Chapter 10 chapter 2

"Hey, what kind of person is uncle?" Yuriko who was sitting on the passenger seat asked worriedly. "It's hard to explain in one sentence." Li Yan, who was holding the steering wheel, looked straight ahead and said carefully, "Let's put it this way, he is not an ordinary person. He mainly deals in real estate, but at the same time he also runs a bank to lend money. So although it is very money, but word of mouth is not very good." "It seems like a scary person." Yuriko said worriedly. Li Yan couldn't help laughing. "Because it's work, it's inevitable that I will be disliked to varying degrees. This is something I can't help. But my uncle is very kind to me. He has supported me since I was a student and has helped me a lot in my work. Be less busy, so I don't have to worry about money all the time."

The home of Xiaosan on the mountain is located in a high-end residential area with a quiet environment and fresh air.Xiaosan's Mercedes-Benz is parked in the spacious parking lot, and three more cars can be parked at the same time.One evening a few weeks after the cherry blossoms withered, the parking lot of Xiaosan’s house was full of cars. Hamamoto Toshihiko and Takada Yuriko were the last ones to arrive among the guests.After the two entered the entrance, Xiaosan, his wife Michiyo and his servant Yuzhi came out to greet them. "But here it is, everyone is waiting for you. I was talking about why the protagonist hasn't come yet!" Xiaosan said with a bold smile, shaking his potbellied body.

"I'm sorry, unfortunately there is something urgent, we hurry and hope it won't be too late. This is Ms. Yuriko Takada." Toshihiko introduced. Yuriko quickly bowed her head to salute. "Oh, that's right. I'm Toshihiko's uncle Xiaosan. Ah, I have a question for you. Didn't Toshihiko make any special requests?" He laughed out loud. His wife Michiyo stabbed him aside: "Honey, why do you say that..." "Oh, go in quickly." Xiaosan pushed Yuriko towards the living room behind, and Li Yan followed closely behind a few steps later.At this time, Dao Dai caught up and walked beside Li Yan and said, "She is so beautiful!"

Li Yan turned to look at her and said, "Go in." There was a long table in the living room, and there were already seven people sitting there waiting for Li Yan and the others.Seeing two young people coming in, everyone applauded unanimously.Toshihiko and Yuriko sat down in their vacant seats, and Kosan and Michiyo also sat down. Xiaosan looked at everyone with a glass full of beer and said, "Ah, our protagonist today is finally here, so let's start. Sitting next to me is Toshihiko's bride Yuriko Takada. I am satisfied at first glance." .I think I can take off the burden of taking care of Toshihiko's parents instead. Here, I wish them love each other, health and happiness. Cheers, everyone."

"Cheers!" Everyone raised their glasses.Toshihiko and Yuriko stood up, thanked everyone, and sat down. It was Xiaosan who suggested holding this family banquet.Li Yan is his sister's son, and both his sister and brother-in-law have died of illness, so he takes care of Li Yan instead of them. Then everyone made a brief self-introduction.Those who came today are all immediate relatives of the Shanshang family.There are Michiyo's younger brother Nobuo Aoki and his wife Kikuko and their sons and daughters Yukio and Tetsuko; Xiaosan's brother-in-law Nakayama Jiro and sister Makieda, and their son Atsushi.

After drinking, everyone talked more.Perhaps in order to relieve Li Yan and the others, Xiaosan turned the topic to Nobuo: "How is it? Is the business going well recently?" The muscles on Nobuo's face were slightly distorted, which did not escape Li Yan's eyes. Xiaosan continued: "Land prices have risen sharply recently, and the number of people building houses has decreased significantly." "That's true." A kind smile appeared on Nobuo's face. "Our small companies are also competing with each other, and we don't know how to develop in the future!"

"Mr. Aoki runs a design firm." Toshihiko told Yuriko in a low voice, and she nodded slightly. "How is the situation of the pharmaceutical company?" Then, Xiaosan turned to the Zhongshan couple.Erlang smiled wryly and said, "It's not good. Although the company's stock is rising, it's actually not the case at all, and the business situation is not good at all." Zhongshan works in a pharmaceutical company. "If you want to say that the benefits are good, only my brother is the only one, and the money is pouring in." Maybe it is the effect of liquor, Xiaosan's younger sister Majieda said to Xiaosan bluntly.

"Don't be kidding. Taxes have increased now, and it's still a question of whether the money I borrowed recently can be recovered when it's due. When I borrowed money, I was respectful, but when it was time to pay back the money, I became confident. It's really difficult. Woolen cloth." Even though he said so, Xiao San seemed to be in a good mood. "You two fell in love in the company, right?" Atsushi, who was sitting diagonally across from Toshihiko, asked.This tense-faced young man is an athlete type. He is Erlang's son and is now a third-year student at the National University.

