Chapter 159 Prayer
However, in the end, Suzuki Sonoko was unable to summon a driver.
——The landline phone in the Shijing family villa is broken.
"These guys don't usually maintain the villa!" Suzuki Sonoko snorted and put down the receiver with a click. "It seems that we will have to take the car that Chairman Shijing sends tomorrow morning."
The four people dropped the phone and went downstairs.
In the lobby on the first floor, Rika Shii and her suitors were sitting around a table, playing cards.
Jiang Xia looked at them one by one, and gradually identified these people with obvious characteristics. The names of the suitors were very distinctive: Ichieda Takashi, Nikaido Yuji, Mifune Takuya, Gojo Osamu, Rokuta Masashi... like a group of digital harems.
Sijing Lihua was holding a bunch of cards. Seeing Jiang Xia approaching, she casually invited him, "Want to play?"
Jiang Xia responded, moved a stool over, picked a man who looked murderous, and sat down next to him - the environment here was very comfortable for a psychic.
Suzuki Sonoko doesn't want to play with Yotsuga Reika.
But seeing that Jiang Xia had quickly integrated into the group, she silently swallowed her refusal and went to drag the stool.
The two of them had already joined, and of course Mao Lilan followed. Not to mention Conan, he had no choice, he didn't even touch the cards, and was regarded as Mao Lilan's accessory.
The scene turned into a group of people playing cards together.
Halfway through the game, when the round was over, Shijing Lihua felt that the dress she was wearing was not very comfortable, so she stood up and said, "I'm going to change my clothes."
…
The others sat at the table, chatting while waiting for her.
As they chatted, they revealed a lot of information - this group of people, including Shijing Lihua, used to be members of the yacht club and often went out diving and fishing together.
The word "before" is a bit subtle.
Conan always feels that there is something else going on.
He was about to ask more when a man with a ponytail said, "Yes, that time was really wonderful... It's a pity that such a tragedy happened two years ago."
The others were startled and quickly stopped talking. They agreed not to talk about this past anymore.
Conan's expression changed slightly. He couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xia, and a bad feeling arose in his heart - he didn't know if it was a coincidence or something else, but every time Jiang Xia was present, as long as topics like "the tragedy that happened x years ago" were brought up, something bad would easily happen.
But... the world is scientific, no matter how coincidental it seems, it is just pure coincidence, and has nothing to do with whether Jiang Xia is present or not. Yes, it must be like this.
Conan recited the theory of materialism several times in his mind, but still felt a little nervous.
In the end, I could only pray secretly, hoping that tonight would be a Christmas Eve.
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The digital concubines refused to reveal any details, so Jiang Xia did not press the issue. He would be able to find out the details sooner or later anyway.
And he actually had some impression of this matter.
——Two years ago, the members of the yacht club went to an island for fun, but unfortunately encountered a storm and were separated from Shii Reika.
At that time, a girl named Nanao put on a life jacket and took another one with her and went to save Yotsuika alone. However, she didn't expect Yotsuika was with Nikaidou. There were not enough life jackets, so the two of them snatched the life jacket from Nanao, causing her to die tragically in the sea.
It was precisely because he had been an accomplice that Nikaidou later privately threatened Yotsugu Reika to choose him as her husband.
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Due to the obstruction of others, the man with the ponytail finally did not tell this "tragedy".
But the old members of the yacht club all knew that after this little episode, the atmosphere in the living room inevitably became dull.
The digital harem lost interest in playing cards and only then realized that one person was missing.
They looked at their watches: "Why hasn't the young lady come down yet?" Does it take so long to change clothes?
The maid Granny Mi stood up and said, "I'll go up and take a look."
Five minutes later.
The elderly woman came back puzzledly: "...The eldest lady is not in the room."
"……oh!"
A young talent suddenly had an idea: Could it be that Sijing Lihua felt that she was neglected, so she took the initiative to hide and wait for them to find her?
——This is a great opportunity to improve your favorability, marry Shijing Lihua, take over Shijing Group, and reach the pinnacle of life...
He jumped up: "I'll go look for it!"
The others were stunned, but then quickly reacted, shouting "I'm going too!" and "Wait for me!", and chased after him in a panic.
Jiang Xia looked at their backs, hesitated for a moment, and did not stand up.
He was not here to choose a son-in-law today, and he was not familiar with Sijing Lihua, so it would seem a little abnormal if he followed her now.
Besides...those people will have to come back here later anyway.
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Sure enough, ten minutes later, the digital harem came running back in a mess.
This time, their expressions finally became a little more serious: "Where's Miss Lihua?"
“No.”
"Neither have I."
(End of this chapter)
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