tokyo creator

Chapter 307 Son of God ([-])

"It's so good... At that time, Laixiang finally had a 'mother'." Ibuki Laixiang clung to Hui Yuanchu, hugged his arm, and looked at the movie playing on the screen from a distance, with a completely indistinguishable expression. exclaimed in a tone of true emotion.

New movie clips have started playing.

Naturally, the newly selected clips continued the previous plot, telling what happened after Raika and her biological mother, Yuka Ibuki, finally met.

Yujia brought the incense back to her "home".

There, Ibuki Raika met a man named "Master" named Tanaka by her mother.

Tanaka is a very powerful man.In countless short flashback clips, Tanaka was constantly visited by people, attended various banquets, gave speeches, and negotiated with other people, with an imposing manner.All kinds of people, with emotions of flattery, awe, or obedience, call him "president", "chief purser", "member", "teacher"...

But in front of Ibuki Rika, he was very kind and gentle.

He also mentioned his respect for the shrine intentionally or unintentionally, mentioned the Toyotsu Festival, and mentioned that he "happened" to watch the ceremony with Onishi Miyaji before and watch the Kagura dance of the incense.

...But in fact, although this man knows how to hide it, every time he looks at Ibuki Rika.

And Hui Yuanchu, who was watching this scene outside the screen, thought to himself—Ibuki Laixiang probably also noticed it...

No, she must have noticed.

Precisely because Ibuki Rika knew this, she showed it in the movie to the extent that an "audience" like Haihara could clearly see it.

Because this movie is originally the memory of Ibuki Rika, she herself is the "director" of the movie.

But at this time, Ibuki Rika, who was leaning next to him outside the movie, seemed to know nothing about it. She just showed a happy smile and explained: "Even if I think back, I will feel that I was so lucky at that time. I'm so happy - just for a moment, isn't it not just 'mother' but also everything?"

"In this case, Rika can finally be like a human being." Ibuki Rika seemed to be immersed in emotion, staring at the heartwarming scene of the man gently hugging the girl on the screen, and said sincerely, "Because as long as you are human, no matter what No matter how poor you are, you should have these two things?
"That is the most basic thing a person can have, and it may also be the most love in this life."

"I didn't have it before Laixiang...but from then on, I finally had those two things." The corners of her mouth curved up again, as if she was very happy.

Hui Yuan was silent at first and did not respond to Laixiang's sigh.

In the movie, after Ibuki Rika returns to her mother, she finally returns to a life where someone takes care of her like in a shrine... But in fact, it is not her mother Ibuki Yuka who takes care of her, but just the servant in that house. Just people.

Yujia herself is just a canary who can't live without people.She left the shrine since she was a child and severed ties with her family. After the chaotic girlhood, she became Tanaka's lover because of some luck.

And it's not just a matter of "can or can't be done".

In fact, whenever she was alone with Rika, Yuka would show a certain stiffness and discomfort - her behavior when she and Rika met again seemed to be completely different.

Haiyuan could sense at first that Yuka's true intention was not to be close to or miss Ibuki Rika.

She tried her best to show her care for Laixiang on the surface, but it was due to some external pressure.

Besides, her love is also very poor.Because since a long time ago, Yujia's mind has been empty except for things like luxury goods and fashion trends.So the way she racked her brains to get close was nothing more than asking Laixiang what she likes to eat and then ordering the servants to do it...and taking Xiang to her favorite department store for a shopping spree.

Therefore, after the movie screen used a series of montages to show the above plot, it finally switched to a fixed shot.

——Takashimaya Department Store, VIP lounge on the top floor.

Ms. Hashimoto, Takashimaya's foreign business manager, had already invited a stylist. Under Yuka's instructions, she helped Rika re-do her hair and put on light makeup.

As a result, Laixiang finally had a new look, with a style that was both ladylike and cute, and completely bid farewell to the sloppy and lazy style of the past.

Then, comes the fitting session.

In the center of the luxuriously decorated bright and spacious room, Laixiang was wearing only underwear with a calm face. With the help of a member of the club at the side, she put on a new dress.

Following the general direction given by Yujia, Ms. Hashimoto in charge fetched more than twenty sets of clothes of different styles from the shopping mall downstairs in one go, and was assisting Laixiang to change them one by one.

In the familiar "battlefield" of high-end department stores, Youjia seems to have finally regained some confidence.Fashion, dressing up, makeup, hairdressing - these are the poor "skills" of Youjia Shao, and they finally have a place to be used here.

She sat on the leather sofa nearby, holding coffee in her hand, while staring at Laixiang seriously and constantly giving her opinions.

