Chapter 687: You unfilial son!

When driving the dark blue AE86 to his hometown in Shizuoka, Naoki Nagayama knew that this car couldn't be given to Akina to drive... because it attracted too many people's attention.

The residents of the seaside town were all following the car with their eyes when it passed by, and some young guys were staring at it without blinking.

"It seems that this car cannot meet the requirement of not being eye-catching at all..." Naoki Nagayama curled his lips. Too personalized modification is not too good. "It seems I have to change one for Akina..."

After such a thought flashed in his head, Naoki Nagayama stopped next to his hometown.

"I'm back~"

Naoki Nagayama opened the door, but no one responded inside. Looking around, there was only a fat orange cat, resting in the cool shade of the tree.

"Meow Taro?"

Naoki Nagayama walked over, but this fat cat just turned its head and looked, not even wanting to move.

Reaching out and circling the cat's two front limbs and lifting them up, the whole cat suddenly became a thick "cat strip", and it was already a bit heavy.

"Meow Taro, how much weight have you gained!!!"

"Meow~" The fat cat returned a look of contempt, and then turned its face away, not wanting to pay attention to its owner.

"Do you want to become Garfield?!"

Naoki Nagayama was furious and rubbed this fat cat fiercely. "After returning to Tokyo, you give me a good weight loss! If you don't lose half your weight, I won't give you catnip!"

It seemed to see Meow Taro sighing humanely...

The interpersonal relationship in the small town is very close. From the neighbor's mouth, he learned that his mother took the dog to his eldest brother's house not far away, so Naoki Nagayama carried the gift over, just to bring some toys for Wild Grass.

The house built half a year ago still had some "fire" unique to new buildings, and it hadn't been polished by time and wind and rain to be warm and peaceful, just like the old houses nearby.

Before Naoki Nagayama entered the courtyard gate, he heard excited calls coming from the room inside. After pushing open the courtyard gate, he saw a white thing rushing over, ying ying ying ying ying...

"Ying Taro..." Naoki Nagayama looked at the Labrador pig in front of him, and the corner of his eye twitched. "It really became like this!"

And at this time, Ying Taro was wagging his tail frantically, shaking his head and tail, running around his owner.

Then he heard the child's crying coming from the room, and the room door opened. Mother Nanako walked out:

"Naoki?! Why are you here!"

"I came from my hometown to see Wild Grass..." Naoki Nagayama explained while walking into the room, and brought the gift on his hand inside. "This is a toy for Wild Grass... uh, what's wrong with Wild Grass?"

In the living room, Wild Grass, who was crying loudly, was held in Wild Grass Xiangjia's arms and coaxed, and his little hand kept reaching towards Naoki Nagayama...

"Ah, Ying Taro just ran away, that's why Wild Grass cried." Mother Nanako reached out and pinched Ying Taro's neck skin, dragged the dog towards Wild Grass, and pressed it on the soft cushion. "Now Ying Taro is Wild Grass's toy..."

The dog came back, and Wild Grass stopped crying, and climbed onto the white meat hill again... The fleshy little hand pinched on the dog's body, and even reached into Ying Taro's mouth...

Looking at Ying Taro, who wanted to resist but didn't dare to move at all, looking over with aggrieved eyes, Naoki Nagayama moved his eyes away unnaturally.

Ying Taro, I can't save you this time!

"Xiangjia-jie~" Naoki Nagayama greeted.

"Is Naoki from Tokyo?" Wild Grass Xiangjia took the gift, brought lemon water, and entertained her husband's younger brother very enthusiastically.

"Hmm, the filming task is almost over, so I came back to take a look at home." Naoki Nagayama hadn't said that he wanted to take the cat and dog back yet.

"New movie? When will it be released?"

"About mid-September."

"..."

In the daily pulling, Wild Grass Xiangjia and Mother Nanako talked about the current changes, the big and small things in the family, and Wild Grass's health, etc., while Naoki Nagayama revealed some gossip in the entertainment industry, which was very harmonious~

When talking about being happy, Mother Nanako asked:

"Naoki, do you want to stay for dinner today? You haven't seen your father and eldest brother for a long time, right?"

