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

Chapter 369: A woman carrying a camera
June 22nd, sunny day, the seventh day since Ryuukawa Che arrived in Dublin.

The white clouds in the sky look like bubbles scrubbed out of a bathtub, and the azure sky looks like it has been washed by clean river water.

Today is Bloomsday, and it’s also when the Frank Prize shortlist is announced.

"I said, can you hurry up?"

Lying on my wife's balcony and watching the sun, in the green park in the distance someone was flying a kite high in the sky.

The diamond-shaped kite is a simple design. While Longchuan Che was killing time out of boredom, there was a girl behind him dressing up in front of the mirror.

She was wearing a light-colored skirt with polka dots and a little lip gloss and eye shadow on her lips.

The lip gloss is peach-flavored and the eyeshadow has a little sparkle.

"Aunt Zhenfei went to the yoga studio with mother."

Akane Takeda feels that her eye shadow is too heavy.

So I wiped off the eye shadow and repainted it.

He spoke slowly without turning his head.

"I'm the only one willing to go out with you, so it's only right that you wait for me."

My wife and the general manager have recently become fascinated with yoga. Today, Ryukawa Tetsu made an appointment with others to go and see the announcement of the shortlist.

Hearing the girl's words, Longchuan Che sneered disdainfully.

He would not have taken her out if he had not promised his wife to help her daughter complete the study assignment.

"Uncle doesn't seem to be worried at all?"

The main thing is to go and see the shortlist announcement, and helping yourself complete your homework is just a side job.

The announcement of the shortlist is a very important literary event in Ireland. Takeda Akane put down her eye shadow and looked at Ryukawa Toru.

The boy had a nonchalant expression, seemingly unaware of today's activities.

Being on the shortlist is a great honor, but the two elders went to practice yoga and Ryuukawa Tetsuya was lazy.

"Did you know you would lose?"

The girl laughed out of habit, then watched Longchuan Che roll his eyes at her.

"Okay, let's go."

Ryukawa Toru stood up, ignoring the half-melted Takeda Akane.

The executive officer said two days ago that the other party might like him, and Ryukawa Toru felt that Takeda Maki was crazy.

Takeda Akane has been arrogant and rude to me since she was a child. She deliberately involved Muzi in this a few days ago probably because she couldn't bear to see me getting along so well with my aunt.

"Wearing this again?"

Ryukawa Toru got up and went out, and Takeda Akane also took the small bag and walked with her head down.

She placed her hands on her well-developed breasts, and a pretty little brooch was pinned to the floral collar of her dress.

The brooch was in the shape of a beautiful golden rose, and Longchuan Che knew that it was a pinhole camera.

"of course."

Putting the camera in place, Takeda Akane raised her eyebrows at Ryukawa Toru.

"If you do anything unkind to me, I can report it to Aunt Zhenfei immediately."

"Please let go of your hand before you say that."

Takeda Akane's words made it seem as if Ryukawa Toru was a pervert who would do something bad to her at any time.

But in fact, it was Takeda Akane who hugged her clothes after saying this.

A girl of seventeen or eighteen, with a bit of youthful tenderness and some fatness that was inconsistent with her age.

As soon as Longchuan Cheyi lowered his head, he could see the snow-white ravines.

"why?"

Takeda Akane squeezed in, seemingly not thinking there was anything wrong with this behavior.

"Aren't you worried that I might do something bad to you?"

While shouting at him not to have any bad intentions towards me, she also hugged her uncle's hand very familiarly.

Her chest sank as Ryukawa Toru's elbow pressed down on her, and Takeda Akane raised her eyebrows.

"The point is that I will hand it over to Aunt Zhenfei." You did something bad to me, and then I will hand it over to Aunt Zhenfei.

The girl said that the focus was on the second half and she was not worried at all that Longchuan Che would do anything to her.

"very good."

Longchuan Che pulled his hand out.

Any inappropriate touching or movement would be recorded by the camera, and then Takeda Akane would report it to the police.

"Then Auntie will break up with you, and you will be the poor little dumped one."

Takeda Akane showed off her unique way of thinking, and as Ryukawa Toru walked forward, he only regretted that he didn't bring a recorder.

Dublin is not big, but today the 115 square kilometers of roads are filled with people holding books.

There are office workers, children, and elderly people.

Everyone holds a book, making the city full of bookish atmosphere.

The petals from Green Park fell on the boy's shoulders, and Takeda Akane glanced at her uncle.

“Does everyone have to read on Bloomsday?”

The uncle didn't give her the chance to seduce him, and the girl's hands felt a little empty.

I envy those couples walking together, and those couples sitting on the bench.

Bloomsday is reading day in Ireland, and couples reading the same book always make Takeda Akane take a second look.

"You don't keep this thing on all the time."

Longchuan Che glanced at the girl's chest. This woman has been acting weird lately.

She would wear a miniskirt and walk around in front of Takeda Maki when she was not around, and would often do some ambiguous actions.

"Let your uncle make a mistake, and then break up with your aunt."

Takeda Akane has been saying this a lot lately.

"No."

Takeda Akane pinched the brooch.

Keeping it open all the time would make her look like a pervert who was spying on the privacy of people on the street. Takeda Akane only turned it on at critical moments.

"I won't open it until my uncle does something dangerous."

Bringing a woman who was carrying a camera with her, Ryukawa Toru thought about it before answering the girl's previous question.

“There is no rule that everyone must read books.”

Bloomsday in Ireland is a famous literary festival that has been held since the last century.

"This festival was originally intended to commemorate James Joyce, who made outstanding contributions to Irish literature. Now it has become a major literary event."

Bloom, the name of the protagonist in Ulysses.

The name was originally given to the protagonist of Ulysses in memory of Joyce, who brought Dublin to life in books, but has now become a spontaneous reading day.

Everyone took out the books they had selected and talked with people around them, and the artistry of literature became more and more intense on this day.

"The shortlist was announced on this day. This year's Frank Fiction Prize is quite important."

Today is the most literary day, and the day when Irish people pay the most attention to literary books.

Everyone brought their own books, and Ryukawa Toru guessed that the Frank Novel Award would also attract a lot of attention.

"If you don't make the shortlist, how about you promise me something?"

The shortlist will be announced in the magnificent National Concert Hall, where the story of Ulysses will be performed in the form of musical notes today. When the music falls, this year's ten shortlisted candidates will flow along with the music to the pages of various newspapers.

It’s quite a literary event, even if it’s just a short list announcement.

"What are you planning again?"

Takeda Akane looked sly, but Ryukawa Toru actually already knew that she was on the shortlist.

Joyce called him last night but wouldn't say much about whether he could win the Frank Prize for Fiction.

Judges reactions, book reviews.

Didn't say anything.

(End of this chapter)