Akina Nakamori is hiding in her hand behind her back, holding a box that looks like a watch.

Chieko sat by the window of the Japanese room, turned her head and looked out, and saw her daughter's back, and Shinichi Iwahashi who was talking to her with her head down.

The two of them seemed to bargain for a few words, and Akina Nakamori began to look breathless. It's the Iwahashi Shinichi on the other side, and he is at ease.

The daughter who was rampant and domineering at Iwahashi Shinichi before was finally deflated in front of him.

Just now, after sending Shinichi Iwahashi out of the door, Akina Nakamori went back to get her bag and went out again. She deliberately avoided her mother to talk to Shinichi Iwahashi, but she didn't mean to hide it from Chieko.

Chieko pretended to be stupid, didn't ask her, and went back to the living room by herself.

Although the one who is deflated now is his own daughter......

Chieko saw it in her eyes and felt a little funny. Compared to always having her daughter the upper hand with Shinichi Iwahashi, she would also like to see her daughter helpless.

In this way, the relationship between Iwahashi Shinichi and the two of them is more full in Chieko's heart.

Although Akina Nakamori is her own daughter, Chieko is not the kind of mother who blindly favors her. She knows that her daughter has a stubborn temper, and she will bump into people when she says that she will bump into people, and she will not look back without hitting the south wall. Such a temper is easy to suffer, but it really made her a star, and she also held the noses of the surrounding staff and turned a group of adults around.

Chieko hopes that her daughter can be happy, but she doesn't think that a man who accommodates her in everything must be an ideal man.

On the one hand, she thanked Shinichi Iwahashi for giving her daughter the trust she could do as she wanted, but on the other hand, she hoped that Shinichi Iwahashi was not a person who blindly accommodated Akina Nakamori. can not only suppress her stubborn temper, but also reach over at the right time to pull the daughter who does not hit the south wall and does not look back.

These words can't be said to Akina Nakamori, and it's impossible for Shinichi Iwahashi, who met for the first time, to know.

However, Chieko has a good impression of Shinichi Iwahashi, and she also appreciates her daughter's happiness at this moment. Because of this, I have such expectations in my heart for this young man who met for the first time.

Akina Nakamori was angry, and Shinichi Iwahashi said something to her again, taking out a small box from his pocket and opening it. The two of them said a few more words, and she turned cloudy and sunny, and happily brought her hand to the front and showed him her watch.

From beginning to end, her emotions were being led by Shinichi Iwahashi-

......

But that doesn't seem to be the case.

"Tie it up for me. Akina Nakamori smiled and stretched out her hand.

Shinichi Iwahashi looked at her outstretched right hand, which still had a watch on her wrist. So I confirmed with her, "Tie it to this hand?"

"Uh-huh!" Akina Nakamori nodded without thinking.

No way, listen to her. Shinichi Iwahashi tied the bracelet for her. When she was tied up, she subconsciously glanced at the watch on her wrist, and suddenly thought of something, "Huh?"

The bracelet was tied, and Akina Nakamori, who had endured it for a long time, was finally able to laugh out loud.

While laughing, he pulled back a smug look with a little bit, and showed his wrist in front of Shinichi Iwahashi, "It's Omega too, Shinichi-kun." ”

She had endured so much of her careful thoughts, and finally showed her feet.

Iwahashi Shinichi looked at her smug little expression, and shook his head helplessly, there was nothing he could do with her.

Just now, it was true that he teased her in turn, but it doesn't mean that Akina Nakamori was really led by his nose. On the contrary, in a place he didn't expect, this Taopu Star had already hidden his careful thoughts in advance, just waiting to be revealed to him.

In a sense, these two people are "evenly matched".

......

Today, before Akina Nakamori went out, when she was sorting out the gifts she had brought to her family, she saw the watch she bought for Shinichi Iwahashi. Iwahashi Shinichi is usually busy, and the two may not be able to see each other, she saw the gift, thinking that she could see him today, hesitated for a while, and before leaving, she put the watch in her bag.

Although I brought it with me, it didn't have to be delivered today...... She still told herself that in her heart.

As a result, after lunch, when Iwahashi Shinichi was about to say goodbye, he still couldn't hold his breath, ran back and took it out, and stopped people-

was also tricked by him in turn.

Today, before going out with the watch he was going to give him, Akina Nakamori temporarily changed the watch she was wearing to Omega.

