Chapter 978: The way the wealthy have children is just different from ordinary people

On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the newlywed couple had to return home to pay their respects.

Although there were no written rules, the two of them went to Shizuoka first, to Naoki Nagayama's family home... After all, this counted as the wife's first New Year since the marriage.

Returning to this small city once again, Naoki Nagayama had one extra person by his side... and one cat and one dog fewer.

Because they didn't plan on staying too long, Eitaro and Miaotaro were left at Shanying Yuan; they had food, anyway... bringing them both along was a bit of a hassle.

"We're almost there, right?" Akina looked at the buildings outside the window, looking somewhat excited. "Ah, I find that detached house very familiar!"

"... We still have to pass one more intersection..." Naoki Nagayama said silently. "That house seems to be the home of one of Hezi's friends..."

"So that's how it is~"

Soon, the car stopped next to an old house.

After Naoki Nagayama and Akina Nagayama got out of the car, they carried the gifts and pushed open the door to head inside...

"We're back~"

After calling out in the entryway, they soon heard the mother's voice.

"Welcome back!" Mother Caicai glanced at Naoki Nagayama and then focused her attention on Akina beside him. "Akina... was the journey smooth? Is your body feeling uncomfortable at all?"

"Naoki-san did all the driving, it was very smooth..." Akina handed the gifts to the mother. "Mother, these are New Year's gifts~"

"Ah... why bring so many things..."

The mother took the gifts and set them aside, then affectionately helped hang up their trench coats, let Akina go inside to sit down, and asked with concern things like "Is pregnancy hard," "Actually, there was no need," and "Is the morning sickness bad"...

As for the son standing to the side, she only glanced at him at the very beginning, and then acted as if he didn't exist.

"..."

Sure enough, once a son starts a family and is about to have a child, his status in the entire household drops rapidly!

Naoki Nagayama could only silently hang up his coat, then carry the gifts and walk toward the Japanese-style room~

Because it was a small, third-tier coastal city, heating in winter relied on passion, and basically, an electric heater... Turning one on in the small Japanese-style room made the temperature warm and cozy, though the air was a bit stuffy.

Sitting in the Japanese-style room watching television was the Nagayama family's last unmarried youth, Hezi~

"Akina-chan is here~" Hezi greeted Akina very happily, then glanced at Naoki Nagayama. "Big Brother is back too."

"..."

Watching his younger sister turn her head to enthusiastically discuss the New Year's gifts with Akina, Naoki Nagayama shook his head, then looked at his mother, who was about to brew hot tea for the two of them:

"Mother... is Father not home? He wouldn't have gone to the izakaya today, would he?"

"Of course not, your father went to pay New Year's respects to friends... He will be back at noon~"

Mother Caicai served the hot tea, and then everyone sat together in the Japanese-style room unwrapping the New Year's gifts. This time, the gifts for the women in the family were all chosen by Akina, which was much more organized than Naoki Nagayama just randomly finding expensive things to buy at the mall before.

"Hezi, this is Chanel's seasonal trend... the color is very fashionable." "Mother, this mask can be used before bed and in the morning, it hydrates and locks in moisture..."

"If you go out, you should use it in combination with..."

The cosmetics Akina chose for Hezi were all currently popular styles, focusing on being good-looking and trendy, while the ones chosen for the mother were varieties appropriate for her age, leaning toward skincare and wrinkle reduction.

Watching the three women chatting enthusiastically about how to use these, Naoki Nagayama felt a bit helpless and even more unable to join the conversation, so he could only drink tea and watch the New Year's program on TV.

At noon, his father returned, and finally, he wasn't alone anymore. Naoki Nagayama and his father sat in the Japanese-style room drinking tea together, occasionally chatting a sentence or two, and when their eyes met, they would awkwardly add tea and water...

"Naoki... are you staying at home tonight?" Mother Caicai asked during lunch.

"Probably not..." Naoki Nagayama shook his head. "We still have to go to Akina's family to pay respects today..."

"We'll go to Big Brother's house in a while, and then we have to leave..."

"Then when you go to your Big Brother's house later, help bring some things along..."

"Yes~"

Naoki Nagayama had already started his own family, so not sleeping at home was very normal; his father and mother had understood this point long ago... and the matter of a young couple needing to keep things balanced was also as it should be.

