Chapter 264: The Immortal Witch "——I join."...
As he thought this, he turned around and got a drink for Shibahara Hirojin.
"Blueberry juice, you should be able to drink this now, right?"
Lin Xi took it: "Thank you. I can drink everything except wine."
"Have you been feeling better lately?"
"Well, the doctor said I need to rest." She shook her head and smiled bitterly. "I don't know what's going on. I used to think Japan was my lucky place, but now it seems that's not the case."
Karasuma Shigeharu patted her shoulder and soothed her, "Don't say that. Just rest a little longer. Look, you just made a killing, didn't you? Lady Luck is definitely on your side."
"Maybe..."
"What do you mean maybe? Definitely. You'll definitely get better. I heard you recently acquired a game console company?"
"Yeah. Clumsy."
Clumsy is the name of this gaming company.
After Lin Xi came here, he did more than just cooperate with Rum to win the mining project.
"Why did you think of acquiring this?" Karasuma Shigeharu was very interested.
"Games are fun," Lin Xi smiled. "Right now, our entertainment is dancing and outdoor sports, but in the future, people might become addicted to that tiny screen, playing until dark and not wanting to go out."
“That sounds amazing.”
Karasuma Shigeharu couldn't imagine such a scene.
He casually chimed in with a few comments before stating his own request: "Has Benzhu made a new game console? I want one."
"Oh? Mr. Karasuma is also interested in game consoles?"
"It's not me who's interested, it's a friend of mine." Karasuma Shigeharu smiled. "She really likes games and stuff like that. She's helped me a lot, so I wanted to give her a gift."
Lin Xi was a little surprised.
Karasuma Shigeharu's expression was sincere.
As far as she knew, there was only one female friend who loved games around Karasuma Shigeharu—
herself.
Well, you are the first one to buy a gift that is as good as the one you are giving it to.
"Okay, I'll have someone deliver it to your house."
She clinked glasses with Karasuma Shigeharu.
…
Chris knocked on the door.
"Come in." A gentle voice of a young man came from inside the door.
Chris pushed the door open and saw Lin Xi flipping through a picture book.
"Sir, what are you looking at?"
She moved to Lin Xi's side curiously.
It was a picture book made with colored pencils and watercolors, with words written on it that Chris could not understand.
"Do you know what day it is today, Chris?" Lin Xi placed her slender hands on the paper, looking at the words carefully.
Chris quickly recalled it in her mind.
Are there any major holidays coming up recently? Labor Day (Thanksgiving Day) has already passed, and so has Double Ninth Festival...
Glancing at the beautiful illustrations on the picture book, she asked, "Is it 'Fifteenth Night'?"
The colorful pattern looks like a round pastry...
She had learned from books that the 15th Night was a moon-viewing festival, and it fell on the same day as China's Mid-Autumn Festival.
It’s just that “the fifteenth night” is a day calculated according to the lunar calendar, and Chris didn’t know that it was today.
Mr. Ghost came from China... and he is also going to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.
"Yes." Lin Xi finished reading these pages and closed the book. "We eat mooncakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival. I don't know much about how to make them, so I'll learn first... This book is a recipe."
"What flavor would you like, Chrissy?"
Lin Xi saw this book in a bookstore in the city.
The painting style was very cute and the recipes were very comprehensive, so Lin Xi bought it home.
This book is published in China, so the text used is also in Chinese. It contains some special ingredients that are not sold in Japanese supermarkets.
But just because the supermarket doesn’t sell it doesn’t mean that Linxi doesn’t have it in its warehouse.
People who love gourmet food always stock up various ingredients and seasonings, as well as a variety of delicious foods in their warehouses.
"Sir, whatever flavor you like, Chris will like the same flavor."
Lin Xi tapped her forehead lightly: "You're saying this because you've never eaten mooncakes and don't know what they taste like, right?"
Chris chuckled sheepishly.
"Well, let's try the cheese-filled ones." Lin Xi touched his chin. "No matter which country you are from, I think no one can resist a mooncake with a lava cheese filling, right?"
.
The lava cheese flavored mooncakes are delicious.
The crust was thin and exuded the aroma of baked eggs. A bite of it was followed by a soft texture, followed by the moist texture of the runny cheese filling. The salty aroma balanced the sweetness, and Chris's eyes lit up when she ate it.
Although she has said it many times, she still wants to say:
Mr. Ghost’s cooking skills are the best!
The two of them watched the moon on the terrace.
Lin Xi brewed tea. The aroma of tea rising from the teapot mixed with the fragrance of flowers wafting from the garden. The moonlight was bright, scattering finely on the terrace.
