Chapter 1109: Driving a sports car to pick up a loved one from work, isn't that a matter of course~

When walking out of the Tree Friends building, the sky had completely darkened.

In the cool night breeze, street lamps and landscape lights had been turned on, and the flowing red taillights on the road, matched with the neon lights of shops and nightclubs, constructed the scene of Ikebukuro's nightlife.

Tree Friends employees also got off work one after another. After saying goodbye to Naoki Nagayama, one could vaguely hear young employees laughing and making appointments to go to newly opened nightclubs and KTVs to play.

The bad habit of the Japanese workplace, the tradition of having a drink with superiors after work, finally didn't spread in Tree Friends under the resistance of Naoki Nagayama, the boss~

"Nagayama-san?" Masafumi Otomo also happened to be going out, and was a bit curious after seeing Naoki Nagayama, "Why are you dazed here?"

"Just came out of the editing room, blowing the wind to clear my head~"

"Ah... worked for a day~"

Masafumi Otomo sighed,

"It's really hard work!"

"Haha, it's okay~" Naoki Nagayama looked at Masafumi Otomo, "Otomo-san got off work very early today, are you going home?"

"Go home?" Masafumi Otomo returned a surprised look, "The nightlife has just begun, why go home?!"

"..." "Nightlife?" Naoki Nagayama looked at his old friend who was not young, does he still have the energy at this age?

"Yes!"

Masafumi Otomo was full of red light,

"A new club opened in Roppongi. I heard it's the top star of the old club Angel who came out to fly solo as a mama-san, gathering a group of fresh young ladies...

Today is a group set up by a few friends, does Nagayama-san want to go with me?"

Looking at Masafumi Otomo talking excitedly about the newly opened club, Naoki Nagayama shook his head helplessly:

"Otomo-san... you're not young anymore, be careful with your health!"

Masafumi Otomo looked at Naoki Nagayama:

"It's because there isn't much time left to be carefree, so we should enjoy it even more! Unlike some people, young, and every day is just a two-point line between home and company, just like an old man! I don't know if the body is not working..."

"..."

This is, being mocked?!

"I..."

Naoki Nagayama was a bit angry, and words such as "family," "responsibility," "husband and wife love," "parent-child relationship" popped out of his mouth, making Masafumi Otomo hurriedly cover his ears.

"Alright, alright... just say you're like an old man... nagging!"

Then he happened to see the driver driving the car over, and hurriedly took a step to open the car door and got in.

"I'm leaving!!!"

"..."

Looking at the strong figure of this old boy, Naoki Nagayama was speechless.

After the car drove away, the front of the Tree Friends building was left with only Naoki Nagayama, and a night breeze blew, making him feel a bit cold...

"Am I really old?"

Naoki Nagayama patted his face to make himself clear, and looked at the city that was gradually becoming brightly lit,

"But Otomo-san's words seem to make sense. I'm only in my twenties, and I have a luxury car... how can I stay at home every day?!"

"I also want to go..."

He didn't have the courage to say the words "find young ladies in the club"... No matter what, he was a married celebrity. If he was photographed by reporters...

After marrying top idol Akina Mori, Naoki Nagayama actually went out to seek pleasure?!

Tomorrow's news would still explode! Maybe the tradition of sending razor blades would be picked up again!

"Anyway, I definitely won't go home so early today!" Naoki Nagayama thought after getting in the car, what exactly to do, "My youth can't end so early! I also want to have a nightlife!"

Inside Nippon Television (NTV), the planning for the anniversary celebration of *Star Birth* had been recorded to the end.

This scene even invited the first champion of *Star Birth*, Masako Mori, and Junko Sakurada, who was once as famous as Momoe Yamaguchi. If Momoe Yamaguchi hadn't completely retired, maybe even she would have been invited.

It is said that the program also invited Seiko Matsuda, but because she was in confinement, Seiko Matsuda did not agree.

After Akina Mori wore her early stage outfit and sang her debut song *Slow Motion*, she sat in the guest seat with other idols and watched the clips of past programs.

The blue and white JK uniform still looked very suitable when worn now, revealing youthful vitality.

Now the camera was interviewing others, so the guests chatted...

"Kyoko-chan doesn't seem to have changed!" Akina said to her friend beside her, "Still a round face, very cute~"

"I really want to have a change!"

Kyoko Koizumi was very helpless. There was no way to deal with a natural round face. Even if she lost weight, it couldn't be seen on her face... unlike the baby fat of Akina beside her~

"Akina looks good only after losing weight now~"

"What's wrong with being cute!"

