Didn’t you say you were just using me as a substitute?

Kitahara Takashi looked for a while and then left.

"Give me a mango shaved ice."

While standing in front of the shaved ice stall waiting, Kitahara Takashi suddenly felt someone pat his right shoulder.

He looked back, but there was no one there.

"Hey, I'm here."

Kitahara Tsutomu looked to the left again and saw a purple-haired girl with starry eyes wearing a gray sweatshirt and denim shorts. She had cute dimples on her face and was looking at him with a smile.

"Is the work finished?"

"Well, it's over."

With her slender arms raised, Hoshino Ai stretched, revealing her slim figure.

'This guy is small, but he has a nice figure.'

Hoshino Ai is very short, even in the south where small potatoes are everywhere, she is still considered short.

"What are you looking at, H!"

Hoshino Ai noticed Kitahara Takashi's look and covered her chest with her hands.

Kitahara Takashi smiled: "How tall are you?"

Hoshino Ai looked at him suspiciously: "151, why are you asking this? Are you trying to change the subject?"

"I have 160 data cables."

Kitahara Takashi said this with a smile, and Hoshino Ai's face turned dark.

"Are you complaining about my short height?"

Kitahara Takashi smiled but said nothing.

"Shorter girls are cuter, don't you know? My height is the ideal height for guys."

"Standing with you is like a father with his daughter."

After comparing herself, Hoshino Ai discovered with dismay that she was indeed much shorter than Kitahara Takashi.

The top of her head was only slightly higher than Kitahara Tsutomu's chest, and that was because she was wearing insoles which gave her a few extra centimeters. There was still a big gap between her head and her shoulders.

If Kitahara Takashi wears a mask, the two of them walking together really look like a father and his daughter.

"Sir, your shaved ice is ready."

The boss handed over the mango shaved ice.

Layer upon layer of smooth, snow-like smoothies dotted with vibrantly colored mangoes, like gems embedded in a world of ice and snow, their golden allure captivating. Hoshino Ai stared intently, her eyes revealing a desire to eat.

"If you want to eat, buy it yourself."

Kitahara Takashi turned around as if protecting his food.

Hoshino Ai scratched her head in distress: "I want to, but I only have 100 yen left."

"Where's the money you made?"

Kitahara Takashi scooped a spoonful of smoothie and put it into his mouth.

"The meal is all spent."

"Have a meal?"

Hoshino Ai stared at the mango smoothie without blinking: "Yeah, Tokyo is really too expensive. 60,000 a month is not enough for me to spend."

"Sixty thousand? I can earn more than that working."

"Yeah, the Japanese idol scene is really competitive. I envy those celebrities who grow flowers, who can get 80 million in pay just by staring."

Hoshino Ai held her face in her hands.

Hey, do you know Big Baby?

Kitahara Takashi looked at her in surprise, but then he thought, it seems that Dabaobei has really been to the island country, so it’s not surprising that she knows her.

"It's a pity you were born in the wrong country."

In fact, except for her short stature, Hoshino Ai has no other shortcomings. She has good looks, outstanding temperament, and excellent business ability. If she were in China, even if she couldn't make it in the domestic entertainment industry, she could still make a lot of money by becoming an internet celebrity and dancing a few times.

"Hey, I'll give you 100 yen, can you give me a bite?"

Seeing Kitahara Tsuyoshi eating one shaved ice bite at a time, Hoshino Ai couldn't help it and took out her only remaining 100 yen.

Kitahara Takashi looked at the 100 yen in her palm, then looked at Hoshino Ai who was staring at his shaved ice, and he sighed.

"Forget about the money, go get a spoon and you're only allowed to take one bite."

"Thank you dad."

Hoshino Ai ran over to ask for a spoon, leaving Kitahara Tsuyoshi alone, disheveled in the wind.

Seeing the strange looks from the people around him, Kitahara Tsutomu silently took out a mask and put it on.

Don't look at it, have some shame.

Hoshino Ai ran back happily with a spoon in her hand, and found Kitahara Takashi wearing a mask. She tilted her head and asked, "Why are you wearing a mask so late at night?"

"Who do you think is responsible?"

Kitahara Tsutomu stuffed the smoothie he had only taken a few bites of into her arms and left quickly.

"You don't want it anymore? Are you giving it all to me?"

Hoshino Ai chased after him with a smoothie in her arms.

"Yes, don't follow me."

