Chapter 1249: How come Naoki Nagayama is everywhere?!

When Akina Mori appeared wearing a dark, off-the-shoulder wool skirt, the audience understood what it meant to have moth-eyebrowed beauty and skin like congealed fat. A layer of white mist permeated the entire stage, setting off Akina to look like an unreal, cold fairy.

The re-arranged deep melody sounded, Akina's brows furrowed slightly, as if recalling some broken relationship, and a layer of mist actually gradually covered her eyes...

"

Takaga koi nante (It's just a love affair)

Wasureba ii (Just forget it if you want)

Nakitai dake nakitara (If you want to cry, just cry)

....."

Following Akina's low voice, this "Wrecked Ship" seemed to be telling the audience about that relationship that ended halfway, and also seemed to be missing the investment and sentiment for that relationship...

This "Wrecked Ship" had long been released by Tokiko Kato, but the original enka version was far less moving than Akina's current singing. The audience in the studio was brought into the song by Akina's excellent interpretation, their emotions constantly echoing with the singing.

Until the last line of lyrics was sung and the music paused, the people immersed in the sad atmosphere woke up, and then immediately offered enthusiastic applause!

"Wrecked Ship," which had been warming up in the entertainment industry for a long time, finally made a stunning appearance on the national music show "Music Station"!

For a time, the studio was filled with the applause of the audience, and even the viewers in front of the TV sets applauded for the wonderful interpretation of this song...

Everyone knew that this year's music charts were about to have one more heavyweight song!

"Wow~~~"

During the interview interaction after the singing, even Tamori, the host with only one eye, couldn't help but exclaim,

"Akina-chan is really beautiful today! Like a fairy!"

"Arigato~"

Akina, who had finished singing, had already detached herself from the sad emotions. At this time, her face was full of smiles, as if she were two different people from the cold fairy just now.

"Akina-chan, today's stage outfit is also very distinctive... how did you think of using a wool skirt to make a stage outfit..."

"Actually, I originally wanted to use an elongated fluffy skirt... but I happened to have wool... so I wanted to try it..."

Akina said with a smile,

"I didn't expect the effect to be very good......."

Actually, it was Naoki Nagayama who made a suggestion when Akina was designing the stage outfit... The deepest impression he had of Akina Mori in his past life was the look of her wearing a wool skirt while singing "Wrecked Ship."

The cold yet broken image was instantly imprinted in people's hearts!

"So that's how it is~"

Tamori nodded, and then asked a question on behalf of all the viewers,

"Akina-chan, when you were singing 'Wrecked Ship' just now, you brought yourself into a sad mood, right? That kind of sadness must have been triggered by something..."

Translating this question means "Akina has actually experienced heartbreak too?!"

It could also be foreseen that the subsequent questions in the hearts of the audience would definitely be "With whom? Is it with Naoki Nagayama?" "If not, could Akina-chan have dated someone else?!" "......"

"Yes~"

Akina nodded, instantly causing the audience in the studio to exclaim. One of them even loudly asked "Honto ni?"... This burst of exclamations made Akina a little surprised, and she couldn't help but look at the source of the sound...

Then she explained:

"Actually, everyone knows that when I perform, I will bring myself into a scene similar to the song, so that I can interpret it with infectious power.

This time, I brought myself into the plot of a sad novel I read, so I could sing it so sadly..."

"Sad novel?"

Tamori suddenly remembered the Akina Mori sadness incident that had been making a lot of noise a while ago, as well as the Momoe Yamaguchi crying incident. It seemed that both were related to a novel!

"Is it that novel by Naoki-san? It seems to be called 'Sorry, I Love You'?"

"Hai!"

Akina gave an affirmative reply, which made the audience off the stage a little unbelievable, and for a time, there was a lot of discussion...

"How is that possible?" "Exaggerated, right..." "Momoe Yamaguchi has read it too?" "....."

"Where can I buy that novel?" Tamori asked, "I'm curious too!"

"This... Naoki-san hasn't published it with a publisher yet... it is expected to be sold next year..."

