C52 —- Meeting

“Xiao Yu, you’re so good-looking.”

 

Ji Canghai didn’t mince his words of praise; his eyes reflected Xiao Yu’s figure, and he didn’t hide his scorching gaze at all.

 

Xiao Yu looked at himself in the mirror and slightly uncomfortably loosened his tie.

 

 

In order to visit Afton, both Xiao Yu and Ji Canghai had changed into high-grade tuxedos. Xiao Yu knew that Ji Canghai would look good in formal wear, but he didn’t expect that he would look that good.

 

 

Liu Yilian spoke up at the right time: “This outfit was customized according to your measurements, and I started making it early, so I finished it in the past two days.”

 

 

As for where his measurements came from, there was no need to guess that Ji Canghai must have secretly recorded his measurements at some point.

 

 

“Thank you.” Xiao Yu nodded slightly.

 

 

Ji Canghai came over to Xiao Yu’s side and said to Xiao Yu in a voice that only the two of them could hear, “It’s true that you look good in this outfit, but I prefer to see you without anything on.”

 

 

Xiao Yu: “……”

 

 

To be honest, he had already become immune to Ji Canghai’s flirty comments that popped up from time to time, but when he suddenly heard such a sentence, he still couldn’t help but want to punch him.

 

 

He always did what he wanted to do, and before Ji Canghai could react, he was punched in the abdomen.

 

 

Ji Canghai let out a muffled grunt, but he wasn’t angry at all; he even looked aggrieved. “Xiao Yu, you really hit me.”

 

 

Xiao Yu’s hand moved down Ji Canghai’s abdomen, and his voice contained a threat: “If you talk nonsense again, it won’t be so simple next time.”

 

 

Ji Canghai hastily raised his hands in surrender and said, “I’m wrong.” But next time, he would still dare.

 

 

 

He thought of Xiao Yu beating him up in one way or another.

 

 

Thinking about it, he had some small expectations.

 

 

Xiao Yu naturally didn’t realise that Ji Canghai, with his seemingly serious expression, was thinking of some r-rated things in his head. He thought that the other party had learned his lesson, so he withdrew his hand and said, “It’s almost time; let’s go.”

 

 

“Please.” Ji Canghai raised his elbow and gestured for Xiao Yu to hold onto it.

 

 

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Yu held onto Ji Canghai’s arm. After all, when sending the invitation to Afton, the signatures were both of theirs, and only partners could jointly sign on the same invitation.

 

 

Of course, Ji Canghai could have signed his name alone, but considering that Afton’s partner was a mermaid, in order to make sure that the other party agreed to meet, Ji Canghai purposely asked Liu Yilian to expose Xiao Yu’s mermaid status to the housekeeper when delivering the invitation.

 

 

Sure enough, the other party agreed to meet, and even on the eve of having to trade with Lodestar in the Twilight Forest, Afton still agreed to meet with them.

 

 

“Chief, the butler from Afton’s residence is here.” Yang Yongning, who was in charge of the stakeout, came in to report.

 

 

Ji Canghai smiled faintly and said, “Madam, let’s go.”

 

 

Xiao Yu: “Hmm.”

 

 

The roots of his ears, however, were a little hot.

 

 

Afton’s butler was a very elegant-looking middle-aged man, and when he saw Ji Canghai and Xiao Yu coming together, he revealed a decent smile and bowed slightly. “I believe this is Mr. Ji and Mr. Xiao.”

 

 

Ji Canghai nodded slightly and said, “Mm.”

 

 

“Master has invited the two of you to come over to the mansion.” The butler thoughtfully opened the car door for them and said, “Both of you, please.”

 

 

Xiao Yu and Ji Canghai got into the flying car, and the butler was responsible for driving.

 

 

He had wanted to have a conversation, but Ji Canghai shook his head at him.

 

 

Xiao Yu instantly remembered that in Afton’s profile, this elegant butler was quite powerful. He did things so flawlessly that people couldn’t pick out any mistakes, and more importantly, his temperament was very cold, and apart from the necessary words, he would almost never say more than half a word to outsiders.

 

 

There wasn’t the slightest hint of flattery towards the upper class in him, but rather an extreme elegance of coldness.

 

 

It was reasonable to say that such a person wasn’t suitable to be a butler, but Afton thought highly of him, and it turned out that Afton did have a unique eye, and although this butler wasn’t good at socialising, there were people under his command who were good at socialising that did these jobs for him. And he usually only appeared on important occasions and was only responsible for receiving important people.

