Chapter 11 Chapter Eleven

Unexpectedly, Kosuke's inexplicable fear of Chiyo grew day by day. During the week of being bedridden, he encountered several dangerous accidents, one of which happened in the middle of the night.At that time, Kosuke had a terrifying nightmare, woke up suddenly, and found that there was a person leaning on his chest, with black messy hair scattered on his arms, it was Chiyo, didn't she sleep in the next room?I don't know when she came to his room quietly. She was sobbing in a low voice, crying very depressed and restrained. "Chiyo, Chiyo, there's nothing to worry about. As you can see, I'm safe and sound, and I'm still the old Genzaburo. Here, don't cry, hurry up and smile, let me see your usual cute smile."

With great difficulty, he swallowed back the words that he almost blurted out, pretended not to notice, and continued to doze off.Even Hirosuke couldn't have predicted this frightening sudden situation. Leaving aside the fear of Chiyo, he followed the set plan and steps, and on the fourth or fifth day, he began to display his superb acting skills, and he began to speak after a pause. His performance was natural, much like a nerve paralysis The patient is slowly recovering.The next coping method he adopted was to pretend that he had put in a lot of effort, and deduced the appearance of the past facts based on what he had seen and heard on the bed in the past few days or by analogy. He deliberately did not touch the parts that he was not sure about. He scrunched up his face, pretending to be unable to remember anything.In order to make this performance seem natural, he tried his best to keep silent for several days, and it worked. At this time, even if he suddenly forgot what he should know, or what he said was wrong, the people around him would not doubt it at all. Instead, he felt pity for his misfortune.

So, he pretended to be ignorant for a while, and obtained correct information by means of wrong guesses, and in a blink of an eye, he thoroughly figured out all the situations inside and outside Komoda's house.At this time, the doctor also assured that his physical condition was fine, so when he came to Komada's house for half a month, everyone held a grand recovery celebration for him.At that banquet, relevant people of the Komada family gathered together, including relatives, principals of various businesses of the Komada family, managers, and old employers. Kosuke talked with them cordially and obtained a lot of information from them.And it was on the second day of that celebration that he made up his mind to take the most important step towards realizing his ideal.

"My body seems to have fully recovered. I have some ideas. I want to take this opportunity to inspect the various businesses, fields, and fishing grounds under my name, so that the vague memory will become clearer, and then I will update the finances of the Komoda family. Efficient planning, please help me arrange it." He called the general manager Kakuda early in the morning to express his intention, and the next day he took Kakuda and two or three servants and set off for the industries scattered throughout the county.The former introverted owner's temperament changed drastically after being resurrected, and the positive attitude frightened the old servant of Kakuda, and he hurriedly advised him that this might cause a burden to his health. Unexpectedly, he was scolded displeased by Kosuke for his kind persuasion, and he shrank in fright , obediently obey the Lord's order.

Kosuke's inspection trip seemed like a quick trip, but this trip also took a whole month.During this period, he inspected the vast fields under his name, the uninhabited dense forests, the wide fishing grounds, the timber processing factories, the firewood processing factories, various canning processing factories, and the businesses invested by the Komada family. I was astounded by my own wealth. Through this inspection, what did he see and what did he feel?There is no time to record the details here one by one. In short, he is sure that the property he owns is consistent with the estimated amount in the account books submitted to him by the old man Kakuda - no, it is more than that.

Everywhere he went, he received warm hospitality, and he kept thinking about how to effectively deal with these real estate and profit-making businesses and convert them into cash?Which part to start with and in what order are the least likely to attract the attention of people around you?Which factory boss seems more difficult to deal with, which forest administrator seems stupid and incompetent.Compared with the factory, it may be more appropriate to sell the forest first.In addition, are there any nearby forest operators waiting to be acquired?At the same time, he took advantage of the opportunity of traveling together to try his best to win over the old man Kakuda, and finally succeeded in opening his heart, making him a partner in consulting when dealing with the property.

During this journey, Kosuke completely transformed himself into the rich man Komoda Gensaburo without any special performance.A group of management staff under him respected him, bowed their heads and kowtowed when they saw him, without any suspicion. Every time they went to a hotel, they greeted him as if they were entertaining a prince. No one dared to look directly at him rudely. You will meet people who are familiar with Genzaburo everywhere, and sometimes a familiar geisha will pat him on the shoulder affectionately and say: "Master, I haven't appreciated it for a long time." It is perfect.Now he is no longer worried that people might see his true colors, because he now feels that the poor scholar named Hirosuke Hitomi does not exist at all.

Needless to say, this earth-shaking change made him unbelievable, and he tasted an unprecedented joy.But it's not so much joy as absurdity, it's more like floating above the clouds with an inner emptiness, like being in a dream.Sometimes he was extremely anxious, and sometimes he was calm and composed. It is difficult to describe his contradictory state of mind with exact words. Thus, his plan was implemented step by step, but the devil did not appear in the place he had expected and prepared for, but from the other side, a corner that he hadn't even expected gradually appeared in a hazy shape, step by step step into his mind.