"This...this...this is something only your father and I can play with, children can't play with it!!!" Ya Yin saw Rieko's aggrieved look and realized that she had gone a bit too far, so she made up an excuse.

"Is...is that so?" Rieko asked with a doubtful look.

"Haha... Ahaha..." Seeing the mother and daughter's expressions, Lu Yi finally couldn't help but burst into laughter.

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Chapter Four: Marry's Gallery (The Tavern)

The next morning...

As the three of them walked out of the hotel, they saw the bespectacled man across the street waving at them and saying with a smile, "Gentlemen, if you're going out, I'll see you off!"

"Good morning, Sekawa!" Seeing the bespectacled man—no, it was Sekawa Hiroki (because he wore glasses, Lu Yi simply called him "the bespectacled man," and he would use that nickname from now on, as his real name was too hard to type!)—Rieko ran up to him and said.

"Please come in, Rieko!" The bespectacled man opened the car door and smiled as he saw Rieko running over.

"Thank you!" he said, then got into the car.

"Please wait a moment, this is our private matter, don't follow us!" Upon seeing the bespectacled man, Ya Yin immediately became unhappy and said with a displeased expression, "Come here, Rieko!"

“I’m a bodyguard!” the bespectacled man said again.

"I won't..." Ya Yin was interrupted by Lu Yi before she could finish speaking. He put his arm around Ya Yin's waist and walked over, saying as they went, "Alright, alright, you're a grown woman now, why are you still arguing with people? Besides, it's a free ride, why not take it!"

“Yes, yes, Mom is really something!” Rieko nodded in agreement, then squeezed herself in to make room for two more people. Lu Yi then pushed Ya Yin in, and finally, after Lu Yi got into the car and sat down, he waved to the man with glasses and said, “Thanks, man with glasses!”

"I've already said my name is Hiroki Segawa. Just call me Segawa, don't call me Glasses Guy!" Hearing Lu Yi's way of addressing him, the Glasses Guy's eye twitched, and he said in a very helpless tone.

"Alright, alright, I got it, you bespectacled guy!" Lu Yi waved his hand dismissively.

Upon hearing Lu Yi address him again, the bespectacled man obediently shut up and focused on driving. He didn't know if he would be driven crazy by Lu Yi if he spoke to him again.

Lu Yi looked in the front mirror and saw the bespectacled man's sullen face. A slight smile appeared on his lips.

After an hour, Lu Yi and the others finally arrived at their destination, the place where Lu Yi had found Rieko the night before—Natsuki Building, a rental building that could also be called a bar.

Upon arriving at the location, Lu Yi and his two companions walked into the building, which had "Marry's Gallery" written on the door. When they entered, they found that there was hardly anyone inside, except for two people. A woman with long black hair was sitting by the window. When she saw the three people who had entered, a look of fear appeared on her face, her eyes kept darting around, and she lowered her head.

The other person was an old man with white hair. He was leaning on the counter, doing something. Rieko went over and saw that the old man was holding a computer, looking lewd, drooling, and staring at pornographic pictures with his eyes wide open. He kept saying, "That body is so good!"

“My mom’s are bigger!” Rieko said, standing to the side, looking at the old man and then at the pictures on the computer.

"Then please be sure to... uh?" The old man was engrossed in watching when he heard Rieko's words and instinctively said something. Before he could finish, he realized something was wrong. He turned his head and saw Rieko smiling at him. The lecherous old man immediately shut down his computer and looked at Rieko with a glint in his eye.

"Hello!" Rieko greeted with a smile.

"You must be Rieko. I've heard rumors about you. So that means..." The lecherous old man seemed to remember something when he saw Rieko. He hugged her tightly and said, then turned his gaze to the door, or more precisely, to Rieko's mother, Ya Yin. His gaze kept lingering on Ya Yin, making Lu Yi want to gouge his eyes out.

"Um..." Ya Yin said, somewhat at a loss, when she felt the old man looking at her.

"Li Huizi's mother, I've heard of you." As she spoke, she opened her arms and walked to Ya Yin's side, wanting to hug her. Seeing this, Lu Yi suddenly stepped in front of Ya Yin, but she hugged Lu Yi tightly, her eyes closed, and she had an enjoyable look on her face as she spoke.

"I said, have you hugged enough?" Seeing the old man's expression, Lu Yi almost vomited, and said in a somewhat cold voice.

