[Hearing you say this shocking news, Nakajima Yohei and Honoka were just surprised, and did not show any opposition. Instead, joy gradually appeared on their faces. ]
[They are relieved that your long-distance love has finally reached the end. ]
[They let it go because of time. You have wasted twenty years. No matter what, it will not be more regrettable than continuing to waste it.]
[Honoka is particularly open-minded, she only worries about one thing. ]
[Leaving you and Nakajima Youping at home, Honoka took her two daughters to buy ingredients for dinner. They talked about you along the way. On the way home, Honoka mentioned the issue that she was most concerned about. ]
[She knew very well that men were only suitable for explosions, and was worried whether her two daughters could be satisfied.]
[Her question made Reina blush, but Yuko remained calm and answered her normally, asking her for many experiences and techniques. Reina listened secretly.]
[Nakajima Yohei is a little indignant. He takes out the wine at home and wants to compete with you. Over the years, under the training of his alcoholic wife, he is no longer the man who gets drunk after just one bottle.]
[Halfway through the second bottle, he lay on the living room floor and fell into a deep sleep.]
[When Honoka got home, she shook her head and skillfully carried her husband to bed. She made dinner with her two daughters and drank with you until late at night.]
[You discussed whether to hold a wedding, whether to get a marriage certificate, and how to live after marriage. Halfway through, Nakajima Yohei woke up and joined the discussion.]
[Honoka thinks that as long as there is love, everything else is fine. Nakajima Yohei is much more realistic. He thinks that if you don't care, it's best to keep everything the same, just treat them as you and you as their secret lover.]
[You, Yuko, Reina, and Ichiminao Mizuki are all very good at endurance. You have endured until you are old enough that your parents have let it go. However, you think you should still do something about this matter.]
[You have already paid attention to the nationality issue. You can hold a second nationality. If you ask around, your relationship can be legally recognized and contractually established in a small European country.]
[However, you still took Nakajima Yohei's advice and tried to keep the wedding as low-key as possible. ]
[A week before the New Year, you accompanied Nao to the countryside to pay respects to Nao's parents and grandmother. You laid flowers in front of the tombstones, and the fragrance of the flowers would carry your news to the underground.]
[Three days before the New Year, you return to Misaki, and you have one more thing to do.]
[Just as a flower in full bloom attracts bees and butterflies, as one of the world's top achievers in oil painting, you will also attract the attention of many journalists.]
[You can use your connections to deal with legitimate journalists, but you can’t control those paparazzi who don’t follow the rules. After all, you are a painter, and painting is your field.]
[If we let those guys go, I'm afraid that next year, the most popular topic on the Internet will be "middle-aged artists are as bitter as devils."]
[You don't care, but you don't want to involve the people around you. ]
[Thinking of this, you feel a little regretful. You shouldn't have agreed to those commercial and government promotions in the early years. Your fame was originally limited to the art world, but because of your outstanding appearance, it has expanded to the general public.]
[There is also a group of people on the Internet who post your latest activity photos at the beginning of each year, trying to prove that you are an immortal elf. ]
[The only thing that can control those busybodies and those hyenas that eat people's privacy is power. ]
[The person you are going to meet is this person who stands at the top of power. ]
[That is Ichinose Shiori.]
[More than 20 years ago, because of Reina's surgery, you gave Ichinose Shiori some information about the future. In recent years, because of your good personal relationship with her, you told her the remaining important information.]
[The Game of Thrones is a game of capital, and information is an important part of capital. Other capital is easy to find, but exclusive information is hard to find. With this trump card in hand, Shiori Ichinose was successfully elected as prime minister.]
[You had a private meeting with Ichinose Shiori, and she promised you that she would help you suppress the news.]
[After learning that you were going to hold your wedding in that small country, she asked you about the time and place. You said you hadn’t decided yet, and she said she would help you arrange it.]
[She asked you about the guests you invited, and you said that it was only you and Nao's close relatives and friends.]
A conversation sounded.
"Do you know the language over there? Do you have channels over there?" In the dim living room, Ichinose Shiori lay lazily on the sofa.
"We can hire a translator for the language, and as for the channel, it should be solved with money." Nan Youxi replied.
