"Ah, okay, thank you..." Qingshan sat down next to Li Nian, his eyes moving between the two of them: "Is it senior sister who prepared breakfast today... It's a bit unusual for Li Nian to do it instead."
"Haha, it seems that Aoyama-san likes what I make. This is really gratifying... But Isayama-san is making Japanese food, so you might be more accustomed to it."
"No, I'm used to what Li Nian cooks. I know you've been seasoning the food to my taste. Thank you for taking the trouble to prepare this delicious breakfast."
Li Nian herself has a strong taste and is usually used to eating noodles or porridge in the morning. She also adds all kinds of spicy food, oil, and pickles to season her meals. Knowing Qingshan wouldn't like it, she always prepares a different portion for her.
"It's nothing to worry about. It's not a big deal. It doesn't matter." Li Nian didn't care. He stared at the screen without stopping typing.
Qingshan smiled and said nothing more.
Afterwards, Isayama prepared breakfast for three people and brought it to Li Nian and Aoyama. It was a classic Japanese combination of miso soup, tamagoyaki, white rice and grilled fish. Isayama himself also sat down at the table. Everyone enjoyed breakfast together and ate everything clean.
Aoyama really enjoyed this Japanese breakfast, and felt that Isayama's cooking had a special home-cooked taste. After eating, he thanked Isayama with satisfaction, and was smiled at by the man who replied, "As long as Aoyama likes it."
Li Nian felt that the food was not tasty enough, a little bland, and the portion was a little small. When asked about her feelings, she answered honestly, but Isayama rolled his eyes and said, "You are not full and not tasty enough. Why don't you sprinkle some salt and water and lick the plate cleaner?"
"…Senior, why are you treating me differently?"
"Who told you to find fault with the breakfast specially prepared by the seniors while you were eating comfortably? I sincerely suggest that you don't have to be so honest when eating the food specially prepared by girls in the future."
"I didn't treat you as a girl."
"…What kind of difference are you making? Then who do you think I am?"
"Brother."
"…What do you mean, are you saying that my breasts are small?"
"Ah? I didn't say that, but maybe that's the reason for what you're saying?"
Isayama was so angry that he laughed: "People like you really deserve it for not being able to find a girlfriend."
Qingshan watched the two bickering with each other, but thought to himself that the relationship between brothers was not like this...
After finishing breakfast, Jianshan took the washed and dried clothes, but did not change into them yet. He planned to wear the sportswear given by Li Nian to do morning exercises, take a shower after sweating, and then change into them refreshedly. Then he said goodbye and went to school.
Qingshan also wanted to go to work, so he offered to go with her and went out with her.
Li Nian did not leave with the two of them. After cleaning up the dishes, he did his usual solitary practice.
However, I always feel that the effect is not ideal... Mainly because I tasted the sweetness from the battle with the Tsuchigumo spider, and I feel that kind of "competition" is powerful and effective.
I don’t know whether the Earth Spider has woken up in the past few days and how much he has recovered.
Li Nian thought that Nura Rikuo would naturally come to inform him by then, so he went to school without thinking any more.
But I didn't expect that today I would have the opportunity to go to the Nura clan's headquarters to confirm the situation myself.
……
……
This opportunity came from a phone call I received at noon.
At that time, Li Nianzheng found An Yi and told her that the main line of the script had been completed.
At this time, the cell phone rang. Li Nian looked and saw that it was an unfamiliar number. He answered it anyway, but heard a familiar tired voice greeting him.
"Ah, it's connected...Excuse me, is this Mr. Li Nian on the other end?"
"…I'm Li Nian, who are you?"
The voice sounded familiar, but Li Nian couldn't remember who it was for a moment and was searching his memory.
Before that, they had already announced their name.
"I'm Tian Ruo Qing Xian, we haven't contacted each other for a long time."
"...Lord Tian Ruo?"
Li Nian suddenly remembered that it was indeed the voice of the busy director of the Curse Search Department, and showed a look of surprise for a moment.
Although he sent Dalianji Suzuka, and some information from this high-ranking Onmyoji Bureau was conveyed to him through Isayama, he had not been in touch with the director of the Curse Search Department for a long time. The last time they met was at a gathering of dignitaries, which was some time ago.
This is only natural, as the Minister of the Curse Search Department is such a busy and high-ranking person.
"I heard that Lord Li has been more active recently. Did you defeat the Earth Spider?"
Li Nian knew that this news had been reported by Jianshan and received attention from the top leaders of the Yin-Yang Bureau. It was not strange that Tian Ruo Qingxian knew about it.
"Yes, thanks to you."
"No, that's all Lord Li's own ability, it has nothing to do with me... Forget the politeness, I took the initiative to contact you today because I have something else to tell you. I want to invite Lord Li to visit the headquarter of the Nura Clan with me. I wonder if Lord Li is free today and if he is willing to come with me?"
