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Chapter 1342 Birthday invitation (instant noodles or mushroom stewed chicken)

After returning from the small town, Duanmuhuai spent some leisurely and lazy time. Of course, the TV news also reported on this unexpected earthquake event. Duanmu Huai also saw the traces on the mountain caused by his battle with the Earth-Drilling Demonic Insect on the TV screen. As expected, this was interpreted by experts as the result of the earthquake.

Regarding why such earthquakes occurred, the expert ended the conversation by saying, "There are still many unsolved mysteries in the world, and we don't know enough about our homeland."

How to put it... is it actually understandable?

After all, what the other party said is true.

While Duanmuhuai was drinking Coke and watching the experts on TV talking nonsense, Shajiuye walked out of his room and walked to Duanmuhuai's side.

"elder brother."

"Huh? What's the matter?"

"Do you have time these days?"

"As you can see, I am very free every day, what's wrong?"

"Actually, it's my friend Meijia's birthday in a week. She just called and invited us to attend her birthday party..."

"The two of us?"

"Yes, brother, have you forgotten? Meijia has met you several times before."

"Is there such a thing? Just treat it as such."

Duanmu Huai didn't have to think twice to know that it must be the background setting created by the system, so he didn't think much about it and just waved his hand.

"that's it?"

"Hmm... Also, it seems that she needs help from you, brother."

"Ask me for help... okay."

Hearing this, Duanmuhuai shrugged his shoulders.

"Then I have no choice but to go."

In fact, Duanmu Huai knew without guessing that this would definitely be the beginning of the next mission, but to his surprise, the person looking for him this time actually appeared as his sister's friend. This was really surprising. Unexpected. I don't know what kind of trouble this time will be... let alone what kind of enemies I will encounter.

Duanmuhuai couldn't wait any longer.

There was actually nothing to do next. After packing up, Duanmuhuai drove Shajiuye to the home of the girl named Meijia.

Well, or a villa.

Perhaps it's because the Duanmuhuai family is considered a prominent family in the background, and they know many members of big families. Even the girls' school Shajiuye went to was a school for aristocratic girls, so of course, without reasoning, one could know that Meijia was also a eldest lady.

The evidence is that ordinary people hold birthday parties at their own homes, but Meijia chose to hold them in their family's villa in the mountains.

Gee, rich people are different.

Although strictly speaking, Duanmu Huai can be considered a wealthy person.

but………

"To be honest, I still don't understand why rich people have to build their villas in such a deserted place."

Duanmuhuai complained while driving along the highway in Tokyo Bay.

"It's understandable that you want to stay away from people, but you can't go too far away. If I had to choose, I'd rather choose to be near a small town or something like that. That way it would be much more convenient to see a doctor, and it would be easier to rescue someone in the event of a fire. I don’t know what these people are thinking about building a villa in a deep mountain and old forest. No wonder mystery novels always like to write about cases in such places. Who will be killed if they don’t kill you because of such a good environment? What's so shameful that you can only build the house in the deep mountains and old forests? "

"Brother? Don't say this in front of Meijia."

"Don't worry, I won't say it in front of her."

After looking at the map, Duanmuhuai got off the highway, crossed a mountain and drove out of the bay on the other side, and then came to a manor on a nearby hill.

It was obvious that this was a private manor, and it was so tightly wrapped in woods that ordinary people couldn't see what was inside. And there were high brick walls and iron fences on the outside. Duanmuhuai came to the gate, and soon the gate slowly opened automatically.

Look, if ten or eight people died in this place, no one would notice at all.

Duanmu Huai drove into it and complained silently in his heart.

Similarly, if ten or eight girls were abducted and tortured here, no one would find out.

No wonder rich people like to build villas in such horrible places, just to make it easier for them to do shameful things.

After a while, Duanmuhuai's car passed through dense woods and narrow curves and arrived in front of a foreign mansion.

The pure white mansion looks very luxurious surrounded by green mountains and green waters. However, it can be seen from the dense vines climbing above and its walls that this mansion is quite old.

"Shajuye!"

As soon as Duanmuhuai's car stopped at the gate, he saw a girl in a white dress running over. And Shajiuye also opened the car door and got out of the car and greeted him.

"Meijia! Long time no see!"

"Long time no see. It's been almost half a month. I watched the news. That town was the place you said you were going to. I called you at that time, but I couldn't get through. It worried me a lot. "

At this moment, Duanmu Huai also stepped out of the car and looked at the girl who was chatting with Shajiuye in front of him. When the latter saw his appearance, he stiffened, but quickly calmed down and greeted Duanmu Huai with a smile. "Long time no see, Mr. Duanmu, I am Bai Fanmeijia, do you still remember me?"