Li Yan nodded, and Atsushi smiled with emotion. "It's hard to believe that such a beautiful person was alone before meeting Li Yan." "You guy, what do you mean by that?" Li Yan stared at Tonji with a smile. "She is different from you. She studied very hard in college, so how could she have the time and energy to play?" "Look at what you said, some of today's college students are studying hard." "Isn't that what it should be? You should be looking for a job next year. If you don't take it seriously, it will be very troublesome even after graduation."

"So, I'm getting ready for graduate school." "Oh!" "This is amazing!" It was Nobuo's son Yukio who said this, his voice was as piercing as knives and forks being thrown on the tableware. "Brother, what's wrong with you?" Zhezi who was sitting next to Xingxiong asked with a frown. "I'm in a bad mood." Xingxiong said in a low voice, "University—University's pretentiousness, it's crazy to continue to go to some university now." "elder brother!" "Hey! Isn't that too much to say?" Dun Si's face darkened, "What a weird person."

"What did you say? You bastard!" Before anyone could stop him, Xingxiong grabbed the back of Tonji's neck in an instant, and then kicked him to the floor. "Hey, what are you doing!" Xiaosan shouted. But the two young men were still wrestling on the carpet as if they hadn't heard. "stop!" Li Yan yelled, inserted between them, and tried to separate them, and Xingxiong sat there cross-legged, panting heavily. "What's the matter with you guys?" Xingxiong's mother Kikuko rushed over and asked, but the son was still angry and didn't speak.Li Yan had no choice but to tell the story of the fight. "It's actually fighting over such a trivial matter!" Nobuo looked down at Xingxiong and said angrily. "Didn't you say not to go to college? Now you say that... calm down!" "It's really time to let them calm down." An angry expression appeared on Xiaosan's face, "You two go wash your face, how about it? Yuzhi!" "Yes." The servant Yuzhi agreed. "Please take the two of them to the bathroom. See if anyone is injured, and help deal with it." "Understood." Yuzhi led Dunsi and Xingxiong, who were still standing there panting, to the corridor.Because she took care of Xiaosan all the year round, she didn't seem very flustered by this sudden family dispute. "I'm so sorry, this barbaric guy!" Nobuo Aoki bowed his head and apologized to the Zhongshan couple. "Where is that?" Erlang Zhongshan waved his hands again and again. "Tun Si's way of speaking is not good. And this kid has a quick temper and a bad temper. It's really helpless." "Li Yan can suffer." Xiao San looked at Li Yan's clothes and said.Toshihiko's shirt was completely soaked, from the beer he accidentally got wet just now when he was preventing them from fighting. "Take it off quickly, and let Yuzhi wash it." Michiyo reached out to unbutton him, but Toshihiko pushed her hand away. "Thank you. I can just come by myself. But what should I do? I'm going to meet someone tomorrow and I'm going to wear this dress." "I can do it tomorrow morning." Dao Dai promised. Suddenly there was another bang in the corridor, and then Yuzhi hurried over. "Ouch, it's fighting again!" "What did you say?" Xiao San asked. "In the bathroom, they did it again..." "What the hell are these two guys doing!" As Xiaosan said, he walked towards the corridor, and Li Yan hurriedly followed behind. When I got to the bathroom, I saw Dun Si standing there panting heavily.The washing machine that Xingxiong was leaning on was also knocked crookedly, and the sound just now was probably made when it hit the washing machine. "What's going on?" Erlang asked his son. "I don't know either. The guy was picking a fight again, so it started fighting again." "Yukio!" Nobuo's voice came. "How do you do such a boring thing? You're not a child!" Xingxiong stood there grumbling.Nobuo bowed his head and apologized to Kosan and Jiro. "I'm sorry, I'll take this bastard home now. I'll apologize to everyone after he calms down slowly in two days." "I'll go back by myself!" Xingxiong said angrily, and passed between Xiaosan and Nobuo, and walked straight to the entrance. "Wait, Xingxiong, didn't you just leave without an apology?" Nobuo called his son from behind, and was about to chase after him, but was stopped by Xiaosan. "Oh, that's all right. His thinking is also right. Let him go back alone." "Is that okay... No, I'm really, really sorry." Nobuo apologized not only to Xiao San, but also to everyone present.Of course, this made Atsuji's father Erlang feel a little embarrassed. "Xingxiong has been working in his father's company since graduating from high school, so he may have some inferiority complex, but it's completely unnecessary." After returning to the living room, when everyone was sitting on the sofa drinking tea, Toshihiko said to Yuriko.Atsushi and Tetsuko, who had calmed down, sat across from each other. "My brother probably doesn't like studying very much, so he didn't continue to study. It's a bit unmanly to say that