Nakamori Akina's hand was hidden behind her back, holding a watch-like box.
Chieko was sitting by the window of the Japanese-style room. She turned her head and looked out. She saw her daughter's back and Iwahashi Shinichi, who was talking to her with his head lowered.
The two seemed to be haggling for a while, but Akina Nakamori started to lose her composure. On the other hand, Shinichi Iwahashi, who was opposite, was doing it with ease.
The daughter who was so domineering at Shinichi Iwahashi's place finally shrank in front of him.
Just now, after sending Shinichi Iwahashi out, Akina Nakamori went back to get her bag and went out again. She deliberately avoided her mother to talk to Shinichi Iwahashi, but she didn't mean to hide it from Chieko.
Chieko pretended to be stupid and went back to the living room without asking her.
Although the one who is deflated now is my daughter...
Chieko saw this and found it a bit funny. Rather than always having her daughter gain the upper hand over Iwahashi Shinichi, she would rather see her daughter being helpless on the other hand.
In this way, the image of Shinichi Iwahashi and their relationship in Chieko's heart will become more fulfilling.
Although Akina Nakamori is her biological daughter, Chieko is not the kind of mother who is blindly partial. She knows that her daughter has a stubborn temper, and she will contradict others whenever she wants. She will never look back until she hits the wall. Such a temper
She is easy to endure hardships, but she became a star. She also led the surrounding staff by the nose and directed a group of adults around.
Chieko hopes that her daughter can be happy, but she doesn’t think that a man who accommodates her in everything must be an ideal man.
On the one hand, she was grateful to Shinichi Iwahashi for giving her daughter the trust to do whatever she wanted, but on the other hand, she also hoped that Shinichi Iwahashi would not be a person who blindly accommodates Akina Nakamori. He could not only suppress her stubborn temper, but also be able to calm her down at the right time.
Reach out and grab the daughter who doesn't hit the wall and doesn't look back.
These words cannot be said to Akina Nakamori, let alone Shinichi Iwahashi, who is meeting for the first time.
However, Chieko had a very good impression of Iwahashi Shinichi and felt her daughter's happiness at this moment. Because of this, she had such expectations in her heart for this young man she met for the first time.
Nakamori Akina was furious, Iwahashi Shinichi said something to her again, took out a small box from her pocket and opened it. The two of them talked for a few more words, she turned from cloudy to sunny, and happily took her hand to the front.
, show him his watch.
From beginning to end, her emotions were being led by Iwahashi Shinichi——
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But that doesn't seem to be the case.
"Tie it on for me quickly." Nakamori Akina smiled and stretched out her hand.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her stretched out right hand and saw that there was still a watch on her wrist. So he confirmed with her, "Is it tied to this hand?"
"Yeah, yeah!" Akina Nakamori nodded without thinking.
I had no choice but to listen to her. Iwahashi Shinichi tied the bracelet on for her. While tying it, he subconsciously glanced at the watch on her wrist, suddenly thought of something, and said "Huh?"
After the bracelet was tied, Akina Nakamori, who had endured it for a long time, was finally able to laugh out loud.
While laughing, he showed off his skills in front of Shinichi Iwahashi with a proud expression of winning the game with one point, "It's also an Omega, Shinichi-kun."
The little trick she had put up with for so long finally showed its flaws.
Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her proud little expression and shook his head helplessly, saying there was nothing he could do to her.
Just now, it was true that he had teased her in turn, but that didn't mean that Akina Nakamori was really led by him. On the contrary, in a place he didn't expect, this Taopusida had already hidden her little girl in advance.
My thoughts are just waiting to be revealed to him.
In a sense, these two people are "evenly matched".
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Today, before Nakamori Akina went out, she was sorting out the gifts she had brought to her family when she saw the watch she bought for Iwahashi Shinichi. Iwahashi Shinichi is usually busy, so the two of them may not meet each other even if they meet each other. When she saw the gift,
Thinking that I would see him today, I hesitated for a while and finally put the watch into my bag before setting off.
Although she brought it with her, she might not give it away today... She still told herself this in her heart.
As a result, after lunch, when Shinichi Iwahashi was about to say goodbye, he still couldn't hold his breath and ran back to take it out and stopped him——
He even teased me in turn.
