Crossover Anime: Starting with Adopting the Homeless Melon God

"Wow! That's great! Anya can eat hamburger steak now!"

Bathed in the glow of the setting sun, Anya's smile shone so brightly on the shopping street at dusk that Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but smile along with her.

then

Kitagawa Yu bought 10,000 yen worth of groceries and snacks at the supermarket. After paying, he took the free raffle ticket and went to the raffle area with Anya.

"Hey, Anya! Did you really hear what that guy was thinking, saying he was going to stick the first prize card to the corner of the box lid?"

"Yes, that's what I just heard him say!"

"Alright then, the first prize is a mountain bike worth 300,000 yuan. If you sell it, you can get at least 100,000 to 200,000 yuan, right?"

Kitagawa Yu didn't feel embarrassed about making money by using Anya's mind-reading ability, since it was Anya who cheated first.

"I want a lottery!"

A few minutes later, Kitagawa Yu successfully won the first prize amidst the host's astonished expression. When collecting the prize, he discussed it with the staff and directly converted the bicycle into a supermarket gift card worth 200,000 yen.

Now he and Anya won't have to worry about food for a month; if they're careful with their diet, it'll be enough for two months.

"Let's go! We're going to get hamburger steak tonight!"

"Yay! Hamburger steak! Hamburger steak! Hamburger steak—"

First, they put three large bags of ingredients back into the coffee shop's kitchen. Then, Kitagawa Yu took Anya's little hand and went to a nearby restaurant that had pretty good online reviews, but was a little pricey.

"Anyway, it's just Anya and me, so we probably won't eat much."

Kitagawa Yu didn't really like fries, so he only ordered a hamburger and a chicken wing. Anya didn't have a big appetite either; a hamburger, a small fries, and a small cup of Coke were enough to satisfy her.

"Onii-chan, I think cola tastes better than coffee. How about we switch the coffee in the store to cola?" Anya said, her mouth full of grease.

This guy definitely has the potential to be a "dried fish girl" (a girl who is obsessed with lazy women); after being exposed to cola, he immediately fell in love with the drink.

"Please, this coffee shop doesn't sell coffee? Are you kidding me? If you want a Coke, just go to the supermarket and buy it!"

"really?"

"But you're still young, you can't drink too much. One bottle a week is enough."

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Just moments ago, Anya was all excited and exhilarated, but now she deflated like a punctured balloon, her little face showing a look of utter despair, which almost made Kitagawa Yu burst out laughing.

"no--"

Kitagawa Yu quickly turned his head away, not daring to look at Anya's emoji anymore.

Just then, a not-too-loud slapping sound came from another seat in the distance, which immediately caught his attention.

"Didn't I already tell you? Please stop bothering me!"

The familiar voices, the familiar tone—yes, it's Koji Majima and Ayumi Takahara.

Compared to when they were in the classroom, Koji Majima's voice was noticeably louder, clearly showing that he was getting impatient with Ayumi Takahara's persistent pestering.

"Let me tell you clearly, I like Yuna-chan!"

"But...but we've been together since we were little—"

"I'm sorry! We've never been together! We're not childhood sweethearts at all! Your family and my family just live on the same street, and there are five, six, seven, or eight houses between us! If that counts as childhood sweethearts, then I have several! So I'm telling you again! I will never like an idiot like you!"

After saying that, Koji Majima didn't bother to look at Ayumi Takahara again. He picked up his bag and left. He still had to attend cram school with Yuna Shimizu, so he didn't have time to waste here.

Chapter 7 Because you're a good person!

"This is so tragic!"

Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but feel deep sympathy for Takahara Ayumi.

Unfortunately, if you don't like something, you just don't like it. Why insist on clinging to one thing?

Takahara Ayumi is not bad in appearance or personality. Although she is a little bad in her studies, is that important for a girl?

If she had a different target, I bet there would be plenty of people willing to be her boyfriend and date her.

Kitagawa Yu was very puzzled by this.

But that's not the point. The point is, now seems like a good opportunity to make a move!

“Kiania is still here.”

Just as Kitagawa Yu was hesitating, coincidentally, Takahara Ayumi also saw him.

The moment their eyes met, the air seemed to freeze. Instantly, Ayumi Takahara blushed bright red, wishing she could disappear into the ground and hide.

"Tsk tsk, what's the big deal? It's just getting dumped by your childhood sweetheart, being called an idiot, and then having the whole thing witnessed by your classmates. Okay, that's pretty awful."

"If I were to be even a little talkative, the news would probably be all over the school by the next day, wouldn't it?"

Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but smile inwardly.

