Ai Yin placed her hands on Xiao Su Shi's shoulders and said earnestly, "Although you don't have a father, you still have me. I can be your mother too!"
Hearing this, Su Shi almost twisted her waist. If you can talk, then say more.
The guilt Su Shi felt for scheming had vanished without a trace. She should have really fooled that idiot Anong.
Hey, why do you call her idiot Anon?
Su Shi feigned emotion and said, "Thank you so much, Sister Ai Yin. Apart from my mother, no one has ever been so kind to me!"
As expected, Su Shi looked at the silly Ai Yin who had been tricked into pouting, and sneered smugly to herself.
Aine seemed to suddenly remember something, her eyes lit up, and she pulled over Banami next to her, adding with a strange smile, "Since I'm going to be the mother, then Banami, you can be Suze's father! That way we'll have a complete 'little family'!"
Banami raised an eyebrow and said with interest, "It's not that it's not good. The eldest brother is like a father, so Onii-chan is also a kind of father."
After saying that, the boy mischievously patted Su Shi's head, looking forward to seeing her turn back to normal even more.
Anyway, since it was all Aine's fault, Su Shi won't be able to find any bad luck on herself.
However, when Su Shi looked up at the tall and imposing Banami, the afternoon sun shone on him, outlining his clear silhouette. His shadow completely enveloped her, providing a cool shade, which inexplicably touched her.
At that moment, Aine excitedly waved and called over the Enoden train attendant who was tidying up her uniform not far away: "Could you please take a group photo for us? Thank you!"
A moment later, with her back to the distant sea, Su Shi obediently stood between the two, with Aine smiling brightly on her left and the tall and straight-looking Banami on her right. The flight attendant pointed her phone at them and shouted "Ready!" The instant she did, she subconsciously moved closer to Banami, her arm gently touching his, feeling the warmth of his touch.
Mingming initially only wanted to fool these two idiots with her disguise and get stable care, but for some reason, at the moment the camera was pointed at her, she just wanted to be closer to the person who could bring her a sense of security.
"Dad...?" This unfamiliar and distant title lingered on her tongue, and Su Shi's heart inexplicably quickened. She recalled her father's blurry figure from her hazy memories, a figure that had never given her such a sense of security.
Chapter Fifteen: On the Road to Fatherhood
The afternoon sun in Kamakura was generous, and golden rays rippled across the sea, creating tiny, shimmering waves. A cool sea breeze, carrying a salty, damp scent, brushed against my cheeks, so comfortable that I couldn't help but squint my eyes.
It was still early for the check-in time at the hot spring inn, so the makeshift "family of three" took a leisurely stroll along the beach beside the Enoden railway.
Aiyin carried her canvas shoes in her hand, her fair feet constantly being washed by the seawater and fine sand. Her figure moved lightly and gracefully, looking very lively.
Banami's sneakers left deeper footprints. Suze followed behind, and when the two weren't paying attention, she gently followed Banami's footprints, overlapping her small feet on top of them. But when the boy turned his head away, she pretended not to have done anything.
Aine couldn't contain her curiosity about the sea any longer. After shouting and yelling on the deserted beach, she couldn't help but giggle, even though it seemed silly to Su Shi.
If it were her, she would never do such a thing.
Aine looked up at the seagulls circling in the distance, then her eyes lit up as if she had discovered a new continent. She grabbed Banami's sleeve and exclaimed, "Yu! Look at the distance in the sea! Wasn't there a whale spouting water just now? A really high jet of water, so shiny!"
Banami gazed in the direction she pointed for a long time, only seeing a sea tinged with a warm blue by the sunlight, but unwilling to shatter the girl's reverie, she said:
"It might be dolphins. During this season, dolphin pods occasionally swim by in the waters near Kamakura in search of food."
Xiao Su Shi, who was two steps behind the two, rolled her eyes silently. She seemed to be unable to stand the stupid couple. She thought to herself: What whales and dolphins? It's clearly just waves crashing against rocks. This pink-haired girl is probably pretending to be innocent to win over boys.
"Ah, if only I could see further." Aine tried her best to stand on tiptoe and look into the distance, but due to her limited height, she could only see a small area of the sea that was framed.
"But we didn't bring any binoculars." Banai shrugged. "We can't exactly buy them for you with cat coins; cat coins are very precious."
