Volume 3 Hello, Eri Chapter 245 Girl's Flower Arrangement (Part 4)
The lights in the dance floor suddenly went out, and a high platform rose again on the stage that was already high up in the dance floor. The beam of light that descended from the sky enveloped the burly figure on the platform. He held the elevated microphone in both hands, like Lu Bu wielding a Fang Tian Hua Ji, and on his shiny forehead there was a whale painted with his hair.
"Angels, shed your warmth tonight!" The guy screamed in a rock star-like pose, "Whoever you love, let them stay! Use your love and tenderness!"
His appearance obviously meant the climax of the night was coming. The small drums in the background began to beat quickly. A group of waiters were walking between the booths, holding a golden box and an orange box in their left and right hands. The golden box belonged to Basara King, and the orange one belonged to Ukyo. The guests took out a thousand-yuan bill and threw it into the box. For every thousand yuan spent, they would get a corresponding golden or orange envelope filled with cherry blossoms and roses.
The drumbeats went from slow to fast, and faster and faster. At first, the guests bought only one or two envelopes, but later they bought ten or eight. One guest casually took out a handful of ten thousand yuan bills and left them on the tray. The waiter immediately counted out hundreds of envelopes and handed them to her. She was drowned out by the congratulations of her friends.
Seeing the waiter getting closer, Lu Mingfei quickly opened the pocket of her bathrobe to take something out, but she found nothing. She forgot that she had just returned from the bathroom where she had fainted, so how could she have a penny on her.
"Didn't you bring money to buy flower tickets?" A girl next to her noticed Lu Mingfei's embarrassment.
"Uh... I don't know if I forgot it in the bathroom or somewhere else..." Lu Mingfei could only lie.
"How careless." The girl was obviously drunk, with a beautiful cherry red on her face. She casually took out a stack of banknotes from her purse and shook it at Lu Mingfei, "Who do you like more, Ukyo Tachibana or Basara King? If you have the same hobby as me, these are for you! It doesn't matter if you vote or I vote, we can all be happy together!"
Before she finished her words, her high heels tilted and she almost fell to the ground. Lu Mingfei was quick to catch her. The girl smiled at her embarrassedly. To be honest, it was not surprising for people who were drunk in a place like this to do anything. If it were any other time, Lu Mingfei would definitely not play this kind of game with her that only drunks would play, but now she really wanted the money so that she could vote.
"Youjing," said Lu Mingfei.
"Why? Basara King is obviously cooler than him!"
"But he's a foreigner. When it comes to playing a samurai, Ukyo has more of a skinny, bamboo-like charm, right?"
“Well said!” The girl giggled and slapped the stack of bills on Lu Mingfei’s shoulder. She actually wanted to put it in her hand, but her eyes could no longer find the right place. “I like Youjing too! He always asks me with a look of abstinence, ‘Is this the end of the night?’ When I see that expression on his face, I really want to defeat him! Every time I answer no, it’s just the beginning! But I’ve never been able to get him drunk…”
As the girl was talking, she fell into Lu Mingfei's arms. Lu Mingfei thought to herself, "You are really good, You Jingju. It has only been a short time and you have already charmed the girls here? Girl, you probably don't know that I am here to catch a thieving cat!"
If it were any other narrow-minded girl, she would definitely be furious at this time, but Lu Mingfei was different. She knew that You Jingju had no evil intentions at all, he just loved what he did. Even if you asked him to sweep a public toilet, he could sweep it as if it had just been built.
There was no other way to deal with the tricks of taking someone. Lu Mingfei took the drunk girl to the booth with the money under his arm and called the waiter to take care of her. The waiter took a look at the girl and said that she was a regular customer, Miss Sanae Nakajima, and she could go to a separate bedroom to rest. Lu Mingfei said that was great, was the money enough? The waiter shook his head and smiled and said that Miss Sanae was a top customer and there would be no extra charge for this. He helped Sanae Nakajima step into the elevator to the bedroom.
A waiter holding a box passed by, and Lu Mingfei threw all the money in her hand into Youjing's orange box without thinking. When the waiter was counting the envelopes, she suddenly returned, took a bill from the cash box and stuffed it into Basara King's golden box, and nodded with satisfaction. This was considered a favor!
Nakajima Sanae gave Lu Mingfei more than a dozen thousand-yuan bills. The dozen envelopes that the waiter returned to her were indeed quite heavy. Each orange envelope had a faint fragrance. I don't know what these bills are used for. Does one ticket mean I can have a one-night stand?
