◇ Chapter 88 if Modern Extra 1
When Bai Yu woke up, the sun was shining outside the window. The blue sea was endless and looking out from the balcony, the outline of the land was almost invisible.
He was on a huge cruise ship.
The cruise ship sets sail from Benoa, passes through Sri Lanka, Petra, and finally crosses the Suez Canal, docking in Naples. The voyage takes nearly 30 days and will cross a large area of uncontrolled high seas.
This cross-border tour was an employee benefit of the company. Bai Yu's friend, employer and boss paid the huge amount of shipping fee and invited him to join the trip.
Today is the fourth day of our trip.
It took Bai Yu two minutes to wake up completely. He subconsciously reached to the side, as if he wanted to scoop something into his arms. The movement was so natural that it almost became a muscle memory, as if he had done this countless mornings before.
However, he got nothing.
Next to him was cold bedding, empty and devoid of anything. Bai Yu sat up slowly, staring at his palms with a frown, feeling somewhat unhappy.
It seemed that he had forgotten something important.
He thought about it for a long time, but didn't know what this thing was. He could only put it aside for the time being, tidied it up a little, and went to the restaurant to have breakfast.
The breakfast on the cruise ship was a buffet. When Bai Yu arrived, the boss was already sitting in a fixed seat and waving at Bai Yu.
The pet hospital where Bai Yu works has actually been losing money. The hospital uses the most advanced diagnostic equipment and hires the best doctors with the highest salaries, but the fees are not expensive. The boss, Lewis, is an idealistic rich second-generation and a playboy. The money invested in the hospital is a drop in the bucket for him. He simply enjoys the joy of curing cats and dogs, and doesn't want their owners to be forced to give up because of the treatment costs.
Bai Yu was the doctor he hired with the best Chinese medicine skills. The way they met could be described as bizarre. They met in a bar in City A. At that time, Liu was drooling over Bai Yu's face and invited Bai Yu to drink. Only after they had drunk did they realize that they had the same body type.
If two close friends can't be partners, then they can just be friends.
Bai Yu sat down opposite him with a plate of food. Liu hooked the doctor's back and said, "Hey, I've booked a booth at the top bar tonight. You must come."
Bai Yu put his hand down: "I know."
He reminded his boss: "We are sailing on the high seas these two days, please be careful."
The cruise ship they took was an international cruise ship. The gambling industry has always been the main source of revenue for the cruise company. In addition to bars, there are also legal casinos on the ship, and they are all located in one place without even a wall to separate them.
Lewis didn't care.
That night, they walked into the bar side by side.
Although the doctor didn't drink often, he was an expert and could tell the good from the bad at a sip. The two sat down in the hall. Liu chose a high-proof liquor that was easy to get drunk, while Bai Yu was not interested and only picked a refreshing and mild liqueur.
After two drinks, Liu began to look around, looking for a handsome young man who was alone.
For a playboy like him, hunting for girls in bars is a common thing.
Bai Yu was thinking about the feeling of loss during the day. His heart felt very empty, as if he had lost something important. He had no interest in the young men and women in the room, but when he raised his eyes inadvertently, his gaze suddenly stopped.
Sitting at the card table in the front right is an extremely beautiful woman.
He looked like a mixed-race, with thick and rich brows and lake blue eyes more beautiful than the most expensive gems. At this moment, he was leaning lazily at the card table, playing with the chips nonchalantly, like a kitten with nothing to do and killing time at the card table.
But the amount of chips in front of him is staggering. This casual game is enough to make the cruise company earn a lot of money on this voyage.
Bai Yu couldn't help but look at him twice.
The man was wrapped very tightly, wearing a suede cloak, and his whole body was wrapped tightly in the clothes, not a trace of skin was exposed. Even his slender fingers were wrapped in leather gloves. He held a glass of red wine in his palm, shaking it gently.
He even had bodyguards around him.
In short, she is a mixed-race beauty with a noble status, generous spending and excessive beauty.
He stared for too long, and Liu also looked over. Then his face turned pale and he sobered up a little.
He used the table as a barrier to stomp Bai Yu hard, and lowered his voice to say, "Hey buddy, you want to hook up with him? Are you going to die?"
Bai Yu retracted his gaze: "Do you know him?"
