Chapter 6 Section 4

After entering the Ashigara service area, Takuya parked the car as far away from the toilet as possible.Before he got out of the car, he checked the shelves first.Although the position has changed slightly, the blanket has not come off.The light is dim in the middle of the night, and even if someone sees it, they probably don't know what is piled on the shelves.Takuya got out of the car, made sure all the doors were locked, and went into the bathroom.After playing the trumpet, I felt a little calmer.Takuya thought to himself that maybe he would want to smoke at a time like this.He himself only smoked cigarettes in high school, not a heavy smoker.There are various vending machines lined up next to the restrooms.Takuya bought a cup of instant black coffee and looked up at the night sky while drinking it.Stars poked their heads through the gaps in the clouds.Judging from this situation, there is no need to worry about rain.I'm lucky, he thought.

After introducing himself, Takuya sneaked a glance at Hoshiko.She is slender and petite, with large eyes and mouth among her features.She wears a red suit, also to conceal her physical flaws.The person next to Takuya introduced herself, but she still looked at Takuya, and the two met.Takuya had no choice but to relax the muscles at the corners of his mouth and smiled, but Hoshiko raised his chin and looked away. She was interested in me—Takuya was sure of that. At the spring wine party held by Nishina's family, as Yasuko said, Nishina invited several young employees, and Takuya was one of them.He showed his talents in front of PeopleSoft, and his actual performance was impeccable, so it was a matter of course that he would be invited, but when PeopleSoft officially invited him, Takuya was still relieved.The party venue is a living room with 15 square meters that cannot escape.The low tables are lined up, and the cadres above the ministers of each business department are seated in order according to their positions.Six young employees sat side by side in the bottom seat.

PeopleSoft suggested that Takuya and the others introduce themselves. PeopleSoft said that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and please promote yourself in front of your superiors.Takuya understood in his heart that this was for the sake of Hoshiko, who was seated at the same table, to take a closer look.The self-introduction unexpectedly heated up the atmosphere, and the slightly tense atmosphere before was swept away.Ministerial cadres scrambled to PeopleSoft's side.Maybe it was because he was 80% drunk, but PeopleSoft was also in a good mood. Seeing Hoshiko leave the table, Takuya also stood up.He took a rose from a vase on the low table, and then, making sure no one had seen him, chased her out of the living room.Xingzi turned in the corridor, as if going to the tea room.If you're there, you don't have to worry about being seen.Takuya thought to himself, this is a good opportunity.Although most of the large Nishina house has been converted into a Western style, it still retains a lot of the quaint features of the Japanese-style mansion.The tea room overlooking the entire backyard is also one of them.Hoshiko stood in the corridor, staring at the courtyard in a trance, and when he saw Takuya's figure, he immediately returned to his previous strong expression.

"Ah, I'm sorry." He acted panic-stricken, "I went to the toilet just now, because the house is too big, I accidentally lost my way—" Xingzi stared blankly at his explaining face. Takuya broke through the drama by himself, with a wry smile on his face. "I lied to you. In fact, I came after Miss. I want to talk to you." "In this case, it's fine to say no at first." After finishing speaking, Xingzi turned his face back to the direction of the courtyard, still expressionless. "Oh, that's true. By the way—" Takuya lowered his voice, "Can I get closer to you?"

Xingzi turned his face slightly and said, "Please." Takuya stood beside her, and she exuded a faint scent of sweet perfume. "You seem to be tired." After speaking, Takuya peeked at Hoshiko's side face. She first pursed her lips tightly, and then said softly but clearly: "Idiot." "Are you scolding me?" Takuya asked. "You too." She said, "It's Chinese New Year, but you come here to flatter your boss, and you're forced to introduce yourself like an idiot." "I see." Tuoya scratched his nose. "I don't feel any attraction to someone who has no self-esteem."

"That's a harsh criticism. Then, if I decline today's party, will I win the lady's favor?" Takuya said. Xingzi suddenly showed a look of distress, and then gave him a hard look with a pair of watery eyes. "What's the meaning?" "Miss should know this best." So Hoshiko stared at Takuya's face as if observing some rare treasure. "You are so strange. Did you deliberately follow me to annoy me?" "I didn't mean that. I just wanted to talk to you. Did I upset you?" But she didn't answer this, and turned to him again. "I don't know how much you know, but I'm not like my sister. I won't obey my father. I plan to find my own marriage partner."

"Very good, I'm the same about this." As soon as he finished speaking, Takuya handed her the red roses he stole from the vase on the low table, knowing that he was putting on a show.Hoshiko held the rose in her hand, watched his eyes and brought his nose close to the petals.When she was about to speak, a voice came from behind Takuya.Looking back, Zongfang Shinichi stood in front of him.Of course he was also at the party.Takuya thought to himself that he probably heard the conversation just now.But the man's expression was hard to read, making it impossible to make any judgments.The detailed facial features give people a nervous feeling, but he is neither arrogant nor humble to anyone, making people feel that his city is very deep.Perhaps it was also for this reason that Nishina chose him as the husband of the eldest daughter.

