Kitagawa Kako, who saw Sakai Chie for the first time, spontaneously felt a touch of worry in her heart, but Sakai Chie, who was also meeting each other for the first time, felt a trace of loss in her heart. They looked at each other, giving birth to mutual vigilance, appreciation, and jealousy that only beauty and beauty can have...... Involuntarily, they looked at each other.

Kako Kitagawa, who came back to her senses, realized her faux pas. She didn't show the welcome that the host should have for the guests, but she was like a policeman asking the suspect: "Please come in, Takeshita grass mustard lives here." You must be a friend of his, right? But why haven't I heard him mention you? Do you have anything to do with him? ”

Two feet stepped into the door, followed her to the entrance one after the other, and Sakai Chie, who took the initiative to take off her shoes and enter the house, said truthfully: "I'm not a friend of Takeshita Kusaokei yet." To be precise, I'm his editor-in-charge, Chie Sakai. I came here late to bother to talk to him about the new work "In the Bamboo Forest" and other things. ”

Hearing this, there was a sudden burst of inexplicable joy in my heart, and it was only on her face that the warm smile that the host had when she entertained the guests, and took the initiative to play the role of a tour guide and said: "So that's the case! Miss Sakai, please come inside. I really didn't expect you to come to the humble house in person. He was sitting on the living room couch with Miyuki watching a cartoon. How does his new work "In the Bamboo Forest" compare to "Rashomon"? ”

His tone is still cold, cruel, depressing, bleak, and exudes an eerie atmosphere...... Compared with the two, it is difficult to distinguish between them, but they are more promising. I just don't know why he wrote such a short story with no final answer and no ending? And I wanted to know where he was inspired to create "Rashomon" and "In the Bamboo Forest"? And the last one that was not made public. Also, what kind of person is he himself and what kind of person he is? "And Sakai Chie, who told her what she was thinking, was full of curiosity, expectation and doubts, and had a word to say.

When Chie Sakai drove here, she thought that this place was not big, so she could find it by asking anyone at random. However, she even asked two people, and they all said that she didn't know a man named Takeshita Kusaoji here. Even Chie Sakai, who once suspected that she was going in the wrong direction, pulled out a notepad from her red Hermès handbag and checked the address again, but found no mistakes. After asking for directions, she honestly asked the passers-by here for the detailed address recorded in the notepad, so that she was able to find this place.

I really didn't expect that he not only had a wife, but also a daughter, and Sakai Chie, which didn't feel right. She remembered clearly that when she entered the courtyard, she saw the words "Kitagawa Xiangzi" posted on the outer courtyard wall on the left. If they are a family of three, the head of the family should be Takeshita Grass Mustard, then the nameplate on the door wall should also be "Takeshita Grass Mustard". After thinking about it and thinking about it simply, she finally felt that the relationship between the three of them would not be what she thought before.

"Miyuki, come to me." Standing on the side of the entrance to the living room, Kitagawa Kako, who knew that Sakai Chie was looking for him to talk about business, wanted to vacate the living room for the two of them, so he called his three-year-old daughter, who was not at all ignorant, away, and did not hinder the way.

I was startled at first, thinking that it was Kitagawa Miyuki who was caught by her mother eating snacks, and when she saw that it was not, she was reluctant to leave, some eat, some watch, and some were happy...... Great place. She pursed her mouth to directly indicate that she would not do it, and shook her little head like a rattle and said, "No, I just want to stay here and watch cartoons." ”

is also the first time to see Sakai Chie's Takeshita Kusaoke, only as if the other party was her guest. Feeling that he was the one who was in the way of staying here, he smiled and said, "It's almost time." I should have gone upstairs too. You talk slowly. ”

"What are you going! This Miss Sakai Chie has come to you on purpose. Realizing that he had misunderstood that the other party was a friend of his, Kako Kitagawa quickly clarified.

Takeshita Mustard, who was relieved, was just about to pick up Little Lori from his legs, and then got up and stood up. Looking at Sakai Chie with both eyes, she didn't appreciate her beauty, but she looked very surprised, she didn't even think about it, she just treated her old friend in a tone like she treated, and blurted out: "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm sending an email, I'm calling, inviting you to come to our publishing house. Because you're busy and don't have time, I, a newcomer who has just joined the club, have to make a trip to meet Mr. Takeshita in person. Chie Sakai, who said it very politely and politely, was full of dissatisfaction and sarcasm in the subtext.

"Miss Sakai, please sit on this side." As the owner, Kitagawa Kako, while inviting her to sit on a single sofa on the right side of the couch, bent over, took the remote control directly in her right hand, pressed the red close button on the TV, looked at her too ignorant daughter with burning eyes, and strengthened her tone a little: "Miyuki, hurry up and come over to me." Don't bother them here. ”

The small mouth was so high that Kitagawa Miyuki, who could hang a small oil bottle, turned sideways and threw herself directly into the arms of Takeshita Grass Mustard. Holding his waist with both hands and not planning to let go, she expressed her resistance to her mother's hegemony of turning off the TV and not allowing herself to watch cartoons, and stubbornly said: "Mom is bad, bad mom." I'm just going to stay here and there. ”

"You ......" The left index finger was pointed at his daughter's Kitagawa Kako, and the words came to his mouth and took them back, after all, it was really rude to be in front of his important guests for the first time. In a dilemma, she was not only angry that her daughter didn't understand the rules, but also angry that she didn't teach her well.

"Oh, you just let Miyuki stay with me!" Between their mother and daughter, there was a round between Takeshita and Kusaoke, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with leaving Xiao Lori here, after all, what he and Sakai Chie were going to talk about was not a major state secret, and they must not leak a word to the outside world.

Avoiding the embarrassment of the moment ago, Kako Kitagawa relieved the siege again, and said to Chie Sakai with a smile: "I'm sorry to make you laugh." You talk slowly, and I'll make you tea. ”

After saying this, she still didn't forget to deliberately remind her daughter before leaving, but she didn't continue to compete with her, and said by playing games: "One, two, three, wooden man." If Miyuki can hold on for no longer and not move, then the more her mother will give you the most and the best reward. "Miyuki Kitagawa, who is young, simple-minded, and easy to deceive, eats this very much, and instantly becomes a living wooden man.