"It's too business-like. Change it."

"It's too childish. Change it again."

"...What's going on? Is it okay to have such a bright color? Of course I have to change it."

"——Hashimoto-san! How can I wear the old style from the first half of the year?"

Although she was still intentionally or unintentionally avoiding eye contact with Rika, at least Yuka could still maintain her harsh and arrogant attitude when she turned to the lady in charge to talk to her.

So after every change, she would stare at Laixiang for a moment, then immediately turn her head and give straightforward advice to the lady in charge.

"No way at all! This doesn't have the girlish feel I want, does it? What age is this worn by Obasan?"

Ms. Hashimoto finally couldn't help but defended: "But, this is all based on your previous preferences——"

For a moment, Yujia's expression became extremely terrifying.

Then she took a deep breath and said in a cold voice: "The last time the lady from the Abe family came, Takashimaya didn't receive her at this level, right?

"Does Takashimaya look down on me? Or does he look down on Chairman Tanaka?
"Or, Hashimoto, is your personal ability only limited to this level?"

Ms. Hashimoto also immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing after she said it.She apologized desperately in fear, and then without daring to raise her head, she bowed with the members and exited the room, saying that she would immediately follow Youjia's request to select a new batch of products.

The room suddenly became quiet.

Showing a headache, Yuka rubbed her forehead to relax the tense nerves caused by anger. Yujia raised her head, but her body suddenly stiffened - not far away, Ibuki Rika was still standing there in only her underwear, saying nothing. One sentence, but he was projecting a look that seemed to have thousands of inexplicable meanings.

Yujia turned his head unnaturally to avoid her gaze again, pretending to be tired and fell back into the sofa, but said: "Laixiang, come... come here and sit and wait."

So Laixiang came over without hesitation, sat next to Yujia, and continued to look forward.

After an unknown length of silence, Yujia finally opened her eyes.

She first looked up with a fearful expression, and then after confirming that Laixiang did not turn back to look at her, but just looked up into the distance in a daze, Yujia breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously.

Then, her eyes naturally fell on Laixiang's back.

As straight as a bow, with delicate and smooth skin, there is a shallow groove running through the center of the young and healthy back, extending from the back of the neck to the tailbone.

In an instant, Yujia showed an indescribably complicated expression.

Driven by unknown emotions, she stretched out her index and middle fingers and touched the center of Laixiang's two blades. Then, as if she wanted to feel the smoothness, she wiped down along the groove, wiping all the way. go down.

In the screen, Ibuki Rika seemed to be unresponsive.

She neither screamed nor looked back, nor did she instinctively dodge.

But outside the screen, Hui Yuanchu couldn't help frowning as he looked at the scene on the screen, and asked softly: "What is she doing?"

"I'm jealous." Lai Xiang who was beside him replied.

"Ah? But doesn't it seem like you two get along well? She was quite attentive when she helped you choose clothes just now."

"...Doll." Laixiang also looked at himself and Yujia on the screen, holding his chin with a confused smile on his face, "Mom is treating Laixiang as a doll."

"It would be easier to treat Laixiang like a doll that you have been familiar with since childhood. You don't need to be afraid or get along with her. You just need to free your mind and think about how to dress her up... Moreover, you can also use your mother's poor strengths. .”

"So, that was already the fourth time we went to Takashimaya in the same week. Because mom wanted to escape reality." Zai Yuan finally understood.

But what he didn't understand was what happened to Youjia's expression at this time.

"Because at that time, once she relaxed, my mother returned to reality. Although she didn't want to, the thought still escaped - telling her that Laixiang was not a doll, but a person."

"...and once she realized this, my mother started to get jealous." Ibuki Raika said the hurtful words without any scruples, "After all, Raika is younger and more beautiful than my mother. She also likes Raika more. ."

"Are you even jealous of your daughter?"

"No, Mom probably doesn't have the real feeling of being a mother yet. After all, 'birth' and 'nurturing' are two different things. Mom... she just feels that she is still a 'girl'.

"In my mother's eyes, Laixiang, in addition to 'daughter', may be more of a 'competitor'..." Laixiang continued to look at the screen and smiled softly, "However, because I was ordered by Tanaka to be with you Laixiang wants to build a good relationship, so that’s why I’m so entangled.”

"——This is jealousy." She continued to stare at Yujia with a painful expression on the screen, as if appreciating a beautiful piece of art.

"...However, it probably doesn't need to be so clearly distinguished, right? Anyway, jealousy is also a kind of love. It comes from desire, and it is a particularly strong one among many kinds of love."

"At that time, I was at the stage where I treated all human love equally."

