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

Chapter 86: Xiu Zen Temple Beheading Buddha 3
"I'm at the Yumotokan Hotel in Izu."

When Ryukawa Toru pressed the hang-up button on his phone, he saw a woman with a gloomy face and Mrs. Takeda who looked embarrassed.

They were caught red-handed in the hot spring hotel, and their clothes were still together in the open suitcase.

It's easy to guess what happened.

"I met and talked with Mr. Kaga today."

The woman gently pushed open the half-open paper door with one finger.

"Guess what he told me?"

The woman's pretty face was covered with dark lines and frost. Seeing her like this, Longchuan Tetsu guessed that the old man probably said something like "Ms. Takeda, why haven't I seen your master these days?"

The two women look so much alike that it would be impossible to make any noise if they changed their clothes.

It's hard to tell who is who.

Mrs. Takeda pinched the corner of her clothes and looked out the window with embarrassment.

The writers' tour was organized by Kodansha, so it was normal for Takeda Maki to meet the other party.

"This old man is too talkative."

Mrs. Takeda tugged at the corner of Ryukawa Toru's clothes, signaling him to think of a solution.

"Don't you want me to come in and sit down?"

Takeda Shinki saw all the little movements of the two people. The woman standing at the door raised her eyebrows at Longchuan Che.

Wherever the woman goes, she gives people a feeling of refinement and nobility.

It was New Year's Day, and the woman was wearing a white snowflake-shaped kimono with a hand towel tied around her hands.

The fur collar at the neckline is somewhat elegant, and the large and colorful "Baoxianghua pattern" on the belt is very gorgeous.

The kimono was very beautiful, and Ryukawa Tetsu took a second look.

"My sister is asking you a question."

Mrs. Takeda pinched Ryukawa Tetsu's waist in a hushed voice, looking annoyed for some reason.

It is really inappropriate to invite the other party in, as there are too many signs of ambiguity between men and women in the room.

Longchuan Che used his body to block the brush on the table, warmed the wine, pulled on the gauze, coughed, and said, "Let's go outside."

The veil can be used to cover the face and also to tie the hair.

The way Takeda Maki looked at her sister was like a dead person.

Snow was falling under the gloomy sky, and there was a "hot spring road" just outside the Yumotokan.

The clear spring water is introduced into the sulfur hot spring of Yumotokan by wooden pipes, creating bursts of hot air all around.

"I heard that Snow Country has good sales, congratulations."

The cold and beautiful woman was particularly suitable for the first snow. She was holding a paper umbrella of the hotel and walking on the Men's and Women's Bridge. Behind her was the uneasy-looking Takeda Takako and the looking-around Ryukawa Toru.

Yumotokan is built among pine trees and you can see Atami from afar.

Various Showa-style buildings are set up on both sides of the "hot spring road", and the slow walk is unique.

"If you don't mess with me, my grades will be better."

How good is "Snow Country"?
Actually, it’s just okay.

The total sales volume was over 200,000. If it weren't for the criticisms made by Miyaka Ichitaro and his gang, the 300,000 copies should have been sold out.

The collective boycott by literati had such a huge impact that Ryukawa Tetsu's "Snow Country" was only casually bought by those who thought the writing was beautiful.

This type of reader is uncertain and may not buy into the next issue of "Snow Country".

Pure literature, popular literature, light novels.

Various written publications have their own readership circles.

Ryuukawa Che has not established a firm foothold in the circle of pure literary novel readers, and he has now gone astray and moved to two other fields.

“Perhaps Snow Country is more suitable as a popular reading material.”

The woman showed a hint of sarcasm on her face. This sentence is equivalent to swearing in the literary circle, but Longchuan Tetsu didn't react much.

"What's going on with you two?"

This kind of mockery made her look more like a clown because she didn't respond. Takeda Shinki shook her sleeves and looked back and forth between the two of them. In the first month of the year, people tend to wear formal clothes such as kimonos.

Two people walked out of the room, one wearing a black haori and the other wearing a golden red leaf furisode.

Takako Takeda felt that the two of them did not look like a couple, and she even felt that the young master was having a lover.

Thinking of the eye mask and warm wine in the room, Takeda Shinki felt vaguely uncomfortable.

She looked so much like Takeda Takako, and she couldn't imagine her sister doing that kind of thing under a man with a face exactly like hers.

"me.."

Takeda Takako stammered and was unable to speak. Ryukawa Toru looked at the woman with a hint of anger in her eyes.

"Why do you ask so clearly?" Ryukawa Tetsu put his hands on the woman's hips and gently lifted Takeda Takako's face beside the men's and women's bridge.
"Look, the lady is shy."

This is a young man with rosy lips and white teeth, but he behaves like a playboy.

The New Year's winter snow fell on the bewildered wife's face, and Ryukawa Toru gently wiped it with his fingertips.

Perhaps she didn't expect Ryukawa Toru to respond in this way. Takeda Takako blinked, watched the snowflakes from the sky fall on the boy's head, and her soft heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Don't touch her."

Takeda Shinki suddenly felt a chill all over her body, and she seemed to be able to feel the temperature of the hands on her sister's lower back.

His palm was large and gently rubbed his body through the fabric.

The other party's reaction was a little excited, but Ryukawa Toru did not let go of Mrs. Takeda.

He half-hugged the stiff woman with a lazy look on his face.

"Anything else? If nothing, we need to go back to the room and rest."

The word "we" was emphasized particularly strongly. Takeda Maki couldn't help but groan when she saw Ryukawa Toru pinching her sister's waist.

There is a mapping phenomenon in psychology, and Longchuan Che doesn’t know if it can explain the situation in front of him.

When you see your palms in the mirror being roasted by the fire, you will also feel the pain.

Longchuan Tetsu's hand slid slowly from his wife's waist downwards. Amid the sound of the gurgling spring, Takeda Shinki's face turned rosy.

"enough."

Takeda Shinki pulled over Takeda Takako, who did not resist.

The woman glared at her sister with disappointment and looked at Longchuan Che with a cold face.

"You two want to get involved? Do you know what your relationship is?"

The wooden planks of the Men's and Women's Bridge creaked when you stepped on them.

Ryukawa Toru felt that she probably wasn't very clear about his relationship with Mrs. Takeda.

Living in the same room means we have to be together?
Then please pack up Takeda Akane and send her over as well.

The two lived in the same room when they were young.

I didn't ask anything because the secretary I had met before came running over.

"General Manager, the itinerary for Shuzenji Temple has been arranged."

Kodansha came here with an itinerary, but the leader disappeared halfway through the event.

The secretary walked in a hurry and only breathed a sigh of relief when she reached the angry woman.

"Already started?"

"Well, let's go together."

The two women exchanged a few words and Takeda Shinki was about to leave.

He turned around and looked at Longchuan Che.

"It's frustrating that your work is not recognized by the literary world, right?"

The woman held her struggling sister in her hands.

"Would you like to come with me and meet the entire Japanese literary world?"

"Snake man."

(End of this chapter)