Liu: "Look at the family crest on the chest of his shirt. Do you see it?"
Liu grew up abroad and his family is in business, so he knows much more about these twists and turns than Bai Yu.
"There are all kinds of people on the cruise ship. This is probably a wealthy faction from Country B. They are heavily involved in politics and business, and have considerable power... In short, you don't need to know so much. You just need to know that if you offend him, it will not end well."
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows slightly: "So exaggerated?"
Liu nodded frantically: "It's more exaggerated than you think."
He leaned close to Bai Yu's ear and spoke in a voice that was barely audible to others: "Anyway, I think I have the right name for this person. He is from the Horadriel family. He was originally an unappreciated child of the main family's side branch. I don't know when he suddenly became the head of the family. I heard that he has some skills. After he took the position, he made the other branches obey him completely. Anyway, I can't afford to offend him... Oh, you can't afford to offend him even more."
He kicked Bai Yu again and said, "If you see him, get out of the way. Do you understand me? Otherwise, I will throw you into the high seas and I won't be responsible for retrieving you. Do you understand me?"
Bai Yu raised his eyebrows, indifferent, and just asked: "So what is his name?"
Although Liu said so, Bai Yu had a wonderful sixth sense that the beautiful girl like a kitten would not hurt him. If possible, Bai Yu even wanted to buy him a glass of wine.
But when he looked at the mountain of chips in front of the beauty, he shook his head secretly.
——He is so rich that he doesn’t need to be invited.
Liu leaned closer and said, "Okay, since you're curious, I'll tell you. You can also check if what I said is true. His name is Imur, Imur Holadriel."
Bai Yu: “It’s a nice name.”
He rolled the word "Imur" on his tongue, and the rhythm was strangely familiar.
The two of them drank a few more glasses, and Liu was already a little tipsy. He stood up shakily, bought two chips, and found a small table to try his hand. Bai Yu sat alone in the corner and drank the sake in the glass.
He didn't notice at all that the kitten adjusted his bow tie and cufflinks unnaturally - every accessory here was carefully selected, even the nonchalant expression.
Seeing the doctor look away after just a few glances, he frowned unconsciously.
Bai Yu ordered another glass of wine. After the waiter brought it, he sipped it while taking out his cell phone to search for the kitten's family.
Holadlier is indeed a prominent family. They started out in the oil and mining industry in their early years, and later their industries spread across all walks of life. The family's internal information could not be found on public websites, but Bai Yu did find some gossip, such as "The secret love history of the family heads of all generations that must be told" and "Who will inherit the rights?"
Bai Yu flipped through it casually and found a different one - "The old master's secret, he gave rubies to more than 30 young models"
He clicked on it and took a look. It said that the old master was extremely fickle. Whoever he took a fancy to at the banquet, he would give that person a ruby. If the person was willing, they could walk into the master's room with the ruby that night, and the master would give them everything they wanted.
Bai Yu had no interest in these irrelevant things. After he finished his drink, he stood up, said something to Liu Zhi at the card table, and went upstairs to sleep.
During this time, he happened to pass by Imur's card table, but the doctor didn't like to cause trouble, and even more so didn't like to provoke people he couldn't afford to provoke, so he controlled his gaze and didn't look at him. He just passed by calmly and left calmly, like an ordinary passerby.
When leaving the card table area, there was a cracking sound behind me, as if something had broken.
Bai Yu was unaware of anything.
He returned to his bedroom and slept until dawn, but before he woke up, there was a knock on the door.
He thought it was Liu, so he got out of bed, but outside the door was a waiter dressed as a croupier. He looked hesitant and explained to Bai Yu in a quick tone that Liu had been detained and could not come back for the time being.
Bai Yu's brows jumped. After some gestures and explanations, the other party finally made the matter clear.
Lewis drank too much and played too much yesterday. He couldn't stop for a while and lost all the money he had on him. He still owed a lot.
He was indeed a second-generation rich man from a wealthy family, but the family's money was in the accounts of various companies, the rest of the investments could not be cashed in immediately, and the amount of cash he could withdraw for payment was also limited. He was stretched thin for a while and could not actually raise the money.
When Bai Yu followed the waiter down, he was being held in the bar's private room. He was about 1.8 meters tall and was crying out of breath. A vein popped out on Bai Yu's forehead: "Lewis, I remember I reminded you to take it easy, right?"
