Chapter 23: Shall We Go to Japan?
Translator: Doris
I thought my dad was coming back, so I just posted the last release.
While, after taking a bath, he came and told me he was gonna make midnight snacks. Alright, I had to admit that I was a bit hungry.
So, he went to the kitchen.
Then I was gonna continue the story after the Anime Expo, and the topic was still related to the question whether he flirted with me or not.
This afternoon, we left there early.
I listened to my dad. He said he had to go, then I left with him. At that time, the restrooms in the stadium were crowded, so we didn’t change our clothes back until we arrived at the parking lot. Then we used the car as changing room.
Don’t think too much about it. We got changed one by one.
After getting in the car, he told me he was gonna see someone and I could go with him if I was not in a hurry to go home.
Neither of us had removed our makeup, so I thought it wouldn’t be too long. Then I agreed.
We went to the restaurant where his friends A and B got married.
As expected, it was them who we were meeting.
I was surprised that my dad easily appeared in front of them as a coser. Although A was an eccentric gay, he was also his business partner anyway.
And, I was exposed too.
When we met, A and B, sure enough, looked at us for a long time with an amazing expression.
My father was calm, while I might have blushed.
A said: “What did you guys do?”
My dad said, “Isn’t it obvious?”
A: “Yes, it sure is. But I can’t believe that you indeed are a coser. I thought you must be kidding!”
My dad said: “It is too late to watch my show. I don’t play it any more. Today I did it for accompanying with him.”
What? Wait wait…
What did “accompanying with me” mean?
I hurriedly shook my hand and said: “No, I am not. It was he who asked me to play!”
My father said calmly, “Yes. It’s a family tradition.”
A and B: …
B said: “Your family tradition is trendy.”
A laughed, taking some pictures for both of us and saying he wanted to post them on Moments of wechat.
My dad didn’t stop it either.
The behavior that my dad exposed his identity as a coser to his business partner personally made me think that he may have some serious plans.
Sure enough, the new cooperation project they talked about later on was related to fandom world.
I had to say that my dad was still a businessman in nature. He had long been preparing some gimmicks for the effect of that project in the future. However, I couldn’t speak of it too specifically. If you paid attention to this circle, you would understand it sooner or later.
They talked about the project until dark, so they simply had the afternoon tea removed from the table and continued to have dinner.
At this time, they began to talk about some casual things, such as the matter about A and B’s honeymoon. It took A and B a lot of time to get married before, so they had no time to go on their honeymoon after it, even they had no idea about the place for honeymoon.
My dad suggested: “Why not go to Japan? Then you could be familiar with the cultural background of the project personally.”
A immediately opposed: “I don’t want a honeymoon related to work. It’s too boring.”
My dad said, “That’s a pity. I’m gonna play with XX. Now that you’re not interested in it, I won’t invite you with us.”
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When he finished it, all three of us looked at him in surprise.
I was amazed at why I didn’t know that I was gonna go to Japan.
While, the surprised expression of A and B was a bit weird.
Their gaze travelled up and down on me and my dad. Well, I was familiar with this kind of stare, which I had seen a lot lately—that was how Ms. XXXX and her friends saw us.
So you got it, right?
A and B were also wondering about our relationship.
However, I felt wronged.
The strange silence at the table lasted for a while. Then A had the subject changed.
And then he spoke of a very critical topic, which made me fret!
A said: “Last time you asked us about changing the nationality. And I have found out. You two have a father-son relationship recognized by Chinese law, so it is not difficult for your XX to change his nationality. So, have you made up your mind?”
As soon as I heard it, I was nervous immediately.
It had been a while since I heard about it from my grandma. Then my grandma didn’t say it again, my dad didn’t tell me either, and I didn’t have the chance to ask my dad, so I hadn’t found it out yet.
But I still thought of this matter.
So I peeked at my dad’s look.
He seemed to be a little hesitant, turned his head towards me, and glanced at me quickly. I didn’t know if it was my illusion, because I felt that he was seemingly bashful.
He said: “Is there a document for the specific process?”
A said: “Sure.”
He said, “Please send it to me. In fact, it’s up to XX.”
He turned his head to me and said, “You can discuss with grandma.”
I: “…Oh.”
I really didn’t know how to answer it, because we had never talked about it straightforwardly. I always felt that I should have been unaware of it in front of him.
A seemingly noticed that the two of us had no tacit understanding of the matter. But he did not ask too much, just answering to my dad. Then he said, “You can discuss the matter with your families. Tell me if you had made a decision. I’ll contact the person for you.”
My dad said, “Ok.”
Then the topic came back to the honeymoon trip of A and B.
Under my father’s rhetoric advice, they took Japan into account.
However, I was more confused about it now.
So I was sitting in his bed now, just waiting for a chance to ask him why I was gonna join him for Japan out of nowhere.
Night snack was ready, so I’d better ask him this when we were eating.