After rebirth, I became Tokyo Sentimental

Chapter 226, page 225. Takizawa roared and then pounced on his opponent.
"You're quite good at hiding your Begonia!"

"I'm warning you, don't move!"

"Our friendship of over ten years, is it really not worth as much as this crabapple tree? Your words are truly hurtful."

"You bastard! You've already taken two 'Rubik's stalks,' three old 'Philodendron's bonsai,' six large-flowered lily of the valley, four bougainvillea, and seventeen golden-leaved bamboo stalks from here. I'm being lenient by not killing you with one blow!"

"In that case, one more plant won't make a difference."

"Damn it! This begonia is my precious treasure, I've been raising it for months! I absolutely cannot give it to you!"

"Two hundred thousand yen."

Do I look like someone who loves money?!

"Five hundred thousand yen."

"Go ahead and add more if you dare!"

"Eight hundred thousand yen."

Even if you offer a million, I still won't give it to you!

"Then one million yen."

"make a deal!"

Tsukasa Haruno ignored Ryota Takizawa, who was smiling and rubbing his fingers together beside him, and instead fiddled with the blooming Japanese begonia in front of him, his eyes full of admiration.

The crabapple blossoms resemble a colorful box overturned by an embroiderer's fingertips. Their pink and white petals are tinged with rouge, and their texture is almost translucent.

Golden dust flutters between the petals, and when it touches a drop of water, it condenses into tiny starlight. The overlapping petals curl slightly like butterfly wings. When the wind blows outside the window, the entire cloudscape becomes a flowing watercolor, and even the light and shadow are tinged with the sweet fragrance of honey.

Freed from the constraints of material things.

In addition, there is no burden of work or career.

Therefore, Yuan Ye Si had long ago developed a leisurely interest in tending to flowers and plants. He was particularly fond of these relatively rare plants and would grow some himself.

Of course.

A single Oriental crabapple tree is not worth a million yen.

Even if Ryota Takizawa's plant is a bonsai ornamental plant, it would probably be worth two or three hundred thousand yen once it blooms.

However, it's common knowledge that he's rich.

It's common knowledge that he has so much money he can't spend it all, and he's willing to spend it on friends and family. After all, money is just a number to him right now, and it would be easy for everyone around him to achieve financial freedom.

However, people have a need for dignity.

Apart from mothers, children, and wives, anyone with even a modicum of moral values ​​will not easily accept gifts from others, especially from friends.

Ryota Takizawa is considered to have a relatively big heart.

Knowing that Haruno Tsukasa liked plants, he would collect some rarer plants to cultivate in his spare time, and then take them away when Haruno Tsukasa came to him from time to time, and then rip him off.

Harano Szura was able to pay in this way.

Ryota Takizawa was also very enthusiastic.

Although it wasn't explicitly stated, he knew that Haruno Tsukasa was indirectly giving him money. Their many years of friendship made him accept the money, but Takizawa Ryota had been diligently studying gardening for many years.

"Are you really planning to be a security guard here for the rest of your life?" Haruno Tsukasa asked with a smile, handing over the check.

Ryota Takizawa took the check without even looking at the exact amount, casually stuffed it into his pocket, and leaned back in his office chair, propping his legs up on the desk. He retorted, "Are you really planning to do nothing at all?"

The two looked at each other and couldn't help but smile.

They then shook their heads.

The lives of the rich are all the same, but the lives of the poor are all different. After escaping the struggle for basic necessities, most people lose their drive, become complacent and stop striving for progress.

Is this a bad thing?
of course not.

We strive to live a life where we don't have to struggle to survive in society. If we've already achieved that, why continue to suffer? That's just asking for trouble.

As long as you're willing to endure hardship.

Then you'll suffer endlessly for the rest of your life.

Lacking the ambition to govern the world, living a mundane life like a mountain stream is not necessarily a bad thing. They are all ordinary people with a clear understanding of themselves.

Even Harano Tsukasa is the same.

Even if his talent is beyond compare, and with the slight help of the wish list, he can indeed do things that many people cannot do in their entire lives, but what use is that? To this day, apart from being managed and continuously accumulated by a specialist, Haruno Tsukasa's wealth is only donated to society through two foundations, one internally and one externally. The externally donated foundation goes to Tokyo University. He can't do much more than that.

Let it just continue like this.

It would be even better if the family could be harmonious.

Haruno Tsukasa and Takizawa Ryota chatted idly, and Haruno learned that Hiraga Genji had recently taken his wife and children on vacation to New Zealand. He also told Haruno about his former colleagues in the ward office who got divorced, who was caught cheating on whom, and several other strange stories about the residents.

It was mostly Harano Tsukasa listening.

After all, Ryota Takizawa is a chatterbox, and he hasn't changed over the years. In addition, his gossipy heart, which was burning in his chest back then, has never been extinguished, and he loves to join in the fun. Even if two dogs are fighting, he can lie on the side and cheer them on. So, he drank two bottles of water while talking.

