The clinking of glasses took place in a tense and somewhat timid atmosphere, the role of promoter being filled by the portly head of sales, which had been appointed hours before.After successfully completing this arduous task, the sales manager wiped his sweat with a white handkerchief and returned to his cushion. "You have worked hard!" A tall man in his early thirties beside him whispered.He was wearing a fitted dark blue suit and looked like a bank clerk.Only the sharp eyes could not hide his background.His name is Narita Shinichi, and he is the secretary of Masaki Tojiro, the operator of a large store.

"How are things going?" Sales Manager Narita asked. "Nothing went wrong, did it?" "Well, seamless." A smile appeared on the corner of Narita's mouth, "It's as perfect as Da Vinci's painting, impeccable." "Thank you very much." The sales manager seemed very satisfied. One day in February, Masaki Tojiro's birthday party was grandly held in the Japanese-style room of Masaki's house, with more than fifty people present.The host was Takaaki Masaki, the vice chairman who is the son-in-law of Tojiro. Takaaki sat next to Tojiro and was actively pouring wine.

Not only Gao Ming, it can be said that the jobs of all the male relatives in the Masaki family are almost without exception closely related to Tojiro's company.Because of this, Tojiro can be called a veritable dictatorship, so if he wants to gain a foothold in the company, he must first be appreciated by Tojiro. The head of sales who just initiated the toast is also Tojiro's nephew. "The big shots sitting over there are also trying to take this opportunity to promote themselves to the chairman!" A young man sitting at the end drinking beer whispered to a man of similar age beside him.Both of them were invited to this banquet because they were carrying bags for their bosses.

"In any case, the final decision on personnel allocation is still made by the chairman." "I heard that the deputy director has no status at all!" "How can there be status? You see the woman in kimono next to the deputy director? She is the chairman's daughter, and the deputy director is a married son-in-law." "The executive is also the son of the chairman, right?" "That's his own son, but it's different from Mrs. Vice President's biological mother. The executive named Masaki Tomohiro is the son of the chairman and his second wife. It is said that his first wife died of illness, mostly because of the chairman. It’s too violent, it’s not enough to support your body.”

The two young guys glanced at Tojiro Masaki who was sitting in the corner of the venue—the gray-haired, small, and thin man.And the man with a medium build and a protruding abdomen sitting next to him is Gao Ming.The shiny forehead gives people an energetic impression. Sitting on the other side of Gao Ming, a woman in a white dress who looked about thirty years old was delivering food to her mouth while whispering to Tojiro and Gao Ming.The smiles that show from time to time and the casual behavior all exude a kind of seductiveness. "Who is that beauty?" one of them asked. "Don't you know? That's the chairman's wife. She's just newly married, and she's in her third term."

"Ma'am? There's such a big age difference between them!" Fujijiro is seventy-seven years old this year, so he needs to hold a birthday party. "It's all about the power of money. The new wife is definitely sure that the chairman has at most ten years to live." "I see. Speaking of which, I don't seem to have heard the news of his second wife's death. Could it be that he's divorced?" Then another man said in a lower voice: "I heard that they separated last year, but after the divorce, they can get a considerable amount of property. 300 million, no, maybe more than 500 million."

The other party let out an exclamation after hearing it. "It's really an astronomical figure, but it's only a fraction of the chairman's total assets, right?" "Who says it's not! But there are rumors that the chairman is an out-and-out miser, so paying such a small amount of money will probably be painful." "That new wife should have been bought for 500 million yuan." "Although everyone's values ​​are different, but after spending 500 million yuan, I found that my thing is not working, but I want to cry without tears!" "Is he seventy-seven? This possibility is very high."

Giggling, the two young men laughed lewdly a few times. Narita, who was appointed as the host of the meeting, checked the time on his watch and the program list, and nodded after confirming that there was no difference between minutes and seconds.He felt that it would be inappropriate if the matter went awry. "You have worked hard!" Someone put a hand on his shoulder. It was a man who was not tall but had an unusually strong physique.The sound is sonorous and powerful, giving people an impression of extraordinary bearing.He held up the bottle in front of Narita. "Excuse me, Manager Masaki."

Narita sat upright, bowed, the reading was as precise as a protractor, and then raised the wine glass in his hand to accept Masaki Yuhiro's pour. "My brother-in-law is really kind and caring to my father." Tomohiro glanced at Gao Ming who was following Tojiro, and said angrily, with sarcasm and dissatisfaction mixed in his tone. "Because the vice chairman is an enthusiastic person." There was disdain in Tomohiro's immediate laughter. "Has he always been very enthusiastic? That's the way it is. After all, as long as Dad is not happy, the vice chairman or the executive will have to pack up and leave immediately!"

Tomohiro patted Narita on the shoulder, and walked towards the other guests with the wine bottle. Indeed - Narita looked at his back and agreed.It is easy for the president to fire the executive. "This kind of position can be replaced by a lot of people", Fujijiro often said to Narita.Now most of the high-level people in the company are promoted by their relationships, and have not been selected by the survival of the fittest. But Gao Ming is completely different from these people. He had nothing to do with the Masaki family, but because of his outstanding intelligence, he was highly valued by Tojiro, and he was recruited to be his most trusted son-in-law.Although Tomohiro is his own, my successor will be Takaaki - Tojiro often said so.

