Chapter 130 New Friends, Old Friends Private Marseille, Watasi will not...
"Friends have come from afar, and I am sorry for not welcoming you. Please follow me up."
The man in the black suit spoke to the three people in a cold and distant tone.
Lin Xi blinked, took Huihara Ai's hand, and followed this person.
Ai Huibara looked up and observed her surroundings.
She could already smell the tension in the air.
But she wasn't worried at all.
Since I said I was bringing her out to play, Sister Lin will always be able to solve everything.
Although she thought so, after smelling the strong smell of smoke, Haibara Ai still frowned.
Sister Lin doesn't like the smell of cigarettes...
She looked up at Lin Xi, but found that the polite smile on Lin Xi's face was still there, and it was completely invisible that she was extremely disgusted by the smell of smoke.
She looked again at the source of the smoke, the European and American man in a three-piece suit, smoking a cigar.
Is this the adoptive father of Lin's friend? He looks like a giant shark.
Haibara Ai thought to herself.
"Hello, Hiroki's friends, welcome to Schindler & Co."
The Great Shark spoke.
American English, no accent. Haibara Ai, who had studied in the United States and spoke fluent English herself, thought nonchalantly.
When Sister Lin boarded the plane, she was able to chat with fellow foreign passengers in English, so there was no need to worry about her communication problems...
As she was thinking this, she saw Lin Xi blinking slowly.
"Private Marseille, Watasi doesn't speak foreign languages." (Sorry, I don't speak foreign languages.)
Haibara Ai:?
? ?
She looked at Lin Xi in shock. She could only see her standing there innocently with a bewildered look on her face, as if she really didn't understand what Schindler was saying.
...Sister Lin didn’t even say this in Japanese!
The four words "no foreign language" - Huiyuan Ai heard them clearly - isn't that Chinese??!
And the Japanese pronunciation in the front is not standard!
Haibara Ai was a little confused.
Sister Lin is pretending to be a foreigner... No, she is pretending to be Chinese... No, Sister Lin is Chinese!
She was also stunned when she saw the great shark's expression.
"What?"
Thomas Schindler didn't understand.
I almost forgot, this man is from Japan, he thought.
But Thomas himself can speak Japanese, and he is quite proficient in it.
Then why didn’t he understand what I said just now?
Lin Xi: "Sorry, Watasi didn't mean it, but I really don't speak English or Japanese very well."
She gesticulated as she spoke, as if her body language could overcome the language barrier and convey her meaning to others.
Thomas Schindler was bewildered.
What language does she speak??!
He just understood the word "apology"!
The smile he was trying to maintain froze on his face, neither smiling nor not smiling.
The atmosphere gradually became awkward, but the girl who was the center of attention seemed unaware of it and continued to try to communicate in Chinese, which no one could understand.
But Haibara Ai noticed that Sugishima Jun'e, who was standing beside her, clenched her hands into fists.
And it seemed like the whole body was shaking slightly.
It feels like... like...
It seems like he is trying to hold back his laughter.
In fact, Sugishima Jun'e was really unable to hold back.
She is very strict with herself in all aspects, so naturally she chose to learn many foreign languages.
Coincidentally, Chinese is also among them.
So she understood everything Lin Xi said while dancing and gesticulating:
"Private Marseille Thomas, Watasi didn't mean to say this, but you're really good at pretending, with your nose in the air. I'm a decorator, so what are you pretending to be? Can I buy a shopping bag as big as yours at the best supermarket in the United States? Where did you pick up that Rejoice that makes you so confident?"
"I heard your company is a leading IT company? So you should have a GPS installed, right? Could you please open your phone and check your location?"
"And your cigar, are you planning to burn yourself and contribute to global warming? Don't tilt your head back, your nostrils are almost as thick as your cigar. Don't you know how to cover it up if it's too ugly?"
"I really don't want to be mean, but I can't help it. Friend, you're the least Godfather-like cosplayer I've ever seen. Others are cosplayers, but you're a loser. You know what we call your condition over there? "Dong Shi Xiou Pin."
"There are two kinds of people in the world: good-looking and ugly. You're somewhere in between, so ugly... No wonder Schindler & Co. has managed to stay this far. It turns out that ugly ginger still tastes best."
