"It's delicious. I like crunchy things."
"I will tell Bingli about this evaluation."
"No, you'd better not tell her that I ate it."
"Huh? Why?" Lu Sheng tilted his head. In human form, he looked really stupid and innocent when he did this action.
"…Are you asking this seriously?"
"Huh? What does that mean?"
Li Nian looked at his naive and wooden appearance and felt that little sister Bingli had a long way to go. When he saw Lu Sheng in monster form, looking at a monster young master who was so handsome and romantic, he thought he was the kind of person who rolled around with women and would understand women's hearts very well. Now it seems that he had misunderstood.
But Li Nian changed his mind and realized that Lu Sheng looked handsome enough in human form and even more handsome in monster form. He must be the type that girls like. And with his noble status as the head of the Nura clan, he is a truly tall, rich and handsome man. He must be many times more popular with women than I am. He is not on the same level as a single dog like him and has no shortage of love... What a stupid thing I was thinking.
Under Lu Sheng's puzzled gaze, Li Nian seemed to shake his head vigorously to get rid of some distracting thoughts, and asked about the situation of the earth spider.
Lu Sheng replied: "He is doing very well on the construction site. People working on the project under me say that with the help of such a human crane, many things are much easier to do, costs are saved, and the construction period is accelerated. Everyone likes this guy very much."
Although it was Li Nian who suggested that the penniless Dojima go to work to earn a living, he was quite surprised to hear Lu Sheng say that Dojima could really get by on the construction site and seemed to have been recognized by his fellow workers.
"That guy is very strong and is good at moving bricks and plastering. I can understand that, but I think workers need to listen to instructions and do their work carefully. Can an ordinary person control him?"
"When they're not fighting, Tsuchigumo is pretty easy to talk to. He can understand the foreman's instructions pretty well. Most of the guys on the construction site are rough, but he suits their personality and they can get along well. Everyone was a little scared of this big monster at first, but after finishing the work and drinking together, they became familiar with each other in minutes."
"The point is, he didn't fight?"
"How is it possible? The little monsters on the construction site can't arouse that guy's interest. After work and drinking, many of them come back to our Nura clan to fight with him. This guy accepts everyone and has demolished many houses... To be honest, can you control your shikigami?" Speaking of this, Lu Sheng also had a headache.
"I can't control it. It sounds like the monsters from your Nura group took the initiative to pick a fight with him. Why don't you control your own men?"
"I can't do anything about it." Lu Sheng answered flatly.
"That's it. No matter what... it's not okay. No one died, right?"
"The grudge between me and Tsuchigumo has been settled, and my kids have also lost their hostility towards him. We picked a fight with him mostly to test his strength. Although these rough guys were undoubtedly serious when they fought, at least they didn't show their true colors and didn't really fight to kill anyone. You can barely say that they were restrained. You know Tsuchigumo's personality. He's not a strong enough guy, and we can't make him take him seriously, so no one has died for the time being, well, for the time being."
"Oh, never mind."
Li Nian was completely hands-off and just left the Tsuchigumo to the Nura clan, and Lu Sheng was helpless.
But he didn't really hate having Tsuchigumo staying in his Nura group.
Bingli has always been thinking about the fact that Lu Sheng was seriously injured, and she hates the existence of the earth spider. She has suggested more than once that Lu Sheng drive away the earth spider, but Lu Sheng always smiled and shook his head and rejected it.
Apart from his love of fighting, the big monster is actually quite well behaved.
He got to know all kinds of guys in the group through fighting. After the fight, they also drank and ate meat together. He has become familiar with many people and is recognized as a strong man. Although Tsuchigumo has no interest in other weak monsters in the group, he will not boss them around. He just has no interest. If there are any little guys who are brave enough to talk to him, he will also respond lazily and casually. As an outsider staying in the Nura group, he eats and drinks a lot, but he doesn't want to eat for free. He works diligently on the construction site, obviously he is paying for it.
It can be seen that Tsuchigumo is quite comfortable there. After all, he has no worries about food and drink, there are monsters to drink with him, there is no shortage of fights, and no one restricts his freedom. It is much better than staying in other places.
Tsuchigumo is quite satisfied with this kind of life and has gradually become accustomed to staying in the Nura clan. The Nura clan has also gradually become accustomed to the existence of this big monster.
