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Chapter 413: Too Much Strength
🕑 Added 2025-08-04 14:56:59 +0000 UTCAfter Ori left, Nanaya drank alone with a glass of wine.
Nanaya didn't know if this could be considered drinking alone, but because of his alcohol tolerance, he didn't order a second glass.
There were gradually more and more people in the bar, and Nanaya guessed that it was time for other companies to get off work.
However, the increase in the number of customers did not make the bar environment noisy. It seems that this bar focuses on a relatively quiet environment.
This made Nanaya, who was worried that it would be too noisy with too many people, feel relieved.
Soon Nanaya's attention shifted from the atmosphere of the bar to the movie.
There was no way not to turn around. This matter was too important to Nanaya and he couldn't help thinking about it.
[Many people have recovered their form today. Should we speed up tomorrow? But wouldn’t that be a little hasty?]
Just when Nanaya was thinking about how to adjust the shooting plan to improve the efficiency of the crew...
"A ruby margarita, please."
Nanaya found that someone had sat in the seat where Ori had just sat, and the other party also took the initiative to greet him.
“Yo!”
"Hello."
Nanaya, who was looking at the person, didn't notice who came. He just nodded subconsciously.
"Hey, brother-in-law, what are you thinking about? Why are you so lost in thought?"
The other kid continued to talk to Nanaya in a clear voice: "Brother-in-law, you are not still depressed about the crew, right? People already know they are wrong~"
"Um?"
There are only two people who would call him "brother-in-law", Nanaya quickly ran out of his thoughts.
He raised his head and looked beside him, and it was indeed the girl with the familiar blonde ponytail.
“Lily!”
Perhaps because Nanaya was too surprised, Lily looked a little unhappy.
"Well, brother-in-law, what's wrong with you? You look like you just realized that you mistook the cute Lily-chan for Lady Gaga."
Lily asked, putting her finger to her lips while shaking her ponytail.
"Lily, you must never, ever, ever become like that!"
When Nanaya thought of the dress of the woman Lily mentioned, he couldn't help but shudder.
If Lily really became like that, Nanaya estimated that Ryan would definitely come after him with a gun in one hand and a sword in the other.
It is even possible that he would skewer himself with guns and then cut himself into pieces with swords.
Nanaya quickly shook this terrible thought out of his mind and asked, "Why are you here?"
"Speaking of why, it's because Lily and you [coincidentally] wanted to come to the bar to relax, and [coincidentally] chose the same bar as you. By the way, Lily [coincidentally] saw you sitting at the bar drinking alone, so she came over to sit with you~"
[What the hell is that impossible [coincidence] triple? ! ]
The corners of Nanaya's mouth twitched slightly. Lily's answer reminded him of the [Operation of Coincidence] that was discarded by Ryougi Shiki.
In short, Nanaya felt that the girl with a ponytail in front of him definitely did not meet him by chance, but as to whether she followed him from the beginning or was a traitor, Nanaya could not officially find out for the time being.
"Well, don't mind such small details. It's rare that we are in the same bar, let's drink together!"
As Lily spoke, she moved closer to Nanaya.
The beautiful girl with blonde hair and a ponytail wore a tight short-sleeved top, which made her not-so-prominent breasts seem more prominent. The low-cut design allowed Nanaya to see a large area of snow-white and tender skin below her neck.
"Ahem. Lily, are you old enough?"
Nanaya quickly shifted his gaze and whispered to Lily to confirm.
European and American countries have stricter controls on underage drinking than on illegal drugs, and Nanaya doesn't want to add to the trouble.
"Mo~~"
Nanaya's words made Lily pout immediately, "Brother-in-law, how old do you think I am? I'm an adult, okay!"
"Really?"
Nanaya really couldn't remember Lily's age clearly.
After all, they had been together for too long, and Nanaya had long forgotten how old the little girl who had always followed him around was. He only vaguely remembered that she was only 16 years old when he first met her.
"Okay, I apologize." Nanaya raised his glass to Lily, "I'm not angry about what happened on the set before. We are even now."
"Brother-in-law, do you need me to thank you? Aren't you too cunning? I was the one who suffered in these two incidents!"
Lily was a little dissatisfied with Nanaya's words, but she still clinked glasses with Nanaya and drank half of the glass of wine in one gulp.
Faced with such a generous Lily, Nanaya's eyes twitched slightly.
[How come everyone can drink more than me? ]
Lily put down her wine glass, exhaled a breath of alcohol, and then asked, "I didn't expect that you, brother-in-law, actually like to drink alone. Could it be that you, brother-in-law, have been under so much pressure recently?"