The drum beats were as rapid as rain, and banknotes fluttered like snow. Two waiters holding large boxes came to each table and bowed deeply. The guests then put handfuls of envelopes into the boxes. Lu Mingfei followed suit. There were almost the same number of envelopes in the two boxes, and both were filled to the brim.
When the two waiters walked around and moved the box to the center of the stage, the drums stopped and the whale man took out a pair of silver scissors from his suit pocket and showed them to everyone.
"It's our most exciting moment again. Basara King and Ukyo Tachibana, how deep is your love for them? Let's count together!" The store manager took out a handful of envelopes from the box and scattered them on the stage, "Twenty, forty, sixty..."
As he counted quickly, the audience's cheers became louder and louder. The waiter used a golden paint pen to draw correct numbers on the paper. When the box was almost empty, there were almost a hundred correct numbers, which meant that there were five hundred flower tickets supporting Basara King.
Then came another box of Ukyo Tachibana. This time the audience counted loudly along with the whale man. Basara King and Ukyo kept looking at the box, obviously it was very important to them.
"Five hundred, five hundred and eleven! The winner of tonight has been decided, Basara King's victory is five hundred and four! Come on, Ukyo, pick up your sword! Witness the glory that belongs to you!"
The whale man raised his arms and shouted, the light went out from him and shone on Ukyo instead. Ukyo slowly stood up with his Murasame and walked towards Basara King step by step. He was the winner of tonight, so only he could stand up again after the defeat. It was the support of the audience that made him stand out, and he must give them the most exciting ending.
Basara King looked at Ukyo quietly. Ukyo held Murasame in both hands and gently placed them on his neck.
"Sayonara," he said.
"Sayonara." said Basara King.
The deafening sound of firecrackers rang out, and the whale man cut off the cherry-red firecrackers, and cherry blossom debris flew all over the sky. Those firecrackers were specially made, and after they exploded, there was no pungent smell of gunpowder, but instead a rich floral fragrance.
Ukyo lifted Murasame high up, and the hearts of the audience were lifted up as well. He swung it down, without blood or pain, and Murasame fell straight to the ground. Ukyo knelt on one knee and hugged Basara King, as if he wanted to hold him in his arms.
The most brilliant screams of the night reached their climax. This scene was beyond everyone's expectations. Ukyo got more tickets than Basara King. He should have declared his victory, but at the last moment he gave up! He chose to hug Basara King!
Bottles of champagne were opened, the sound of opening the bottles was like a series of salutes, the corks flew in the air, the girls sprayed champagne towards the stage, the wine glowed a hazy golden color under the lights, Ukyo and Basara King stood up together and bowed deeply to the audience, the girls shouted their names, sprayed champagne onto their chests, and shouted that because of them, I began to believe in love again!
Even Lu Mingfei stood in the dim light and clapped silently, thinking that it was not just you who started to believe in love. If this scene could be photographed and posted on the Night Watcher forum, the vice president would have to believe that there is true love in this world! Girls, do you know what these two guys did before? Their relationship is like that of Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto. Every time they met on Free Day, the action was almost like the Battle of the Valley of the End. They actually held hands, put their chests against each other, and hugged each other... If you don't believe in love, can you believe that a sow can climb a tree? !
It’s a pity that I didn’t have a mobile phone to use. If I had known that I would see such a wonderful scene, it would have been worth it even if I had to carry a camera back temporarily!
The stage curtain closed and the performers left from behind the scenes. Lu Mingfei roughly judged the direction and walked around the stage to the backstage. Immediately, a waiter politely stood in front of her and said with a smile that this lady did not receive guests backstage. If you want to chat with them, you can make a private reservation for the service.
"Let her in, she is indeed our guest." Basara King put his big hand on the waiter's shoulder. The waiter turned around in surprise, bowed and said, "I understand, senior, please make way."
In the backstage was an open dressing room, decorated in a low-key but equally luxurious style. Basara King and You Jing sat on chairs on either side, looking at Lu Mingfei with slightly hesitant eyes. Lu Mingfei sat on a high chair with her arms folded across her chest, her thighs crossed, and her toes raised, looking at this and that, with the look of Her Majesty the Queen selecting the most beautiful concubines in her harem.
"What should I call you two? Basara King? Ukyo Tachibana? Or the student council president? Lionheart president? Or your real names?" Those who should have laughed had already laughed enough when watching the performance below the stage. Now that they came to the door, it felt like they were calling for an accusation. Lu Mingfei was very serious, very serious, especially serious! This was already a huge disciplinary issue. Two campus rising stars, club leaders, were actually doing this kind of business in private! This was as surprising as the emperor finding out that his minister's side job was performing on the street.
