Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

“This is a hassle for me.” Uesugi Kai noticed the extra sushi on the tray on the table and casually picked it up to eat.

A vibrant bluefin tuna nigiri; every bite you take is pure money.

"Trouble?" Tsubokawa also took a piece of sushi from his plate and ate it. "Not long ago, what was that word you used again? 'Versailles,' a seemingly understated way of implying your wealth. That's exactly what you're doing now."

"The tone you were using just now... you seemed so hopeful? Didn't you just say women are troublesome?"

"I admire girls like Youme-chan and Youyi-chan. If they appeared in real life, who wouldn't want to live with them? The only problem is most of the people I meet."

Although I don't know who those two people are, I imagine they must be his wife in his phone.

Kai Uesugi noticed that the women who had previously made fun of Tsubokawa were still chatting together, and remarked with a sigh:

"People are always prejudiced."

“How come you see?”

"I wanted to bring a little girl in to have some cake, but the waiter said there was a rule that she couldn't come in. But as soon as she came in, that rule completely disappeared."

Tsubokawa laughed and said, "That's because they didn't know you were the grandson-in-law of the Hanamaru family. They probably mistook you for an ordinary guest."

“That’s still prejudice,” Uesugi Kai didn’t want to talk about it anymore and changed the subject. “But according to what you’re saying, the Hanamaru family is very powerful?”

Tsubokawa spat out the cherry pit from his mouth, used a tissue for support, and then said:

"You can't say that. Hanabi's grandfather was once the Superintendent General of Police, and her father is a star Superintendent General of Police. They come from a family of police officers and have a great reputation. Everyone will react when they hear about it, so naturally they will give her face."

Reputation is a wonderful thing; no wonder so many entrepreneurs go to great lengths to cultivate it.

Speaking of the Hanamaru family.

Kai Uesugi suddenly remembered that Hanabi's grandfather seemed to want him to become a police officer.

Although it didn't work out, she probably treated him like a grandson-in-law who had married into her family.

The old man gave up on the matter, and he guessed that his father-in-law was helping him behind the scenes.

The big family has many rules and regulations, so whether or not he marries into the family doesn't matter; he just wants to get married.

Even though there are no obstacles, all sorts of things still happen.

......

Half an hour passed leisurely, and then Aiyi came to find him.

"Are you full?" Uesugi Kai noticed her round belly, indicating she had eaten quite a bit.

"I'm full." Ai Yi stood on tiptoe, her hands behind her back.

Tsubokawa woke up from his sleep and saw the little girl in front of the sofa. He asked in confusion, "Is she your sister? She's grown so much!"

“Cousin,” Uesugi Kai casually mentioned, “my sister is only one year old.”

"My cousin from afar...?" Tsubokawa's eyes immediately turned suspicious.

“No need to guess,” Uesugi knew what he meant. “It’s not some anime plot where a distant cousin comes to stay at my house.”

"Haha, I..." Tsubokawa Takahiro suddenly sat up straight, turned his gaze to the other side, and saw a middle-aged man gesturing for him to come over. "Excuse me, Uesugi, I'm sorry, my dad is calling me."

"Go."

Takahiro Tsubokawa sat up from the sofa. His parents were talking to a woman he had never met before. He realized something was wrong and quickly handed his phone to Kai Uesugi.

"I'm entrusting my wives to you! You know the password. They need a new outfit every week, and every week... If I'm not around, please remember to treat them well!"

"..."

After Tsubochi left, Ai turned her gaze away and asked curiously, "Brother, does that brother have many wives?"

How can this be explained...?

After thinking for a moment, Uesugi Kai unlocked his phone, found the female character dress-up system, and dressed the protagonist in a modest swimsuit for Ai to see. "Look, this is one of that brother's wives."

"It's a little girl!"

"...?"

Kai Uesugi turned his phone over and realized something was wrong with the screen. "Sorry, wrong screen."

Xiao Aiyi was very interested in this and asked him several questions.

"Alright, stop asking. Just tell me what you came to see me for."

Aiyi smiled and took her hands out from behind her back, adding a surprise sound effect to herself.

