Chapter 221 Mr. Tianhai’s Request (Birthday Party·End)
The back garden of Tianhai’s house.
Amami Madenori walked down the steps of the mansion, walked along the corridor through a path surrounded by bushes, and arrived at the back garden under the gray snowy sky.
Stepping onto the corridor and walking along the eaves, a landscape courtyard comes into view. There are many rocks piled up here, and powerful dwarf pines grow around it. Because it has been snowing continuously for the past half month, it is located between the gaps between the rocks.
The moss and grass ferns are inevitably covered in white.
Tianhai Maodian stared at the sky, watching the snow falling in the air disappear into the pond, and watching the individual snowflakes dissipate on the water. This scene couldn't help but evoke a corner of his memory, and all kinds of thoughts came to mind
"You seem to come here to stay for a while when you are in a bad mood." Amami Miwa said standing behind him.
"Habit developed since childhood."
"Is it because Jiuliuli and Qi Mingyue both like A Le?"
"Yes, but compared to this, I still care more about the reason why they fell in love with Ah Le."
"Ale is very good at taking care of people."
"Well, I still remember Jiuliuli told me that Ale was so busy that he fainted some time ago while helping the sisters make dinner. After hearing the news, I thought that it was only a matter of time before Jiuliuli fell in love with Ale.
things."
Amami Miwa could understand the complexity of his heart through his back view.
What Amami Madenori cares about is not whether they fall in love with the same person, but that he feels guilty about his difficulty as a father taking care of his two sisters since childhood.
He has failed in his duty as a father.
It wasn't until later that I understood everything, it was too late.
"That's why I said that I am not qualified to make choices for them. As a father, what I can do now is to let them be as undisturbed as possible and let them live a free life." Tianhai Maodian looked down at the water and looked at the water.
The reflection talks to itself.
Tianhai Meihe smiled from behind and said, "Children Qi Mingyue and Jiu Liuli must also understand this."
"Why do you say that?"
"Maodian, haven't you noticed that they will call you father or daddy, but Qiyue rarely calls Bertha mother."
".It sounds quite comfortable."
"They are concerned about Mao Dianqi's performance." Amami Miwa said with a smile.
Amami Madenori looked at the reflection in the water and smiled, then looked up at the sky.
He took a long breath and stared at the rising heat mist. Amami Madenori's mood seemed to relax a lot, "At least this proves that the old man and I still have some differences."
"Maodian, who do you think Ale's kid will choose?"
Tianhai Maodian pondered for a moment, "I think Ale will choose the kid from July."
"Why?" Tianhai Meihe was very surprised.
Amami Madenori replied: "At first, I thought it was Ruri's child who was most likely, but I thought about what I did when I was six years old in July. I don't think so. Miwa, you know, July recently started studying
Regarding financial knowledge, she would often ask me for advice via email. She learned quickly, and the pocket money the old man gave her was increased several times by her."
Tianhai Mihe just found out about this, "Isn't this a bit exaggerated?"
Tianhai Maodian shook his head: "She has access to much more information than ordinary people, and there are many more channels and methods. It is not surprising that she relies on the reputation of the Tianhai family. Who do you think she is doing this to prepare for?"<
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"Ale?"
"That's Ah Le."
"Ale is the kind of person who can't bear the most debt from others." Tianhai Meihe murmured to himself.
"That's it." Tianhai Maodian sighed in his heart, "But no matter how much we discuss the choice, it is all about those children. In the end, it still depends on how they choose."
"That's all it can do."
"Buzzing."
The phone vibrated.
Amami Madenori took out the black mobile phone in his trouser pocket.
When he saw the caller's signature, he frowned.
"What's wrong?" Tianhai Meihe asked.
"It's the old man."
Tianhai Maodian responded and then answered the phone.
"Hello."
After answering the phone, Amami Madenori's expression first changed from calmness to frown, and then from frown to displeasure. During this period, he said something about "more than ten years".
Then, Tianhai Maodori seemed to accept it and fell into silence.
"Well, that's it, okay, I get it"
He hung up the phone, put the phone back in his trouser pocket, and his expression returned to calm.
Tianhai Meihe took a step forward and asked her husband: "Did something happen?"
Tianhai Maodian shook his head, and then said: "The old man asked me if there are any free rooms in my new home. If not, just rent another one next door to our house."
"What do you mean.?"
"Zhixue is going to school."
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Evening.
The guests invited to the birthday tea party have begun to enter the Tianhai family's mansion.
Compared to a birthday party, Sakakihara Raku feels it is more like a friendship party where the upper class socializes.
"This is the Governor of Tokyo, Satonaga Arakawa."
".Hello."
"This is the mayor, Yuriko Xiaoye."
"Hello."
"This is Chairman Ma of the Guandong Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
"Hello."
