Dragon Clan: They're all insane, and you still want me to slay dragons?

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Ding dong.

The two were locked in a fierce struggle when Gao Kui's phone accidentally slipped out of his pocket, fell to the floor, lit up, and emitted a notification sound.

"Change the player, change the player."

Gao Kui, who was temporarily locked up by Caesar, slammed his fist on the floor.

Caesar released Gao Kui, and Chu Zihang, who had been observing for a long time, pulled Gao Kui up from the ground, gave him a high five, and then, following the same posture Gao Kui had just been in, locked up by Caesar.

With his opponent changing from Gao Kui to Chu Zihang, Caesar immediately became more at ease, and the evenly matched sparring turned into a teaching session.

Gao Kui sat back on the bed, opened his phone to check the notifications. It was a text message from Mai Shude, extremely brief, containing a room number for the Park Hyatt Tokyo.

"You're back in Tokyo and have booked a room so quickly?"

Gao Kui was startled and quickly edited a message to send back to Jiu De Mai.

Yesterday, Mai Shude did mention on the phone that she would be taking Makoto Aso back to Tokyo in a few days, and they would be staying at the Park Hyatt Tokyo, next to the room where Takagi originally lived.

When Jiu Demai said this, her tone was highly provocative. At the time, Gao Kui was busy dealing with matters and didn't react much, but now, thinking about it carefully, even though Gao Kui was used to all sorts of things, he couldn't help but feel a little distracted and restless.

Mai Shude was so beautiful, with bright features, a slender figure, and long, straight legs. Now that they were in a relationship, it was hard for Gao Kui, as a human, not to want to do something with those legs.

Most importantly, Gao Kui felt that Mai Shude was most likely the kind of girl who was attracted to carnivorous things, and that something would definitely happen if he went to the hotel where Mai Shude was staying.

Is it to hypocritically refuse by saying, "Sister, I'm not that kind of guy. Let's take our time dating, build our relationship, and do 'that' after we get married"?

Of course not.

Gao Kui was a holy son, but he was not a saint like Liu Xiahui.

Soon, Mai Shude's reply arrived.

"I'm still in Saitama, but I'll be in Tokyo tonight. I'll book a room in advance."

Aso's condition isn't that serious. She was just a little shaken by the sedative injection, and she's almost fully recovered now. She can be transferred back to Tokyo to recuperate in a hospital there.

After a pause, Mai Shude sent another provocative text message: "You wouldn't be so cowardly as to not dare to come, would you?"

Upon seeing Mai Shude's text message, Gao Kui flew into a rage and decided to teach the woman opposite him a lesson. He quickly typed a message and sent it over.

"Do you have a lot of phone bills? You could have easily edited two text messages together, so why did you send them as two separate messages?"

Mai Shude replied, "I probably have quite a lot of phone credit. The important thing is that someone else helped me get my SIM card, so I don't feel bad about paying the bills myself."

Gao Kui's thoughts began to race as he talked about phone cards: "Are you like a secret agent in a movie, always carrying many phone cards, using each one only a few times before throwing it away and getting a new number?"

"This number is my private number."

After a pause, Mai Shude typed another text message: "Don't interrupt, you're not afraid to come, are you?"

"How could that be? I've had over a hundred girlfriends, I've seen it all. I'm just not ready yet."

"What preparations? Mental preparations?"

"As for physical preparation, you know, I just had a long night of running around and I'm a bit tired, so I might not be in good shape."

"Have you already prepared a reason in advance?"

It's okay. Japan is a country with a lot of customs and traditions, and stores selling nutritional supplements and functional foods are everywhere in this country.

Do you need me to recommend a few brands of male enhancement products? Many male actors in adult videos use them, and they're said to be very effective.

Gao Kui was now completely certain that his opponent was indeed a carnivore, or at least very eager to devour him. There were no hints or ambiguity, only explicit statements.

“No need, I have Longinus!” Gao Kui firmly refused Jiu De Mai.

Mai Shude, who was on the other end of the phone and was being extremely provocative, felt a sudden pang in her heart; she had actually forgotten about Longinus.

As the saying goes, there are no fields that can be ruined by similar oxen. This is the confidence that made Jiude Mai dare to challenge Gao Kui, but Longinus was able to fill this gap.

"But there's no need to rush. Aso and I have been traveling for two days. Even if you can't be considerate of me, you should at least be considerate of your other girlfriend, right?"

Gao Kui sneered repeatedly. Now you know you were wrong?