"Miss Xingzi, the full-time director is looking for you." Zong Fang forced a smile on his face.This may be a habit, he doesn't call PeopleSoft's father. Hoshiko replied "Yes", passed by Takuya, turned around halfway and said, "The bathroom goes straight to the end of this corridor, don't get lost." She threw the rose in her hand into the trash can beside her, then passed by Zongfang and disappeared in the direction of the living room. Tuo also bowed to Zongfang and wanted to go back to the living room.But when passing by his side, Zong Fang said in a low voice: "Your intuition is very accurate."

Takuya stopped in surprise. "I said that your intuition is very accurate. The best way to attract her is to annoy her at the beginning." Takuya couldn't help but glance at Zongfang.He didn't seem to intend to say anything unexpected, and he seemed poised. "Okay, you have to work hard." Tuo didn't respond at all, Zong Fang patted him on the shoulder after saying this, and walked away first. A week after the spring wine party, Nishina approached Takuya. "You said earlier that you are good at golf, right?" Nishina said as he took off his gold-rimmed glasses when he saw Takuya.The sharp eyes seemed to want to see through Takuya's essence.

"I'm not very good at fighting, just playing for fun." What Nishina said was the content of Takuya's self-introduction a few days ago. "It doesn't matter. Anyway, you can play golf, right? The thing is, I have something to ask you." PeopleSoft wants Takuya to play instead of him next Sunday.It was originally planned to fight with Xingzi and the others, but there was no way to go because of urgent matters. "I think young people should get along better with Xingzi. How about it? Would you like to go for me?" "In this case..." Tuoya then said in his heart: I'm so happy.He bet that Nishina would continue to choose Xingzi's husband in the future, but he didn't expect the opportunity to find him in this way.

