Chapter 1000: Teasing a

By nightfall, the landscape lights in Yoyogi Park had turned on, looking hazy and very beautiful.

However, on the *Tokyo Love Story* set, high-powered floodlights were set up, and even the flower beds in the background were fitted with brighter colored spotlights, all to make the scene look better.

Here, Kanji Nagao was about to confess to Rika Akana~

"So you like me that much~" Rika Akana, played by Honami Suzuki, showed a charming smile on her face. "How come I didn't know?"

Then she turned and walked away lightly, still saying:

"I have my own thoughts too, it's not that easy to fall in love with each other~"

The shy Kanji Nagao could only silently say: "I will try my best~"

"If I tell you I'm lonely in the middle of the night, will you come to keep me company?"

"I'll fly over..."

"If I'm at the top of Mount Everest, will you come to pick me up if I call?"

"I definitely will!"

"If I want to hold a Beatles concert at home?"

"I'll bring the whole band over!"

"If I ask you to use magic to create a rainbow in the sky?!"

"...... This... I might not be able to do that..."

Under the lens, Rika Akana was radiant, her questions hooking Kanji Nagao like a fish on a line...

From the director's perspective, Rika Akana teasing Kanji Nagao was no different from playing with a dog... except that at the very end, she didn't gauge the scale right, and was actually bitten on the lips by this little "milk dog" Kanji Nagao...

The kiss in the night was sweet and lingering, made even sweeter under the glow of the lights~

"CUT! Very good!"

Although Naoki Nagayama had written the script, he was very dissatisfied internally; after all, such an ending didn't fit Rika Akana's "sea king" persona... How could she be counter-attacked while training a dog?!

However, everyone else on the scene approved, and even applauded after the shot was finished...

Especially the few female staff members and Akina, who was watching from the side; their faces were even flushed... It was clear they were high on the "sugar" of the scene!

Wasn't it just a bit of tug-of-war during a confession? What was so good about a "sea king" failing?

What a bunch of people who have never tasted fine grains!

"Kanji Nagao, Rika Akana... don't just stand there (reminiscing)!

We need to kiss a few more times; this scene needs more angles to show it!"

Naoki Nagayama's instruction made the two actors on the scene feel a bit embarrassed!

So, under the lens of the crane camera, Kanji Nagao kissed Rika Akana several more times... This kid should really thank the director!

Fortunately, after the kiss, Rika Akana seemed to recover her "sea king" persona and said to Kanji Nagao:

"Do you like me?"

"Mm~"

"Then say 'I love you'!"

"I love you..."

"Say it with my name!"

"I love you, Rika."

"I love you too... Maruko..."

"......"

This confession scene ended, meaning that the "sea king" Rika's dog-training career was finally a success~

As the actors began to change costumes and the crew began to move locations to prepare for the next scene, Naoki Nagayama came to Akina's side.

"It's getting cold at night, Akina, aren't you going back?"

"Daijobu!" Akina said enthusiastically. "Watching the tug-of-war in a romance drama live is much more vivid and interesting than watching TV at home!"

"......" Naoki Nagayama didn't know how to respond...

Was it really just to watch the "sugar"? Could it have nothing to do with Kanako Higuchi on the other side of the crew?!

Akina looked into Naoki Nagayama's eyes:

"Naoki-san, since you can write it, why didn't we have such interesting tug-of-war when we confessed our love?"

"......."

He hadn't remembered it back then!

Besides, before we confessed our love, we had been in a tug-of-war for over four hundred days!

"This is all written for the audience to see!" Naoki Nagayama said. "Who would actually tug-of-war like that in a real relationship..."

"Besides, neither of us is a 'sea king'!"

"Oh ho ho?" Akina rolled her eyes. "Then what about 'playboy Naoki'..."

"...... That's slander!"

"Hmph hmph~"

When Akina hummed, she suddenly looked at Kanako-san on the side with deep meaning. Naoki Nagayama didn't want to think too much; he just brought Akina his spare coat and asked Mari Nonaka to take care of Akina.

Since his wife liked watching the performance on set, what could he do~

The next scene happened to be a famous scene from *Tokyo Love Story*: the reluctant parting of lovers, and then playing the "three-two-one" turn-around game...

This, actually, was quite similar to the feeling when Naoki Nagayama and Akina were dating...

At the Melody KTV headquarters in Sumida Ward, Kaede Nagayama and Kokai Ishida were busy until late, finally finishing the audit of last year's financial report.

Most Japanese companies complete the previous year's financial report before April, because April is not only a time of spring flowers, but also when schools start, new employees join, and government budgets are implemented.

