I was plotting against Hoshino Ai but was pushed back

"It's a pleasure working with you." The person in charge extended his hand to shake hands with Saito Hiko.

"It's a pleasure working with you." When Saitohiko saw the other party offered to shake hands, he shook hands with the person in charge.

"I will go back and submit the application to you and tell the other members of the committee." After receiving the money, the person in charge said to Saito Hiko with a smile and prepared to leave.

Saitohiko nodded in agreement.

The person in charge was allowed to leave the coffee shop.

“You really gave the money to the other party…”

Hoshino Ai felt uncomfortable thinking about how the other party made so much money from Saito Hiko so easily.

"What else? This is a cooperation, and this is also a deposit. You also know that I have prepared a backup plan. Don't worry that he will go back on his word. If he goes back on his word, I can ruin his reputation." Saito Hiko felt that Hoshino Ai was a little unhappy from her tone, so he comforted her.

"Actually, we're also making a profit this way." Saito Hiko thought for a moment and said, "On the surface, we gave them one million yen, which seems like a lot, but we can sell quite a lot of merchandise just by relying on the flow of people at the festival. With your performance, there will be even more people buying merchandise."

"I think that person will definitely work harder to help us get a good position. After all, I'm so generous, he will definitely think that there will be extra rewards if he gets things done." Saito Hiko expressed his guess.

"Hiko-kun, you're so scary..." Hoshino Ai felt that Saito Hiko had already estimated the psychological state of the person in charge.

"It's not scary at all. It's just simple reasoning."

Saitohiko shook his head and replied: "If I could understand the other party's psychology, there would be no need to spend so much money, and I could even make him pay the price."

"I just can't do it... I'm sorry, I can't even understand such a simple method..." Hoshino Ai leaned back in the chair with a hurt expression, looking like she had lost all hope in life.

"Don't worry, you don't have to worry too much. Just focus on training and performing."

Saito Hiko reached out and stroked Hoshino Ai's little head.

He glanced at the wall clock in the coffee shop and noticed that the hour hand pointed to 4 and the minute hand pointed to 7, so he said to Hoshino Ai: "This is a rare opportunity, let's go shopping here too, it's still early."

"But I feel so tired... I feel tired just walking around. It's a good thing that we have set the performance time and stage this time. If I had to walk around a few more times to inspect, I would definitely get bored." Hoshino Ai complained to Saito Hiko.

"It's amazing that you were able to persevere," Saito Hiko praised her.

"Why do I feel like you're coaxing a child?" Hoshino Ai felt that Saito Hiko's way of speaking was a little strange, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.

I wish I knew how to coax children.

Saito Hiko looked at Hoshino Ai, who looked like a child in front of him.

"What are you looking at?" Hoshino Ai felt that Saito Hiko was staring at her, and there seemed to be some strange emotion in his eyes.

"Let's go. We've rested enough. Let's walk a little while it's still light." Saito Hiko poured the coffee in front of him into his mouth in one gulp.

The store manager couldn't help but say when he saw Saito Hiko drinking coffee like this: "You can't drink coffee so quickly..."

Hoshino Ai did not learn Saito Hiko's rude ways.

Instead, he pinched the edge of the coffee cup and put it to his lips and took a sip.

Drink your coffee slowly.

When the store manager saw Hoshino Ai's elegant movements, he couldn't help but feel tears welling up in his eyes and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

But when she thought that her coffee could be considered a drink like milk tea, the happy look on her face gradually faded.

"Alas..." the store manager sighed in his heart.

Neither Saito Hiko nor Hoshino Ai paid any attention to the store manager who was sighing nearby. He waited until Hoshino Ai finished her coffee, then pulled her out the door.

“Young people nowadays…” The store manager shook his head when he saw the two leaving in a hurry.

"I really don't know what you're in such a hurry for..." Hoshino Ai didn't understand why Saito Hiko was so anxious and dragged her out for a stroll.

"I'm not in a hurry, I just want you to take a closer look."

Saitohiko looked into the distance.

If the topic hadn't been changed quickly, I felt like I would have made her angry again.

Just now he felt anger in her tone.

The reason why I pulled her out by force was to change the atmosphere so that she would forget her original mood.

Chapter 103 Looking Away

"What are you looking at? There's nothing to see here. The cherry blossoms aren't in bloom yet, and the surrounding scenery is just average."

Hoshino Ai said this, but she tilted her head and looked around the street next to her.

"Aren't girls interested in shopping? Why do you seem to have no interest in this sport?"

Saito Hiko pulled Hoshino Ai and walked with her, and his eyes also looked in the direction she was looking.

"I am me and they are them. How can we generalize them?" Hoshino Ai was a little unhappy when she heard what Saito Hiko said.

Hoshino Ai broke free from Saito Hiko's hand and said, "This is not a good influence. We still have to perform here next month. If they knew that their idol was holding hands with a man, their fantasy would be shattered."

Saito Hiko noticed that Hoshino Ai broke away from his hand, and quickly held her hand back, "It was just a one-time encounter, they won't remember it, and we are just two ordinary people now. You haven't debuted yet, so no one will follow you and take pictures of you."

Hoshino Ai thought about it and felt that what Saito Hiko said was right, so she stopped struggling and let him hold her hand. Her eyes returned to the shop next to her.