After confirming that Tsuchigumo was living a peaceful life, Li Nian felt relieved. Judging from Tsuchigumo's current performance, he was gradually integrating into society through the arrangements of the Nura Group, so he did not need to be eliminated for the time being.
If Tsuchigumo cannot integrate into society and cannot settle down at the construction site, and is going to cause trouble, Li Nian can only conclude that this guy is unable to adapt to the current era and will cause trouble sooner or later. He can only find him in advance to complete the last sparring with him before the big monster recovers, and give him one last bloody battle.
That would be very boring, and Li Nian didn't want the situation to turn out like this.
After that, the two of them ate while chatting casually. Li Nian thought about the situation of the club and his idea of starting a company. He thought it was an opportunity, so he explained his current situation to Lu Sheng directly and asked Lu Sheng if there were any channels related to game sales in the industries under the Nura Group.
It was the first time that Li Nian talked to Nura Rikuo about what he usually did. Rikuo was surprised to hear Li Nian talk about his secret debut as a writer, his current work of making game scripts for his friends' club, and his idea of starting a company.
The Li Nian he saw was a warrior who pinned Tsuchigumo down and beat him half to death, a demon exorcist who was very close to Isayama, a strong man whose actions and ideas seemed radical but who had his own principles and stood for justice. He had nothing in common with the image of a writer who wrote articles and had a delicate mind.
Hearing Li Nian talking about her daily life and other interests and hobbies, Lu Sheng naturally felt a huge conflict with the fixed impression Li Nian left on him, as if he had discovered another unknown side of this person.
But after being surprised, Nura Rikuo changed his mind and quickly accepted it, because it was not only Li Nian who had another side, but also Nura Rikuo.
Lu Sheng is the third-generation leader of the Nura Group and a student of Sobu High School. In addition to dealing with demons and monsters and the Onmyoji Bureau, he also spends daily life and happy times with the classmates of Sobu High School. He quickly understands that Li Nian also has such another side. There are people he knows, hobbies other than fighting, and his own daily life.
That other side was not unknown, it was just that Nura Rikuo had never taken the initiative to see it.
Now Li Nian took the initiative to mention it to him, just seeking help with personal matters as a friend. Realizing this, Nura Rikuo smiled and replied: "I'm sorry, I'm also a hands-off boss. The business of the group is basically managed by Niu Gui and others. You asked so suddenly, I can't give you an answer or help for the time being."
Li Nian was stunned, then thought about it and realized the same thing.
It is true that Rikuo is the chief of Nura Group, but for an organization as large as Nura Group, the chief would not know every detail, such as whether there are any channels for game sales in its industries. Such trivial matters are not something that Nura Rikuo needs to know.
"Oh, that's right, then just pretend I never said that."
"Wait, I didn't say I won't help. I said I have to ask first, and I should be able to get the answers you want. I'm not bragging, but our Nura Group is involved in all kinds of industries, from high-tech research and development companies to roadside stalls. The industry is very wide. There should also be stores that sell and make games. If you want to set up a company, develop business, and do some business, you have found the right people to find us. I can introduce you to people who understand this field..." Lu Sheng thought for a while, and then said, "Or just let our Nura Group help you run that company?"
"No, no, no." After hearing what Lu Sheng said, Li Nian knew that this guy was really serious. He even said that he would find someone to help him run the company. It made it seem like he, Li Nian, was relying on their friendship to hint at Lu Sheng to help him with his business. He quickly stopped him and said, "I just asked you if you know the ways in this regard. I don't plan to let the Nura Group do anything special for this. But I didn't think of using your relationship with Lu Sheng to make things convenient for me. I want to start a company, actually, I just want to prepare a place for some friends to stay, so that I can gather this group of friends together in the future and do some business that everyone is willing to invest in to support them. I just hope to meet a few people who know the ways in these aspects. Let's talk to the people we can contact. I will pay the money, do the things, and take the risks. It's a normal business cooperation, you know, although I don't understand these things myself, so I came to ask you."
As Li Nian was talking, he almost laughed at himself. What the hell was I asking the head of the Nura Group about? He was the big boss of a business empire, so he didn't care about his face, so he didn't care about the fact that a bunch of people like me wanted to make a crappy game.
