Chapter 189 Confronting the Secret Code

Caesar and Chu Zihang quietly observed the strange girl.

They didn't make a sound, they just moved their fingers and folded the square paper into a paper crane step by step.

At the entrance of the mourning hall, maids came slowly pushing wooden carts containing Buddhist beads and Buddhist scriptures.

They distribute Buddhist beads and Buddhist scriptures to each table on a per-person basis. When the monks perform rituals, relatives need to hold Buddhist beads and Buddhist scriptures, chant sutras together, and pray for the deceased. People who are not relatives also need to hold Buddhist beads and pray together.

When they came to Lu Mingfei's table, the maids bowed to the red-haired girl with great respect and brought her a cup of brewed green tea.

The girl turned a blind eye to this behavior and behaved in a normal manner, as if she was often treated like this.

Chu Zihang and Caesar looked at each other, stood up from their seats, came to the cart, and picked up four strings of Buddhist beads and four Buddhist scriptures respectively.

"Did you hear that, Inuyama called her 'Master of the Uesugi family'?" Caesar looked at the red-haired girl, put his arm around Chu Zihang's shoulders, and spoke almost into Chu Zihang's ear.

"I heard it." Chu Zihang also responded in a subtle voice: "The surnames 'Uesugi' and 'Yuan' are the three major surnames of the eight Sheqi families. Her identity is probably not simple."

"Go out and tell her in detail." Caesar let go of his shoulders, glanced at the girl's burgundy hair from the corner of his eye, and placed the beads on the table.

"Miss Kumiko, can you tell me where the nearby toilet is?" Caesar asked with a smile.

Kumiko was one of the three maids Inuyama Ga had introduced to them before. On the way to the mourning hall just now, Caesar talked to her a lot. With his social skills, he was already very familiar with her.

Miss Kumiko nodded and said, "Please come with me."

Chu Zihang glanced at Lu Mingfei, made a "stand still" gesture with his palms down, put the Buddhist scripture in his hand on the table, and went out with Caesar.

Only Lu Mingfei and the girl were left in the seats.

The girl looked thoughtfully at the white paper being folded into paper cranes. She took a piece of paper from the table and folded it.

She awkwardly folded the paper from left to right, and then folded the rectangular paper in half. She fiddled with her fingers for a while, but only one square was folded out, and it was a small square formed by simply folding the square paper in half.

She picked up a folded paper crane from the side and placed it together with the square in the palm of her hand.

His eyes were round and he tilted his head, as if he was wondering, "I see him folding it this way, why would it be different if I made it?"

Lu Mingfei thought that Yuan Zhisheng's sister was so old, how could she still be stupid.

The same thing happened to me last time I met her. She was sitting next to a telephone pole and her clothes were wet from the rain. I held an umbrella for her and refused to stand up. I didn’t know what she was holding in her arms. It was wrapped in gray cloth. She would rather get wet by herself. It rained, and Yuan Zhisheng held up a large all-round awning before taking her away.

Lu Mingfei thought that she wanted to learn how to fold paper cranes, so he took a piece of white paper, pointed at it and asked, "Do you want to learn?"

The girl raised her head and looked at him, looking at him confused.

Lu Mingfei realized that what he just said was Chinese.

Doesn't she understand Chinese?

Too.

The people sent by the Japanese branch to receive them all speak fluent Chinese, and they are obviously specially selected for their convenience.

At the end of the day, Lu Mingfei almost forgot that he was in Japan, not China.

Of course, this underworld princess has no reason to learn Chinese. Even if she wants to travel to China, she can just equip herself with a bilingual bodyguard in Chinese and Japanese to take care of everything. Why does she need to spend so much effort to learn a language system recognized as the most difficult in the world?

Just one pinyin can drive foreigners crazy, let alone those multi-phonetic characters.

So Lu Mingfei cleared his throat and said in Japanese: "Do you want to learn origami?"

His pronunciation is pretty standard, after all, he stayed in Ashina for two years and listened to so much.

I also use Japanese when chatting and typing with Master Eriyi online.

Although at first he had to rely on Norma to type Chinese and translate it before sending it over, but later because it was too troublesome, he started to learn Japanese by himself.

But don't forget, he also worked in Professor Guderian's laboratory for one semester.

In the philology research laboratory at Kassel College, there are many researchers who understand eight languages.

After helping Professor Guderian do some work on weekdays, he would ask his seniors about Japanese-related knowledge.