now." Tetsuko raised his wine glass like an adult. Dun Si, who was sitting next to him, was thinking hard. "However, he is not like this usually. Although there are times when he is drunk...it is a bit strange." "If you are in a bad mood, you will explode immediately." Just like this sentence said, Tetsuko didn't mind what happened today at all. After a while, Yuzhi came to get Liyan's clothes.If you wash it right away, you can wear it tomorrow. "Oh, let me do the laundry." Yuriko said. Yuzhi smiled and shook his head. "How can you let the guests work?" She said, and she put a set of Western-style pajamas in front of Li Yan.Li Yan put on the brand new pajamas and saw that they fit very well. "It looks like I bought it specially for Li Yan-kun." Yuriko said with some emotion. "I lived here before. Maybe I bought it at that time." Li Yan said while buttoning the button. Xiaosan, Erlang, and Nobuo continued drinking and chatting at the table in the corner of the room, and heard Xiaosan's laughter several times, while the other two acted as Xiaosan's listeners, nodding from time to time while drinking. Both Kikuko and Makieda seem to have gone to Michiyo's room. "Oh..." After a while, Xiaosan stood up and walked towards Liyan and the others. "I'm going to take a shower first, you guys can talk slowly here, if you're hungry, tell Yuzhi and let her cook you something to eat." "It seems that you have drunk a lot of wine." Li Yan glanced at the empty wine bottle on the table and said. "It wasn't a big deal before, but now...he's getting old." Xiaosan said mockingly.Indeed, he used to drink a lot. "Also, Yuriko—" he called Li Yan's girlfriend's name directly, "I made a mess tonight, I'm really sorry, and I will definitely make up for it another day." Yuriko moved her lips lightly and whispered, "It's okay." "Then, I will take my leave first." "Is it okay, uncle?" Li Yan said with some concern. "Don't you have a bad heart? It's best not to take a bath immediately after drinking, it will be very dangerous." "It's okay. I don't drink much." Xiaosan walked out with steady steps while talking. "Uncle seems to be a bit headstrong." Yuriko said with some concerns.If she has something to worry about, she usually won't say it in front of everyone. "It's not that serious." Tetsuko who was sitting across from them spoke.Obviously she heard Yuriko's words. "Uncle is very meticulous in taking care of people, but he is a little bit concerned about money. My family also charges interest on borrowing money, and there is no grace period when the time limit comes." "But there's nothing wrong with that," said Atsushi, who was sitting next to Tetsuko, over a beer. "If you give special care to your relatives, it will be endless. So I think this principled approach is the secret of my uncle's success. Brother Liyan, what do you think?" "As for me, since I have never borrowed money from my uncle, I can't speak very well about this issue." Li Yan said somewhat ambiguously. After Xiaosan left, everyone went about their business, making phone calls or doing other things. The wives gathered in Dao Dai's room occasionally came out to get something. After about an hour like this, Yuzhi suddenly ran over in a panic.She hesitated for a moment, as if she didn't know what to do, but quickly walked to Li Yan, who was closest to her, sitting on the sofa. "Oh, no, something happened. Mr. He..." Yuzhi's voice was full of fear.It's rare to see her like this. "What's going on?" Li Yan stood up, holding Yuzhi's shoulders with both hands. Yuzhi swallowed slowly, then looked up at Li Yan and said, "I thought he took too long to wash, so I asked him how he was outside, but there was no answer, and the bathroom door was locked inside. up." After a burst of shock, Li Yan felt a violent blow to his heart. "Didn't you fall asleep?" He tried to calm himself down, but Yuzhi shook his head quickly. "I called it several times, but nothing happened." Suddenly, the room became very quiet.The people present were at a loss, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. Erlang was the first to react.He yelled "no" and rushed down the corridor.Seeing this scene, Nobuo seemed to wake up immediately, and followed Erlang closely.Then there's Tonji.Li Yan walked last. Everyone quickly ran to the bathroom.In the washroom outside the bathroom, the fully automatic washing machine was still spinning, probably washing Li Yan's clothes. The bathroom door was closed tightly. Atsushi wanted to turn off the washing machine, but he couldn't do it, so he unplugged it.The washing machine screeched to a halt. Erlang knocked on the bathroom door, but there was no answer.Then he turned the knob of the door lock again, and sure enough, it was locked inside as Yu Zhi said. "Where are the keys?" "here." Michiyo, who hurried over after hearing the noise, took out a key.Erlang inserted the key into the lock, and the door was opened at once. As the women screamed, the men let out low moans. Xiaosan in the bathroom stared at the ceiling with a pair of expressionless eyes.