Tokyo Tycoon, Start as a Writer

Chapter 28 Overwhelming Doubts

On the afternoon of the day when the New Trend Awards were announced, a number of related information quickly became the hot searches on Japanese Twitter.

The term that ranks first in hot searches is "Who is Mishima?"

Click on the hot search, and the post with the highest number of reposts and comments is the interview video of the winner released by Xinchaoshe’s official account.

The cover of the video is a recent photo of Kiyoaki Matsueda - the young man standing at the entrance of Shinchosha, wearing a white shirt, with an expressionless face, his hair a little messy from the wind.

The comments below can be roughly divided into three categories.

The first type is compliments, and the content of the compliments is nothing more than "so handsome", "my husband is a good friend", and "I want to have a football team of kids with him".

The second category is the bystanders who just watch the show, asking questions like, "Who is this?", "Has he produced any works before?", "Is there any behind-the-scenes manipulation?"

The third category is questioning voices. Some people shouted "a shady deal", some said "the selection is definitely based on looks, and the trend has become a commercial selection", and some even directly cursed "this selection is an insult to the IQ of the Chinese people."

At the beginning, the proportions of the three types of comments were roughly the same.

In the afternoon, the true identity of the writer Mishima was revealed, and the comment section was filled with one-sided doubts.

"He is a senior student in the Faculty of Literature at Waseda University, Kiyohime Matsueda!"

"Matsueda Kiyoaki... Who is this? Has he done any works before?"

"I've never heard of it..."

“Let a writer with a complete blank slate win the award?”

"You don't know this, right? He is the illegitimate son of a chief editor of Shinchosha. Otherwise, how do you think he could have made the shortlist..."

"You are making up stories without any evidence. That is slander! Let me tell you the real story. The person leading the jury this time is Nakaharu Kiyono, a professor at Waseda University's Faculty of Literature, and the winner is none other than his student Tokugawa Kiyokatsu. You can slowly figure out the relationship..."

"Tokugawa Kiyaki? Isn't his name Matsueda Kiyaki..."

"He married into the Songeda family. I was his classmate, and I can testify to this."

"So he's a son-in-law..."

"I've never heard of a son-in-law who marries into the wife's family being talented and learned..."

"Is it possible that the Matsueda family wanted him to become famous, so they hired a ghostwriter for him?"

"Ghostwriting, this kind of thing is normal..."

"This guy is my high school classmate. He's just a nerd. How can he write a novel..."

Countless speculations were hotly discussed online, and it triggered several hot searches in succession.

【New Trends and Invisible Secrets】

["Eggs and High Walls" is the winning work in my mind]

Each party held a different opinion and the argument was heated and intense on the Internet.

After nightfall, the lights were turned on in the Matsueda household, and Matsueda Kiyoshi sat on the eaves of the tea room, checking Twitter on her phone.

The sky was bright in the distance, the city lights were gorgeous and dazzling, and in the quiet courtyard, warm yellow lights floated around her, reflecting the silhouette of her worry when her brows were slightly frowned.

Qingxian, it's good that you have talent, but you don't have to reach this level. What award can you get? Look, everyone on the Internet is scolding you... You should stay at home during this period of time to avoid being recognized when you go out.

Kiyoaki Matsueda took a shower, took a bag of melon seeds and went out to the yard to kill time. He happened to see her in the corridor, so he came over and sat down beside her.

Songzhi Qingxue lowered her head and looked at her phone with her lips tightly pursed.

Songzhi Qingxian didn't say anything either. He just cracked melon seeds and spit the shells on the ground. He would be the one to sweep the floor the next day anyway.

Occasionally, he would turn his eyes to the side and glance at her beautiful yet youthful profile.

After a long time, Songzhi Qingxue finally put down his phone, picked up some melon seeds, and said while cracking them, "Everyone on the Internet is cursing you."

"Hmm~" Songeda Kiyoaki nodded.

"Aren't you afraid?"

"You can't hit me through the Internet, so what are you afraid of?"

"You're such a weirdo."

"Ok?"

