I am a literary giant in Japan

After a hearty meal and drinks, Kitagawa Hide, being the only man present, naturally took on the responsibility of taking this group of tipsy urban beauties home.

Although he owns countless luxury cars, and could safely send several more cars full of beautiful women home, he has many cars but only one person!

After much deliberation, considering that even Mayumi Aso, the lowest-paid woman among these women, was already a billionaire, not to mention Shizuko Kawade, the head of a zaibatsu family, and that Japan at that time was far from the "no one picks up lost items on the road and no one locks their doors at night" that the government had publicized, Kitagawa Hide obediently called his subordinates and asked them to call a truckload of bread carriers to assist with the escort.

After receiving a call from his superior, Masato Chihara rushed to the scene at lightning speed, accompanied by Keigo Higashino, Shiro Danki, and more than ten people including Kinoshita's driver and bodyguards.

I heard that there was a rare "escort mission" for Kitagawa Hide-sensei, so Nishiguchi Shigeo, who hasn't shown up in a long time, also came with a group of Sumiyoshi-kai underlings, driving a bunch of luxury cars to show his face.

Kitagawa Hide never expected that a casual phone call would summon nearly a hundred people, completely blocking the bustling intersection of Chiyoda Ward in Tokyo. He could only laugh and cry as he dispersed the crowd, then asked the relatively reliable Chihara Masato and his team to escort the women home.

Completely drunk, Rei Jabami refused to return to her large villa in Shinjuku and insisted on coming to Hideaki Kitagawa's house to share a bed with Yumeko.

Yumeko couldn't persuade her otherwise, so she took Acher and Midori home to tidy up the guest rooms and had Kitagawa Hide personally drive her back together.

After finally managing to send this group of women home, Kitagawa Hide stood at the intersection, looking at Jabami Rei who was fast asleep in the back seat, and smiled wryly. He rarely asked Nishiguchi Shigeo for a cigarette, lit it on the street, and started puffing away.

After transmigrating, Kitagawa Hide, who cherishes this new life, quit smoking and drinking (during his graduate studies in his previous life, he was forced to smoke and drink constantly for social occasions, which made his health very bad). This is the first time he has smoked in Japan since he came to this world.

"It must have been tough, Kitagawa-sensei. But that's the romance of men!"

Shigeo Nishiguchi, who was approaching forty, lit a cigarette, gave Hide Kitagawa a knowing look, and then sighed to himself.

"Uh, Nishiguchi-san, it's not what you think." Kitagawa Hide was just a little exhausted. He was not a man who was good at dealing with women. He had put in a lot of effort to marry Yumeko, whom he had been talking about for a long time.

Sometimes he really felt that it would be better to lock him in a dark room to write books than to let him date and figure out what girls were thinking!

“I understand, I understand. When I was your age, I didn’t handle things as perfectly as you did.”

Shigeo Nishiguchi spoke with the air of someone who had been through it all, clearly indicating that he had misunderstood something.

However, after several interactions, Kitagawa Hide realized that this seemingly carefree gang leader was actually a meticulous and shrewd person, so he didn't explain anything further.

The two smoked for a while longer. Seeing that it was almost time, Kitagawa Hide prepared to say goodbye to Nishiguchi Shigeo and escort Hebi Rei home together.

Just as he turned around, Shigeo Nishiguchi, who was always outspoken, suddenly grabbed his sleeve.

Kitagawa Hide looked back at him, only to find that this gang leader was unusually coy.

"Nishiguchi-san, is there anything else?" Kitagawa Hide asked.

Shigeo Nishiguchi didn't let go, but his mouth seemed to be sewn shut. He opened and closed his mouth several times, looking like he was suffering from constipation.

Seeing his reaction, Kitagawa Hide became even more curious and worried, so he waved for him to get in the car: "Nishiguchi-san, could you please take us home? We can talk about it on the way."

"Kai-tsubasa!" Shigeo Nishiguchi was anxiously trying to figure out how to start the conversation when he saw that Hideaki Kitagawa had given him an out. He immediately ran over and opened the passenger door for him, then happily got into the driver's seat himself.

"Haha, I might be the first man in all of Japan to have the Sumiyoshi-kai chairman as his driver, right?"

Kitagawa Hide had watched many Japanese gangster movies before, and the bosses in the movies often reflected the real-life "three major families", namely the Sumiyoshi-kai, Inagawa-kai and Yamaguchi-gumi.

These gang leaders are deeply respected in Japan, and some of the most famous are so well-known that "the mere mention of their names is enough to make children afraid to cry at night."

The youngest of the three heads of the family, Shigeo Nishiguchi, is said to be the most ruthless, the most vicious, and the most skilled at stopping children from crying.

Having a man like that as your driver is truly a pipe dream.

Shigeo Nishiguchi laughed and said, "If Kitagawa-sensei is willing, I will leave the club immediately and become Kitagawa-sensei's driver full-time!"
"You wouldn't believe it, these days when you go out on blind dates, just saying you're an employee of the Beichuan Group makes you more sought after than a civil servant!"

