novelraw Chapter 155: Koyama Yoshiharu Felt This Is Way Too Unreal!
Chapter 155: Koyama Yoshiharu Felt This Is Way Too Unreal!
When Tokyo entered the night, the Koyama family who were kept behind alone, were currently accepting the banquet hosted by Nohara Hiroshi, this prospective son-in-law.
Ginza, high-end Japanese ryotei "Baibaizi Gajoen".
Here there were no clamorous human voices, only okami wearing high-end customized kimonos, taking elegant small steps, walking silently in the corridors paved with tatami.
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Permeating the unique mushroom aroma of top-tier matsutake grilled over Binchotan charcoal, came from the depths of the courtyard. Mixing with the aroma emitted by meat fat and spices after being grilled, forming a gluttonous desire that makes people drool.
In this top-tier private room named "Tsukuyomi", crisp exclamations full of a young girl's vitality rose one after another.
"Wow——! Brother-in-law! This... this sea urchin is way too delicious!"
Koyama Musae, this energetic young girl from Kumamoto Prefecture, at this moment had her pitch-black large eyes staring wide.
She carefully picked up a small piece of golden-colored, plump Bafun sea urchin with her chopsticks, gently pressing it on her delicate tongue tip. That rich taste mixing the salty freshness of seawater and the sweetness of cream, instantly exploded with a boom in her entire oral cavity!
That extreme deliciousness, made her so happy that even her toes curled up. "And this! This tuna otoro! My god! This is fundamentally not fish meat! This is... this is snow flakes that melt in the mouth!"
She turned her target again towards another plate, that top-tier raw fish carrying beautiful snowflake patterns, flashing an alluring grease luster under the lighting.
Chopsticks waving continuously.
That appearance of having never seen the world, seemingly wishing she could swallow her own tongue along with it.
"I've decided! I'm never returning to Kumamoto again! The best sushi restaurant there, compared to here, is simply a roadside stall!"
"Moreover Kumamoto has nothing delicious!"
This straightforward praise instantly hurt the heart of Mr. Koyama Yoshiharu, the representative of Kumamoto Prefecture's educational circles, sitting in the master seat.
"Cough! Cough cough cough!"
Koyama Yoshiharu heavily slammed that cup of expensive "Juyondai" sake in his hand onto the table, his face at this moment had long been enveloped by an ashen color.
Sharp gaze fiercely piercing towards that girl who didn't know the immensity of heaven and earth.
"Koyama Musae!"
His voice suppressed an anger: "Do not converse during meals, do not speak in bed! This is our Koyama family's family motto! Have you forgotten?! Also, a girl, should take small bites when eating, should be elegant! Look at your appearance now, jumping up and down, making a fuss, what does this look like?!"
"Aiya, got it got it."
However this stale reprimand, only bought a grimace full of impatience from his young daughter.
Koyama Musae couldn't even be bothered to turn her head, merely stuffing a piece of conger eel sushi covered in soy sauce and wasabi into her mouth, that voice mumbling, yet full of self-righteous cunning: "Sister, you quickly taste it too! Truly so delicious oh! A hundred times more delicious than that sushi restaurant Dad brought us to last time claiming to be 'Kumamoto's Number One'! As expected of Tokyo! It's just too much better than Kumamoto which is like the countryside!"
"You——!"
Koyama Yoshiharu was so angered by these words that his blood surged, the finger pointing at Musae trembling slightly because of anger, but for a time couldn't find suitable words to rebut.
Eventually, he could only act like a defeated bull, turning his head casting that gaze full of seeking help meaning, towards that female head of the household who had from beginning to end merely smiled quietly.
"Old woman! Look at this! Look at the good daughter you gave birth to! Now she is becoming increasingly unruly! Aren't you going to manage her?!"
"Aiya, dear father, what are you being fierce about again?"
Mother Koyama Takasae, sighed helplessly: "Musae, listen to your father, don't always pester your sister, let her properly eat some things too."
