Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 219: Everyone says that having a Japanese wife is a blessing?

The vehicle continued on its way and finally arrived at a B&B in the suburbs of Nagoya at around ten o'clock in the evening.

"Lin Yuan-san, I'll have to inconvenience you by having to stay here tonight. With your status, you'll definitely leak your itinerary when you check into a hotel. This B&B is owned by my elders, and I've already booked it. No outsiders will disturb us."

GAKKI-chan skillfully opened the door and invited Lin Yuan in.

But as soon as she stepped through the door, she froze for a moment and gently pushed Lin Yuan out: "Wait for me a moment."

Lin Yuan was a little confused. What happened?
Through the crack in the door that she had just opened, he saw GAKKI-chan carefully take off her black leather boots, sit on the ground, lift up her feet and smell them.

As if confirming that there was no bad smell, she patted her chest with relief and smiled.

"Come in!" GAKKI opened the door and welcomed Lin Yuan into the house.

She first took out a pair of men's slippers from her backpack.

Huh? She even prepared slippers for herself.

That’s really thoughtful.

Lin Yuan smiled and wanted to take the slippers, but found that GAKKI-chan shook her head and squatted down.

He immediately understood Gakki-chan's intention and was about to refuse when she said, "If Lin Yuan-san refuses me now, I will be very embarrassed and won't be able to face you."

So Lin Yuan had no choice but to let her gently take off his shoes and watched her put on the slippers on her feet.

It was Lin Yuan's turn to feel awkward. He asked, "My feet... don't stink, do they?"

GAKKI-chan smiled and said, "I have a bad nose and can't smell anything. Besides, we are friends, who would dislike who?"

Hearing this answer, Lin Yuan felt something hit him instantly.

This conversation... is so familiar.

(See Chapter 5 for details)
He felt warm in his heart, as if something had melted.

"You must be tired. Take a bath and relax first." GAKKI-chan took Lin Yuan to the bathroom door.

Then she took out a complete set of cotton men's pajamas and... a pair of underwear from the bulging backpack.

Her face flushed slightly. "I guess Lin Yuan-san only brought a change of coat, so I took the initiative to prepare pajamas for you. I hope you don't mind."

After saying that, she turned and left without waiting for Lin Yuan's reply.

Lin Yuan felt a little complicated. He had always been the one taking care of the people around him, but today he was taken care of by a young girl... But he had to say, it felt really good.

So he started to take off his clothes and take a shower. The hot water poured over his body, washing away all his fatigue.

When he changed into his pajamas and came out of the bathroom, GAKKI-chan was already wearing a bib and waving at him with a smile:

"The meal is ready. Are you hungry, Lin Yuan-sang? You can eat now."

Lin Yuan walked over and found several Japanese side dishes on the table: miso soup, tempura fried shrimp, pan-fried mackerel, charcoal-grilled wagyu beef...

"It's getting late, so please just have a simple meal." GAKKI said as she put her hair up and untied her apron.

As she tied up her hair, revealing her snow-white and slender neck, the young girl actually exuded the temperament of a good wife and mother.

This kind of temperament can easily bring a man a sense of home warmth.

Grievance? Simple?
Lin Yuan couldn't help but recall a popular saying in the United States in the 80s and 90s: The happiest life for a man is to eat Chinese food, live in a Russian house, and marry a Japanese wife...

Sakura girl, really understands men.

"You've worked hard, sit down and eat together." Lin Yuan pulled GAKKI-chan to sit down together.

"Then I'll start eating!" Standard Japanese dining etiquette.

In a relaxed and happy atmosphere, the two finished their meal, and then GAKKI-chan didn't let Lin Yuan interfere with cleaning up the dishes and washing them.

She pushed Lin Yuan into the room and made the bed.

"You're tired! Go to sleep!"

After saying that, she turned and left. Lin Yuan could only smile and go to bed.

Nothing happened all night.

……

……

The next morning, GAKKI drove Lin Yuan to the door of Toriyama Akira's residence again.

"Ding dong!"

As the doorbell rang, Akira Toriyama, who had been waiting for a long time, immediately came out to greet him.

"Lin Yuan-san! Long time no see!"

"long time no see!"

Although the two often communicated about the action and shot design of the fight scenes via phone and email, they had not seen each other in real life for several months.

This time, the two people who were no longer strangers did not shake hands, but gave each other a brief hug.

"Who is this?"

When Akira Toriyama discovered that there was a tall girl following Lin Yuan, he asked with some confusion.

"This is my assistant, Ms. Yui Aragaki." This was the only way Lin Yuan could introduce her.

"Welcome Miss Aragaki. Come, please come this way." Toriyama smiled and welcomed the two into the house.

As usual, the three of them sat down in Toriyama's reception room, and Toriyama's wife served them tea and snacks.

At this time, Lin Yuan took out the gifts he brought with him and placed them on the table: "West Lake Longjing tea and a set of Jingdezhen tea sets. I hope you like them."

Unlike last time when Lin Yuan brought the Longquan sword as a gift, this time Lin Yuan chose West Lake Longjing. Japanese people have always liked green tea, which should be in line with Toriyama's taste.

The tea set produced in Jingdezhen was also hand-made by the master and is of fine workmanship.

"Thank you for your hard work, Lin Yuan-san!"

"No, I'm the one who caused you so much trouble. Publishing a comic strip is a very tiring job."

"By the way, you suggested on the phone that we delay the serialization of the comic until May of next year?"

This comic, co-created by Lin Yuan and Akira Toriyama, is called "Bugsword," and tells the story of a human martial arts master who accidentally arrives in the world of insects.

This highly imaginative worldview is exactly Akira Toriyama's strength.

The biggest selling point of this comic is how human martial arts masters fight against insect warriors. This requires designing fighting methods that suit the characteristics of different insects.

Rhinoceros beetles, bees, mantises... Each insect has an interesting fighting style that suits its own characteristics.

Designing such a battle is a difficult task for most cartoonists.

But this time with Lin Yuan's participation, Toriyama Akira only needed to implement Lin Yuan's design, and the two sides cooperated very happily.

At this time, Akira Toriyama had already accumulated enough manuscripts for five issues of the comic, and he could have started serializing it in Weekly Shonen Jump.

But Lin Yuan suggested postponing it to May next year.

"Next May, I have a movie called 'Lord of Spy' coming out, and I will be very popular then. By releasing the comics at that time, the two can increase each other's popularity and achieve a better effect," Lin Yuan explained.

"I understand. I can use this time to save more manuscripts. You don't know how painful it is when the editor urges you to submit manuscripts but you can't draw satisfactory works." Akira Toriyama agreed immediately.

In the following time, Lin Yuan once again confirmed Aragaki Yui's identity as his assistant and told Toriyama Akira that if there was any docking work, he could directly ask her for help in coordination.

After all, sometimes when Lin Yuan is busy, he can't take care of other things and needs someone to follow him to communicate and coordinate. Aragaki Yui is very willing to take on such work, so Lin Yuan simply gave it to her.

After talking about work and having a pleasant chat for a while, Lin Yuan stood up and said goodbye to Toriyama Akira.

After leaving Toriyama's residence and returning to the car, Gakki-chan said, "Last time we agreed to go to three more temples to pray. Let's go to Todai-ji Temple in Nara this time, right?"

(End of this chapter)