"Uh, what about the rest of the members?" Should I be asked to play with Hoshiko? "Well, the remaining members have been decided. You should also know each other, right? Hashimoto from class one." Hashimoto—Takuya wanted to smack his lips.Sure enough, it was the young man invited at the New Year party a few days ago.He also joined the company a year later than Tuo, and started to develop extreme robots, which attracted a lot of attention.In Takuya's impression, he was a man with a round body, a baby face, and a lack of courage. "There is one more person, Zong Fang, who will join you. He also plays very well. You can compete with him." "Mr. Zongfang is here too..." Tuoya thought, it seems that this will be a golf game that cannot be relaxed. The day of the game was sunny, even though it was January, it didn't make people feel cold.Hoshiko is wearing an outfit that even a professional female golfer can't compare to.When we met that day, she looked up at Takuya and said, "I heard that you are very good, let me see your skills." Takuya smiled wryly. "Did you come to me because you wanted to use the good skills you practiced in the United States to beat me to pieces?" "I'm looking for you? That's not the case. My father came here without authorization, so you're so pretty." After Hoshiko finished speaking, he walked towards Hashimoto with a smile on his face. His attitude towards Takuya was completely different. Hashimoto looked awkward. Xingzi's attitude didn't change after he started playing.She would talk to Hashimoto affectionately, but was very cold towards Takuya.Perhaps Takuya's grades are better than hers, which is also the main reason for her displeasure. "She seems to care about you a lot. Her attitude proves it." When moving to the next hole, Zongfang whispered beside Takuya. "That's not the case. During the spring wine party, she also ignored my existence." "Miss Qianjin often does this. You should also know that today's golf game was designed by the full-time director, right?" "Knowing is knowing." "The person who named you is indeed a full-time director, but if she really hates you, she won't keep silent. Even on the way here by car, she talked about you all the time. But she was talking bad about you That's it. She said that she can't stand an arrogant man like you. " "Am I arrogant?" "The other young employees seem to be attracted by her beauty, but you have another purpose. She probably knows this too, so she deliberately made things difficult for you." Zong Fang said with a wicked smile, and rushed to next hole. After the four of them played, they ate in the lounge.In the morning results, Zongfang and Tuoya tied for first place with the same score, and Xingzi was third.The high temperature is also one of the reasons. Hashimoto, who just started to learn to play golf, was sweating all over his body. After lunch, when Takuya was reading the newspaper in the hall, Hoshiko came to sit beside him. "You showed off your golf skills in your self-introduction, and you really have two brushes. Have you been playing for a long time?" This was the second time she spoke to herself since they met in the morning. "It started about three years ago. I've been practicing hard." "Practicing so hard is really for the sake of getting ahead?" Xingzi stared straight at Takuya with big watery eyes. He didn't answer this question, but flattered her: "Miss Xingzi is also very good, she seems to be very used to long distances." But just halfway through Takuya's words, she started shaking her head. "Today's situation is terrible, I already thought about not calling home." Xingzi finished speaking displeasedly, and walked away quickly. In the middle of the game in the afternoon, Munekata said to Takuya, "I want to give you a piece of advice in advance." "What advice?" "Your target is not only Ms. Xingzi. Of course, getting the full-time director's appreciation is the key point, but there is actually another strong enemy." "Is the director of the planning office?" Takuya asked with the face of Naoki Nishina in his mind. Zong Fang nodded and said: "Anyway, he is also the successor of the Nishina family. Instead of choosing to be the son-in-law of the full-time director, maybe it would be better to be the loyal retainer of the head of the planning office." "In other words, Mr. Zongfang is qualified for this." Tuo also turned his gaze to Zongfang, with a hint of sarcasm in his eyes. "That's right. Thanks to him, I have gained a stable position, and at the same time, I have to always play the role of assistant." The implication seems to be to assist Naoki. "You seem dissatisfied?" "It's not dissatisfaction, but feeling helpless. It's okay for you to be ambitious, but you'd better keep this in mind. Once you become a son-in-law, the situation will be even more obvious." "I'll use it as a reference." When Takuya finished speaking, Hoshiko hit the first ball. If one considers being Hoshiko's husband, Naoki does play an important role.Takuya thought to himself that he might be an unexpectedly difficult person.Five days after playing golf, Takuya was back at his apartment changing clothes when the phone rang.When he recognized Xingzi's voice, he subconsciously clenched his fists. "I called several times. You are very late, were you still at the company just now?" Xing Ziyu blamed.The clock was pointing to ten o'clock. "I came back because I had dinner. By the way, thank you a while ago." "There's no need to greet me. Instead, you come out to accompany me now." "now?" "Is that what I said? I'll be there in half an hour. You change your clothes and wait for me in front of the apartment." Before Takuya could respond, the phone hung up. He waited for her in front of the apartment according to Xingzi's instructions, and a white Porsche appeared and stopped in front of him.Xingzi sat in the driver's seat and pointed to the passenger seat with his chin. Takuya hurried into the car. "Where are you going?" Takuya asked tentatively, but she was facing forward, as if she had no intention of answering.Takuya gave up on asking, and leaned his body against the back of the chair. The car drove onto the Central Expressway.Takuya took out the counting ticket, and when he placed it in front of her, he smelled a faint smell of alcohol. "Miss Xingzi, have you been drinking?" So she looked ahead and stretched her right thumb and index finger about ten centimeters apart. "What do you mean?" he asked. "I drank so much brandy." Takuya widened his eyes. "Are you kidding me? Miss Xingzi, please stop the car on the shoulder of the road and let me drive." However, Xingzi stepped on the accelerator without saying a word.Seeing the pointer of the speedometer climb upwards, Takuya felt the pressure from the back of the car seat, and his armpit was sweating coldly. "Miss Xingzi." "It's noisy. Don't give me orders!" she yelled, continuing to accelerate.Other vehicles traveling up and down at a speed of one hundred kilometers per hour disappeared behind them with a "swoosh".Takuya stopped talking, and instead focused on the front and Xingzi's side face, making mental preparations so that he could react immediately when something happened. "Mr. Sueyong." Xingzi continued to drive at a high speed and asked, "You want to marry me, right?" Takuya didn't answer right away, causing her to ask anxiously, "Do you want to or don't you want to?" "Yes." He replied. Xingzi nodded, as if saying "Very good". "However you like to think and what plans you have, that is your freedom, even if you are beyond your control." Takuya remained silent. "It's your freedom to please my father in order to achieve your goals. But please don't beg for my brother, because that person has nothing to do with my future." "I don't mean to beg him, but I can't ignore him." "Don't pay attention to him, don't pay attention to him!" "How can this work..." Takuya said halfway through, Xingzi turned the steering wheel to the left, cut into the middle inner lane, passed the car in front from the inside, and immediately turned the steering wheel quickly to return to the inner lane. "This is dangerous, you'd better slow down..." "As I said, don't give orders to me! I know better than you that this is dangerous. You can't talk to my brother. I don't know who said what to you, but I will only choose my own marriage partner for myself , not for that kind of man. Let me tell you by the way, the successor of the Nishina family may not be that person, please don’t get me wrong.” It seems that Hoshiko feels backlash at the fact that she and her sister are married to someone who was chosen to assist Naoki.Perhaps this kind of dialogue is also staged at the Nishina family today.That's why Xingzi was so furious.But Takuya felt a premonition that she would ask him to come out as a punching bag at this time.In other words, this means that his weight in Xingzi's heart has increased.After driving for a while, perhaps because his mood calmed down, Xingzi first left the expressway and changed to the lane back to Tokyo, then slowed down significantly, and turned back from the original road.Since that night, Hoshiko often came out to Takuya.Having said that, we seldom eat or drink together, and mostly accompany her shopping, or act as a driver.She also made him wait in the car when she entered the ballroom with her friends.But even so, it is an indisputable fact that the relationship with her has become closer.Takuya felt personally that the current progress was very smooth. He thought to himself, because of this - it was very difficult for him that Kang Zi suddenly betrayed him.