I am in Mihua, and the ladies all like me

Reiko Akiba felt inexplicably irritated.

In fact, according to her personality, she shouldn't be so impulsive. Normally, no matter how rude she was to a stranger, she would at most respond coldly. It would be absolutely impossible for her to contradict the other person as recklessly as she did tonight.

But for some reason, Reiko Akiba always felt that the lady of the consortium seemed to have a condescending attitude towards her, almost scrutinizing her, since the moment they met, and that expression and eyes, it felt like she was... showing off to her?

But what is there to brag about?

Reiko Akiba couldn't understand it at all, so she became even more annoyed.

"Care? Of course I care." Suzuki Tomoko admitted without hesitation, "Although I control such a large consortium, I am not alone. There will always be some friends and confidants in life. What's more, my daughter Sonoko and Sera-kun's sister are classmates and know each other. It is natural for me to want to know these things, isn't it?"

"..."

Can't refute.

After a while, Reiko Akita helplessly let out a sigh of relief.

"Forget it. It's not a secret anyway. Just say it. We really established our relationship after that performance. That's it."

"Performance? Oh, so it was that time..."

Suzuki Tomoko revealed a look of understanding for a moment, and then this understanding turned into satisfaction in a few seconds, and finally she smiled it off.

What on earth is she satisfied with?

Reiko Akita was even more confused.

However, Suzuki Tomoko did not give her too much time to think, and nodded to Serabell instead.

"Since we're all on this ship, how about we go to the bar on the fourth floor after dinner? Don't worry about minors, the bar on this cruise ship also provides milk and juice."

"This……"

Reiko Akitai frowned.

Of course she was not happy about this. You know, she and Serabelle didn't spend much time together on weekdays. Although the latter would occasionally stay overnight at her place, most of the time she would only come during the day and go back after dinner or in the evening.

She came on the maiden voyage of the Aphrodite with the intention of living with Serabelle for five days and four nights. It would be terrible if she was disturbed on the first day.

Reiko Akiba was about to refuse, but Tomoko Suzuki interrupted her and said with a smile.

"Well, although it's important to accompany your fiancée, your friends are equally important, right? Besides, you can't completely cut off contact with everyone else you know just because you've made an engagement, right?"

These words were really harsh. Although Suzuki Tomoko did not use any extreme words throughout the article, and even her tone was half-joking, it still gave Akiba Reiko a reminder.

Translated it means - you don't necessarily want to lock him up by your side for the rest of his life and not let him see anyone, right?

This is indeed inappropriate, and Reiko Akiba is not such a person, and she doesn't want Serabelle to think that she is such a person.

So she could only choose to remain silent.

Seeing that Reiko Akiba stopped talking, Tomoko Suzuki smiled slightly.

"Then it's a deal. We'll meet on the fourth floor of the cruise ship later."

She did not specify a specific time, but Xiaolan and others who were still immersed in shock did not notice this. The only ones who noticed this were Serabelle and Suzuki Tomoko herself.

But they both knew why.

"Okay, let's go back and have dinner. Don't disturb the couple's candlelight dinner~"

Suzuki Tomoko turned around and gestured that they could go back, but after Xiaolan and others turned around, she covered her mouth and lowered her voice to give instructions to Secretary Nishino.

"Nishino, go and book a private room on the fifth floor later, understand?"

"……clear."

Chapter 495 Lianzi’s intuition!

Just as Serabelle said, the applause in the restaurant almost never stopped during the second half of the dinner.

The big shots appeared almost one after another, from the chairman of the Yashiro Group to the hostess of the Yashiro Shipping Industry, the former Prime Minister of Japan, to the popular artist sisters and so on.

They did not enter through the main entrance of the restaurant like ordinary guests, but were arranged to sit backstage on the stage in the center of the restaurant, and then appeared in front of everyone like models walking on a catwalk.

Even Mrs. Suzuki was invited over to go through the motions.

However, this is just the beginning.

After all the big shots appeared, the whole restaurant became even more lively. Most people got up from their seats and started chatting in twos and threes. As they drank and chatted, it seemed as if this was no longer a restaurant, but some elegant dance party.

As a certain British TV series said, do you really think that the so-called funerals and condolences are for condolences? Of course not, they are for business talks!

It would be much more effective for the heads of major financial groups to get together and talk about cooperation, even if it's only for half an hour or an hour, than to hold large and small meetings that last for several days.

In comparison, no one cares about the performance and safety of the new Aphrodite ship.

Using the launch of a new ship as an excuse to negotiate cooperation at the cost of supplies needed for five days and four nights at sea can be said to be a very cost-effective deal.

Reiko Akiba was not interested in any of this, so after dinner she took Serabelle back to her room.

At this time, the restaurant was still bustling. When I walked out of the restaurant, there was no one in the corridor outside. The only sound was the sound of two footsteps on the red carpet.

Away from the source of the hustle and bustle behind her, Serabelle looked at Reiko Akiba, who was still holding her arm but keeping her head down and not saying a word.

"You don't look happy."

"Hmm...neither do I."

Reiko Akiba responded subconsciously, then immediately denied it.

But this denial does not seem very convincing.

