Lin Yi had never specifically investigated Beika Department Store.
It's just that he often went there with Xiaolan and Sonoko, so he was relatively familiar with the place.
Whether a man seems reliable depends on whether he demonstrates planning.
Once you have an idea, you start preparing for it.
For example, if you go on a date with a female friend and have no plan at all, you just have a meal and then feel lost.
You don't know what to do, and you wander around outside.
Not only do you waste time to improve your image, but you will also leave a thoughtless impression in the girl's mind. If the girl is more dramatic, she may even think that you don't value her.
"Is that so?"
Mingmei's expression did have some slight changes, but these changes were difficult to catch.
She said, "Then how do you plan to sneak in?"
Lin Yi said seriously, "I've thought about it, there are three ways to sneak in. The first is through the underground garage, through the escape passage, to enter the inside of the department store."
"The disadvantage of this method is that you have to be very careful and cautious. What you have to pay attention to is not letting the monitoring personnel discover our whereabouts. We have to bypass the monitoring... As for the monitoring in the escape passage, either destroy it, or adjust its angle to create a blind spot for us."
Lin Yi had never been to the underground garage at all, and he was just making it up. Anyway, the garages of department stores on Earth are similar.
After listening, Mingmei nodded and continued to listen to him talk about the second method of sneaking in.
"The second method is to find a hidden place to hide before the department store closes."
"This method requires enough patience, and the place to hide must also ensure that the security guards will not check it."
This method can be found everywhere in the news, there is nothing to say.
"The third method is to be like James Bond and use a rope to go over from the roof..."
In fact, there is no third method, Lin Yi was deliberately joking.
Mingmei couldn't help but smile after hearing this.
Lin Yi pretended to be serious: "Don't laugh, I'm serious... I've calculated it, you only need to climb more than 30 meters."
After speaking, he laughed himself.
"I know you're serious... but let's forget about this last method."
Mingmei waved her hand and smiled: "It's a little too dangerous to execute."
You see, after just a few conversations, an image of a mature, stable, and humorous person is established.
"I think... the second plan is the most reliable."
Mingmei said, "As for the first plan... it's too difficult. You're not special agents, and you're thinking of bypassing the cameras."
"What should we do after sneaking in?"
"No experience, and no time..." Lin Yi picked up his chopsticks and said, "That's why I came to you to discuss it."
Although Lin Yi could make up a set of plans himself, that plan would definitely be full of loopholes and couldn't stand scrutiny.
It might even lead to deductions.
Furthermore, Lin Yi had to control his maturity and stability to a certain extent.
If the complete plan that Lin Yi proposed had no problems, then it wouldn't be reliable, but would become suspicious.
Being able to make the plan so meticulous and highly executable the first time doing this... who would believe it?
He was afraid that Mingmei would immediately become suspicious of his identity.
Therefore, stopping at the right point is the best choice.
"I can tell that you're serious... not just deciding on a whim," Mingmei nodded and said.
Ah... I'm very sorry, but I really just decided on a whim, on the spot.
"So... what should we do next?" Lin Yi didn't take the initiative anymore, but handed the topic over to Mingmei.
"We still need to go and investigate the specific situation on the ground."
Mingmei thought for a while and said, "How about this... let's find a time to go to the department store together and take a look."
"That's true," Lin Yi nodded, pretending to agree.
He was calm on the surface, but his heart was very excited!
That's right!
That's exactly what I wanted!
Teaming up to scout locations!
Isn't this a date in disguise?
A date under the guise of work!
"When are you free?" Lin Yi asked, barely able to contain his elation.
Akemi recalled her schedule and said, "I'm busy tomorrow, so let's start the day after tomorrow..."
"Okay, let's start the day after tomorrow... I'm free anytime anyway," Lin Yi said.
After discussing "work" matters, they naturally transitioned into casual conversation.
Some people always find chatting very difficult, often feeling awkward because they don't know what to talk about with girls.
But chatting isn't that difficult.
You have to know that the ultimate purpose of chatting is to better understand each other and gather personal information.
Whether it's complaining with friends, being lovey-dovey with a partner, or even chatting with parents, it's all the same.
Once you understand this, you should have a clue how to chat.
Besides that, you also have to learn to beat around the bush when chatting.
Chinese people have always had the habit of beating around the bush, not being so direct.
For example, if you want to know how old a girl is this year, her income, whether she has been in love before, etc.
If you directly ask "How old are you this year?" "How much is your monthly salary?" "How many times have you been in love before?"
With such a steel-straight-man question, the girl will definitely give you a bad review and will definitely be unhappy in her heart.
Girls are very sensitive about age, and if they are more dramatic, they will probably mutter in their stomachs, "What's it to you how old I am? Just because I'm older, you look down on me? I don't even like you."
"So what if my salary isn't high? You're high, you feel superior? Aren't you still a single dog."
"It's none of your business how many times I've been in love, right? Are you here to check my household registration?"
If you want to know these things, you have to say it more tactfully.
"You take such good care of your skin... like an eighteen-year-old girl."
If the girl is happy, she might tell you her age herself.
"No way, my skin is not good anymore, I'm already a 24-year-old old aunt, how can I compare with those eighteen-year-old girls."
If she doesn't say it, then don't ask, she doesn't want to say it.
"Where do you usually like to go shopping?" Or "Where do you want to go to play on vacation?"
If she often goes shopping, often goes to play, she will definitely say some place names, and then infer the girl's income based on the consumption level of this place name.
If she says she likes to stay at home, then this girl is probably very poor, and her salary is used for living and transportation, and she has no money to go out and have fun, so she can only stay at home to reduce her desire to spend.
This kind of girl... is best to ask out, you can just find an excuse to treat her to dinner, take her somewhere to play, she will basically come out happily.
If she doesn't come out, then she is really a homebody, or... she has no interest in you, not even the interest in freeloading a meal from you.
As for inquiring about her love history, you can use questions like "You're so cute, there must be many boys who like you, right?" to slowly lead it out.
If she is willing to say it, she will tell you, if she is not willing to say it, it is useless no matter how you ask.
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