He looked at his friend in front of him. The woman had short hair. Her capable appearance contradicted her lazy demeanor, creating a peculiar charm.
Such a woman is suitable for wearing a black dress and high heels, but unfortunately she always wears a suit and a pair of flat leather shoes.
"Let me help you solve it." Ichinose Shiori looked at Minami Yuki.
The dim light from the floor lamp next to the sofa cast a shadow on her face, adding a sense of mystery to her.
"Thank you." Nan Youxi agreed naturally.
He is a person who is afraid of trouble. Since Shiori Ichinose is willing to help him solve the problem, let her solve it.
What he didn't expect was that the range of problems that Shiori Ichinose said she would help him solve was quite broad.
"From nationality to wedding, I will arrange everything for you. You just need to prepare the bride and groom."
"Isn't this a bad idea? I've asked you to take care of everything. It feels... wrong." Nan Youxi frowned.
If what Shiori Ichinose said is true, then doesn't it mean that he has no sense of participation in the wedding except being the groom
Ichinose Shiori twisted her body so that her back and the sofa were in a comfortable position, and smiled wickedly: "It's okay, after all, Yuuki is my good child. As long as Yuuki calls me mother, I will help Yuuki prepare everything."
“… ? Are you a little bit overwhelmed?” Nan Youxi raised an eyebrow and looked at her, pretending to be dissatisfied.
In fact, Minami Yuxi was not angry at all. In the early years, when he revealed future news to Ichinose Shiori, he often teased her like this.
"I'm already the Prime Minister, can't I just be a little proud?"
Thinking of her current position, Shiori Ichinose smiled with pride. After more than 20 years of hard work, she finally sat on the throne of supreme power and could show her talents.
The anxiety and impatience of the past disappeared without a trace at this moment. Before she got the position, she often warned herself to proceed step by step, for she was afraid that she would rush for success after getting the position. This worry was useless. At this moment, she was particularly calm and even felt that she should take a good rest and deal with other problems first.
For example, the problem with the man in front of me.
Unexpectedly, before she could move, the man's question was over.
Asagiri Mayu? The image of that girl flashed through her mind.
Her attention was distracted elsewhere, and her gaze, which had been somewhat sharp, collapsed completely on the soft sofa, becoming lazy.
Nan Youxi thought back to the future and reminded her: "Don't let someone force you out of office right after you take office, or the most beautiful prime minister will become the fastest prime minister."
"Forget it. I'm afraid that if I change my last name to Ichinose, you'll clear me out in a few years."
“…You also knew that I was going to take action against the Ichinose family? In your future, I was also successfully elected as the prime minister?” Ichinose Shiori was shocked.
"Stop being so narcissistic. In that future, you became a doorman at Qingxian Temple." Nan Youxi shook her head.
"Tsk, I became a nun!"
Ichinose Shiori sighed. She was depressed for a moment, then opened her eyes with renewed vitality and looked at Minami Yuki.
Thanks to him, she thought.
"That's it. I'm in a hurry to go home to be with my girlfriend. I'll leave everything to you, Nun Prime Minister." Nan Youxi stood up.
Even though she knew he was joking, Ichinose Shiori still felt a little jealous.
She thought, we have worked together for more than 20 years, you became a national treasure-level painter, and I became a powerful prime minister. Such an inspiring friendship is not as good as those women who have done nothing for more than 20 years
Sure enough, friendship is the doormat of love.
She called Nan Youxi and said, "Wait, leave the list of guests you are going to invite and I will screen it for you. It is the most convenient way to prevent the spread of the news from the source."
Nan Youxi was stunned. He instinctively thought that those guests would not be a problem, but after reflecting rationally, he had to abandon this naive fantasy.
Guests may not reveal information voluntarily, but the disclosure of information is often passive and unintentional.
The light from the desk lamp shone on the beige notebook, and Minami Yuxi wrote people's names on the pages.
Ichinose Shiori took the notebook, looked at it for a while, and reached out to Minami Yuki.
"Give me the pen," she said.
Minami Yuki was confused. What did she need a pen for? How many names did she want to cross out? But how did Shiori Ichinose know these people
He walked behind Ichinose Shiori and handed her the pen.
Ichinose Shiori did not cross out or circle anyone's name, she simply added a name at the bottom of the guest list.