Today, before going out with the watch she was going to give him, Akina Nakamori temporarily changed the watch she was wearing to an Omega.
Finally, Iwahashi Shinichi was sent out. Nakamori Akina walked back, feeling happy.
When she happily entered the living room and saw Chieko sitting at the low table, she realized something. She couldn't help but look out the window from where she was standing and said "Ah".
Chieko watched the expression on her daughter's face change from a moment of embarrassment to the excitement she had when she first came in. She knew in her heart that her daughter didn't mind the possibility of being seen at all.
Not only that--
As soon as Shin Iwahashi returned, Akina Nakamori went to sit next to Chieko and asked, "Did mother see it?" She simply confirmed it herself.
Chieko nodded. When she lowered her head, she saw the extra bracelet on her wrist.
Nakamori Akina didn't notice her mother's eyes accidentally falling on her wrist. She looked at her and asked, as if coquettishly, "Does mother think I'm thick-skinned and domineering?"
"Yes." Chieko looked at her daughter's face, half joking and half serious.
Nakamori Akina pretended to be at odds with her mother, "Does mother really feel that way?" She was pretending to be unhappy, but when she said it, she couldn't help but laugh, "But thick is thick, and domineering is domineering."
She picked up her mother's hand, put it on her face, and said with a smile, "I don't care at all."
For Shinichi Iwahashi, it doesn't matter if I have a thicker skin. Because the opponent is Shinichi Iwahashi, I don't think it's bad even if I am overbearing. Akina Nakamori went all out and threw herself on him.
Chieko felt that her daughter seemed to act without thinking when facing Iwahashi Shinichi.
Because of this, he watched Cai act so arrogantly. Chieko couldn't help but laugh as she thought about her daughter's unthinking affection for him and recalled what Shinichi Iwahashi said when he said goodbye just now.
"Why is mother laughing?" Akina Nakamori was curious.
Chieko looked at her confused daughter and said to her: "Thinking of Iwahashi-kun... He is one year younger than you, right?"
"Um."
Akina Nakamori nodded, and in front of her mother, she showed off her senior status and announced: "Shinichi-kun is the junior junior king." As for her senior status, she didn't have any appearance of seniority at all, as long as she kept it to herself in private.
Just know it...
But after thinking about it, I added another sentence, "Although I am young, I am still a very reliable young man." I can't say whether I added this sentence because of a guilty conscience or because I wanted to say it to my mother for Shinichi Iwahashi.
Good words.
"Uh-huh."
After listening to her daughter's words, Chieko said, "Indeed, he seems to be a very reliable person. If you hadn't told me before, based on his appearance, I would have thought that he is actually older than you."
At this point, she suddenly changed her subject and joked, "However, when he called you 'Akina-san', you looked very young."
"Huh?" Akina Nakamori didn't expect her mother to say this and was stunned for a moment.
Chieko noticed her daughter's reaction and found it even more interesting. She continued to tease her, "Iwahashi-kun is such a stable and reliable person. Calling you 'Akina-san' is both a contrast and a matter of course."
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"Well..." Akina Nakamori didn't know what to say.
It's a contrast. I always rely on Shinichi Iwahashi. I don't look like a senior, but he keeps calling me "Akina-san". It's natural. Iwahashi Shinichi is indeed a junior.
It's not wrong to call it "Ming Cai Sang".
Previously, Akina Nakamori didn't think it was anything, but now that Chieko exposed it, she suddenly felt a little weird.
One mouthful of Mingcaisang...
Even when I say "I like", I feel embarrassed...
She secretly recited Iwahashi Shinichi in her heart. After reciting a few sentences, she felt that it was funny and unreasonable to be like this, so she went to stop Chieko and told her, "Iwahashi will make a song for me after Iwahashi passes, mother."
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"Yeah?"
Chieko was very interested, "What kind of music is it?"
Akina Nakamori thought of the song demos she had listened to, the sticky lyrics and music, and the song title "Kissing". She didn't believe that Shinichi Iwahashi didn't choose this song intentionally for collaboration.
Even though I feel embarrassed even saying "I like", I deliberately chose a song like this to produce...
It's so pretentious.
