moved slightly.

"Okay," she tightened her embrace, but she couldn't explain the reason. She lowered her head and kissed the girl's forehead lightly, and raised her hand to comfort her behind her back. Don't want these."

——This was the first time she saw the other party showing such fatigue.

Ting Yu's body was stiff, and it took a long time to agree in a low voice, but when she moved, she buried herself even tighter in the other's arms.

Robin lowered her eyes and seemed to be thinking about something, and finally she seemed to have made up her mind.

"I'll stay with you."

She simply turned what should have been a polite inquiry into a strong statement.