Tokyo: The life of a literary giant begins with home self-defense!

Chapter 344 General Manager's Cream Cake 1
Ryukawa Toru had no idea what happened in Tokyo.

At this moment, he was staring at a man at the door of Gold Imamura Natsuko.

The man was about forty years old, with a square face and a serious expression.

Seeing Longchuan Che coming to visit, he was so cautious as if he saw a rat stealing oil.

"Why are you here?"

Longchuan Che looked inside. He came to say goodbye to the eldest lady because he was leaving Gold in the afternoon.

He went out in the morning to exercise and did not run into the eldest lady.

Being in a foreign country, he was a little worried that the girl might encounter problems.

"That's what I should ask you."

The one who was blocking Longchuan Che at the door was the "Potato Minister" who had disappeared for a long time. He looked at Longchuan Che with some vigilance.

"Why are you here to see my daughter so early?"

It was still light outside and Longchuan Che came over after breakfast.

There are white clouds in the sky and catkins floating in the breeze on the ground.

"It's not okay to visit."

Longchuan Che was too lazy to pay attention to this potato minister who had been causing trouble for him time and time again, and he quickly went into the yard where the eldest lady rented.

This place is a little smaller than where Longchuan Che lives, and there are two golden sunflowers planted in the yard.

The eldest lady was packing up her things in the house and was stunned when she saw Longchuan Che come in.

"you are leaving?"

There were some clothes and some freshly written manuscripts on the ground. It was obvious that the young lady was going to leave Gold today.

"Something happened at home and I have to go back for a while."

The eldest daughter, who was kneeling on the ground, nodded slightly and looked at her father who came in.

The middle-aged man had a dark face and sat next to the two of them with a fierce look in his eyes.

"What's so urgent?"

Ryukawa Tetsu is very outgoing, or rather, he is deliberately so.

He treated the eldest lady's house as if it were his own and sat next to the girl to help her pack her things.

Jewelry, souvenirs, clothes.

After all, I am a girl. I have been in Europe for more than half a month and have accumulated a lot of small things.

"no big deal."

The girl looked calm and didn't say why she suddenly wanted to go back. Longchuan Che remembered that she had originally planned to stay in Gold until the end of the month and then go to England.

"What about the Booker Prize? And the Cheltenham Prize."

The eldest lady was recommended to the long list of the Cheltenham Prize. Longchuan Che remembered that the result of this award would be announced at the end of June.

"It's just a trip back. It's not like you won't come back."

Natsuko Imamura looked at Toru Ryukawa with some helplessness. It was rare to see the other party being so fussy.

"Instead of caring about Xia Zi, why not think about yourself?"

Every time Ryukawa Toru talked to Imamura Natsuko, Imamura Yukawa's face became darker.

So much so that he had to interrupt their conversation later.

It was Kujo Fujitaka's idea to let Natsuko Imamura go to Princeton. He had been feeling very nervous for more than half a month, fearing that Toru Ryukawa would scheme against him and take his precious daughter away.

The last time he saw the other person walking out of his daughter's room in Hanzomon Apartment was a shadow that haunted him for the rest of his life.

"How to say?"

Ryukawa Toru looked at the other person. Imamura Yukawa was still wearing a well-tailored suit, but Ryukawa Toru felt that this father-in-law.

'Very silly.'

When Ryukawa Toru was thinking this, Imamura Natsuko stretched out two fingers and pinched him hard.

Imamura Yukawa was unaware of the two's little tricks, and he said to Ryukawa Toru.

“I heard that you wanted to participate in the Booker Prize but were rejected?”

His daughter found Patrick Modiano at almost the same time as Ryukawa Toru, but one continued to compete for the Booker Prize while the other was eliminated.

Imamura Yukawa's sarcasm was obvious.

"Yes, I was rejected."

Longchuan Che pretended not to understand the other party's ridicule, and helped the young lady pack her things very attentively. His movements were skillful and his words were caring, as if he remembered something after a while.

"Father-in-law, can you please help me enter the Booker Prize?"

Long Chuan Che opened his eyes wide and looked at the other person, as if the other person was a good person.

Imamura Yukawa's nose was crooked with anger and he was about to start cursing.

"Father, can you please go out for a while? I've been busy all morning and my head hurts a little."

Ryukawa Toru and Imamura Yukawa are people who have almost nothing to talk about when they meet. The eldest lady pinched her nose and felt a little headache.

Normally, Imamura Yukawa would have scolded his daughter for being so disloyal.

However, this daughter-slave just looked at his daughter with pity.

"Xia Zi, don't worry, take your time to clean up, I'll go out for a walk first."

Imamura Yukawa's tone was very calm, and Ryukawa Toru felt a sense of sadness in the calmness.

It seemed as if great sorrow was waiting for the girl who was about to return home, causing her father to be reluctant to say a single harsh word to his daughter.

"When did your father come?"

Longchuan Che helped the other person pack his things, including a backpack and a trolley case.

There wasn't much stuff but it looked heavy compared to the skinny girl.

"I was on the same flight as Ms. Takeda yesterday morning."

It turned out that Imamura Yukawa came on the same flight with his wife, but his wife did not mention this to him.

Longchuan Che felt something was strange.

"Is there something you should tell me?"

Imamura Yukawa's arrival was sudden and a bit strange.

It was as if he was worried that Natsuko Imamura would not come back and came to pick her up.

"Ryukawa-san."

The girl put on the off-white backpack and held the heavy trolley case.

She did not notify her father to come for help, nor did she ask Longchuan Che to help her.

She walked slowly towards the door.

“It’s better not to know why many things happen.”

Along with Imamura Yukawa came the news of Kujo Fujitaka's death, but Imamura Natsuko and the two Takeda sisters together avoided this matter from Ryukawa Toru.

What will happen when the head of a large family dies? It is both difficult and easy to guess.

"The tree outside the door grows once a year, and everything goes on in cycles."

The eldest lady mumbled something softly, but Longchuan Che didn't hear it clearly.

He could only watch the slender figure walk to the bottom of the town, and then waved goodbye to her.

Some people wanted them to develop feelings for each other during their trip to Europe, but the eldest daughter looked easy-going but was actually cold.

"If you want me to help you with something, I won't refuse."

Longchuan Che opened the window of the black car and saw the girl inside looking forward with a calm expression.

Ryuukawa Che didn't know when he would be able to call the girl back to China on the eve of the Cheltenham Prize, but he thought it wouldn't be a good idea.

"Ryukawa Tetsu."

The girl turned her gaze towards the boy.

"Do you think life is bitter first and sweet later, or is it always bitter?"

The girl's face was calm and her expression showed no change.

Ryukawa Che opened his mouth to answer, but the girl closed the car window.

The car windows were sealed next to the road, like a solid cage.

There were many people who saw the young lady off that day, including bodyguards and followers.

Groups of people seemed to appear out of nowhere.

Longchuan Che didn't know where they came from.

Just like he didn't know why the eldest lady's Fuji bicycle appeared in Gold.

(End of this chapter)