Following which, she turned her head, towards that prospective son-in-law who looking helpless, revealing an apologetic, gentle smile: "Hiroshi-kun, made you see a joke. This child, is becoming increasingly wild now, even I as a mother, almost can't manage her anymore."
"What are you saying, Auntie."
Nohara Hiroshi, merely calmly sipping tea, smiling in his eyes: "I feel, Musae being like this is quite good. Lively, cheerful, having her own ideas. This is exactly what a new woman of our era should look like. Independent, autonomous, not bound by those stale rules."
In this era praising women is still political correctness.
Instantly these words acted like the most potent cardiotonic, instantly letting that energetic young girl who was just somewhat discouraged, revive with full blood on the spot!
"Did you hear that! Dad!"
Koyama Musae acted like a little chick finding a sanctuary, instantly hiding behind Nohara Hiroshi, poking out a furry little head, towards her father who was blowing his beard and glaring in anger, making another cute grimace.
"Even brother-in-law says it's good for me to be like this! This shows, your reasoning, has already fallen behind the times! You ah, are just an old antique!"
"You... you rebellious daughter!" Koyama Yoshiharu was trembling all over with anger.
"Alright alright, both of you speak less." Koyama Takasae looking at these two funny characters one big and one small in her family, the smile on her face increasingly helpless.
She glanced at that empty seat beside her, in those gentle eyes, flashing a trace of imperceptible worry and doting.
"Speaking of which, Hiroshi-kun." She turned her head smiling and changing the topic: "It's truly a pity Masae couldn't come with us this time. That child, has been sensible since young, just her personality is a bit too introverted, always liking to keep to herself. Seems like there's some important teaching evaluation in her school recently, she insisted she couldn't get away, insisting on staying in Kumamoto to work overtime."
"Hmph, that is exactly what the eldest daughter of our Koyama family should look like!"
Once his eldest daughter was mentioned, on Koyama Yoshiharu's face that was always stern, finally surfaced a heartfelt pride.
He subconsciously straightened his back, in that voice, full of pride: "That child Masae, from young to adulthood, has never made me worry a single bit! Studying, was always number one in her grade;
working, was always conscientious! This is the true, model of a lady cultivated meticulously by us!"
"Yes yes yes, eldest sister is the most impressive, alright?" Koyama Musae curled her lips, on that pretty small face, written full of disdain for this "cliché" of her old man's.
Seeing a new internal family "line struggle" about to erupt again, Koyama Misae at the side, this second daughter who was most adept at changing the topic, finally found her stage to perform.
"Right, Dad, Mom." She put down the chopsticks in her hand, on that flushed pretty face, carrying a few parts of perfectly timed shyness and sweetness: "I... I haven't told you in detail, about the matter surrounding my visit to Akita Prefecture to visit Hiroshi-kun's parents last time."
These words acted like a stone thrown into a calm lake, instantly drawing Koyama Yoshiharu and Koyama Takasae's attention, thoroughly away.
On the faces of the two, almost simultaneously surfaced a, nervousness and solemnity full of the unique Japanese emphasis on etiquette and decency.
"Aiya! You child, why didn't you say so earlier!"
Koyama Takasae was the first to react, eyes written full of worry: "You... you weren't impolite were you? Did you leave a bad impression on them? Let me tell you, the first time meeting the man's parents, that is an extremely important matter! Our Koyama family, in Kumamoto is considered a family with face and standing, cannot act outside, very lacking in etiquette oh!"
"Exactly!" Koyama Yoshiharu also heavily nodded his head at this time, face written full of seriousness: "Did you follow what I taught you, bowing first when entering the door, saying 'first time meeting, please take care of me'? Did you bring a souvenir? These are all very important matters!"
Watching her parents' nervous appearance, Koyama Misae couldn't help but let out a "puchi" laugh.
"Aiya, Dad, Mom, you guys can rest assured." She smiled until she trembled, those beautiful large eyes, like two sweet crescents: "Uncle and Auntie they, are truly super nice!"
