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    Chapter 9 Picking up the cat

    “Both of you, please come with me. Although this villa only has two floors, it occupies the best view. This kind of house is rare but cannot be found… The owners are an old couple who have immigrated to the United States with their children, otherwise they would not sell it…” The real estate manager led the way and introduced them to them.

    Kohakugawa walked behind Sakuza Seiko, listening to every word, looking up at the ceiling, wooden stairs and floor in the house.It can be seen that the owner of the house is indeed an elderly person, and the interior decoration reflects the unique taste of the Showa era, which is completely different from the high-end apartment bought by Ambergawa in the Roppongi District of Tokyo.If I had to describe it, it looks a bit like a house that would appear in a movie like “Sea Street Diary”.

    “Would it be a little remote for you if you lived here?” Sakuzaa asked in a low voice.

    “Remote?” Kohaku Chuanliu asked absently.

    Although it is not in the center of Osaka, it is only a 20-minute drive from the Higashi-Osaka City Garden Stadium, the home ground of Black Wolf MSBY.

    “Although it is an old house, such a mansion must cost 300 to 400 million.” Sakuza said thoughtfully, “After all, you are only staying in Osaka… temporarily.”

    He had not forgotten the announcement he had seen that day.

    “According to the advice of professional doctors, Kohakugawa will undergo a three-month recuperation from now on.”

    Even if he spent all his rest time in Osaka, it would only be three months.

    From the moment they looked at each other through the car window that day, a countdown had started between them that would never stop, ticking, ticking, ticking in his ears all the time.Thinking of this, Sakuzao Holy Minister lowered his eyes, unable to see his emotions clearly.

    “Temporary stay?” Kohakugawa Ryu finally recovered from the dazzling gold in front of him, “What about you, Sakuhaya-kun? Will you always live in Osaka?”

    Sakuza Seomi was stunned for a moment, not knowing why he changed from the person asking the question to the one being asked, but he still told all about his career plan:

    “I have no thoughts of transferring at the moment. The Black Wolves are a good fit for me in all aspects. I should always be in Osaka.”

    “Oh.” Kohaku Chuanliu breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Sakuza Holy Minister with a smile. His light golden eyes were like melted toffee in the sunlight.

    “…You two are currently in the study room on the second floor, with bookcases on both sides and floor-to-ceiling windows and a balcony in front of you. You can see the ginkgo tree in the yard from the floor-to-ceiling windows. This was specially transplanted by the owner from Kyoto…”

    Neither of them could hear what the property manager was saying.

    In fact, the moment I saw the sunlight swaying among the ginkgo leaves through the floor-to-ceiling windows, the amber stream had already been decided.

    So he just smiled and looked at Sakuza Holy Minister, his eyes reflected the sunlight, as if there were broken lights flickering.

    Sakuza Seomi was stunned for a moment, only to see Kohaku Gawa nodded to him, with a relaxed tone as if he was picking out three skewers of oden for 100 yen in a convenience store:

    “Okay, let’s buy it.”

    *

    Later, the real estate manager was drinking with his colleagues in an izakaya. He still felt like a dream when he recalled the transaction in which the commission was higher than his two-year basic salary.

    The client only looked at the house for five minutes before deciding to buy the 300 million yen mansion – he was wearing large sunglasses that covered half of his face at the time, and the real estate manager even doubted whether he could see clearly – and then drove away with contestant Sakuhaya.A series of minor signing and payment matters were handled by another agent a few days later, and the property transfer was quickly completed.As for whose name the final property title was registered, he, the real estate manager, cannot know.

    Such a transaction cannot be said to be a dream in the industry, it is simply a fantasy.

    “Ah, you’re such a lucky kid. I’m really jealous.” The colleague drank two glasses of beer and asked a little drunkenly, “Who paid 300 million yen in one go so readily? He must be a rich man or a celebrity.”

    “Sakuza—”

    “Sakuhaya from Osaka Black Wolves? Is it possible to make that much money playing volleyball?”