However, it was as if Takahara Ayumi had secretly learned Anya's mind-reading ability. The moment his thought popped into his head, Takahara Ayumi stood up and walked towards him.

"Um...you're Kitagawa, Koji's classmate, right?"

"Huh? I didn't expect that Gao Yuan would know my name?" Kitagawa Yu was genuinely surprised; he wasn't a celebrity.

"You mustn't tell anyone about this!"

With a flushed face, Ayumi Takahara mustered her courage and looked directly at Yu Kitagawa. However, before three seconds had passed, she gave up, her eyes welled up with tears, and her tone became weak.

Please...no...I'm begging you.

"She's so pathetic!" Kitagawa Yu couldn't help but sigh, unable to reconcile the usually carefree and tomboyish Takahara Ayumi with the girl in front of him who was so humble as to be in the dust.

"Don't worry, I won't say anything." Ayumi Takahara glanced at him again, finally feeling relieved.

"Then I'll take my leave now," Ayumi Takahara said, bowing at a ninety-degree angle before turning to leave.

But how could Kitagawa Yu let her leave like that?

"But is this really a good idea?"

"what?"

Takahara Ayumi stopped and looked at him with a puzzled expression.

"Are you really willing to be rejected by the person you like, called an idiot, and even have your childhood friend relationship denied?"

Ayumi Takahara didn't want to discuss these things with Yu Kitagawa, a stranger she only knew by name, but perhaps keeping it all inside was too painful, and she finally couldn't help but say, "What can I do? Koji... he likes smart girls."

“Then make yourself smarter!” Kitagawa Yu said. “Make your grades surpass Shimizu Yuna’s, even surpass Majima Koji’s, so he can’t call you an idiot anymore, right? Otherwise, wouldn’t he be even dumber than an idiot?”

"But I've tried studying hard, yet my grades just won't improve."

Have you ever enrolled in any tutoring classes or hired a private tutor?

"No."

"That's settled then! You've never even attended tutoring classes or had any extra lessons, so how can you say you've studied hard? How can you say your grades won't improve if you haven't studied hard!"

Looking at Kitagawa Yu's serious face, Takahara Ayumi was momentarily bewildered.

Is this logic correct?

Why do you feel so weird?

"But...but I don't have money for tutoring classes," Ayumi Takahara said weakly.

"You can't afford tutoring, but you have money to spend here?" Kitagawa Yu retorted rudely.

Before she could finish speaking, Ayumi Takahara exclaimed in surprise and ran back to her previous table to pick up the receipt. Upon seeing the amount on the receipt, she froze completely, as if struck by lightning.

"hiss--"

"18770 yen? What did you guys eat?"

Kitagawa Yu walked over curiously to take a look, then suddenly leaned back and couldn't help but gasp.

"It was Koji who wanted me to come here. This is my first time here, and I didn't know things were so expensive." Ayumi Takahara came to her senses, took out her wallet with a mournful face, counted the coins inside, and felt even more desperate.

So you ordered all of these things?

"The pasta and cantaloupe juice were Koji's favorites, and the rest were what I ordered."

Kitagawa Yu was so amused by her that he burst out laughing.

"You're so rich! If you eat like this twice more, you'll have enough for your tutoring fees for the whole month!"

When Ayumi Takahara heard this, she almost burst into tears.

Coco, I don't have that much money on me.

After saying that, Ayumi Takahara suddenly thought of something and looked at Yu Kitagawa for help, like a homeless little black cat.

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Kitagawa Yu glanced at the amount on the receipt, and his lips twitched involuntarily. However, for the sake of his upcoming plans, he had no choice but to reluctantly sacrifice his wallet.

"I can not only lend you money, but I can also help you with your studies—"

"what?"

"Don't be so surprised. Although my grades are not as good as Majima's, they are about the same as Shimizu Yuna's, and much better than yours."

"But... why did Kitagawa help me?" Ayumi Takahara asked timidly.

"Then why did you just ask me to lend you money?"

Ayumi Takahara thought about it very seriously, and then said something that almost made Yu Kitagawa faint: "Because I think Kitagawa-kun is a good person."

"Did I get friend-zoned?"

Kitagawa Yu rolled her eyes at her, annoyed, and snorted, "I'm not helping you for nothing!"

After a quick thought, Kitagawa Yu continued, "You need to come to my family's shop for free every day after school, and on Saturdays and Sundays, until you pay back the money you owe me and the 'tutoring fees'."

After hearing this, Ayumi Takahara was only stunned for a moment before agreeing without thinking.

"Aren't you going to ask what kind of shop my family owns?"

"Huh? What kind of shop does Kitagawa's family own?"

"A brothel!"