"This is too exaggerated." Kitagawa Hide had been ruthlessly oppressed by capitalists and exploited by academic cliques in the past, so now that the roles have reversed, he has always been very tolerant of his company and subordinates.

Of course, such a relaxed and preferential company atmosphere can also breed some bad apples, but in the current terrible environment, the stability and high salaries of Beichuan Group have indeed boosted the enthusiasm of employees to a certain extent, and given them a strong sense of belonging and pride.

However, even Kitagawa Hide didn't expect that the Kitagawa Group's reputation had become so exaggerated.

Shigeo Nishiguchi quickly replied, "I'm not exaggerating at all! It's not just like that in society; many students in schools also aim to work for the Kitagawa Group after graduation!"
My daughter Qingliao and I are also striving to get into Beichuan Entertainment!

When talking about his daughter, Nishiguchi Haru, a look of affection and helplessness appeared in Nishiguchi Shigeo's eyes. Clearly, his unusual behavior today was related to his daughter.

Having noticed this, Kitagawa immediately chimed in, "Really? I remember Miss Nishiguchi studied education, right? I think it was the Department of Education at the University of Tsukuba?"
Why did she suddenly decide to come to Kitagawa Entertainment? I've never heard you mention her before, Nishiguchi-san.

"Yes." Shigeo Nishiguchi gave a complicated look, then glanced at Rei Jabami in the rearview mirror, looking somewhat troubled.

Kitagawa Hide understood, and rolled her eyes at the person in the back row with a smile, saying, "Li-chan, I know you've been awake for a while. If you want to listen, just listen. Eavesdropping is not the behavior of a lady."

After speaking to Rei Jabami, who was pretending to be asleep, he looked at Shigeo Nishiguchi and said, "Nishiguchi-san, you can speak freely without worry. Rei-chan is a good friend of mine and Yumeko's, and she will definitely keep her mouth shut."

"Hmph! I'm not a lady." Exposed, Jabami Rei blushed and bowed slightly to Nishiguchi Shigeo in the driver's seat to apologize, then rolled her eyes at Kitagawa Hide.

She didn't really want to eavesdrop, but Shigeo Nishiguchi's story was just too captivating. She also really wanted to know why Haruka Nishiguchi suddenly wanted to give up the education industry and plunge into the crowded entertainment industry.

"I understand." Shigeo Nishiguchi took a deep breath and poured out all his recent family troubles. "Actually, Haruyoshi ran away from home recently."

Haruya Nishiguchi graduated from Keio University Girls' High School in April 1996 and was admitted to the prestigious University of Tsukuba, formerly known as Tokyo Normal School, a higher education institution specializing in education, with excellent grades.

The University of Tsukuba is known for producing educators and sports stars, and it is also the most desired school for many descendants of Chinese immigrants. Prince Akishino Hisahito (the only male heir to the Japanese Imperial Family in the past fifty years), who may inherit the throne in the future, enrolled in the University of Tsukuba.

Shigeo Nishiguchi's original intention was to have his daughter become a respected teacher or scholar, in short, to distance her from her father's yakuza as much as possible.

As expected, Nishiguchi Haruka has always been an excellent student and a model of conduct, not at all like a gangster's daughter.

However, after entering Tsukuba University, Nishiguchi Haru was gradually attracted by Kitagawa Hide's novels and experiences. At some point, she decided to give up becoming a national teacher and instead wanted to make her debut as a writer, becoming a novelist like Kitagawa.

If it were just casual writing in his spare time as a public school teacher, Shigeo Nishiguchi would definitely be more than happy to agree. But Haruya Nishiguchi's idea was to drop out of school and then retake the exam to get into the literature and history department that was his major!
Such forward-thinking ideas would never be agreed upon by Shigeo Nishiguchi, who was conservative at heart. He thought his daughter was simply insane!
"I once thought that it might be because I spoiled Qingle too much since she didn't have a mother when she was young, which led her to have such outrageous ideas."

Actually, I'm quite supportive of writing novels. Ke Qing has written a lot and submitted many times; I heard from others that even the worst publishing houses haven't accepted her work.
Kitagawa-sensei, you are a prodigy who possesses both talent and hard work. It is said that in the history of Japanese literature, there is no one else like you.

This girl, Qing, is clearly not even close to being able to touch your feet, and she's a far cry from being an ordinary professional novelist. Supporting her willful ideas is just harming her, isn't it?

To get her to give up this childish idea, I tried everything to stop her, and then we had an argument, during which I said some harsh words.

"Miss Nishiguchi ran away from home?" Kitagawa Hide suddenly realized.

Girls this age are indeed quite impulsive.

Furthermore, the rate of children running away from home in Japan is extremely high. However, when they say they are running away from home, they are actually just staying at a friend's house for a few days.

"Well, after that I cut off her credit and debit cards, and then the conflict started." Shigeo Nishiguchi was very frustrated and annoyed.

