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Chapter 1344: Gathering (it’s hot but I still have to eat watermelon)

Hearing this voice, the three of them turned their heads and saw a brown-skinned man with blond hair, a white suit, and earrings walking in with a smile, and a woman about his age in his arms.

Well, how should I put it... It's basically the yellow-haired standard form of the dull NTR protagonist woman in the anime.

"Hey, Meijia! Long time no see!"

"Ah, Brother Satomi."

The frivolous yellow-haired man smiled and waved to Meijia. The latter didn't feel disgusted at all. Instead, he quickly stood up and returned the salute to Huangmao.

"Long time no see. I didn't expect brother Satomi to come to my birthday party."

"After all, you are my lovely sister...yo? These two are..."

"This is my good friend Shajiuye and her brother Duanmuhuai."

"Yo, hello you guys."

This Huang Mao looked very familiar, and he gestured to the two of them with a smile.

"I'm Shiraho Satomi, Meijia's cousin! Meijia's friends are also my friends. If you need any help, just ask!"

Huang Mao greeted Duanmuhuai and Shajiuye cheerfully, then widened his eyes curiously and looked at Duanmuhuai's clothes.

"But brother, your outfit is pretty cool. Where did you get it?"

"This is the characteristic of our Duanmu family."

"Really? It looks really good, pretty cool... very discerning."

Although Duanmu Huai's answer was lukewarm, Huang Mao didn't care at all. He seemed to be very familiar with him.

"Oh, by the way, let me introduce to you, this is my girlfriend, Sakura Sayuri."

"HELLO~!"

The woman standing next to Huang Mao also smiled and gestured to the three of them. Her dress is also very trendy. To put it simply, she is like the kind Duanmuhuai once saw in a dance hall. She wears a leopard-print short skirt with a B-length skirt, tanned skin, thick lipstick, and dyed blond hair. Eyeshadow looks like a hot girl...

Well, yellow hair + hot girl, what a perfect match.

"Brother Satomi, have you changed your girlfriend again?"

Looking at the hot girl in front of her, Meijia was speechless, while Huang Mao scratched his head with a smile.

"I can't help it. Hey, I'm naturally handsome. There are always women willing to follow me. This is also a worry...ah, but don't worry, I won't take action against your friends!"

"I won't let you do this either. If you dare to do this, I won't recognize you as my brother."

"I feel like the two of them have a good relationship..."

Looking at Meijia and Huangmao who were chatting and laughing, Shajiuye curiously approached Duanmuhuai and sighed in a low voice. It's no wonder she has this idea. After all, Meijia looks like a ladylike girl. Logically speaking, a girl like her who abides by the rules should have little interaction with a man like Huang Mao who corrupts the morals no matter how he sees it. , but now it seems that the relationship between the two is very good.

Of course, this is not surprising. Although Huang Mao's behavior was very frivolous, Duanmu Huai found that he was actually very measured. He only said hello in moderation. He was more about enlivening the atmosphere and having fun with Meijia, while introducing his girlfriend to her.

If he was really that kind of yellow-haired person, he would either come up to chat with Shajiuye or touch the hot girl at this time.

By the way, Huang Mao also gave Meijia a birthday gift - logically speaking, birthday gifts should be given on the same day, but everyone here seems to be used to this practice.

Perhaps because of Huang Mao's presence, the originally deserted atmosphere here gradually became heated. However, at this moment, several more figures appeared at the door of the reception room.

"Ah, Sister Meijia..."

Following this somewhat deep voice, a gloomy-looking long-haired boy wearing a school uniform and glasses walked in. Next to him was a girl, not very old, probably around junior high school age.

"Mori-kun..."

Seeing this young man, Meijia's expression was a little complicated, but she still greeted him with a smile.

"Long time no see. I didn't expect you to come to my birthday party. Who are these two...?"

While greeting the young man, Meijia looked curiously at the person behind him, and the girl stood up and bowed respectfully.

"Hello, this is the first time we meet. I am a good friend of Mr. Shiro Honmori. My name is Ryoko Saeki. Both Mr. Shiro Honmori and I are members of the Paranormal Research Association."

"A paranormal research community?"

"Yes, the goal of our association is to uncover all unscientific and unreasonable mysteries and use science to explain those unreasonable factors!"

"Aha………"

Facing Saeki Ryoko's enthusiastic explanation, Meijia seemed a little confused, while Huang Mao, who was sitting next to him, clicked his tongue, and then glanced at Bai Fansen with dissatisfaction, who just stood beside him with his head lowered and said nothing.

"Anyway... thank you very much for coming to my birthday party."

Compared with the enthusiasm of Sha Jiuye and Huang Maoshi, Meijia's performance at this moment is very formulaic. Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people, Meijia's words and deeds are still in line with the behavior of everyone, but even Duanmu Huai can see that relatively Compared to the excitement when facing Sha Jiuye and Huang Mao, Meijia's response at this moment was more of a formulaic response.

"They must be tired after a long journey here. Ms. Ayabe, please take them to the guest room to rest first."

"Okay, Miss."

