The man rescued from Kabukicho

this beep,

It is a notification from the access control system of the villa, which means that there are visitors.

At the same time, the smart panel in the study also lit up.

Jiro walked over,

Connect to an instant call.

Bodyguard: "Mochizuki-san, Madam's assistant is here,

With a condolence gift from Mrs.Dean Fengzao is not here,

We dare not make claims.Will you give her permission to enter? "

A few days ago, because her husband was unwell and was hospitalized, Feng Zao's mother-in-law stayed in the hospital to take care of her, and Ci Lang took over all the family affairs.

Originally, Cilang had the highest authority of the villa, and was taught by Fengzao's mother-in-law. In addition, in the past year, in order to prevent Fengzao's mother-in-law from being tired, Cilang was actually doing many things, so after Cilang took over completely, Everything is working fine.

This also made Cilang realize, belatedly,

It turned out that from the first day he came to the villa,

Yijiyuan had asked Granny Fengzao to train him as [another owner of the villa].

The always calm and rational vassal,

To make such an impulsive decision,

Jiro really didn't know how to react,

Even though I was curious about the reason, I was really embarrassed to ask, so I never brought up this topic.

but,

With respect to other affairs,

Although Ijuin Kazumi is notoriously dislikes seeing guests at home, there will still be visitors from time to time, and most of them will be directly blocked by the security.

But some still have to ask the owner for advice.

The assistant of Mrs. Yijiyuan, although Dean Fengzao ordered her not to enter the door before, but Mr. Long Yi, the head of security, considered that this assistant came on behalf of Mrs. Yijiyuan.If Dean Fengzao was still sitting in the villa, then there was no need to tell her, just let her leave.But now, Dean Fengzao has been away from the villa for a long time, and Mr. Mochizuki is in full charge. Moreover, the order not to allow the other party to enter the door was not directly issued by the boss himself. gentlemen.Although there may be troubles if the assistant enters the door today, it should not be a major problem.And after that, the boss will definitely deal with it himself, and the mansion does not dare to disobey the boss.What's more, today is Saturday, Miss Gongxian is here, presumably Mr. Mochizuki will not suffer.So, perhaps for Mr. Mochizuki, this is the best route.

Long Yi knew the boss's principle very well, so after thinking about it, he chose to ask the bodyguard to notify Mr. Mochizuki.

Listening to the notification from the bodyguard, Ci Lang had already seen the real-time monitoring on the screen. The assistant standing outside the courtyard was the one who had presented the "Deed of Sale" contract on behalf of He Chen's mother. She was holding a big gift box, It looks heavy, but I refuse to help the bodyguards to carry it, and it looks a bit embarrassed under the bright autumn sun.

Ci Lang frowned slightly. Although he didn't like the people in the Yijiyuan mansion, he didn't want to cause trouble for nothing, so he said: "Yes, please lead her to the small living room. Well, turn on the surveillance in the small living room, and I will..."

At this time, Gong Xian, who was doing homework downstairs, probably heard the notice, and interrupted: "Don't worry, I'll receive her."

It was obviously a high-spirited tone.

But she cut off the call after she finished speaking, so Cilang couldn't stop her, so he had to go downstairs as soon as possible.

It is not without reason that the bowstring reacts like this.

On the one hand, her father, Shinichiro Ijuin, married a new wife last year. It is said that he was the lucky one among several girlfriends to conceive. He waited until the fetus was stable before bringing his girlfriend home.And Mrs. Yijiyuan, who had known about it for a long time, taught Gong Xian many times early on, and both inside and outside the words meant to let Gong Xian not make trouble.Therefore, after returning to Tokyo, bowstrings who seldom went back to the mansion, publicly declared that in order to avoid "being suspected and framed by others in case of bad luck", they never went back again, which made the mansion very angry.

According to Feng Zao's mother-in-law, the assistant who came here has always played the impulsive role of being too loyal to Mrs. Yijiyuan and doing stupid things to protect the lord, which is equivalent to a "brainless thug".Therefore, given Gongxian's situation in the mansion, this assistant probably did something that displeased Gongxian.

