Chapter 147: I'm going to Yokohama on a business trip

"My own father! You're not kidding me, are you?"

"How could Dad be joking with you, look at you now, you're not having fun."

Shen Yu's head was spinning as he listened to his dad's voice on the phone, and besides, his tone was clearly shocked, where did he sound happy?

"Dad, don't be ridiculous, wouldn't you ask someone else to go on a company trip? Why are you asking me to go? I've never even been to your office a few times! What can I do if I go on a business trip for you?"

"Don't worry, this trip is both business and personal, and it's not just someone else's house, it's your Uncle Asaba's. He contacted me two days ago and personally invited me to visit their company, and asked me to bring you and your son to Yokohama for the New Year."

Shen Yu listened, even more dumbfounded.

"What does that mean? That we're going to Yokohama to spend New Year's Eve with Li Xiang's family? Dad don't make international jokes ......"

"I was thinking of going there to have a look at their new production line, but now I have to deal with an urgent matter on New Year's Day, so you can go there on my behalf, and you don't have to do anything, just go there to have a look and visit your Uncle Asaba. I'm telling you, our company will still be yours in the end. Business is hard now, so you have to maintain this relationship with your Uncle Asaba. Do you still want your one million dollars?"

As Shen Yu listened, he was reminded of what his dad had said to him four months ago to get him to live with Li Xiang, and it was the same thing.

"Has our company not survived? Last time you even said you wanted to change your car ......"

"Just sayin'! You think business is just a joke! They even have business alliances with big companies for better cooperation! But don't even think about it, they don't see you in Li Xiang either."

"How I'm out of her league ......"

"That's it, I'll talk to your Uncle Asaba later, I bought our family tickets at the time and went along with the visa, I'm not going and neither is your mother, but you have to go there!"

"When's the ticket?"

"Thirty-one's, when you get there, find your own way to go over and pay a visit, you're a brat, don't bother people to pick you up, come back tomorrow night and bring something over for me to give as a gift."

After that, Shen Deyou hung up the phone and smilingly said to Zhang Xiaoru, who was listening in, "Well, did you do a good job this time?"

Zhang Xiaoru gave a thumbs up to Lao Shen and was a little worried: "What if Asaba Family doesn't see our son ......"

"Why? Yesterday Asaba Kazuo even called me, I think he has some interest in it, anyway, let Shen Yu go over to show them, Li Xiang is a girl I like very much."

"Your son is just like you were when you were young and decrepit!"

......

Asaba Kazuo did invite Shen Deyou to visit Yokohama two days ago, partly because he had opened a new production line, and partly because it was the New Year and thanks to Shen Deyou's help, their company had survived this difficult year. He also wanted to invite the family over for a holiday so that he could do his best to host them.

When Li Xiang was picked up yesterday, Asaba Kazuo also mentioned it, and Li Xiang thought that at most Uncle Shen would come over himself, after all, given Shen Yu's nature, he would never go.

Shen Deyou also had other urgent business on New Year's Day and had planned to go there as a family, but thought it would be better to let Shen Yu go by himself, after all, his own son is also a representative.

The two sides of the fence were puzzled over, so the question came to Shen Yu.

It's broad daylight and Shen Yu is staring blankly at a part of the sky in the southern sky domain where Mars is located ......

The plane ticket is available and the visa will be issued on the 30th, he has his own passport for a long time, he only got it after his high school graduation, it is valid for ten years ......

"I have a passport, but no visa, and it's too late to get a visa. If you can get a ticket and visa delivered to me, I'll go to Yokohama to spend New Year with you!

"You said it!"

"I said."

Shen Yu just felt his face snapping as he was pinned down and ravaged by Li Xiang's Martian lord ......

Things took such a turn that his head is still dazed, with mixed feelings, that he can't tell what he is feeling.

If Shen Yu knew Li Xiang well, she would not have known about it before she made the bet with him, otherwise she would not have made the bet with him and told him about it excitedly, and would have kept saying things like 'Shen Yu come to live with me', 'Come to my room, too'. You can also sleep in my room' and so on.

Although I lost the bet again, I somehow didn't feel any sense of loss, but rather the urge to fly to Yokohama to see her ......

It's only been a day since she returned, but Shen Yu has been away for what feels like ages.

There are still nine days to go until she returns.

Go and see her.

Bah, go on a business trip.

Anyway ...... not there specifically to see her ...... it's just a business trip for dad ......

Shen Yu's mixed feelings gradually became more pleasant as he thought about this.

It was already past five in the afternoon, ten minutes before six o'clock, the time he had agreed with Li Xiang that she would come to him at six o'clock.

So I did nothing, ordered a takeaway and just sat on the sofa with my phone expecting to hear from her ......

......

It was after six o'clock here in Yokohama and Asaba Kazuo had left work and gone home to have dinner with his mother and daughter.

Shen Deyou had just called him and told him that Shen Yu was going to represent him at Yokohama, and Asaba Kazuo said that he would go to greet him.

It's already public knowledge that our daughter wants to marry Shen Yu, and Asaba Kazuo and Miori are eager to see for themselves the man who makes Li Xiang's heart flutter.

He could also hear Shen Deyou on the phone, his side was very fond of Li Xiang, and the two families were quite conservative, and the conversation was all about testing each other out.

"Li Xiang, do you have any plans for the New Year?"

"Eh? Me? Of course I'm going to spend New Year's Eve with my dad and mum!"

Asaba Kazuo has a headache, his daughter is too clingy, and he wants to take Miori to the New Year to spend some time with her, so he doesn't want to take this light bulb with him.

"Li Xiang has to learn to be independent, so she can go out with her friends during the New Year holidays."

"Well, then I'll go to China Street with Sae and see the light show!" Li Xiang said after thinking about it.

There are also a number of New Year's customs, such as writing New Year's cards, watching the Red and White Opera, listening to the New Year's Eve bells, and going to temples to pray for blessings, but as on the Chinese side, with modernisation, young people have become more liberal with their holiday choices.

There are no fireworks in Japan during New Year, only during the summer months. During New Year, only the sound of bells is heard, which can be slightly cooler than in China.

Many young people will choose to stay at home for a few days or take advantage of the rare holiday to go out for a stroll. If you go to a temple to burn incense, you will mostly just join in the fun, after all, there are so many people, some of whom have been queuing since New Year's Eve.

Li Xiang is now a Mars believer and is not too keen on going to temples to burn incense as there are too many people after all, but her mother Miori goes to the Asakusa Temple in Tokyo every year to pray for the safety and health of her family in the new year.

Asaba Kazuo didn't tell Li Xiang that Shen Yu was coming to visit, planning to give her a New Year's surprise, so he said mysteriously, "I have an important client coming to visit our home this New Year, so Li Xiang should bring him along when he comes to play."

Li Xiang frowned, she didn't really like dealing with strangers, but hearing her dad say it was an important client, she asked, "So is he a boy or a girl?"

"Boys, your average age."

"I don't want it!"

Li Xiang decisively refused and threw a tantrum, running back to his room with a grunt and ignoring Asaba Kazuo.

She'd made a deal with Shen Yu, she wasn't going to hang out with other boys and wasn't interested at all.

After Li Xiang left, Miori glared at Asaba Kazuo and complained, "You don't know that Li Xiang likes Shen Yu, and you let her bring other boys to play with her. You can just entertain them yourself..."

Asaba Kazuo leaned in and whispered something in her ear before Miori's eyes widened.

"Shen Yu is really coming, huh?"

"Shhh, keep it a secret for now, surprise Li Xiang just so Shen Yu can come over and look after her while we both go on our own holiday in the New Year ......"

......

Li Xiang went back to her room, went back to her blanket, hugged Shen Yu's jumper and lay her face on it, but unfortunately she hadn't recovered from her cold and one of her nostrils was blocked, so she couldn't enjoy smelling it.

It was already time for the appointment and she was happy to make the video call to Shen Yu.

Shen Yu's takeaway had arrived and instead of rushing to eat it when he put it on the table, he took a phone stand out of his room and set it up on the dining table, and at six o'clock sharp, her video call came through.

Shen Yu then opened the takeaway box, answered her call request and ate the takeaway while talking to her, otherwise Shen Yu would not have felt much appetite without her to talk to.

"Shen Yu! Are you eating?"

"Hmm."

"What's the food?"

"Green pepper over rice."

"Let's see! Let's see!"

"So what if you read it, you can't eat it ......"

That said, Shen Yu turned the camera around to show her the dinner she had eaten, and in the process asked her, "Have you eaten?"

"Just had my fill!"

"You're pretty punctual then, saying six o'clock when you say six o'clock."

"Hee hee, my phone still uses the Chinese time zone ah, so the time on our phones is the same oh, isn't it super destiny!"

Shen Yu felt a tickle in his heart, like a kitten scratching at his heart, as she inexplicably teased him again.

When he ate in a muffled voice, Li Xiang didn't say anything and just watched him quietly, feeling content just watching him eat.

Shen Yu glanced up at her on the screen and asked, seemingly unconcerned, "Look like you're not happy?"

"No lah ......"

"It's written all over your face that you're unhappy, not yet."

Strangely enough, Shen Yu always found it easy to read her emotions, for example, at the moment she looked like she was smiling, but her eyebrows were downcast and not as happy as they usually were when the corners of her mouth curled up together.

"Well, because Daddy said he had a client coming over in the New Year and asked me to take him with me, but I don't want to play with him, and if Daddy still asks me to take him then, I'll pretend to be sick! Heck, I'll hide at home and not go out!"

Shen Yu froze, this can't be him ......

He didn't plan to tell Li Xiang that he was going to Yokohama on ...... a business trip, after all, the flight was on the 31st and it was only the 27th, so it would be in his style to suddenly appear in front of her and give her a scare or something.

Otherwise, if she told her now, Li Xiang would be very proud of herself and think she had won the bet again.

"Then leave him alone and let him play on his own."

"Mmmmmm, I don't care about him!"