A carnation appeared before my eyes.

Carnations...

Kai Uesugi looked away, peering over her shoulder at the flowerbed behind her.

......

Sure enough, one flower was missing.

Poor kid, I picked a flower from the flower bed and gave it to him. Doesn't he know how to take care of public property?

Forget it.

He didn't want to dwell on it too much, so he thanked them and accepted the flowers.

"Why aren't you with your sister today?" Uesugi Kai asked Ai, who was sitting next to her.

After she sat down on the sofa, she straightened her skirt to cover her short legs in white socks.

Then he said:

"I'm here to follow Dad. If my sister finds out, I won't be able to get out."

"You haven't seen your father before, have you?"

“I’ve never seen it before… but Ai knows her father, she knows he wears a silver watch.”

Uesugi Kai had heard from Chii Ai that Ai usually either spaced out or ran around aimlessly.

Daydreaming was a way to eliminate the perception of time, and running around... now it seems he was secretly looking for his mother and father without his sister's knowledge.

The last time it rained, she hid under the bridge; that must have been when she found her mother, who had absolutely no desire to go home.

"Has Aiyi ever considered that your father... might not really want to see you?"

###Chapter 290 Tea Party (4)###

Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

Ai blinked, seemingly not understanding what he said.

Uesugi Kai stared at her for a while before finally changing the subject: "Did you like the cake at the banquet today?"

"Delicious!~" came the energetic reply, with a soft and cute voice unique to children. "It's not cold or too hot, and when you take a bite, it's warm and soft."

Just after saying that, Ai added, "But it's still far inferior to the cakes made by Sister Hanabi."

"Is she trying to please me?" Uesugi Kai said with a smile, while reaching out to take a plate of pastries from the small table that the waiter had pushed over and handing it to her.

Aiyi looked at the plate in front of her containing two slices of mousse cake, then at him, tilted her chin up, and opened her little mouth, indicating that she wanted him to feed her.

It's not a problem to indulge a child a little.

Although Uesugi Kai knew perfectly well that she was just lazy and didn't want to do anything.

Ai swallowed the mousse that was fed to her in one gulp, talking as she ate: "Mmm... Brother likes to hear nice things from Sister Hanabi."

The phone rang in her small bag. She tiptoed to open it and took out the incessantly ringing cell phone.

"Ah, it's my older sister." Ai Yi looked very happy.

Then, she pressed the hang-up icon.

Uesugi Kai: "Why did you hang up?"

"It's my older sister."

"Does Ai Yi not want her sister to find her?"

"Yes, because I came to find my father."

To be honest, this tea party was quite troublesome for Uesugi Kai, because people kept coming up to greet him.

While she said it was just a greeting, she was actually interested in him and wanted to test him out.

This tea party has a wide circle, involving all walks of life.

This led him to repeat himself many times that he was already engaged before no woman approached him to talk.

"Brother, why does another auntie want your contact information?"

"I don't know, don't ask me that."

By 5 p.m., the tea party was only halfway through, with an evening session still to come.

The host went on stage to introduce the upcoming activities, including a music and dance party in the evening.

Why do social events like this always include dances?

Beautiful music, wonderful lighting, elegant dance moves—it's a pity that Uesugi can't dance.

"It's Dad."

Xiao Ai's words made Uesugi Kai open his eyes from his state of rest.

He noticed that she was staring at a middle-aged man in the distance.

The man wore a silver watch, had a relatively young face, was dressed in a formal suit, and his posture exuded confidence; he had a rather sophisticated air about him.

"He's your father?"

"Mm." Ai nodded.

When Uesugi Kai saw that face, he realized he hadn't been wrong that day; the wealthy man who gave a speech at their school was the two sisters' father.

He had considered telling the two sisters about this person's existence.

At that time, firstly, the other party's identity was still uncertain, and secondly, even if he took Aiyi and Qian Aiyi to recognize them, the other party would not acknowledge them, which would only increase the disappointment of the two little girls and provide no help.

"Do you want to go and talk to him?" Uesugi Kai asked.