The person he is today is different from the past.

Ordinary daily communication, even words, are not difficult for him.

The girl seemed to understand what he said, nodded, took out a notebook and pen from her arms, and wrote: "I want to learn to fold a bird."

"Then watch what I do and let's fold it together." Lu Mingfei handed her a piece of paper.

Speaking of which, Lu Mingfei’s first time folding paper cranes was taught by Chen Wenwen.

At that time, it was especially popular among the girls in the class to fold little stars and paper cranes.

The way to fold the little star is to use a finger-thick paper tape to make a pentagonal knot, then wrap it around the edge until it reaches the end of the paper tape, and then stuff the last extra bit into the gap. You can make a flat pentagon.

If you squeeze in along the side of the pentagon, it will become three-dimensional and turn into a swollen little star.

It is said that if you fold all 999 little stars, a wish will come true.

The girls gathered together after class, folding little stars, and some would write love letters on paper tapes, stack 999 of them, put them in a jar, and give them to the people they like.

Paper cranes are similar to little stars, but the folding method is different.

During his lunch break, Lu Mingfei saw Chen Wenwen folding paper cranes, so he shamelessly approached her, wanting to have a few more words with her and test who she was going to give these paper cranes to.

Who was given the paper crane in the end?

Anyway, I didn’t give it to him. I had the impression that Chen Wenwen took it home and kept it for herself.

The jar may be in Zhao Menghua's hands now. It is said that he broke at least 200 of the jars in it.

Hmm. Why does it feel weird?

Lu Mingfei shook his head, throwing away these messy memories.

"First do this, fold the paper in half from left to right." He slowed down his speech and divided the steps of folding the paper crane into two parts.

The girl followed suit and folded the square paper into a rectangular shape. Before Lu Mingfei could say the next step, she followed the same action and wanted to fold the rectangular paper in half.

Lu Mingfei quickly stopped him: "That's not right. You need to flatten the paper first, and then fold it again from top to bottom."

Then he picked up the paper in his hand, placed it in front of the girl, and folded it in half from top to bottom.

The girl nodded as if enlightened and followed suit.

Then Lu Mingfei folded the paper diagonally. After unfolding, a star-shaped crease appeared in the middle of the paper.

Then a magical scene happened. After pulling the upper half of the paper to the middle line and folding it, the originally flat paper turned into a three-dimensional rhombus, like a kite.

The girl's eyes suddenly became animated, as if a child had seen a magic trick that transformed a human being into a living person.

She also tried to do this, but failed to form a triangular shape.

She tilted her head again, looked at the paper in Lu Mingfei's hand, and then looked at the paper in her own hand, as if she couldn't figure out what was wrong.

Lu Mingfei was amused by her silly and cute appearance.

"Put the paper out first, and I'll do it again. This time I'll do one step, and you follow the other step."

As soon as the words came out of my mouth, a feeling of familiarity came over me.

It seems that he talked like this when he was playing games with Master Eriyi online.

This situation often happens when playing "Uncharted 2" with Master Eri.

"Sakura" must be guided step by step. In the process of solving puzzles, many times you have to demonstrate one side first. Sometimes one time is not enough, and you have to split it in slow motion like just now.

This conversation also feels too deja vu.

By the way, what is the name of Yuan Zhisheng's younger sister?

He didn't know yet, but so far, he had only met twice, and he hadn't spoken more than ten words in total.

The head of the Inuyama family seems to call her the head of the Uesugi family!

Is she the head of the family?

Uesugi, isn't this one of the three major surnames of the eight Sheqi families?

Only then did Lu Mingfei realize how important he had missed.

It was so difficult to remember the names and surnames of these people in Japan, and he couldn't even get the number right for a while!

His eyes suddenly widened and he looked at the girl.

Her unique rose-colored pupils shone with anticipation. The girl pointed at the paper spread out in her hand, as if urging her to teach him the next step.

Lu Mingfei paused, suppressed the surprise in his heart, and slowly folded the square paper into a diamond shape again.

This time the head of the Uesugi family also succeeded.

She raised the origami, and the sunlight shone through the window on her delicate white jade arms, and a faint smile appeared on her face, which was beautiful.

Lu Mingfei did not ask for the name of the head of the Uesugi family rashly. Caesar and Chu Zihang must have gone out to discuss the matter, or should they wait until they came back to discuss it.