After hearing Meijia's instructions, the dead-looking middle-aged maid who had been standing in the shadow of the corner of the reception room came out, silently bowed to the two of them, and then took them out.

"cut."

It wasn't until the two left that Huang Mao spat in dissatisfaction.

"This kid still looks like a coward, and it makes people uncomfortable to see him." "Ahahaha..."

"It's time for you to talk about him, Meijia. Don't treat him like a child. After all, he's a member of our Baifan family, but you see him standing there like a puppet on strings. Does this make sense? Also? The guest is here, but he doesn’t even say hello. I really can’t stand this guy..."

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be the same for you?"

Before Huang Mao finished complaining, he heard another voice, and then saw a man in a suit walking in.

Judging from the appearance, he is slightly older than Huang Mao, wears glasses, has an old-fashioned slicked back hair, looks like a social elite, and also leads a big dog. Seeing the dog, Meijia suddenly stiffened, and Huangmao also stood up, blocking Meijia behind him.

"Hey, didn't you tell me not to bring this dog in? It's not like you don't know that Meijia is afraid of dogs."

"It's okay, it won't bite."

"Haha? Wasn't it because it chased and bit Meijia that she became afraid of dogs? At that time, I told you to get rid of this wild dog!"

"It was just that it wanted to get close to Meijia, and there was no malice. It was Meijia's own reaction that made it frightened."

As he spoke, the social man reached out his hand and gently stroked the big dog's head. Then he raised his head and looked at Meijia who was hiding behind Huang Mao.

"Meijia, come over and say hello to Sayuri."

"Ah...but, Brother You..."

"Um?"

"yes………"

Facing the gaze of the social man, Meijia seemed very scared. She hesitated for a moment and nodded. Then he walked out from behind Huang Mao like a prisoner on the execution ground, looking forward to death, and slowly walked towards the big dog. As Meijia approached, the big dog also showed its teeth and let out a roaring roar - this did not look like a welcome gesture to anyone.

"Meijia..."

At this moment, Shajiuye also frowned and looked at Meijia worriedly. The latter came to the big dog, clenched his teeth and stretched out his hand - at this moment, the big dog grinned to the limit, and you could even see the white and sharp roots of its teeth!

"Hey Hey hey……!"

Seeing this scene, Huang Mao couldn't help but want to dissuade him, but at this moment, an unexpected scene happened.

Just when the big dog opened its mouth and was about to bite him, he suddenly trembled violently, then howled and hid behind the social man with his tail between his legs.

"Ohh Ohh ohh………"

At this moment, the big dog completely lost its previous power. Instead, it was trembling as if it was intimidated, while lowering its head and saying nothing.

"Hey Sayuri, what's wrong with you? Sayuri?"

Seeing the big dog like this, the social man was quite surprised. Then he turned his head and stared at Meijia dissatisfied.

"Why do you want to scare Sayuri? It just wants to get along with you, but you treat it like this!"

"Huh? Ah..."

Facing the social man's questioning, Meijia also looked surprised and didn't know what to do. The social man sighed, then took out a box from his suit pocket and handed it over.

"This is a birthday gift for you. It's a high-end ANSTA pen I bought specially. Don't break it!"

"Ah, thank you brother..."

After taking the box, Meijia also had a complicated expression, while the social man didn't say anything and just turned around and left with his dog.

Seeing this scene, Duanmuhuai and Shajiuye looked at each other silently.

Who are the people in this family?

After this, it's dinner time. Of course, strictly speaking, although this dinner tasted pretty good, the atmosphere was very weird. Huang Mao tried his best to liven up the atmosphere, while Meijia also cooperated desperately, and Shajiuye also helped. But the social man and the kid with glasses were like dead people. Every time they managed to bring up a topic, they were interrupted by their silence.

To be honest, Duanmu Huai wants to complain, since you are so reluctant, why are you here? Aren't you making everyone uncomfortable?

After dinner, at the appointed time, the group came to the second floor.

"..."

At this moment, Meijia's expression became much more tense, and Duanmuhuai couldn't understand it. After all, just look at the door in front of her.

This gate closed the entire east passage. To be honest, Duanmu Huai felt more like the iron gate used to isolate the prisoner area in a prison. Granny Sanchuan, who had not appeared before, also appeared in front of everyone at this time. She took out the key, opened the iron door, and then slowly opened it a crack.

"…………"

To be honest, those who knew it was celebrating their birthday, but those who didn’t know it thought they were going to jail.

"Then, see you tomorrow, Shajiuye, Mr. Duanmu."

Meijia took a deep breath, said hello to the two of them, and nodded to Huang Mao and others.

"Brother, I'm in."

"oh."

"Have sweet dreams, and I wish you a happy birthday tomorrow."

"…………"

Facing Meijia's words, the social man said nothing and nodded coldly. Huang Mao blessed Meijia, but the bespectacled kid still lowered his head and said nothing, pretending to be dead.

Then Meijia walked into the door, and then - the heavy iron door was closed heavily behind her. Then everyone saw Granny Mikawa taking out the key and locking the door, turning her head and scanning everyone.

"Then, guests, please go back to your room and rest."