"Huh? You...you...you..." The old man who had just hugged Lu Yi sensed something was wrong. Now, upon hearing Lu Yi's voice, he opened his eyes in surprise and looked over. Upon seeing him, the old man jumped back like a startled grasshopper (think about why this word is used!), pointing at Lu Yi with both fingers and saying in a trembling voice.

"You...you...what do you mean, 'you'? You dare touch my woman?" Lu Yi said to the lecherous old man with a completely unfriendly expression.

"Who...who are you?"

“He’s my dad!” Rieko said with a smile as she walked over.

"Dad? You're Rieko's dad?" The old man exclaimed in surprise upon hearing Rieko's words.

"Tch... What's so strange about that? Of course a mother will have a father, what did you expect?" Lu Yi said to the old man with a displeased look, "By the way, what were you trying to do to my woman, Ya Yin, just now?"

"Haha... Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, this must be a misunderstanding!" Upon hearing Lu Yi's words, the old man immediately chuckled and said with a glint in his eyes.

"Is that so?" Lu Yi stared intently at the old man and said in a gloomy tone.

"Yes, it must be!" The old man, sweating profusely from Lu Yi's gaze, swallowed hard and said.

"I'll let it go this time, but I don't want it to happen again!" After saying that, Lu Yi changed his tone and asked again, "By the way, are you the landlord here?"

"Landlord?" Hearing that Lu Yi was looking for the landlord, she sounded a little puzzled, but still said, "No, no, I'm not the landlord. She went out for a bit and isn't here."

"Really? When will she be back?" Lu Yi asked.

"Hmm..." The old man thought for a moment and then said, "It probably won't be long. She just went out to buy groceries and will be back soon!"

"Well, let's wait here then, we have nothing else to do anyway!" Hearing the old man say that, Lu Yi suggested to Ya Yin and Li Huizi. The mother and daughter nodded in agreement with Lu Yi's suggestion.

"Um... is it possible to rent a house here?" Ya Yin asked the old man.

"Sure, it's a shared apartment, but it seems to be full." The old man, seeing it was Ya Yin speaking, immediately offered, "By the way, one person recently moved out, so there should be a room available. The rent is very cheap, but there's no bathroom!"

"I want to rent it!" As soon as she heard there was a vacant room, Ya Yin immediately raised her hand and said happily.

“Yes, I agree!” Even Rieko, who was standing next to her, chimed in.

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Chapter Five: Tracking

After Lu Yi and the others waited for a while, the landlady, whom we commonly call the landlady, finally returned. When she came back, she was carrying a bag full of various vegetables. Seeing the landlady return, Lu Yi and the other two expressed their intention to rent the room. However, the landlady was not easy to talk to and directly refused Lu Yi and the other two. This made Ya Yin very angry, and she started arguing with her. If Lu Yi and Li Huizi hadn't held Ya Yin back, and the two tenants hadn't held the landlady back, they would have already started fighting. In the end, it all ended badly.

"Seriously, this is outrageous! What kind of people are they!" Ya Yin said angrily after being pulled back to the hotel by Lu Yi and Li Huizi.

"Alright, alright, stop being so temperamental. After all, this is our first time meeting her. Logically speaking, she shouldn't reject us right away. There must be some reason behind it!" Lu Yi looked at Ya Yin's childish tantrum, came to her side, coaxed her, and then shared his thoughts.

"What other reason could there be? They obviously don't want to rent it to us!" Ya Yin said weakly.

"We can't say that, she doesn't seem like that kind of person!" Lu Yi said, frowning. Then, after thinking for a moment, he added, "Fine, since she doesn't want to rent to us, let's look in rental magazines first!"

As he spoke, Lu Yi got up and went out. When he returned, he had several magazines in his hand. He and the mother and daughter then slowly searched for them. They searched through all the magazines but still couldn't find them. Either they were too expensive or they weren't suitable. They searched and searched but couldn't find them, which made Lu Yi and the mother very frustrated. But there was nothing they could do about it.

"Ah! The rent for each room is too expensive!" After reading the magazine, Ya Yin threw it aside, then buried her head in her hands, collapsed onto the bed, and sighed.

"Marie's place is definitely better. How about I ask you again?" Rieko said, holding a magazine in her hands, as she looked at Lu Yi and Ya Yin.

"No, that shameless bastard's place!" Ya Yin turned over and refused Rieko's suggestion.

“Today, it was Mom who was wrong!” Rieko ignored Yaon and looked at the magazine again, saying.

"Oh, are you on their side?"

