dtnovels Chapter 109 A Tragedy Composed of Japanese Yen Coins
Chapter 109 A Tragedy Composed of Japanese Yen Coins
“Hey~ I was like this last night…” Without waiting for Gin to turn around and look at him, Bai Yexiu raised his hand, which was reflected in the rearview mirror of the car, showing his pale right hand illuminated by the bright moonlight.
Successfully, Gin's gaze was drawn to the contents of the rearview mirror.
—It was a pale, thin right hand, its palm wrapped in bandages. This right hand showed Gin the rearview mirror, revealing both the palm and the back of the hand, making it seem impossible for it to be concealing any weapon.
Until, a flash of light appeared between two fingers of my hand—it was the moonlight reflecting off something.
Gin narrowed his eyes, but didn't say anything.
The flash disappeared in an instant, and the hand shifted slightly to the right, revealing a gleaming scalpel between the middle and index fingers.
Perhaps it was the moonlight, or perhaps it was the special material of the scalpel, but the blade was unusually bright, and the reflected moonlight cast a bizarre and illusory shadow inside the car.
The next second, the hand gesture changed, and almost simultaneously, the scalpel was plunged into the center of the car's rearview mirror. From the scalpel, spiderweb-like cracks spread across the mirror.
"..." Vodka, who was driving, gaped in shock and almost dropped the steering wheel.
He initially thought Jundu simply wanted to show off his skills, but what did it mean by smashing the rearview mirror of his older brother's car?!
Bai Yexiu lowered his hands expressionlessly, put his hands behind his head, and lay back in his seat: "This is the price you pay for dragging me out to work overtime so late at night. You should be glad that I didn't aim at any part of your body."
"Heh, still as bad a temper as ever." Gin turned and cast a cold gaze at Bai Yaxiu: "Jun Du, you seem different now than before."
"It's probably because my mind is much clearer than before," Bai Yexiu said, looking at his shattered reflection in the broken rearview mirror, in a half-joking tone.
Gin didn't understand what those words meant, and simply remained silent as usual.
"So, I've already given you the website address, now you know where they are, why don't you go find Black Rye, why come to me? Honestly, you drag me to do other tasks but don't pay me separately..." Bai Yexiu frowned and grumbled incessantly in the back seat, wanting Gin to kick him out of the car so he could have some peace and quiet.
However, Gin didn't say a word, and Vodka remained silent as well. After chatting for almost a minute, Bai Yexiu suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
"Hey, what's wrong with you guys? Why are you all so serious all of a sudden?" Bai Yexiu started rocking Gin's chair again.
At this moment, the car stopped. Bai Yexiu looked out the window and realized that the car had driven onto an empty overpass.
"Get out of the car." Gin finally spoke, but only uttered two cold words.
Bai Yexiu got out of the car, completely bewildered, and looked around in confusion: "What's wrong? Is there an ambush?"
No sooner had he finished speaking than Gin walked up to him with an overwhelming aura, his eyes filled with suspicion: "You should know that I've also planted some spies in the research group. Can you explain why Peño gave you nearly a hundred boxes of potent painkillers this morning?"
Bai Yexiu showed no fear, raising his head to meet Gin's eyes directly, and took the initiative: "You're spying on me and Pei Nuo? You should also know what drugs Pei Nuo is in charge of, right? Then can I also say that you've planted spies in the research group with ulterior motives?"
"Are you afraid to speak? Or are you really doing something?" Gin's words grew increasingly aggressive...
"Please," Bai Yexiu said with a speechless expression (ー_ー)!!, "My wounds are a bit painful, so I asked Pei Nuo to send some medicine over. But that guy was too enthusiastic and sent me 100 boxes, saying that I could use it whenever I wanted. I was dumbfounded when I received it, okay? Oh well, he's the head of the research group now, and he can arrange the group's medicine however he wants."
"..." Gin's gaze remained unchanged, staring straight down at him, as if trying to discern something from the expression on Bai Yexiu's face.
"..." Bai Yexiu looked at him speechlessly.
The two stared at each other's faces fiercely for more than ten seconds before Gin finally looked away, but his tone still carried a warning: "If you are the one who betrays me, no matter whether that gentleman stops me from killing you or not, I will finish you off with my own hands."
“Heh,” Bai Yexiu leaned casually against the car door, “So the mission you were talking about, the target was me. Really…”
Bai Yexiu clutched his heart in a pained gesture, his face displaying a rich expression: "Qin-chan, you're really hurting my heart~ Ouch!"
Just as Bai Yexiu was making his move, Gin suddenly opened the car door behind him, causing Bai Yexiu to stumble and fall a few steps.
"Enough with the nonsense, get in the car," Gin said coldly.
……
Gin drove Bai Yexiu to his apartment building. Just as Bai Yexiu was about to leave, Gin suddenly blurted out, "Settle the repair bill for the rearview mirror."
"..." Bai Yexiu stopped in his tracks and fell silent. Then he took out a 10-yen coin from his pocket and threw it at Gin: "I'm out of money."
"It will be deducted from your next month's salary."
"Alright, I'll send it to you later, okay?" Bai Yexiu said impatiently.
Gin is such a jerk, always threatening to dock his pay. Just you wait...
Bai Yexiu gave a strange smile.
……
After leaving Byakuya's apartment building, Gin and Vodka went on another mission and didn't return to his house in Japan until midnight.
Because he's usually very busy, Gin rarely goes home. This time, he finally had a rare break and went home, and his joy was palpable.
After opening the door, Gin froze—
There were dozens of 10-yen coins scattered on the floor in the entryway.
The scene in the living room was even more appalling: 10-yen coins were scattered all over the floor, the table, the sofa, the television, and even in the vase. The sheer number and scattered distribution of these coins were enough to make one gasp in horror.
Gin suppressed his surprise and doubt and went into the kitchen: sure enough, there were 10-yen coins scattered all over the floor, on the stove, in the pot, and even in the refrigerator, in an equally astonishing number.
Even on the bed, in the wardrobe, and in the drawers of the bedroom, there were many scattered 10-yen coins.
Gin took out the 10-yen coin that Cointo had thrown to him earlier from his pocket; his hand was already trembling slightly.
Sure enough, this is the kind of good thing that Cointreau is capable of doing.
He could already picture the expression and gestures with which Jundu would haphazardly scatter that pile of coins across his house.
With so many coins, how long will it take him to sort them out?
Gin took a deep breath, picked up the kettle, poured himself a glass of water, and froze after taking just one sip.
He then spat out a 10-yen coin.