Liu is also a well-known dom in City A. Hearing this, he burst into tears, like a grandson. Bai Yu took a deep breath and asked, "How much do you owe?"
Liu hugged a number, Bai Yu’s salary was not low, but this money was an astronomical figure for him, and he couldn’t make up for it anyway, so Bai Yu could only hold Lewis’s collar and carry him back to the sofa, and put the phone in front of him: “Call your old man.”
Only Lewis's father can pay this money.
Lewis cried even harder: "No! I will be taken back! Then I will lose my hobby, my life, and my clinic!"
His father had long been fed up with his dissolute life instead of doing his job, and he also had complaints about the clinic he invested in that had been losing money. If he was caught by his father again this time, he would have to be sent back home.
Bai Yucai didn't bother to care about his life and hobbies. Anyway, they were all shameful things. But he had to consider the future of the clinic. He frowned and paused for a long time, then said coldly, "Lewis, we have no choice now."
Without paying enough chips, Liu could not leave.
"Think about it carefully... Or, my entire net worth is this amount, I can lend it to you if you can find other friends to make up the rest."
The doctor took a deep breath, feeling that his boss would get angry at him sooner or later. He stuffed the phone to Liu without saying anything and went to the deck to get some fresh air.
The deck of the cruise ship has entertainment facilities and an open-air lounge. He leaned against the railing and looked out at the blue sea for a long time before he completely suppressed his anger.
He didn't notice at all that there was a person standing not far behind him, looking in his direction.
The mixed-race beauty who was born into a noble family was holding a ruby in her hand. The crystal was pure and the fire was beautiful. He was hesitating whether to go forward.
Imur Holadlier was the Grand Duke of Illia a year ago.
He and Bai Yu have walked through countless years together. They have been to the church in Illia to find suitable foster parents for the children there. They have opened schools to teach pet treatment knowledge. They have also passed by neighboring countries to find the fragrant spices in their memories. Bards sang their stories, court painters painted them on murals, and the ruby that Imur left for the doctor at the beginning was inlaid on the crown as a symbol of the doctor's title.
On an ordinary night, Imur suddenly woke up in a daze and became an unfavored branch of a noble family, holding this ruby in his hand.
The methods used by the aristocratic families were too naive for Imur, who grew up surrounded by conspiracies. He secured the position of the head of the family with almost no effort.
This is a good world with advanced technology and high medical standards. More importantly, people are very friendly to kittens. Imur can run out of the house during the mutation period and lie on a lounge chair in the park to bask in the sun. No one will catch him for experiments or hurt or abuse him. After a year, he has already enjoyed life here.
The only problem was, he couldn't find a doctor.
Imur was panicked for a while, then calmed down. He was absolutely certain that this world was the one in the doctor's fairy tale, and the doctor was most likely in this world.
So Imur began his long search.
Most of his forces were on the other side of the ocean, making it difficult to track them down. After a long period of no news and no one being found, Imur was depressed, so he went out to sea for a trip.
But unexpectedly, there was a pleasant surprise.
When he saw Bai Yu, the duke wanted to turn into a kitten and rub against him, but he still maintained his reserve and dressed up carefully, hoping to surprise the doctor.
As a result, the doctor didn't recognize him at all.
Illia's memory seemed to be completely erased. The doctor was worse to him than a stranger. He would even rather put his arm around a tall man he didn't know than even look at the kitten.
Imur was so angry that he scratched the table and broke his back teeth, but there was nothing he could do. Finally, he lowered his eyes to look at the gem in his hand, and could only hope that this gem carrying their shared memories could awaken the doctor's memory.
So he stepped forward with a little trepidation and pushed the gem in front of the doctor.
Imur considered: "Sir, I think this gem suits you very well. I want to give it to you. Is that okay?"
Bai Yu looked at the gem, then looked at the mixed-race beauty in front of him, and suddenly raised his eyebrows.
It's true that he likes beautiful women, but he doesn't like being threatened with his friends' safety.
"Is this what you want?" Bai Yu's tone was a little cold. He accepted the gem and said in an ambiguous tone, "I will consider it carefully."
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wow received a lot of cute New Year blessings, thank you mua~
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