Lin Xi poured a cup of tea and ate mooncakes while admiring the moonlight.
Chrissy didn't take in the view.
She stared at Lin Xi's profile illuminated by the moonlight.
A strange feeling arose in her heart. Perhaps it was the cold hue of the moonlight that cast a layer of inhumanity on Lin Xi. Although Lin Xi was close at hand, Chris felt that she was far away from her.
It felt like she was lying on the bed in the laboratory, staring at the pale ceiling, imagining there was a window above - outside the imaginary window, there was the blue sky and birds, the breeze and the bright moon, but no matter what, it was just an imagination.
You can never truly own what you imagine.
So, Chris desperately wanted to do something to remind herself that this was not imagination.
She grabbed Lin Xi's hand.
Lin Xi was in a daze: “?”
She watched the little girl hold its hand, then lean over and put her hand against her cheek, complaining, "Sir, your hand is so cold."
Lin Xi was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Is this a cool or not question?
This is her hand after eating mooncake!
It's so greasy and she didn't even wipe it off!
She calmly pulled her hand back, took out a handkerchief and threw it to the little girl, asking her to wipe her face: "You're still touching it when it's cold. Hurry up and wipe it. You really don't mind the oil."
"Sir, what were you thinking about just now?" Chris wiped her face obediently. "The book says that Mid-Autumn Festival is a day to enjoy reunion with family. You are in China..."
Lin Xi was stunned.
After a while, she smiled and said, "Are you asking if there's anyone I miss in China?"
"I think I do."
I think I do.
Why "I want" and not "I have"?
Chris keenly noticed the uncertainty in Lin Xi's words.
But Lin Xi quickly changed the subject: "It's almost time. Let's hold my funeral next week."
"You learn everything so quickly. I don't think there's anything left for me to teach you, Chris."
Chris pouted. "How do you want to be buried? Nailed in a coffin, or cremated?"
"Let's cremate him. Cremation is warm... Hey, didn't you say that yourself? Why are you glaring at me?"
"Sir, your attitude is so irritating! You don't care at all—"
Chris got stuck here.
Don't care about anything at all?
Do you not care at all about the death of Hirojin Shibahara, or do you not care about your connection with Chris?
But Chris was not in a position to accuse me of that.
Mr. Ghost is always free.
She will not be bound by anything. Money and power, which everyone loves, she can give to Chris as if it were a small gift.
Chris clenched her hands.
The newly grown nails pricked her palms and caused pain.
"Be good, I don't care." Lin Xi quickly picked up a mooncake and stuffed it into Chris's mouth, "Come on, have a snack, don't be angry."
"...After the giant, will you enrich the family?" Chris asked aggrievedly, chewing mooncakes with bulging cheeks.
"No way." Lin Xi shrugged. "I can't go back until the mission is completed. I have to stay here until you join my organization... Ah, did I not mention this to you?"
Chrissy blinked.
The two stared at each other in the moonlight.
Lin Xi patted his head. "I forgot. Sorry. Actually, I wanted to ask you, Chris, do you want to join the organization I founded? The organization doesn't have a name, and it's in its development stage now. You know, there aren't many members, but if you join now, you will be the backbone!"
Chris swallowed the mooncake and choked a little. She quickly drank some tea to calm down.
"A criminal organization?"
Lin Xi: “……?”
"How is that possible? Seriously, seriously."
How could this little girl be so perceptive! How could she fool him?
Lin Xi originally wanted to wait until Chris grew up a little and let her choose where to go.
But on second thought, this is the past, and in a sense, it has already happened. No matter what choice Chris makes now, she will eventually become Vermouth.
It would be better to let her join earlier.
Chris saw her eyes wandering and thought:
Even if it's not a criminal organization, it's definitely not a legitimate organization, Mr. Ghost.
"Then, sir, after joining the organization, can I see you every day?"
Lin Xi got stuck.
Um……
Obviously not.
She said guiltily: "I may disappear for a while from time to time, but after that period of time is over, you will see me again-"
"—I'll join."
Chris said directly.
She didn't hesitate at all.
In fact, Chris didn't care what the organization was like. She only cared about the part related to Mr. Ghost.
Mr. Ghost is in the organization, and she said that even if she runs away somewhere else, she will always come back.
For Chris, whether to join the organization or not is a multiple-choice question.
Although from what Mr. Ghost said, she needs to keep waiting before she can see Mr. Ghost again.
But what does it matter? Chrissie Wynyard has never been afraid of waiting.
She stayed in the small cell for seven years, waiting for Mr. Ghost, and Chris has always been grateful for it.
So, if waiting can bring about the next meeting, Chris is willing to wait.
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