"Oh, what I mentioned before...it was today, right? When exactly?"
"I have informed the Nuraki clan, and the time is set for this afternoon. They will host a banquet for us then."
"can."
It was probably conceivable that the head of the Curse Search Department of the Onmyoji Agency came to the Nura clan to have some secret talks among the top leaders. Although he didn't know what it meant to call a casual person like himself, Li Nian simply agreed.
Chapter 359: Seeing Tian Ruo Qing Xian Again After a Long Time
After things were agreed upon and the time was set, he was told to wait for contact and a special car would come to pick him up. Then Tian Ruo Qingxian hung up the phone.
It seemed like a formal visit with his identity revealed. After all, he was the head of the Curse Search Department, so he had to come in full splendor. Of course, he had to be picked up by a special car, and he had to bring his subordinates along... like himself.
Speaking of which, the place they are going to visit is the headquarter of the Nura clan. Nura Rikuo's hometown is undoubtedly a gathering place for monsters. Judging from Amaru Kiyomi's attitude towards Nura Nagirō at previous gatherings, the head of the Curse Search Department is obviously the kind of person who hates monsters, including the Nura clan which has a good reputation. If such a person wants to visit such a place, he must be careful of being tricked.
Therefore, Li Nian guessed that Tian Ruo's reason for looking for him was that he saw that his ability was pretty good, and wanted to have him be his bodyguard to prevent him from being suddenly rushed out by a bunch of executioners and hacked into pieces - just kidding, that possibility was really small.
Li Nian has already seen the family style of the Nura Group from Nura Rikuo. He has also had contact with his grandfather Nura Narumi before, and he has a better understanding of the reputation and principles of the Nura Group. It is a monster organization that is very active in integrating into the society and advocates harmonious coexistence with humans. It is true that Tenruka Kiyomi's identity makes it easy for monsters to ambushed and beaten to death, but based on the style of the Nura Group that Li Nian has seen, they would not do such a thing.
After all, he asked Nura Rikuo to lead his family's troops to avenge the Tsuchigumo who had seriously injured him. Nura Rikuo did not do such a well-reasoned and popular thing.
Of course, you still have to be careful, after all, there are monsters and gangs.
Even though they appear to have a gentle attitude and now show a peaceful style of dealing with humans, the Yokai Mafia is still the Yokai Mafia, and the Nura Group is still the number one behemoth in the Yokai Mafia.
It has branches all over the country, influence spread all over Japan, and has countless monsters.
As for the monsters, they certainly can't all be good people, and the Nura group is not a law-abiding good family. For example, there were scums like the Old Rat Group, and Li Nian had dealt with them before.
Although the Old Rat Group betrayed the organization, colluded with Kidomaru, and tried to overthrow the Nura Group without knowing their own limitations, they were eventually destroyed by Li Nian. However, the fact that such guys were accepted by the Nura Group before the betrayal itself indicates some problems.
Also because of the annihilation of the Kanto Great Ape, they had a conflict and fought with Ushioki and Kurodabo who came to check the situation. Taking this as an example, we can know that there are not many weak cadres in the Nura Group. It is well deserved to be called the largest and strongest monster organization. Probably those two can also be met in the main family. Including them, there will be more powerful people.
However, he and Nura Rikuo have established some personal relationships by now, and he has fought and chatted with his grandfather Nura Nagisa. He has heard the old man's idea that [the original intention of establishing the Nura Group was to protect some weak monsters]. He knows that the Nura Group is not an organization composed of good people, but on the other hand, it is not a terrorist organization that causes chaos everywhere. In fact, it is quite impressive that the Nura Group, a monster underworld organization, can have such performance and purpose. Even from the perspective of an exorcist and a human, he has a good impression of the Nura Group.
The Nura-gumi's main headquarters that they were going to must be the Dragon and Tiger Cave... Li Nian was still very curious about what the Dragon and Tiger Cave actually looked like.
When it comes to the headquarters of a monster organization, one would imagine it to be a dark, eerie, mysterious and dangerous place - but Li Nian also knows that Isayama seems to have visited that place often and was always warmly received. The person concerned did not have that impression and seemed to have a good impression of the treatment he received there and the monsters he met.
Isayama, who has been dealing with the Nura group for a long time, has intentionally or unintentionally revealed an attitude of trust towards the Nura group. For example, when Li Nian encountered any problems in the past, he would want to ask Nura Rikuo for help, which is a manifestation of this.
Li Nian himself had met people related to the Nura clan, such as Snow Onna Bingli, Ushio, and Kurodabo. They were all loyal and righteous people who had some sense of propriety... Well, their loyalty and righteousness were mainly reflected in protecting their master. Well, when it came to protecting their master, these people lost their propriety and were all furious to the point of being a mess.
