Chapter 4 Section 3

Misako opened the window and took a deep breath.A gentle breeze blows through the trees in the courtyard and blows into the room.Two or three pages of the open book were turned. "It's incredible, it's really incredible." Voices came from behind.Misako looked back, and the second-hand bookseller Katahira looked up at the bookcase that was much taller than him. "Every book is so precious that people don't know where to start." "Then, are you willing to take them all away?" Akihiko said nonchalantly, "It will save me effort that way. Please offer an appropriate price, and I will try my best to meet your expectations."

"Uh..." Pianping looked up at the bookcase again, and after a long time of contemplation, he said, "The collection of books here is so huge, can you let me think about it for a while? I will contact you again in two or three days." "Well, if I'm not here, you can just tell my wife." Akihiko turned his head slightly to look in Misaki's direction.Katahira nodded slightly to her. More than forty days after Zhiming's death, Akihiko decided to dispose of Zhiming's large collection of books and works of art before Qiqi.The person who brought the flat was Oto Takahisa who had been looking around in the library just now.The man who served as Naoaki's secretary had a slightly slender face.Probably because of this, he is obviously over thirty, but some people think he is younger than Akihiko.

There is a reason why Akihiko was able to dispose of Naoaki's relics by himself.According to the public will after the funeral, Naoaki gave almost all the properties under his name to his eldest son Akihiko.Misako can still clearly recall the scene when the lawyer read out the will—Hirochang and Sonoko were both surprised and disappointed.Yayezi's eyes were blank, only Akihiko's face remained unchanged, as if this matter had nothing to do with him. "By the way, I've always been curious. That safe is..." Katahira looked into a corner of the room. "Huh? Oh, that one."

It was a black old-fashioned safe, waist-high, with a turntable combination lock on the front in a serious manner. It was indeed incongruous with the surrounding things in this room. "It's an antique that my father loves to use, and it's worthless." Akihiko replied. "What's in it?" "Worthless rags will only disappoint people after looking at them." "But I'm very interested." Katahira looked impatient, but Akihiko stood up from the easy chair as if he didn't hear, and stretched out his right hand. "I'm sorry, I asked you to take time out of your busy schedule to come here today. The book will trouble you."

Seeing this, Katahira seemed to have given up too, saying "where?" and shaking hands with Akihiko. After watching the second-hand bookseller leave at the entrance, Misako rested for a while in the living room on the first floor.The maid Sumie poured black tea, and Misako put the tea on the coffee table.Uchida Sumie has been working here for more than 20 years.She is usually alone, and when she is busy, a young girl named Mizumoto Kazumi will come to help. "Next is the art. When will the buyer come?" Akihiko poured a large amount of milk into the black tea and asked Oto.

"It will be next week," Weito replied, "The other party is a shop that the president of Gua Sheng has been with for many years, so I think the bid should not be low." "The price doesn't matter, as long as you are willing to help me dispose of it." Akihiko said coldly. Sudo looked like he was at a loss for an answer, and stirred the cup with a teaspoon, then asked: "Is the safe you mentioned just now also handed over to the art dealer?" Akihiko smiled with half of his cheek twisted. "Didn't I say that it's worthless? That's not for sale, I keep it for myself."

"Let us go home?" Misako asked in surprise. "Is it okay? I plan to put it in my room." After speaking, Akihiko took a sip of milk tea. Not long after, Yayezi appeared.She asked Misako, "Is it over?" "yes." "So, Mr. Suto, can I take a step to speak?" Ayeko's tone was a little polite, probably because she was worried about Akihiko's presence.Akihiko had a nonchalant expression on his face. "Okay, of course." Sudo got up from the sofa. "I have a lot of things to discuss with Mr. Suto about Qiqi's preparations." Ayako seemed to be explaining.

Akihiko still didn't say a word.So Misako said, "I'm sorry, it's all Mom's job." "It's okay, after all, this is my job." Yayezi smiled slightly. After the two left the living room, Akihiko said, "You don't have to worry about it. If Mom is innocent, she doesn't have to say I'm sorry, and she doesn't have to smile like that. She just needs to say that she's going to prepare for Qiqi's affairs, and just show up in a big way." "Maybe..." Misako swallowed the words back. "Hey, it's really not the right time." Akihiko looked towards the gate across the balcony, and Misako also turned her head.It turned out that Ayako and Oto were about to go out when Sonoko came back in her navy blue school uniform.Misako also thought, what a coincidence.

