Flying over the bubble era

When the cherry blossom season just arrived, Akamatsu Haruko's hometown in Kyoto sent a letter to Tokyo, calling the young lady in Tokyo to go back and enjoy the cherry blossoms.

The complacency of Kyoto people is that if you have not seen the cherry blossoms in Kyoto, you have not enjoyed the cherry blossoms this year.

In mid-April, Haruko Akamatsu took a vacation and went back to enjoy cherry blossoms.This time when she returned to Kyoto, she also invited Sachiko Kamaichi to accompany her.

Sachiko Kamaike comes from an ordinary family. When she was young, when she mentioned cherry blossom viewing, she just grabbed a cherry blossom tree in the park near her home and spread a tablecloth under the tree for a picnic. She was a little timid about such a solemn cherry blossom viewing from a famous family in Kyoto. Akamatsu Haruko sent her an invitation, which made her uneasy.

But in the end, the invitation came from Akamatsu Haruko.

After telling her hometown that she would take her friends back to enjoy the cherry blossoms, the two women went to order kimonos together.Akamatsu Haruko, the eldest lady of Kyoto, wore a kimono made by Tokyoites for the first time in her life.

After returning from Kyoto's cherry blossom viewing, Kamaike Sachiko told Iwahashi Shinichi that she had tried to compose a piece of music.

Iwahashi Shinichi accepted the audition tape she sent and heard that she went to Kyoto with Akamatsu Haruko. Instead of being busy listening to the song, he first talked to her about this trip to Kyoto.

He joked and said, "I just met Haruko at NTV's production meeting, but I never heard her say anything about it."

Kamaike Sachiko was very relaxed in front of Iwahashi Shinichi, and replied somewhat naughtily: "Haruko is better at keeping secrets than me."

Shinichi Iwahashi asked her: "How do you feel about this trip to Kyoto?"

Sachiko Kamike pursed her lips and replied honestly: "I never knew that cherry blossoms should be appreciated like this."

Iwahashi Shinichi made her laugh by saying this.I thought to myself that the people of Kyoto are already very difficult to deal with, and the rules of the famous families in Kyoto are even more troublesome.

The fact that Akamatsu Haruko works in the entertainment industry is enough for her family. Now she is bringing friends from Tokyo home to enjoy the cherry blossoms, and she is still wearing a kimono that was casually made in Tokyo. In the eyes of the family, she is probably deviant. .

"However, there seems to be nothing wrong with being more solemn." Sachiko Kamaike told her thoughts to Shinichi Iwahashi, "When it comes to cherry blossoms, I can see them everywhere from home to the recording studio every day. The scenery that can be seen everywhere is like It has become normal, and it seems that the cherry blossoms have lost their original sensitivity."

"This time I went to Kyoto to enjoy the cherry blossoms, and I seemed to understand why Kyoto people value this matter so much..." In Kamaike Sachiko's observation, it is precisely because of the disappearance of tradition that Kyoto people who claim to be orthodox will become more and more Carrying a shelf.

She went to Kyoto, but when she came back, she did not criticize the people of Kyoto, but expressed her understanding. Kamaike Sachiko really has a heart of gold.

While the two were chatting, an intercom call came in. The clerk said that Ayumi Hamasaki was here.

Iwahashi Shinichi frowned.During this week, whenever there were no scheduled training courses, Hamasaki would come to the company after school.

Kamachi Sachiko saw him put down the phone and was about to leave: "Iwahashi-san..."

Iwahashi Shinichi said to her, "After I listen to the demo tape, I will give you feedback on what I think after listening to it." He thought for a while, "Have you ever given it to everyone in the band to listen to?"

Sachiko Kamaiike looked at Shinichi Iwahashi, a little embarrassed: "Haruko has heard it. Because it was a song that came to mind after going to cherry blossom viewing, so I took it as a return gift for Haruko's invitation to me to enjoy cherry blossom viewing."

Iwahashi Shin nodded, "I see."

……

After school, Ayumi Hamasaki, a member of the home club, came to Shinichi Iwahashi's company again.

She looked up how to transfer from school to GENZO. The first time she did this, the feeling reminded her of the first time she came to Tokyo to find Shinichi Iwahashi.

But now when she comes to the building where GENZO is located, the front desk lady greets her very cordially when she finds her.

"Ayu-chan~"

Whenever he saw the lady at the front desk, Hamasaki realized that this moment was different from what he remembered.She said, "I'm here to see Iwahashi-san."

When going to Shinichi Iwahashi's office, Hamasaki met a woman head-on.She is an outstanding beauty.Hamasaki couldn't help but be attracted to her, and then remembered that she was ZARD's lead singer Sang.

She's even more beautiful in real life than she looks on TV.Before Hamasaki bowed his head to Sachiko Kamaiike, the beauty smiled at her and said politely: "Hello."

Her footsteps actually only paused for that moment, and the two of them soon passed each other.

But in Hamasaki Ayumi's heart, a beautiful shadow seemed to be cast.She knocked on the door of Shinichi Iwahashi's office.As soon as she saw Shinichi Iwahashi, the feelings she had when she met Sachiko Kamaike disappeared. She looked lively and said, "Iwahashi-san."

Shinichi Iwahashi asked her: "Didn't Ayu join any clubs at school?"