Just as I was about to compose another text message to teach that audacious little devil a lesson, I suddenly realized something was wrong. The fighting sounds that had been lingering in the dormitory, sounding just like those from Higurashi, had disappeared without me noticing.

Gao Kui suddenly raised his head, and Caesar and Chu Zihang, who were standing in front of Gao Kui, also suddenly raised their heads, their eyes darting around, searching for something on the wall.

"Look, flowers, such beautiful flowers!"

Caesar suddenly beamed with delight, tugged at Chu Zihang, and pointed to an oil painting hanging on the wall. Chu Zihang nodded slightly, his eyes approving, as if to say, "Ah, these flowers are really beautiful."

At this awkward moment, both of them were more suffocated than ever before.

Gao Kui remained expressionless, glancing at the two who had been caught spying, and continued chatting with Jiu De Mai: "You promised me one condition, but it's not like I can't consider letting you go."

"What conditions?"

"Take the investigator's suit you wore when you infiltrated Kassel last time."

"Everyone says that's not an investigator's uniform, it's a combat suit!"

Now that we've been discovered, there's no need for us to pretend to be virtuous anymore.

Chu Zihang stood still, craning his neck to glance at Gao Kui's phone screen, then turned back. He glanced again and turned back again, his heart torn between the shame of peeping and intense curiosity.

With his blond hair and blue eyes, Caesar sighed repeatedly, like a genuine ancient Chinese scholar, and began to recite poetry, swaying his head: "Do not love green hair and beautiful face, and do not covet red powder and green flowers."

Her beauty, though alluring, is captivating and dangerous; her allure is unparalleled, her charm even more striking.

Do not be attached to this; nourish your dantian (lower abdomen). If one can reduce desires, one can live a long and healthy life.

From now on, I'll forsake idle pleasures and sleep alone amidst plum blossoms and paper curtains.

Upon hearing this, Chu Zihang was also inspired, and he casually recited another poem: "A beautiful woman of sixteen or seventeen, her body as soft as butter, with a sword at her waist to slay fools. Though no heads fall, she secretly drains your marrow."

Gao Kui, who was having a lively conversation with Jiu Demai, suddenly drifted to the poems that Caesar and Chu Zihang were reciting, and complained speechlessly: "You guys can even recite this kind of poem? What kind of books do you usually read?"

Gao Kui remembered clearly that the poems recited by Chu Zihang and the lyrics recited by Caesar were both included in "Jin Ping Mei" by Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng as the opening poem and the first lyrics of the book.

This is really not Gao Kui's fault; the poems they recited were just too ridiculous.

Chapter 186 Wedding

As dusk approached, in Tokyo's Ginza district, home to the world's most renowned luxury brands, it was said during the bubble economy era that Ginza alone could buy half of America.

Even now, land in this area is still incredibly valuable, and even the most inconspicuous shop in a corner has rents so high that most business owners can only dream of it.

In Tokyo's Ginza district, where land is incredibly valuable, Chanel owns a ten-story flagship store. Floors 1-3 are sales areas, floor 4 is an art gallery, and the top floor houses a one-Michelin-starred restaurant founded by Chanel and a renowned French chef.

The remaining floors are almost entirely dedicated to VIP services and are not open to the public.

VIPs are customers who spend at least several hundred thousand US dollars annually. They must be treated differently from ordinary customers.

If you treat ordinary users with condescension and VIP customers with servility, how can you retain high-end customers if you can't even provide this kind of service?

Inside the Chanel VIP room, Mai Jiude stands in front of a curved mirror.

A black taffeta fishtail gown cascaded down like a midnight waterfall, plunging along the shoulder line. The open back allowed light and shadow to dance between the curves of the spine, while a silver comet brooch shimmered below the collarbone.

Mai turned slightly and nodded to her reflection in the mirror. The dress was very form-fitting, and the smooth, flat silk clung to her body almost like mercury, perfectly highlighting her slender and graceful figure.

Although her long, slender legs were completely hidden by the skirt, the high waistline that almost reached below her chest actually accentuated the advantage of her long legs.

The sales assistant at the flagship store and the tailor who made the dress stood beside Mai Jiude, showering her with praise, wishing they could use every beautiful word to describe her.

"A handmade dress that costs over a million dollars would look beautiful on anyone," Su Enxi muttered, rubbing her tummy with a hint of jealousy.

Not always.