For over a decade, even as a single father, he always believed that his methods of educating his daughter were far superior to those of so-called highly educated parents.

His daughter's growth is also delightful, as if proving everything he said true.

But now, his daughter, who refuses to acknowledge him even in death, has shattered all the confidence he has built up over the past decade.

"Oh dear, Nishiguchi-san, you really don't understand girls' feelings at all!" Jabami Rei originally thought that a yakuza boss like Nishiguchi Shigeo should be very knowledgeable about women's psychology, but she didn't expect that when it came to this kind of emotional issue, he was even less capable than Kitagawa Hide!

It should be said that even a powerful and imposing yakuza boss is like a clueless and clumsy man in front of his daughter.

This is probably what happens when a man falls in love and his IQ drops sharply, just like a girl's "love brain".

“I really don’t know how to communicate with Qing. I used to think that her family background and the absence of her mother deprived her of a lot of childhood fun, so I tried my best to make up for it by being her father. Now I think it may just be wishful thinking on my part.”

"I sighed," said Shigeo Nishiguchi.

Kitagawa Hide glanced at Jabami Rei in the back seat, and the two exchanged a look, their thoughts coinciding.

Putting everything else aside, the fact that Shigeo Nishiguchi, the man who runs Kabukicho, could refrain from having a second woman for more than a decade after his wife's death is enough to earn his respect.

Kitagawa Hideki generally dislikes getting involved in other people's family affairs, since even an upright official finds it difficult to settle family disputes.

But Shigeo Nishiguchi had helped him a great deal along the way. The fact that Shinichiro Higashi was living in constant fear in prison was thanks to him. The fact that the disabled children in Yamanashi Prefecture were able to escape the control of the Charity Group was also due to the Sumiyoshi-kai's efforts; several young people even died because of it.
A completed script for "Outrageous" and tacit approval for Shigeo Nishiguchi to linger around the Kitagawa Group are far from enough to repay his contributions.

Since he's already come to us for help...

"Well then, actions speak louder than words. No matter how you explain it to Miss Nishiguchi now, she'll probably just think you're denying her life and ideals."

"It's better to guide than to block; instead of interfering with her ideas, we should respect them," Kitagawa Hide said.

Shigeo Nishiguchi paused, then asked in confusion, "Teacher Kitagawa, do you mean you approve of her dropping out and repeating a year?"

If someone else had made this suggestion, Shigeo Nishiguchi might have publicly shoved the "truth" into their mouth, forcing them to reorganize their thoughts before speaking again.

But the person who made the suggestion was Kitagawa Hide, and he suddenly felt that it made some sense?

"Of course not!" Jabami Rei rolled her eyes at him, suddenly finding this yakuza boss adorably silly. "Tsukuba University is hard to get into, but the humanities departments of those prestigious universities are even harder. Since Haru-chan wants to retake the exam, her goal must be the humanities departments of prestigious universities like the University of Tokyo or Kyoto University, right?"

"Yes, her current target is the University of Tokyo, with Kyoto University and Osaka University as secondary options," Shigeo Nishiguchi nodded.

Rei Jabami graduated from the Department of Literature and History at the University of Tokyo, and many of the people around her also came from these top universities.

But they are a tiny minority, and no one knows better than them how difficult it is to get into the humanities departments of these universities.

Most people are academic underachievers like Kitagawa Hide who struggle even to get into junior college, followed by ordinary people who can barely get into regular universities. Nishiguchi Haru, who was able to get into the University of Tsukuba, is already an exceptional individual.

But compared to these geniuses, they are still far behind.

Even if I take the test a hundred more times, I still might not be able to pass.

Therefore, Shigeo Nishiguchi's underlying logic is correct.

Similarly, the difficulty of making a name for oneself in the literary world increases exponentially.

After Rei Jabami and Shigeo Nishiguchi briefly explained these logics, Shigeo Nishiguchi became even more confused.

“What we mean is, since Miss Nishiguchi wants to give it a try, let her enter Kitagawa Entertainment as an intern, or even come and experience it with me for a week or a few weeks, and she will understand.”

Beichuan Xiu smiled and said,

"Actually, what major you study, what university you attend, and how much time you spend on it have little to do with whether you can become a novelist."

Nishiguchi-san believes the best way to educate children is to let them do things on their own.

Society is the best teacher.

During this process, I believe that Miss Nishiguchi will have a completely new understanding of her future plans, her relationship with you, and whether or not she should drop out of school and repeat a year.

If she still insisted on doing it then, I think there was nothing wrong with supporting her, right?

Shigeo Nishiguchi suddenly realized that this was the true meaning of "it's better to guide than to block"!
"Thank you, Kitagawa-sensei!" If he weren't driving, Shigeo Nishiguchi would have loved to stand up and bow to express his gratitude.

Mori Tetsutaro and the others were right; when in doubt, just turn to Kitagawa-sensei! (End of Chapter)