Akina Mori explained, and then suddenly realized, shaking her hands a little flustered,

"Tamori-san... I'm not advertising for Naoki-san here!!"

Laughter came from the scene again, and everyone was very tolerant of the idol's momentary natural airheadedness.

"Hahaha, I know~ it hasn't been printed yet~"

Tamori sighed, and then asked very gossipy,

"But it's good to be the wife of a writer; you can see the original manuscript of the unpublished novel in advance...

Momoe-san has read it too, right? Can friends see it in advance? What is the order? Can I make an appointment?"

"This, for the sake of confidentiality, only one original manuscript was printed. I gave it to Momoe-san after I finished reading it... now..."

Akina thought for a moment,

"Now it should be with Naoki-san's exclusive editor... there's no appointment..."

(After experiencing thousands of hardships and another half-month vacation, a certain Shogakukan editor finally got the original manuscript of "Sorry, I Love You" and was crying in the office...)

"That's a pity~"

Tamori chatted with Akina Mori for so long, and finally returned to the main topic,

"Oh my, we went off-topic... we are a music show!"

"Haha~" "Only just realized?" "Tamori-san is going to have his salary deducted!" "....." Similar small talk came from off the stage, accompanied by bursts of laughter, making the atmosphere of this show hot again.

"Next, we invite the original singer of 'Wrecked Ship,' Tokiko Kato..."

Tokiko Kato, wearing a gown, walked to the front of the stage and gave Akina a bouquet of flowers...

"Arigato..." Akina was pleasantly surprised.

"Akina-chan's interpretation is too wonderful..." Tokiko Kato's eyes were full of appreciation, "I knew this song would shine under Akina's voice!"

"Thanks to Kato-san for the recognition..."

Because it was still live, Tamori interrupted the exchange between the two and fulfilled the host's duty:

"Kato-san... may I ask how you and Akina-chan met? And why did you give this song to Akina?"

"Ah..."

Tokiko Kato responded,

"That should be when Akina was photographed haggard and crying..."

"At that time, I felt that 'Wrecked Ship' should be sung by such a female singer..."

"And the facts proved that Akina-chan did interpret it very excellently!"

Hearing this, Tamori was surprised, because Akina's crying was photographed, and the original explanation was also because she read a certain novel:

"If you say so, it's still related to that novel by Naoki Nagayama!!!"

"You could say that..."

"This guy Naoki Nagayama, how come he is everywhere..."

At this time, Naoki Nagayama was watching the live broadcast of "Music Station" in Shanying Yuan. Hearing Tamori's words, his face was awkward.

"What do you mean by everywhere?!"

Naoki Nagayama said to little Xia Hua in his arms,

"I am the husband of Akina's mother, so isn't it normal for me to be related to her new song?! Am I right? Hua-chan?"

However, little Xia Hua didn't pay attention to her father's nagging, but twisted her little body to push away Naoki Nagayama's arm, then walked to the huge LCD screen and watched...

Then she turned her head and pointed at Akina Mori in the center of the screen and said to Naoki Nagayama:

"Mom..."

"Mm, Mom is recording a TV show..."

"Mom..." Little Xia Hua turned her head and shouted at the TV, "Mom, come out..."

Naoki Nagayama hurriedly hugged the little one who wanted to drill into the TV and explained in a low voice:

"Mom is not in the TV. Mom will walk out from that door in an hour..."

While saying this, he also gestured toward the door of the entrance,

"That's the door... Mom will walk out..."

The little one, who was over a year old, already understood the meaning of common language a little, and turned her head to look at the TV screen again.

At this time, "Music Station" was still continuing, but it had already started with the next guest and was no longer focusing on Akina, so the little one couldn't find Mom either.

So the little one began to stare at the door of the entrance, as if expecting Akina to walk out of that door.

"Mom coming out will take a long time..."

Naoki Nagayama coaxed little Xia Hua,

"Hua-chan can take a nap and wait..."