Anyway, Naoki Nagayama had returned home many times this year, so there wasn't much missing each other~

"Then what about paying respects to your grandfather..." Father Jian Nagayama thought of the grandfather and looked at Naoki Nagayama.

"Ah... about Grandfather..." Naoki Nagayama said, "Tomorrow, *The Legend of Hayato* is being released, and Grandfather and our cousin have already gone to Tokyo..."

"That's good then~"

In Tokyo's major cinemas, subway stations, bus stations, and mall billboards... everywhere that could promote the movie had been updated with posters for *The Legend of Hayato: New World* today.

It would be officially released tomorrow, and the unrestrained person on the poster seemed to be telling everyone to go to the cinema to see him tomorrow!

"Looking at the image on the poster, it really makes one feel emotional~"

Grandfather Hayato Nagayama had come to Tokyo once again, standing with Feng Nagayama in front of the large poster at Shinjuku Station, his heart filled with surging emotions.

"Suddenly, it feels like the past version of myself has returned!"

"Haha, Grandfather has come to Tokyo once again~" Feng Nagayama said with a smile. "Stay a bit longer this time and take a good look at Tokyo!"

"Come to think of it, there shouldn't be any problem..." Hayato Nagayama also nodded. "Now, presumably that guy Nan Nan Jun Xiong Minami won't be focusing his attention on me anymore~"

As the boss of the Yamaguchi-gumi Shizuoka branch, Hayato Nagayama had long been on the Metropolitan Police Department's special watch list. The previous two times he came to Tokyo, the Fourth Investigation Division had been very nervous!

So he wasn't able to stay in Tokyo for much longer...

But now, Hayato Nagayama's story would likely spread throughout Japan, and he had almost become a celebrity... If he came to Tokyo and said he was revisiting old haunts, no one would stop him, right~

The police at Sakurada Gate might even welcome him!

"Grandfather... let's go to a hotel in Shibuya Ward... That sumo hall in Sumida Ward is now the headquarters for KTV, there's no place to stay..."

"Haha, just find a hotel in Sumida Ward then, I want to see the old places..."

"Yes~"

Feng Nagayama didn't waste words; anyway, they could afford to stay in any high-end hotel now.

The movie's protagonist and the prototype for the protagonist had both come to Tokyo, but the prototype for the movie's other protagonist was feeling gloomy at Sakurada Gate.

Nan Nan Jun Xiong Minami, the section chief of the Fourth Investigation Division, still had to be on duty at headquarters while others were on holiday due to his profession... but this year's duty was a bit difficult.

Because police officers of the same rank often came to his office to hang around and tease him...

"Officer Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong... let me be your informant~" "Minami Nan Nan Jun Xiong, you've really made a name for yourself!" "Haha, you guy, wanting a leisurely retirement? That's not going to happen, is it!"

Friends in the police system had all come to tease him during this period because the Public Relations Department director, Tatsumi Shinohara, had reported him as a political achievement during the year-end report...

Saying something about the positive character in *The Legend of Hayato* bridging the gap between the police and the public, letting the public understand the difficulties of the police... What is all this?!

*The Legend of Hayato* is clearly a gangster movie!

Since when did the police have to rely on gangster movies for publicity...

"If Hayato Nagayama were ten years younger, after this movie, he might have been able to become the head of the Yamaguchi-gumi directly!" Councilman Chongren Bai Chuan said while holding a coffee.

"So what if he's the head of the Yamaguchi-gumi? The biggest Yakuza is still a Yakuza!"

Nan Nan Jun Xiong Minami snorted. Although he was very moved when he watched the preview last time, after all, they had been enemies for a lifetime, and he still looked down on the Yakuza!

"Come to think of it, the Yamaguchi-gumi's Yama-Ichi War still hasn't ended... It's been almost two years, right..." Chongren Bai Chuan didn't go deeper, but changed the subject. "Letting the Yamaguchi-gumi, this biggest organization, remain leaderless..."

"A bunch of Yakuza without a leader, isn't that better for the police?"

"Can't say it like that..." Chongren Bai Chuan put down his coffee cup. "The Yamaguchi-gumi is tacitly approved by the upper echelons... a necessary evil... always being so messy will have a greater impact on the public."

