“I have a feeling… that once Chen Xiao leaves, he might really be leaving us! And…”
"And what?"
"I have a feeling... he might join the club?!"
Chapter 131 [The Girl Who Wears Two Pants]
Chen Xiao arrived in a car sent by White Gloves and went to the airport in K City. All the paperwork and procedures were completed, and he boarded a private plane to leave.
A few hours later, the private jet landed at Shanghai Pudong International Airport in mainland China.
Chen Xiao was taken to a high floor of a famous skyscraper in Pudong, Shanghai.
This place seems to be some kind of top-tier private club hotel.
In order to protect the target: Chiyo Sato.
Chen Xiao was assigned the role of a close attendant to this young lady—well, to put it in more business terms: assistant.
The information indicated that this Sato Chiyoko came from a long-established and ancient family in Japan—but Chen Xiao had absolutely no interest in any of that.
Back when he played games like Nobunaga's Ambition, he had some knowledge of the history of Japan's Sengoku period. Compared to the grand and sweeping historical panorama of ancient China's feudal lords fighting amongst themselves, Japan's so-called Sengoku period seemed like child's play.
The so-called wars between feudal lords often involved only a few hundred people...
A brawl involving a few hundred people—and they dare call it a war between "nations"? Those so-called "daimyo" (feudal lords) seem nothing compared to the current village chief. What war? It's just a village-to-village brawl.
Besides... during Japan's Sengoku period... they built a large courtyard, surrounded by a slightly thick wall, and dared to call it a "castle"... it's utterly laughable.
(Author's note: This is truly laughable. I've read some books and materials from Japan's Sengoku period. There are some hilarious dialogues. For example: "My lord, I deserve to die ten thousand times! I've lost the castle!" "Huh? What! Fine! I'll give you thirty men! Take the castle back for me!" So the subordinate, moved to tears, leads his men away. After the battle, he returns to report the good news: "My lord, I have not failed you! I have taken the castle back!"—As you can imagine, a few dozen men can take a "castle." How big could this castle be? At most, it's just a large mansion...)
To conceal Chen Xiao's identity, he was placed among Ms. Sato's many "assistants." Upon arriving at the club hotel, Chen Xiao was naturally not intimidated by its opulent decorations.
But after entering the room arranged for him, he changed into a black suit—sigh. In the end, he still dressed himself up as a man in black.
Chen Xiao looked at himself in the mirror and realized he still looked a bit young. However, the black suit made him look older, and the glasses he wore further concealed his age.
She looks to be in her early twenties.
What followed was that Chen Xiao was taken to join a group of assistants.
Ms. Sato has quite a few assistants, a total of eight, including Chen Xiao, four men and four women. Moreover, the other seven are all Japanese.
Chen Xiao couldn't speak Japanese, so he could only keep his mouth shut.
Inside the conference room, the assistant managers were discussing something in hushed tones. All seven of them were eyeing Chen Xiao, the newcomer, with curious looks, seemingly quite interested in this suddenly appearing young colleague. However, they had probably been warned about something and dared not approach him to speak.
Chen Xiao was happy to relax, so he simply sat down in the chair and closed his eyes to rest.
A moment later, very quickly, the conference room door was pushed open, and a short, thin old man strode in. This old fellow was wearing a black kimono and wooden clogs, but he had an arrogant look on his face. After he strode in, all seven assistants in the room stood up and quickly bowed.
Chen Xiao couldn't imitate the stiff bowing gesture of the Japanese; he simply stood up and nodded slightly as a symbolic gesture.
Fortunately, the old man didn't seem to notice. He first gave a loud lecture, spitting everywhere. The poor guy standing in the front row was covered in spittle but didn't dare to utter a sound.
Chen Xiao couldn't understand a single word of the instructions. Fortunately, however, an idea suddenly struck him. He gently touched his ear and pressed the headset button on the detector.
Soon, the advanced detector's built-in voice translation function quickly converted the old man's words into subtitles, which appeared on the display screen of Chen Xiao's glasses.
The subtitles on the screen were very faint; unless someone was standing next to Chen Xiao and peeking from behind, no one else would notice them.
After reading the subtitles, Chen Xiao realized that the old man was probably some kind of butler or steward. His lecture was mostly a mix of scolding and reprimanding, demanding that everyone give their best to serve the young lady, and that anyone who made a mistake would be severely punished, and so on...
Finally, when it came to Chen Xiao, the butler, who had probably been instructed by the white gloves, loudly announced: "This is the new assistant. Everyone, welcome our colleague!"
Everyone immediately applauded enthusiastically, while Chen Xiao simply nodded casually.
"If you have any questions, you can come directly to me." The arrogant butler seemed to know that Chen Xiao was sent by the white glove, and he was exceptionally polite to him. Then, after giving Chen Xiao another look, he said, "After Miss gets up, I will arrange for her to see you."
The word "receive" made Chen Xiao feel slightly uncomfortable, but otherwise nothing.
But after he left the conference room, a girl in a business suit came to the door.
This girl has delicate features, the typical appearance of a young lady from a Jiangnan family, with a well-proportioned figure and fair skin.
"Sir, I am your translator." The girl bowed to Chen Xiao first, speaking in Japanese.
Zhang Xiaotao stared blankly at the young man in the black suit and glasses in front of her for a moment. But she quickly came to her senses.
Hmm... this Japanese guy is so handsome... ugh! What good is being handsome? Humph, he's just a Japanese devil.
Zhang Xiaotao sighed helplessly.
She was a top student at a foreign language college in Shanghai. Unfortunately, when she entered the school, she was assigned a language, and she chose Japanese and Korean. She had a good aptitude for languages and was fluent in both. In an international metropolis like Shanghai, she could use her expertise to work part-time during the summer vacations, doing translation work or something similar to earn some extra money, living a pretty carefree life.
The only thing that bothered her was... every Japanese man she encountered seemed to be some kind of pervert. They all looked respectable at first, but their true colors would show after a while! Especially after they'd been drinking...
Zhang Xiaotao works as a Japanese translator and has encountered many Japanese people who try to take advantage of her. Fortunately, thanks to her cleverness and principles, she has never been taken advantage of, but she still harbors a deep disgust for Japanese men.
Today, she received another job offer... with very generous pay. If it weren't for that, she really wouldn't want to take the job; she has enough money to last her until the end of the year anyway. But the problem is, she's recently taken a fancy to a new laptop, which is a luxury item.
So, out of desperation, she still came here to earn extra money.
When Zhang Xiaotao saw Chen Xiao, she was surprised. All the Japanese clients she had met were sleazy old men; she had never seen such a handsome and dashing young man.
What a pity... such a fine skin, yet it ended up on the body of the Japanese devils.
Moreover... when Zhang Xiaotao realized that Chen Xiao was looking her over, the slight goodwill she had just felt vanished instantly!