"Hmm..."

Naoki Nagayama looked at the sky. It was okay to go back, but since he came back to Shizuoka today, he still had to do some other things.

"I have to go to Shimizu City in a while to visit grandfather."

Mother Nanako heard this, and her face was a bit nervous: "Naoki, you won't participate in yakuza affairs, right?"

"Ah... no, no."

Naoki Nagayama smiled and comforted. If he said there was a connection, this blood connection couldn't be cut off, but it wouldn't be enough to get involved in too much relationship. He was doing legitimate business.

"Just have some things related to Maple-dage to tell grandfather."

"Is that so..."

After struggling for a while, mother finally decided not to care. After all, her son had grown up, and the status he had created now was already the highest in the family.

"Then wait for your father and eldest brother to come back in the evening to meet, and live in the old house today."

"Yes~"

The ancestral house in Shimizu City was like an old giant beast, lying quietly in a corner of the city. The little brother on duty at the entrance was fierce. When ordinary people passed by here, they would speed up their pace and would never want to stop for a while.

When Naoki Nagayama parked his car at the entrance, it even made the little brother a bit surprised.

"You..."

Naoki Nagayama looked at the somewhat unfamiliar face in front of him, and didn't know what to call it for a while. Naoki Maple opened a KTV in Tokyo and took away many old people from Shimizu. Now the ones left, Naoki Nagayama didn't know them.

"Naoki-laoda!"

However, the little brothers naturally heard that one of the group leader's grandsons was a celebrity, and Naoki Nagayama's face was also very easy to recognize.

"Hmm..." Nodded a bit helplessly. The habit of calling laoda couldn't be changed. "Is grandfather here?"

"Yes!"

Saying that, one of the little brothers quickly went inside to notify, while Naoki Nagayama walked slowly towards the ancestral house.

"Who is the main person in the shed?"

Naoki Nagayama asked, because the shed head Hamasaki Naogo had been sent to Tokyo.

"Now everyone listens to Hanada Shogo-dage." The little brother who led the way said.

"Oh... it's him~"

I have seen him a few times. It seems to be one of the confidants of Uncle Nagayama Xiong-yuan.

After asking some more questions, Naoki Nagayama came to the study next to the main hall. He saw his grandfather for the first time here.

"Naoki! Come over and sit!"

Nagayama Hayato waved at Naoki Nagayama very happily. He was very satisfied with this grandson of his.

Giving a song to Misora Hibari could actually make her say good things in front of the fourth generation, making the Nagayama group's KTV business get the care of the fourth generation... Such means could already be called strategic.

Not to mention that he took Nagayama Maple to make the KTV business flourish... Now there are four branches in Tokyo! Already planning to open to other cities!

"Grandfather." Naoki Nagayama bowed, and then sat opposite his grandfather.

"Why did you come over at this time?" After a few pleasantries, Nagayama Hayato didn't beat around the bush. It wasn't a holiday, so coming over suddenly must have something to do.

"The filming of the new movie has come to an end, and I came back to my hometown to see the family." Naoki Nagayama said. "By the way, I came to ask grandfather about some things..."

"Oh? What's wrong? Related to yakuza?"

"Hmm."

Naoki Nagayama nodded and told about Tree Friend's encounter in Tokyo. The Maple Leaf Society wanted to forcibly participate in the movie production and wanted to make a profit.

"I want to ask, is the Maple Leaf Society targeting Yamaguchi-gumi? Or is it just targeting Tree Friend?"

Grandfather listened, patted his thigh gently and thought, and then said slowly:

"Currently, the Yamaguchi-gumi headquarters in Kobe is fighting with the Ichiwa-kai. The fourth generation's method of combining kindness and power has been very effective. Currently, many original Yamaguchi-gumi members who left have begun to return... Recently, they also issued an announcement condemning the Ichiwa-kai, making the conflict between Yamaguchi-gumi and Ichiwa-kai more intense."