Finally, Iwahashi Shinichi was sent off the door. Akina Nakamori walked back in a happy mood.

It wasn't until I happily entered the living room and saw Chieko sitting at a low table that I realized something. She couldn't help but glance out the window from where she was standing, and let out an "ahhh

Chieko watched the expression on her daughter's face go from momentary embarrassment to the elation she was when she first came in, knowing in her heart that her daughter didn't mind the possibility of being seen at all.

Not only that-

As soon as Shin Iwahashi returned, Akina Nakamori went to sit next to Chieko and sat down next to her, "Did Mother see it?" she simply confirmed herself.

Chieko nodded. When she looked down, she happened to have the extra bracelet on her wrist.

Akina Nakamori didn't notice that her mother's eyes accidentally fell on her wrist, and she looked at her, as if she was coquettish, and asked, "Does my mother think I'm thick-skinned and domineering." ”

"It's a little bit. Chieko looked at her daughter's face, half joking and half serious.

Akina Nakamori pretended to be awkward with her mother, "Does my mother really think so?" was originally pretending to be unhappy, but when she said it, she couldn't help but laugh first, "However, if it's thick, it's good to be thick and domineering." ”

She took her mother's hand and put it on her face, smiling, "I don't care at all." ”

For the sake of Iwahashi Shinichi, it doesn't matter if you're thick-skinned. Because the other party is Shinichi Iwahashi, he doesn't think it's bad to be domineering. Akina Nakamori went all out, and the whole person pounced on him.

Chieko felt that her daughter was cautious in the face of Iwahashi, and the whole person seemed to be unthinking.

Because of this, it looks domineering. Chieko couldn't help but laugh when she thought about her daughter's unthinking emotions for him, and remembered what Iwahashi Shinichi said when he said goodbye just now.

"What is Mother laughing at?" Akina Nakamori was curious.

Chieko looked at her daughter with a confused face and said to her, "I thought of that Iwahashi-kun...... He's a year younger than you, isn't he?"

"Hmm. ”

Akina Nakamori nodded, put her posture in front of her mother, and announced, "Shen Yijun is the next year." "As for the fact that she doesn't look like a year at all, as long as she knows it in private......

But after thinking about it, he added, "Although it is a year, it is a very reliable year." "It's hard to say whether it's because of a weak heart, or because I want to say good things for Iwahashi Shinichi to my mother.

"Uh-huh. ”

Chieko listened to her daughter's words, "Indeed, it looks like a very reliable person, if you hadn't told me before, just like that, you would think that he is actually older than you." ”

Speaking of this, she suddenly changed her head and teased, "However, when he called you 'Ming Cai-san', he looked very young." ”

"Huh?" Akina Nakamori didn't expect her mother to say this, and she was stunned for a moment.

Chieko saw her daughter's reaction in her eyes, and found it even more interesting, and continued to tease her, "Iwahashi-kun is such a stable and reliable person, calling you 'Mingcai-san', which seems to be a contrast, and it seems to be a matter of course." ”

"Hmm......" Akina Nakamori didn't know what to say.

said that it was a contrast, always relying on Iwahashi Shinichi, who was not old enough for his life, but he was called "Ming Cai-san" one by one. It is natural to say that it is deserved, and it is true that Shinichi Iwahashi is indeed the king of the year, and it is not wrong to call it "Ming Cai-san".

Before, Akina Nakamori didn't think there was anything, but now that she was poked by Chieko, she suddenly felt a little weird.

A bite of a cabbage mulberry......

I'm embarrassed to even say "I like it......

She secretly read Iwahashi Shinichi in her heart. After reading two sentences, I felt that such a self was funny and unreasonable, so I went to Chieko and told her, "Iwahashi will make a song for me after that, mother." ”

"Really?"

Chieko was quite interested, "What kind of song is it?"

Akina Nakamori remembered the song samples she had heard, the slimy lyrics, and the song title called "Kissing". chose such a song to cooperate, so she didn't believe that Shinichi Iwahashi didn't choose it on purpose.

Obviously, I was embarrassed to even say "I like it", but I deliberately chose such a song to make it......

It's a good way to pretend.

Akina Nakamori thought about this, and quietly had a little awkward trouble with Shinichi Iwahashi, who was not present and didn't know about it—to be precise, he was the only one who slandered him.