"This is the Metropolitan Police Department. Ah, just call me uncle."
"Hello, uncle."
Amami Nanami took me to meet strangers one after another. Although they only met each other briefly, Sakakibara Raku also tried his best to remember everyone's faces.
For example, the mayor of Tokyo I just met is a middle-aged woman in her 50s.
The governor of Tokyo is a young man in his twenties wearing a crisp suit and a pair of rimless glasses.
Compared to the mayor, Sakakibara believes that the energy behind the governor is immeasurable.
Sakakihara Raku greets you one by one.
Of course, in addition to these elders, there are also many young men who come to say hello.
Most of them are the children of the chairman or senior executives of some company.
Sakakibara originally thought that talking to them would be tiring, talking about a lot of commercial terms, but he didn't expect that they were just talking about which manufacturer's fishing rods are of good quality, and whether they can customize them when new models are released.
They also asked Raku Sakakibara if he wanted to go fishing together when he had time. If not, they could take him in and teach him personally.
I heard that they will also hire a chef to help process the ingredients on the yacht. As soon as you catch the fish, you can eat freshly sliced fish immediately.
Grilled fish with cumin is also a no-brainer.
Sakakibara had a great time chatting with them.
While going to the bathroom on the way, Raku Sakakibara also noticed that there were several men surrounding Kuruuri and Qi Mingyue. Judging from the suits worth more than 100,000 yen, they must be young men from rich families.
Tianhai Jiuliuli can even say a few polite words to the other person, but Qi Mingyue is extremely cold. After coming and going, there is nothing to look for her again.
A Ling
A Ling is miserable. As the protagonist, she is dragged by Uncle Tianhai and her mother to meet various people who come to her birthday tea party.
Sakakihara Raku feels like her angelic persona outside is almost unbearable.
However, Sakakibara Raku himself was not much better. Some rich ladies dressed in pleasing clothes also came to greet him. Every time he said a few words to them, he felt like there was a pair of eyes staring at him from behind.<
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"Brother is quite popular." Tianhai Qimingyue held the freshly fried potato chips in the snack area in her hand, and saw someone sitting on the empty seat on the sofa next to her with a plate of fruit.
"Stop sarcastic, it's just a courtesy." Raku Sakakibara put a plate of fruit on his lap, "By the way, why didn't you see Zhiyuki? Just now she asked me where there was fried ice cream. I guess she was.
Ling told her."
"My aunt doesn't like crowded places. She only stays in the room during banquets."
"You had a great time chatting with her?"
"It's okay."
"Do you think she is good-looking? Very cute? A beautiful girl with long black hair and straight hair."
"No, absolutely not." Raku Sakakihara immediately denied it.
"It doesn't matter how you talk to her, but if you-" Tianhai Qimingyue didn't say anything.
Sakakibara sighed deeply: "Nana Mingyue, you know, I am not the kind of person who forgets about sex. If I were that kind of person, would I still have to reject you a dozen times? Don't worry,
Even if you are familiar with Zhixue, they are just friends."
Tianhai Qimingyue withdrew her gaze and did not dwell on this topic, "After getting to know each other all the way, how do you feel today?"
Sakakibara ate a grape and said, "It's okay."
"Are you a little uncomfortable? This is completely different from your seven or eight years of life."
"It's not that I'm not used to it, I always feel that when it comes to adult topics, it's as heavy as an iron chain tied around my neck. It's like the test my grandpa said."
Raku Sakakihara looked towards the magnificent tea party center. Suzu Sakakihara was meeting people she didn't know.
"I can also feel that A Ling is also a little tired of dealing with it."
"This is the world of the Tianhai family," Tianhai Qimingyue bit down on a potato chip. "Either you know people, or new people come to know you. They have a clear purpose - they want to invest, they want to cooperate, they want to assist.
.It feels good to be complimented, but such compliments obviously lack sincerity, making people unable to help but care about the gains and losses, and guessing what the other person is trying to achieve by beating around the bush."
"No wonder my uncle said he doesn't like the Amami family very much." Sakakihara looked at her five white and slender fingers.
"Grandpa is now the head of the family, that's for sure. But now, he has lost a lot of things. The less he has, the more he wants. It is for this reason that grandpa is particularly doting on his aunt." p>
"Do you pamper your family?"
Sakakihara Raku felt particularly emotional when he heard this. When he had no money more than ten years ago, all he thought about every day was money, money, money. After having money, there was nothing he wanted to buy.
Raku Sakakihara stared at the beautiful appearance of Nanami Nanami sitting next to him, listened to her words in his ear, and felt her real presence beside him, and suddenly he understood what he really wanted.<
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All I want is to live a happy and simple life with the person who loves me and the person I love.
It is precisely because of this that Sakakihara Raku is even more determined about his next actions.