He realized that it was not appropriate to ask Nura Rikuo, so he decided not to talk anymore and simply waved his hand: "Forget it, this little thing is not worth bothering the Nura team, I can figure it out myself."
"Starting a company with friends and doing things together in the future? It sounds great."
After hearing Li Nian's idea, Nura Rikuo became interested and didn't intend to just listen to it and leave it at that: "If you don't come to me for this kind of thing, who else can you come to? What do you mean it's not worth bothering our Nura team?"
"It's not worth bothering you. I just want to open a small company that makes games and animations. The little things I do probably won't be noticed by the Nura clan."
"You are not small anymore. You are a friend of our Nura Group. We will help you. Let alone Li Nian, you want to start a company. Even if a little monster wants to pull a cart on the roadside to sell ramen, our Nura Group will do our best to help."
Li Nian wanted to say something, but Nura Rikuo waved his hand, not wanting to argue with him anymore, and spoke directly.
"Okay, it's settled. I'll talk to Grandpa about this when I get back. He knows this stuff and will definitely be able to find someone who can help you with this. As long as you're serious about it, you can definitely start a company. You can also ask our Nura Group for help with game sales... Of course, this is a business collaboration, so you have to show your real abilities and be able to run the business."
At this point, Li Nian didn't act pretentiously. He nodded and said, "I owe you a favor."
"Not really." Lu Sheng shook his head and said with a smile, "Business cooperation is a mutually beneficial thing. Li Nian, you are very capable. I believe that if you work hard, you will get good results. The company will be successful in the future, which will naturally benefit our Nura Group. I just provide some opportunities. I don't spend money or effort, but I may still make money. I don't lose anything. It can't be said that I'm doing you a favor."
Chapter 430: I dare not disobey the instructions of the financial sponsor
Li Nian didn't say anything, just smiled, poured some iced wine, and toasted from a distance to thank Lu Sheng for agreeing to help. In her heart, she regarded this matter as a favor.
They had met many times and talked a lot. Li Nian knew that Nura Rikuo was a very free and easy young man. He did not remember the favor after helping others and did not bear grudges when offended. There was a reason why he received the loyalty of Miss Bingli and was loved by everyone in the Nura group.
Perhaps when it comes to my own affairs, Young Master Lu Sheng will really do his best to help, but he probably still doesn't remember much after helping. He even never mentioned the fact that he saved my life before, and it is obvious that he has almost forgotten it now.
Lu Sheng doesn't remember to whom he has done favors and is too lazy to recite them. This is the unrestrained and free nature of a cunning ghost. Li Nian himself must remember the favors he has received, which is his principle in life.
But this favor is really hard to repay. I owe Lu Sheng a favor, but I also owe a favor to the Nura clan.
It's not a good idea to be an exorcist... But Li Nian doesn't hate the Nura clan that much now.
In the past, Li Nian actually wanted to distance himself from monster gangs like the Nura Group. At that time, he had some misunderstandings about the Nura Group and felt that there were no good things among monsters, and that a monster group would not be a good organization.
But now... In fact, he still has fear and suspicion of the Nura Group, and does not think that such a huge organization can be a pure and kind one.
After only having visited the Nura Group's head office once and actually seeing their family style and various characters, Li Nian was still wary of the Nura Group, but he couldn't say he hated them either, because he found that they really were carrying out their original intention of protecting weak monsters, and that they basically accepted monsters with positive temperaments. They also ran their businesses well in society, integrated into the human community, and implemented the principle of harmonious coexistence.
Lord Tenjo, or more precisely the Onmyoji Bureau, seems to be unable to stop the fox from becoming more powerful, and can only settle for the next best thing and help the Nura clan to unify the monster forces, hoping that the position of the lord of demons and monsters will be taken by the unprepossessing young man in front of him.
Lu Sheng in monster form is elegant and dignified, and deserves that seat, but Li Nian still likes Lu Sheng in human form more, and thinks that Lu Sheng is gentler, more humane, and better.
Well, it’s definitely not because I’m jealous that Nura in monster form is more handsome than me and has more fans.
The main reason why Li Nian feels that Nura Rikuo is truly qualified to lead monsters is because of his human touch.
Such a Lu Sheng is probably an outlier among monsters. Among the monsters that Li Nian has seen, there are few like him. He cares about others, sees the overall situation clearly, and appears to be very human.
