Flying over the bubble era

Chapter 1108 1108. Choose life
The weekly notice was sent to the office, and Shinichi Iwahashi helped suppress the news.

Listening to her daughter's explanation, Qian Huizi finally realized what kind of mood the two young people who came hand in hand today had.

Just as Chieko received a call from her creditor, worried that Akina would be affected.Akina and Iwahashi Shinichi were also worried that Chieko would be affected by Akio Nakamori's affairs.Not only that, but Shinichi Iwahashi, who chose to come with him knowing that he would hear about it when he came here today, was ready to share everything with the mother and daughter.

When she realized this, Chieko suddenly felt in her heart that what happened to Akio Nakamori was nothing.

After finishing their private conversation in the kitchen, the mother and daughter made arrangements for after-dinner tea for Shinichi Iwahashi.Iwahashi Shinichi, who was forgotten in the living room, looked around the room, and heard the voices of mother and daughter talking and laughing, and then the volume of the voice dropped.

He turned his head and looked casually at the small courtyard.In the midsummer afternoon, everything outside the window looked listless.

"I've been waiting for a long time~"

Nakamori Akina's voice sounded full of energy.

She was holding an exaggeratedly large tray - something that would appear at a family gathering.When Yanqiao Shinichi saw this tray, he seemed to see the past of the Nakamori family.Qian Huizi chimed in and said with a smile, "Leave Shen Yi-kun aside."

"After all, someone who didn't do anything." Iwahashi Shinichi responded to Chieko's joke.

Akina Nakamori sat back beside Shinichi Iwahashi, and Chieko took her for granted, and truly realized that her daughter had become someone else's family.

She and the two young men sat opposite each other across the table, "Two days ago, a phone call came home."

Chieko briefly explained what was on the phone, and Yanqiao Shinichi listened carefully.She turned around and thanked him, "Thank you too, Mr. Shen Yi."

Yanqiao Shinichi lowered his head slightly, "This is my job."

"It's not your job to think about me, an old woman." Qian Huizi was a little stubborn.

Akina Nakamori wanted to say something next to her.Yanqiao Shenyi didn't think about it first, "I think it's my duty to come here today." If he didn't think about Chieko, Nakamori Akina would not feel at ease.

"I don't often see people who take troubles on themselves." Qian Huizi smiled.

"It's not that I took trouble on myself." Yanqiao Shinichi responded to her joke again.After he finished the light-hearted joke, his expression became a little more serious, "Qianhuizi-san, what do you think about it?"

"Me?" Chieko asked back.

Yanqiao nodded cautiously, "About Mingnan-san's debt."

"Actually, I really want to yell at the other side of the phone, 'What's none of my business?!', so to speak." Qian Huizi's words seemed more like a joke than every previous joke.

However, when she said this, her expression was more serious than ever.

"I don't know anything, but an inexplicable phone call tells me that I have a debt of 500 million yen to be repaid. Isn't this kind of thing pitiful?" Chieko said.

Iwahashi Shinichi stared at her faded hair roots, and remembered that Akina Nakamori's mother was never a weak housewife who would only stay at home, helpless with troublesome things, and shed tears.On the contrary, full of courage and energy.

"Mingcai Jiang is also very poor."

When a mother says that she is pitiful, she actually wants to say this.

When he didn't know anything, his biological father was doing mischief outside, and after he owed debts, he had to bear the result of being the headline of the weekly magazine and being judged by the world.He may even be asked to pay off his father's debts.For Akina Nakamori, is it not "what does it matter to me?"

Chieko said these words in front of Iwahashi Shinichi, not caring that he saw the bad side of this family.

Although the news has been suppressed temporarily, as long as the debt exists and Akio Nakamori is unable to repay it, there will always be a day when it will be used as a material by another magazine and become a report topic again.

At that time, continue to press down.Until it becomes overwhelming and makes headlines?

"Mother." Nakamori Akina felt the love from Chieko.

Then, she thought that after she knew this, she was neither angry nor sad.It is no longer like before, easily affected by the affairs of the big family.

It was because Shinichi Yanqiao stood in front of her, and it was because she had her own home.