As a private family business, Melody's financial situation didn't need to be made public, but it still needed to give an account to the shareholders... to be precise, to the Nagayama Group and Naoki Nagayama.

"Finally finished!"

Kaede Nagayama stretched. As a high school graduate, looking at these financial reports was pure torture.

But fortunately, he had a good fiancée... Kokai Ishida!

Although she wasn't particularly beautiful, the knowledge and skills in her brain greatly helped his career; she was absolutely a virtuous helper!

"Honey~" Kaede Nagayama walked over to Kokai Ishida with a smile. "Let's go to a bar for a drink before we go back!"

"Mm..."

Kokai Ishida had no desire to continue working either; she tidied up, stood up, and after locking the door with Kaede Nagayama, they headed toward a nearby bar.

The two had been dating for a long time and had long passed the passionate phase; now they got along like old acquaintances.

Walking on the brightly lit commercial street, Kaede Nagayama and Kokai Ishida chatted about trivial matters after leaving the bar, things like "what to eat tomorrow," "there's a meeting," "find time to call home."

The two were getting married in a week, and both families had met each other. Although the Ishida family had some minor complaints about Kaede Nagayama's yakuza background, knowing that he was now walking the straight path and had opened a KTV, they didn't say much more.

As they chatted, Kaede Nagayama saw many young couples strolling hand in hand, and some even showing their love in public under the blooming cherry blossom trees; the two stood outside the circle, smiling and admiring~

Kaede Nagayama suddenly thought that he and Kokai Ishida didn't seem to have any particularly outstanding behavior.

Confession, dating, watching movies, singing and dancing, traveling... everything was a matter of course. Even the proposal was just said casually before going to sleep at night...

Kaede Nagayama had previously been a character who lived for the moment, but in this relationship, he was actually so plain...

"Kokai..."

"Mm?"

Kaede Nagayama looked at the young couple hugging and spinning under the cherry blossom tree. In such a joyful atmosphere, perhaps influenced by alcohol, a strange emotion began to surge in his heart.

"Do you feel like we've gotten old?"

"Eh?!"

"We don't have the passion of young people at all!"

"What's that? Why are you saying that suddenly?"

"It's just that I feel like I married you so plainly, and there's nothing to talk about on our anniversaries in the future!"

"Uh... what do you mean?"

Under Kokai Ishida's puzzled gaze, Kaede Nagayama turned around and suddenly scooped Kokai Ishida up by the waist...

Then, under the surprised gazes of the surrounding crowd, he shouted:

"A yakuza member is kidnapping a good woman!"

This sudden shout drew everyone's attention, and then Kaede Nagayama carried Kokai Ishida on his shoulder and ran for it!!

"!!!"

His burly figure, combined with Kokai Ishida on his shoulder shouting "Put me down," combined with the image of a yakuza kidnapping a woman in people's minds.

Plus, this was a commercial street, and a group of young people began to call out to each other to intercept...

But they were all bumped aside by Kaede Nagayama...

Accompanied by "Hahaha~" arrogant laughter, the commercial street in Sumida Ward suddenly became noisy...

At night in Shanyingyuan, Naoki Nagayama had just returned and hadn't gone to sleep yet.

"Ring ring~"

The phone by the bed rang~

"Moshi Moshi Moshi Moshi, this is Shanyingyuan..."

"Naoki..." A lowered voice came from the receiver, but it could still be recognized as his cousin, Kaede Nagayama.

"Cousin Kaede? Why are you calling so late?"

"Naoki..." The voice in the receiver sounded embarrassed. "Please come to the Sumida Ward police station... come and bail me out..."

"???!!!"

Naoki Nagayama sat up straight.

"Cousin Kaede, what happened to you?! Did you get into a conflict with someone? Are you hurt?"

"No, no, it's because of other reasons... nothing major!" Kaede Nagayama in the receiver sounded even more embarrassed. "You'll know when you get here..."

"......"

After hanging up the phone, Akina looked over: "What happened to Cousin Kaede?"

"It seems he was taken to the police station... wants me to go bail him out..."

"What happened?"

"I don't know... but it doesn't seem like anything major..."

Naoki Nagayama began to put on his clothes and said to Akina,

"I'm going to pick him up now... I'll call you after I understand the situation..."

"Hai, be careful on the road..."

Sumida Ward Police Station.

Naoki Nagayama arrived in a hurry, only to find that there were quite a few young people lingering in the police station lobby, and Kokai Ishida was apologizing to them one by one.

