Chapter 21 Chapter 21 Staying Up Late
Gojo Satoru didn't expect that Jie would encounter trouble on the first night he went to the village.
Why are you not sleeping so late? Was Gong Zhili kicking you out of the house?
Is Jay calling me now to settle accounts with me?
Gojo Satoru thought quickly, and as he answered the phone, he mentally prepared himself: "Yeah, he's right! If Jie is kicked out of the village, then he's a loser!"
It seemed that Geto Xiayou hadn't expected that he could get through even at such a late hour. He paused for a few seconds before saying, "Satoru, it's me."
Gojo Satoru was curious: "Were you driven out of the village by Miya Chiri?"
Xia Youjie was silent. At this moment, he really wanted to hang up the phone. He would rather use a plastic bottle to hold the curse jade.
Fortunately, Gojo Satoru on the other end of the phone knew that he must have something serious to tell you when he called so late at night, and said, "What happened?" The words froze on the tip of Geto Suguru's tongue: If he wanted to ask him to find a container that could hold the Cursed Spirit Jade for a long time, he had to explain the reason, right?
To explain the reason, he had to tell the story of how he subdued the Curse Jade. He didn't want to show weakness in front of Gojo Satoru.
Gojo Satoru on the other end of the phone: "Hello? Are you asleep?"
Geto: "No, I just want to ask you a favor..."
God knows how surprised Gojo Satoru was.
Jay and the word "please" are simply incompatible!
Xia Yujie also realized that the word was not used properly, so he changed the subject and said, "I just want to ask you something. Do you know of any cursed items that can be used to store the cursed jade?"
There was no longer Gojo Satoru's lively voice on the other end of the line.
Xia Yujie was puzzled and said, "If not..."
"Jie, is this thing you're looking for related to your technique?" Gojo Satoru's voice on the other end of the phone was very calm, like a stretched string.
Speaking of the Cursed Jade, it's not surprising that Wu guessed it was related to his own technique.
He tried to be vague: "It is related."
Fortunately, Wu didn't ask any further questions and just said that he would keep an eye on it for him.
What he didn't know was that after Gojo Satoru hung up the phone, he quickly dialed Miya Chiri's number.
Something very important must have happened today, and he must figure it out!
Geto Xiayou fell asleep and soon fell into a deep sleep. On the other end, Gojo Satoru persisted in calling five times. On the sixth call, the call was finally picked up. Before he could say hello, the voice on the other end of the phone was as gloomy as a demon crawling out of hell: "Do you want to die?"
Oh, and the words that were said were also very terrible.
Before asking the question, Gojo Satoru thought of something and kindly reminded him, "You can turn your phone to silent mode."
Gong Zhili was so sleepy she could barely open her eyes. Hearing this, she was furious. If she had known someone would call her in the middle of the night, she would have muted the phone first! Hadn't she anticipated this? And if she opened her eyes now, woke herself up, and studied the mute button—
"You really want to die? If you have something to say, just say it now. Send me 10 million tomorrow as an apology!" Gong Zhili half-closed his eyes. He was so sleepy that his head was splitting, but he still had to lower his voice to deal with him.
Gojo Satoru: "Ten million? I'll give you fifty million. Can you wake up for me?"
Although Gong Zhili still had a headache, she was somewhat cheered up after hearing the man bargain so hard. Her voice was a little hoarse as she said, "Wait a moment."
She put on her coat and went to the courtyard outside the bedroom. There was also a railing outside the courtyard, but this one was different from the one on the balcony. It had a bench. She sat on the bench and leaned against the railing, her voice still lazy: "Fifty million... Can you come up with it?"
Gojo Satoru: "You may not believe this, but I am the eldest young master."
Gong Zhili yawned and muttered, "I know about this. Geto-kun told me."
She leaned against the railing, almost falling asleep again. Gojo Satoru's voice on the other end of the phone seemed to be separated by a layer of mist: "So fifty million is not a problem—can you wake up for a moment? I have to pay fifty million, you know?"
Gong Zhili snorted coldly and tried to open his eyelids: "I want 50 million in cash, now you can quickly tell the story."
Gojo Satoru believed her for the time being and asked, "Why do you need a cursed item to hold the Curse Jade?"
Although Gong Zhili was sleepy, at least her thinking logic was still there: "You should ask Geto-kun. This is his privacy for the time being."
Gojo Satoru: "But Jie has never wanted to tell me what the Curse Jade tastes like. I'm really curious!"
He was gambling, gambling on whether he had guessed correctly the method that Jie used to subdue the cursed spirit. He had collected a lot of information before his rebirth and had vaguely come into contact with the truth of Jie's technique. After his rebirth, he found an opportunity to go on a mission with the still green Jie. The speculation in his mind had already taken shape, and now all that was left was to verify it.
"Ah, the so-called self-esteem of a teenage high school boy..." Gong Zhili's eyes were unfocused. "Fifty million for this one question, is it worth it? Let me make it clear, I don't accept returns."
She had previously held the idea that "this was Geto Suguru's personal privacy" because it also involved the information that Geto Suguru had eaten the Cursed Spirit Jade, but Gojo Satoru already knew about it. Now, she couldn't refuse to do this deal in exchange for 50 million cash in exchange for the hidden taste of a male high school student.
