Chapter 764: Meeting parents, how to quickly break the awkwardness

It snowed again last night, and it was windy, lasting until one or two in the morning...

How did Naoki Nagayama know?

Because a certain nervous girlfriend couldn't sleep until one or two in the morning, pulling Naoki Nagayama to ask about all kinds of things, such as whether the gift preparation was suitable, the personality characteristics of Naoki's parents, and whether there were any specific customs to pay attention to.

She only fell asleep in a daze at the end, and always turned over... until the next day dawned.

It seems to be a rule. After snowing all night, the next day is sunny.

Naoki Nagayama and Akina Mori got up very early this time. Driving back in the snow to catch lunch, it is estimated that it will be much slower than before... If they want to arrive before noon, there is not so much time to waste.

Naoki Nagayama simply made breakfast, and saw Akina running down in a hurry, standing in front of him:

"Naoki-san, look, can my dark circles still be seen? And this pimple on my forehead..."

Yes, because of being too nervous, acne broke out~

"Rest assured, rest assured, can't be seen!"

Naoki Nagayama looked at Akina, who was wearing light makeup in front of him. Her expression could still be seen to be a bit tired, and there were some bloodshot eyes. On the one hand, she didn't sleep well, and on the other hand, her work recently was indeed very busy.

"And acne is a symbol of youth, what does it matter~"

"......" Akina Mori looked and looked with the small mirror in her hand, "I want to go to Naoki-san's house in the best state!"

Looking at the fair and tender cheeks in front of him, Naoki Nagayama leaned forward and kissed her:

"Already very good-looking!"

"Ah... Naoki-san!" Akina was a bit annoyed, and her small fist hammered on Naoki Nagayama's arm, "I have to go and touch up my makeup again!"

"......"

With such tender skin, and no caking, what are you afraid of...

Even with Naoki Nagayama's comfort, Akina Mori didn't really relax. After eating breakfast, packing the gifts, and getting in the car, she was still a bit restless.

"Naoki-san, didn't forget to bring anything, right?" Akina Mori looked at the gifts in the back seat and asked.

"Things I forgot to bring, I can't remember now either~" Naoki Nagayama shook his head.

"Naoki-san, what about the gift for the wild grass?" Akina was still patrolling.

"In the trunk~"

"Oh oh~"

About to drive, Akina suddenly saw the big dog outside the car window:

"Ah, Naoki-san, Eitaro wasn't brought!"

"We're only going back for a day... Eitaro doesn't need to be brought..."

"Oh oh~"

"......"

After the car started, Akina finally calmed down, but she still looked at the scenery outside the window nervously.

Is she that nervous... Naoki Nagayama was a bit helpless.

So he found an album "Floating Space" by Tomoko Aran in the car's cassette tape and played it. A famous citypop singer in the 80s, the lazy voice and relaxed melody made the car compartment seem to become a bar at night, the intoxication of alcohol and the crowd dancing slowly, permeated with a relaxed atmosphere~

Sure enough, after hearing the music, Akina seemed much more relaxed, and even hummed along.

"Naoki-san... this style of song, seems to be heard more and more~"

"Well... citypop, disco, RockandRoll..." Naoki Nagayama gave examples, "After the song craze in Nihon, the contact with Western music is increasing... This kind of song will also be more and more! Just like the Japan Record Awards, maybe it will choose pop music, this is a trend~"

"Is that so~"

Akina Mori hadn't reached the point of considering musical style at this time. She just simply felt that these songs sounded good.

"Maybe Akina will also sing this type of song in the future!"

Naoki Nagayama said. He knew that Akina's later song "OH, NO! OH, YES!" was also a widely sung citypop song.

"Should be very relaxed to sing..." Akina smiled. Singing this kind of light style should also be very happy.

Just like that, the two chatted and listened to music while driving, and the nervous mood seemed to disappear.

From Tokyo to Shizuoka, the snow on the road surface should have been cleared by the snowplow once, and only the two shoulders of the road had thick snow.

Looking to both sides of the highway, only the brown trunks of trees and some green leaves could be seen in the distance, and other places were all white, slightly melted in the sun, reflecting crystal light.

However, when arriving at the seaside, it was better. On the other side, one could see the azure sea... The never-ending waves hit the shore, and the white waves brought up sometimes gathered with the snow on the shore, indistinguishable~

The slightly slippery ground couldn't be driven too fast. When Naoki Nagayama arrived in Shizuoka, it was already past eleven o'clock, a full hour slower than before.

"Finally arriving!" Seeing the buildings that started to become familiar, Naoki Nagayama breathed a sigh of relief.

"Arriving?" Akina, who was on the side, was obviously a bit stiff. Suddenly looking at the gas station next to her, she said, "Naoki-san... Ano, arrived at the gas station, don't need to refuel?"

