A few minutes ago, Nanako had just finished her work and returned to her home in Tokyo by car.Since taking over the Ito family not long ago, Nanako had been working overtime during this period of time so that she could quickly adapt and rise to the role of the Ito family’s helmsman.Under normal circumstances, she would usually wait until after nine o’clock at night before returning home after getting off work.The reason why she had returned home at six o’clock today was mainly because it was her father, Yahiko’s fiftieth birthday.Thus, she had left work early to celebrate her father’s birthday.In the past, when Yahiko had celebrated his birthday, it was not just the Ito family’s extended family members who would come to celebrate his birthday, but even the heads of many prestigious families in Tokyo would come to congratulate him.However, ever since Yahiko’s legs had been amputated, he had been very resistant toward such crowded occasions. So, for his birthday dinner this y
“Qungua?” The young maid shook her head in bewilderment. “Miss... I... I don’t think I’ve heard of it before.”Nanako said with a smile, “The qungua is one of the Oskian women’s traditional dresses, and it’s usually in red and gold. There is also fine embroidery on it, and it looks very gorgeous and beautiful. There has also been a different improvement in the style over the recent years, and it is really beautiful and looks particularly festive when worn.”The maid said with a blank expression, “Miss, there’s no need for Japanese women like us to wear the Oskian wedding dress when we get married, right? Wouldn’t that be a little too strange?”Nanako shook her head mischievously and said shyly, “I’ll naturally wear a kimono if I marry a Japanese, but I will have to wear the Oskian wedding dress if I marry an Oskian to suit the occasion. Besides, as the saying goes, if you marry a man, you will have to follow and adapt to his customs and tradition.”“What?!” The maid was appalled an
He was well-known in Japan and even regarded as an inspirational idol by many people. He had singlehandedly built the Ito family into one of the top families in Japan, and he was also in his prime at the age of fifty. He should have been at the age where he could be exercising his ambitions to the fullest. However, at this time, he had suddenly lost his legs and become a disabled person who had to rely on someone to take care of him at home, and he had to use a wheelchair when he went out. It would be difficult to fill this gap in his heart for the next three to five years.So, she said to Hiroshi, “Tanaka-san, please invite the manufacturer of the billiard table to come here tomorrow to let them see if there is any way to upgrade the table so that it can be more suitable for my father’s current situation, such as making its height as adjustable as possible, and the legs supporting the table should be tucked inward as much as possible to avoid collision with the wheelchair. In any cas
Nanako pulled the door open gently and then left her slippers outside the door as she walked in barefoot.When Yahiko saw that Nanako was dressed up like a fairy, he could not help but say proudly, “Nanako, I can’t wait to see you when you get married. You will definitely be even more beautiful than you look now. I’m afraid that the whole of Japan will be stunned by you then!”Nanako smiled slightly and said, “My Eminent Father, I’ve never thought about getting married so soon.”“Oh...” Yahiko responded and said emotionally, “You still cannot forget Charlie?”Nanako did not hide her feelings and said earnestly, “My Eminent Father, I’m still unable to let Charlie-kun go. Aside from him, there is no place in my heart for anyone else. Even if I can forget him, it would be impossible for me to like anyone else.”Yahiko was stunned for a moment and then said with some distress, “Nanako, Charlie is a good man, but I don’t know how long you will have to wait for him. A woman’s golden per
So, she quickly answered the phone, walked over to an unoccupied corner, and spoke up as she asked excitedly, “Charlie-kun, aren’t you in the United States? Why are you calling me?”Charlie smiled slightly and said, “Nanako, I have something very important to tell you.”Nanako hurriedly said, “Charlie-kun, please speak up!”Charlie instructed, “You should put down all matters at hand right now and bring your father and Hiroshi to meet me in New York. The sooner, the better.”“Huh?” Nanako asked in surprise and astonishment, “You want me to bring my Eminent Father and Tanaka-san to New York right now?”“Yes.” Charlie said, “It’s a long journey, so it’d be best for you to leave for the airport now. You don’t need to bring any luggage or anything like that, just come as fast as you can.”Nanako wanted to say that it was her father’s birthday tonight and whether they could leave two hours later so that her father could at least finish his meal first before leaving.However, she coul
After Yahiko had put on the uncomfortable prostheses, several male servants helped him change into the hakama.As Yahiko stood on the spot dressed up in a new way, he did seem to have regained some of his former elegance.However, he was the only one who knew the pain involved.He just stood there for two or three minutes while putting on clothes, and he felt pain, numbness, and some itching where his body was in contact with the prostheses.He really wanted to throw this pair of prostheses immediately and return to the wheelchair again, but he had no choice but to resist the urge to do so when he thought about what his daughter had said about taking pictures.He had originally wanted to walk out on his own, but he did face some difficulties after taking a few steps due to the inconvenient movement of the prostheses, so he had to let the servant help him out of the room.However, he did not know that no one in the entire Ito family was still busy with his birthday. Instead, every
“How can we do that?!” Nanako said, “Charlie-kun asked me to take you and Tanaka-san with me!”“I still won’t go even if that’s the case.” Yahiko said angrily, “I haven’t left home for so long because I don’t want to go out and embarrass myself, let alone go to the United States.”Nanako said firmly, “This is Charlie-kun’s intention.”Yahiko said with some anger, “So what if it’s his intention? You’re the one who likes him, not me. You can go by yourself. I’ll stay here. I’m not going anywhere!”Nanako was a little angry, and her tone was even a little stern, and it seemed as if she was reprimanding him a little as she blurted out, “Otou-san! Have you forgotten Charlie-kun’s kindness to the Ito family?!”“I haven’t forgotten!” Yahiko said resentfully, “But don’t forget that Charlie has also taken quite a sum of money from me! He did not give the billions of US dollars to me after he said that he would not do it. Did I mention this after that? No, right?”Nanako said seriously, “O
Yahiko still looked a little sullen until the plane took off.Before boarding the plane, Nanako especially took a photo of Yahiko wearing the hakama as he stood on the prostheses under the plane and got the servant to carry him onto the plane immediately afterward. Half an hour after the plane took off and started flying smoothly, Nanako and her aunt hurriedly brought up the food and cake that they had brought with them to celebrate Yahiko’s fiftieth birthday in the air. Nanako lit the candles and sang the birthday song before coaxing Yahiko and saying, “Otou-san, blow out the candles!” Nanako did not realize that at this point, she had already changed the way she addressed her father from Eminent Father to Otou-san.She had even used a slightly reprimanding tone a couple of times without realizing it.Unexpectedly, this actually suppressed Yahiko’s original arrogance. After being reprimanded by his precious daughter, he lost his original temper, and it was replaced with a chi