"It's a rag used to wipe up vomit." Gong Zhixiang still felt a little nauseous at the thought of the smell, and it sobered him up a bit. "He seems to have eaten it many times."
There was a long silence on the other end of the line. He didn't hang up during this time. Gong Zhili placed the phone on the railing and leaned over it, already half asleep, when he heard Gojo Satoru ask, "So you can change it into other flavors?"
If she really had this ability, he felt that this deal must be the most satisfying one he had ever made.
"It's okay for now—" Gong Zhili's yawn was heard over there, "but the taste isn't fixed. It must be affected by some factors."
Gojo Satoru didn't ask any more questions, only saying, "I'll bring the fifty million with me next time I go over, but do you have a place to put it?"
Gong Zhili: "Then we'll talk about it next time. Goodbye."
It would be terrible if she couldn’t get up tomorrow!
She glanced at the time. If she got up at seven o'clock tomorrow, she would only have less than three hours of sleep.
This time she turned off her phone and passed out the moment she climbed onto the bed.
Let's sleep in tomorrow...
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Lord Gong seemed to have gone to bed very late yesterday.
Nanako and Mimiko dressed themselves. Nanako climbed the stairs to check on Miya Chiri's sleeping face, then carefully went back down. After leaving the bedroom, she said to her sisters, "Miya-sama is very sleepy."
Mimiko immediately understood what she meant and said, "Then let's make breakfast."
Nanako: "Shall we make porridge?"
Mimiko nodded: "It's enough to cook porridge with a stone stove."
They have now developed some tacit understanding with Ishizao. Nanako likes to call Ishizao "Grandma", while Mimiko thinks Ishizao is still very young and positions her as "sister".
They both have learned to comb each other's hair now. After getting ready, they prepared to go to the kitchen to cook porridge, and found that the guests who visited yesterday had consciously entered the kitchen to make breakfast.
For some reason, they didn't think that Geto Suguru was unreliable like they did with Gojo Satoru. On the contrary, they subconsciously felt that the breakfast made by Geto Suguru was more worth looking forward to.
That's not wrong, because Gojo Satoru ate the fried eggs himself - he was really hungry at that time.
Moreover, Geto was making fried noodles again in the morning. Nanako stood by the stove and asked, "Didn't you finish the noodles yesterday?"
Geto Suguru imitated how Miya Chiri fried noodles yesterday, and used the spatula to stir the noodles a little awkwardly. He heard a child's voice, looked down, and recognized that the girl was the braver one. Her name was Nanako?
"I bought this last night. Have you washed your face and brushed your teeth?" asked Xia Yujie.
Mimiko answered, "We've finished washing, but Lord Gong is still sleeping, so we can't have breakfast now."
Nanako was more direct than her sister: "I have to save a portion for Lord Gong!"
Xia Youjie was stunned: "Miss Gong hasn't gotten up yet?"
Nanako immediately retorted, "Master Gong must be tired!"
Mimiko nodded.
Xia Yujie laughed: "I know, then I'll just make another one when she wakes up."
He didn't think it was a big deal that he stayed up all night. After entering the technical college, he had to work day and night reversed when on missions, so he recovered quickly. Moreover, the quality of his sleep here was particularly high. He always thought that it was because there were no cursed spirits here and the air was fresher.
After breakfast, he followed the twins and helped move out the things they wanted to dry today. After moving a lot of odds and ends, he couldn't help but ask, "Do you have to do so many things every day?"
Including him, it took us about five trips to move all the things that needed to be dried out.
Nanako said, "Is that a lot? Lord Miya works even harder every day."
Xia Youjie was a little embarrassed in front of this little girl who was particularly supportive of Gong Zhili. He half-knelt down, looked the child in the eye, and said, "But you are still children. You should go to school and play."
Mimiko said softly, "So Teacher Takeru is here to teach us, isn't he?"
Geto Suguru: ...
He also remembered this matter, but now he was in a dilemma. There was nothing in the house, no blackboard, chalk, paper or pen, nothing...
He spread his hands and said, "But there's nothing here. If I just tell you, you might not be able to remember it."
Nanako glanced at the clock and said, "If we don't study now, then we can go out and play!"
She and Mimiko went out hand in hand. After thinking about it, Geto Suguru followed them out, wanting to see what they usually played.
The twins went straight to the second floor of the warehouse. He wondered if there was a secret base up there, and followed them without any sense of keeping the secret for the children.
Then he saw two children put on gloves and started turning over the taro on the second floor one by one.
He was genuinely surprised: "Aren't you guys here to have fun? Is this also the mission Miss Gong gave you?"
Mimiko squatted on the ground and carefully turned the taro over. She wrinkled her nose and said, "We wanted to do it ourselves."
Nanako finished flipping through the piece in front of her and said, "These are the foods prepared by Gong-sama. She used to make them, but she's tired today. Of course we should do it if we can."
Inspired by her sister's words, Mimiko immediately added, "Because we need to eat, too. Everyone needs to eat. If no one makes it, there will be nothing to eat."
Geto Xiayou didn't say anything, but squatted down and started to help.
After all, he will have dinner here later.
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