Sugishima Jun'e's fists clenched and unclenched, unclenched and clenched again.
She felt uncomfortable trying to hold back her laughter.
In fact, these words themselves are not that funny. They are just some mean remarks mixed with Miss Lin's usual and unexpected sense of humor.
The really funny thing is that the person who was being scolded loudly by Miss Lin face to face didn't understand anything at all, so he still put on a polite smile and pretended to listen patiently.
This made him look like a clown being made fun of...
Ah, Miss Lin’s bad taste!
After cursing for a few times, Lin Xi felt relieved, breathed a sigh of relief, and smacked her lips. Then, she smiled at Thomas Schindler and said in slightly broken Japanese, "I'm thirsty. Do you have any water?"
Poor Thomas Schindler was almost stunned by a bunch of Chinese that he could not understand at all. When he heard the language that he could understand unexpectedly, it was like he had been pardoned, and a strange feeling of emotion arose in his heart.
He quickly waved his hand and asked his subordinate who was also confused to pour water, and he gestured to Lin Xi to follow him.
Even if we don’t speak the same language, simple body language will always work!
He led Lin Xi and his group into a room further inside the floor and saw his adopted son raise his head from the computer, stand up, and wave at the girl.
Then the irritability in Thomas' heart rose up again.
His original plan was to go out and meet the girl first, and let Hiroki stay in the studio first, to give this friend who came from afar a little sense of oppression, or at least make her feel a little uncomfortable, but he didn't expect that he would be the first to feel uncomfortable.
He became even more upset when he saw his adopted son's expression become obviously happy and cheerful after seeing the girl.
I always feel like something is getting out of control...
Humph, this girl doesn't speak English, and her Japanese is not very good, and her expression is still halting. He wants to see how Hongshu will communicate with her...
As he was thinking this, he saw his adopted son take out a translator from the table.
"Real-time translation between Chinese, English and Japanese. A must-have for travel," the adopted son said sincerely, his large blue eyes looking at everyone innocently. "My latest product."
Thomas Schindler: "..."
This kid, why didn’t he take it out just now?
It made him so embarrassed outside...
But looking at Sawada Hiroki's innocent eyes, Thomas felt that the boy didn't mean it. He was the one who wanted to go meet his friend first, so who told him not to go with him?
His teeth were about to break, but he still had to keep smiling. He watched the girl say thank you, hang the translator on her ear, and then naturally take the ice juice brought by the man in black.
The Chinese words she spoke were immediately recognized by the translator and simultaneously translated into English.
Lin Xi put her hand on her left ear and said with a smile, "Thank you for the water, Mr. Thomas."
"My name is Lin Xi, and I'm from China. I've long heard of you, and it's great to meet you in person. You're truly well-dressed and presentable."
Sugishima Jun'e clenched her hands again.
Thomas Schindler: "..."
The newly developed translator does have quite a few problems. Why does the Chinese translation sound so weird?
"Father, Sister Lin means that you are handsome..."
Hiroki Sawada, who was leaning on the back of the chair, was also trying to suppress his laughter.
He grew up to be a healthy boy. The ten-year-old boy sat lively in the swivel chair, looking up and blinking his big blue eyes to peek at Lin Xi and the little girl she was holding.
Even though Sister Lin had changed her face, her temperament was exactly the same as he remembered.
Well, the bad taste hasn't changed at all.
The translator he just handed to Lin Xi was ostensibly used for simultaneous interpretation, but was actually connected to Noah's host.
While Noah was constantly surrounded by electronics, Hiroki liked a little ritual.
Let Noah communicate with Sister Lin openly in her ear, so that they can be reunited again——
Sister Lin, himself, Sister Sugishima, and Noah.
Five years later, from Japan to the United States.
Thomas Schindler sensed the subtlety of the atmosphere and felt that his adopted son's undisguised joy was rather irritating. In addition, his plan to intimidate Lin Xi was disrupted by the language barrier, and he felt quite depressed. He welcomed Lin Xi and his party again in the image of a loving father, and after letting Hongshu have a good time, he hurried away with his subordinates.
