Chapter 331

"Hmm..."

The young man curled up on the sofa groaned, clutching his stomach as if he was uncomfortable, and was about to open his eyes.

The middle-aged man next to him was processing documents and seemed to notice the young man's voice.

"Naoki-san, you were almost picked up by someone!"

Opening his eyes, hearing this made Naoki Nagayama's heart jump, and he woke up instantly.

At the same time, a headache from a hangover came from his brain, making him unable to help covering his head.

"It hurts so much..."

"Chinese?" Shigechi Araki poured a glass of hot water for Naoki Nagayama. "Naoki-san is truly multi-talented..."

The two were in Shigechi Araki's reception room in the backstage of the disco. There was a sofa inside, which Shigechi Araki usually used to entertain guests, and when he had to work overtime at the end of the month, he would also make do for a night here.

Naoki Nagayama sat up straight, took the hot water, and then took small sips.

"Shigechi-san, did I... get drunk yesterday?"

"Hai, the waiter said that Naoki-san ordered according to the wine list and drank at least 10 strong cocktails!" Shigechi Araki said with a smile, "When you fell down, you scared him to death~"

"Fell down?"

"Haha, Naoki-san kept dancing until the end, almost becoming the center of the dance floor. That dance posture was really... very extraordinary!"

Shigechi Araki actually wanted to say enchanting and explosive, because Naoki Nagayama also jumped onto the stage of the lead dancer, and then the movements were a completely different style from this era, very trendy and magical.

It moved others at the scene to follow along. Come to think of it, he was better at leading the audience under the stage than the lead dancer.

"When you danced to the end, maybe it was because of physical exhaustion, or maybe you were drunk... you fell on the stage..."

Naoki Nagayama covered his face... That was a blackout!

This is terrible! This is social death!

What is the most afraid thing after waking up from a hangover? It's that others recall what happened when you were drunk one by one.

It stands to reason that Naoki Nagayama's alcohol tolerance is particularly good, and he shouldn't get drunk, but he was indeed a bit indulgent last night, and he drank strong cocktails...

Unexpectedly, he drank until he blacked out!

But thinking of what he heard when he first opened his eyes...

"Shigechi-san said I was almost picked up, what's going on?"

"Ah... at that time, a few girls who had been surrounding you saw you fall, so they lifted you up and were ready to take you back..." Shigechi Araki laughed, "Fortunately, our lead dancer and waiter knew you, so they snatched you back."

"Those girls had an expression of having their boyfriend snatched away... Hahaha~"

Naoki Nagayama breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this. Fortunately, his innocence was still there. But thinking of a group of subordinates seeing his drunk appearance, he covered his face again.

"It really is social death!"

Seeing the boss's embarrassed look, Shigechi Araki wisely didn't continue. "Naoki-san, it's already 5 o'clock, do you want to rest for a while, or?"

"Ah... it's 5 o'clock." Naoki Nagayama only then reacted, this is still a disco. "It's really troublesome for you, Shigechi-san."

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"Hahaha, Daijoubu, I usually go home to sleep at about this time."

This is well said. Clearly, he usually gets off work at one or two in the morning and goes home to sleep at three. He must seize the opportunity to express himself in front of the boss.

"Naoki-san, do you want me to send you back?"

"Ah, since I'm already awake, I won't trouble Shigechi-san." Although there was still a headache and dizziness, it didn't hinder him from going home at all. Besides, there were many taxis in this disco street area.

"I'll call a taxi and go back."

"Are you really okay?"

"Hai!"

Getting off the taxi, Naoki Nagayama paid the money in a daze, and then opened the gate of Shanying Yuan.

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Eitaro, who heard the movement, barked and rushed out of the living room.

After seeing Naoki Nagayama, he immediately stopped barking, and then anxiously circled around the owner, making a "Ying Ying Ying~" sound that hadn't been heard for a long time.

Not seeing the owner for a whole night, this big dog was very worried about the owner.

He touched the dog's head: "Alright, alright, Eitaro, I just got drunk, so I didn't come back, it won't happen next time~"

After comforting Eitaro, Naoki Nagayama smelled the alcohol on his body and hurriedly went to the washroom on the second floor to clean up.

After coming out feeling relaxed, except for the headache from the hangover, his brain was still a bit chaotic. If he listened carefully, the auditory hallucinations in his ears still existed.

"Damn it, if I don't write it down, it won't work, right!"