 

 

It was conceivable that both he and Ji Canghai were classified by Afton in the important category.

 

 

It should be noted that the invitation didn’t introduce Ji Canghai’s origin. Perhaps it was because Ji Canghai showed a black card when entering the city, which made Afton aware of the clues, but Xiao Yu was more inclined to believe that Afton regarded them as important guests because of his mermaid identity.

 

 

The flying car quickly arrived at its destination.

 

 

 

The butler opened the car door for them and said, “Please come in; the master is waiting for you two in the hall.”

 

 

Xiao Yu nodded to the butler, reclaimed Ji Canghai’s arm, and walked into the door of the room with Ji Canghai.

 

 

Afton’s home was decorated in a style that had the air of a Suzhou-Hangzhou garden, and as soon as Xiao Yu entered, he could feel a strange familiarity.

 

 

In terms of layout alone, this Afton could be said to be quite tasteful.

 

 

After all, in the future world, people preferred the convenience of high technology, and the decoration style favoured the heavy metal cold style.

 

 

To be able to find a small bridge with flowing water in this concrete world was really eye-catching.

 

 

Walking through the long corridor, they saw the hall of Afton’s house.

 

 

The door was open and brightly lit.

 

 

Xiao Yu and Ji Canghai entered together, only to see a middle-aged man sitting on the main seat in the centre of the hall, dressed in a slim-fit suit, his hair was meticulously combed to the back of his head, and he held a finely carved walking stick in his hand, just like a person who had walked out of a mediaeval oil painting.

 

 

Everything about him had a retro vibe.

 

 

 

“Mr. Ji, Mr. Xiao, you’re here.” Afton stood up, and his eagle-like, sharp gaze scanned the two of them. “I’m the Afton you’re looking for. I don’t know why the two of you sent an invitation this late.”

 

 

Ji Canghai, however, was in no hurry to get down to business. “Mr. Afton’s reputation is far-reaching, and my wife and I admire you quite a bit, and today’s sight really lives up to your name. But Your Excellency, won’t you first invite us to sit down and have a cup of tea?”

 

 

Afton laughed out loud. “It’s me who’s being slow, Mogdis; show the two gentlemen the tea.”

 

 

Tea was Afton’s favourite drink.

 

 

 

This executive officer seemed to have a special fondness for these retro things, whether it was tea, clothing, or the layout of the house.

 

 

Mogdis, also known as the butler, poured half a cup of fine tea for Xiao Yu and Ji Canghai:”Please, gentlemen.”

 

 

Xiao Yu thanked him and listened as Afton spoke, “You are friends who have come from afar. How about letting me guess what the two of you are here for?”

 

 

Ji Canghai laughed, “I don’t think anything can be hidden from Your Excellency Afton’s eyes; I’m afraid that you already knew the reason for Xiao Yu and I’s visit.”

 

 

“Lodestar’s ship; it was the two of you who hijacked it, right?” Afton laughed. “Young man, you really have a lot of guts, hijacking Mogdis’s spaceship and still daring to come to my mansion single-handedly. What did you come here to do?”

 

 

Ji Canghai’s smile remained unchanged: “Your Excellency Afton is wrong; it isn’t single-handedly; my mate is beside me, Xiao Yu.”

 

 

Xiao Yu understood and poured the tea onto his legs while using his mental energy to restore his legs to a fish tail.

 

 

“Unfortunately, my mate is also a mermaid Alpha,” Ji Canghai pretended to be sad. “The genetic defects of the mermaid clan will sooner or later act on his body. I want to find a way to be able to improve the genes of the mermaids, and I am sure that Your Excellency Afton will be able to understand my feelings.”

 

 

Of course Afton could understand; the flaws in the mermaid’s genes were more than he understood.

 

 

Thinking of his dying mate, he could barely maintain his elegant demeanour. “What can you do for me?”

 

 

“I have an important piece of information I can tell you, but I must first know how far you’ve come in your research on the mermaid gene defects and why you’ve gone to great lengths to buy the mermaid betas.” Ji Canghai said.

 

 

Afton pondered for a moment, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

 

 

Finally, he made a decision: “You’d better make sure that your news is enough to impress me; otherwise…”

 

 

“Heh, I’m very confident.”

 

 

Afton couldn’t see the slightest problem in Ji Canghai’s expression, his cane tapped the ground then he responded, “Follow me.”

 

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