On the other hand, Cilang found that Gongxian seemed to have a contradictory attitude towards the relationship between him and Kazumi, who didn't know how to believe, and didn't want to see their relationship have twists and turns.Just like that trip to Kyoto, after Gongxian told him the truth that he was already "free", seeing that they not only did not have conflicts but became closer, the girl actually showed an elder-like satisfied expression.This made Cilang feel grateful for her kindness, but he still had the heart to speak out. Wen Yan warned her not to challenge Hechen's bottom line. This was not out of arrogance or anything else, but out of sincerity to protect her.After that, Gongxian not only restrained her attitude even more, but also regarded the villa as a kind of "home". Occasionally, during holidays or weekends, she would come over as long as she obtained the permission of the owner.

Although Jiro himself seems strange, the fact is that Gongxian has a tendency to protect him to a certain extent.

Perhaps, for example, this young lion, who has not yet grown up, is eager to challenge the position of the lion king. Although he has lost his arrogance after being severely suppressed by the lion king, he still considers himself a strong man and treats the lion king's family. This kind of weak person recognized by her, in the absence of the Lion King, she has the consciousness of taking care of her.

For Cilang, it feels awkward to be regarded as "need protection" by the juniors, but he also understands that this is not a single problem, but something to do with nature, he doesn't know how to correct it at all, and he is not sure about himself have this qualification.

Moreover, he gave Hechen almost all his attention other than painting. For him, everything about Hechen is the most important.

So for Gongxian, he can't do much except for daily care. Hechen is her educator. Cilang only hopes to have the opportunity to prove to her that he is not a weak person who needs to be taken care of, but her uncle's companion. It is her elder.

When Cilang entered the small living room, the assistant had just entered the door, and Gong Xian was sitting opposite her, looking very polite, and the conversation had just begun.

Seeing him, Gongxian turned his face away, and while the assistant was not paying attention, he gave him a sullen and accusing look of "why didn't you let me play with her".The assistant, on the other hand, looked as if he had finally seen the mission target.

Ci Lang smiled helplessly and took the main seat.

Seeing that he took the main seat, the assistant's eyes were a little prickly for a moment, but he still greeted him politely: "Mr. Mochizuki, long time no see."

Cilang simply nodded: "Hello. What's the matter?"

And even though Gongxian was not reconciled, she still doubted that Mochizuki could not beat Mrs. Yijiyuan, a powerful fighting dog, so she adjusted her sitting posture slightly, facing Mochizuki, sitting on her side slightly, nodding her head and lowering her eyebrows like a gentle lady, which is respectful. gift.

This is the courtesy that should be shown to the wife of the head of the family, and the person who made this courtesy was the young lady Gong Xian who had been rebellious since she was a child. The assistant couldn't believe his eyes, and even lost his composure, and didn't reply to Ci Lang immediately.

"Ah, that's right," the assistant came to the rescue in time, regaining his superficially polite expression, opened the gift box checked by the bodyguard, took out the gift inside, and began to explain, "This is a thank you gift specially sent by Madam for Mr. Mochizuki Jiro. "

It is a goldfish tank that can be seen to be expensive at a glance. The outside is a round fan-shaped precious wood carving, which completely wraps the crystal fish tank. Inside is a very beautiful red butterfly-tailed goldfish. The species should be [Tosa Nishiki].

It looks like a Chinese window with goldfish floating on it.

Although the goldfish and fish tank are beautiful, what does "thank you" mean?

Cilang noticed the bowstring that was still restrained just now, and after hearing what the assistant said, his expression became very unstable, as if he was about to explode in a few minutes, but he was just forcibly enduring.

Is there anything wrong with goldfish?

He didn't know that goldfish was a gift from guests to Younv in the Edo period.

