1979: My fiancée is a goddess

"This money came just in time..."

Cheng Kaiyan's eyes lit up. Tomorrow, he, Zhao Ruixue, and Uesugi Ayana were going shopping in Ginza to prepare their outfits for the writers' salon the day after tomorrow.

According to Yamamoto Tatsuto's description, this writers' salon seemed to be of a high standard, and even invited well-known figures such as Haruki Murakami.

Although Cheng Kaiyan had never read his literary works, she knew of his fame and his famous work, "Norwegian Wood".

This level of salon is of little use to someone like Cheng Kaiyan who doesn't work in the Japanese literary scene, and he shouldn't take it too seriously; it's just a way to broaden his horizons.

But Zhao Ruixue is different. She lives and studies in Japan and develops her literary career. Although her sales have reached a near-bestseller level, she is ultimately just a new writer who has just arrived in Japan.

This salon was a good opportunity for her to meet celebrities in the industry, so she naturally took it seriously.

As the saying goes, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle.

A high-end evening gown is essential, and it would be best to pair it with a few pieces of jewelry...

As Cheng Kaiyan pondered what kind of gift to prepare, something appeared in her hand. Looking down, she saw Tachibana Chiai pull out an envelope and hand it to her.

Then the woman leaned close to Cheng Kaiyan's ear, unabashedly breathing warm, fragrant air into her ear, and whispered in a seductive voice, "Here is ten million. How will you repay your sister?"

"I have no way to repay you, I will repay you by being your ox or horse in my next life."

Cheng Kaiyan remained calm and spoke seriously.

"Does your sister insist that you be her slave for the rest of your life?"

Tachibana Chiai's pretty face turned cold, and she said indifferently.

She looked angry, but a pair of jade-like legs wrapped in thin, delicate black stockings pressed against Cheng Kaiyan's legs from under the table and began to rub gently against them.

"Alas... it seems I have no choice but to sacrifice myself for righteousness and feed the demon with my own body!"

Cheng Kaiyan remained calm, raised her hand to block the view of others, leaned close to Tachibana Chiai's ear, and sighed.

"Pah! You're the real she-devil!"

Chiai Tachibana spat lightly and pushed him away.

"hehe."

Cheng Kaiyan chuckled softly and began to open the envelope on her own.

Inside the envelope was a remittance slip, clearly showing the remitting unit and the amount. After flipping through it casually, Cheng Kaiyan put it aside, then shook the envelope, and a neat black bank card fell out.

"There was a million in that tiny card..."

Cheng Kaiyan took the bank card in her hand and looked at it; it was a Mitsubishi Bank card.

"I had someone get this card for you. It's a Mitsubishi Bank VIP Black Card, with a maximum overdraft of five million yen. It also comes with many other benefits. You'll see for yourself once you try it out. Consider this a small gift for you," Chiai Tachibana said with a smile.

"Black card? Overdraft of five million? Thank you, Sister Zhi'ai."

Cheng Kaiyan's eyes lit up. He knew what a black card was; it was basically a VIP card.

A sum of five million is quite a lot; it's highly likely that it was Chiai Tachibana's doing.

Thinking of this, Cheng Kaiyan looked at the card in her hand again and again.

"hehe."

When Tachibana Chiai saw Cheng Kaiyan holding the card with obvious delight, she couldn't help but find it amusing.

No matter how talented he is, this guy is still just a young man in his twenties, born in China. He's never seen so much money before, and he doesn't know anything about black cards.

But it seems like he's a bit of a money-grubber.

Tachibana Chiai crossed her arms and looked at Cheng Kaiyan, feeling extremely pleased. Her crossed legs bounced up and down.

Before long, Cheng Kaiyan calmed down from the excitement and joy of suddenly becoming rich overnight.

He quickly noticed the woman staring at him with a teasing and delighted smile. Cheng Kaiyan immediately realized that she must have seen his excitement and elation, and he felt a little embarrassed.

Suddenly, a thought flashed through her mind, and she remembered something, so she quickly asked, "Chiai-nee, I heard that Kodansha is having a writers' salon recently?"

"is it?"

Tachibana Chiai thought about it carefully and nodded, "It seems like there was such a thing. They even invited me to participate a while ago, to be a judge or something."

However, I've been busy with your affairs lately, so I declined.

"So you want to broaden your horizons too?"

"As expected of Chi'ai-nee, you're really amazing... It's like this, a friend of mine was invited, and I was thinking of just going with her to see it..."

Upon hearing the reason, Cheng Kaiyan was amazed by the background of this mature and charming older sister, and he guessed that seeking out Tachibana Chiai was feasible.

"Hmph, do you think I need to tell you that?"

Hearing this compliment, Tachibana Chiai felt a little pleased. Compliments are all about who says them; anyone would be happy to hear them from a great talent like Cheng Kaiyan.

She chuckled and teased, "A friend? I doubt it's your childhood sweetheart."
"So you're worried your little sweetheart might get bullied at the banquet, so you're specially following her around to protect her?"

"Your childhood sweetheart probably doesn't know that you are already the top writer in your country, let alone that your works have sold film rights and even been published abroad, earning you tens of millions in royalties and making you a newly minted 20 millionaire, right?"
What is this called?

Let me think... I'll pretend to be weak to take advantage of the enemy...

Oh right! A name like "The Rustic Childhood Sweetheart of a Rising Star Female Writer" could never be a literary giant!

Tachibana Chiai's words became increasingly outrageous and she grew more and more excited as she spoke.

"..."

Cheng Kaiyan's lips twitched, almost turning into a crooked-mouthed dragon king.

What kind of classic light novel plot is this?!
But thinking about it more carefully... "It's actually pretty cool, isn't it?"

"I tease her with a smile," Tachibana Chiai said.

Cheng Kaiyan: "..."

"Alright, alright, it's an invitation, right? I'll have someone send it to you tomorrow."

Seeing that he was completely speechless, Tachibana Chiai couldn't help but chuckle.

So cute...

She absolutely loves teasing this guy!
"Thank you, Zhi'ai-nee. There's something else I'd like you to help me with."

Cheng Kaiyan smiled helplessly, then, remembering the music, quickly said...

"Just say it."

"I recently wrote a piece of music, could you help me register the copyright?"

Cheng Kaiyan took a piece of paper out of her pocket and handed it over.

"song?!"

Upon hearing this, Tachibana Chiai suddenly exclaimed in surprise, drawing frequent glances from everyone in the conference room.

On stage, Ms. Shuihua and Director Yamada frowned deeply.

The two of them started whispering as soon as they came in, which really disrupted the meeting's discipline.

If one of them weren't the original author, the male lead, and the screenwriter, and the other weren't a noble lady and a leader in the cultural affairs department...

The two renowned directors were determined to kick them out.

"Sorry sorry..."

Tachibana Chiai quickly glared at Cheng Kaiyan, stood up, and bowed to apologize to everyone.

In terms of etiquette and manners, she truly lives up to her status as a young lady.

Everyone nodded to indicate that everything was alright. Tachibana Chiai quickly sat down and glared at him resentfully.

However, the thought of the melody flashed through her mind, and her heart began to pound again. She was filled with anticipation and excitement, and she quickly leaned close to her ear and asked eagerly, "You can write music? Really?"

"What do you say?"

Cheng Kaiyan unfolded the white paper in her hand, and the tablature and various musical notes appeared before her eyes. Instantly, this mature and charming older sister's breathing quickened, and she became excited.

This guy can actually write music?
Literature, music...

I've finally found a true gem!
No wonder he is a great talent from an ancient Eastern country!
It is said that talented men in ancient times were proficient in all the arts, including music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. Cheng Kaiyan already has a third of that potential!

Ju Zhixin was deeply moved. After slowly digesting this astonishing news, she nodded and replied, "Leave this to me, but you have to play it for me."

"Okay, let's do it in a while. I have something to do tonight."

Cheng Kaiyan agreed.

"What could be more important than me listening to music?!"

Ju Zhi's burning anticipation was instantly extinguished by a bucket of cold water, leaving her somewhat disappointed. However, she quickly realized something and said with a half-smile:

"Oh—so the multi-millionaire is going to show off in front of Qingmei's family, hiding his wealth in the dark?"

"..."

Cheng Kaiyan had lost count of how many times this wicked woman had left her speechless.

But what could he do when this wicked woman helped him so much?
After dealing with everything, Cheng Kaiyan pretended to be angry, turned her head to listen to the lecture, and ignored her.

Today's meeting is actually about the approval of funding for scene construction and logistical expenses.

These past few days, Mr. Chen Huaikai and the crew, along with people from the Agency for Cultural Affairs and Shochiku, went to Otaru, Hokkaido, to build sets and discuss issues such as support and road closures with the local government...

Overall, the progress is encouraging.

The meeting ended shortly afterward, and everyone dispersed.

Director Yamada also sent a pair of envelopes containing a HSBC bank card with five million yen in it.

The other five million was also deposited into the card opened in China.

With everything in place, Cheng Kaiyan was now full of confidence.

After carefully putting the three bank cards into her wallet and carrying them with her, Cheng Kaiyan followed Tachibana Chiai and left the mansion.

It was raining heavily outside, so he decided to have Tachibana Chiai give him a ride and pick up Zhao Ruixue and the others.

"A Bentley? You changed your car again?"

"The ones at home will go bad if we don't rotate them."

Chiai Tachibana yawned and said in a nonchalant tone.

"So rich...it must be tens of millions, right?"

"The price isn't high in the UK, it comes out to about ten million, but in Japan, with all the taxes, it's over sixty million."

"..."

Cheng Kaiyan felt she was still too poor; twenty million yuan thrown into the water in Tokyo wouldn't even make a sound. (End of Chapter)