In the warm glow, the couple sat on the corridor, looking at the beautifully manicured garden in front of them. Songzhi Qingxian turned his head and saw her smiling and saying, "I think you didn't lose your memory, but you were possessed by someone else." "That's right, I'm a monster now. A monster that eats people without leaving any bones."

"Haha, you're a monster, that sounds quite interesting..."

Songzhi Qingxue laughed. There was not much strangeness in her smile, which was very much in line with the smile of a lady from a noble family. She cracked some melon seeds and asked, "How is your real talent?"

"Very high."

"How high?"

"It's as high as several floors." Songzhi Qingxian was cracking melon seeds leisurely.

Songzhi Qingxue wanted to imitate his almost paralyzed expression, but he couldn't hold it back. He laughed after a few seconds and asked, "Do you have the confidence to slap the faces of those who scold you online?"

"Of course there is."

"Then I'm relieved." Songzhi Qingxue turned around, leaned on the railing, and looked at him directly. "Since you forgot, I will tell you the reason why you married into my family."

"Please go ahead." Songeda Qingxian listened attentively.

"Do you remember your original last name?"

"I heard that his surname was Tokugawa."

"Then do you know your mother's original surname?"

"My last name is Tokugawa too."

"Well, your mother was born into the Shimizu Tokugawa family, one of the Tokugawa Gosanke, and you were born into the Hitotsubashi Tokugawa family, also one of the Tokugawa Gosanke."

The tone in which Matsueda Kiyoyuki said this did not sound like a joke, so Matsueda Kiyoaki chose to believe it.

"After the war, most of the old noble families declined. By the time of your grandfather's generation, the Ichibashi Tokugawa family was just an ordinary family. By the time of your father's generation, they were on the verge of bankruptcy."

"Hmm~"

"My grandfather has no children, and wanted to adopt you as his son."

"There is such a thing?" Matsueda Kiyoaki had a strange expression on his face, and felt a little regretful that he didn't recognize him.

"I was going to acknowledge you, but I was worried that you were weak and would be bullied by your stepmother and aunt..." Songzhi Qingxue said as he cracked melon seeds, carefully collecting the shells. "It just so happened that he heard from his aunt that his mother was going to choose a son-in-law, so he called me over and discussed with me. He decided to let you come to my house first, and he would leave most of his inheritance to you and me in the future. If we have children in the future, we will let them have the surname Tokugawa and become the next head of the Shimizu Tokugawa family."

"What if there isn't?" Matsueda Kiyoaki couldn't help but ask.

"Regarding this issue, we had a verbal agreement. Have you completely forgotten about it?" Songzhi Qingxue couldn't help but look into his eyes.

Matsueda Kiyoaki looked at her for a few seconds and said, "I don't remember it at all."

Matsueda Kiyoyuki's eyes gradually became complicated, as if she was wondering whether she should say it, whether to tell the truth or a lie, whether to say what would be most beneficial to herself... This struggle did not last long, and her eyes returned to clarity and brightness.

"Three years. I made a three-year agreement with you."

In the warm yellow light, she looked at Mingsongzhi Qingxian and whispered: "If I don't like anyone else in these three years, and I don't hate you, then we will become real husband and wife, I will earn money to support you, and have children with you. If I have someone I like, or I hate you, I will return your share of the inheritance to you, and you will restore the Tokugawa family name and take over your grandfather's position as the head of the family."

These words are undoubtedly very sincere.

It can even be said that it is unreserved.

This woman is really good at...

After looking at her for a long time, Matsueda Kiyoaki turned his eyes away, looked at the brilliant lights of Tokyo in the distance, and asked softly, "Did I make any request at that time?"

"No."

"...Can I bring it up now?"

Songzhi Qingxue showed a beautiful smile on his face and said firmly: "It's a foregone conclusion, I can't!"

"If you want to do this, then I have nothing to say. Anyway, I am already at your house, and it is up to you to decide what to do..."

"I'm not angry at all, you're such a weirdo."

"You too."

"Haha~" Songzhi Qingxue laughed happily and looked at his face, "You are not a nerd, I feel relieved."

(End of this chapter)