[Black Basket] Winter Cherry Blossoms

Miho is worrying about her younger brother's love affair, but the troubled person brings his little nephew to watch the wonderful dance performance near the small stage specially set up in the store hall.This is one of the characteristics of Kagawa. There are traditional dance performances three times a week, especially in winter nights. There are many people who come to the small stage to enjoy the dance. Geisha and shop assistants usually take turns to go on stage in order to really cope with the flow of customers. peak period.

"Mom..." Looking at the figure on the stage, the little boy held in Naoki's arms excitedly waved his little hand, trying to attract someone's attention.

"Xiao Tou, that's not your mother, you should call her older sister." Naoki stroked his little nephew's head, sighing inwardly that his older sister and brother-in-law are only busy with work these days, leaving the children to the nanny, which rarely takes much time. Time to develop a relationship with his son, which leads to the little nephew thinking that as long as a woman looks a little more friendly, he is his mother. This kind of weird situation is not good.

"Sister...?" The little boy who was still babbling was confused about the pronunciation of the word. He glanced at Naoki, then turned his gaze to the stage, and suddenly found that the performance on the stage had ended, and the person he was paying attention to He also disappeared without a trace, and soon, his tears welled up, and he burst into tears.

"Xiao Tou, be good, don't cry."

Naoki was so frightened by the little nephew's actions that he was at a loss. He coaxed and tricked him to stop crying, but in vain, the little guy cried even harder.Just when the crying attracted the female shop assistant to come to help, a figure walked into the shop, and the little guy miraculously put away his tears, nervously looking in the direction of the entrance, as if waiting for someone to come over.

"Naoki, why are you here?" Akashi, who walked into the store not long after seeing Saya, had a face-to-face contact with his love rival. What's even weirder was that his cousin and nephew saw him as if they were seeing a relative. As if, his eyes were shining brightly, and he almost rushed over with his whole body.

"Dad..." Xiao Tou, who was held in Naoki's arms, stretched out his little hand towards Akashi, and he was completely different from the crying just now. He was really happy at this moment.

Sister, even your cousin is more majestic as a father than your husband, you two should spend more time with your son, and don't let similar incidents turn into strange incidents.

Naoki complained in his heart, he and Akashi looked into each other's eyes, it was obvious that the rumors spreading in the school made it hard for the two of them these days, but the situation on Saya's side was much worse than theirs, the rumors had a great impact on her The hazards are clearly more serious.

And tonight I will meet my cousin in Kagawa. Both of them have the same purpose, which is to restore the distance between themselves and Saya to normal instead of being strangers.

"What a coincidence, cousin, you are busy with training and you should rest at home at this time, why come here when you have time?" The winter cup is approaching, and Naoki thinks that his cousin will be stuck in high-intensity training for a long time and has no time to care about romance Now, it seems that he was thinking too naively. From the beginning, his cousin never relaxed, but stared at him from beginning to end, guarding against someone approaching Saya.

"You don't have to worry about my business, but you risked being scolded by your uncle to come to Kagawa. This courage is admirable." Akashi has long been aware of his uncle's style of doing things. For the sake of his son, all potential dangers must be eliminated. Hashimoto's family The grievances with the Oikawa family are still unsolved, and the uncle is afraid that Naoki will be involved in the dispute, so he opposes his son's approach to Saya.It's a pity that Naoki's stubbornness was unexpected, and he still quarrels with his uncle until now, and even he feels that this cousin is really difficult to deal with.

"Cousin, I told you a long time ago that the confrontation between me and you will not stop here. No matter how my father intervenes, I will not give up." Naoki retorted unwillingly, with a firm tone like Emphasizing his determination, he will never give in in terms of feelings, whether it is his father or his rival in love, as long as there is a possibility, he will fight for his own love affair.

"Then I'll wait and see how long you can persist." The parents of both parties have already arranged the marriage ceremony, and Akashi doesn't have to worry about his fiancée being abducted by others for the time being. The rumors at the school made him angry, if it wasn't for the purpose of being caught spreading rumors He will never let those people run amok without saying a word.

"Master Akashi, Master Kasuga, there are guests waiting for you in the Japanese room inside, please let me lead the way for you." While the two cousins ​​were busy arguing with each other, the waitress at the store had already walked over and did her duty to lead the way for the two of them.

"Where's Ms. Saya?" Since the Akashi family and the Hashimoto family secretly made a marriage contract, every time Akashi came to Kagawa, it was as if he was at home. Even the waiters and the manager in the store treated each other with respect and courtesy. There was some negligence in the process of entertaining.

"The little proprietress is entertaining customers in the middle of the day. She will come over after finishing her work. Please wait a moment with the other guests." In Kagawa, the clerks will not call the next heir by his name directly, but call Saya the little proprietress, and The current female general has already confessed that Akashi must tell the truth when asked about it, and this time is no exception. The female clerk still completed the work responsibly and brought Akashi and Naoki to the Japanese room where the distinguished guests were.

Partial?While walking behind the clerk, Akashi remembered that Saya had mentioned that the side room was the lowest-cost Japanese room in the private room in Kagawa, and it was usually only reserved for the general public. It was normal for Saya to entertain guests there.It's just that why the clerk took him to a remote area? He had an ominous premonition that those so-called distinguished guests might be people he knew again.

Kagawa's main store is very large, and the back room occupies a part of the area. After the clerk led Akashi to the door of a small room, he left wisely. At this time, the door of the room was suddenly opened, and a pair of hands pulled him away. into the room.