Seeing that Hoshino Ai had stopped struggling, Saito Hiko followed her gaze and saw a barbecue shop not far away. Two female customers were walking out of the shop, each holding a skewer of thick, sauce-colored barbecue meat.

And he saw that Hoshino Ai's eyes seemed to linger on the skewers in their hands for a while.

After they left, Saitohiko saw the price list of the barbecue restaurant:

Wagyu skewers 980 yen

Grilled bird skewers 250 yen

Pork skewers 250 yen

...

Saito Hiko looked at the grilled bird skewers and pork skewers on the price list and knew that these two were actually chicken and pork.

After he finished looking at the price list, he noticed that Hoshino Ai's eyes were looking elsewhere, but then she turned her eyes back to look at the price list.

He looked hesitant.

He seems to be struggling with something.

I feel like she probably wanted to eat it but thought it was too expensive.

Saito Hiko pulled Hoshino Ai towards the store.

Hoshino Ai was led by Saito Hiko to the store door, only to find that he was going to take her inside. She resisted slightly and whispered to Saito Hiko: "That store is a little expensive, let's not go in."

Saitohiko sensed Hoshino Ai's resistance and did not force her into the store. Instead, he said to her, "Just consider it as my thank you gift for accompanying me on the field trip."

When Hoshino Ai heard Saito Hiko say this, she knew that he had made up his mind. In order to avoid being unable to afford his thanks, she said in advance: "If you must thank me, the thank-you gift cannot exceed 1,000 yen, otherwise I won't accept it."

She glanced at the price list in the store and added, "Don't pay exactly 1,000 yen."

Saito Hiko nodded, then looked at the price list. The Wagyu skewers on it were just at the critical point.

After the deal was done, Saito Hiko brought Hoshino Ai into the store.

He did see two tables inside the store where people could dine in, but the space was small and a bit depressing. He didn't want to sit here and eat with Hoshino Ai, so it would be better to eat outside.

No wonder those two girls just walked out after placing their orders.

Standing behind the counter was a female clerk in her thirties.

Saitohiko walked to the counter and politely said to the person standing inside: "Excuse me, please give me one skewer of wagyu beef and one skewer of grilled bird."

"The total is 1,230 yen." The female clerk reported the bill with a smile.

Saitohiko took out two 1,000 yen bills from his wallet and handed them to the clerk.

"Please wait a moment." The clerk took the money and gave change to Saito Hiko, printed out the receipt, and notified the kitchen.

Although I don't want to sit in the store, there is no one in the store right now, so I have to wait for a while.

Saito Hiko put away the change and sat down with Hoshino Ai on a seat nearby.

"Why did you only order grilled chicken and wagyu beef?" Hoshino Ai asked Saito Hiko curiously after sitting down.

"Actually, I just wanted to treat you. I didn't really want to eat, but I thought it would be awkward for you to eat alone if I paid for you, so I ordered a skewer as well." Saito Hiko expressed his thoughts.

When Hoshino Ai heard Saito Hiko's words of consideration for her, she put her elbows on the table, propped her chin with her palms, looked at Saito Hiko, and said softly, "Thank you for thinking so much about me."

When Saito Hiko saw Hoshino Ai thanking him with a smile on her face, she said nothing more. He also supported the table with one hand and looked at Hoshino Ai.

After more than ten seconds, Hoshino Ai was the first to be unable to bear the shame caused by looking at Saito Hiko, turned her head away and said, "Why hasn't it healed in such a long time?"

"It will take at least several minutes, and only one minute has passed." Saito Hiko answered when he heard Hoshino Ai's question.

As he spoke, he saw Hoshino Ai looking away, so he teased her and said, "Is the weather very hot? Ai, you look a little red."

When Hoshino Ai heard what Saito Hiko said, she thought that it might be because she had looked at him for too long that she blushed.

What she heard from Saito Hiko gave her an idea of ​​how to cover up the truth.

So she thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe the barbecue in the store raised the temperature in the air, so you can see that I am blushing from the heat."

"How hot is it? I see your face is all red, are you having a fever?"

Saito Hiko stood up with an expression of concern and put his hand towards Hoshino Ai's forehead.

Hoshino Ai quickly stepped back, avoiding the hand that Saito Yan extended. "I'm not sick, I'm blushing because it's too hot here. I'll just go out and get some fresh air!"

As she spoke, she ran away and stood outside the store.

Then he took out his cell phone, turned on the camera, and switched to the front camera to check his expression.

As a result, she didn't see much blush on her face.

Hoshino Ai realized that she was being teased by Saito Hiko.

"hateful!"

When I returned to the store, I saw Saito Hiko with a big smile on his face.

She walked past Saito Hiko with an expressionless face while he was still laughing at her.

She clenched her little fist and punched him.

When Saito Hiko saw Hoshino Ai walk out the door and take out her cell phone, he knew that she would definitely realize that she was being teased and would want to retaliate and beat him when she came back. So he was smiling on the surface, but deep down he was already on guard against the possibility that Hoshino Ai might suddenly attack him when she approached.

Therefore, when Hoshino Ai clenched her fist and hit him, he immediately realized her intention to attack, and immediately grabbed her right wrist with his left hand to stop her sneak attack.