But the previous tactics didn't seem to work. This time, the little one was like a stubborn donkey, always paying attention to the door of the entrance, even if Naoki Nagayama used toys to divert her attention, it didn't work.

"......"

Sigh... this stubbornness, I don't know who she takes after...

Naoki Nagayama also knew to accompany the little one to wait~

The editorial department of "Asahi Shimbun" has people on duty twenty-four hours a day. As a comprehensive major newspaper, it must pay attention to major news events around the clock. After all, when it is night in Japan, it is daytime on the other side of the ocean in the United States!

If any major news happens there, "Asahi Shimbun" can guarantee to learn about it by phone at the first time and report it in the morning paper!

Ryuta Fukui of the editorial department is already a veteran newsman who has been in the industry for more than ten years, and currently serves as the deputy director of "Asahi Shimbun" and concurrently as the chief writer... Today, it just happened to be his turn to be on the night shift~

"Director Fukui..."

Just as Ryuta Fukui was drinking strong tea to drive away sleepiness, the little girl on duty at the front desk walked over,

"There is a letter here... I don't know when it was sent... It is clearly addressed to the Director of the Editorial Department of 'Asahi Shimbun'..."

"Oh?"

Ryuta Fukui looked at the printed font on the simple yellow envelope and understood. This must be a leak letter...

Having been in the industry for so many years, and still at a major newspaper like "Asahi Shimbun," he didn't know how many leak letters he had encountered. Some were whistleblower letters, some were leak letters, and there were all kinds of strange ones...

He took the letter and felt it slightly, confirming that there were no razor blades or bullets inside, which made him feel much more at ease... at least there was no malice.

After all, as an old newsman, he didn't know how many relevant interest groups his investigative reports had offended, and the number of times he had been sent razor blades was not small.

As for putting anthrax virus in the envelope, that was unnecessary... that kind of thing is both dangerous and expensive. If caught, it would definitely be endangering public safety and sentenced heavily.

If they had the leisure to send it over to harm him, it would be better to just find a Yakuza to beat him up severely. Even if the injury was serious, it would be at most a few years...

"Let me see... what kind of leak is it again..."

Opening the envelope, inside was ordinary printing paper, the kind that can be bought at will, and then the handwriting inside was also printed...

"This is... an old-fashioned typewriter? Very cautious!"

Before computers came out, typewriters were popular for a long time, and now there are many people using them in Japan. And because the mechanical structure is simple and there is no printer program backdoor, the person using it cannot be tracked.

Without too much entanglement about the origin, Ryuta Fukui looked at the content in the paper...

"Kawasaki City Planning Adjustment Bureau Director Hideki Komatsu, accepted Recruit bribes, violated regulations to approve land... accepted 30,000 shares in bribes, profited 120 million..."

"Recruit Company?!"

Ryuta Fukui naturally heard of this company. It is one of the big players in the real estate industry, and its business volume is constantly expanding.

"Using shares before listing as bribes... it's quite common..."

Ryuta Fukui pondered,

"But even the amount and net profit are known, so it looks like a whistleblower from the inside?!"

Pure justice whistleblowing, Ryuta Fukui didn't think so, because even the specific shares and amounts were known, it must be someone who had handled it... This was an operation from several years ago. If it were for a sense of justice, it would have been reported at that time!

"I heard that the Recruit Company building is almost finished..."

"What does he want to do? Report his superior? Force a resignation? Or get rid of a competitor? Is there any other evidence?"

Direction after direction flowed through his mind, but according to the current information, he definitely couldn't find the answer... However, according to other information in this letter, it was enough for Ryuta Fukui to investigate~

"Recruit Company... Planning Adjustment Bureau Director Hideki Komatsu... is a good news topic!"

A bribery case between a listed company and a government agency is enough to attract public attention, and there will not be too much resistance... at least for a newspaper of the size of "Asahi Shimbun," there will not be too much pressure!

And reporting a bribery case is also a huge honor for a newsman. After all, exposing evil itself is the duty of a righteous newsman.

If Ryuta Fukui successfully reported this case, then the title of deputy director might be able to be raised a little more!

