Chapter 29 Chapter 29 Interlude

Facing his junior sister's accusation, Dechang Jingsi smiled faintly and said, "If I remember correctly, Yuyin, you are already twenty-one years old this year. In any case, you can't be classified as a child laborer."

"That was in the past, in the past," Yuyin said angrily. "I'm a real fifteen-year-old now! I haven't even graduated from junior high yet! Do you want to see my student ID to confirm it?!"

Forcing the junior sister to work on the first day of their acquaintance is indeed a "cold" act that a senior brother who has always been utilitarian and pragmatic would do.

In reality, Yuyin, having grown up with her senior, understood exactly why he had developed such an unpleasant personality. On the surface, the burden on Shizuka Deba seemed solely the responsibility of the Deba sect, but in reality, it was the future of the entire island nation's demon hunters.

If we say that in the world of cursed spirits, the number of sorcerers accounts for a pitifully small proportion of the entire island nation, then the decline of demon hunters is even more serious.

Demon hunters are a profession that places great emphasis on talent and bloodline inheritance. Among ordinary people, only one in ten thousand can awaken special abilities, and even fewer have high abilities. Most are weak people at the bottom level who can only see monsters and expel ordinary small demons.

This is why there are so many demon hunters under the name of the Chang family, and the senior brother often has to go on missions himself.

Back in that world, Yuyin and her senior brother were busy like tops almost all day long, running around to handle commissions. It was common for them to be in Tokyo in the morning, in Osaka in the afternoon, and fly to Hokkaido in the evening.

The source of all this is that the current demon hunters are so rubbish!

It just so happens that although the senior brother appears cold on the surface, he actually cares the most about his subordinates. Basically, all the commissions that are a bit difficult are intercepted by him, and in the end, it is not the two of them who complete them. In today's integrated world, the difficulty level of the tasks will surely become even more severe.

Ahem, I’ve gone off topic.

Although she understands it, Yuyin still can't just sit there and wait for death. She should take on all the work and become a 007 office animal again. Her rights and interests still need to be protected!

"I have to go to school every day and don't have time to handle so many tasks."

Yuyin blinked her eyes and pretended to be pitiful.

The cold-blooded Shizuka Deiba: "You can take a leave."

"I don't want to repeat a grade." Just kidding, with the frequency of leave she takes to complete tasks, she's probably going to be a third-grade student for eternity.

"Then in the afternoon and evening," Deba smiled. "I remember junior high school wasn't very stressful, so school ended at three in the afternoon."

"Hmph," Yuyin snorted in anger, flipping through the stack of commissions in her hand. Some had already been investigated, while many were simply simple information submitted by the client. She picked one out and raised it, saying, "One task per week, I agree."

De Chang said calmly: "Seven days a week, so why not seven tasks?"

"Seven? You're asking for too much," Yuyin glared at him. "Absolutely not!"

"Hmm," Dechang thought seriously, "So if we calculate it based on working days, five?"

Yuyin hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "Three a week! If you want more, I won't do it!"

"make a deal."

Yuyin looked up at her senior brother and blinked. He was so easy to talk to. Was he deliberately deceiving me?

Deba Jingsi patted her head and said helplessly, "Am I really that bad in your eyes? I'm just forcing people to do things they don't want to do."

"Yes," Yuyin nodded without hesitation, not giving him any face at all. "Brother, you should reflect on why you give people such a bad impression that even Natsume-kun is unwilling to approach you."

"From your tone, have you met Natsume-kun recently?" Deba Shizuka narrowed his eyes slightly. "When he heard the news of your death, he was very sad."

"Ah, it happened a few days ago."

Yuyin opened her mouth, not at all surprised that her senior brother was so perceptive.

When she mentioned her own death, she felt a little ashamed. It was really... in the words of her neighbor Keigo Atobe, her death was too unglamorous, and for some reason, it was like this in every life.

"But, brother, have you figured out how to explain my resurrection by re-employing me as a commission?

Identity is a big issue.

Deba Shizuka said nonchalantly, "Just say she's your former sister. There's an age difference between your two identities anyway, so using that as a cover is perfect."

Yuyin was speechless: "They have different parents, how can they be considered sisters?"

"You could say you were adopted by your current parents."

Yuyin thought about how her current parents would react if they knew about this: their daughter suddenly became not her biological daughter, and that would make her feel complicated_(:з」∠)_

"It's okay to tell others that we're actually sisters," Dechang Jingsi said with a firm tone, a confidence that everything was under control. "Anyway, don't worry about this. I'll take care of it, and no one will suspect anything."

Well, Yuyin thought, she never doubted this. The Chang family had close ties with many political celebrities. With a phone call from her senior brother, maybe she and her former self would really become sisters the next moment.