"Kokai-chan~" Naoki Nagayama called out. "Where's Cousin Kaede? How is he?"

"He's in... the detention room..." Kokai Ishida seemed to breathe a sigh of relief when she saw Naoki Nagayama come over. "He's fine..."

"...... What exactly happened?"

Naoki Nagayama felt relieved and asked Kokai Ishida in detail, and then his expression began to turn strange.

It meant that not long ago, Kaede Nagayama had a sudden whim and ran through the commercial street carrying Kokai Ishida, wanting to be passionate and romantic, but the young people who didn't know the situation really thought someone was kidnapping, and one after another stepped forward to stop him.

Originally, just explaining would have been enough, but sometimes when people get hot-headed, they don't care about anything. Kaede Nagayama actually didn't explain, and just carried Kokai Ishida and charged through... relying on his strength to bump into many people, until he was stopped by the police.

Kidnapping, fighting, injuring people... such a case naturally had to be sent to the police station for processing. Kaede Nagayama was detained, and Kokai Ishida couldn't be bailed out because she was a party involved...

"......."

Looking at his cousin in the detention room, Naoki Nagayama didn't know what to say.

"....... Cousin Kaede....."

"Naoki, you finally came! Hurry and let me out!"

Kaede Nagayama wasn't hurt, at most his clothes were a bit wrinkled... Naoki Nagayama shook his head, signed, and paid the money to get him out of the detention room first.

"Why didn't you let your subordinates bail you out... isn't Sumida Ward very close~"

"It's shameful to let my subordinates know I got in because of something like this..."

Kaede Nagayama patted Naoki Nagayama on the shoulder.

"It doesn't matter with Naoki... we're the kind of relationship that has attended a bachelor party together!"

"......." The three great iron bonds of life, right? Attending school together, carrying guns together...

However, after Kaede Nagayama came out, he was still pulled by Kokai Ishida to sincerely apologize to all the young people involved, and by the way, gave them compensation and discount coupons for Melody KTV...

Otherwise, if anyone were to hold onto it, it would be very troublesome...

After walking out of the police station, Kaede Nagayama was smiling, causing Kokai Ishida to hatefully punch his shoulder.

Naoki Nagayama walked in front and heard Cousin Kaede saying things like "Weren't you very excited just now," "This time we have a memory," "This is what love is."

He couldn't help but shake his head. This pair of newlyweds plays a bit wild!

"Naoki...."

Kaede Nagayama hooked Naoki Nagayama's shoulder.

"It's still early, want to go for a drink?"

"...... Forget it~" Naoki Nagayama pushed away the hand on his shoulder. "I still have to go to the set to film tomorrow..."

"Alright~"

Kaede Nagayama didn't force him, but reminded him,

"Don't forget the wedding next week!"

Then he secretly whispered: "Especially the bachelor night..."

"...... I'm already married..."

Naoki Nagayama looked helpless. Shizuoka is a bit barren for a bachelor night!

"I don't care! Anyway, I'm responsible for yours, you have to be responsible for mine!"

"......."

"Anyway, don't forget to come to my wedding!"

Kaede Nagayama walked toward Kokai Ishida not far away, waving his hand with his back turned, looking very carefree... Seeing such a scene, Naoki Nagayama didn't know why, but felt a bit emotional.

After returning to Shanyingyuan, he told Akina, who hadn't fallen asleep yet, what had happened, which made Akina unable to believe it.

"Cousin Kaede... he's almost a married man, and he's still so... so..."

Akina tried hard to find an adjective, and finally could only find one,

"Unserious?!"

"Hahaha, Cousin Kaede is only 24, not some old fuddy-duddy..." Naoki Nagayama laughed. "It's impossible to be so steady all day long!"

"But Naoki-san is very steady!"

Akina looked at her husband. Speaking of which, Akina hadn't dated anyone else, and in her consciousness, men after dating should probably be as steady and reliable as Naoki Nagayama.

"...... I... have a higher mental age..."

Naoki Nagayama couldn't argue. After all, he had the mentality of a middle-aged man most of the time, and only occasionally was he controlled by the hormones of a young body.

"...... Tch, so what if your mental age is high?"

"....... Uh...." Call me daddy?

Although he didn't say it, Akina seemed to perceive that Naoki Nagayama's thoughts were very evil, and combined with meeting a competitor today, she began a brutal "draining" activity on Naoki Nagayama!

However, when he fell asleep at night, Naoki Nagayama always felt that the back waving goodbye appeared in his dream...

It seemed that something was about to be recalled... ===== CHAPTER 1001 =====