There was silence on the other side of the phone for about three seconds, and Fangcun's voice came from inside.
"……What's up?"
Kato Yusuke put the receiver to his ear and said calmly: "It's nothing. As I said yesterday, I have something to do at home so I want to take a day off today. I'll confirm with you again."
"……knew."
Fangcun said, with no hint of happiness or sadness in his tone, and then hung up the phone directly.
"How~? Are you done?"
Yamaguchi Takashi came up and said.
"Beep...beep...beep...beep...beep..."
Listening to the blind tone in the receiver, Kato Yusuke stared at the phone and thought for a moment: "Sorry, wait for me a moment."
His bony fingers pressed a few times on the soft keyboard, and he dialed a number in the address book.
"Moxi Moxi?"
A brisk voice came from over there.
"I am Kato." Kato Yusuke said: "Although it is a bit sudden, I am taking leave today. If possible, I hope you can help confirm whether my name is on the rotation board."
"Huh? Ah, um..." Takada Shiori said. The surrounding voices sounded a bit noisy, as if they had just finished school. "Yes, yes, but what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell?"
"Something's wrong."
"...That's it, I understand. Then I'll take a photo and send it to you when I get to the store."
"Thanks."
"No need to be polite~ It's a small matter, so let's do it~!"
"good!"
Kato Yusuke hung up the phone and nodded slightly to Yamaguchi beside him: "Let's go."
"OK——! Let's go, Takei!"
"coming--!"
Then the three of them went to the nearby Electrical Appliance Street together.
"But it's really strange. You actually said you wanted to buy a mobile phone or something." Yamaguchi Takashi clasped his hands behind his head and looked at Kato Yusuke and said, "Are you finally willing to replace your old phone?"
"Haha, speaking of which, Kato has always been more frugal in this regard." Ichiro Takei agreed, with a straightforward smile on his face: "But as expected, a smart phone is better? After all, a mobile phone can only be used to make calls and send emails.
It’s too boring.”
"That's right, that's it!" Yamaguchi looked like he couldn't agree anymore and spread his hands and said: "To be honest, I was shocked when I first met Kato. You are obviously a high school student, but in the end you don't even have a Line.
One can’t help but wonder, “Where on earth did this person come from?”
"Ah ha ha ha ha, that's it! I understand, I understand——!"
Looking at the two people who were smiling from ear to ear, Kato Yusuke's expression was neither happy nor sad. He shook his head at them and said: "...I'm sorry to disappoint you. I am not going to change my mobile phone."
"Haha? What are you talking about?" Yamaguchi looked back at him: "Aren't you the one who said you wanted to buy a mobile phone?"
"I am the one who buys it, but I am not the one who uses it."
Kato Yusuke said calmly.
"...What?" Yamaguchi Takashi paused, "Then who are you buying it for?"
Ichiro Takei also looked over in confusion.
"...a child from a relative."
Kato Yusuke considered his words.
"What is that...? So suspicious!"
Yamaguchi Takashi said with a suspicious look on his face and pushed Takei Ichiro aside with his hand.
"What do you think? Takei."
"My nose tells me it smells like lies!"
Takei Ichiro pointed at his nose with his thumb and said.
"Kato, you've been acting strange lately."
While observing his expression, Yamaguchi Takashi said: "First I brought lunch to school, and suddenly became close to the girls in the class, and now I want to buy a mobile phone for the so-called "relative's child". What do you really have?
Are you hiding the matter from us?"
"...Just borrowing notes means that the relationship is good. This idea itself is wrong."
Kato Yusuke shook his head.
Yamaguchi's eyes flashed: "Do you mean you admitted the other two things?"
"Is this..." Yusuke Kato pondered and said, "Let's talk about the specific things later."
He pointed behind the two of them: "The news agency is coming. Don't you need to contact your sister? Yamaguchi."
Yamaguchi Takashi turned around and realized that they had unknowingly arrived at the place where her sister worked - a "Softbank" news agency.
"It's true...wait a moment, I'll contact her right now."
Yamaguchi Takashi took out his mobile phone, looked at Kato Yusuke and said: "Don't worry, I will definitely give you a big discount! But in exchange, remember to explain your recent strange behavior."
In response, Kato Yusuke sighed, then nodded and said.
"good."
The three of them walked into the store.
A few minutes later, a young woman wearing a business suit walked out from behind the counter. She looked somewhat similar to Yamaguchi Takashi.
"Axiao~!"
"Hey, sister."
Yamaguchi Takashi waved, led Kato Yusuke and Takei Ichiro forward, and introduced them to both parties respectively.
"Takei and Kato, my friends."
"Sachiko Yamaguchi, my elder sister."
""Good evening.""
Kato Yusuke and Takei Ichiro said greetings together.
"You're welcome." The woman named Sachiko said with a smile, and then looked at Kato Yusuke: "Kato-kun, right? I have heard the specific things from Takashi. Have you brought all the information?"
"it's here."
Kato Yusuke nodded, then took out a document bag from his schoolbag and handed it to the other party. Inside was his personal name seal and various procedures.
"Thanks."
Yamaguchi Sachiko took the document bag, took out the contents and checked them briefly. After confirming that there were no problems, she said: "OK! Then I will help you handle the contract first. Kato-kun can choose the model you like at this time."
She looked at Yamaguchi Takashi and warned, "You should also help me, Takashi!"
"I know, I know, go quickly, sister."
"good."
Then Sachiko Yamaguchi left.
"How is it?" Yamaguchi Takashi asked Kato Yusuke: "Have you thought about which mobile phone you want to buy?"
Kato Yusuke shook his head: "Not yet."
"Then do you have any performance requirements? For example, higher pixels or something?"
"Probably not..." Kato Yusuke said uncertainly: "As long as it is a smart phone with full functions... and the cost should not be too high."
"Let me ask..." Yamaguchi Takashi said after considering: "Is the user of this mobile phone a boy...or a girl?"
"……girl."
Kato Yusuke said.
Yamaguchi Takashi paused for a moment, glanced at Yusuke Kato, and asked tentatively: "...about what age is she a girl?"
Kato Yusuke frowned: "Does this have anything to do with it? As long as it is used by our age group."
"That's it...!" Yamaguchi and Takei exchanged a look, then pointed to one of them and said: "Then choose this one. This one is quite popular with girls... Well, I mean ours.
age."
There was unnecessary emphasis at the end of the sentence, and Yamaguchi's eyes were a little subtle.
Looking in the direction of his finger, what caught Kato Yusuke's eyes was a small mobile phone with a very exquisite shape.