"It's okay! I have a way!" Aine suddenly turned around, put her hands behind her back, her cheeks flushed slightly, and her voice softened, with a slightly sticky and coquettish tone: "Hanami, squat down, just for a little while."
Banami seemed to realize something, looking at the other person with a half-smile. He knew exactly what she was up to. Aine became even more shy under his gaze, her cheeks turning bright red. She stomped her feet and shouted, "Hurry up and squat down! If you dawdle any longer, the dolphins will swim far away!"
Left with no other choice, Banai had to cooperate and slowly squatted down. Aine immediately and nimbly straddled his shoulders, carefully grabbing his hair to steady herself, afraid of falling.
Xiao Su Shi behind her was so shocked that she covered her mouth.
With a firm grip on Aine's thighs, her arm muscles tensed slightly, and with a push from her feet, she stood up steadily.
In an instant, Ai Yin was suspended more than 1.8 meters in the air, and her field of vision suddenly opened up, allowing her to see the green body of the Enoden train in the distance clearly.
She's almost an adult high school girl, yet she's still playing games like riding on someone's neck, which are only for kindergarteners. It's so childish and shameless.
Xiao Su Shi turned her face away, deliberately avoiding looking at the glaringly intimate scene, but her gaze seemed to have its own thoughts, always drifting in that direction.
A faint sense of envy unconsciously welled up in my heart.
"Wow—it's so high!" Ai Yin exclaimed excitedly, her voice carried slightly by the sea breeze. "I can see so much farther! So this is what the world you usually see is like, Xi. It's so much higher than me, how cunning of you!"
She reached out and gestured in the air, her fingertips seemingly able to touch the seagulls circling in the distance. Her pink hair was lifted by the sea breeze and brushed against Hanami's cheek.
Banami thought to himself, what's so cunning about this? It's just that you Japanese girls are so short. However, although she's short, her legs are quite fleshy. He could clearly feel Aine's soft and strong thighs pressing against the back of his head.
Oh well, here comes the perk, here comes the perk, I won't argue with that idiot Anong.
"Hey, did you see the dolphins?" he called out, looking up.
"Not yet!" Ai-yin's voice was filled with excitement. "But this view is amazing! Let me check it again!"
The next second, Banami suddenly steadied Aine's waist, pushed off with her feet, and started running towards the depths of the beach, deliberately shouting in a mischievous tone, "Since it's not here, let's look over there! Maybe the dolphins are playing hide-and-seek!"
The sudden acceleration startled Aine, who instinctively lunged forward, pressing her entire body tightly against the back of Hanami's head, her full breasts pressed against his back without reservation.
Terrified, she clung tightly to Hachimi's neck, her voice trembling with tears, "You idiot, Yu! Slow down! You're going to fall!"
However, how could Banami, who was now experiencing a special "brainwave," possibly let go of the opportunity to take advantage of Anon?
Keep dawdling.
Xiao Su Shi stood there, watching the two chasing and playing on the beach. A faint envy rose in her heart for no reason—is this what lovers are like? Her father and mother had never been so affectionate. They always faced each other across a silent dining table, and even when they spoke, they were polite and distant, like two strangers living under the same roof.
Therefore, she never had a concrete concept of words like "lover" or "couple," and only felt that the scene in front of her was so dazzling that it was almost blinding.
But this unattainable envy was quickly replaced by disappointment. She curled her lip in disdain and told herself: How childish. Lovers should be more mature and dignified. How can they play such childish games in public like two immature fools?
Not long after, Aine blushed and slowly slid off Hanami's shoulder. After regaining her balance, she raised her hand and slapped his arm lightly, more like a coquettish gesture. She glared at him, embarrassed and annoyed, and said, "You idiot Yu! You're so mean!"
Banai pretended to be stupid, spreading her hands with an innocent look, "Didn't you say you were looking for dolphins? If I don't run fast, the dolphins will get away."
Ai Yin thought to herself: Have you had enough of my dolphin yet...?
At this moment, Aine was covered in sweat, and the stray hairs on her forehead were stuck to her smooth forehead with sweat. The intimate contact with Banami just now made her lose control and she called out, "I'm going to the restroom."
In every sense, she needed to go to the restroom to calm herself down, otherwise she would really embarrass herself in front of Banana.