The tailor who made the dress immediately glared at Su Enxi, saying that people are selective about clothes, and good clothes are selective about who they wear. This kind of fishtail-style, form-fitting evening gown, like the Chinese cheongsam, is particularly selective in terms of who it suits because of its close-fitting design.

Mai Shude's body measurements are the most perfect he has ever encountered in his career. Whether it is the waist-to-body ratio, or the bust and hip measurements, they are extremely close to the theoretical human aesthetic standard.

A girl like her looks absolutely stunning in this dress; the effect is more than just 1+1, it's 1×1!

Conversely, for girls who are clearly beautiful but have figure flaws, such as having a flat chest and no buttocks, or a small belly, wearing this dress will create a "monkey in a crown" effect.

Su Enxi had ample reason to suspect that the tailor was targeting her, but she had no evidence.

If you can't find fault with the person or the clothes, then you can only find fault with other things. Su Enxi rubbed her little belly and complained: "It's pretty, but it's too troublesome. Not only do you have to not drink water or eat for 8 hours before you put on the clothes, but you also have to be served while you put on the clothes so that some of the connecting parts are sewn on. It's more like a sewn-on garment than a put-on garment. It makes you look like a female star attending the Oscars."

Not only is dressing troublesome, but you can't eat or drink. This kind of clothing doesn't fit Su Enxi's concept of simple, efficient, and convenient dressing. She doesn't have that much time to spend on dressing.

"If a female celebrity is famous enough, she can walk the Oscars carpet at least three to five times during her prime. Even if she's not famous enough, as long as she's willing to market herself and be shameless, she can still get on the red carpets of major film festivals."

The awards ceremony was a precious opportunity for them to showcase themselves, but it wasn't the most precious thing, because such an opportunity wasn't something they only had once.

"And I'm going to wear this dress and experience my first time tonight—a truly unique one." Mai Shutoku turned around gracefully, explaining how important this evening was to her.

Today is her fourth day back in Tokyo. In the past few days, she has been contacting Gao Kui by text message every day, trying to lure him to the Park Hyatt Hotel.

However, Gao Kui still had some moral bottom line. Over the past few days, he had been taking good care of Asou Makoto and comforting the high school girl.

In Gao Kui's words, this is called being devoted. Although he has hundreds of girlfriends, he can maintain a high level of focus when he is with each of them, just like when playing a niche game, he only advances the progress of one character.

Only after progressing to a certain point, or after the storyline of this character's side quest comes to an end, will you jump to the side quest of a new character and continue to focus.

If this isn't called being devoted, what is?

In short, things have finally come to an end with Aso Makoto's situation. Gao Kui has taken his energy out of Aso Makoto's place and has agreed to sneak out of the school tonight to go to the Park Hyatt Hotel to find Shude Mai.

“I thought you wouldn’t care about this kind of ceremony.” Su Enxi felt that Jiu De Mai’s preparations were a bit too elaborate.

"Do you think I'm some kind of promiscuous woman?" Mai Shude sighed slightly, never expecting that Chip would have such a deep misunderstanding of her, even though they were colleagues.

"She's fickle and promiscuous."

Su Enxi corrected Jiu Demai's misuse of words and said, "But weren't your previous exchanges with Gao Kui very rational? I thought you would continue to be rational."

Su Enxi knew how Jiude Mai won over Gao Kui. They had even come up with Gao Kui's specific criteria for choosing a partner together. With their two superiors, Emmanuel and the boss, they were able to access more information about Gao Kui.

In a sense, Su Enxi can be considered Jiu Demai's strategist.

"Isn't my wearing this dress also a form of rationality? Do you know why China has the saying 'seven-year itch'?"

Mai Shude calmly recounted: "In the early stages of a relationship, couples are very easily attracted to each other's strengths. In their eyes, everything about each other is beautiful, alluring, and mysterious. The feeling of constantly exploring and getting closer to each other is the most tempting, and that is the honeymoon phase."

However, as time goes on, both partners become more relaxed and more casual with each other. For example, initially, they might be too embarrassed to see anyone without makeup or want their partner to turn away when changing clothes, but after a while, they become so relaxed that even if they are defecating, their partner can enter the toilet without batting an eye.

This relaxed approach to relationships and lack of attention to detail can cause each other to lose sexual tension in the eyes of the other.

To avoid the seven-year itch, pay attention to details and rituals from beginning to end, actively create romance, and always maintain sexual tension in your partner's eyes.

"In the end, it is still about pleasing people with beauty. People are pleasing people with beauty, but when beauty fades, love will fade."