You must borrow a cooperation or a common goal or something.
Let the two sisters regain their relationship!
Sakakihara Raku decided to attack Nanamiyue first.
"Um, Qi Mingyue, do you have any ideas about the band?"
Tianhai Qimingyue glanced at him with a dull look.
"Look, I learned the piano before, but now I have nothing to use it for. It's such a waste."
Tianhai Qimingyue said directly: "A symphony orchestra, five instrumental groups, more than 100 people, do you have so many friends? Even a small symphony orchestra has more than 20 people, still you want me
Join the music club?"
"Just form an ordinary band."
"Do you know guitar or bass?"
"Neither."
"The answer is quite confident." Tianhai Qimingyue teased calmly.
"You can learn if you don't know."
"I refuse."
"Why?"
"Because your purpose is not pure, this alone is enough for me to reject you a thousand times."
Don’t even ask why.
Xiao Qiyue, this is definitely revenge, absolutely.
Sakakihara moved his butt towards her, and he could already vaguely smell the sweet fragrance of green apple on her body.
"What are you doing so close? Aren't you afraid of being discovered by your sister?"
"I would also like to talk to Jiuliuli, but she is dealing with someone now. Well, Qiyue."
"Don't call me that." Tianhai Qimingyue stopped eating potato chips for a second.
"Okay, Qi Mingyue. I won't mention the band anymore. Do you know anything about grandpa's test?"
Nanami Nanami observed the details of Raku Sakakibara's expression, a hint of color flashed in his eyes, "Did you guess it?"
"No. That's why I came to ask you."
"You have to understand that in Grandpa's eyes, I am your girlfriend now."
"Then what?"
"I'm just reminding you that as for the test and the mess Grandpa said, it's just Grandpa trying to scare you."
"What are you trying to scare me for?"
"If grandpa randomly throws a task to you, and you are frightened as if you are facing an enemy, then do you think grandpa will find this step-grandson pleasing to his eye? You are just a high school student. I really hope that he will give you hundreds of millions of assets.
Business management?"
I understand, what grandpa said about the test was to see his performance.
"That's okay." Raku Sakakihara smiled easily, then picked up a grape and threw it into his mouth to eat.
"However," Nanami Nanami suddenly spoke again, which made Sakakibara Raku have to look at her again, "your self-statement to refuse the engagement, you said that you are completely confident, and you are so arrogant.
On the contrary, it made it difficult for grandpa to get off the tiger."
"."
Amami Nanamigetsu's words are a bit ironic, because Sakakibara only said these words for Kuruuri.
"Whatever it is, I'll do it next."
"Is it okay for you to supervise a failed investment company, analyze the reasons for its losses, and save the jobs of thousands of people?"
"You have to do it even if it doesn't work."
"Grandpa won't allow you to borrow the power of the Tianhai family during this period."
"You have to do it even if it doesn't work."
"I really don't know where your confidence comes from."
Sakakibara smiled at Nanami Nanami and said, "Didn't Grandpa also say that if you want something, you have to pay a price, right? For you, I am willing to try, even if it is almost impossible to complete." p>
After Tianhai Qimingyue heard this, he pondered for a moment, closed his eyes and said: "Nasty, arrogant."
Hearing this, Sakakihara stood up directly without saying anything.
Amkai Qimingyue opened her eyes again after hearing the noise, and watched him put down the fruit plate in his hand, and walked up to Soichiro Amkai who had just entered the hall. After saying hello, he began to communicate with his grandfather.
His active inquiry, and the grandfather's slightly surprised expression that quickly recovered, were seen by all the seven bright moons in the sky.
Idiot, truly an idiot.
Sakakibara sat back.
Tianhai Qimingyue couldn't bear it anymore: "Do you want to hear me call you a fool? It's okay if you don't take the initiative to ask. If you take the initiative to ask, do you still think the trouble on your body is not big enough? I didn't see grandpa talking to those people
If someone is talking, come up to me now."
Sakakibara smiled lightly, "Nana Mingzuki cares about me again?"
"Who cares about you? It's just a word from you. I'm afraid you'll be so dead that I won't even find your body. I might have to wipe your ass because this guy always fails to pay attention to some details." "Yes, it's July. Don't be anxious. I rarely see you anxious."
Tianhai Qimingyue looked at him for a long time, opened her lips and teeth slightly, and softly shouted two words: "Idiot."
".Perhaps what I bring is good news?"
Sakakibara continued, "Grandpa told me that he would not embarrass me. There is no point in giving me those things now. It is better to go back to Tianhai's house occasionally and handle affairs with him to understand things and learn faster. And this
It all happened after I graduated from college."
Tianhai Qimingyue glanced at him, as if to confirm whether his words were credible.
