On the Eve of the IPO

Just then, the elevator doors slid open with a ding, and Nakayama Hayao strode out.

Nakayama Hayao's gaze swept around the hallway. When he saw the whole family, old and young, sitting neatly on the bench, his originally taut face twitched.

"What's going on?" Nakayama Hayao did not look at his son. His eyes were fixed straight on his grandson, who was wriggling around in Nakagawa Jun's arms. "Weren't you supposed to be going to the airport? Where's the luggage?"

Nakayama Takuya had only just been about to speak when little Kazuki, in Nakagawa Jun's arms, rushed to answer first.

The little guy struggled down from his maternal grandfather's lap, ran up to Hayao on his short legs, tilted his head back, and solemnly repeated the "intelligence" he had just heard.

"Daddy's not going to the United States to ring the bell." Kazuki stretched out his little hand and made a motion like smashing something. "He said he was afraid he'd throw the hammer onto someone's head, so he's letting that uncle called Frank take the fall for him."

Nakayama Hayao frowned and looked at Takuya. "Utter nonsense. Silicon Valley Online's IPO was approved by you personally. You're not going?"

"I'm not done yet, Grandpa." Kazuki tugged at Hayao's trouser leg and pointed at Nakagawa Jun over there. "Grandma said that after Mommy is observed for the next few days and they confirm everything is stable, Daddy can go to the United States. Also, Grandma told me and Mommy to go stay at her place for a few days. She said this is hostage tactics. From now on, Grandpa has to come home at six-thirty every day to watch cartoons with me, or I won't let him hold me."

Nakagawa Jun added a perfectly timed stab. He crossed one leg