"Eh? The oil is still very sufficient..." Naoki Nagayama looked at the strange expression of nervousness and shyness on Akina's face, and seemed to understand something... "Ahem, then let's fill it up... By the way, I just want to go to the bathroom... Does Akina want to go?"

"I'm going to touch up my makeup..."

Sure enough, the matter of being nervous to the point of wanting to go to the bathroom... almost became a meme on "the best ten"~

In the end, the car still drove to that familiar building!

Naoki Nagayama got off the car and carried the things, smiled and said: "The most critical moment has arrived, I will see my father and mother immediately, is Akina even more nervous?"

"......" Why do I suddenly want to beat this handsome face?!

"Alright, follow me!"

Without continuing to create tension, Naoki Nagayama led the way and pushed open the courtyard door, then walked toward the house door.

"Father, Mother... I'm back!" Naoki Nagayama opened the door and walked to the entrance, shouting toward the house.

"Welcome home!"

Nanako Nagayama walked out of the kitchen, and then saw the beautiful girl following her son at a glance... slightly stunned...

It's like this when ordinary people suddenly see a celebrity~

"Mother, this is my girlfriend Akina Mori..." Naoki Nagayama had to introduce, "Akina, this is my mother Nanako Nagayama~"

Akina Mori immediately bowed and said very quickly: "Nanako-san, nice to meet you, I am Akina Mori who is dating Naoki-san... Please take care of me in the future~"

"Ah, I am Naoki's mother... Please take care of me..."

Although she had met the eldest brother Aoki's girlfriend once and had a little experience, at this time, mother Nanako was also a bit nervous. After all, the previous one was an ordinary town girl, while the other was a big star famous throughout the country.

After the introduction, for a while, neither of them knew how to continue~

Seeing that it was about to freeze at the entrance, Naoki Nagayama broke the deadlock:

"Mother, Akina brought you a gift~"

"Ah, yes." Akina Mori hurriedly found one from the bag in her hand and handed it to Nanako Nagayama, "Nanako-san, this is a silk scarf I brought when I went abroad before..."

Mother Nanako also took it, as if this started the process, and began to be humble:

"Ah, thank you so much~ Why spend so much money..."

"No no, because I saw it, I thought it would be very suitable..."

"Come in quickly, put the things down..."

The polite words back and forth became the best ice-breaking tool, allowing the atmosphere between Akina Mori and mother Nanako to quickly return to a state that was not awkward.

Don't say that this kind of polite words will be passed down. These are the practical experiences of the previous generation, quickly narrowing the distance, it is indeed useful!

Walking to the Japanese-style room in the living room, father Ken Nagayama was dressed very formally, pretending to sit upright and read the newspaper...

"Father, this is my girlfriend Akina Mori~" Naoki Nagayama introduced again, "Akina, this is my father Ken Nagayama..."

"Nagayama-san, nice to meet you... I am Akina Mori!" Akina Mori bowed and greeted again, "Please take care of me~"

"Hmm... nice to meet you, please take care of me." Ken Nagayama nodded seriously, his eyes seemed to look at Akina Mori, and then he lowered his head to look at the newspaper again.

Akina Mori was even more nervous, but under Naoki Nagayama's eyes, she remembered her gift:

"Nagayama-san, this is a gift for you... I heard you love tea, this is Mingqian Longjing brought by someone from China..."

Ken Nagayama raised his head again and took the gift bag: "Thank you for your hard work!"

"......" Akina Mori slowly retracted her extended arm, and for a while didn't know how to reply.

Naoki-san's father is really that taciturn!

Naoki Nagayama didn't care, put the gift in his hand and the gift bag in Akina's hand in the corner of the living room, and said to the mother who just came in:

"Mother, there are also some gifts for eldest brother and wild grass... Just give Tsuruko's share directly to her~"

"Really troublesome..." Nanako Nagayama served two cups of hot tea and greeted Naoki Nagayama and Akina Mori to sit down, "It must be very cold on the road, come and drink a cup of hot tea..."

"Arigato~" Akina Mori took the tea, and then honestly knelt on the cushion, as if participating in some ceremony.

Mother was busy for a while, and when the four finally sat around the low table... the real test was coming!

Some people say that bringing a boyfriend/girlfriend home is actually an interview, and you need to get the approval of both parents to continue dating... It makes some sense~

So the elders must ask questions first:

"Akina-chan, when did you meet our Naoki?"

"In Showa 56..." Akina Mori still remembered, "We met while dancing~"

"Actually in a dance hall?" Mother Nanako was a bit surprised, "At that time Akina-chan was just in high school..."