Because it was almost the end, Kyoko Koizumi took the opportunity to propose:

"Akina-chan, do you want to go play later? It's a membership-based dance hall, Jun-jun is there, and Fumiya Fujii..."

"Eh~~" Akina was a bit regretful, "I have to go back to take care of Xia Hua..."

"..."

Kyoko Koizumi only then realized that her former friend had become a mother... In the current wave of feminism, Kyoko Koizumi sighed:

"Taking care of children is really hard... even going out to play is not possible..."

"Still possible..."

Akina Mori explained that because she had a live-in nanny to share the burden, she could not only go out shopping, but also come out to work... It was just that the mother's instinct made her not want to leave the baby for too long.

Just as she was talking, the host suddenly cued her:

"Akina-chan, Akina-chan?"

Akina Mori hurriedly turned over:

"Eh? Hai!"

"What are you chatting about, so absorbed?"

"Ah... it's a girl's private matter!" Akina decisively found an excuse, making the host unable to continue asking.

"I see..."

The host had no way either. If it were other artists, he could have been thick-skinned and asked to the end, asking what private matter it was, why couldn't it be shared with everyone, etc... Maybe he could have made a program effect...

Those who can be hosts are all human spirits. He didn't dare to put any pressure on Akina Mori now,

"Akina-chan, I heard you have a very good relationship with Momoe Yamaguchi?"

"Hai... used to live very close... but I have moved..." Akina nodded, "Occasionally I still call to ask after her..."

"Is Momoe-san still in Minato Ward?"

"Also moved into a new house..."

Thanks to Naoki Nagayama's help, Tomokazu Miura had had many more work opportunities in the past two years. The Miura family had bought a piece of land and built a house, and moved there directly.

"I see..." The host looked at Masako Mori and Junko Sakurada beside him and sighed, "Now the first generation of idols, only Momoe Yamaguchi hasn't come... It's really a pity~"

"Daijobu, I believe Momoe-san will watch everyone on the TV screen~"

Akina Mori said with a smile.

"Then why not just make a phone call..."

Under the host's signal, the program assistant pushed up a telephone,

"Akina-chan, could you please pick it up?"

"Eh? Me?"

"Hai... please..."

Momoe Yamaguchi and the agency broke up peacefully. Although she retired, she was still very grateful to the agency president. After all, she had released the first cash cow under pressure back then.

Although she had retired, she would still cooperate a little for significant events... After all, her husband Tomokazu Miura was still working in the entertainment industry, and she couldn't fall out with people she knew originally.

In fact, after the program team contacted her through the original agency and said that Akina Mori would also participate, they arranged such a form of phone call~

"Moshi moshi?" Akina Mori picked up the phone with some surprise, "Momoe-san?"

"Is it Akina-chan?!" The voice in the receiver was amplified through the microphone, "Long time no see~"

"Long time no see... has everything been good lately?"

"Very good~ Arigato~"

Akina also exchanged pleasantries a little, and then said,

"Now I'm in the anniversary celebration program of *Star Birth*... Is Momoe-san watching us in front of the TV?"

"Hai..."

Although it was still in the recording stage and hadn't been released at all, isn't that how making a program is? It's all acting!

"Watching very clearly... Akina-san's stage outfit makes people nostalgic..."

"Arigato..." Akina thanked her with a smile, and then said to the phone, "Momoe-san, now there are Masako Mori-senpai and Junko Sakurada-senpai beside me... they also want to talk to you~"

"Ah... Masako Mori-chan, Junko-chan..."

Momoe Yamaguchi greeted the two very appropriately. Although they were acquaintances, they hadn't been in touch for a long time.

After a round of greetings, the host cued the process:

"Momoe Yamaguchi-san, on such a day, what do you want to say to everyone at *Star Birth*?"

"Hai~"

Momoe Yamaguchi's tone was a bit emotional, and then she said official jargon,

"*Star Birth* is the starting point for all of us to enter the entertainment industry! Being able to gather again today is a rare opportunity... I hope everyone can get better and better on the path of idols..."

"..."

Although everyone knew it was official jargon and set phrases, the idol guests at the studio scene still looked exceptionally moved...

Akina hung up the phone. Looking at everyone's appearance, she felt more and more uncomfortable with the entertainment industry... Sure enough, in front of the camera, everyone was wearing a hypocritical mask!

Participate in less of this kind of variety show in the future, it's really too fake~

Go home early after the recording, little Xia Hua's smiling face is the innocent look without any cover!

