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

Chapter 354: Aunt and Niece

The night in Dublin begins at eight o'clock, and at around nine o'clock a plane descends on this emerald heart under the cover of darkness.

The River Liffey divides the city, and the Spire of Dublin symbolizes rebirth on O'Connell Street.

This beautiful city received visitors from across the ocean at night, and my wife picked up her daughter shortly after leaving the hotel.

"Is mother coming to pick me up alone?"

Sitting in the hotel's airport pickup car, the Schopenhauer Hotel is a very high-end hotel.

Akane Takeda looked around while sitting in the MPV and spoke softly to her mother who was sitting in the passenger seat.

The wife seemed very distressed after not seeing her daughter for a few days.

The wife sat next to her daughter and yawned lazily.

"Are you not happy that your mother is here to pick you up?"

Mrs. Takeda has a sense of grace when facing her daughter. After more than ten years of loving mother and filial daughter, there is an atmosphere of calmness of the elder and the well-behaved girl between the two.

"Of course I'm happy that my mother came to pick me up."

The girl who came from afar was wearing a sky blue suspender skirt.

Sweet breeze, bright and beautiful.

"But isn't Longchuan Tetsu here too? Why doesn't he come out with you so late?"

When Takeda Akane said that he should accompany you out, your wife's heart shuddered.

Discovered?

This thought came to the wife's mind.

Then she realized that this was not the case when she looked into her daughter's eyes.

There was disgust and dissatisfaction in the girl's expression.

It seemed as if Ryukawa Toru was angry because he had not fulfilled his obligations.

"Are you worried that it's not safe for your mother to come out alone?"

The hotel's airport driver was a woman, the wife asked hesitantly.

"This is your mother's first time in Berlin. As an adopted son, Ryukawa Tetsu should accompany you, as he is unfamiliar with the place."

Takeda Akane's words made his wife burst into tears.

Look, look, he raised her from childhood to adulthood, but now Longchuan Che always takes advantage of her and never gets enough of her. Only his own daughter cares about him.

"He has something to do."

Although I feel that my daughter is still the best, my wife's relationship with Ryukawa Toru is now delicate.

Of course, she couldn't say bad things about him in front of her daughter like she did before, and she even had to help him make amends.

What is he busy with? Participating in the Frank Award.

Before Takeda Akane could ask, the lady had already finished telling the story.

"He was selected?"

The wife didn't tell me the process, she only said that Ryukawa Tetsu was in the key process of being shortlisted.

The long list will be announced soon and the short list will be released within a week.

The Frank Fiction Award is designed to reward outstanding contributions to short stories around the world.

This is a milestone honor in the field of short stories, and Takeda Akane is somewhat incredulous.

"uh-huh."

The wife was sending messages to her sister to gather information while casually dealing with her daughter.

She has a weird relationship with her "daughter", but the feelings are real.

"Xiao Qian."

Just when I mentioned the little lover who I didn't know whether he was letting himself go or not, my wife coughed and called her daughter.

"What's the matter, mother?"

Takeda Akane was sitting in the leather seat in a daze. Ryuukawa Toru's reputation in the country was getting worse and worse. She was quite happy about it, but what was going on now?

“It seems that not many people can win the European Literature Prize.”

When Takeda Akane was thinking this, the lady next to her asked.

"What do you think of that little bastard... Longchuan Tetsu."

The wife almost blurted out the private name.

When he is happy, he calls you master; when he is unhappy, he calls you little bastard.

My wife is so willful now.

"Ryukawa Toru?" Takeda Akane's eyes were a little confused, and the harmless face she had seen since she was a child appeared in her mind.

Waste, garbage, and termites that could not leave our home.

The girl thought so in her heart, but she said this out loud.

"Archer is now a writer, so he has done his mother a disservice in raising him."

The girl described herself as sensible and well-behaved, and attributed all of Longchuan Che's current achievements to her wife.

"Thanks to me for raising him?"

The wife, who had always been called a fool by her sister, was overjoyed by her daughter's coaxing, but she did not lose herself. She thought for a while and asked.

"What would you think if mom told her that she was dating Xiao Qian?"

"With Ryukawa Tetsu?!"

We had just finished talking about Ryukawa Toru when he suddenly jumped to the topic of his mother's relationship. Takeda Akane's pupils contracted and her surprised voice made the car body shake.

"Do you need help, guest?"

The girl's voice was so loud that the driver in front looked over.

"No, no, what are you talking about, you dead kid."

The wife dealt with the driver for a while, then waved her hands frantically at her daughter.

She originally wanted to test her daughter's reaction. After all, there was still a long time to go and she couldn't keep it a secret from her forever.

"Mom is just asking about mom's relationship. It has nothing to do with Longchuan Tetsu."

The wife felt a little guilty about what she said because her daughter's reaction was so dramatic.

"It's a relationship problem."

Takeda Akane slowly loosened her clenched hands.

She glanced at her very bright and beautiful mother.

"My mother has worked hard to take care of me for so many years."

The girl's eyes suddenly became very gentle. Raising a child is the greatest kindness in the world.

"I will support my mother no matter who she dates."

The girl smiled very sincerely. When she was scolded as an illegitimate child, it was her mother in front of her who allowed her to grow up healthily.

"Eat well and grow up healthy."

The gentle Takako Takeda is the mother of Akane Takeda.

The car turned along the River Liffey and entered a hotel next to the water.

The air here is fresh and there is a green park not far away.

"Xiao Qian, this is the room card for me and your aunt Zhenfei."

After getting off the car at the hotel entrance, the wife handed two room cards to her daughter.

"I'm going to the restaurant on the third floor to order some food. You wait for me in the room."

My wife has forgotten why she gave her sister's room card to her daughter.

All she knew was that she was later poked on the head and scolded by her sister for a long time.

“Please help me find out which room this person lives in.”
As soon as she got the room card, Takeda Akane did not return to her room. Instead, she handed Ryukawa Toru's name to the front desk.

Tatsukawa Tōru.

The romanization of Ryukawa Tetsu.

"We can't expose the guests' information."

The receptionist was amazed at the girl's beauty and responded politely.

Both parties communicated in English, and Takeda Akane raised her eyebrows.
“We registered together, this is my room key card.”
Some people are born to do bad things. After Takeda Akane filled the battery, my phone ran out of battery, and the receptionist took two room cards and helped Takeda Akane check.

“Indeed, they were registered together.”

The girl at the front desk responded politely.

"but…"

The receptionist picked up the room card of a suite and looked hesitant.

"But ma'am, isn't Miss Takeda registered with Mr. Longchuan on this card?"

The hotel room card with Takeda Maki's name on it had Ryuukawa Toru's information recorded on it.

Thinking about her mother's strange question, Takeda Akane walked straight to her aunt's room.

(End of this chapter)