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

Chapter 418 At the family banquet

"wait wait wait!"

Long Chuanche's face was filled with disbelief and a look of horror.

He agreed to help the young lady out tonight, but he didn't agree to face a top-tier chaotic scene where all his girlfriends were sitting at the same table.

"Please explain."

Before he even reached his spot, Longchuan Che stopped.

Her face seemed to say, "Young lady, say something!"

"Natsuko?"

Ryukawa stopped, and the person in front, Nijo Maki, looked somewhat suspicious.

She didn't care whether her daughter got married or not, but Long Chuanche had to show his face tonight.

"Let's just sit here."

The young lady smiled at her mother and pointed to the empty space next to Takeda Maki.

"Sit there?"

Nijo Maki was stunned. This was how the Kujo family's banquet was conducted.

They were arranged in order of seniority from top to bottom, with most of the non-family members, except for the old man from the Takatsukasa family, being placed at the bottom.

There were a total of twenty or thirty seats in the long seating area. Since the family banquet had just begun, Nijo Maki casually had someone add another seat next to Takeda Maki.

"that…"

Long Chuanche looked around as soon as he sat down.

On the left are the wife and Akane Takeda, and on the right are the managing director and Muko.

Because the seats were added later, he ended up sharing a table with the young lady.

"Teacher Longchuan wasn't answering the phone because he got married. Congratulations!"

Before Tatsukawa Tetsu could speak, Takeda Maki spoke coldly.

There was some spilled wine on the table, apparently from the excitement of the moment.

Longchuan Che used a silk cloth to wipe it off for the other person in a flattering manner.

"Wherever there is."

The Kujo family's house is a little shady, but not shady enough.

Longchuan Che wiped away non-existent cold sweat.

"I can explain."

Longchuan Che swore he had never encountered such an unbearable situation in his life.

Miss Muzi looked at him with teary eyes, while Maki Takeda felt a chilling urge to kill.

Only the wife.

Longchuan Che bypassed the young lady to go see the lady.

The woman rested her chin on her hand and looked at him with a smile, seemingly not caring at all.

"Long Chuanche, you've gone too far!"

Sitting next to his wife, Akane Takeda gritted her teeth in anger, but Toru Ryukawa just shrugged and didn't care at all.

"I can explain."

Ryukawa Tetsu looked at Takeda Maki and Miss Kiko.

Compared to his wife's situation, the situation here is clearly more important.

"Xia Zi, really? You're getting married?"

Miss Mu looked at her friend with a pitiful expression.

The girl didn't even know how she felt at that moment.

Longchuan Che had proposed to her, but she hadn't accepted.

Now, suddenly hearing that my friend is going to marry Longchuan Che is like being struck by lightning; my head is buzzing.

My ex-boyfriend got married, but I wasn't the bride.

Everything seemed right, but upon closer inspection, something felt off.

Why did you promise me something you couldn't do?

Songzhi Muzi looked at Longchuan Che, and at that moment she felt like taking out her flute and stabbing Longchuan Che to death.

He kept saying he wanted to marry me, but after not seeing me for an afternoon, he's going to marry someone else.

It's her own best friend!

Miss Mu looked at the two of them with a wronged expression, hoping to hear some explanation.

Actually…

Long Chuanche was about to speak when he was interrupted by the young lady.

"correct."

The young lady spoke the truth.

"It was a marriage that both my maternal grandfather and mother agreed to."

I wonder if anyone has ever heard this way of speaking.

It means that everything the other person says is true, but by changing the order and combining it with the context, it can present a false lie.

“He said he wanted to marry me when we were kids, but you wouldn’t agree, Mu Zi.”

The young lady took a piece of fruit from the table and handed it to the other person.

"So we're getting married." Long Chuanche heard a squeaking sound in the air, like some small animal being grabbed by the neck.

Miss Muzi glanced at her best friend with a complicated expression, then ate the sour grape.

That woman is so wicked.

Longchuan Che glanced at the young lady who was deliberately teasing Songzhi Muzi; the extent of this woman's wickedness was unimaginable.

"She was joking."

Long Chuanche peeled two fresh shrimp for the Executive Director and Mu Zi, as for his wife who was a seat away from him.

The boy winked at the other person.

Muko was crying, and Takeda Maki had a gloomy face.

Both of them seemed to have lost control, except for the wife, whose face had an expression that said, "I'll listen to your excuses later."

Your wife is so kind!

This thought crossed Long Chuanche's mind.

"I want to eat too."

Aside from his wife who lived too far away, Tatsukawa Toru aimed to treat everyone equally.

On the table was a small plate of sweet shrimp with one fruit, and one for the Executive Vice President.

But at this moment, the young lady hesitated for a moment before speaking.

The young lady's words made the executive officer freeze in his tracks as he was about to pick up his chopsticks.

Miss Mu was defeated in one encounter; she was not the weak and timid type of the other party.

"I'll give this to you."

The Executive Director said with a smile.

Freshly peeled shrimp were transferred from one's own bowl to the young lady's bowl.

The Kujo family's kaiseki cuisine is so elaborate that each table has a different set of dishes.

The Executive Director watched as Natsuko Imamura gracefully prepared to pick up her chopsticks.

"The two of you seem to have a rather lukewarm relationship."

The woman picked up a silk cloth and wiped her hands that were holding chopsticks, without giving Long Chuanche a single glance.

"It's a bit too far away."

Takeda Maki glanced at the two who claimed to be engaged.

At this moment, Long Chuanche sat far away from the young lady, as if afraid that others would misunderstand.

“I haven’t seen him for many years.”

The young lady picked up a sweet shrimp and chewed it.

Their movements and gestures have a precision that seems to have been measured with a ruler.

"It's natural that the relationship isn't going well for the time being."

Natsuko Imamura looked at the provocative Managing Director as if she were a newlywed wife.

"But he'll probably peel them for me on his own in the future."

The young lady smiled elegantly and ladylike, and Takeda Maki narrowed her eyes slightly.

"explain!"

"Sit down!"

The two women suddenly turned their gaze to Long Chuanche, who was giving Mu Zi a meaningful look. He seemed to be trying to whisper something to Mu Zi.

"This isn't what we agreed on, is it?"

This chaotic situation is wrong.

I have absolutely no feelings for the young lady.

Ryukawa Tetsu reluctantly tugged at Imamura Natsuko's clothes, not understanding why she was acting like a legitimate wife.

Her little actions drew an even more dangerous look from the Executive Vice President, and the young lady rolled her eyes and said:

"Look where you are!"

The girl subtly gestured for Long Chuanche to look around, and Long Chuanche looked around and was stunned.

Even in a corner, you don't realize when you become the center of attention.

Various eerie, sinister, and indifferent gazes turned in this direction.

The noise here is different from what's happening here.

Everyone was calmly watching him.

Observe your own small movements, observe your own words and actions.

“Do what a husband should do, Tatsukawa Tetsu.”

The girl took a sip of tea from the teacup in front of her, covering it with her sleeve.

"I'll explain it to them for you after it's over."

Those strange and indifferent gazes were filled with both different kinds of goodwill and evil words.

They were observing his every word and action to discern the true purpose of this family dinner.

He was assessing what changes his presence would bring to the family.

"Welcome home."

The young lady raised her glass to Long Chuanche, ignoring the executive director's slowly growing suspicion.

(End of this chapter)