But in his own family, there is no mother Chieko anymore.

Nakamori Akina really realized this when she heard her mother tell about her father.When she was indifferent to what happened to her father, she also subconsciously ignored her mother.

When I came back today, the trace of guilt I felt in my heart from time to time may have come from this.

Thinking about this, Akina Nakamori felt uncomfortable, and wanted to say, not for her father who broke her heart, but for her mother who would be hurt because of her father, should she do something...

But to do so, the outline of a new life I had just seen suddenly turned into a dream again.

Nakamori Akina called "Mother", but couldn't say anything.She was under the table, couldn't help it, passed her hand over, and put her finger on Yanqiao Shinichi's hand.

When her fingers were gently clenched, she felt sore in her heart.And that burst of bitterness, feeling the strength of his fingers, was slowly replaced by firmness.

Can you forget about this family and live your own life?
Akina Nakamori had this thought in her mind.When she looked into her mother's eyes, though ashamed, she did not look away.

She was under the table, tightly grasping the hand of Iwahashi Shinichi, as if she was holding the happiness that had finally arrived in front of her eyes.

……

Whether it's Chieko, Iwahashi Shinichi, or Nakamori Akina himself, they all know in their hearts that even if the debt is paid off for Akio Nakamori and the matter is resolved this time, there is no guarantee that Akio Nakamori will change his mind and stop acting out of line thing.

On the contrary, it is more likely that Akio Nakamori tasted the sweetness and became more reckless.This is like a gambler, as long as he wins a round, he feels that he has the winning card in his hand.

Besides, for Nakamori Akina, who is a daughter, there is no obligation to "repay the debt of the father and the daughter".For Qian Huizi, what she was even more unwilling to accept was for this daughter to take on this responsibility that should not belong to her for the sake of her mother and the family.

With great difficulty, he grasped the doorknob leading to the road to happiness and had his own life.

"your own life".

This thought stung Chieko.

Back then, when I married Akio Nakamori, I chose my own life.Having as many children as possible is also a life of one's own choice.It was the life she chose that allowed Ming Cai to be born in this world.

When raising a child, the whole life is devoted to the child.It is not an exaggeration to say that I gave my life to my family.However, because it is one's own choice, this "life without one's own life" is also one's own life.

The children left home and had their own lives.

The "life without her own life" that Chieko used to have is gone forever.Now she is separated from her husband and lives alone in this house.This is also my own life.There is no active choice, but it is already natural.

"I was thinking before that if I die in the future, don't bury it in the Nakamori family's cemetery." Qian Huizi said suddenly, and told her daughter and Yanqiao Shenyi the thought that had once appeared in her mind.

Nakamori Akina's eyes widened, and she couldn't tell whether it was because her mother suddenly mentioned the death, or because she was surprised by her mother's thoughts about what happened after her death.

"However, since I changed my surname to Zhongsen, there seems to be nowhere to go if I don't enter the graveyard of the Zhongsen family."

Chieko looked at her daughter, and a certain image appeared in her mind.

A mother who raised six children with a thin body was surrounded by the children she raised when she was dying.When she died, the children of the family followed the coffin, a long line of people seemed to be the continuation of her life.

Listening to his mother's words, Akina Nakamori was at a loss, had no idea in his mind, and subconsciously went to see Shinichi Iwahashi.

Yanqiao Shinichi felt that it might not be appropriate for him to say this, but it seemed that it was not appropriate for anyone to say it except him.He replied Chieko——

It is "answer" that's right.

Qian Huizi's words not only stated a "fact", but also raised a "problem"."It's not so much about having nowhere to go, it's about choosing where to go," he said.

"You can really talk." Qian Huizi laughed hard.

Chieko previously felt that choosing "a life without one's own life" led to the result of "nowhere to go unless you enter the Nakamori family's graveyard".

But Shinichi Yanqiao said, "Not entering the graveyard of the Nakamori family" leads to the result of "owning your own choice".

Between the mother and the boyfriend, the conversation revolved around the death.Akina Nakamori was listening, unable to speak.Whether she agrees or disagrees, it's not appropriate for her.