Monsters may have their own temperaments, rules to abide by, and even benevolence and righteousness to uphold, but they are often out of touch with society and have difficulty getting along with humans. The more powerful they are, the more so. They cannot sincerely be willing to coexist with humans.
To become a bridge between the two, one must have both monster and human qualities. Perhaps looking across Japan, only such Lu Sheng has the possibility of leading monsters and humans to achieve better coexistence.
The Nura Group led by Lu Sheng has a good family tradition and is worth getting close to. Judging from the current strategic goals of the Onmyoji Bureau, the Nura Group is also worth helping...
The point is, they also have a common enemy with Li Nian.
Well, the big guys will take care of the big things, and the lower-level employees just need to act according to circumstances.
To put it bluntly, regardless of all the nonsense, Nura Rikuo is definitely a friend worth making. He is handsome, rich, and willing to help. He is really willing to help when there is a problem. Of course, he can be a good friend.
Since he owed Nura Rikuo a favor, he could repay it to him personally or to the Nura clan. With such a large number of people to repay, there would be no shortage of opportunities for Li Nian to repay the favor.
But in the final analysis, like Mr. Lu Sheng, I am not the kind of person who can calculate favors very clearly. It seems that there will be many opportunities for contact in the future, and there is a possibility that I will continue to owe favors.
I can't figure it out and the debt keeps piling up. Will it be that when I finally have a chance to pay it back, I will be forced to pay it with my life?
Lu Sheng seemed very interested in Li Nian's daily life and asked Li Nian a lot of questions while eating.
He had never been so enthusiastic in asking questions at the Nura clan's banquet before. He said that Lu Sheng in human form was more enthusiastic. Li Nian had never seen him so attentive when she had come into contact with Lu Sheng in human form at school before.
While Li Nian was thinking about his own interests and personal connections with the Nura Clan, he was eating a table full of delicious food and casually told Lu Sheng about his daily activities.
Lu Sheng really listened to all these things and sighed: "Although I heard from Isayama before that you can do everything, I thought he was simply talking about your martial arts and magic skills. Now it seems that he meant something else. You can beat big monsters and write good articles. Li Nian is really a man of both literature and martial arts. You are free and easy on weekdays, and your hobbies are developing so well. You have like-minded friends around you to do things together. Your life is really enviable."
"What do you mean by like-minded? A bunch of bad friends who get together to have some fun. They are nothing in front of Master Nura. Do you envy them? Forget it."
"I'm really envious. I don't have any amazing talents, and I don't dare to reveal my identity as a monster to my good friends. Although we play close, there is still a big distance and gap between us, as well as psychological baggage... Compared with classmate Li Nian, my life can only be described as mediocre."
"Isn't that good? We can't just sit there doing nothing. We need to make a living, so we have to work hard and find jobs everywhere. After all, we don't have a mine at home."
"You're kidding. With your ability, Li Nian, it shouldn't be that difficult to live a relaxed life."
"Young Master, you are underestimating life. It is very difficult to make money. I just work for the Yin-Yang Department every month and earn hard-earned money by running around everywhere. My novels have not been published yet, so I don't make any more money. I just recently earned a little extra income from the local tycoons by working like a slave for others..."
Li Nian suddenly had a feeling. When he looked up, he saw the girl with blonde twin ponytails... Well, saying this would confuse her with the other one. To be precise, it was the youngest of the Twelve Gods who appeared at the entrance of the cafeteria.
"Say the local tyrants, the local tyrants will arrive."
Lu Sheng was stunned and turned around to see Daliansi Suzuka appear in the cafeteria. She didn't go to the window to line up, but looked around as if looking for someone. He knew that she was also here for Li Nian.
Lu Sheng had almost finished his lunch, so he stood up and left the table to avoid suspicion. "Then I won't disturb the two demon exorcists' private conversation. We'll talk next time. If there's a chance, I'd like to invite Li Nian to my house to play... Well, I'm not going to talk about any boring and serious business, I just want to invite you to play, and you can bring your friends."
"Oh, then I'm looking forward to it." Li Nian waved his hand, remembering Lu Sheng's invitation. Since he agreed to help him start his own company, Li Nian also felt it necessary to introduce An Yi to him.