I'm not taking sides.

"Alright, alright, stop talking. Let's go again tomorrow and ask about the details to see what happened," Lu Yi interrupted the mother and son.

"kindness!"

"All right!"

"Ring ring ring..."

Just then, the phone rang in the room. Lu Yi walked over, picked up the phone, and said, "Hello?"

"Hello, is Ya-yin there? This is Hiroki Sekawa."

"Oh! It's the guy with glasses. Ya Yin's here. What do you need her for?"

"..." Upon hearing Lu Yi's address, there was a moment of silence on the other end, followed by a helpless tone: "Could Ya Yin answer the phone?"

"Oh, okay, wait a minute!" Lu Yi chuckled to himself, then turned to Ya Yin, who was still lying on the bed looking exhausted, and said, "Ya Yin, the guy with glasses is looking for you!"

"Oh!" Upon hearing Lu Yi's words, Ya Yin got up, went to Lu Yi's side, took the phone, and said, "Hello, what's up?"

"..."

"Okay, I understand, I'll be right there!" The bespectacled man said something to Ya Yin, and after she answered, she hung up the phone and said to Lu Yi and Li Huizi, "I'm going to work now. You two handle the housing situation!"

"Take care!" Rieko waved to Yaon as she left.

"Be careful on the road!" Lu Yi said to Ya Yin.

"Okay! I'm off then!" Ya Yin said with a smile to Lu Yi and Li Huizi, and then went out.

"Rieko, you should stay home and take care of yourself. I'll go check on her!" Lu Yi said to Rieko after seeing Ya Yin leave.

"Why do you want to follow them? Isn't that a bad idea?" Rieko asked Lu Yi, looking at him strangely.

"It's alright, I just went to see what kind of work your mother does!" Lu Yi said with a smile.

"Well... okay!"

"Yes, Rieko is so good!" Lu Yi said after kissing Rieko, and then followed in the direction Ya Yin was going.

"Well, Dad, really, why did he have to follow Mom?" After watching Lu Yi leave, Rieko said in confusion, then looked at the magazine in her hand. At this moment, Rieko's eyes widened, and then she seemed to remember something, slammed the magazine shut, and said happily, "That's right..."

. . . .

At this moment, when Lu Yi followed Ya Yin's footsteps to the meeting hall, he saw Ya Yin and the bespectacled man talking face to face. Even though Lu Yi was quite far away, he could still hear everything clearly. Don't forget who Lu Yi is; at this distance, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he could hear everything right next to them.

"Are you alone?" Ya Yin asked after sitting down.

"Yes, Chief, he won't come unless there are special circumstances!" the bespectacled man said.

"It's not like I'm going to see him!" Ya Yin said, clearly annoyed.

"So, this time the target of X-CON is this model: EM." The bespectacled man smiled, said nothing, then took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Ya Yin.

"Wasn't this already eliminated?" Ya Yin said, frowning, after seeing the paper.

"Some were also mass-produced during the experimental stage!"

"Mass production?"

“Yes, the detection team is looking for its location! If you find it, contact us using this!” After saying that, the bespectacled man took out another cell phone from his pocket and handed it over, saying, “This is a special-purpose phone. Of course, there’s also the possibility that you, Ya Yin, will find it first. If X-CON appears, WitchBlade will sense it. That’s all I have to say. Thank you!”

"WitchBlade, damn it, this thing is like a time bomb for Ya Yin! Ordinary people simply can't withstand its power!" Lu Yi frowned when he heard about WitchBlade, thinking, "Looks like I need to find a chance to destroy that thing!"

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Chapter Six: You Have to Rent It Whether You Want to or Not

When Lu Yi returned to the hotel, he found that Rieko was nowhere to be found. After thinking for a moment, he realized that Rieko must have gone to the Natsuki Building, so he didn't linger and headed there.

When Lu Yi arrived, he saw Li Huizi sitting at the counter eating ice cream. The lecherous old man he had seen yesterday was still hovering around Li Huizi, asking her all sorts of questions, all about Ya Yin. This made Lu Yi very uncomfortable. He quickly walked over, grabbed the lecherous old man like a chick, and threw him aside, ignoring the old man's shouting. He then sat down next to Li Huizi and said, "Li Huizi, do you know how worried I was when you left without a word?"

"Well, just this once, it won't happen again!" Hearing Lu Yi's slightly angry words, Rieko hugged Lu Yi's arm and said coquettishly.

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