Why are you all trying to win over me, the male supporting character?

However, she is just suspicious and unwilling to easily trust others.

As it turns out, her paranoia was perfectly justified.

The golden statue that Lin Chen gave to his father was indeed highly problematic...

However, at this moment, the two people who had reached a deal were saying goodbye with smiles on their faces.

Gong Shuihui gave him a slight bow as a sign of respect.

"Mr. Lin, please rest well. I will visit you more formally another day."

"Then I won't see you off."

No need to send it.

Good night, Miss Miyamizu.

……

Gong Shuihui was still in a good mood after leaving Master Lin's room.

Looking at the moon in a foreign land, she couldn't help but recall some ancient poems describing the moonlight, and she recited them aloud.

"The dew is white tonight, and the moon is bright in my hometown."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Chengzhou's voice came from the pavilion not far away: "It's a pity this isn't the teacher's hometown."

Gong Shuihui's gaze darkened.

The moment she stopped, she realized that Lu Chengzhou might have overheard her conversation with Master Lin.

In an instant, the urge to kill arose.

"Teacher, did you have a late-night snack last night? If not, perhaps we could have something together?"

Lu Chengzhou showed off the late-night snack he had on hand.

Baked biscuits, egg tarts, and milk tea.

Miyamizu initially wanted to refuse, but ultimately went over and sat down with him.

She didn't care whether it was a late-night snack or not.

She mainly wanted to see what tricks Lu Chengzhou was playing.

"Lu Chengzhou, you weren't following me, were you?"

Miyamizu smiled and asked a question that sounded quite menacing.

Lu Chengzhou shook his head: "Teacher, you're overthinking it. Although you are very beautiful, have a lovely voice, and are a goddess to many, to me, you are just a teacher."

Listen to this!

What eloquent words!

When has a yakuza boss as straightforward as Miyamizu ever been praised so openly?

At this moment, all I could do was lower my eyes, silently eat my egg tart, and pretend I hadn't heard anything.

However, once she actually started tasting the egg tart, she realized that she had underestimated this late-night snack.

Only chefs with advanced culinary certifications can achieve this kind of taste!

Looking across the entire nursing home, there simply wasn't anyone suitable!

This only shows that Lu Chengzhou went to great lengths to please her.

Perhaps he searched through all the pastry shops in the area and tasted countless kinds of egg tarts before finally finding the most fragrant one, or perhaps he specially hired a foreign chef to make these egg tarts...

In short, it couldn't have been him who did it, right?

"Lu, it must have been quite difficult for you to get these egg tarts, right?"

Hearing this awkward way of asking the question, Lu Chengzhou smiled and shook his head.

"It's quite easy, there are ingredients in the kitchen."

“But there’s no cook in the kitchen.” Gong Shuihui stared at him. “Lu, are you going to tell me that you actually made this?”

Lu Chengzhou shrugged.

"You really did this?"

Miyako Miyako clearly couldn't believe it.

This kid is so young!

How could someone possess such amazing culinary skills?

Lu Chengzhou still had that same smiling face: "Teacher Gong Shui has to have a bottom line if she looks down on people. Why can't I do that?"

Miyamizu remained silent for a while.

She examined the egg tarts carefully once again.

Then, he took another piece from his hand, broke it open, put it in his mouth, and savored it carefully.

She closed her eyes.

They tried hard to connect this sophisticated flavor with the taste of the delicacies they had tasted in their memories.

Finally, she slowly opened her eyes.

The conclusion is that the taste is similar to the snacks served on the table when entertaining distinguished guests in the royal court.

In other words, anyone who can make this taste must have at least twenty years of culinary experience.

“Lu Chengzhou, I still don’t believe you did this, unless…”

"Okay, I know, I'll make it for you again."

Lu Chengzhou stood up and dusted off his clothes.

"Honestly, Ms. Miyamizu just wants to eat a few more egg tarts, why are you so serious about doubting your student?"

This glib and slick tone made Miyamizu feel, for some reason, that she was being teased.

However, she had no evidence.

Throughout the journey, Lu Chengzhou kept cracking harmless jokes with her, truly embodying the word "humorous and witty."

Miyamizu became increasingly silent.

To her shame, she had never in her life spoken so closely, alone, and about so many things unrelated to work with a man.

Once they reached the kitchen, Lu Chengzhou invited her to come in with him.

The sweet aroma of the egg tarts hasn't dissipated yet.

On the table, there were also some ingredients for making egg tarts.

This already proves that the man made these egg tarts.

Gong Shuihui looked at him.

For a moment, she felt that this guy was deliberately tempting her to make a mistake.

"What an unlikable little brother."

……

at the same time.

Yicheng Winery.

The Meng sisters sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in their second-floor study, gazing at the moonlight outside, sipping coffee, and enjoying the newly arrived snacks.

Of course, drinking coffee and having snacks were not the reasons for the two of them to get together tonight.

Before the formal conversation begins,

Meng Wanyu handed the information about Gong Shuihui to her sister.

Sister Meng was silent for a moment, then said, "What, is this the prey, or the hunter?"

Meng Wanyu smiled and said, "In my presence, both prey and hunter will become prey."

“Miyamizu Megumi, that’s obviously a fake name, and her resume is also fake. This guy is not Japanese at all, and he has never studied at Waseda University.”

As she spoke, she tossed another document to her sister.

The people in these profiles all look somewhat similar, but they all have completely different names, families, and life experiences.

It's fair to say that all of this is fake.

Everything they were able to gather was fake!

"This woman doesn't seem to belong to any particular country."

"No one knows what her purpose was in coming to Yicheng."

"However, I highly suspect that she came for Lu Chengzhou."

"Furthermore, I also suspect that she has some kind of necessary connection with those foreign gang members from before."

Meng Wanyu sighed as she finished speaking.

When she was killing those small fry, she hadn't imagined that Lu Chengzhou would get into so much trouble.

Of course, even without Lu Chengzhou, those troubles would still come knocking.

After all, there had been previous incidents of armed assailants attempting to coerce her.

As Sister Meng flipped through the documents, the image of a certain person gradually emerged in her mind.

His expression gradually became serious.

"Little sister, have you ever heard of an organization called 'The Court'?"

"The 'Court' organization?"

Upon hearing this word, Meng Wanyu's expression changed slightly.

"I've heard of them, but what could they possibly have to do with us?"

Sister Meng closed the file and said slowly, "They used to start out as kidnappers, taking rich people to casinos, forcing them to gamble, and making them lose everything."

"Later, it seems they started doing global philanthropy, attracting wealthy people everywhere to invest and sponsor them, ranging from a few million to tens of millions."