Just as the birthday party was halfway through, and the atmosphere at the venue became quite harmonious, an unexpected guest came—Fumie, Tojiro's main room.At that time, the sliding door near the tail seat was suddenly opened, and a fat woman wrapped in a kimono walked in, scanning the entire banquet with an angry face. Under the eyes of everyone holding their breath, she walked towards Toujiro slowly.Completely ignoring his own son Tomohiro's cries of 'mother'. She came to Tojiro, stared at his face for a while, and then sat down. "What's the matter with you?" Tojiro sat cross-legged and asked in a low voice while holding a wine glass.There was no change in the expression on his face. Wen Jiang then took out a neatly folded piece of paper from his handbag and spread it out in front of him. "This is what you asked me to do. I sent it over for you, the divorce agreement." There was a commotion in the whole venue, but it immediately became quiet again. "Mom, why are you..." Gao Ming wanted to intervene from the side, but Tojiro reached out to stop him, "It's okay."Then, he called his secretary, Narita, and pointed at the piece of paper Wenjiang took out with his chin. Narita walked over respectfully, and handed the paper to Tojiro.After opening it, Tojiro looked at it for a while, then nodded as if he understood something. "Post this out early tomorrow morning." With that said, he handed it to Narita.Then he said to Wen Jiang: "It's a blessing that you are willing to sign. I will remit the alimony to your account." "Thank you." Wen Jiang bowed expressionlessly. "It's rare that you are here, let's try the dishes here, today's sushi is all new varieties." "No, I'm taking my leave." "...Oh, that's fine too." Wen Jiang bowed deeply again, stood up all of a sudden, and walked out with steady steps in the eyes of everyone.But until the sliding door was closed and her figure disappeared, the tense atmosphere in the audience was still not relieved. "Narita!" Tojiro called. "yes!" "I'm going to my room to rest for a while, but the banquet will still be the same. I'll have some more wine. It doesn't matter if it's a little later today. Let's make the atmosphere more lively! It's not okay to be silent like this all the time!" "I see!" Narita replied, and the chairman nodded with satisfaction. With the increase of delicacies and wines and the start of karaoke, the atmosphere of the venue, which had been at a low ebb due to the appearance of Wenjiang, gradually returned to its original state, and an hour later, it became a lively scene again.Gao Ming walked up to Narita and whispered to him, "It's almost time for the meeting to end?" Narita looked at his watch, it was almost nine o'clock. "Is it okay not to be called the chairman?" "No, let's call him and let him make his final statement. Then please call him for me." "OK." Narita walked from the venue to the long corridor, and walked towards Tojiro's study. Walking to the front of the room, Narita knocked on the door twice, the dull sound came from his fist to his body.But there was no response from the room. ——It's so strange. Narita turned the doorknob, but it was locked and could not be opened. "Director..." He shouted louder, because Tojiro has been deaf lately, and if he fell asleep, a little sound might not wake him up. However, there was still no response, and Narita immediately turned back to the banquet hall. Then, he went to Eriko who was showing an impatient expression in the face of the ongoing karaoke conference, and explained the situation to her. "It's true. His hearing has deteriorated a lot recently. He's really anxious! It's true that he will be like this when he gets old." Jiang Lizi stroked the hair that was combed upwards, and looked up at Narita. "Do you have the key?" "I have one...but I'll go with you." She stood up and followed Narita. "Hey!" While walking in the corridor, Jiang Lizi whispered to Narita, "That plan...how did you prepare?" "Please distinguish the occasion, maybe someone is eavesdropping!" Narita said while facing the front. "It's okay, there's no one here—since he and his ex-wife have successfully divorced, as soon as I become an official wife, it can be implemented immediately, right?" "You can't do it right away, that will only attract suspicion. Half a year, no, you'd better endure it for a year. After such a long time, you can pretend to have died of illness...that's what I plan to do." "One year? Is it too long?" "You have to endure this time. If you get through it, you will be able to enjoy happiness for the rest of your life." "With you... eh?" "You are too loud!" Narita blames Jiang Lizi.At this time, they had arrived at the door of Tojiro's study. He let Jiang Lizi pass first, she blinked, inserted the key into the lock hole and turned it, the door lock was opened with a click. "husband……" As he spoke, Jiang Lizi pushed open the door, and when his eyes turned to the inside of the room, he immediately let out a gasping sound of "scare--".At almost the same moment, Narita also witnessed something strange in the room.Jiang Lizi's body trembled slightly, and Narita's legs spasmed because of it. A dead body was hanging in the middle of the study room, and it was slowly spinning, turning its face to the two of Narita from time to time. At this moment, footsteps came from behind, followed by Gao Ming's voice. "What's the matter, is the chairman still resting?" Gao Ming stood behind Narita and looked into the room, and in the next moment, a scream that could not be called a sound came out from his throat.