Chapter Thirty Benefits of Fluff
Tokyo, bustling Shibuya Ginza, a certain restaurant
A quiet private room, three silent people, two men and one woman. The liquor in the glasses that had been shaking all along also gradually calmed down. The dishes on the table were very rich, but at this time, they had already gone cold. Thick oil stains covered the bottom of the plates, congealing pieces of meat together.
"Min He, it's been so many years since we last met, and as soon as we meet again, you bring up a question that puts me in a difficult position?" After a long while, Matsubara Katsuto picked up his wine cup, drained it in one gulp, and even licked the remaining drops from the rim of the cup. Then, he quietly put down the cup, not leaving a single drop of wine inside.
"Teacher, drink slowly." A woman beside him advised, but he still poured another cup very obediently.
"What did you say to me when my wife and son passed away?" Kim Min-hee was very calm, so calm that it made Matsuda Shinsuke feel a bit uneasy.
"Yes, okay, since he's already come out, and you've acknowledged him as your son, then I... Ah! I can only provide the address for you. As for whether you'll succeed or not, that depends on yourself. But please don't reveal it was me who said this." An hour had passed since Kim Min-hee made her request, and the private room had been quiet until now, finally putting an end to this awkward silence. "Why didn't you do it yourself?"
"I? I admit that I have this ability, but I don't think I can do my best for him. As for him, I will be soft-hearted. It's been six years now, from the first time we met when he was just a little kid to now when he is a young man. This kind of happiness is something that people who haven't experienced it before cannot understand. If my own son could also be alive and I could watch him grow up, I would definitely be even happier."
"Why don't you hand him over to me?" Toshizō Matsubara, the president of Avex Records, Japan's largest record company, and a renowned music producer, was sitting next to his most successful creation, Ayumi Hamasaki! Ayumi Hamasaki, from an unknown "B" level singer at the beginning of her career, to becoming a legendary diva in all of Asia, from a pure and innocent young girl, to leading the fashion trend in all of Asia, this is all thanks to Toshizō Matsubara's masterpiece!
"You? I still don't understand you, throwing it to you is no better than throwing it to that Akimoto guy. His potential, even now I haven't figured it out yet. The first time he ran into my office, handed me four pieces of paper filled with colors, each piece of paper had a name written on it. So, debuted, back then, he was only eight years old, eight years old, what were we doing?"
"Suit yourself, I hope you won't regret it. I've been through this before. If you can successfully hand him over to her, I hope your 'son' doesn't go crazy."
"Thank you very much, Shengren! I trust him."
"Saying that, don't forget, we were once the Tokyo San-chome 'worms'!" An hour later, laughter erupted in the private room again...
Sitting in the car on the way home, Kim Min-hee gazed at the starry sky and let out a deep sigh. However, her furrowed brow didn't relax, and she muttered to herself, "Little Autumn, I hope you won't disappoint me."
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Li Qiu felt strange, and what made him feel strange was Jin Min-he. Since moving into Jin Min-young's house, he had been leaving early and returning late every day, and in recent days, he hadn't even returned at all. Every time Li Qiu asked Jin Min-young, she would say that Jin Min-he had gone out to visit old friends. Li Qiu didn't want to ask further, although he was very curious and wanted to know what Jin Min-he's purpose was for coming to Japan.
Boa, who recently had a holiday, didn't go traveling but instead stayed quietly at home. During the day, she occasionally practiced Aikido and in the evenings taught Li Qiu Japanese. After more than half a month of study, Li Qiu can already say some simple Japanese phrases, although when speaking, there are still huge errors in grammar and pronunciation. Also, Boa seems to have developed a bad habit lately - teasing Li Qiu.
"Little Qiu, what's this?" Boa pointed at the fruit plate on the coffee table in front of the living room sofa.
"How about this one?"
"What's that?"
"What about me?"
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On the weekend, as May arrives in Tokyo, it has started to get hot. The rising sun disperses the thin fog and wakes up sleepy Tokyo.
"Xiao Qiu, Xiu Ying, get up quickly, today I'll take you to my practice room to play!" Boa has rapidly risen since last year in Aile, and already owns her own exclusive practice room, a treatment that no other singer in Aile has.
"Sister, good morning! Today, Boa sunbae is taking me to the practice room. It's been a long time since I danced, I don't know if my body has stiffened up or not, but I'll try my best!" Li Qiu still didn't know what Kim Min-hee had said about her own future until now. She had been in Japan for over half a month, more than ten days, and Kim Min-hee had gone missing. Without direction, Li Qiu could only think to herself, what did she want to do? But this question didn't require much time to think about, she quickly got the answer - an artist! Lee Hyori was already standing at the top of K-pop, after going solo, Li Qiu absolutely wouldn't believe that Lee Hyori would slowly disappear into the sea of artists. Then, he must stand even higher than Lee Hyori, only then will he have the qualifications to return to her side...
Li Qiu got up early and sat on the bed staring at the two posters, then immediately walked out of the room after hearing Boa's call. Cui Xiuying was not so energetic, it was a rare weekend, and coincidentally there were no notifications, usually she would sleep until she woke up naturally, then go to the kitchen to find something to eat, and continue sleeping. Of course, today was no exception. After Boa's voice disappeared in the room, she turned over and didn't leave her bedroom door until Li Qiu and Boa had both finished washing up.
"Xiu Ying is sleeping in again! I'll go back to my room to change clothes first, Li Qiu you go wake her up!"
Choi Soo-young's room is on the other side of the second floor, right across from the bathroom on the second floor, and on the other side are Lee Chae-yeon and BoA's rooms.
"Knock, knock... Choi Soo-young." Lee Qiu knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside. She knocked again, and to her surprise, the door opened! Just as she was about to enter, she saw Choi Soo-young lying in bed, with the blanket kicked aside, revealing her delicate skin...
"Li Qiu, let me sleep a bit more." In a daze, Cui Xiuying saw Li Qiu standing at the door, rubbing her eyes and sitting up, the top button of her loose pajamas already undone, inside, empty and faintly visible some ups and downs...
"Get up." Li Qiu calmly closed the door, then walked downstairs and sat on the sofa, staring at the second hand of the clock on the wall, listening to the ticking sound, the whole house was quietly terrifying...
Choi Soo-young sat on the bed for a while before slowly opening her drowsy eyes, and just as she was about to change clothes, she realized that the top button of her pajamas had come undone. And earlier, she saw Lee Choo standing at the door...
"Ah! Li Qiu! You're done for!" It turned out that the calm before the storm was always terrifying...
"Compared to your sister's, yours is too small." When Li Qiu heard the earth-shattering shout from upstairs, a sentence flashed through her mind. Li Qiu was close to Lee Hyori and often saw her disheveled appearance, of course, without seeing the scenery inside...
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