Nagayama Hayato told Naoki Nagayama in detail about the current struggle between the two factions, and he believed that there would likely be bloody conflicts next.

"Just the day before yesterday, on the Kii Peninsula, a small group leader of Yamaguchi-gumi stabbed a small group leader of Ichiwa-kai to death... This will definitely have retaliation!"

"..."

Naoki Nagayama heard it. The fourth generation of Yamaguchi-gumi was pressing the Ichiwa-kai step by step, and now it had reached the most intense time of conflict.

"Then... the Maple Leaf Society's action against Tree Friend at this time?"

"The conflict between the Kobe headquarters and Ichiwa-kai is Yamaguchi-gumi's 'private matter', and the impact on other groups is not too great." Nagayama Hayato said. "The Maple Leaf Society's action against Tree Friend should be because the head of the Yamaguchi-gumi branch in Tokyo had an accident, and the power vacuum made the Maple Leaf Society and other groups want to make more money..."

While speaking, Nagayama Hayato also looked at Naoki Nagayama. Although this matter was said to be done by the partner of that guy Nagayama Maple, he believed that Naoki Nagayama must have played some role in it.

"Is that so..." Naoki Nagayama nodded. "Then grandfather, do you have any good ways for such a situation?"

"Haha, if it's a conflict between yakuza, then either find a middleman, let the two sides sit down and negotiate to see if there is anything to talk about, or start a war directly, fight back, and if you can't beat them, just admit you are unlucky..."

Nagayama Hayato said it confusedly, as if he said it and as if he said nothing.

"But your Tree Friend, Naoki, is not yakuza... This old man has no good way."

Yes, Tree Group, is not yakuza!

What should a good person do if threatened by yakuza?

Call the police!

As for whether calling the police is useful in Neon... that depends on how Tree Friend operates...

"Yes, I understand."

Naoki Nagayama nodded, skipped this topic, and chatted with his grandfather about other family affairs, including how his great-grandson Wild Grass is now, the trends of Maple-dage in Tokyo, how the old people in the society who went to Tokyo are doing, etc.

When the sun went down, Naoki Nagayama said goodbye and left.

Dinner was eaten with mother, sister-in-law, and Wild Grass. Because of the izakaya, father and eldest brother would come back very late.

After dinner, he returned to the old house. Mother went to the second floor to clean up Naoki Nagayama's original room and prepared the mat and pillow for Naoki Nagayama at night.

And Naoki Nagayama watched TV in the living room with Meow Taro and Ying Taro.

"The opening dance of 'Music Station' is still Shonentai~" Naoki Nagayama watched Shonentai singing and dancing and occasionally popping out a rap in the screen, muttering to himself, "Let them refer to Western hip-hop singers, and they really started... how long have they been practicing..."

Watching until the end of the program, father and eldest brother returned to the old house.

"Eldest brother, father~" Naoki Nagayama greeted the two.

"Naoki!"

Eldest brother Aoki patted Naoki Nagayama's shoulder, and father looked Naoki Nagayama up and down.

"Hmm, back?"

"Yes, the filming is over, so I came back to take a look."

The three sat down in the Japanese-style room. Naoki Nagayama looked at his eldest brother Nagayama Aoki with some surprise. His originally sturdy figure had become a bit thin.

"Eldest brother... are you losing weight?"

"..."

Mother Nanako brought herbal tea: "He has to work during the day, and sometimes has to take care of Wild Grass at night... so he is very haggard."

In fact, when Wild Grass was just born, because it was premature, the couple was very cautious, and looked at it several times a night.

It's much better now.

"Raising children is really hard~"

Naoki Nagayama was thinking about how to comfort his eldest brother, but at this time, Nagayama Aoki looked up at his mother:

"Mother, Naoki hasn't been back for a long time, take out the wine at home! Let the three of us father and sons have a drink together!"

Mother Nanako glanced: "Clearly you want to drink!"

"Hehehe~ isn't Naoki just here! Besides, I haven't drunk for a long time!"

Mother Nanako looked at father, and seeing that he didn't object, she went to the storage cabinet to get sake, and then went to the kitchen to make a few simple side dishes for drinking.