Cilang noticed that her hand had already clenched into a fist, so before speaking, he patted the sleeve of the bow string lightly to show comfort.

Jiro: "It's so beautiful. But what do you mean by thanking you? I don't remember what I did for Mrs. Ijuin's gratitude."

The assistant seemed to be waiting for him to ask, and when he heard the words, he immediately explained respectfully: "Madam said, the Yijiyuan family has finally had good luck recently, the eldest young master's wedding has just been held, the child will be born soon, the second young master's wedding There is also news. Therefore, Madam thought of Mr. Mochizuki Jiro with a grateful heart. The second young master has been taken care of by you in various ways. Madam feels that even if you have nothing to do with the Yijiyuan family in the future, I should still express my gratitude to you now. So I specially ordered me to choose a beautiful goldfish, such a gift that matches you, and come here to give you. Madam is also thinking about it, maybe we will never see each other again, but no matter where you go, I hope you will be like a fishbowl Like your goldfish, live a good life without wind and waves."

marriage?

It turned out that his big cat was unhappy recently because of this, saying that it was disgusting to be used as a shield, and he didn't even want to say what happened.

Before Cilang could speak, Gong Xian couldn't bear it any longer, and said coldly on purpose: "Give the gift for the prostitute to the owner's partner, and come here to insult the owner, what a good dog! If you behead your head, use this gift box Pretend to send it back, and that perfect lady might cry for three hours at the risk of getting wrinkles."

The assistant was taken aback by the threat of the bow string, and with the support of Mrs. Yijuin, he still felt superior, and said with connotation: "Why, is there some ex-convict who overestimated himself and was sent to Kabukicho to drink with him? Do you still think that you are better than the eldest lady of the Xiyuan Temple family just because of the momentary favor? The goldfish in the fish tank are just playthings after all."

Sure enough, it was Xiyuan Temple. No wonder Hechen reminded him before that there will be rumors recently, and there may be false rumors on the Internet or in the media.Cilang recalled what Kazumi had said in his mind, connected the clues, and roughly deduced what happened.

"You..." Gritting her teeth, Gong Xian was so angry that she wanted to stand up, but her shoulders were held down. She turned around and found that Ci Lang, who had been given such an insulting gift, was actually very calm.

So she thought about it and calmed down.

Cirou looked at the assistant and shook his head.It's boring and disgustingly bad.

The bad intentions of his big cats are very cute, how can it be like this.

Cilang said politely: "Please tell that lady, neither the people in the Yijiyuan mansion nor Miss Xiyuanji have anything to do with Yijiyuan and his ministers. In this world, I am the only one who has anything to do with Yijiyuan and his ministers." It’s just people. You are not welcome here, you should leave.”

Then Cilang informed the bodyguard: "Please take this assistant lady away, in the future..."

He wanted to add "don't let her in again in the future", but he quickly realized that Hechen would never let this person appear again.

So he didn't go on, just ended: "It's nothing, the above."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bodyguard who came to deal with the assistant had already entered the door.

The assistant seemed to have expected to be invited out a long time ago. She was not surprised, and even maintained a look full of superiority. She was still laughing at Mochizuki Jirou's big words just now: It was just a plaything, and she even fantasized about being treated by the owner of Yijiyuan Being the only one is so naive and stupid to the point of being funny.

Until she recognized Mr. Ryuichi who came in with the bodyguard.

This Mr. Longyi, before leaving with the second young master, was the captain of the bodyguard of the Yijiyuan mansion. He was a capable man respected by the former head of the house and his wife. The wife had always wanted to spend a lot of money to dig him back to the mansion to work for the young master.

She was about to say something to Mr. Ryuichi on behalf of his wife, but she was shocked to see Mr. Ryuichi, whose expression was extremely tense, quickly walked up to Mochizuki Jirou and bowed deeply to Mochizuki Jirou.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Mochizuki. I made a mistake in my judgment and caused you to suffer such unhappiness. I'm very sorry."