By the way, Tsuchigumo was found half dead and unconscious by that place, is he really still alive? To be honest, Li Nian was skeptical about this, and always felt that he would be eaten up by the angry Nura group - the premise is that Nura Rikuo did not suppress his subordinates, I will have to ask later.
Li Nian had been invited by Nura Rikuo before, and he was told that he would like to host a banquet for him if he had the chance. It seemed that this opportunity had come today... Although he was only there because of the boss, as the follower of the head of the Curse Search Department - anyway, Li Nian personally wanted to take this opportunity to see with his own eyes the foundation of this monster organization established by the two cunning grandfather and grandson.
Since it is the main family, it must be able to well reflect the nature of the entire Nura Group. So, does this monster organization that has a peaceful attitude towards humans actually practice the way of chivalry, or is it bright and warm on the surface, but dark inside...
If you want to make a judgment, nothing is more intuitive than seeing it with your own eyes. Just seeing individual members of the Nura Group is not enough to judge the full picture of the organization. You need to see more.
Amai, Gogen, Kato and others were nearby. They saw Li Nian hang up the phone and heard his various responses to Tenruo Kiyonari on the other end of the phone. From the address of "Tenruo-sama", they could understand that he seemed to be chatting with a big shot in the Onmyoji Bureau, and the responses he gave seemed to be agreeing to some commission.
"At the critical moment when our great plan is being promoted, something happened and our key script was taken away..." An Yi smiled bitterly, "Are you going to leave the scene and go somewhere to save the world again, my hero?"
He thought that Li Nian had come from the Yin-Yang Bureau again and asked him to go to a certain place immediately to deal with the spiritual disaster.
Li Nian shook her head.
"That's not the case. It's just that a big shot wants to visit another big shot and asked me to be his follower to help calm down the situation?"
"Oh? It's the kind of plot where he appears as a bodyguard? The big shot you're talking about..." An Yi's eyes lit up and he hesitated to speak.
Li Nian knew what he wanted to ask, and answered, "She is neither a princess of a certain country nor the eldest daughter of a wealthy family. She is a real man, quite handsome, quite strong, and of a very high status. She is foul-mouthed and probably has a black heart. She is not innocent and naive at all."
It can be said that An Yi's fantasy was completely wiped out.
An Yi also knew that it was unlikely to be the old-fashioned plot he imagined, where a capable man hooks up with a white, rich and beautiful woman. However, he was still a little disappointed to be denied like this. He immediately lost interest in the big shot he was supposed to protect, but he was also relieved and said, "Anyway, you don't need to fight with anyone, right? That's good."
"There's no need to fight this time, right? In fact, it probably has nothing to do with me. I'm just a decoration. How can I get a good meal and a warm hospitality from a wealthy family? But other than that, it seems that there will be no salary - ah, it feels so bad when I think about it, should I ask Lord Tianruo for some appearance fee?"
"Okay, it sounds like a good thing. It can be considered a benefit. You still dare to ask for an appearance fee." Wu Geng said disdainfully: "You are so rich, do you still care about that little money?"
In fact, the check from Dalian Temple has not arrived yet, which means that the 40 million deposit has not yet reached Li Nian, so Li Nian is not rich at the moment - Li Nian is not in a hurry about this, because he knows that Dalian Temple will probably give him the check next time she comes to see him.
To be honest, Li Nian didn't care if she regretted it. She thought the 80 million yuan reward was outrageous, so she replied to Wu Geng: "Money is earned bit by bit. Who would complain about it being too much... Well, I don't want it this time. I was just joking."
"I'm glad it's not dangerous." Kato seemed a little relieved.
"That's not necessarily true, Kato-san. Generally speaking, when you think it's an easy job to protect a high-level meeting, and you can eat and drink for free, something dangerous will always happen and involve the protagonist, such as being attacked or involved in a conspiracy. There are always some exciting situations like this." Gogen smiled grimly and began to imagine: "Then the protagonist will have to stand up and may face greater danger than before... Who knows, this time a certain arrogant bitch may be caught off guard and beaten to the point of being seriously injured and hospitalized."
"Yes, it would be nice if there was such an exciting situation." Li Nian touched his chin and said, "It would be a good exercise for the body."
"Just pretend." Wu Geng didn't believe it.
Li Nian laughed and said without rebuttal, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about those boring things. Let's get back to the topic of the script. An Yi, have you read it?"
He shared the electronic draft he had written through the Line group in the morning. Everyone has received the script, not only those present, but also Kasumigaoka and Sawamura should have received it, because Amaki has already read the script during this period.
An Yi made a bitter face and complained, "Stop talking. I couldn't wait to read it during class, but I was caught by Mr. Hiratsuka and my phone was confiscated. Do you know how horrible it is to look up and see the smiling face of the homeroom teacher when I was enjoying it? I can only go to her place to get my phone after school in the afternoon, and I have to hand in a letter of apology promising not to play with my phone in class in the future. I'm worried about how to write it. I can't read the electronic manuscript during the day today."