"Three missions a week, and there aren't many days left this week," Deba Shizuka took the mission book from her hand and glanced at it. "You chose this one, the Matsudaira family?" He chuckled. "They wanted me to do it myself, but I didn't have the time, so I didn't agree. Since you chose this mission, I'll accompany you today so no one will look down on you."

"I have no problem. Anyway, the sooner I go, the sooner I can solve it."

Yuyin understood that the families that could ask her senior brother to take action personally were usually powerful and influential. The aristocratic families were very concerned about their reputation. If they saw the Chang family sending a young girl like her to take action, they might think that the Chang family looked down on them.

Deba Shizuka immediately pressed the in-car communication button and was about to ask the driver to change the route to Matsudaira's house, but he caught a glimpse of Yuyin's school uniform and suddenly changed his mind: "Let's go to Ginza first."

Yuyin asked curiously, "Why are you going to Ginza?"

"Let's go eat, and change your school uniform." Deba Jingsi looked her over carefully. "You don't want others to know where you go to school, do you?"

Yuyin thought about it and it made sense. Usually when she went out to exorcise demons and cursed spirits, she would change her clothes before going out. If it wasn't for the need to resolve the curse on Saya as soon as possible today, she wouldn't have come out wearing the Hyotei school uniform. Her senior brother really considered these trivial matters more carefully than she did.

*

Naturally, Yuyin would not hesitate to take advantage of her senior brother. Not only did she directly request to go to the most expensive kaiseki restaurant in Ginza, she also ordered the subordinates of the Chang family to empty out several specialty stores.

Dechang Jingsi ordered her subordinates to do as she said without blinking an eye. After all, her junior sister just wanted to vent a little, so what was wrong with following her wishes? After all, the Dechang family had huge assets, and the thing they had the most was money.

After a shopping spree, Yuyin finally felt relieved. Although her royalties were not small, she could not spend as recklessly as she did today.

After changing several sets of clothes, Yuyin had most of her things packed up and sent home, leaving only a few bags for the men in black suits to carry.

Dechang Jingsi asked curiously, "Why don't you send them all back?"

"Brother, you don't understand this," Yuyin said confidently, "If you don't carry something, it won't feel like shopping at all, and it's like you've come here for nothing."

Shizuka Deba pointed at the bag in her subordinate's hand and repeated her words: "Don't you want to carry something?"

Yuyin waved her hand and said, "Oh, same as before."

"What's with your glasses and your hairstyle?" Deba Shizuka reached out and took off her glasses, his tone slightly disgusted. "When did you start learning naming? I don't remember you having such bad taste."

"Give it back to me," Yuyin quickly snatched the glasses back and put them on. "You don't understand. Glasses are the best disguise. Most people can't recognize that it's the same person."

Deba Jingji did not comment. He was personally bothered by the scar on his right eye and had to cover it up with talismans. But people he knew, like Mingzhi Zhouyi and his current junior sister, all covered up their beautiful eyes, which was such a waste of a gift.

"The box is ready, go upstairs."

*

The elevator leading to the upper floors of the mall is not big and can only carry eight people.

When the elevator door was about to close, a loud "wait a moment" was heard outside, and Yuyin immediately pressed the door open button.

The boy with the pretty red bob pulled another boy into the elevator and said to Yuyin breathlessly, "Hoohoo... Thank you."

"You're welcome." Yuyin said dryly, and suddenly took Chang Jingsi's hand, turned around, and tried to make herself as small as possible.

Shizuka Deba noticed her abnormality and cooperated by standing beside her, blocking most of the other people's sight.

"Yue Ren, I told you not to run so fast." The blue-haired boy who was helplessly being dragged by him advised.

"But Feng informed us that dinner is about to start, and Kaiseki cuisine won't taste good if it gets cold."

Xiangri Yueren held his mobile phone in one hand and the feather ornaments he had just bought in the other. It was because he saw this outside the glass window just now that he temporarily left the group to go shopping.

Ozuki Yuushi sighed helplessly, "Don't buy this kind of jewelry in Ginza. You're almost out of pocket money this month. What are you going to do for the next half month?"

"But it's really beautiful." Xiangri Yueren emphasized. What can he do? He just likes feather accessories and can't help himself when he sees them.

Hearing this, Tamane was completely confused. These two boys were exactly who she'd imagined them to be: Oshitari Yuushi and Mukai Taketo from the Hyotei Tennis Club. Previously, Tamane had only seen the entire team from afar in the cafeteria, forming a vague impression of them. And yet, they were actually running into each other in Ginza? It was a small world indeed.

Luckily, the two were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't seem to notice her.

Yuyin breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't want any strange rumors to appear in the school.

"Wait, didn't we count the floors?"

The elevator went up several floors before Xiang Riyue remembered this matter.

"It's okay," Ozuki Yuushi pushed up his glasses, "We're going to the same floor as everyone else."

