Chapter 129: Remembrance (1/2)

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“Naoko, you seem to have lost your spirit, are you unwell?” Wearing rimless glasses, the Kawaii short hair Mari put her hand on Naoko’s forehead.

“I’m fine, perhaps I didn’t have a good night sleep. This is the week’s translation manuscript.” Naoko handed her a paper bag.

After taking the paper bag, Mari looked at her somewhat quizzically, “You sure you’re okay?”

Looking at her worried eyes, Naoko smiled and said: “I’m fine, really. Also, can you give me some other draft?”

“Do you really need money recently? This is the third manuscript that you give back to me.”

“No, I just have more free time recently, and looking for something to do. The fee is as normal.”

“Your boyfriend didn’t accompany you?” After thinking about it, Mari asked.

“He has some matter to do, so he went out to the field.”

Carefully looked at her face, Mari suddenly asked: “Naoko, you honestly tell me, is that guy broke up with you? If that’s the case, you don’t need to be sad for that kind of people.

Naoko shook her head gently, “It’s not like that, he really has some important things to do and need to leave for a period of time. He promised me, he will definitely come back.” At this point, she involuntarily clenched both her hands into fists.

Watching her determined look, Mari didn’t say anything.

“Drafts that need to be translated, are indeed a lot, I’ll get some of them for you. Moreover, your last few essays are very popular with the readers, the Editor in chief want you to continue doing that, I was about to inform you about it. Don’t know if you have the interest in that?” Mari suddenly remembered something and said.

“Very well, I’ll give it a try.” Naoko nodded her head in affirmation.

Looking at the table, Mari said: “You haven’t had dinner? Wait for me, after I pack my things I’ll go out to dinner with you.”

Naoko nodded.

Not long after Mari walked away, two men immediately came up.

“Hello, my name is Hiroshi Watanabe, Mori’s colleague.” A bespectacled man took the initiative to introduce himself.

“Hello, I’m Hasebe Naoko, Mari’s college classmate.”

“Hello miss Hasebe, my name is Hiro Toshiaki, is also Mari’s colleague.” Another younger man said with a smile.

“Hello.” Naoko nodded to him.

When the two men saw Naoko entered the Editorial office, their eyes shone. The moment they saw Molly walked away, they immediately seized this chance to meet the beautiful woman.

When the two men sputtered to say something, from behind them suddenly came Mari’s sneering voice, “I knew you two perverts would find the opportunity to strike up a conversation.”

“Mari, you come back so quickly.” Hiro Toshiaki said with a smile.

“Of course you don’t want me to come back so soon. Naoko, let’s get out of here.” Mari pulled Naoko’s hand to walk outside.

“Miss Hasebe, and Mari, why don’t you let us invite you to dinner today.” Hiroshi Watanabe kept up with them and said.

“Yes, yes, it’s rare for Miss Hasebe to be here, might as well letting us play the host to eat a meal.” Hiro Toshiaki hastened to add.

“This is what you said.” Mari suddenly exposed a sly smile.

Seeing the smile from Mari, the two men’s heart suddenly felt cold. They forgot that there was this witch.

“Since they are so keen to ask us for dinner, we’ll give them some face. Am I right, Naoko?” Mari Said.

“But….” Naoko a bit hesitantly said.

“Yes, since even Mari said that, come with us Miss Hasebe.” To hell with it, Hiroshi Watanabe thought that he might as well went all the way and invited the beauty.

With Mari and the two men’s persuasion, Naoko finally agreed. The two men immediately excited and almost howl like a wolf.

Mari agreed to go with them because she saw Naoko’s mood was very low. She still believed that the guy named Gennai Masashi abandoned her, letting her turned like this. Moreover, going along with the two guys that have been her colleagues for years, she knew they were the type of guys who have the intention but no guts. She just let them go along to stir up the atmosphere.

In the dining room, the two men continued to look for opportunities to talk to Naoko, while Mari surprisingly didn’t bother with that, just quietly eating her meal.

“Miss Naoko, your ring is very beautiful, is it the gift from your boyfriend?” Hiro Toshiaki accidentally saw the ring on Naoko’s hand, casually asked a sentence.

“Yes, it is a couple’s ring, there’s also one on his hand.” Naoko lovingly stroke the ring on her finger.

Hearing her answer, the two men’s faces suddenly became very strange. They now just remembered that they forgot to ask if she had a boyfriend.

Seeing their expressions, Mari couldn’t help but smile. Turning her head to look at Naoko, she found her expression was a bit strange, and can’t help but ask: “Naoko, are you alright?”

“Sorry, I need to go to the bathroom.” Naoko stood up and walked toward the restaurant restroom.

Looking at her hurried footsteps, Mari showed a thoughtful look.

More than a month has passed, he still didn’t come back, not even a single phone call he gave her.

Did he….

Thinking of this, Naoko shook her head, wanting to dump this ominous thought.

Lei, please be okay, please be okay….

After a while, Naoko wiped the tears in her eyes with a tissue, then slowly walked out of the bathroom.

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Looking at the two average looking men before him, Changan put down the teacup in his hand.

“Are these your conditions?”

“Yes, as long as you give all those data back to us, we guarantee that we won’t look you for trouble.” One of the men said.

Changan sneered, “Guarantee? You think your so-called guarantee credible? We already have close to two hundred people die in your hands. At this time, you want to talk to me about conditions?”