In the past, when something related to gangsters happened in Kobe, or when vicious incidents occurred in other cities where the Yamaguchi-gumi existed, one only needed to ask the Yamaguchi-gumi head directly... No matter which generation, they would cooperate.

Even to avoid going to jail, the Yamaguchi-gumi head himself would restrain and suppress the behavior of the Yakuza.

After all, even if they are Yakuza, once they reach the high levels, it's all to make money... and then enjoy it~

And now, they actually can't find anyone in charge... This is very troublesome~

"Necessary evil..."

Nan Nan Jun Xiong Minami sneered. Japan is such a twisted country; it's clearly evil, yet they have to put a nice label on it... It's actually just a tool for the upper echelons to accumulate wealth and do bad things!

"Section Chief... I heard your retirement was postponed this year, and your benefits will be raised by one level?" Chongren Bai Chuan didn't want to discuss these things either, so he changed the subject again.

"Hmm... perhaps~"

If it weren't for this promise, he wouldn't have bothered to cooperate with the publicity...

Just as the two were chatting harmoniously about retirement benefits, an officer knocked on the office door.

"Section Chief, Councilman..." Boyu Pingchuan came over with a document. "According to news from the subway police, the former head of the Shizuoka Yamaguchi-gumi, Hayato Nagayama, who is on the special watch list, has come to Tokyo..."

"..." Nan Nan Jun Xiong Minami was stunned for a moment, then said angrily, "This guy... can't he just be peaceful during the New Year?!"

Chongren Bai Chuan took the document, waved his hand to let the officer leave, and then said:

"Maybe he's just here to watch the movie; isn't it being released tomorrow!"

"Doesn't Shizuoka have cinemas?!"

"Hahaha, seeing things and thinking of people, wanting to reminisce about his youth~" Chongren Bai Chuan shook his head. "Hayato Nagayama is already so old, plus Feng Nagayama and Naoki Nagayama are both developing well in the mainstream... He even donated to the National Police Agency before... He won't cause any trouble~"

"..." Nan Nan Jun Xiong Minami also acknowledged this point.

If it were possible to cause trouble in the previous two years, then now, Hayato Nagayama is likely just here to travel and watch a movie...

But thinking that his old rival had actually come to his own territory to travel leisurely while he couldn't do anything, Nan Nan Jun Xiong Minami felt as if he had swallowed a fly, very unhappy.

"In any case, keep watching him... If you find anything, notify me directly!"

"Hmm, I will arrange it~"

"Oh, by the way... to provide benefits to the police force, it seems the Tree Friend Group specially donated a batch of movie tickets... Section Chief, you can pick up a few when you go home..."

"..."

Have they actually reached into the National Police Agency...

In Shizuoka, Naoki Nagayama took Akina to Big Brother Qingmu's house to pay New Year's respects, and gave the Ultraman toy prepared for Yecao, making the child excited.

The child, who was already in kindergarten, liked his uncle Naoki Nagayama to the extreme... and he also loved the pretty sister beside him very much!

And after staying at Big Brother's house for over an hour, Naoki Nagayama and Akina finally embarked on the journey back... but before returning to Tokyo, they took a detour back to Qinglai to pay New Year's respects at Akina's family home...

"Mother-in-law, Happy New Year..."

Naoki Nagayama presented the New Year's gift, and Mother Qianhuizi's face was full of smiles.

"Naoki, eat dinner here tonight..." Qianhuizi said with a smile. "I made a lot of food, but this year there is only Minghui, so we might not be able to finish it... Take some when you go back..."

Qianhuizi was a capable mother who used to make cold food for the whole family, but this year there was one less person, making the food abundant~

"Yes, then I won't be polite~" Naoki Nagayama didn't refuse.

And Akina, who was on the side, put the gifts away and affectionately hugged her mother's arm: "Will Lighting Little Love and the others come over tonight? I brought them gifts too~"

"If the weather is too cold, they might not come..." Qianhuizi said. "Children catch colds easily..."

Like the Nagayama family, the Zhongsen family's old house now only had the unmarried Minghui living there, but she had gone out... However, the Nagayama couple had a good relationship, while the Zhongsen couple's...

"Did Father come back for the New Year?" Akina asked softly.