    “——’s cousin.” The property manager burped drunkenly.

    Another colleague stared: “I know Sakuhaya’s cousin is another volleyball player.”

    Everyone here had sobered up a bit and leaned over to look at the messages he had searched on his phone:

    “The cousin of Seomi Sakuhaya is Motoya Komori. He is currently affiliated with EJP (East Nippon Paper) Thor, and his position is Li (libero). He is active in the V1 league. …”

    Everyone: “…”

    Everyone: “Can you really make so much money playing volleyball?!”

    The distant Komori Motoya: “Ah-sneeze——!”

    Rintaro Kakuna: “You’d better go to the hospital and have a look.”

    *

    “Why would he buy a house in a place like that?!” Ms. Nikaido asked.

    “Ah… Brother Ambergawa said that he made a lot of money and spent it as he pleased…”

    The assistant pushed a shopping cart, held her phone between her shoulder and her ear, and responded submissively to Ms. Nikaido’s thundering wrath.

    “Tell me honestly, do you have anything to do with his blind date, the one named Mutu or something like that?!”

    The assistant looked up at the front and choked up: “…it doesn’t matter…”

    “That’s good. Remember to remind him that he agreed to go back to Tokyo next week.” Ms. Nikaido calmed down a bit and gave the assistant a few more words before hanging up the phone.

    The assistant put the phone back in his pocket and caught up with Kohaku Gawa and the tall black-haired young man who were walking side by side in front of him.

    ——It has nothing to do with the wooden rabbit player.

    Because it’s related to another person!Player Sakuhaya, do you have any idea?

    Kohakugawa not only bought a house on his own, but also threatened his assistant not to leak the information about Sakuza Seiko to Ms. Nikaido.This was the first time in his twenty-four-year-old life that he rebelled against the manager who had brought him up since childhood and was like a guardian. It was like a rebellious period that was ten years late.

    “Is this cute?”

    Kohakugawa picked up a stuffed shark doll and slapped it in Sakuza Seomi’s face.

    Sakuzao Shengchen and Shark glared at each other: “…”

    “Forget it.” Kohakugawa put the shark back, “I feel like the IKEA furniture doesn’t match the Showa style. Let’s just go and eat Swiss meatballs.”

    Sakuza Nori nodded and added: “I heard from my sister that there is a businessman in Tokyo who sells retro groceries. I will ask her for her business card next time I go back to Tokyo. I will go to Schweden Adler’s home game next week.”

    Kohaku Chuanliu smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed: “Why don’t you invite me to watch your game?”

    He said, “Yours.”

    It was as if there were more than a dozen people on the court fighting to prevent the ball from falling, but there was only one person in his eyes.

    “…” Sakuzao Shengchen paused and looked at him steadily, “Will you go?”

    “I don’t know.” Kohaku Chuanliu’s eyes narrowed further, like a proud kitten, “I want to check the schedule.”

    *

    Ms. Nikaido anxiously called Kohakugawa back, but it was not a big deal. She just had a dinner party, and she wanted Kohakugawa to show her face in front of seniors in the entertainment industry.The senior this year served as a judge for Japan’s most authoritative film awards, the Japan Film Academy Awards.

    “October is the nomination period for awards, so there’s nothing wrong with going to talk to the judges. We’ll also have an internal meeting later to discuss how to build momentum for you. Akiba Haruto’s team has already started promoting it. Huh, his acting in that movie was too bad. He canEven if I can’t nominate you, you are the favorite to win the award.”Ms. Nikaido said, “Although you are on vacation now, you still have to stay up and socialize for the award when you come back.Do you know that it doesn’t take much to have a meal?”

    Amber nodded like a chicken pecking at rice: “I got it.”

