Chapter 27 Meeting
“Kazumi… you’ve really changed a lot.”
Fukada Akihiko took the small canned drink handed by Su Jun and looked at the young girl sitting obediently opposite him waiting for him to order, unable to help but sigh.
“Uh… I’ve just thought a lot and finally understood. Mr. Fukada, you’ve always taken care of me so much, I shouldn’t have been angry with you because of my parents’ matters. I’m really sorry about what happened before.”
Fukada Akihiko’s words made Su Jun, who was opening the can lid, tremble slightly, almost spilling the drink on herself. She quickly interjected, using the opportunity to apologize and divert attention.
[It’s over, am I going to be discovered?!]
Lowering her head, her eyes sneakily glanced upwards, only to see Mr. Fukada opposite her with a kind smile like that of a father whose daughter has grown up.
“Hahahaha, no need to apologize, no need to apologize. It seems little Kazumi has really grown up. I can rest assured then.”
Listening to his “daughter” apologize so sensibly, Fukada Akihiko’s smile was practically reaching the heavens. His tough guy facade showed an extremely gentle smile that didn’t fit his appearance at all.
This daughter of his close friend, this young girl he watched grow up, had finally passed her rebellious phase and was gradually becoming sensible.
“Little Kazumi, what do you like to eat? Don’t worry about wasting anything, just order what you want!”
Fukada Akihiko, in a great mood, casually picked out a few dishes on the menu and handed it directly to Su Jun opposite him.
Taking the menu handed over by Mr. Fukada and looking at the kind smile that couldn’t be stopped on his resolute face, Su Jun finally breathed a sigh of relief. She nodded obediently and then proceeded to pick two more dishes she liked before handing the menu back.
“Then, Uncle, may I ask which lucky kid it is?”
After signaling the waiter to take the menu, Fukada Akihiko shifted his gaze to his own “cabbage,” looking gossipy and wanting to see which family’s pig had done such a good deed.
“Uh… it’s… a classmate from school…”
[What’s with that incredibly curious look of yours? According to what you said before, you must have investigated everything inside and out! And now you’re hypocritically asking me who it is!!]
While mentally complaining wildly about her unreliable elder, she hesitantly revealed some information about Sato Shinichi. After all, it was too embarrassing to say out loud that he was her boyfriend.
“Hahahaha, you’ll have the chance to meet him.”
Seeing Su Jun’s hesitant appearance, Fukada Akihiko thought she was being shy about being asked about her boyfriend, so he chuckled and said.
“Mhm, mhm.”
…….
On the other side, in front of the yakiniku restaurant, two sneaky heads peeked out from the side of the door, and two pairs of eyes scanned everyone inside.
“Master! Why did you bring me here! Didn’t you say you were going to buy fried chicken over there?”
Sato Shinichi tugged at his embarrassing master. He looked like an old man, but his strength was terrifyingly great, and he had dragged him all the way here.
“Heh, who was it just now who looked like they’d lost their soul and said their girlfriend seemed to have gone with a strange old man?”
Hamano Tsukasa flicked his cane and mimicked Sato Shinichi’s pitiful tone from earlier.
“No! Kiyomizu-san wouldn’t be like that. She’s having dinner with her elder today because she has something to do. I must have seen wrong just now!”
The young boy’s face turned red as he argued with his master for the girl he liked.
“Alright, alright, but since you’re already here, let’s go in and take a look. I remember you pointed out those two people entering this restaurant earlier.”
Hamano Tsukasa laid a hand on his precious disciple’s soft blond hair, ruffled it fiercely, and said with a smile. Then, he dragged Sato Shinichi towards the yakiniku restaurant again.
“Here, she’s not here…”
Sato Shinichi looked around and said with some disappointment. It wasn’t exactly disappointment, as no one would like it if something happened to their girlfriend, but he could be sure he hadn’t seen wrong when he saw that incredibly familiar figure.
“Maybe she’s in a private room? After all, people who do this sort of thing are usually rich middle-aged men.”
Hamano Tsukasa stroked his chin and said with a lewd tone, like an experienced man.
“Old man!!!”
Hamano Tsukasa’s words angered Sato Shinichi so much that he almost transformed. If it weren’t for his master, he would have already transformed and delivered a heavy punch.
“Alright, alright, it was just a joke, a joke. I know your little girlfriend is precious. How about this, let’s sneak over to the private rooms and take another look, and you can also ask your girlfriend to see what exactly she’s doing.”
Seeing that Sato Shinichi seemed a little angry, Hamano Tsukasa gave up on teasing his disciple any further and began to offer sincere advice.
“Then… won’t that disturb Kiyomizu-san? Also, she told me she was going to have dinner with her elder. Isn’t it bad to message her at this time?”
The somewhat hesitant Sato Shinichi began to seek help from Hamano Tsukasa, completely forgetting that his master was a pure, 60-year-old single man who was even more naive than himself.
“Hmm, it’s fine. It’s normal for couples to greet each other daily. Besides, if she’s really busy, she won’t reply to you. So it won’t be disturbing.”
Hamano Tsukasa spoke fluently. Seeing him like this, one would think he was a Casanova, but in reality, he was an unlucky old man who had pursued the girl he liked for more than half his life without success.
“Oh, then I’ll send Kiyomizu-san a message first.”
Sato Shinichi nodded obediently, then took out his phone from his pocket to prepare to message Su Jun, only to find that his master had already completely plastered himself against the small glass window of the first private room.
“Old man, you’ll be discovered!”
A crackling sound of electricity went by, and Hamano Tsukasa instantly appeared beside Sato Shinichi, with faint arcs of electricity still swirling around him, proving the ability he had just used.
“Don’t casually use your abilities outside! What if the people in the restaurant see it!”
“What’s the big deal? For our precious disciple’s happiness, so what if we’re discovered using our abilities!”
“I’m really touched by you!”
Seeing the old man’s completely unreliable words and actions, Sato Shinichi scratched his head with a headache. He supposed he was being overly concerned. Instead of having so many doubts, it would be better to ask Kiyomizu-san directly.
No matter what, distrusting her like this was not what he should do as a boyfriend.
“Alright, alright, old man, I’ll just send Kiyomizu-san a message. Don’t try to peek anymore, it’ll cause trouble for others.”
Thinking this, Sato Shinichi, feeling somewhat relieved, stopped Hamano Tsukasa from trying to peek into the next private room. If they were seen by the restaurant staff or customers, they would probably both be kicked out.
Taking out his phone, he sent the message he had prepared and decided to pull Hamano Tsukasa out of the yakiniku restaurant.
“Click—” “Gurgle—”
The door to the private room next to them suddenly opened. The young girl, holding her phone and about to reply to something, stood at the doorway. Her somewhat surprised eyes met the incredibly surprised gaze of the boy at the doorway.