When Lu Sheng came over, Suzuka noticed him. She didn't even find Li Nian for a moment, so she asked directly: "Where is that guy?"
Lu Sheng was stunned, realizing that this person had not seen through the invisibility spell that Li Nian had set up earlier. He pointed over and Suzuka looked carefully, only to discover Li Nian's existence and the operation of the spells around him.
Suzuka suddenly realized that she had also fallen into Li Nian's spell. She was startled and opened her eyes slightly.
Although she didn't expect it and was not on guard, Li Nian's technique was indeed exquisite enough to pass Suzuka's perception.
However, Suzuka has already accepted that Li Nian is a great wizard, so it is not surprising that he knows some magic. She has seen him perform similar spells before, but Suzuka was not the one being deceived at that time.
The one who was blinded at this time realized that this technique seemed to be within the range of Li Nian's mastery. If he took it seriously, he could even deceive a mage like her. This was different from the impression he gave to Suzuka, the fighting maniac.
After sending one away, another came. Li Nian looked curiously at Suzuka who was walking towards him. Compared to Lu Sheng, she brought a more luxurious lunch box. She came to him to discuss something and also to have lunch. It was obvious that this girl just came to see Li Nian for something. She didn't have that thing in her hand and didn't even look at the cafeteria window over there.
Suzuka walked straight to Li Nian, his face solemn, and said, "I need to go to receive the information from Tengqi in a few days. Can you accompany me?"
Suzuka has already reached a negotiation with Fujiki. Their research data on the Taishan Fujun Festival can be shared with Suzuka, intending to use this to assist Suzuka in successfully implementing the ceremony and observing the effect of the ceremony. It seems that the handover of the relevant information will be done by sending someone to deliver it personally.
Come to think of it, it's impossible for research data on forbidden techniques to be sent via email in a compressed package.
Suzuka is going to connect with someone to receive the information. Fujiqi is most likely the person to connect with. It is not known whether there will be anyone else besides him, and it is not known whether he has other purposes. Although Fujiqi said that he just wanted to see the successful experimental results of the Taishan Fujun Festival to assist Dalian Temple Suzuka, it would be foolish for Suzuka to believe him. Of course, she is wary of this, afraid that the other party will trick her into the wilderness and capture her. It is right for her to ask Li Nian to go with her to be on the safe side.
Just now Lu Sheng was asking about Fujiki's whereabouts, and now Li Nian has immediately got the opportunity to contact that guy... But Li Nian doesn't plan to tell Lu Sheng for the time being that Suzuka still needs that guy's help if she wants to successfully implement the Taishan Fujun Festival.
So it still has value.
He is of no use now, so I will find another opportunity to kill Fujiki.
"Okay." Li Nian simply nodded and agreed to Suzuka's request to go with him.
He had figured out all the tricks in an instant. At this moment, he was still thinking about Teng Qi, and felt that the guy might be on guard as well.
The last time he went after Suzuka, he chose Tsuchigumo to watch from the side, thus cutting off Lu Sheng's pursuit of him.
I don’t know who will be asked to keep order this time.
Li Nian agreed readily. Suzuka's sinister expression eased a little and heaved a sigh of relief, but still reminded her.
"…It's a very dangerous thing. You can refuse it."
"How dare I disobey the order from my sponsor?" Li Nian had no intention of refusing. "Besides, no matter how dangerous they are, can they be more dangerous than me?"
Not only did he want to kill Fujiki, he also wanted to ask that guy how to meet Yuyuko. Suzuka didn't tell him to go with her to hand over the information, so when Li Nian met Suzuka, he also planned to ask her how to contact Fujiki and others.
Suzuka didn't know that after Li Nian agreed to go with him, he had already thought of many dangerous things.
Hearing what Li Nian said, Suzuka had a complicated expression.
"...Now that you mention it, it's probably Fujiki who should be worried about his own safety."
"With such a capable servant following you, you can rest assured. Not to mention handing over the information, even if they really dare to take action, it's not certain who will kill whom."
Li Nian was willing to help, and Suzuka did feel more at ease, but at this moment she was a little dissatisfied.
"... Humph, you still remember that you are my servant. I have never seen you take the initiative to come to my side to help me solve problems. You have never called me. When I don't call you, you disappear. I think you are quite derelict in your duty as a servant."
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