She rolled her eyes at Banai, then suddenly seemed to remember something, waved to the lone Su Shi standing in the distance, and called out, "Oh right! Su Shi, come try riding on their shoulders too, it'll be fun in no time!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she clutched her stomach and hurriedly ran to the nearby restroom, her steps somewhat frantic.
Suddenly, only Banami and Suze remained on the beach, and the atmosphere became quiet, with only the sound of waves crashing against the shore and the cries of seagulls in the distance.
When Banai turned to Su Shi, who was looking somewhat reserved, she saw Su Shi rubbing the sand with her toes with her head down.
He walked up to her and asked, "Want to give it a try? Maybe you really can see dolphins, if you're lucky."
“Where would there be dolphins?” Su Shi abruptly turned her face away, like a sulking child, her voice muffled. “It’s all just nonsense to fool tourists.”
Her tone was clearly sarcastic, much like a child who thinks he understands the ways of the world and likes to act mature.
Banami couldn't help but laugh: "I think it's good for someone your age to have more dreams."
Just as Su Shi was about to retort, she saw Banami suddenly walk over quickly, bend down, and scoop her up. "Whoaah—" The dizziness made her instinctively close her eyes and hug Banami's head tightly with both hands.
Once her body had stabilized, she slowly opened her eyes and found herself sitting on his shoulder, in the exact same position as Ai Yin had been.
The sea surface, illuminated by the sunlight, shimmered golden. A gentle sea breeze caressed the body from afar, and even the seagulls in the distance seemed closer at this altitude. The world seemed to suddenly expand in Su Shi's pupils.
Her breathing became somewhat rapid without her noticing. It was truly amazing how the world seemed to have transformed into two different places, even though it was only at a different altitude.
"Onii-chan, you...you put me down." Su Shi's voice trembled slightly. Even she herself didn't realize that the distance and wariness in her tone had faded, replaced by a hint of barely perceptible panic.
"Don't be angry, I'll just show you for a little while." Banami gently patted her calf, her movements tender. "Aine said the view from this spot is pretty good. Can you help me see if she's lying or just trying to take advantage of me?"
Su Shi stubbornly insisted, but her eyes couldn't help glancing into the distance: "It's just ordinary, nothing special."
"You were looking at Anon-chan with such envy just now," Banami teased.
"Nonsense! I didn't envy that idiot!" Su Shi retorted hastily, raising her voice several decibels.
"You accidentally blurted out your true feelings." Banami's laughter came from below, the vibration of her chest reaching Suze's ears, making them tickle.
Su Shi's heart was pounding like a rabbit, and her mind was a little dazed.
She never imagined that one day she would experience riding on someone else's shoulders. When she was little, in the park near her kindergarten, she would always watch from afar as other children were lifted up on their fathers' shoulders and laughed happily, while she could only hold onto her mother's clothes and stand silently to the side, not even daring to mention it to her mother.
But unexpectedly, this regret was made up for at this moment.
Holding the somewhat unserious boy's head in her arms, Su Shi wondered, "Is he doing this on purpose? But how does he know what I'm thinking?"
Or perhaps her self-righteous pretense was so naive and easy to understand among the boys.
Su Shi's heart was immediately thrown into turmoil.
Su Shi subconsciously looked into the distance, and just then, a crystal-clear spray of water suddenly gushed out from the sea, more than a meter high, refracting rainbow-colored light in the sunlight.
Immediately afterwards, several gray figures nimbly leaped out of the sea, their bodies tracing graceful arcs before plunging back heavily into the water, stirring up circles of snow-white ripples, the splashing water droplets scattering like pearls.
In that instant, it seemed like a phantom, and even Su Shi couldn't be sure if she was seeing things. Yet, she instinctively said, "Liar...liar...it really is a dolphin..."
For some reason, Su Shi's nose suddenly stung with tears, and her image and fantasies about her father were fulfilled at that moment.
Banami stopped in his tracks, and as he listened to the slightly trembling voice of the girl on his shoulder, a slight smile appeared on his lips.
※System Notification: Bio-projector purchase complete
※Item Name: Bio Projector
※Item effect: Can project the creatures of one's imagination, without being restricted by terrain.
Price: 20,000 Cat Coins
I can't exactly buy it for you with Cat Coins; Cat Coins are very precious.
Banami: So what? How can that be the same?