"But, grandpa does have some requirements for me. He said that I need to study medicine at the University of Tokyo and study finance. If I can't do what you and I can do, I won't be able to do it. He won't agree.
."
"Why did grandpa answer you like this?"
"Well, my guess is that uncle reached some conditions with grandpa afterwards, and the two of them made some agreement. So he won't embarrass me."
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"Okay, okay, don't be angry for me."
Tianhai Qimingyue sighed: "I'm not angry."
Tianhai Jiuliuli suddenly walked over.
This made Tianhai Qimingyue immediately frown.
Amami Jiureli sat down, and Sakakibara Raku was sandwiched between the two of them, and they started talking to someone through them.
"What are you doing here, sister? Shouldn't you be dealing with boys who want to pursue you?"
"Compared with these, I'm more curious about Qi Mingyue, what were you and your brother talking about just now?"
"The engagement thing."
"Ahem."
Nanamigyue's words did not choke Jiuruuri, but instead choked Sakakibara Raku.
Auntie, your venomous tongue is really unforgiving at all.
Tianhai Jiuliuli looked very grand and didn't care about her sister's provocation: "If grandpa knew the truth, I wonder what he would think of Qi Mingyue."
"I don't care what grandpa thinks at all. If my sister wants grandpa to know, she can say it herself."
"Obviously the engagement was confirmed this morning, but the fact is that it was not. Doesn't Qi Mingyue understand what her brother meant when she stood up and spoke?"
Sakakibara understood what Jiuruli said.
Jiu Liuli was reminding Qi Mingyue that she was not in someone's heart at all, and asked her not to do useless work.
Tianhai Qimingyue folded her hands and straightened her back: "Sister must have lost the situation today, so she wants to save face now, right? If you lose, you lose."
Tianhai Jiuliuli was extremely calm, "It was just a matter of misleading grandpa to get into this situation."
It means, sister, it’s 10,000 years too early for you to win against me.
"I really don't know where my sister got her confidence. She still looked like an unwilling loser at today's breakfast meeting."
"I rejected my grandfather's engagement arrangement and came to see me immediately after the break."
"Then brother is really good at choosing time. After bathing in the hot spring, he went to find his sister immediately. Didn't he stay in the room and rest?" Tianhai Qi Mingyue secretly pinched someone from behind while her sister was not paying attention.
Loin.
Me.
After coaxing you Qi Mingyue, I will definitely go and coax Jiu Liuli.
I said I was going to coax Jiuliuli, but you must be unhappy, so why don’t I rest in the room for a while before looking for you?
Sakakibara thought that this man is really difficult to do.
Just when he was about to persuade the two of them not to quarrel, Sakakihara Suzu sat over again.
"A-Ling, you don't have to deal with it anymore?"
"I've dealt with it, there are too many people, and I don't know any of them." Sakakibara Suzu happily ate the fruit in Sakakibara's hand.
Sakakihara looked at her happy look and said with a smile: "It seems like you are quite happy on your birthday today."
"Of course I have a happy birthday party! Everyone said happy birthday to me. How about you say one too?"
"Didn't I say that when I gave the gift?"
Suzu Sakakihara took his arm, shook it, and said to him like a spoiled child: "I want to listen, please tell me again~~"
Out of the corner of his eye, Sakakibara noticed that both sisters were looking to the other side.
It seems that he turned a blind eye to A Ling's behavior of holding his arm and acting coquettishly.
"Okay, okay," Sakakihara said helplessly to her smiling face, "Happy birthday, Suzu, congratulations on turning 16 today."
"That's more or less the same," Suzu Sakakibara continued, "Actually, I feel like I didn't even talk to you much at this birthday party, and I didn't even talk to everyone at home, and I didn't even have the fried ice cream made by my brother! It's a bit of a birthday.
There is no taste at all.”
Sakakibara smiled and said: "You are really demanding. Look at the grand scene grandpa has arranged for you. I wonder how many powerful people have sent you birthday wishes."
"I don't care about those"
"Let's do this. My uncle and mother seem to be resting at home tomorrow. How about we organize a birthday party for you? A birthday party with a family reunion feels like it, right? I'll help you cook what you want to eat."
"This is good! Brother is the best!"
"Okay, okay, don't put your face on my neck."
At this moment, Tianhai Maodian and his mother came over.
When he realized it was his uncle and his mother, Raku Sakakihara wanted to get out of the way quickly, but his uncle waved his hand, indicating that he could just stand by himself.
Tianhai Maodian looked at the people sitting on the sofa and said:
"I came here just to discuss something with you. There is one more person in the house."
Suzu Sakakihara suddenly felt uneasy and asked cautiously: "One more person? Male or female, who is it?"
Amami Shigenori glanced at Sakakibara Raku specifically, his eyes were meaningful, but he couldn’t tell the specific meaning: