Walking out of the car, Ai Fei turned around and looked at Hideo Watanabe sitting in the driver's position: "Watanabe, let's go up and sit for a while?"

"No, Mr. President... I am Ai Jun. If you have the opportunity, go to visit Ai Jun and Mrs. Sakiko again. I won't go up today."

"Okay. If that's the case, then goodbye!"

"Goodbye!" Hideo Watanabe drove away in a Mercedes-Benz.

Walking into the apartment gate, the corridor quietly opened the apartment door with his spare key. Before he could surprise his parents, he heard a series of barking from dogs: "Wool wool wool wool wool wool!"

Ai Fei was startled first: "Why is it so messy?" He looked closely and led by the dog, four or five dogs rushed to the entrance and were shouting loudly. Fortunately, the male owner recognized by the dog immediately trotted to the owner's legs and rubbed hard: "What's wrong? What's wrong?"

Ai Fei stood up slowly, staring at his parents with wide eyes, his eyes swelling a little: "Dad, mom, I'm back."

Ai Shinko's face was full of surprises that she couldn't believe. She then distinguished: "Xiao Ai Jun? Is it you?"

Ai Fei stopped talking or slippers, just like that. He walked over and gave his mother a big hug: "Yes, mom, I'm back! Hello Dad, Dad!"

After all, Taro Aizhu is a man, and he is much stronger in restraint. He blinked hard on purpose, so he endured the tears in his eyes: "Well, okay!"

Ai Shinko ignored this and hugged her son's body, as if she was afraid. As soon as she let go, the child would run away: "Xiao Ai Jun...? Woo woo woo woo!"

"Mom, don't cry! Am I back now?" Ai Fei slowly let go. He let go of his mother, took a step back, and looked at him closely: he had not seen him for half a year, and his parents were a little old. God knows that Ai Shinko is only 40 years old! He must be worried about herself who is far away in the United States, right? Thinking in her heart, the tears in her eyes could not be controlled, and finally she slid down on her cheeks!

Seeing him crying, Ai Yukiko couldn't help but cry. It was still Ai Zhu Taro who said: "Hey, kid, don't cry anymore!"

"Hi... Yi!" Ai Shizuko held back her tears and quickly wiped her face: "Xiao Ai Jun... is it very hard, right? Come and sit in the house quickly?"

Ai Fei burst out laughing: "Dad, listening to my mother's words, I'm just entertaining guests?! He's actually 'Hurry up and sit in the house'?"

Taro Aizhu laughed exaggeratedly.

A few minutes later, Ai Fei washed his face and sat down on the tatami in the living room. It was strange. The posture of sitting cross-legged, which was not very habitual, now it was extremely smooth! Looking at the straight look of his parents' eyes, the young man's face turned red: "Okay, I know my parents have many questions. Don't worry, I will definitely answer them all. Who will come first?"

Taro Aizhu burst out laughing: "Do you know? I haven't heard of your way of speaking for a long time, which is not very accustomed to me! Hey, kid, every time I'm with me, don't you always want to know your child's life in the United States? Come first!"

Looking at his son, Ai Shinko had a lot of problems and didn't know where to start. After a long time of silence, she said: "Is life over there very hard?"

"It can't be considered very hard. Especially later..." Ai Fei took out a pack of cigarettes from his arms, took out one, and handed the rest to his father. The father and son started smoking: "When I first arrived in the United States, the situation was worse than I thought. The Americans were very hostile to us, but fortunately, after a period of time, they finally knew that even the Japanese who had such an unpleasant history were definitely not the evil existence they said."

Ai Shinko doesn’t care whether she is evil or not, she just knows the unpleasantness of her son’s life in the United States: “Little Ai Jun, if it’s really unpleasant there, why don’t you come back sooner? Isn’t you also have your career in China?”

"These are two things, mom." Ai Fei's face seemed to be hidden behind the smoke, which made people unreal: "When I left the company, I said that Japan's career has entered a normal track and there will be no major changes for the time being. Leaving here, the first is to see the broader world, and the second is to accumulate more funds, prepare for me to return to Japan in the future and make a fuller sprint. Third, that is, more importantly, if I really give up in the United States just because of some last quarters of life, I think I can't become the president of a large publishing house at the age of 20! I can't allow myself to be defeated by this little bit of failure, which is absolutely not possible!"

Ai Xizi could not understand it, so she chose to support her son: "Well, okay. If Xiao Ai Jun decides, mom will definitely support you. The child's father, do you have any problems?"

"Um..." Aizu Taro listened silently, just smoking one after another: "Do you still work in publishing comics in the United States?"

"No, I'm engaged in clothing design in the United States... I don't understand? It's just to design clothes that are more suitable for modern men or women, and then find someone to make them and sell them." He slapped his forehead: "I almost forgot! I brought gifts to my parents from the United States! Please wait."

I took my suitcase, opened it on the tatami, and took out a men's dress: "Dad, this is a dress specially made for you." I took out the packaging: "Mom, this is a perfume, Chanel no.5. Try it, it's very fragrant!"

The couple took the gift and still had the same expression of surprise and joy as if they were performing: "It's so good! I like it so much! Thank you so much!" (Note)

Ai Fei burst out laughing: "It's good that you like it."

The couple didn't know why he laughed: "I like it, I like it so much!"

Ai Fei turned around and stroked the dog's head: "Mom, why are there so many more dogs in the family?"

Ai Shinko pursed her lips and laughed: "These are all puppies!"

"Hey? Are you all so big?" Turning back, a few dogs were lying on the tatami, looking at the male owner, as if they were not very familiar with the newly emerging guy: "Dog guy, are you a group of children now? Do you have one?"

"Woooooo~!"

"It's very hard to walk your dog every day? If you feel tired, you can give it to someone else."

Taro Aizhu laughed: "This is not possible! Mom doesn't know how much she likes these little guys. In fact, when she left her original residence, there were other neighbors who wanted to leave a few, but in the end she refused."

"Yes..." Ai Shinko also said: "I really can't bear to give it to others when I see them since I was a child. However, it's not very hard to walk the dog. As long as they open the door, they will go down by themselves. When they come back, they can open the door for them. Mom doesn't have to follow."

"As long as it's mom, it's fine."

"Xiao Ai Jun..."

"Huh? What?" Ai Fei answered absent-mindedly.

"This time... I'll be able to stay at home for a long time?"

"..." Ai Fei was silent for a moment: "I don't plan for the specific time yet. If it goes well, I think it will not take more than one month at most and I will have to go back."

Ai Shizuko nodded in disappointment: "I understand!"

Ai Fei was also helpless. He knew that his mother, like everyone in the world, hoped that her son could stay with him, but... was she just leaving the matter in the United States like this? This is unrealistic! There is nothing to explain at the moment, and there is a rare cold situation in the room.

"Oh, there is a good news to tell you." Taro Aizhu came out at the right time to ease the atmosphere: "Many neighbors in Ueno District have begun to choose to move out, and through Takahashi's efforts, most people are willing to sell the remaining property to Xiao Ai's company at a low price."

This is indeed good news, Ai Fei was excited: "Is it true? I mean, are there many?"

"Hi Yi! I have asked Takahashi about 24 families made such a decision, but because... Xiao Ai Jun is not in China now, this matter has not been resolved for the time being. He has been delaying."

"This matter cannot be delayed! It may waste resources over time!" As he said, Ai Fei climbed up: "I'll make a call."

"The phone is inside."

After taking a step, he sat down again: "Dad, I have something to tell you."

“Eh?”

"When I was in the United States, I met Arimiya and the others. They went there to do a movie..."

"I know, the movie is being screened! Many domestic newspapers and radio stations have broadcasted interviews with them. How is it going? Is it going smoothly?"

Ai Fei scratched his head awkwardly: "Let's not talk about this for now. What I want to say is that it seems that you have resigned from the Montenegro company?"

"Ah, yes. Because of some work problems, and in Montenegro, I felt that the intensity of work was too high and my body couldn't bear it, so I quit my job."

"So, do you have any plans next?"

“Eh?”

"It's like that, you know, Arimiya has always been my secretary. Later, before I left, she arranged for her position as the head of finance department, but... she was never very satisfied with this job. Maybe she was still my secretary for what she was willing to sit in. This time she chose to stay."

"...I don't want to force her too much, and, in the United States, I do need someone to help me, so when I go to the United States next time, I want to bring her with me, and in Japan, especially the company's finance department, I need someone who can absolutely trust me..."

Having said this, Taro Aizhu already understood: "What Xiao Aijun means is to let your dad take this position in your company?"

"If you don't want to, forget it!"

"I'm not unwilling to do so, but I don't know much about financial work."

"This is not a problem. As long as you know basic arithmetic, you can get started soon with your ability. Not to mention that I will arrange someone to help you?"

"That's it? Let me think about it, is that OK?"

"Of course!" Ai Fei stood up and walked to the kitchen to take a look: "Mom, don't prepare supper anymore, we'll go out for dinner tonight!"

Note 1: Regarding the gift link. Once I was chatting with my mother and asked about this situation - my mother also had experience studying in Japan and knew a little about this - her tone and expression made me laugh! It was really funny! It was a tone and expression that seemed extremely exaggerated to the Chinese and extremely stage-performing tone.
Chapter completed!