"Shh, Seijuro, be quiet." It turned out that it was Reina who grabbed Akashi into the room, and she put her index finger to her lips, and whispered to Akashi not to speak loudly, so as not to disturb others.

"Sister Reina, why did you come to Kyoto?" Seeing the people in the room, Akashi was also surprised. Reina, who has always liked the bustling life in Tokyo, would come to Kyoto when she is free. He never believed that she was here for sex. For spa travel.

"It's a long story, we'll talk about it when we get back to your house." Even in Kagawa, it's not a safe place to talk, Reina picked up two empty glasses on the table and handed one of them to Akashi , asking him to act together according to her movements.

The Kasuga siblings didn't make a sound, just watched the changes quietly. Although Akashi felt that Reina's behavior was weird, but in order to know the reason, he had to take the cup, and according to Reina's method, he buckled the cup against the wall and calmed down. Come and listen to the conversation coming from the next door.

"As expected of Kagawa, if we hadn't helped President Maekawa do that well, we wouldn't have the money to drink here."

"That's right, little proprietress, fill us up, hahaha."

"This is the junmai daiginjo you ordered, please use it slowly, both guests."

What did those two nasty middle-aged uncles think of his Saya?Akashi's anger gathered in his right hand, and he almost crushed the cup on the spot, but because the two uncles had useful information, he could only temporarily suppress his anger and listen to their words.

"To celebrate the formation of President Maekawa's alliance, let's have a toast with this superb sake."

"Hey, don't speak so loudly, be careful that the walls have ears."

"What are you afraid of? Anyway, the little proprietress is gone. It's okay for us to speak loudly."

Under the laughter of the two men, the door of the room was opened and closed again. It was obvious that Saya, who was in charge of delivering food, had left the room, and the two men spoke even more recklessly because there were no outsiders.

"Speaking of which, President Maekawa's daughter is really narrow-minded. She tried every means to send hers to Akashi's house. Who knew that the other party would not accept her, so she sent someone to do tricks. Fortunately, we are not working for her."

"Miss Akiko has the backing of her father, so of course she can do whatever she wants, but her affairs are not in our scope of work. At present, we must ensure the safety of the small league, otherwise, if we really want to leave, it will cause more trouble later."

"Then we are quite courageous. We dare to spend money and enjoy ourselves in the Old Belly Snake's place, but no one knows our true identity."

"That's why I say that the most dangerous place is also the safest place, hahaha."

"I can already imagine that the young master of the Akashi family will have a very painful life in the future. Not only his own property has been seriously damaged, but now his own safety is also a problem. I see that the Kawa family is clearly determined to lose that wealth this time. Got it."

Taking advantage of the wine, the two men chatted happily, but Akashi and Reina who were next door could hear their words clearly.

There are signs of division within the huge business alliance of the Akashi family. Not only the Maekawa family but also other small families are involved behind the scenes. As for the wealth mentioned by the two, it should be the inheritance of Saya's mother.If it wasn't for a huge amount, the Oi Chuan family would not have obeyed the order of the former Chuan family and tried everything possible to seize it. If this continues, the Oi Chuan family will definitely attack Saya, and the bait used is likely to be the son of the alliance leader.

Lina began to worry about her cousin's personal safety. The old fox from the Maekawa family had always been ruthless. If what the two people next door said was true, then she had to call back to Tokyo and ask her uncle for reinforcements.

"Reina, they have already paid and left." Miho, who was bored and had nothing to do, quietly opened the door and looked out, just in time to see someone coming out of the next room. The two men were reeking of alcohol and walking unsteadily. , [-]% of them were already so drunk that they didn't know where to go, and they didn't realize that anyone was eavesdropping on their conversation.

No need to eavesdrop anymore, the people present were finally able to speak loudly, and Reina also directly had a showdown with Akashi, and put forward her suggestion to him, but she hadn't finished speaking, but was strongly opposed by Akashi.

"Seijuro, for your safety, before solving the Maekawa family, you'd better separate from Saya..."

"I refuse." Akashi replied coldly with a livid face, "Saya is my fiancee, but you want me to leave her alone to face danger, tell me, is this what my father meant?"

Stared at by that cold gaze, Li Nai hurriedly explained, "No, this is not what uncle meant, it was a suggestion made by the elders in the family, and they are also thinking of you, after all, you are the next head of the family, in case something happens , who can inherit the family business? They also said, you don't have to risk your life for Saya, want a fiancée, and when you officially inherit the family business, they will help you choose from among the many candidates..."

"Enough!" Akashi said in a deep voice, interrupting Reina's words, "This is the truth about fiancée candidates, what kind of candidates, they are just victims chosen by the elders! I will never do that, and I will never do that. Let those old men get their wish, my woman will be protected by myself, don't worry about those people!"

The reality is always cruel. Even though Lina wants to convey the suggestions within the family, she cannot deny the ruthlessness of those veterans. No wonder her uncle has been changing the company's personnel structure over the years. Those old powers of the family should indeed withdraw from the stage It's time.

"I said you two, sister and brother, keep your voice down, and be careful not to be heard by Ms. Hashimoto who delivered the food."

Miho kindly reminded her, but unexpectedly she was a step late, the door of the room was gently opened, and Saya, who was holding a hot soup pot, had already walked in.

Seeing this, Akashi and Reina were immediately stunned. Could it be that the conversation between the two just now was heard by Saya outside the door?How much did she hear? Did she listen to all the conversations?