- "Ichinose Shiori".
The meaning behind this action surprised Nan Youxi: "You're going too?"
Ichinose Shiori is no longer the girl from Tsukimisato Junior High School. She is the prime minister, the highest authority in the country, and her wedding will be held abroad.
"I'll be the witness."
"I really take it seriously!"
Ichinose Shiori clicked her tongue and took back what she had said. Being a witness was fine. With her relationship with Yuuki, she could be the master of ceremonies. However, she didn't want to be the witness for those five women.
Love is often the enemy of friendship. Those five women not only hindered her reunion with Nan Youxi, but also hindered her subsequent plans.
She couldn't stay in office forever, and she had planned to persuade Minami Yuki to be her successor, so that the two of them could take control of the country together. Now, with five women to take care of, Minami Yuki couldn't run for prime minister.
"I'm going to grab the bride, well - I'll grab the groom too," she changed her words.
Nan Youxi knocked her head.
"I can arrange a date for you on one of my overseas visits. I can spare a few hours to attend your wedding." Shiori Ichinose said seriously.
"It's settled then."
Nan Youxi was a little happy. In this life, he had three good friends, two whole and two and a half. The two and a half were Saki and Koichi, and the two whole were Oda Yota and her.
He is closer to Ichinose Shiori than to Oda Yota. Ichinose Shiori has high IQ and EQ, and Oda Yota... has a promising next generation, so his chats with Ichinose Shiori are more intimate than those with Oda Yota.
"I just don't know if there will be any changes. I will try my best to put the big countries at the end and go to the small countries first. This should prevent any accidents." Shiori Ichinose turned to the back page of her notebook. She wrote and drew a line, and began to calculate the itinerary.
"It's okay, I'll ask them to take more leave. If you have an accident, I'll postpone it for a few days." Minami Yuxi patted Ichinose Shiori's head happily.
Ichinose Shiori pushed his hand away, a little annoyed: "Sit down, who on earth did you develop this bad habit of patting people on the head?"
[Shiori Ichinose added herself to the guest list. She said it easily, but in fact, it is not easy for a prime minister of a country to attend a friend's wedding in a low-key manner in another country. ]
[She would rather cause herself a lot of trouble than miss the important events in your life. Like Saki, Koichi, and Oda Yota, Ichinose Shiori also feels that she has received a lot of care from you and feels that you have changed her life. She feels a little regretful that Mayu actually snatched what she was going to do. ]
[On the day before the New Year, you, Nao, Yuko, Mitsuki, Reina, and Kazumi boarded the high-speed train back to Ino Prefecture.]
[Your parents are excited about your return home, and they cleaned the house inside and out with your sister, adding a lot of food and decorations that you might like.]
[My sister has moved back to Ino Prefecture from Misaki to take care of her parents. She doesn’t know about you and Nao. She sent you a LINE message, but you deliberately hid it from her.]
[She didn't notice anything wrong. Even she couldn't imagine that you had done such a big thing in just a few months.]
[My sister has found a girl for you near home. She is the daughter of her best friend Chun. She plans to introduce you two to each other after the New Year. It doesn’t matter whether you like the mother or the daughter. Chun is divorced.]
[Your arrival frightened the whole family. ]
[You didn't ask your parents and sister to pick you up, and you deliberately said you would arrive late so that they wouldn't have the chance to come to the station and wait.]
[You are afraid that bringing so many daughters-in-law back with you will shock your parents too much in public, so you think you can talk about it slowly when you get home.]
[At noon, your parents and sister finished lunch and were discussing what time to pick you up. They ignored your refusal to pick you up.]
[When the doorbell rang, they thought it was a neighbor or a salesman. The younger sister opened the door impatiently and found that the figure standing outside the door looked very familiar. She froze in her tracks.]
Memory scenes emerge.
In winter, the snow has not yet fallen and the sky is as bright as in summer, but the cold wind and the lack of hot sunshine reveal the background color of winter.
Xin Ai opened the door and stared at the figure in front of her.
"Yo." Nan Youxi raised her hand.
Xin Ai was startled and hurriedly turned around and shouted, "Oh no! My brother has defaulted on the payment! All our discussions were in vain!"
(End of this chapter)