But even though she is not smart enough, she has a delicate and sensitive heart after all, and she somewhat understands why her mother suddenly mentioned this matter.

Akina Nakamori felt something in her heart. On the other side, the conversation between her mother and her boyfriend became more and more exaggerated.Chieko smiled and asked Shinichi Iwahashi, "Can I go anywhere?"

Yanqiao Shinichi gave her an affirmative answer, "Of course."

The two of them talked openly about "death".

Yanqiao Shenyi said to Chieko, "If you want, you can enter my family's cemetery."

These words made Chieko laugh.He was obviously amused, but he put on a straight face and scolded him, "It's really rude and unrealistic."

Yanqiao Shinichi replied, "It is possible to be rude, but as long as you are willing, there is nothing unrealistic."

He seemed to be making a promise to Qian Huizi, and seemed to be responding to Qian Huizi's thoughts.

Akina Nakamori was beside her, speechless.Chieko looked at her bewildered daughter and smiled, "Don't worry about Ming Caijiang."

She assured Nakamori Akina, "This matter can be solved beautifully with a little thought. So, don't worry."

Qian Huizi wasn't trying to comfort her, "Compared to the hard past, these things are nothing now."

Indeed, for Chieko, who has suffered a lot since she was a girl, and faced the situation of running out of ammunition and food countless times, the debt problem caused by her husband's misconduct outside is nothing.

When Chieko made such a promise, Akina Nakamori felt at ease as long as she got her mother's guarantee when she was young, she couldn't help but trust her and rely on her.But Shinichi Iwahashi looked at Chieko and thought of Nakamori Akina, the kid from the shopping street, when he showed his biceps.

I have to think about it, there is really a blood lineage between the mother and daughter.

……

Before saying goodbye, Chieko remembered what the two of them had said about moving house, and suggested, "I'll buy that new rice cooker for Ming Cai Jiang as a moving gift, how about it?"

The person who answered was Iwahashi Shinichi, "That can't be better."

Qian Huizi didn't spare him, and joked with him, "Mr. Shenyi answered really quickly."

"After all, you can really eat delicious food." Iwahashi Shinichi responded to Chieko's jokes again and again, tirelessly.

Akina Nakamori glanced at her smug boyfriend, "With a new-style rice cooker, you can eat delicious rice... If that's the case, wouldn't it be delicious if you cook it, Shinichi?"

Shinichi Yanqiao accepted the move, "The reason why I am sure that I can eat delicious rice with the new-style rice cooker is because Chieko-san cooked today's rice."

Didn't Nakamori Akina's cooking skills be inherited from Chieko?
He flattered both the mother and daughter with a soft and clever sentence.Akina Nakamori disliked him, "You're so slippery."

Qian Huizi is quite useful, "There is nothing wrong with being able to talk."

The mother's reaction made Akina Nakamori realize that "the mother-in-law loves and cares for the son-in-law" is true.She put away this discovery that was not a discovery, and said to Qian Huizi: "When we move, you are welcome to play."

"After I received the postcard of moving, I brought the rice cooker to the door." Chieko was in a good mood and joked again and again.

……

In the end, I didn't figure out the standard answer about how to deal with Akio Nakamori's debts abroad.The three of them sat together, Yanqiao Shinichi and Chieko talked about something, and stopped the topic again.

But Akina Nakamori vaguely guessed something in her heart.

Standing in front of the entrance, looking at her mother who sent her and Iwahashi Shinichi away, Akina Nakamori tried to read something from her mother's face.But Qian Huizi happily sent the two of them away.

Seeing her mother as if nothing had happened, Akina Nakamori felt uncomfortable again.Today, compared to himself, it was Iwahashi Shinichi who chatted with his mother, and it seemed that Iwahashi Shinichi cared more about him than himself.

Nakamori Akina's helplessness of not being able to get in the conversation may not have been affected by that sense of guilt.

On the way back, she suddenly said to Yanqiao Shinichi, "Thank you."

Yanqiao Shenyi glanced at her in a daze - on the way back, he was driving again.

He reacted, thought for a while, and asked her back, "What's wrong?"

(End of this chapter)