"What kind of song is it?" Chieko asked again.

Akina Nakamori came back to her senses and looked at her mother, serious, "Very good song." ”

Chieko made her answer and look amused.

......

After Shinichi Iwahashi and Watanabe Manyumi got angry, he went to get in touch with the Star Office and asked for a record appointment from Keiko Utoku.

signed a small model to be the lead singer, and now they are poaching people from their modeling team.

He made up his mind and took what he had said to Watanabe to negotiate with Xingchen, wanting to settle her down first, work in the studio as a harmony, and participate in the studio harmony for the next album.

AS FOR RECOMMENDING KEIKO YUTOKU TO BE THE LIMITED COMBINATION HARMONY OF THE THEME SONG OF "CHERRY MARUKO", AFTER ALL, IT INVOLVES BEING AND DAIYUKI NAGATO, AND WHEN IT IS NOT NECESSARY, HE TEMPORARILY SUPPRESSED AND DID NOT MENTION IT.

In order to facilitate communication, Iwahashi Shinichi also deliberately found the interview video of the audition meeting, found the copy of Keiko Utoku, and sent it to Xingchen to explain why he suddenly asked for someone from them.

He was prepared in advance before acting, but when it came to negotiation, things went surprisingly smoothly, and it took almost no words.

Yude Keiko now has a contract for a karaoke queen, and Zhengtian Nanhaibei sells household karaoke machines everywhere.

Being able to get the title of karaoke queen from a bunch of candidates is not a bragging record, but at least it proves that she sings well among amateur players.

Born in 1967, Keiko Utoku's value as a photo model will become less and less as she gets older.

There are less than two years left in the modeling contract with Xingchen Agency, and in order to get a career turnaround, I have to work hard in the past two years.

Because, if there is no turnaround, there will probably be no new round of renewals.

At that time, if you still want to stay in the circle, you have to find another home. But he is older and less famous, and the situation will only be more difficult than now.

If it really comes to the point where the effort is useless, either go to the end of the month, or you can only give up, lead back, find a company to be an ordinary office worker, and get married on a blind date at about the same time.

There are so many new people who enter the industry every year, but 99% of them end up with a fate that leaves no trace.

The value of Yude Keiko herself is limited, and the Xingchen Office has a lot of model resources, and she will not invest too much in the tepid "old man".

Because of this, if she wants to participate in the selection of karaoke queens, let her go, and if she is really selected, let her go to Tiannan and Haibei to be a salesman.

The low-level photo model is a profession like the pink collar in the company. The new is always better than the old, and the young is always better than the old—

In addition, as soon as you reach the age, you start to be unpopular with the company.

In this case, Iwahashi Shinichi went to ask for someone from the Xingchen Office, and the other side also had the mentality of being a dead horse and a live horse doctor, thinking that handing over people to Iwahashi Shinichi might be able to gain something.

After all, after ZARD became popular, Xingchen Office has tasted the sweetness from the record draw.

Since I won one of the cheap lottery tickets at the beginning, now, I simply scratch open another one.

Therefore, as soon as Iwahashi Shinichi contacted the Star Office, he happily expressed his willingness to let Utoku Keiko go to Iwahashi Shinichi to give it a try.

For the Sage Office, it was a discount to dispose of a cheap lottery ticket, and for Iwahashi Shinichi, it was a cheap acceptance of a newcomer with an unknown future and who was not sure how to arrange her.

But for Keiko Utoku, who sells home karaoke machines in the Kyushu area and interacts with the locals who are watching, there is an opportunity, a possible turning point, and finally comes to her.

Last time, Shinichi Iwahashi suddenly contacted Keiko Utoku and asked her to record a strange performance video. But after the incident, there was no news again.

After Utoku Keiko, she remembered that strange experience, but she still couldn't guess what Iwahashi Shinichi called her over for. I don't know if that strange experience is "unfinished".

It wasn't until she finished her work in promoting a home karaoke machine in another place that she was approached by an agent when she returned to Tokyo.

"Remember Iwahashi-san who asked you to help last time?"

The agent told her, "Iwahashi-san is negotiating with this side and wants to sign your record contract." ...... This side is willing to respect your thoughts, Keiko, what are you going to do?"

"Sign a record contract, Iwahashi-san?" Utoku Keiko didn't come back to her senses for a while.