He didn't notice that after he and his subordinates disappeared, the girl, who originally couldn't speak the same language with him, sat comfortably on the sofa, speaking fluent Japanese. There was no trace of the stumbling she had just had when she spoke to him.
The cameras and eavesdroppers he installed in his adopted son's studio all became beautiful decorations - although they were running day and night, the images they transmitted to him were all false images simulated by Noah.
Lin Xi stretched lazily on the sofa. "The annoying big shark is finally gone. The rest are all our own people~"
"Well, it turned out to be the right decision not to bring Conan with us. The plane we made actually landed safely without any incidents."
Xiao Ai next to her:.
The word "surprisingly" is used very cleverly.
But it is true that taking Conan out might require writing a lot of chapters just on the plane.
Hongshu stood on tiptoe and slid the chair with rollers in front of Linxi, and asked curiously:
"Is Conan your friend in Japan? Um, is he also someone in the company?"
Lin Xi waved his hand:
"He's about your age, no, a few years younger. He dreams of being a detective and is an energetic little boy. But he's incredibly accident-prone. Whenever you take him out, he always runs into all sorts of things. He's like a humanoid self-propelled accident machine..."
Hiroki Sawada was silent for a moment.
He recalled the time when Lin Xi was still called Shibahara Saki. Every time she took him with her, or he met her, it seemed like it was either fire or explosion...
If the Conan that Sister Lin is talking about is a humanoid self-propelled accident machine, then Sister Lin herself should be called:
A humanoid self-propelled accident-making machine.
His eyes drifted for a moment, he coughed lightly, and rubbed against Huiyuan Ai, stretched out his hand, and smiled broadly:
"Nice to meet you, Miss Haibara Ai."
"I'm three years older than you. You can call me Brother Hongshu."
Lin Xi was halfway through drinking juice when she heard this sentence. She choked and let out a startling cough.
No, baby Hiroki!
You are really ten years old, but Ai...
She's not really seven years old!
She is in a superposition state of seven and seventeen years old. Although she looks like a cute seven-year-old girl, her mind is that of a genius girl full of medical knowledge!
No matter what, asking a seventeen-year-old soul to call a ten-year-old child "brother" is a bit too much.
"Brother Hiroki." Haibara Ai called calmly and shook the hand extended by Sawada Hiroki steadily.
"I'm glad to meet you, too."
Sugishima Jun'e looked at Lin Xi strangely, who seemed to be coughing even more violently, confiscated the juice in her hand and put it on the coffee table beside her.
Haibara Ai really has no problem calling children who are younger than her "brothers."
Rather, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Sister Lin’s friends all seem easy to get along with, which is great.
Instead, Hiroki, who had initially requested to be called brother, felt embarrassed and blushed slightly:
Hey, this is the first time someone calls him brother!
Wow, what a novel feeling!
"Ahem, um, um, Miss Huibara, do you want to see the exhibition downstairs later?"
"My adoptive father's company has a new product exhibition. There are a lot of interesting things, and there will be a new product launch later. It's related to virtual reality!"
"Ah, virtual reality or something like that, Haibara-chan. You can think of it as a holographic game console or something like that," Sawada Hiroki said, gesticulating excitedly, trying to explain it to Haibara Ai in words even a child could understand. "Anyway, it's super interesting! I'm sure you'll be interested!"
Noah's androgynous voice rang in Lin Xi's ears:
"Ms. Lin, Hiroki is talking about his new creation—he's named it Cocoon. It connects electrodes to the human brain nerves, allowing them to enter a 'sleep-like state' and then move around in a computer-simulated space."
"I believe you will be interested in this as well."
Lin Xi's eyes widened slightly.
Wait, she seems to have an impression of this.
In her previous life, she had watched similar movies and TV series——
“Isn’t this The Matrix?”
She whispered.
Noah: ...
"...This does have some similarities with the settings of the film and television works you mentioned."
"But the functions of [Cocoon] are far beyond your imagination."
"According to my calculations, given your personality traits, there's a ninety-nine percent chance that you'll be interested in [Cocoon]."
"So, I suggest that you and Miss Ai follow Hiroki and go downstairs to take a look."
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