Ryuta Fukui looked at the letter back and forth, and then put it down:

"No idea of contacting at all... and didn't say it was only given to us..."

"It looks like if 'Asahi Shimbun' doesn't take action, maybe it will be leaked to other newspapers..."

"So I have to be as fast as possible!"

Ryuta Fukui didn't want this explosive news to be snatched away by other opponents!

So Ryuta Fukui, who was still sleepy, immediately cheered up and began to collect information~

The night was deep, and many lights in Shanying Yuan were turned off, leaving only the living room lit.

Naoki Nagayama sat on the sofa, looking at little Xia Hua whose head was nodding next to him, feeling a little helpless... This little one actually ran to the living room to continue waiting after taking a bath, and if she wasn't allowed to, she would cry...

"Hua-chan, do you want to sleep first?"

Naoki Nagayama gently patted his daughter,

"When you open your eyes again, Mom will be by your side..."

"Mom! Come out!"

Little Xia Hua opened her eyes again all of a sudden, looking very firm. After a while, her eyes narrowed slightly again, and her head nodded... However, her body tilted, and she woke up for a while under the reminder of her sense of balance.

This look was exactly the same as a kitten when it was sleepy...

"Sigh~~~"

Naoki Nagayama looked at the clock, it was not yet 11 o'clock, Akina should not be back yet... It seems that he can only wait until the little one is sleepy and falls asleep~

However, at this moment, the remote-controlled iron gate of Shanying Yuan opened, and a car drove in slowly.

"Oh? Back?"

Naoki Nagayama picked up the confused little one and walked toward the entrance,

"Hua-chan, Mom is back~"

"Hm?"

Little Xia Hua cheered up and looked at the door of the entrance... Sure enough, after a while, the door was opened, and Akina, wearing a loose T-shirt, walked in.

Akina was a little surprised when she saw Naoki Nagayama, and even more astonished when she saw little Xia Hua in his arms:

"Naoki-san... why hasn't Hua-chan gone to sleep yet?"

"....."

Naoki Nagayama shrugged, sent the little one who was already a little confused into Akina's arms, and then took the bag and hung it up,

"I don't know what's going on, she's been making a fuss about waiting for you today... won't sleep!"

"Oh?"

Akina took the little one and kissed her little face,

"Hua-chan is waiting for Mom~"

"Mom~~"

After little Xia Hua got into Akina's arms, she couldn't hold on anymore. She murmured a few times, then hugged Akina's neck and slowly closed her eyes... Maybe it was because she smelled the familiar scent, the little one was like a doll with the battery pulled out, and fell asleep sweetly all of a sudden~

Akina hugged the little one to the living room. She originally wanted to talk to little Xia Hua, but didn't expect to find that the little one had fallen asleep.

After Naoki Nagayama walked over, Akina said with a little amusement:

"It's only been a few seconds... she fell asleep all of a sudden..."

"Because she waited for you~"

Naoki Nagayama laughed in a low voice,

"Alright... go upstairs and sleep quickly..."

"......"

Akina was a little helpless, moving her neck. Little Xia Hua was holding on tightly. If she took her hand away, it would very likely wake her up.

"But I haven't washed up yet..."

"Talk about it tomorrow?" Naoki Nagayama said with a smile, "Chewing gum is also fine~"

"But I sweated after going out..."

Akina was helpless. Although the places she went to all had air conditioning, there were always some open places, such as parking lots, etc., which are very easy to sweat in summer.

"I don't mind Akina..."

"......"

Akina gave her husband a coquettish look, not knowing what to say for a while,

"I haven't taken off my makeup yet!"

"...... I'll help you take it off..."

Naoki Nagayama said with a smile,

"How about this, I'll wipe your body while I'm at it..."

"Naoki-san...."

Akina's face was slightly red. Although they were already an old married couple and taking a bath together was common... but when talking about this kind of thing, she would still be shy... and at this time, Naoki Nagayama was still smiling so strangely...

"Hm?"

"You just smiled like a hentai!" ===== CHAPTER 1250 =====