Naoki Nagayama felt that his thigh under the table was pinched by Akina's hand... a bit painful...

"Well, at that time I was following the older sister in the family, celebrating adulthood..." Akina Mori explained carefully, absolutely not wanting to leave a bad girl impression on Naoki-san's parents.

"Oh oh~ that really needs to be celebrated..." Mother Nanako nodded, "Akina-chan also debuted that year, right?"

"Hai, participated in 'Star! Birth!' that year"

"Have you liked singing since you were a child? That's why you wanted to participate in the talent show?"

"My mother likes singing very much, so I like it very much too... Participating in the talent show is mainly to become a star and make money to subsidize the family..."

"What a filial daughter~"

"Where..."

"I heard Akina-chan is a big family?"

"Hai... we have six brothers and sisters..."

"......"

Mainly mother Nanako was talking, Akina Mori answered honestly, Naoki Nagayama occasionally helped answer, while the last of the four, father Ken Nagayama, drank tea silently and listened, occasionally nodding or laughing...

After chatting for half an hour, the whistle of the pressure cooker came from the kitchen, and mother Nanako suddenly remembered:

"Ah, the soup is still stewing in the kitchen..."

Hurriedly stood up and rushed toward the kitchen.

Akina Mori also stood up: "I'll come to help..."

"How can that be~ Akina-chan is a guest~"

"Daijoubu, I'm the one cooking at home..."

"How can I be embarrassed..."

Between the conversations, the two went to the kitchen to get busy together, but the atmosphere was much more relaxed than the pure chat before, and they could hear Akina praising the fragrance of the soup, saying that Naoki-san's cooking skills were inherited from Nanako-san, etc...

No matter what, praising the other party's son will never be wrong...

Unexpectedly, Akina is very good at handling the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law relationship~

Naoki Nagayama took a sip of tea and looked at the father opposite, just meeting Ken Nagayama's gaze:

"Why doesn't Father ask?"

"Your mother asked everything... I don't know what to ask either..." Ken Nagayama said, then looked at Naoki Nagayama, "And... Naoki, you have grown up, the achievements you have achieved are far higher than your father, and even higher than your grandfather. Your affairs should still be decided by yourself."

"Haha, Father is still very good at speaking~" Naoki Nagayama said with a smile.

"........"

Ken Nagayama didn't know whether he should scold this frivolous son for a while...

Lunch was exceptionally rich, with sea shrimp just caught in Shizuoka, grilled eel, a specialty, kelp pork rib soup, curry Wagyu beef, rare melon, and many side dishes...

It was even richer than the New Year's Eve dinner. This must have been prepared by the mother early, and maybe there was the father's help.

"I'm starting~"

Naoki Nagayama drove all morning, and the breakfast in the morning had been digested almost, so he ate it in big mouthfuls.

And Akina Mori on the side was picking up dishes with small mouthfuls quietly, and even the sound of chewing couldn't be heard, fully embodying the style of not talking while eating and not talking while sleeping.

Father was also eating silently, and mother would occasionally ask if the food was to Akina's taste.

"Is the izakaya being cooked by eldest brother today?" Naoki Nagayama asked.

"Well, he can stand on his own now~" Father nodded. Since the eldest brother got married and had children, he seemed to have really settled down, and even fishing was very rare.

"Is that so... then the program mentioned before, maybe we can try it next year~" Naoki Nagayama whispered a little.

"What program?" Akina Mori was a bit curious.

"A gourmet variety show~" Naoki Nagayama smiled, "I plan to use the family's izakaya as one of the scenes..."

"Eh~~"

After chatting for a while, Naoki Nagayama looked at his father again:

"By the way, Father, Mother... didn't you buy an apartment in Bunkyo Ward before?"

"Well, there is such a thing, what's wrong?"

"It has risen a lot now..." Naoki Nagayama asked, "I think in the next few years, Tokyo's housing prices will still rise, and it will be very fast... so I want to ask you, do you want to mortgage that house and take out a loan to buy two smaller ones..."

"Can it be like this? What about the loan?"

"The rise of the house has been completely covered, and it will exceed a lot..." Naoki Nagayama said, "If you agree, I will arrange to continue the mortgage, and then in the end, sell the first one... form a positive cycle... estimated time is within five years..."

"This..."

Father was a bit unsure, but mother Nanako was very open-minded,

"Just listen to Naoki. The money Naoki makes now is more than us, and even more than grandfather combined... Listening to him will not be wrong!"

"Then I will start arranging it after I go back~" Naoki Nagayama decided directly.

The operation of circular mortgage for parents to achieve asset doubling, and the eldest brother to earn more money through the program, the life of relatives here basically doesn't have to worry~ ===== CHAPTER 765 =====