On the plane to China, Sei Itō played with the little black ball in his hand and thought to himself, "Yoshimi Yoshie is already at 95 points. It's a pity that I don't have a suitable enhancement option for her. It seems like I have to find time to visit the world of two espers."
"Excuse me, where did you buy the little black ball in your hand?" Just as Sei Itō was deep in thought, a young woman sitting next to him suddenly asked.
"Hmm?" Sei Itō looked at the woman in surprise. He didn't expect someone to like this. However, he couldn't care less about this kind of personal hobby. He smiled and explained, "I don't know if this thing is for sale because I got it by chance."
"Is that so?" The woman said in a low voice with a disappointed look.
Sei Itō smiled apologetically. He didn't say anything like "I'll give it to you" to win the woman's favor, even though the woman was quite pretty …
The woman also saw that Sei Itō didn't want to give the little black ball to her. She curled her lips and turned to look at the clouds outside the window.
Three and a half hours later, the plane finally landed smoothly at Beijing International Airport.
"I didn't expect to stand on China's soil again after two years …" Sei Itō exclaimed as he walked out of the departure hall and smelled the strange PM2.5 air.
Then, he reached out and stopped a taxi. He sat in the front passenger seat and said in fluent Mandarin, "Go to Beijing Hotel."
"Okay." The driver agreed and started the car to go to Beijing Hotel.
The traffic in Beijing was still the same. It was very congested, not to mention that it was almost six o 'clock in the afternoon, the rush hour. The traffic was even worse, so it took more than two hours to finish the one-hour drive. Sei Itō entered the Beijing Hotel.
"What a show-off. Not only did it cost a lot of money, but it also took a lot of time. If I took the subway, I would have been in the room by now." Sei Itō held the room key in his hand and took the elevator to the floor where his room was located.
"Ding ~" The elevator door slowly opened.
Sei Itō stepped out of the elevator and walked towards the room he had booked. Soon, they arrived in front of a room with the words' 1331 'nailed on the door.
"Ok." Sei Itō opened the door with the room card and walked in.
"Tomorrow morning, I'll go to Liulichang to buy some things. Then, I'll go to Liulichang at noon or in the afternoon to meet my father's relatives." Sei Itō thought to himself as he walked into the room.
… The dividing line of memories …
"Mother, I'll be flying to China soon. I'll call you when I get there," Sei Itō said into the phone while standing in Osaka International Airport.
"China …" Eriko paused and said hesitantly, "Ah Cheng. If it's convenient, go to Beijing XX Street XX to see your father's father. "
"Uh … Okay." Sei Itō was stunned.
"Also, use your other name when you go there," Eriko said softly.
"Okay." Sei Itō paused for a second and then quickly searched his memory. Soon, a Chinese name appeared in Sei Itō's mind.
"Also, remember to be patient when you get there. Don't be too impulsive. After all, it's not like home." Eriko reminded him.
"Don't worry, mother. I'll be careful. "Sei Itō comforted her.
"Flight XXXX to Beijing is about to take off. Dear customers, please hurry to the boarding gate to check in." At this time, the flight announcement in Osaka International Airport suddenly sounded.
"Mother, I'm boarding now." Sei Itō said.
"Okay, go ahead." Eriko said. Then, she hung up the phone.
When Sei Itō heard the busy tone on the phone, he put the phone away and walked to the ticket gate with his ticket in hand.
… The memory ended …
"… President XXX met with XXX from XXX Country in Africa at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse today …" The female announcer reported with perfect pronunciation.
"It's so familiar. This is the feeling of a news broadcast." Ito Sei listened to the voice from the TV and sighed with a chuckle.
Then, Sei Itō went into the bathroom to wash his face. He went back to the room and turned off the TV. He left the room and went to the restaurant on the ground floor.
In the restaurant, Sei Itō ordered a table of pure Chinese food. It included Peking Duck, Yuxiang Shredded Pork, Double Cooked Pork, Mapo Tofu, Poached Pork Slices, Stir-Fried Potato, Squirrel Mandarin Fish, Egg and Persimmon Soup, and a plate of Chive Dumplings …
"Seems like I ordered too much." Sei Itō looked at the table full of food and thought to himself.
However, Sei Itō didn't care. He mainly wanted to taste the flavor. Anyway, if he couldn't finish it, he could take it away. Even if he didn't take it away, he had the Rubik's Cube space to store food. He wasn't afraid of wasting food.
Sei Itō began to eat under the strange gaze of the waitress.
"Bill." Half an hour later, Sei Itō relied on his ability to use Qi to accelerate digestion. He swept the table full of food and said to the waitress with a satisfied expression.