Nanaya shook his head: "Little girl, do you know what pressure is? I see you have always been carefree."
Lily tapped her chin with her finger and answered thoughtfully, "I really don't understand the big principles, but every time my sister is in a bad mood, she will sit in the room alone and drink silently, just like your brother-in-law just now."
"Is she like this too, Miss Ryan?"
Nanaya was a little surprised. He thought that people like Ryan would release stress in a more energetic way.
For example, finding someone to practice fighting skills, finding someone to practice knight sword, finding someone to practice knight gun and so on.
"I always feel that your current thoughts are very rude, brother-in-law."
Lily's face was full of black lines. Although she couldn't read Nanaya's mind, she knew from his expression that what he was thinking was definitely not a good thing.
"Okay, my bad."
Nanaya quickly raised his hands in surrender.
"Humph, drink a penalty, drink a penalty."
Lily quickly started to make a noise. She said to the bartender, "Please give this gentleman a glass of whiskey."
"Stop it, you damn girl! Do you want to drink me to death?!"
Nanaya quickly stopped him and asked the bartender to give him another beer.
"Hmph, Nanaya, you coward!"
Lily stuck out her tongue at Nanaya. Perhaps because of the alcohol, her complexion turned slightly red. She also started to call Nanaya by his name.
[Is this cup enough? It seems like you were just pretending just now~]
"I was like, how come any random girl can drink better than me."
As if infected by the atmosphere in the bar, Nanaya suddenly had the idea of teasing the beautiful girl in front of him.
"Ah, when you were acting cute to me, you called me [brother-in-law]; now that your request is not met, you call me [Nanaya]?"
"Well... Nanaya, you're really bad." Lily's expression became even more dissatisfied. She pushed Nanaya's arm and said, "You're just being shameless. You know that I can't refuse you."
【What is this all about? 】
Nanaya found himself being outmaneuvered by this naughty girl. He stammered a few times, but ended up being chased by Lily.
"So, Nanaya, you don't take me seriously at all. Are you just playing around with me?"
"Play with your brother-in-law!" Nanaya slapped Lily on the forehead with a slap. "When did you and I have any affair? I think you are just drunk and confused!"
Lily said with a grin: "Hehe, you know all this~"
Nanaya had no way to deal with the naughty Lily and could only let her do what she wanted.
Fortunately, Lily’s drinking tolerance was not particularly bad. After she pulled Nanaya to act coquettishly, she fell asleep on the bar contentedly.
But Lily felt comfortable, while Nanaya was in trouble.
Looking at Lily who was sleeping soundly, Nanaya felt helpless because he had no idea where she was staying at night.
But it was impossible to leave Lily alone in the bar, so Nanaya could only carry her to the car that he had called for, Washimine.
"Mr. Kiryu, where are we going?"
Nanaya's original plan was to go straight back to his place after drinking, but because this was Los Angeles, not New York, there was only one bed where he lived.
Therefore, Nanaya could only take Lily back to Shion's villa, where there were plenty of rooms for Lily to rest.
Moreover, during this period, Shion was in meetings and would not go home at night.
So Nanaya told the driver the address, and he immediately drove to the destination.
During this time, Lily kept muttering things like "...No, no...I've told you, brother-in-law, you can't do this kind of thing in a place like this..."
This made Nanaya very embarrassed. If he had not tried several ways to wake Lily up without success, he would never let her continue sleeping like this.
Fortunately, the driver Washimine is not a talkative person, otherwise Nanaya would probably be all over Hollywood tomorrow with the rumors about him and Lily Wetting.
Arriving at Shion's villa, Nanaya got out of the car holding Lily and walked into the entrance.
Just as Nanaya carried Lily into the living room, the girl was still mumbling to herself.
"Um...brother-in-law, please don't move so much...it's too shaky..."
Nanaya snorted coldly: "You damn girl, when you wake up, I will make you pay me for the babysitting fee!"
"Oh? How do you want her to compensate you for one night?"
Nanaya looked up suddenly, and then he saw Shion sitting on the sofa in the living room.
The eldest daughter of the Washimine family was sitting with her legs crossed, one hand on her chest and the other on her chin, looking at Nanaya with a half-smile.
"Hey, Nanaya. I'm very curious. Can you tell me about your compensation standards?"
Pah.
Nanaya loosened his hands and threw Lily to the ground.
Fortunately, the floor of the living room was covered with a thick blanket, otherwise Lily would have fallen.
Lily fell onto the blanket and didn't realize that she was in a whirlpool. She turned over on the ground and scratched her belly in a very ungraceful manner.
"Um...brother-in-law, you're using too much force..."