Chapter Sixteen: The Battle to Protect Dad - Begins
After the dolphins disappeared below the horizon, their tails swaying, the salty sea breeze still brushed against my face.
Su Shi seemed reluctant to leave, looking into the distance with a somewhat forlorn expression.
Banami looked around briefly and spotted a stall selling candied hawthorns by the shore. So, carrying the girl on her shoulder, she slowly walked over and said, "Let's go buy some snacks."
"Um... Onii-chan, please put me down first, someone is watching..." Xiao Su-se said shyly.
"Let them look. They're just envious of our good relationship," Banami said with a slightly teasing tone, unwilling to put the girl down.
Soon the two arrived at the candied hawthorn stall. Although their behavior was a bit strange, the stall owner was used to it, since there were quite a few families coming here.
Su Shi looked at the bright red hawthorn berries strung on bamboo sticks, their sugar coating gleaming amber in the setting sun, and it seemed as if the air was filled with the aroma of caramel.
"Boss, a skewer of candied hawthorns, please." As Banai took out his wallet, the stall owner, wearing a navy blue apron, wiped his hands with a rag and glanced at Su Shi with a smile: "Sir, you look to be only in your early twenties, yet you have such a grown daughter. You are truly blessed."
Banami's lips twitched slightly. She thought to herself, "Do I look that old?" Just as she was about to retort, "She's just my sister," she heard Suze deliberately speak in a childlike voice, "Dad, can you buy one more skewer for Mom? Otherwise, she'll get jealous again."
Banami almost twisted her waist, thinking to herself, "You call me 'dad' so naturally." Looking at the stall owner's smiling face, she realized there was no need to explain anymore.
When Su Shi was holding two strings of candied hawthorns, Ba Nai saw that she was supporting Su Shi's legs and, worried that she might be in danger, said, "Why don't you get down and eat them?"
"Didn't Onii-chan say he wanted to show everyone how good our relationship is?" Suze said in a lighthearted tone while happily eating sweet and sour hawthorns, looking like she was in a very good mood.
"Why did you call me 'Dad' just now?" Banami asked, somewhat puzzled.
“If we call him Onii-chan, people will realize we’re still students, and the stall owner might call the police and take us back to Tokyo. If we call him Dad, they won’t question us.” Su Shi found a reasonable explanation in an instant.
Banami thought it made sense, but something still felt off. However, it was quite nice to be called "Dad" by Suze.
When Ai Yin returned, Su Shi finally got off him. Then, when Anong-chan saw the candied hawthorn in Su Shi's hand, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Ah, you have candied hawthorn and you didn't call me? Hey, Su Shi, can I have the other one?"
Just as Banami was about to say that this was something Su Shi had specially sold to her, she saw Su Shi licking the hawthorn, and gently raised her head, her eyes somewhat wary, and pulled the candied hawthorn to her own side: "No."
Banami almost choked on her saliva: This is not what you said at the beginning!
Ai Yin looked at the two of them with slight doubt and said, "Have you two gotten along better?"
***
Soon after, the three of them finally arrived at the hotel they had booked. This Kamakura hot spring hotel was hidden in a lush pine forest. The wooden signboard was glowing warmly, and a row of warm yellow paper lanterns hung on the dark wooden porch. The light shone through the washi paper and cast some mottled shadows on the bluestone slabs.
Pushing open the sliding door, the scent of mugwort wafted out from the tatami mats. The landlady, dressed in a kimono, presented a gold-embossed VIP invitation card to the receptionist, bowing with a smile: "Ms. Nagasaki has specially booked the entire inn for the three of you. The hot spring water has just been changed, and you can use it at any time."
Su Shi was slightly taken aback, then Banai smiled and put her arm around his shoulder, saying, "I told you, your mother is very rich now. This trip was sponsored by her."
Although Banami's statement is somewhat exaggerated, as the current head of the Toyokawa family, it wouldn't be a problem for him to book the hotel or even buy it.
But his words made Su Shi, who was still feeling somewhat adrift, instantly feel a sense of security and grounding.
Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy dignity and security, which is why Ms. Nagasaki works so hard to earn money.
Aine, who had just been refused to share hawthorns by Su Shi, held no grudge and said to Banami, "Yeah, yeah, thanks to Su Shi, we were able to stay in such good accommodations on this trip."
Su Shi, who had never been praised like this before, was a little flustered for a moment, and the joy on her face was barely concealed.
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