Naoki Nagayama endured the headache and went to the study, recording *Soba ni Iru ne* (Stay by My Side) on the manuscript paper. Only then did his brain clear up, and there were no more auditory hallucinations.

After insisting on supplementing some snacks and food, Naoki Nagayama fell onto the big bed in the bedroom, and lost consciousness again after a while.

Eitaro barked twice in the bedroom. After seeing no response, he silently lay on the carpet in the bedroom, guarding his owner.

The sun began to climb from the early morning. At that time, it was full of energy and had a warm smile for everyone. The sunlight shone into the bedroom, very warm, but the young man on the bed only showed the back of his head to it;

The phone in the living room rang. Eitaro raised his head, but didn't care. After a while, Otomo Yoshimura's voice came from the recording: "Naoki-san, are you not there? Calling to inform you that next Monday, we need to go to TV Tokyo to communicate about the preparation of *Cat's Eye*~ I'll wait for you at the studio in the morning, that's all!"

When it climbed to the top of the mountain, it was full of blood. Anyone could feel its heat, but at this time the sunlight in the bedroom had been blocked by the roof, and the person on the bed didn't care at all;

It's easy to go up the mountain but hard to go down. When it reached the middle of the mountain, it was already out of breath, and its face was flushed, but it could only shine a reddish afterglow from the entrance of the bedroom...

At this time, the phone in the living room rang again. After a while, a voice full of vitality sounded: "Nii-chan!! Where did you go!! You're actually not here!! But I heard it, remember to call back, there is something important to tell you!"

Hearing the familiar voice, Eitaro ran over happily, used the skill he just learned, picked up the phone with his mouth.

Tsuruko on the other side said in surprise: "Nii-chan, you're at home!"

Then she said very excitedly: "Nii-chan, I passed! Waseda University! Hahaha, I'm coming to Tokyo to go to university!"

"Nii-chan, am I amazing?! Hahaha!"

"Nii-chan, are you surprised by my grades? Why don't you speak?"

"Nii-chan? Stop playing!"

"Baka Nii-chan! What are you doing!"

"Count down ten seconds... I'm hanging up if you don't speak!"

Witnessing the process of a girl going from excitement to suspicion to anger, Eitaro didn't feel that this had anything to do with him. Hearing that the receiver no longer made a sound, he barked curiously: "Wang Wang Wang! Wang Wang! (Why don't you speak? Continue?)"

At the same time, in the old house in Shizuoka, Tsuruko Nagayama, hearing the sound from the receiver, felt a bit confused: "Eitaro?"

"Wang Wang!"

"How could it be you?"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

"You answered the phone?"

"Wang Wang!"

"Was it all you just now?"

"Wang Wang Wang!"

Tsuruko Nagayama only then realized that from the beginning of answering the phone, a large paragraph of dialogue was actually said to a dog!

What's even more excessive is that she actually called "Nii-chan..." to a dog many times!

This is terrible! If someone hears it, it will be social death!

"Eitaro! Who taught you to answer the phone randomly!" Tsuruko scolded, "It must be this baka Naoki Nagayama! When I arrive in Tokyo, I will definitely teach you a lesson!"

With a slap, she hung up the phone!

I don't know if she wants to teach Eitaro a lesson or Naoki Nagayama~

"What's wrong?" Mother Nanako Nagayama walked out of the living room, looking at Tsuruko leaning on the entrance cabinet, "What did Naoki say, why are you so angry?"

"..." How should I say this, did I just call a dog Nii-chan many times? Did I also quarrel with the dog?

Tsuruko squeezed out a smile: "That guy is temporarily not there... I'm leaving a message~"

Mother Nanako couldn't see any little thoughts of Tsuruko, and said with a smile: "He might not have returned home at this time, but it doesn't matter, he will definitely be there in the evening, and Naoki will definitely be happy for Tsuruko then!"

"... Hehehe, yeah yeah~"

Tsuruko was a bit speechless. She had to make another phone call in the evening. I hope it's not Eitaro answering again!

Naoki Nagayama was awakened by the rumbling of his stomach. When he opened his eyes again, it was already evening.

The afterglow of the sunset shone in from the entrance of the bedroom, turning into a miserable red on the dark brown floor, adding a fantasy feeling to Shanying Yuan.

Naoki Nagayama's brain is now completely awake, but he hasn't eaten for a whole day, and he feels a bit weak.

"Next time, I must never drink until I blackout again!"