"why?"

Because Hoshino Ai has short legs, he can only run and chase while not forgetting to eat.

"Why are you calling me daddy?"

Kitahara Takashi stopped and stared at her.

He wasn't angry.

After all, men have always had a special fondness for being someone else's father.

Regardless of gender, even if a boy calls him dad, Kitahara Takashi will be excited.

But being called dad in public is another matter.

Of course, if you ask him if he is angry, of course he is not angry.

"..."

Hoshino Ai bit the ice cream spoon, staring at him without saying a word.

Although Kitahara Takashi was glaring at her, she always felt that he was not angry, but rather a little happy.

"What, what?"

Kitahara Tsutomu looked away guiltily.

Hoshino Ai asked tentatively: "Dad?"

Beiyuan Zun raised his foot and walked forward with big strides.

"hey-hey."

Hoshino Ai stared at Kitahara Takashi's back and suddenly burst out laughing.

"Men are such easy creatures to understand."

No wonder male psychology is classified as child psychology.

164

Chapter 164 This moment is eternity.

"Dad, Dad, I want this."

"Don't push your luck."

"I want it. I want it."

In front of a goldfish scooping stall, a sixteen-year-old girl with purple hair and starry eyes hugged her father's thighs and cried and made a fuss because her father did not give her money to scoop goldfish.

Because the girl was so pretty, even when she cried she looked like a fairy shedding tears, and the boys watching her felt pity for her.

"Beautiful girl, let me give you mine to play with."

A boy with dyed yellow hair and fashionable clothes handed over his paper goldfish net and did not forget to lift his hair.

Hoshino Ai stared at him motionlessly for a few seconds, then suddenly turned her face away: "No, you're too ugly, and my dad has money, he will buy it for me."

After saying that, she looked at Bei Yuan Zun with expectant eyes.

"Right, Dad~"

Kitahara Takashi: "..."

Sure enough, celebrities are also human beings.

Don't have too high expectations of them.

"Give."

It was almost time to meet up with Kamikawa Nari, and Kitahara Takashi didn't intend to waste time here, so he took out a 1,000 yen bill and handed it to her.

"You, you, why are you suddenly giving me so much money?"

Hoshino Ai took a step back and took a defensive stance, as if she had been hit by a powerful shock wave.

"You're being polite now. You weren't like that when you were eating the food I bought you just now."

Kitahara Takashi stared at the food that Hoshino Ai got in exchange for calling her "Dad" and "Dad", and didn't understand how she had the nerve to say such things.

"Food is food, money is money, how can they be the same?"

Hoshino Ai argued convincingly.

"I understand, I understand, just like the money and snacks left on the table in the dormitory."

Everyone who stays here knows that if you leave your money on the table, no one will touch it for ten days or half a month.

But if you dare to put snacks on the table, your roommates will be like people in famine, leaving nothing behind.

The answer is that other people’s food tastes better.

"Okay, go play with it."

Kitahara Takashi didn't want to waste time with Hoshino Ai, so he stuffed the money into her hand and walked away.

Hoshino Ai stared blankly at the 1,000 yen in her hand, then suddenly raised her head and said to Kitahara Takashi: "I will definitely return the money to you as soon as possible."

"It doesn't matter."

Kitahara Tsutomu waved his hand without even turning his head: "At least I was happy when you called me dad."

Kitahara Takashi loves money, but he never treats himself badly.

Games, fishing rods, cameras, sneakers, trendy brands, watches... He never hesitates to spend money on himself.

Maybe many things are considered a waste of money in the eyes of others.

But Kitahara Takashi never cared.

Because in his opinion, humans are very selfish animals, and the purpose of all their activities is to make themselves happy and comfortable.

He felt very happy to be with Hoshino Ai, and in his opinion the money was worth it.

Hoshino Ai was stunned for a moment, then cursed without hesitation: "Pervert, pervert, you're actually happy because a girl calls you daddy, you're such a hopeless pervert."

*

At the intersection on the bank of the Sumida River, Kamikawa Nari's car was parked there.

Even though the road was jammed with cars, the car that Kamikawa Nari was in still had a space left, as if it was specially prepared for her.

Kitahara Takashi opened the car door but didn't get in. He propped himself up on the roof and reached out to Kamikawana Rie, teasing her: "Good evening, beautiful lady. I'd like to invite you to enjoy the fireworks. Hello, what are you doing?"