She narrated that heartwarming Akita trip, adding embellishments once over.
"Uncle he ah, isn't like Hiroshi-kun at all, extremely lively, extremely humorous, and always loves telling some cold jokes, like an old urchin, extremely cute!"
"Auntie, is a mother with extreme sense of responsibility, extremely capable. Inside and out of the house, were all managed by her methodically. That Akita specialty hotpot she made, the taste was simply incredible! I ate three big bowls by myself!"
"And eldest brother, Mr. Semashi, although he doesn't speak much, but he's extremely unadorned, extremely reliable. He right now, is actually the President of that 'Nohara Agricultural Corporation'! I heard from Hiroshi-kun, that farm of theirs, right now has developed to several tens of mu of land, it's the largest modernized farm in the entire Omagari City! The organic vegetables grown, right now are directly specially supplied to those highest tier grand hotels!"
"President?!"
"Several tens of mu of land?!"
This to Koyama Yoshiharu and Koyama Takasae who came from the education system, to these two hearts whose cognition of agriculture still remained at the traditional level, was somewhat astonishing.
In their imagination, the Nohara family, should be just like those ordinary farmers in the countryside of their Kumamoto Prefecture, guarding a few mu of barren land, living a simple and plain life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.
But they never imagined, the other party unexpectedly... unexpectedly had already played this matter of "farming", into this commercial domain of "Kabushiki Gaisha" which sounded incomparably "high-end"?!
However this wasn't what made them feel the most shocked.
When Koyama Misae tossed out that "ultimate bomb" mildly and indifferently, which was sufficient to thoroughly collapse that worldview they had stubbornly held onto for decades, the entire private room, plunged into a death-like silence.
"And ah, even their Omagari City's Mayor, personally paid a visit to their door!"
Misae's face brimmed with a pride: "Saying it was... wanting to invite Hiroshi-kun, to provide some... precious suggestions, for the future development of their entire Omagari City."
"..."
Koyama Yoshiharu's hand holding the wine glass violently trembled, leaving only sluggishness on his face.
Mayor... paying a visit to their door?
Requesting... to provide suggestions?
He, a man who struggled for his whole life in the education system of Kumamoto Prefecture, just to barely climb to this position of Head Teacher, the biggest official he had seen in this lifetime, was at most the Bureau Chief of their Kumamoto Prefecture Education Bureau.
And moreover, that was when the other party came to the school for an inspection, he as the representative of the school, following far behind at the very back of the crowd, not even having the qualification to speak a single sentence with the other party.
And his own, prospective son-in-law who was even a few years younger than his own eldest daughter, unexpectedly... unexpectedly had reached the point, of being able to make the highest administrative executive of a city, personally visit the door to seek advice?!
This... this is already not something that can be summarized by the simple words "having prospects".
This is a brand new dimension that he can't even hope to reach!
"Sugoi!"
For a long time, Koyama Yoshiharu finally squeezed out these words full of powerlessness and emotion from his throat.
In that voice, carrying a trace of massive pride, originating from the marrow, that even he himself hadn't noticed.
And moreover according to the whispers of those staff members he heard when entering TV Tokyo, those evaluations towards Nohara Hiroshi such as 'young age already a Level 3 Director', 'the only Level 3 Director with an independent production department', 'only twenty-three years old already receiving Bureau Chief Sakata's care', 'Deputy Director Asumi's most favored person', 'in the future definitely a high-level leader of the television station'.
The current Koyama Yoshiharu drinking the top-tier Juyondai sake, truly felt dizzy, plunging into a massive fantasy!
Especially looking at Misae who was still silly smiling accompanying her young daughter Musae.
He pursed his lips.
He looked again at Nohara Hiroshi at the side who was still smiling radiantly accompanying Misae, a question mark arising in his heart: "My Misae, just dropped out of adult women's university, feeling down, coming to Tokyo to stroll around, how did she manage to trick such a perfect boyfriend?"
This is way too unreal!
(End of Chapter)