Realizing the devastation of a hangover to the body, Naoki Nagayama, who is determined to live to one hundred years old, set a rule for himself again.

Running in the morning, drinking tea to maintain health, practicing piano, cultivating sentiment, writing songs, shooting movies and TV dramas to make money, going to beautiful scenery everywhere, appreciating the beauties of the Showa era, aren't they all for living this life happily? Why do things that hurt your own capital~

After going downstairs, he saw Eitaro playing with a little yellow duck in the living room, but the phone seemed to have signs of moving, and the receiver was not placed straight, so he walked over and patted the dog:

"Eitaro, you can't play with the phone, do you know!"

"Wang..."

After listening to Otomo Yoshimura's message, he scratched Eitaro's chin~

"Alright, let's go, go cook with the owner!"

He washed the rice and cooked it nimbly, used the quick rice mode of the rice cooker, and then took out the pre-processed meat chops and other vegetables...

Soon, the fragrance of meat, oil, and rice filled the kitchen of Shanying Yuan.

Eitaro even lifted his front legs and stood on his hind legs, wanting to see what was being cooked in the pot.

"Hahaha, did Eitaro learn a new skill?"

Looking at the dog head that had reached his stomach, Naoki Nagayama took a piece of meat chop from the pot and threw it into the dog's mouth, "Alright, just taste the flavor, eat it later~"

By the time the meal was finally cooked, the young man who had been hungry for a whole day was wolfing down food in the kitchen.

With just two plates of dishes, he actually ate the whole rice cooker of rice! It's too terrible!

"I originally wanted to leave some to make sushi in the morning..."

Looking at the empty rice cooker, Naoki Nagayama smiled~

It was already 6 o'clock in the evening after eating.

"Just woke up, and it's evening again..."

Naoki Nagayama touched his round belly and decided to take Eitaro out to digest. Walk after a meal, live to ninety-nine, and one more year to one hundred!

There was still a trace of afterglow in the sky outside, but the street lights were already on, and the landscape lights in the park next to it were also on, adding a few colors to the few thin wild cherry blossoms inside. The sparse cherry blossoms swayed on the branches to their heart's content, just like a weak little girl wearing makeup.

It looks quite like that, but it doesn't have the style of the cherry blossoms in Shanying Yuan~

Naoki Nagayama walked slowly with the dog leash, but he was thinking, should he make an appointment with Akina again in the next few days?

The cherry blossoms in Meguro River have bloomed again~

In the hotel in Mito, Akina Nakamori was stuffing a tape into the projector in the hotel room.

Although she was very embarrassed, Akina still asked her assistant Maki Ueda to help record the first episode of *Boys Over Flowers*. Although she couldn't see it for the first time due to the rehearsal of the concert, she didn't want to miss Naoki-san's TV drama no matter what.

This tape was just sent over by Fusahori Akina.

"The campus romance drama Naoki-san appeared in... what is it like?" Akina hummed a little tune, feeling very excited, "It must be handsome and gentle!"

Then she was attracted by the novel plot on TV~

"Hahaha, is there really such a school? Luxury cars at the entrance?"

When Rui Hanazawa played by Naoki Nagayama appeared, Akina hugged the pillow even more.

"Ah... Naoki-san is really handsome! Also very gentle! However... is it actually a villain group?"

While watching TV, Akina's mouth was still muttering, but it was obvious that this little girl who was not yet 18 years old was still attracted by *Boys Over Flowers*~

"What is the next episode... when will it be aired?" After watching one episode, Akina was very dissatisfied. The interruption of the update was really annoying.

Then a thought suddenly popped into her head:

"Does Naoki-san have tapes of all the episodes?!"

She had the impulse to call Naoki Nagayama and borrow all the following episodes to watch... but soon gave up this idea.

"If I do that, it will really bring trouble to others... But I really want to watch..."

"Really, really want to watch..."

Akina Nakamori rolled back and forth on the hotel bed with a pillow, the whole person like a caterpillar~

In the empty living room of Shanying Yuan, the phone suddenly rang.

But because no one answered, it quickly turned into recording mode: "Eh? You're actually not here either?!"

Then she seemed to think of something: "Eitaro! Sit down, don't answer the phone!"

"Nii-chan! Because of Eitaro, I'll keep it short! I passed Waseda University! Envious? Jealous? Hahahaha~"

"Baka Nii-chan, I'm coming to Tokyo to go to university soon! Wait for me!"

It seems that she could see the proud expression on Tsuruko's face through the phone~