Ayumi Hamasaki answered the question: "When I was in elementary school, I participated in the track and field club."

This ability to mess around is quite interesting.

Hamasaki immediately changed the subject and asked him: "Will you go home early today too?"

Iwahashi Shinichi asked her: "Why do you think so?"

"Do you want me to come to the company to find you and then go back by myself?" Hamasaki repeated his old trick.

Iwahashi Shinichi was helpless, "That happened last time." "So, I can only listen to your words once." When Hamasaki said these words, his heart beat a little faster.She knew in her heart that she was being rude, but she couldn't control the thought of causing him trouble.

Iwahashi Shinichi sighed and said to her: "Now, I'm going to meet the people from Sony Records." Looking at Hamasaki's slightly pursed lips, he bargained with her: "But it won't be long. You are in the record company Wait for me at the cafe, okay?”

"Then you have to hurry up!" Hamasaki Ayumi didn't know if he was aware of his exaggeration.

Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.

Ayumi Hamasaki followed him and got into the car going to Sony.At this time, she remembered and said to Shinichi Iwahashi, "Just now, I met Tachi-san from ZARD."

Shinichi Iwahashi flipped through the documents in his hand without looking up, "Really?"

"She is a beauty that makes people blush." ​​Hamasaki said.

Iwahashi Shinichi laughed at her, "This way of speaking makes you look like Oji-san."

"But the real Ogi-san can't say that, right?"

"It makes sense."...will be regarded as a pervert.

Hamasaki looked at Shinichi Iwahashi, his eyes never leaving the document in his hand, and consciously closed his mouth.Arriving in front of Sony's building, Iwahashi Shinichi entrusted Hamasaki to the clerk and walked away.

Ayumi Hamasaki had nothing to say to Iwahashi Shinichi's clerk, and the other party seemed to have no intention of talking to her.After a while, even the clerk walked away.Hamasaki waited alone and was distracted, but the cake was delicious.

Finally, the clerk came back, and Shinichi Iwahashi came with him.

Ayumi Hamasaki was about to say something when Shinichi Iwahashi spoke first."I went back earlier than expected today," he said.

That’s because I’m urging you…

Such thoughts came to Hamasaki's mind, but before she could take credit, she heard Iwahashi Shinichi say to her: "There is still time. Before going home, let's go buy cakes for Akina-san and Xiaoguang."

He looked at Hamasaki Ayumi and teased: "You didn't have all you could eat cake just now, did you?"

Hamasaki's face suddenly turned red as if he had been teased.

……

At the end of April, the nights are getting later and later. Even so, it is already dark when I go home at this time.On the way back, Iwahashi Shinichi looked at the scenery outside the car window casually.

At this time of year, Tokyo’s cherry blossom season has only its last shabby ending.When the cherry blossoms were in bloom, Iwahashi Shinichi went out from home every day and went to various places in Tokyo without taking the cherry blossoms seriously.

Although he, as the decision-maker of the record company, would suggest that singers compose cherry blossom-themed songs, considering the cycle of single releases, it is often still a cold season when snowflakes may fall at any time when he proposes this matter.

Only then did Iwahashi Shinichi remember that he was a crooked nut who had not developed the habit of viewing cherry blossoms.In the Meguro district where the couple lives now, there is a sacred spot for cherry blossom viewing.But this spring, I have never set foot there.

Today, after listening to Kamai Sachiko talking about going to Kyoto to enjoy the cherry blossoms, Shinichi Iwahashi suddenly noticed the cherry blossoms that he usually didn't pay attention to.

On the way back, Hamasaki was unexpectedly quiet.

It was clear that Iwahashi Shinichi no longer focused on work, but she did not take the initiative to talk to him.When Shinichi Iwahashi looked out the car window, she also turned her head and looked to the other side.

After returning home, Akina Nakamori came to greet her at the entrance.Iwahashi Shin handed over the cake, "The cake is from your favorite store. I was lucky today and I bought it at once."

Akina Nakamori took it like a child who got a gift.She smiled and said, "Thank you for your hard work~ Welcome back."

Hamasaki stood a little behind Shinichi Iwahashi, watching the interaction between him and Akina-san.Only then did Nakamori Akina look away from Iwahashi Shinichi and fell on her, "Ayu, welcome back."

Hamasaki Ayumi felt like she hadn't been noticed by Akina-san until now, and she felt a little envious of the relationship between the president-san and Akina-san.She has never seen such love, and her mother Zhang Zi, who is good at love, has never experienced such love.

She greeted Nakamori Akina slowly: "I'm back, Akina-san."

Iwahashi Shinichi told Nakamori Akina, "Today I was defeated by Ayu, so I have to go home early."

"You said it yourself." Hamasaki retorted.

Shinichi Iwahashi seemed to have caught on to Ayumi Hamasaki's restless personality, so he deliberately teased her like this.Akina Nakamori knows her husband's temper very well.However, when she thought about this reason, her face suddenly darkened.

"Xiaoguang said that he would take Kenta for a walk first..."

Akina Nakamori took her husband's coat and tie, turned her back and walked inside.Iwahashi Shinichi's laughter reached her ears, "I wonder what Xiaoguang will bring back from her walk today."

"Whatever you bring back is also a gift." Akina Nakamori said.

Iwahashi Shinichi laughed hard, "That's right."