Time flies when you do that.

But the two continued talking.

Until someone knocked on the office door.

"Captain Takizawa, Manager Hiratani requests a meeting."

The young security guard saluted and spoke respectfully.

Upon hearing this, Takizawa Ryota, who had been disturbed, looked somewhat surprised and asked, "Did they say what it was about?"

The young security guard lowered his head slightly, seemingly a little nervous: "No, Manager Pinggu is already in the conference room and has gathered everyone. You should go quickly."

"Alright, you go ahead."

Ryota Takizawa, unsuspecting, simply assumed the young security guard was nervous because he was new and had met his superior. He turned away with a smile and said:
"I'm going to a meeting. Wait for me a bit. Tonight I'll take you to a newly opened Chinese restaurant. I thought the food was pretty good, you should like it. And tonight we'll have some of your favorite baijiu, how about that?"

"Is it going to be another fake bar?"

Haruno Tsukasa couldn't help but make a joke.

A three-piece suit for middle-aged men.

Smoking, drinking, and looking at beautiful women.

Although he didn't know why Haruno Tsukasa liked things from the University of Tokyo so much, Takizawa Ryota managed to get along with him quite well. However, one time he asked a friend to bring a bottle of so-called rare vintage wine from the University of Tokyo and excitedly asked Haruno Tsukasa to taste it. As a result, the two of them only drank half a jin (250ml) before they had to go to the hospital due to poisoning.

Ryota Takizawa's face quickly turned red, as if he had recalled some unpleasant past events. He hurriedly argued, "Last time was an accident. This time I bought it from the official website. It's definitely a genuine vintage wine!"

"Alright, go ahead, I'll wait for you here."

Haruno Tsukasa stubbed out his cigarette and said with a smile.

Ryota Takizawa left quickly.

While idly taking out his phone in the office, he glanced at the messages sent by various fund agents, replied to them one by one, and then started reading the news.

However, before he could look for long, he could faintly hear Takizawa Ryota's unwilling roar.

He frowned, got up, and went out.

Then he saw a large group of people standing in the corridor of the property management office. Among them, a beautifully dressed young woman was covering her face and crying. And what he had heard earlier was correct. At this moment, Takizawa Ryota was being held by two policemen, one on each side, with handcuffs on his wrists. He was now shouting angrily.

"I'm here for a meeting, what do you want!"

"Damn it! I already said I didn't!"

"Go check the surveillance footage! You bitch, how dare you frame someone for no reason, officers! You have to believe me! You should be arresting her!"

However, her roar had no effect.

The police acted as if they hadn't heard a thing.

The young woman cried even harder than before, as if she had suffered a great injustice. Several other employees from the property management department kept comforting her, while the security guards who were watching the commotion remained silent. Takizawa Ryota was trembling with anger.

The cursing continued unabated.

In the end, he realized that no one was listening to him. Finally, unable to contain his boiling anger, he roared and broke free from the restraints of the two policemen, turning around and lunging at the young woman.

The young policeman's expression changed drastically.

The woman forgot to cry for a moment.

The scene was chaotic, with shouts and yells filling the air, and people walking around everywhere in the corridor.

The farce didn't end until 8 p.m.

In front of the Taitung Ward Police Station, Tsukasa Harano's face, hidden in the darkness, was illuminated by the red and blue police lights, while Ryota Takizawa, who had been released on bail, was explaining things to a woman holding a child.

"She insists that I hit her and broke the car, and then she's blaming me. Damn it, I didn't even touch a hair on her head, and now she dares to say the child is mine!"

"Then why do you have to drive so fast in the patrol car in the neighborhood? Do you really have something going on with her?!"

"I really didn't!"

"No wonder you're never home! I bet you're keeping a mistress on the side! Disgusting! Shameless! You earn money but don't spend it on your family; instead, you give it to other women!"

"Outsiders are accusing me, are you going to accuse me too? And when have I ever stopped contributing money to the family? Haven't I given you my monthly salary? Have I ever shortchanged or hidden anything from you?"

"Yes, you did pay me my salary, but what about those dozens of checks you sealed in a plastic bag in the toilet seat at home? You made hundreds of millions of yen!"

"What!? My..." Takizawa Ryota was shocked upon hearing this, as if someone had hit a vital spot.

Holding her bewildered son, Takanashi sneered at the sight. Seeing Takizawa Ryota's momentary lapse in concentration and subsequent vulnerability, she pressed her advantage, continuing with an air of superiority:
"This is irrefutable evidence! Who knows how much money you actually have? And you still say you haven't spent money on other women!"

“I…” Takizawa Ryota hesitated, unable to finish his sentence.

He opened his mouth but didn't say anything.

Even the light in his eyes had dimmed, as if he had lost his soul. Standing next to him, all you could vaguely hear was him saying something about my money.