"The total is 1580." The waitress handed the bill to Sei Itō.
Sei Itō took the bill and glanced at it casually. He reached into his pocket and took out a wallet. He took out 16 red-faced RMB notes and handed it to the waitress.
After a while, Sei Itō took the change back from the waitress and left the Beijing Hotel with the waitress bowing and sending him off. He walked to the nearby Wangfujing Street. He planned to go shopping, broaden his horizons, and digest his food there.
More than an hour later, Sei Itō, who had seen a lot of eye-catching girls with long legs in Wangfujing Street, returned to the Beijing Hotel, washed up, and rested.
After that, he slept peacefully until dawn.
The next morning, after washing up, Ito Sei ate soy milk and fried dough sticks in a restaurant, which he had not eaten for a long time. He then took a taxi to Liulichang Street outside the Heping Gate of Beijing. After being guided by several passers-by, Ito Sei finally arrived at his destination.
"Is this the place?" Sei Itō looked up at the three words "Fragrant Book Shop" written on the signboard and thought to himself. He then walked in.
There weren't many people in the Fragrant Book House. There were only four or five of them, and they were all elderly people. They were all quietly looking at the paintings hanging on the wall. Behind the counter in the Fragrant Book House, an old man with a ruddy complexion and a strong body was sitting on a lacquered wooden chair. He was wearing a white silk training suit, flipping through a book with one hand and pouring water from a small teapot into his mouth with the other.
Seeing this old man, Sei Itō stopped and immediately walked toward him.
Sei Itō walked in front of the old man, cupped his fist, and said in a low voice, "Excuse me, are you Elder Bai Yuebai?"
"That's me. And you are?" The old man looked up at Sei Itō and asked with a puzzled face.
"I'm Sei Itō. I was introduced by Mr. Liu of Japan's" Qide Bunzhai ". Sei Itō reached out and took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Elder Bai.
"You were introduced by Xiao Liu." Elder Bai took the letter and checked it. He nodded and opened the envelope. After a while, he looked at Sei Itō with a smile and said, "Xiao Liu has already mentioned your matter in the letter. However, other than the superior yellow joss paper and cinnabar, the other things you want are more difficult to get."
"Mr. Liu has already told me about this, so I'll just leave it to fate." Sei Itō smiled indifferently.
"Little brother, you're very open-minded." Elder Bai smiled. Then he continued, "Then let's talk about the yellow joss paper and cinnabar. How much do you want?"
"The more the better." Sei Itō replied vaguely.
"There has to be a quantity." Elder Bai frowned and said.
"Outside of a thousand pieces, there's no upper limit. As for cinnabar, 15 catties." Sei Itō pondered for a moment and said.
"Okay, but it's too much. You'll have to wait for a few days." Elder Bai nodded.
"No problem." Sei Itō agreed with a smile. Then he turned his head and glanced at the items around Elder Bai and said, "Elder Bai, I'm going to visit my elders in a while. Is there anything good to recommend?"
"Oh? It depends on which elders you want to visit. "Elder Bai smiled and asked.
"Grandpa, there may be an uncle." Sei Itō said with uncertainty.
Elder Bai looked at Sei Itō in surprise, but he did not say anything. He got up from the chair and walked to the side of the painting scroll to take it down. Then he walked to the bookshelf at the side and took a thread-bound book back to Sei Itō. He put the two items on the table and said, "This Green Mountain Lone Pine Painting is suitable for the elderly. This Qing Dynasty classic can be given to your uncle. However, I don't know what he does, so it may not be suitable."
"I can't help it. I haven't contacted them for many years. I don't know what they are doing now. Even the old man's address was only known in the past two days." Ito Sei spread out his hands and said helplessly.
"I see." Elder Bai said with a look of realization.
"But I believe in Elder Bai's taste. I'll take these two." Sei Itō smiled and said, "How much?"
"That painting is thirty-three thousand, that ancient book is twenty-eight thousand, you just have to give me sixty thousand." Everyone liked to hear compliments, so Old Master Bai smiled happily.
"Then I won't stand on ceremony." Sei Itō took out a bank card and handed it to Elder Bai with a smile.
"Little Zhang." Elder Bai reached out and took the bank card. He turned his head and shouted into the back room.
"Coming." Soon, a young man with short hair, who was about 1.8 meters tall, had a strong body, well-proportioned muscles, and a firm lower body, walked out from the back room.
"Swipe the card, 60,000." Elder Bai handed the bank card to Little Zhang.
"Okay." Little Zhang agreed. He took the bank card and walked to the card reader at the side to operate it.
"Tan Tui?" Sei Itō looked at Little Zhang who was walking away and said to Elder Bai.
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