"He came back once on New Year's Eve... we ate together..." Qianhuizi's tone was very calm; for this husband, she was already indifferent. "But after the New Year, he went back to tinkering with the restaurant... He and Minghui are both very attentive... You can let Minghui give him the gift you brought..."

"Yes..."

Akina didn't know why her mother hadn't mentioned divorce yet, but it didn't matter now... just treat it as maintaining a good reputation for the children~

Naoki Nagayama sat in the Japanese-style room again, drinking hot tea and watching TV, no different from in Shizuoka... just waiting for dinner.

It was already a bit late when they arrived, and amidst the chatting between Akina and Qianhuizi, the sky soon darkened.

Just about at dinner time, someone finally returned:

"Mother, I'm home~"

Minghui Zhongsen walked in from outside, took off her hat and scarf, and only then discovered that someone had come.

"Akina, and Naoki-san?" Minghui Zhongsen was slightly stunned before reacting. "Ah, are you here to pay New Year's respects?"

"Yes, Happy New Year, Minghui-chan~" Naoki Nagayama greeted his sister-in-law gently. "Did you go out to play with friends?"

"Yeah, there was an event in the city center..."

Minghui Zhongsen nodded and started unwrapping the New Year's gift... which was naturally purchased by Akina Zhongsen.

Dinner was cold food... but fortunately, it was warmed up with hot water, so it wasn't icy cold.

"Naoki, Akina... are you going on a honeymoon after the New Year?" Qianhuizi asked curiously. "Are you going somewhere warmer?"

"Hmm... probably not..." Naoki Nagayama glanced at Akina. "Akina is pregnant now, and sudden changes in temperature might make her sick..."

"And I have work to do here..."

"Do you have work during the New Year too?" Minghui Zhongsen asked.

"Hmm, a new movie is being released... tomorrow~ Ah... by the way, I have free movie tickets, valid at all cinemas!" Naoki Nagayama took a few from his pocket and handed them to Minghui Zhongsen. "Minghui-chan can go watch it with friends..."

"Yes, thank you!"

Minghui Zhongsen also happily accepted them; for such a popular movie, if she wanted to invite friends, the ticket price wouldn't be cheap...

Akina helped her husband continue to explain:

"Naoki-san is going to be a judge for the Film Academy Awards in January, to select the winners... so there will probably be a period of closed-door work..."

"I see..." Qianhuizi looked at her daughter. "Then during this time, will Akina be alone?"

"No, Akina will be with me during this time, at the courtyard in Kyoto..." Naoki Nagayama said. "And after the New Year, we will hire a professional pregnancy nanny... to live at home and help take care of Akina..."

"Together?" Qianhuizi was strange. "Isn't it closed-door work?"

"That courtyard in Kyoto is one of my properties, so it is very reasonable for Akina to live with me!" Naoki Nagayama explained.

"..." Is that so...

Although Qianhuizi knew her son-in-law was very rich, this tone of taking it for granted still made people envious... She decided not to talk to this son-in-law anymore, and instead cared about her daughter:

"Akina, you are almost halfway through your pregnancy... is there anything you aren't used to?"

"Not at all!" So far, Akina's body shape hadn't changed much, and other than morning sickness, everything else was fine.

"After five months, when the child gets bigger, it will be inconvenient to move around... be careful then~" Qianhuizi said. "If you are too tired alone, Mom can go take care of you for a while..."

Naoki Nagayama immediately spoke up:

"Mother-in-law, please rest assured, we are already looking for a professional pregnancy caregiver, and they will live at Shanying Yuan after the New Year to take care of Akina specifically!"

"In the late stages of pregnancy, there may be swelling and other phenomena, and we will hire two professional nannies to be responsible for daily massage and washing..."

"As for housework, there is even less need to worry; the housekeeping company will come to clean every day..."

"Also, I will arrange a professional nutritionist to make food for Akina that she won't have to avoid... starting after the New Year..."

"..."

Qianhuizi and Minghui Zhongsen were both stunned...

Roughly calculating, the team providing pregnancy services for Akina already had five people... Back in the day, when Qianhuizi had children, she even gave birth at home and had to go to work after giving birth...

Damn rich people...

Even having children is different from ordinary people! ===== CHAPTER 979 =====