"Let me interject. I can vouch for you with my integrity. Ryota has absolutely not cheated on me." Haruno Tsukasa sighed upon seeing this, first explaining to Takanashi who was holding the child, then pausing before adding, "As for the money he hid, it was all money I signed for after doing things for me. It wasn't any kind of illicit money."

"I know it was you who gave it to him, Haruno-kun, but this guy actually hid money from me behind my back, that's absolutely unforgivable!" Seeing Haruno Tsukasa speak, Takanashi's momentum weakened a bit, and her tone was much calmer than before, but her attitude towards Takizawa was still very tough.

"How about we make him hand them all over?"

After pondering for a moment, Yuan Ye Si asked.

Takanashi nodded, almost agreeing on the spot, but then suddenly remembered that she hadn't gotten the person's consent yet, so she turned her head and said irritably, "What do you think?"

"The money I saved up..."

"Ok?"

"Hand it over, hand it over, hand it all over."

Ryota Takizawa gritted his teeth and wiped away a few tears.

"That's more like it..." Takanashi muttered.

Ryota Takizawa let out a long sigh, temporarily suppressing the sadness of handing over his entire secret stash. He couldn't help but ask again, "So, do you believe that I'm innocent with that female homeowner? I really am..."

"Nonsense! Of course I believe you. I don't think you have the guts to cheat on me, but there will never be a next time when it comes to secret stashes of money!" Takanashi said, pursing his lips.

The cause and effect of the matter have been clarified.

It was when Ryota Takizawa was patrolling the neighborhood in his patrol car that he accidentally bumped into the female resident. As a result, the woman went crazy and started blaming him, claiming that he had damaged her precious parts and that she had gotten pregnant as a result.

Isn't this a joke!
Ryota Takizawa had never heard such outrageous things at night before, but he just assumed she was mentally ill and had others come and persuade her to leave, and then he forgot about it.

And it took several months.

I never expected them to come looking for me today.

She came with a very large pregnant belly.

After reporting the incident to the police, she insisted that after Takizawa Ryota hit her, he dragged her to a corner without surveillance cameras and forced himself on her. Now that she is pregnant, she is unable to handle the situation herself and can only seek justice by calling the police.

Of course.

This is obviously fake.

However, the police's attitude at the time was clearly abnormal, so Haruno Tsukasa decided to investigate.

That's basically how things went.

Anyone with eyes can see that Takizawa is very willing.

Birdsong is no exception.

Ryota Takizawa was stunned when he saw her attitude suddenly change 180 degrees, but a few seconds later he seemed to have figured something out. His face turned from flushed to liver-colored, and he was so angry that he was pacing around in circles.

"Alright, since it's really not yours, it's not a big deal. Just sue her, and I'll arrange a lawyer."

To prevent the two of them from continuing to argue, Haruno Tsukasa stepped in and changed the subject to the matter that Takizawa Ryota was dealing with, offering a proper solution.

"I just can't swallow this! How could there be such a woman?" Takizawa Ryota said through gritted teeth.

"Have you seen enough women like this over the years?" Yuan Ye Si glanced at him sideways and said indifferently.

"That's true." He sighed. "Sigh..."

"Then I'll leave it to Haruno-kun. I saw that woman earlier, and she definitely has ulterior motives. She's probably after Takizawa's money, and it seems she's determined to get compensation." Takanashi bowed slightly.

"Don't worry, she won't get a single penny."

"Excuse me."

"It's nothing, you guys go home first."

“Then you…” Takizawa Ryota was about to speak.

"Aren't you going home yet?!" Takanashi said with a stern face.

Ryota Takizawa shuddered, forgetting all about giving instructions, and immediately started jogging while habitually forcing a smile, "Coming, coming."

After watching the family of three walk away, Haruno Tsukasa waved to the side. Soon, a middle-aged policeman with a resolute face came over and bowed his head, saying:

"Councilor Haruno, is there anything else?"

"Please follow up on this matter. I will arrange for a lawyer to liaise with you. We must investigate the truth of the matter and leave no room for those with ulterior motives."

"Please rest assured, I will handle it properly."

"Check who those two policemen have been in contact with recently, and who their superior is."

"I'll give you the results tomorrow."

"It's troublesome."

After making the arrangements, Haruno Tsukasa was about to let him leave, but then he suddenly remembered something and after a moment of contemplation, he said, "There is another matter. I would like to ask you to investigate the current whereabouts of a woman named Shihouin Chiyo. She should be just over forty years old and used to teach at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies."

"clear."

"Then..."

"Why did you suddenly decide to look for me?"

Before Haruno Tsukasa could finish speaking, a familiar voice suddenly interrupted them from behind.

The middle-aged policeman frowned and looked toward the source of the sound.

After a two-second pause, Haruno Tsukasa turned around and saw a large and a small woman who looked like a mother and daughter, and the person who spoke had a pair of long, snow-white legs below her waist.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

"It's been a long time indeed."

(End of this chapter)