Yuanzi stood by the doorpost, bowing his head and waiting for his father's former secretary and mother to leave first.However, those two did not pass her by silently, but stood still in front of her.Yayezi seemed to say something to her.Sonoko's mouth moved, but he still lowered his head. After Ayako and Oto got into the car, Sonoko ran towards Akihiko and the others. "Oh, who's back?" Cheng Jiang heard the sound of the door being opened and closed rudely, and came out of the kitchen to answer the door. "My lord princess. It's best not to approach her now for safety." Akihiko picked up the newspaper with a smile.

Misako left Akihiko in the living room and went shopping by herself.When passing the Buddhist hall, she saw Yuanzi, still in uniform, clasping his hands in front of the Buddhist altar.Misako heard from Ayako that after Sonoko came back from school, she would go to the Buddhist hall first and then go back to her room.Misako walked quietly to the entrance so as not to distract Sonoko. Probably because Naoaki doted on Sonoko because she got a daughter in her later years.Misako has never seen Naoaki blame Sonoko, but she almost responds to her requests.In Misako's eyes, Naoaki's way of pampering Sonoko is not so much a father pampering his daughter, but more like a grandfather pampering his granddaughter. To put it more directly, it is like an old man pampering a kitten.

Zhiming regards Yuanzi as the jewel in his palm and takes great care of him, so his death seems to be a big blow to Yuanzi.She never said a word from the vigil to the funeral, and even passed out on the spot due to anemia when picking up bones at the cremation site.What made Yuanzi even more sad was the will.Misako still remembered Sonoko's face turning livid when the lawyer read the content. "I don't care about money," Sonoko told Misako shortly after the funeral.She has no sisters, so she often chats with Misako all over the world. "Anyway, even if I get a huge amount of property, I don't know what to do with it, and I don't think Brother Akihiko will leave us alone." "That's true." Misako said. "But that will made me very angry." Sonoko seemed unable to forgive Naoaki for not mentioning her in the will at all.The same goes for Hongchang. "I think Dad is too much. I'm not coveting anything, but since he is going to write a will, he should at least mention one or two words about his daughter's future?" "That's right." Misako said after thinking for a while, "Does Dad think that the will is just a simple procedure? Even if he didn't leave a single word, you should be the one he's most worried about." However, only halfway through her words, Sonoko started shaking her head. "That's not the case. Dad, he ignored our existence on purpose, until the end of his death. After all, the last one Dad called on the hospital bed was Brother Akihiko, didn't he?" Being robbed by her so quickly, Misako had nothing to say. "But, Dad has no reason to ignore your existence." "Really? I think he has——Dad found out that his mother was wearing a cuckold for him. Sonoko seemed to want to express the words accumulated in his heart, and said in a strong tone, "You know it too? Dad Impossible not to know. " "Sonoko..." Misako was overwhelmed by sister-in-law's tone.She had already been aware of the affair between Ayako and Oto, and it happened just when Naoaki was down, so it's unlikely that Naoaki didn't notice it. "I can understand my father's mood when he made his will." Yuanzi changed his tone and changed to an understatement tone, "Dad must think that there is no need to leave the inheritance to someone who sees his time is approaching and messes with other men in accordance with the law." Wife. After all, there is only Akihiko as his own flesh and blood. Therefore, we...we were abandoned by him. We are the children of the woman who stole behind his back. It is the object of hatred." As he spoke, probably feeling too excited, Sonoko covered his face and wept. "You think too much." Misako tried to comfort her, but it didn't work. After a while, Sonoko raised his head with red and swollen eye sockets. "Misako, there is one thing I doubt." "What?" Misako felt ominous. "Is Dad really hopeless?" "Sonoko, you can't say that..." Misako panicked, but Sonoko didn't seem to be talking nonsense. "I thought it was strange. My father said he was not feeling well, and he was hospitalized for surgery... Then his physical condition took a turn for the worse. I heard that the cancer cells had spread widely when he started the intensive examination, but is this really the case?" "Akihiko said that esophageal cancer is often discovered very late, and the cancer cells spread very quickly." "However, many people should have been rescued, right?" Sonoko showed a provocative look in his eyes. The young and beautiful girl's expression made people feel a strong pressure. "I was thinking, Dad found out about the relationship between Mom and that person, and he should have suffered a lot mentally. Does that kind of pressure have a negative impact on the body? It is mentioned in the book that people with digestive system diseases, mentally Circumstances have a huge impact on the condition. So, if that kind of thing affects Dad's condition, it's like those two people killed Dad." "You must not think like that!" Misako reprimanded Sonoko, but Sonoko didn't seem to listen. "In that case, I will not forgive those two people." Seeing Sonoko's wide cat-like eyes, Misako felt a chill run down her spine.