When Nakamori Akina thought about it, she secretly had a little quarrel with Iwahashi Shinichi, who was neither present nor aware. To be precise, she was the only one complaining.
"What kind of song is it?" Chieko asked again.
Nakamori Akina came back to her senses, looked at her mother, and said seriously, "It's a very good song."
Chieko asked her to answer this, and her expression made her laugh.
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After Iwahashi Shinichi and Watanabe Manyumi had an affair, they contacted the Star Agency and asked for Keiko Utoku's record deal.
They signed a young model to be the lead singer, and now they are poaching people from their model team.
He made up his mind and took what he had communicated with Watanabe Wanyumi to negotiate with Xingchen. He wanted to hire her to work in the recording studio as a vocalist and participate in the studio harmony for the next planned album.
As for recommending Keiko Utoku to be the backing vocalist for the limited group of "Chibi Maruko-chan" theme song, after all, BEING and Nagato Daiko were involved, so he suppressed the mention for the time being as it was not necessary yet.
In order to facilitate communication, Iwahashi Shinichi also deliberately found the interview video of that selection meeting, found the copy of Utoku Keiko, and sent it to Xingchen to explain why he suddenly wanted someone from them.
He made preparations in advance before taking action, but during the negotiation, things went surprisingly smoothly, with almost no effort.
Utoku Keiko now has a contract as a karaoke queen and is selling home karaoke machines everywhere.
Being able to win the title of Karaoke Queen from among a bunch of candidates is not an achievement worth bragging about, but it at least proves that she can sing well among amateur contestants.
Keiko Utoku, who was born in 1967, has less and less value as a photo model as she gets older.
There are less than two years left in my modeling contract with Xingchen Agency. In order to get a turn in my career, I have to work hard in these two years.
Because, if there is no turnaround, there will probably be no new round of contract renewal.
At that time, if you still want to stay in the industry, you will have to find another job. But if you are older and less famous, the situation will only be more difficult than now.
If it really comes to the point where all your efforts are useless, you can either go to the end of the month and give up, quit, find a company to be an ordinary office worker, and get married soon.
There are countless new people entering the industry every year, but 99% of them end up leaving no trace at all.
Keiko Utoku's personal value is limited. Xingchen Agency has a lot of model resources, and they will not be too devoted to a tepid "old man".
Because of this, if she wants to participate in the selection of Karaoke Queen, let her go. If she is selected, let her work as a salesman all over the world.
The bottom-level photo model is a profession like the pink-collar workers in the company. The new is always better than the old, and the young is always better than the old——
In addition, as soon as you get older, you start to be unwelcome in the company.
Under such circumstances, Iwahashi Shinichi went to Xingchen Office to ask for someone, but the person on the other side had the mentality of treating a dead horse as a live doctor, thinking that maybe he could gain something by handing the person over to Iwahashi Shinichi.
After all, after ZARD began to become popular, Xingchen Agency had already tasted the benefits from the record commission.
Since I won one of the cheap lottery tickets back then, I might as well scratch another one now.
Therefore, as soon as Shinichi Iwahashi contacted Star Office, they readily expressed their willingness to let Keiko Utoku go to Shinichi Iwahashi to give it a try.
For Star Office, it was a cheap lottery ticket that was discounted. For Iwahashi Shinichi, it was a newcomer whose future was unknown and he was not sure how to arrange it.
But for Utoku Keiko, who was selling home karaoke machines in the Kyushu region and worked hard to interact with the local people who were watching, an opportunity, a possible turning point, finally came to her.
Last time, Iwahashi Shinichi suddenly contacted Utoku Keiko and asked her to record a strange performance video. But after the incident, there was no news again.
After Utoku Keiko passed away, when she thought about that strange experience, she still couldn't guess why Shinichi Iwahashi called her there that time. She also didn't know if that strange experience was "to be continued".
Until she finished promoting home karaoke machines in another place and returned to Tokyo, her agent found her.
"Remember Iwahashi-san who asked you to help last time?"
The manager told her, "Iwahashi-san is negotiating with us and wants to sign your record contract... We here are willing to respect your ideas. Keiko, what are you going to do?"
"Signing a record contract, Iwahashi-san?" Keiko Utoku didn't come back to her senses for a moment.