It was true that Amaki fell into ecstasy the first time he got the script. He wanted to read it carefully. It was inevitable that he would not attend classes seriously and use that time to read the script. Unfortunately, he was too eager and dared to be absent from teacher Hiratsuka's class. You know, that teacher is usually very strict and will not tolerate such things in her class. If caught, she would be beaten on the head, have her mobile phone confiscated, and be required to write a thousand-word handwritten review. No one dared to play with their mobile phones in her class.
"Is there such a thing?"
Li Nian didn't know about this. He had been doing his daily practice in the morning, meditating with his eyes closed, and didn't notice this little episode.
But everyone saw it at that time, and when An Yi's phone was confiscated, there was a burst of laughter. Everyone admired An Yi's courage to play with his phone in Mr. Hiratsuka's class.
"Of course you don't know. You seemed to be sleeping as usual... This is outrageous. Hiratsuka-sensei doesn't care when you sleep, but I get caught playing with my phone and get a slap on the head, my phone is confiscated, and I have to write a self-criticism." An Yi noticed this and immediately became indignant: "Why didn't she slap you on the head and ask you to write a self-criticism? Is it because you are a top student? Can top students do whatever they want?"
That's not sleeping, that's meditation practice... But Li Nian was too lazy to correct this misunderstanding, and instead smiled.
"I'm sorry, but the nerds can really do whatever they want... Actually, this is only part of the reason. Maybe Mr. Hiratsuka thinks that my work as an exorcist is very tiring?"
"Who would have thought that this guy's work is not tiring at all, and he even skips classes on the pretext of work, and has the spare time to write novels and scripts." Wu Geng said unhappily: "People like you should be knocked on the head and asked to write a self-criticism."
"You don't accept it, do you want to learn from me and sit on the top of the class while slacking off?"
Wu Geng was silent, only muttering: "You'd better stay on this throne forever."
"But it's amazing that you were able to write the script I wanted so quickly... It was one thing that you dragged it out for a long time before, but the fact that you wrote it so quickly once you started is really reassuring... You are worthy of being Mr. Muzi, the new god writer." An Yi sighed, "A week is a generous deadline for you."
"That's enough time to make revisions. An Yi, please read it and give me some feedback so that I can make revisions."
"…I see…Ahhhh! Now that you mention it, I want to see it even more! How about I go find Mr. Hiratsuka and get his phone back right now?" An Yi scratched his hair frantically, saying stupid things without thinking.
Li Nian laughed and said, "I won't stop you if you want to get beaten up."
"...So you think you'll get beaten?"
"Why do you think you won't be beaten?"
"There's nothing we can do... Well, you have something to do this afternoon so you can't participate in the discussion, and I can't give you feedback in a hurry." An Yi could only give up the stupid idea reluctantly, but judging from the way he looked, he would probably be obsessed with the script, and he would definitely not be able to attend class well today.
Not only Amaki, Kato was also itching to watch it. He sighed and said, "I want to watch it too. Fortunately, Amaki made a wrong demonstration. I don't want to be scolded by Mr. Hiratsuka... I can only bear it today."
An Yi felt the same way: "Yeah, yeah, I can only go back home and watch it all night."
Li Nian frowned and said, "Forget about staying up all night. Just have a good rest."
"Yes, yes." An Yi responded, but with an expression of indifference.
Seeing him like that, Li Nian simply said, "If I see you in a state of confusion tomorrow, I will be really angry. The judgment and feedback made by the producer when he is not in a clear mind are not worthy of trust. There is still plenty of time, why rush?"
"...Yes." An Yi hung his head, as if he had listened to a lecture this time. Since Li Nian said this, he should not dare to take it lightly.
"Kato, the same goes for you. Don't stay up late if you can. Your health is the most important thing." Li Nian turned to Kato and said, then glanced at Wu Geng: "And you."
"Are you qualified to lecture others? Have you ever slept well in class?" Wu Geng sneered.
"I'm just practicing. Actually, I have a healthy schedule, going to bed early and getting up early every day." Li Nian thought this was an opportunity, and said solemnly, "Disordered schedules can lead to sudden death sooner or later. Five more, I see that your dark circles are getting heavier recently. You must have stayed up late to write, right? I advise you to take it easy."
Wu Geng felt warm in her heart, knowing that Li Nian really cared about her health, and she became more honest in her words: "... Humph, I understand without you saying it. If I fall down, my family can't afford it... I will pay attention."
Kato smiled and nodded, his expression gentle, much more frank than Gogen. He smiled and nodded to Li Nian: "Thank you for your concern, Li Nian. I can't stand the feeling of depression after staying up late. If I can, I won't stay up late casually."
"That's right... I'm leaving now."
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