After the awards dinner, Chie Sakai, who drove her own red Porsche 911, delivered Takeshita Kusashi to her doorstep. Before getting out of the car, he asked the other party, do you want to go in and sit down? And she felt that the days were long, and there was no need to get tired of being together, and at the moment she just wanted to go home and take a hot shower and go to bed.

Takeshita Kusaoke, who got her a "no", said goodbye and good night to each other with Sakai Chie, and pushed open the co-pilot's door and got out of the car. He landed on the ground with his feet and closed the car door with his hand, and as he walked towards the courtyard, he also heard the sound of her driving away in a sports car.

Takeshita Kusaoke, who had the key to the main door, just opened it and saw Kitagawa Kako appear in front of him. When he walked in, he gently closed the door with a backhand, and said casually: "It's so late, why don't you sleep?" ”

Seeing that he took off his shoes and walked up, Kitagawa Kako, took the initiative to approach the side behind him, and helped him take off his coat with both hands, after all, the heating in the house was hot enough. I pulled his coat with one hand, and gently patted a little dust on it with the other. Kitagawa Kako, who only expressed her daughter's feelings for him, but continued to hide her true feelings for him, smiled lightly: "Miyuki is making trouble, yelling, and jumping to wait for you to come back and tell her a story." I said, I'll tell her. She just doesn't want to live or die. No, I can't help her. If she doesn't sleep, I can't sleep. ”

"Dad, you're finally back. If you don't come back, I'll fall asleep. Suddenly ran out of the living room, standing in the aisle Kitagawa Miyuki, a moment ago she was rubbing her eyes with her hands, trying not to doze off, and at this moment when she saw Takeshita Kusaoke, it was like a stimulant, and she happily ran straight to him.

Bowing his body, spreading his hands, and taking advantage of the situation to pick her up, Takeshita Mustard completely swept away his physical and mental fatigue, and turned several times in a row. Miyuki Kitagawa, who let out a "giggle" laugh like a silver bell, not only showed that she was very happy, but also felt that her wait was completely meaningful and worthwhile.

"It's late at night, you should be quiet, don't disturb the rest of the neighbors." Kako Kitagawa, who understands that the silence of the night facilitates the spread of sound, said with the mentality of not causing trouble to others.

With his knees bent and half-squatting down, Takeshita Kusaokei put Kitagawa Miyuki down. Standing up again, he put his right hand into the right trouser pocket and took out the Akutagawa Prize's main prize pocket watch, and smiled, "Miyuki, what gift do you see I brought you back?" Before the words fell, he grabbed the end of the pocket watch chain, and as soon as he opened his hand, he let the pocket watch be presented directly in front of Xiao Lori's eyes.

It was the first time that Miyuki Kitagawa had seen such a delicately crafted pocket watch, and her eyes immediately lit up, and she raised her hands high to take it. With a pine in hand, Takeshita Kusaokei was easily given to her the pocket watch that represented Japan's highest literary award. As soon as she opened the case, she noticed two lines of small characters engraved on the inner case.

Miyuki Kitagawa, who was not very literate at all, looked at her mother with her little head raised and asked curiously, "What is this writing?" ”

Standing and facing down, she couldn't see clearly, so she had to half-squat down, and her free hand was holding her daughter's right hand to push closer to see the small words on the inner case of the pocket watch. The first line is engraved with the 155th Akutagawa Prize, while the second line is engraved with Takeshita Kusasa. She suddenly understood, and slowly stood up again and said, "Takeshita-kun, you should show this pocket watch to Miyuki!" ”

"No, it's a little gift from me." Takeshita Kusaoke, who shrugged his shoulders, really didn't feel how important this pocket watch was to him. In his mind, Miyuki is his most precious.

"Thanks, Daddy." Miyuki Kitagawa, who is like a treasure, is smiling and red, not only holding the pocket watch in both hands and dancing happily to make an "oh oh oh" sound, but also turning on the same place three times in a row.

But Kitagawa Kako, who is not as happy as her, although she can understand that Takeshita Kusaoke's love for her daughter can be said to be extreme, but she still can't let Miyuki accept such a precious and valuable gift. Knowing that her daughter is a woman who eats soft and not hard, she half-squatted down again. Gradually, he began to learn the methods he had told her, and coaxed, "Miyuki, listen to my mother." You return this pocket watch to Takeshita-kun. Tomorrow, Mom promises to take you out shopping, not only buying you the best cartoon watch, but also your favorite Belgian chocolate and a beautiful nightdress. ”

Although she is young and has a lively heart, Miyuki Kitagawa instinctively took two steps back, and held the pocket watch in her palm more tightly, for fear of being snatched away by her mother. She knows too well that her mother is a very picky person on weekdays. Now, my mother has suddenly become so generous, so it must show that this pocket watch in her hand is not simple. Otherwise, my mother would never be like this.

"Don't." Miyuki Kitagawa, who answered her mother concisely, stared at her with dead eyes, and the look of the wary other party was countless times higher than the lollipop in her hand.

"Well, do you think this is good? Whatever you want, your mother can buy it for you. Kitagawa Kako, who is worried that her daughter will treat the pocket watch in her hand as an ordinary toy, is willing to see her either break it and lose it, or she is tired of playing with it and giving it to other children or something.

"Not good. I don't want anything. Behind him was Miyuki Kitagawa, who took another step back, holding the pocket watch tightly with her right hand, while blocking the outside of her right hand with her left hand, and put her hands on her chest, straightforwardly not tempted by her mother's sugar-coated cannonballs.

I really didn't believe that I couldn't get a pocket watch from my daughter, and she continued to coax with a smile that didn't change: "Since Miyuki is a good child, then I will listen to what your kindergarten teacher says, and the children who listen to their mothers at home are the most well-behaved children." So, should you listen to what I have to say? ”

And standing silently aside, without saying a word, it felt quite interesting Takeshita Kusaoke, with a light smile on his face, but he wanted to see if Kitagawa Kako really had a way to deceive the pocket watch from Lori's hand?