"Don't use my real name here, just call me Basara King," said Caesar.
"I am Youjing." Chu Zihang said.
“What the hell? You guys are acting so self-righteously as if I’m the criminal! Can you two have some moral integrity? Have you forgotten who you are? Is coming to a place like this to show off your muscles to the girls all you want in life?” Lu Mingfei said angrily, “Give me a reasonable explanation! Otherwise, forget about staying in the academy! I will recruit both the Student Union and the Lionheart Society!”
"You were unconscious for more than 80 hours, and we don't know what happened." Caesar said, "Xiyue rescued you from the sea, but you were seriously injured by the dragon corpse. We should have taken you to the hospital, but we are wanted criminals now. You can see our photos on the scrolling screen as long as you turn on the TV. The charges are smuggling nuclear fuel, terrorist attacks, and raping young girls."
"Me? Rape a little girl? Please, at least make up a reasonable charge?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.
"It's me and Caesar, not you." Chu Zihang said, "For some reason, you are not on the wanted list. The more serious the crime we are wanted for, the more manpower the Japanese police will put in to hunt us down. We will not be able to act openly. Someone doesn't want us to contact the academy headquarters."
"It must have been done by the Sheqi Eight Clans." Lu Mingfei concluded immediately, "They betrayed the academy headquarters and independently implemented the Longyuan Plan. They even planned to abandon you at one point."
"It is true that Princess Kaguya set up a firewall. Our identities will be exposed as long as we access the Internet or make phone calls. If Xiyue is not here, we may not be able to come back. But where did you find such a reliable bodyguard?" Caesar asked.
"Strictly speaking, she is a half-blood hunter. I met her during a mission. She is indeed reliable and trustworthy."
"Because we were being chased by the police and couldn't get in touch with the academy headquarters, we had no choice but to hide from place to place. Fortunately, Xiyue's Japanese was pretty good, so we ran all the way back to Shinjuku. We originally wanted to go to the academy's overseas contact point, but the police had blocked the area nearby. When we didn't know what to do, we saw an advertising car parked on the side of the street with messy slogans like 'Male flower arrangement, female paradise' painted on the car. The person handing out flyers greeted us very enthusiastically and asked if we wanted help. We really had no choice but to say that we were foreigners who had sneaked into Japan and that our friend was being chased and beaten by the underworld, and asked if he could find a clinic for us. The guy was surprisingly very enthusiastic and said that he could take us to the store to rest and call a doctor to come to our house for help. So we got on the advertising car and followed him to Takama-ga-hara."
Caesar spoke very briefly, but Lu Mingfei could imagine that he deliberately omitted the hardships involved. He didn't even say how he came back from the sea, how he landed, or how he found the way. This was Caesar's style. He would only tell you how awesome he was, but not how hard he worked.
"After arriving here, we discovered that this was a gigolo club. The people here kept their promises and immediately found a doctor to treat the three of you. Then the manager came out to talk to us, saying that he was optimistic about Chu Zihang's and my talents and invited us to intern in the store. He also said that it didn't matter if we didn't have any identification, as Takama-ga-hara is a respectable nightclub in Shinjuku that always abides by the law and the police never come. In short, as long as Chu Zihang and I agree to be apprentice gigolos, we can get protection." Caesar continued.
"Isn't it obvious that he is attracted by the beauty of you two? He is willing to bring Xiyue and me along as well!" Lu Mingfei frowned.
"Because we claim to be two couples, you and Chu Zihang, me and Xiyue, we put forward conditions to the store, willing to work and use the wages to support myself and my girlfriend. The store agreed, but claimed that you can't eat for free, and after the injury is healed, you have to help, do anything."
"No... I can understand not keeping idle people, but the problem is, what kind of work can a girl do in a gigolo club? Isn't this just looking for trouble?" Lu Mingfei was angry.
"This is indeed a problem. Even the employees in a gigolo club are all men and women are not chosen. If you want to work here as a helper, you must disguise yourself as a boy." Chu Zihang seemed to be thinking about something.
"Isn't this easy?" Caesar snapped his fingers. "Why not just dress up as a man? The store manager has said that the gigolos in the store are too focused on appearance. They are either masculine or muscular. There is a lack of handsome men. You can pretend to be a 1.6-meter-tall boy and call every customer "big sister" in a sweet voice."