Ci Lang quickly waved his hand: "It's not your fault, it's nothing, you don't need to blame yourself, I will explain it clearly to He Chen."

Long Yi shook his head: "It was my dereliction of duty, you don't have to intercede for me, and the boss will not accept such an excuse."

Cilang thought for a while, and comforted him: "No one would have thought that such a thing would happen. Hechen is not someone who criticizes his subordinates harshly. I should have no disagreement with you on this point."

Long Yi's completely tense expression relaxed a little, and he bowed gratefully: "What you said is very true."

The assistant's expression changed immediately, and she realized that Madam's judgment was wrong, and it was very wrong.

This means that her words and deeds today have completely offended the current Patriarch of Yijiyuan, the minister of Yijiyuan.

She was suddenly so weak that she couldn't stand, her lips turned white, and her whole body began to tremble, but at this time the bodyguard had already lifted her up and took her away very quickly. When she noticed that she suddenly struggled to speak again, she completely She was not given a chance to speak up.

In the blink of an eye, the incident was over, and only Cilang and Gongxian were left in the small living room.

Cilang walked to the table, thinking about what to do with the goldfish in the tank, only then realized that Gongxian was looking at him with his head propped up.

"what happened?"

The corners of Gongxian's lips hooked slightly: "It's nothing. But, you really trust uncle."

"Of course," Jiro replied naturally.

Gongxian shrugged, and said to himself in confusion: "Ah, ah, I still don't understand."

Ci Lang could only say: "You are still young."

Gong Xian secretly rolled his eyes, then looked at the fish tank with disgust: "Throw it away."

Cilang, who had lived a hard life, was of course reluctant, hesitantly said: "The intention is very bad, but the fish and the fish tank are innocent. And they are so beautiful...but it is not allowed to stay at home, and the minister may be angry."

No, Cilang denied himself as soon as he said it, Kazumi would not be angry, he would probably act indifferent, push it to the ground suddenly one day, and then pretend innocently that the fish tank fell by itself.

The more I think about it, the more I feel that this is the correct development.

The big cat is so cute, no, no, what is he thinking.

Gong Xian laughed and complained, "Uncle won't be angry with you. However, if you stay at home, it won't be able to survive. Uncle is even jealous of you feeding the black cat next door, not to mention sending it over there." Insulting your fish."

Cilang coughed embarrassingly after being told by Gong Xian, changed the subject, and said after thinking: "Maybe it can be given away as a gift, it looks very expensive, although it is not good to change hands, but it is not a kind gift in the first place... "

Gong Xian was not very interested, and asked lazily: "Is this what the common people call 'waste utilization'? Passing unwanted gifts on to others."

Cilang said helplessly: "The statement is true. Ordinary people receive gifts that are not cheap. If they can't use them for their own use, they will resell them and give them away. This is not wasteful, and it can save a gift money. Maybe in the eyes of wealthy families It is not decent, but it is a practical skill to save money, don't underestimate the life wisdom of our civilians."

Feeling speechless at the fact that Cilang still considers himself a commoner, Gongxian calmly suggested: "Aren't you going to help Takao take photos as a model? Take it to him as a gift, and wish him success in his business."

This is a great idea, a goldfish symbolizes wealth, and as a startup gift, it's just right.

Before graduating, Takao formed a team with three friends to participate in the design competition and won the first prize. After winning the prize, none of the four of them chose to join a big company, but created their own clothing brand together and embarked on the road of entrepreneurship.

For various reasons, Jiro is going to help Takao take some faceless model photos tomorrow.

"Takao-kun is older than you, so you need to use honorifics." Cirou patted the girl on the head, pretending to be serious, "However, it is indeed a good idea, thank you."

Thanks to him, Gongxian didn't speak for a while, but said after a while: "I want to eat saury."

The kitten is awkward.

Ci Lang smiled: "Then, let's go after dinner, there happens to be saury."

"……Um."

When Gongxian returned to school after dinner, it took another two hours before Hechen arrived home.