Yibuilaixiang looked at the screen, the golden color in her eyes slowly changing like a fish swimming.

As if to confirm what she said, Ibuki Rika who was on the screen at "that time" suddenly spoke a clear sentence.

"Mom, Laixiang, I love you."

As a result, Yujia woke up from a nightmare, suddenly twitched all over, and withdrew her hand as fast as an electric shock.

Then, she realized that she had overreacted, and said with a forced smile: "What, what's wrong?"

But soon, she realized that she had to say something at this moment, so she gritted her teeth and said, "I, I also... love you."

The last two words seemed to resist a mountain of shame, as weak as they could be.

Ibuki finally turned around and looked at her.

"Mom, Rika can feel that you love Rika very much..." Yuka's shameful and embarrassed look was completely reflected in her clear pupils, Ibuki Rika said lightly.
"Tanaka too.

"——So, what can Laixiang do for you?

"How should Laixiang love you?
"Boys respond well to Laixiang's love. They want to be well satisfied by Laixiang.

"But the love that mother and president want...should be different, right? How do you want Laixiang to respond?"

Yuka was stunned for a moment.Then she seemed to hit the point.

"Wait... wait a minute, what did you mean... by what you just said?"

So Laixiang calmly finished recounting her experience.

After hearing this, Ibuki Yuka fell into astonishment.

She looked shocked, raising her hands unconsciously and then lowering them, as if her thoughts were stuck in some kind of conflicting dead end - obviously, this was something that even a person like her couldn't accept.

After a while, she finally managed to hold back a sentence: "No, this kind of thing shouldn't-"

"...Mom, do you think this is wrong?" Ibuki Raika looked at her with some confusion: "Isn't that how people should be?"

"Rika will only be a miko."

"Master Gongji said that Rika is very good at the gods' side of things."

"But Laixiang is not good at dealing with people."

"So Miyaji-sama kicked Rika out of the shrine. He told Rika to learn to be a better person."

"Being a human...should be like this, right? Just like Mr. Gong Si taught me, a person cannot survive alone. He must love each other and help each other."

There was no confusion on Laixiang's face: "Everyone is willing to take care of Laixiang, and everyone expresses their love for Laixiang in this way... Therefore, Laixiang is also willing to love everyone."

Ibuki Yuka continued to be stunned: "This...so? But this is so strange..."

But gradually, for some unknown reason, her expression seemed to suddenly think of something, like a drowning person suddenly grabbing a straw.

"But, if this is the case, if this is the case..."

After mumbling a few words to herself, she gradually calmed down.

"...Laixiang, listen to me." Youjia gently held Laixiang's shoulders, looked at her and said, "You are right, I love you very much."

After hesitating for the last time, Yuka gently held Ibuki Raika's waist and whispered something in her ear: "So, I have one thing I hope... No, I beg Raika, please repay the kindness of the master. your love."

……

When Miss Hashimoto returned to the room again, Ibuki Yuka had returned to her calm and commanding attitude.

She said flatly to Hashimoto: "No, there's no need to try again."

"Send a set of all the clothes to my home and I will match them myself."

"But another, more important thing is--Ms. Hashimoto, have you written down Rika's body measurements?"

"Okay, then let's make three sets of the 'special custom products' I ordered last time for her according to Laixiang's size, and then tomorrow..." After a pause, Youjia glanced at Laixiang. , his face darkened and he said to Miss Hashimoto arrogantly, "No, I'll wait here for two hours, I want to see it now."

……

Within two hours, custom-made clothes were delivered.

Ibuki Rika put it on without changing her expression, and then slowly turned in a circle obediently, so that Yuka could see all the details clearly.

Ibuki Yuka looked at Laika in new clothes and was silent for a long time.

Finally, she took out the phone with trembling hands and dialed Tanaka's number.

"Sir, it's me.

"Ah."

"About Laixiang..."

"Well, what? Still think you can't do it? Can't bear it?" On the other end of the phone, the man's voice suddenly became extremely cold, "...Then what use do you have to me?"

For a moment, Yujia looked terrified, as if she had forgotten that she could still breathe.

Then she hurriedly said: "No, no, no! I just want to tell you that I have convinced her."

"So fast?? Youjia did a great job!" On the other end of the phone, Tanaka's tone instantly returned to intimacy, and his voice was full of surprise and approval, "I originally planned to give you a little more time to convince Laixiang... …”

"It's ready. You can... anytime." Youjia continued to stare at Laixiang and said through gritted teeth.

Tanaka took a few deep breaths, and his voice became calm again: "Okay...then it's tonight, I'm looking forward to it."

(End of this chapter)