After the program recording ended, Akina changed her clothes in the dressing room and walked towards the parking lot with Kyoko Koizumi.

"Are you really not going?" Kyoko Koizumi invited her for the last time, "They are all acquaintances~"

"Not going... I'm going home to watch the baby!"

"Sigh... young, youth is gone~"

"..."

The two were chatting and laughing, and came to the somewhat dim parking lot together. Akina Mori was just about to ask Maki Ueda where their car was parked, when she suddenly heard two beeps, and a car in the garage flashed its double-jump lights, attracting Akina's attention.

"Who?"

Kyoko Koizumi looked at the garage in front with some worry,

"Fans? Or a prank program?"

As a top-tier idol, she had encountered many such situations~

"Uh..." Akina Mori wasn't that panicked, and besides, both of them had agents with them. Looking at the car not far away, she felt it was very familiar, "Seems to be... an acquaintance?"

Slowly walking near the car, she saw the car door open, and a figure holding fresh flowers walked out...

Under the dim light, the smile on that person's face was so conspicuous~

"Akina, I'm here to pick you up from work!"

"Nagayama-san~~~" Akina revealed a brilliant smile on her face, let go of her friend's arm beside her, and walked quickly to Naoki Nagayama's side, "Why did you come here?!"

Naoki Nagayama handed the flowers to Akina:

"Pick you up from work~ I just saw very beautiful flowers on the road... Do you like them?"

"Mm~~"

Akina took the flowers and happily hugged Naoki Nagayama's arm.

The sudden surprise made the smile on Akina's face unable to stop, and little stars lit up in her eyes, feeling as if she had returned to the honeymoon period.

"Have you eaten dinner?"

"No..."

"Just right, I haven't either~" Naoki Nagayama took Akina's hand, "Then let's go eat a big meal together later!"

"Okay~"

"How about going for a stroll together afterwards? I heard there is a very famous dance hall..."

"Okay~"

"..."

Kyoko Koizumi, a few steps away, patted her forehead helplessly... She had clearly just said firmly that she was going home to watch the baby?!

Now that she met her husband, why did she completely fall?! Whatever he says is what it is?!

"Kyoko-chan?" Naoki Nagayama only then saw the others and greeted Akina's best friend, "Long time no see~"

"Long time no see~" Kyoko Koizumi nodded and greeted, "Is Nagayama-san actually here to pick up Akina?"

"Hahaha, yes..." Naoki Nagayama said with a smile, "Driving a sports car to pick up a loved one from work, isn't that a matter of course~"

"..." Where is such a matter of course?!

Kyoko Koizumi felt the sweet and greasy atmosphere suddenly envelop her, and then seeing Akina Mori's eyes becoming more and more gentle...

Sigh... a love-brained person meets a true love saint... this life is destined to fall!!

"Did Kyoko-chan get off work too?"

"Hai..."

"Then, do you want to have a meal together?"

Kyoko Koizumi saw the warning in Akina's eyes and shook her head repeatedly:

"Forget it, forget it, I already have an appointment... I won't disturb your world for two~"

"Alright then~ Let's talk about it when there's a chance~" Naoki Nagayama said to Akina's agent, Maki Ueda, "Maki-chan, then I'll take Akina away... You and the driver should also get off work early~"

"Hai..." What could Maki Ueda do? Could she really follow them?

After Naoki Nagayama said goodbye to the others, he happily got into the Rolls-Royce Silver Spur with Akina. After that silver car shadow disappeared, Kyoko Koizumi asked Maki Ueda with emotion...

"Maki-chan, do you face this situation every day?"

"Not really..." Maki Ueda recalled, "This kind of sweet and greasy feeling has... probably not been seen for more than a year..."

During the period of marriage, pregnancy, and giving birth to the baby, the two seemed to have changed from love to family affection... I originally thought it was just like this, but I didn't expect it to suddenly turn back into love now...

What is going on?!

Maki Ueda was also helpless. Is it possible that she will have to work in the sour smell of love again in the future?!

"Kyoko-chan, I'll take my leave first..."

Single Maki Ueda decided to cherish her leisure time well, and decided to go to the club to find a few gigolos to soothe her soul today~

"If you stay in the parking garage for too long, you will be photographed by paparazzi~"

And after Maki Ueda also left, Kyoko Koizumi also prepared to leave under the reminder of her agent.

Kyoko Koizumi froze for a few seconds, and suddenly looked at the exit of the TV station:

"Both of them are married, if they are photographed, they shouldn't make the headlines again, right?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1110 =====