Suddenly wanting to drink, Naoki Nagayama didn't refuse, anyway, he didn't need to drive at night.

"Father, how is the izakaya business now?"

"On summer nights, there are more people coming out, and the business is not bad." Father Nagayama Ken drank a glass of wine slowly. "It seems there are many more tourists coming to the seaside."

"Many foreigners have come." Nagayama Aoki had already finished a glass and was pouring the second glass. "Last time the izakaya also received one."

"There are many tourists~ it counts as a good thing~"

In this era, with the rapid development of Neon's economy, not only are there many people going abroad, but there are also more people coming to Neon for tourism.

Chatting while drinking and eating, the eldest brother also said that the expenses for having children now are much higher than before after the wine was a bit on his head.

Naoki Nagayama just listened, originally it was just to vent the pressure in his heart. If the younger brother offered help at this time, the eldest brother's self-esteem might not be able to bear it.

The family still has an apartment in Tokyo, but it's not a good time to sell it yet.

"Just hope there can be more tourists... The foreigners last time said our izakaya's food is very good, and even left a tip." Nagayama Aoki said with a red face. "The food in our izakaya is not worse than the restaurants I went to in Tokyo before, it's just that the fame hasn't spread..."

Naoki Nagayama heard this, and his heart moved: "The fame hasn't spread?"

"Yes, they are all locals who patronize..." Mother Nanako also helped say. "They are all repeat customers..."

Father also nodded, and he was very confident about the food.

Now the management rights of the izakaya have been given to the eldest brother. If the izakaya's fame is a bit bigger and there are more customers, the money earned will be more, right? Then the money earned by eldest brother Aoki will be more, and this will also make eldest brother more affluent, right?

"Eldest brother, do you want to film a TV series?"

"?" The other few people all looked over.

"It's just like what many variety shows have, exploring fresh and fun places everywhere. And there are reporters who will find those particularly famous restaurants and hotels to experience and try... Every time there are many people watching."

Naoki Nagayama explained,

"However, they all go to famous places, and my idea is to find those specialty shops hidden in small city alleys. If our izakaya's food is very good, it should be very good as one of the exploration points."

In fact, Naoki Nagayama was thinking of the TV series "Solitary Gourmet". After busy work, a delicacy that can soothe the stomach... But this was just a thought.

"Can it still be like this?" Nagayama Aoki asked. "Can our family's izakaya be on camera?"

"Hmm, after it is broadcast, maybe it can bring more customers." Naoki Nagayama said. "Not only eldest brother Aoki, but father and mother can also be on camera."

"This..." Nagayama Aoki hesitated, he didn't know whether to film it or not.

"Haha, if the effect is good, maybe you can film a series of TV series, the kind of first season and second season..." Naoki Nagayama laughed loudly. "With one person as the protagonist, traveling through various cities in Neon... someone will definitely watch it!"

The other three people looked at him with suspicious eyes. Naoki Nagayama, who was also a bit tipsy, didn't have too many scruples and continued:

"When the time comes, if you want to continue, the people in the family can be the protagonists... we all go on TV..."

At this time, Naoki Nagayama looked at his father up and down, his thin figure, silent personality, and upright and soft facial features that could be considered delicate when he was young... The genes that could inherit the looks of Naoki Nagayama and Nagayama Hezi, of course, would not be ugly...

"Why is Naoki looking at me like this?" Nagayama Ken twisted his body uncomfortably.

"Father, do you want to be the protagonist of this TV series?" Naoki Nagayama said jokingly. "Let's call it 'Solitary Gourmet'!"

"???" The dull face was full of question marks. "Me? Why?"

"Because father knows a lot about food! And..." Naoki Nagayama said with a smile: "I found that father is still very handsome!"

"..."

After hearing this sentence, Nagayama Ken's face flushed. For a time, his barren language made him not know how to reply. His mouth opened and closed several times, and finally, amidst Mother Nanako's laughter, he said a sentence bitterly:

"You unfilial son!!"