    “I have a good relationship with that senior in the entertainment industry. I often worked with him decades ago when I was still tutoring Yukiko Fujimine, and he also had a very good impression of you.” Ms. Nikaidou started nagging again, “How can you be so good if you are alone in the entertainment industry? The world outside is very complicated, Liu, you have to understand…”

    Amber River said tiredly: “Okay, okay…”

    But I was thinking, luckily I had dinner with my seniors on Friday night, so I could go to the game on the weekend.

    *

    On the day of the dinner date, Kohakugawa accidentally saw Tachibana Yukito’s circle of friends.

    【Urgent, urgent, urgent!I picked up a tortoiseshell lady next to a convenience store and beats my Aboriginal Block every day!There is really no other choice but to find another adopter, preferably one who does not have aborigines at home and has more time. Miss Tortoiseshell treats cats badly but is very clingy!If interested, please message me!】

    Attached: Photos of tortoiseshell cats (nine photos).

    Amber Chuanliu opened it and looked at it. It had brown-black fur, a small white face, and golden eyes.It is not difficult to imagine that she must be a great beauty in the cat world and has very high requirements for male cats who pursue her. Male cats like Block cannot catch her eye.

    Amber River: “!”

    I always feel that such a beautiful tortoiseshell cat is very suitable to keep in my Showa-style home.Amber River could even imagine it basking in the sun in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, with a layer of warm golden light covering its body.

    Kohakugawa went to poke the Tachibana Snow Hare.

    Crazy Thursday:

    【!】

    [Great, a rich and free person like you is exactly my ideal adopter (*≧▽≦)!】

    [Let Mimi follow you to enjoy the glory and wealth!】

    【When will you return to Tokyo?】

    Do not disturb:

    【I am in Tokyo now.】

    Crazy Thursday:

    【Great!】

    [Are you free to pick up Mimi now?They are fighting again and I am convinced…Let’s isolate them in different rooms for now…】

    [I have flight boxes, canned cat food, cat nests and more ready-made here!】

    【[Address]】

    Kohakugawa looked at the time and saw that she still had half a day before having dinner with her seniors in the entertainment industry. It was enough time to go to Kodaira City to pick up the cat and bring him back to his apartment in Roppongi District, and then go to Ginza for dinner.

    Do not disturb:

    [Okay, I’ll go right away.】

    He didn’t ask his assistant to drive, but took a taxi himself while wearing a mask.

    He stayed at home all day today and was too lazy to get anything to eat. He sat in the car on an empty stomach for a long time, which made him feel a little motion sick. He didn’t dare to take off his mask, which made him even more uncomfortable.

    The driver kept looking at him in the rearview mirror, smiled and said:

    “Even so, I can still recognize you, Mr. Kohakugawa.”

    Amber River: “…”

    “It’s okay, just take off your mask if you feel uncomfortable.” The driver said kindly, “I won’t say nonsense. I have been in this business for thirty years and I have met many big stars. Back then, Fujimine Yukiko took my car to go on a date with that novelist…”

    According to the address given by Tachibana Yukito, Kohakugawa arrived at their home in Kodaira City – Schweden Adler’s home stadium is in Kodaira City, and it must be for this reason that they live here.

    Find the building, press the elevator, knock on the door——

    “Here we come!” Tachibana Yukito shouted, followed by a smaller voice, “I’m holding my hand, could you please open the door?”

    Amber River thought that his boyfriend should be at home too.

    Click.

    The door opened.

    “Hello, Ushijima—”

    Before he finished speaking, he was completely stunned when he saw the face that appeared in front of him.

    He took two steps back, looked at the house number, and was so paralyzed that he couldn’t think straight.

    The expression on the face of the person in front of him was as shocked as his.

    After a few seconds of downtime, the two people asked in unison:

    “Why are you here, Sakuza-kun?”

    “Why are you here, Kohakugawa-kun?”

    Tachibana Yukito stuck out his head: “Huh?”

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    Ahhhh, it will be on the list this Thursday, I will definitely save it carefully this time!The list will be updated more in the future!

    I won’t update this article until Thursday, otherwise I’ll update the extra story about Ushijima…Thank you all for your likes and support…

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