Chapter 3604 Christmas Gift
Chapter 3609 Christmas Gift
Kusumaru Hideya saw that Chi Feichi did not agree directly, guessed that Chi Feichi was still unwilling to take that medicine, and asked bluntly, "Do you want to try to find other methods?"
"Yes," Chi Feichi also confessed, "I don't think my situation has reached the point where it is needed. Before that, I want to find other solutions."
"Then it's up to you to seize this opportunity," Karasuma Hideya looked at Chi Feichi's eyes that had been changed by contact lenses, and reminded, "After taking that medicine, your body changes will stop immediately. If you take that medicine after you become blind, your eyes will remain blind forever, so you'd better make a decision before your vision deteriorates seriously."
"I understand." Chi Feichi lowered his eyes and responded.
...
An hour later, the cruise ship docked at Yokohama Pier.
Chi Feichi followed Karasuma Hideya off the boat, got on a stretch car to leave the pier, and arrived at the British-style villa that Karasuma Hideya mentioned.
The villa is located on a small road, and there seem to be empty houses on the roadside, with only a few windows with lights on.
Under the not-so-bright street lights, this Victorian-style house stood on the roadside. The red brick walls were inlaid with tall and narrow windows, and there was a long landscape flower bed next to the door. The first time Chi Feichi saw it, he thought of the Field family's house in London.
This kind of London-style residential architecture from the last century can definitely control a Sherlock Holmes fan like Conan for several minutes. If Conan walked through the street outside, he would definitely focus his eyes on this house and then curiously walk closer to take a look.
When Chi Feichi followed Karasuma Hideya into the house, a row of cars had already been parked on the street outside. Grenz and other people in black suits were guarding the street and the door.
Like the Field family's house in London, the interior of this house has been maintained and renovated, and it is not as old as the exterior shows.
In the living room, the original wood-colored wall panels are neat and fresh, the furniture and carpets are brand new, the reddish-brown marble fireplace is burning firewood, and there is modern heating equipment in the corner, making the room warm as spring.
A large gilded mirror was hung on the wall above the fireplace, reflecting the gold and silver ornaments on the mantelpiece and the undecorated Christmas tree in the corner of the living room.
After Chi Feichi and Karasuma Hideya entered the house, they hung string lights, garlands, bells, balls and other decorations on the Christmas tree. Finally, Chi Feichi also placed a treetop star decoration light on the top of the Christmas tree. When the string lights and treetop star decoration lights were powered on and lit up, the whole tree immediately became dazzling.
Although Chi Feichi felt that he was already past the age of believing in Santa Claus, at Karasuma Hideya's insistence, he decided to accompany Karasuma Hideya to experience a complete Christmas event. Before going to bed on the second floor, he hung a Christmas stocking next to the fireplace in the living room.
The next morning, Chi Feichi had just washed up and went downstairs, and he got his own gift box from the Christmas stocking. He carried the gift box to the restaurant, and while waiting for breakfast to be served with Karasuma Hideya, he cut the ribbon on the gift box with scissors and opened the box.
Inside the gift box that was big enough to hold a soccer ball was a smaller box. Opening the smaller box revealed another smaller box...
After Chi Feichi opened three boxes in a row, he asked in a speechless and amused mood, "Can you tell me how many more boxes I need to open before I can see the gift?"
Karasuma Hideya sat at the main seat at the dining table and said with a smile, "Be patient."
Chi Feichi opened three more boxes and finally understood what his grandfather meant by "be patient."
What his grandfather wanted to say was definitely not "be patient, you will be able to open them soon", but "be patient, there are still many boxes for you to open later."
He suddenly felt that it was not a bad thing that his grandfather had faked his death early after the original consciousness was born. At least the original consciousness would not have the experience of "being made to cry by his grandfather's bad taste" when he was a child.
And...
Was it too gloating for Jane to glance at and smile at the kitchen?
Complaining in his heart, Chi Feichi put the sixth box on the chair next to him, stacked it with the other five boxes of decreasing size, and opened the small box in front of him that was only half the size of a palm.
This time there was no smaller box in the box, only a golden ring placed on the ‘V’-shaped display stand.
The ring has a flat round ring face, engraved with the Umbrella logo, with a half circle of ‘Umbrella’ surrounded by the English word ‘Umbrella’ below, and a circle of fine patterns on the outermost, surrounding the umbrella logo and the English word ‘Umbrella’.
The engraving on the ring face is deep and clear, not like the shallow engraving of ordinary jewelry, and there are irregular, hand-made traces in the engraving.
“Is it a seal ring?”
Chi Feichi saw the ring face and immediately understood the meaning of the ring.
In British aristocratic families, seal rings are a traditional jewelry with special meanings.
The signet ring will have a family crest engraved on the ring face, so it is not just a small ornament. Hundreds of years ago, it was also an identity mark used to define identity, power and bloodline. It is usually regarded as a symbol of family spirit and is usually given by the elders of the family to young people to celebrate their coming of age.
To this day, the great British families still retain this tradition.
The Queen of England in this world, Isabella, also wears her own signet ring when attending important occasions. At the previous knighthood ceremony, Isabella wore a ring engraved with the royal emblem. When Prince Philip comes of age, Isabella will most likely order a signet ring for Philip as a gift for his coming of age.
The last time he met Karasuma Hideya, Karasuma Hideya also wore a signet ring with the Karasuma family's crow emblem on his little finger. This has also been the default wearing rule for British men of noble families for nearly a century - wearing the signet ring on the little finger of the non-dominant hand.
Wearing the signet ring in this way is to ensure that the ring surface is not easy to wear.
Signet rings are usually handmade. Since handmade products are unique, signet rings can be used as personal seals, and the holders will naturally try their best to keep their own signet rings.
In addition, in order to ensure that the signet ring is not easily damaged and convenient for stamping on letters, the signet ring will be mixed with some metal materials with higher hardness in gold to make a plain ring with a flat ring surface.
Although in recent years, some people have added rubies, bloodstones, and black agates to seal rings as embellishments, the embellishments are generally inlaid on the rings, and most people still prefer to regard the gold ring as a formal family crest ring.
The gold ring in the box is a gold ring.
"Although many countries now regard 18 years old as the standard line of adulthood, a long time ago, the British coming-of-age ceremony was usually held at the age of 21. According to Japanese tradition, the coming-of-age ceremony is held at the age of 20, so I think it's not too late to give you a seal ring now," said Karasuma Hideya with a smile, picking up a magnifying glass from his hand and handing it to Chi Feichi, "Look carefully at the pattern on the outer circle of the ring face."
Chi Feichi took the magnifying glass and observed the ring face with it.
The circle of patterns surrounding the Umbrella icon and English, at first glance, is just a circle of ordinary wreath carvings, but after being magnified by the magnifying glass, the pattern familiar to Chi Feichi appeared in the circle of patterns.
——Three water ripples symbolizing the Machi Group and the Chi family, a wing pattern that is a deformation of the English letter ‘F’ symbolizing the Field family, and a crow family crest pattern symbolizing the Karasuma family.
The three patterns are connected one after another, appearing in a cycle, forming a circle of patterns that hide the emblems of the three families.
“I designed this seal ring. In addition to the Umbrella logo, I also hid the logos of the Chi family, the Field family, and the Karasuma family in the outer circle pattern, so that it records your origin and past,” Karasuma Hideya said with a smile, “I hope you like this gift.”