Taketo Mukai looked at the elevator board and confirmed that Yushi was right. He looked up at the girl who had just helped to press the door and saw that she was huddled behind her boyfriend. There were two men in black suits holding full of shopping bags standing beside them. Their aura was comparable to that of Atobe when he usually traveled, and he couldn't help but be amazed.

Oshitari was not surprised by this scene at all. As was his habit, he had already looked around the elevator as soon as he entered. Naturally, he noticed the other party's avoidance and even had some guesses about the reason for the other party's avoidance.

*

After his subordinates put the shopping bags away and left the room, the kneeling Chang Jingsi asked, "Is he an acquaintance?"

Yuyin, who was sitting opposite, sighed: "No, we are just classmates from the same school."

"You look very nervous..." Dechang Jingsi was a little confused. Was it necessary to care about what his classmates said?

"Isn't it because no one helped to clean up before?" Yuyin glanced at him, "I have to be sneaky when I go out to exorcise demons, and wrap myself up tightly, for fear of being recognized." As a result, I accidentally got exposed this time and was caught by my senior brother. It was really a matter of time and fate.

Dechang Jingsi quietly poured a cup of tea, pushed it to her, and said with a smile: "Then you don't have to worry about these things in the future. If nothing else, the Dechang family will take care of the other details and other miscellaneous matters. You just need to focus on completing the commission."

"Brother, you don't understand." Yuyin held her chin and sighed.

She is not only worried about this, she is worried about being exposed!

*

In a large Japanese-style private room not far away, the Hyotei Tennis Club was having a dinner.

After the initial frustration of losing, the Hyotei Tennis Club gradually returned to their previous normal state. After all, although the competition was over, the semester had not yet begun, and club training still needed to continue.

In the tennis club today, Atobe went crazy and tripled the training content, making everyone a little tired. Atobe readily offered to treat everyone to a big meal as compensation, and finally, after everyone's vote, they chose to go to the nearby Ginza to eat Kaiseki cuisine.

Of course, Atobe didn't do this on a whim. Today he received good news. As long as nothing goes wrong in the end, Hyotei will be able to go to the national competition.

Seeing the members laughing and making noises while eating Kaiseki cuisine, Atobe decided to wait for a few days and tell everyone after the news was officially announced.

I have to train hard these days and I absolutely can't let up! This is my last chance after all.

Atobe Keigo glanced at Akutagawa Jiro, who only looked spirited when competing with masters and at the dinner table, and then glanced at Oshitari Yuushi, who was known as a genius but you never knew how much effort he put in, and nodded in his heart.

Well, let’s go to the Karuizawa villa for training in a couple of days.

Inuzaka couldn't help but shudder when he was looked at by him. He always felt that something was going to happen. He thought about it and realized that he had been very conscientious and responsible recently. He didn't skip training like Jiro.

"By the way," he suddenly thought of something and leaned over to Atobe and whispered, "Atobe, your classmate at the next table, Saionji from the Kyudo Club, does she come from a wealthy family?"

"Why are you asking this?" Atobe asked curiously.

Oshitari pushed up his glasses and said, "I think I bumped into her in the elevator just now, if I'm not mistaken."

"Huh? The girl just now was Atobe's classmate? Why don't I have any impression of her?" The sharp-eared Taketo Mukai asked curiously.

"I only met him a few times because I went to Class A to see Atobe for something." There was no need to explain that I looked at him a few more times because of his tall stature.

"As for Saionji, her family conditions are average, right?" Atobe had been to Saionji Tamon's house, although he was just sending her home. Later, because she saved him, he also investigated the other party and found out that they were indeed just an ordinary family, and their family had a small shrine in Kyoto.

"Why are you asking her?"

Could it be that Oshitari had seen Saionji exterminating the monster, and that's why he came to him to ask about it? Atobe couldn't help but think divergently.

"So, the two bodyguards in the elevator just now were brought by her boyfriend. This is the first time I see someone other than Atobe going out with bodyguards." Xiang Riyueren said bluntly.

Ah, Ozuki thought, Yueren is really naive. In the scene just now, the other party was clearly avoiding being seen by them. There is another possibility in this situation.

Upon hearing this, Atobe frowned slightly: "Saionji, boyfriend?" These two words don't fit together no matter how you look at it.

"Yes, yes, they are also in this store, in the private room diagonally opposite."

Oshitari tugged at Yueren's clothes, who couldn't read his expression, and said, "Maybe he's not a boyfriend, maybe he's some other relative or friend."

Only then did Jibe's brows relax. He thought that he might be the client of the demon-hunting mission. Isn't that what was written in the information collected by the housekeeper? Many dignitaries have close contacts with demon hunters.

Anyway, he firmly believed in his own insight and it was impossible that he couldn't even tell whether the classmate sitting next to him was in a relationship.

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