"Honestly? I don't remember."

"Ah ha ha ha ha..."

Facing Duanmuhuai's unceremonious answer, Bai Fanmeijia showed a helpless smile on her face.

"How should I put it? It's Mr. Duanmu's usual style. Although I have been mentally prepared for a long time, I am still a little bit shocked when I hear what you say."

"Sorry, Meijia, my brother is like this..."

"I know. After all, Mr. Duanmu and I haven't seen each other for a long time. Please come with me, both of you. I have prepared a room for you."

As she spoke, Meijia turned around and walked towards the mansion with the two of them. Duanmu Huai walked beside him and looked at the girl in front of him.

Similar to Shajiuye, Meijia is also a cute girl. She has curly brown hair. Her round face and downturned eyes make her look a little more gentle and emotional. If Shajiuye is the serious type, then Meijia is obviously the kind of gentle and quiet girl. Shajiuye said that Meijia was very popular in the class, and Duanmuhuai understood this. After all, although Shajiuye is also very beautiful, she has a serious sense of not letting strangers in. Most boys may not have the courage to approach her.

On the contrary, Meijia is an eldest lady who is very educated at first glance and is very kind to others, so she is much easier to get close to.

"But then again, it feels so empty here."

Walking into the hall, Shajiuye couldn't help but sigh, and hearing her emotion, Meijia also smiled bitterly.

"After all, there aren't many people here. Usually there are only two maids to take care of this place, and a gardener to help tidy up the garden. Besides you, only a few of my brothers and sisters will come to the banquet. Now that they haven’t arrived, it naturally seems very deserted.”

"Speaking of which, why are you here? I remember you used to spend your birthdays at home, didn't you?"

"That's right..."

Speaking of this, Meijia also showed a troubled expression.

"Actually, this is also the family rule of our Bai Fan family."

"House rules?"

"Yes, I heard that it was set up by my great-grandfather who started from scratch. It is said that people from the Bai Fan family, regardless of the main family or branch families, will come here to celebrate their birthdays when they are sixteen years old. So in fact, many times this place is not Too deserted.”

"You have to come here to celebrate your birthday when you turn sixteen? Why?"

"I don't know about that..."

Meijia shook her head. Just when she was about to say something more, suddenly, a voice sounded from not far away.

"Miss..."

"ah!"

The voice was gloomy, as if it came out of the ground. It startled Meijia and Shajiuye, and even Duanmuhuai raised his eyebrows and looked towards the place where the voice came from. I saw on the side of the corridor not far from the front of the hall, a maid who looked quite old was hunched over, pushing a trolley, turning her head and staring here. Perhaps it was because of the backlight that he couldn't see her face clearly, but Duanmuhuai could clearly see that it was a dry and aging face.

I saw the maid staring here expressionlessly. On the contrary, as a young lady, Meijia seemed a little nervous.

"Ah, hello, Granny Sanchuan, these two are the guests I mentioned to you before. These are my good friend Sha Jiuye, and her brother Duan Muhuai."

"oh………"

The old maid spoke in a long voice and nodded.

"Your room is ready. You can go and rest at any time. Please don't forget the master's instructions."

"OK………"

After saying this, the old maid pushed the cart and turned around to leave, while Shajiuye looked at her curiously and then at Meijia.

"You seem to be afraid of her?"

"Grandma Mikawa has been here longer than any of us."

Meijia also lowered her voice and answered.

"There are rumors that Grandma Mikawa worked here when her great-grandfather was a child."

"until now?"

"Yes, my father once felt that she was too old and was worried that she would have an accident here alone. He planned to give her a generous pension and let her retire. But Granny Sanchuan refused to agree to anything, and even said If her father fires her, she will die here, so he has no choice but to let her continue to work here. "

"Is it really okay? Why not hire a few people to help her?"

"My father has done this too, but when those servants came here, they all resigned within a few months, and they didn't tell them why when asked..."

Speaking of this, Meijia was also a little uneasy.

"So I'm very afraid of her. Not to mention me, even my father is a little afraid of her."

Good guy, are you turning against customers?

Hearing Meijia's words, Duanmu Huai snorted coldly. He glanced at the direction in which the old woman disappeared, and then looked away.

Now it seems that there is something good to watch.