Let’s first stabilize the head of the Uesugi family and play origami games with her.

He continued to teach, and the two of them had a tacit understanding. One step for you, one step for me.

The further he folded, the more familiar Lu Mingfei felt.

He felt like he was playing a game face to face with Master Eri.

In the past six months, seven days a week, he would play various online games and stand-alone online games with Master Eriyi basically five days a week. Fingel also took the ID of "Violent bear" and played with them.

That is to say, after returning to China during the winter vacation, his online time became much less. He only occasionally chatted with the master and sent emoticons.

If you talk to someone who basically talks to you every day, you can tell whether it is her or not by the tone and habits of speaking.

I have to say that the speaking habits of the head of the Uesugi family and Master Eriki are very similar.

Could these two be the same person?

No, sir, is it such a coincidence?

In the vast sea of ​​​​people, I randomly meet a netizen who is one of the three heads of the Sheqi Eight Family, or an ignorant beautiful girl with different colors and eyes. What kind of Japanese vulgar light novel is this?

Wait, it doesn’t seem like we just met each other casually.

The first time he came into contact with Master Eri was on the "Street Fighter" battle rankings. As long as he played this online game, with his level, sooner or later he would be able to compete with the masters.

It is normal for the top players in the standings to know each other.

wrong! What are you thinking! The eight poles haven’t even been touched yet!

Why are you having sex?

I must have been watching too much anime recently!

He is not Brother Zhi. When walking on the road, he can pick up the beautiful Almighty Angel who falls from the sky and recognize him as his owner.

Finally, in the fierce storm of thoughts in his mind, he finished the last step.

His fingers pinched the opposite corners of the Qianzhihe's body and pulled gently. The Qianzhihe's wings spread and its body gradually swelled.

The paper crane held by the head of the Uesugi family also became three-dimensional.

She held the paper bird in her hands, gently raised it to her chest, looked down, and raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

After looking at it for a long time, she put down the paper crane. At the same time, she took out the black pen from her arms, lowered her head, bent over the desk, and carefully wrote "Eri Yiの" on the left wing of the paper crane. After a slight pause, On the right wing it says: "Bird"

She named the paper crane to declare that it belonged to her. It seemed that she was very possessive.

Eriyi's Bird

Lu Mingfei took a deep breath when he saw this very familiar naming method.

"Can you lend me your pen?" Lu Mingfei asked.

The head of the Uesugi family very generously took out another pen from his arms and wrote in the notebook: "This pen is for you. Thank you for teaching me how to fold a bird."

Lu Mingfei silently took the pen and pulled out a piece of paper.

He opened the pen cap, and black lines snaked on the white paper. The soft lines connected from top to bottom to form a closed whole, with curved eyebrows and grinning mouth.

It's a pity that it's not brown, otherwise, this wave will be a sure blow.

After the head of the Uesugi family saw this piece of art, his eyes lit up and he suddenly stood up.

Holding another pen, she walked next to Lu Mingfei, who was sitting a seat away, and spread her artistic skills on the paper.

Seconds later, the singles turned into twins.

"Once upon a time there was an elephant." Lu Mingfei wrote on the paper.

"There is also a little white rabbit." The head of the Uesugi family wrote on the paper.

"Are you Sakura?" the head of the Uesugi family hesitated and wrote.

Lu Mingfei had a complicated expression. He took out his mobile phone and opened the QQ chat box. The photos of the rockery and the photos of antique calligraphy and paintings were on the same screen, which was very poetic.

When the girl saw this scene, she was stunned.

Then she suddenly groped anxiously in her clothes, hurriedly took out a mobile phone, and pressed the power button, looking anxious.

The boot time of just ten seconds seemed unusually long to her.

She pointed to the phone and then to herself.

She opened her mouth but closed it again, carefully grabbing a small piece of Lu Mingfei's clothes at his collar and staring at him intently, as if she was afraid that he would disappear into thin air.

There was uneasiness, panic, and nervousness in her eyes, but she couldn't see the joy.

For some reason, Lu Mingfei felt a little distressed. He stood up and touched the girl's head very gently.

The girl retracted her hand keenly, raised her head, held the phone tightly with both hands, pursed her lips and looked at Lu Mingfei.

"Eriyi! Calm down!" At this time, Yuan Zhisheng's voice came from outside the door.

Tap tap tap!

He hurriedly came to the girl's side with long strides and separated the two of them.

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