After a while, she raised her face back to her normal posture of looking straight ahead, and sighed softly as if she had given up thinking.

"Forget it, maybe I'm too sensitive and think too much."

"What are you thinking about? About Mrs. Suzuki?"

"……Um."

After being easily exposed by Serabelle, Reiko Akiba was silent for a moment and then quietly admitted it.

"I don't know how to put it, but she gives me a weird feeling, a bit like..."

"Like?"

Serabelle turned around and gave him a curious look.

"...I don't know. I can't tell."

Reiko Akita frowned and said in a troubled tone.

Even though so much time had passed since dinner, she still remembered the feeling of facing Mrs. Suzuki directly. Although every word she said was non-hostile and her smile was impeccable, she always felt as if she was confronting her face to face.

Could it be an illusion?

Forget it, I still don’t want to.

Since the restaurant and guest rooms were located on the same floor, the two people who left the restaurant first quickly returned to the room while the elevator was not in use.

Although the boarding information was registered as an unmarried couple, for the convenience of statistics, the Yashiro Foundation, as the organizer, still provided each person with a separate room, giving them the choice of living together or separately.

Like Serabelle, he also had his own room, but since he was traveling with Reiko Akiba, he simply put his luggage in Reiko Akiba's room.

Simply put, they chose to live together.

The view changes to the guest room.

As the door of the guest room closed gently behind her, Reiko Akiba closed her eyes and visibly breathed a sigh of relief.

When she opened her eyes, she saw Serabelle looking at her with her head tilted.

"tired?"

"Well, a little bit."

Reiko Akiba was unwilling to admit that it was Mrs. Suzuki who put pressure on her, so she pursed her lips, smiled a little reluctantly, and walked forward to give the boy a hug.

"Maybe I'm not used to that kind of atmosphere. After all, I've participated in many performances, big and small, since I graduated from school, but I've never experienced this kind of occasion... Forget it, don't you have to go upstairs with your friends later?"

"Oh, it shouldn't be urgent, it will take a while..."

Before Serabelle could finish her words, the cell phone in her clothes suddenly vibrated with a slight buzzing sound.

I took it out and saw that it was sent by Mrs. Suzuki. There was a text message and a photo.

We have arrived

The picture in the attached photo should be of the bar on the fourth floor. Conan, Sonoko, Ran and others are sitting by the bar, with only their backs seen. Only Kogoro Mouri is nowhere to be found in the camera.

I guess he went somewhere to see some pretty girls again...

Serabelle thought.

He didn't avoid it deliberately when he was reading the message, so Reiko Akiba next to him also saw the content on the screen and nodded.

"Look, they've all sent messages to call you."

"right."

Serabelle put away her phone and took the initiative to hold Reiko Akiba's hand and pointed outside the door.

"Shall we go over there now?"

"Well, go ahead..."

Unexpectedly, Reiko Akiba pulled her hand away and shook her head slightly.

Serabelle was puzzled.

"Rianzi, aren't you going with us?"

"I... can't."

A moment of hesitation flashed across Reiko Akiba's face, but she soon smiled again.

"Besides, Bell, have you forgotten my profession?"

Serabelle pondered: "We need to stay away from spicy and greasy food, but if it's red wine..."

"Of course not this."

Reiko Akita raised her hand and gently tapped the boy on the forehead, rolling her eyes proudly.

"I mean you have to practice your voice every day. Singing is just like dancing. If you don't practice for one day, you'll know. If you don't practice for two days, your master will know. I've been busy all day today and finally have some free time in the evening. It's a good time to practice your voice in your room. Just remember to come back early when you go. Don't forget the time while playing with your friends and come back very late. Got it?"

"Ok."

Since Reiko Akiba said so herself, Serabell had no choice but to agree.

After she finished speaking, Reiko Akiba hugged and kissed him again, but she only stayed for a moment and left with a single touch.

"Go ahead and come back early."

She emphasized again.

……

At the same time, in the bar on the fourth floor of the cruise ship, Yuanzi, who was sitting next to the bar, looked as if the bitter wine had gone into his throat and his heart ached. He held the milk cup in one hand and pressed his fist on the table with the other.

"So, Sera-kun already has a fiancée... wuwuwu, and I'm still in the dark..."

That was so heartbreaking that it made anyone cry, so Xiaolan and Conan could only continue to comfort her.

Suzuki Tomoko sat aside with a glass of wine, drinking while looking at her daughter who looked like she had been heartbroken. No one knew what she was thinking.

At this moment, the door of the bar was suddenly pushed open, and Secretary Nishino walked in quickly from outside. He handed the phone back to Mrs. Suzuki and whispered a few words in her ear.

Mrs. Suzuki then stood up and nodded slightly to Conan and others at the bar.

"Then you guys can chat first. Auntie has something to do here so I'll be away for a while."

Chapter 496 Fatal Temptation Mrs. Suzuki

Serabelle did not go to the fourth floor as agreed in the restaurant.

He went straight to the fifth floor.

Just as the eighth floor of a yacht is a place for various chess and card games and indoor sports, the fifth floor of a yacht also has its own special function.

That is - the box.

There is nothing special about it, just boxes separated by one another.