"No, that's not the case." Iwahashi Shinichi denied.
Mitsuko blinked her eyes covered with thick mascara and stared at him hard, waiting for him to give an answer. This reluctance concealed the bluff of a frustrated self-esteem.
After the cheap kindness is sent out, if she does not get the desired response, it will immediately grow thorns. She feels slighted.
Iwahashi Shinichi had no choice but to tell her, "There is something wrong with the pitch of the piano, so..."
"What?" Mitsuko showed a sarcastic expression, "That's it?"
The words were spoken, even if her distrust was about to materialize, Iwahashi Shinichi could only ignore her reaction, "That's it."
"Ha!!" Mitsuko laughed at him mercilessly, "I thought you could make up some decent excuse." She suddenly lost interest, "Forget it, I'll go to the preparation room."
Iwahashi Shinichi got away and quickly hid in a corner to avoid such unpleasantness again.
This incident did not just go away.
The next day, when Mitsuko came to the store to work, she took the matter as a joke and talked about it in the preparation room, "That Iwahashi, I asked him to dance yesterday. He danced randomly, but said to me
What about 'the piano is out of tune'..."
"The piano is out of tune?" The waitresses laughed in unison, "It's a shame he can say such a thing."
"That's enough pretense!"
A bartender with short hair suggested, "I want to dance with him when we go out later. Not only that, 'How is your pitch today? Iwahashi. Is it a pitch that we can dance well with?', I also want to ask him this."
OK."
"Hahaha!!" The waitresses laughed harder and harder.
On weekdays, they like to dance with Shinichi Iwahashi, not only because he dances best, but also because "everyone dances with him", and the herd mentality prompts them to do so.
But once he makes a fool of himself, they laugh at him more mercilessly than anyone else. Moreover, the next person to speak will always laugh harder than the last person to speak.
They rushed to make him a joke, lest they fall behind others.
Amidst the roar of laughter in the room, only the girl sitting in front of the dressing table in the corner showed no reaction. She turned her back to the commotion, and lightly slapped the powder on her face as if she didn't hear it.
The girl's appearance is obviously not outstanding enough, and it can even be said to be a bit plain. Her clothes are also completely different from the style of the waitress, making her look particularly out of place at the moment. She is the singer Koshiro Qiuzi who sings in the store.
As soon as I heard it, I knew it was an imitation of the stage name of Chanson Queen Koshiro Fubuki Yuki from the Takarazuka Opera Company.
One of the waiters licked Yuelu Qiuzi's back, and a faint mockery of the misfits appeared on their faces. Yuelu Qiuzi had a mirror in front of her, so she was not completely unaware of these little tricks.
.
The hostesses didn't go behind her back either.
The laughter attracted the manager of the store. He stood at the door, holding on to the door frame, "Everyone, what are you laughing at?"
"Kawamoto-san," said the waiter who was waiting for Akiko on Chongyue Road to nuzzle, "that waiter named Iwahashi said there is something wrong with the intonation of the piano."
"We're talking about how pretentious he is..."
Kawamoto's expression was a bit subtle, "But there is something really wrong with the intonation in the high notes of the piano."
The smiles on the faces of the hostesses froze.
Kawamoto seemed to ignore their reactions, and continued, "The tuner we hired will not come until tomorrow. There is only one small problem, and Iwahashi actually heard it. He is really good..."
"It's actually true..." Mitsuko was stunned.
Thinking of the bitter and sarcastic words she just said and the whirlpool of laughter, her face was filled with heat. From the corner of her eye, the waitress who was on the same line as her was afraid of falling behind others. The ridicule she had just given to Shinichi Iwahashi doubled now.
Turned towards her.
Koshilu Qiuzi, who had been sitting in front of the dressing table and did not participate in the conversation, observed the expressions of the hostesses reflected in the mirror and found it very interesting and wanted to laugh a little.
That night, none of the hostesses who came out of the preparation room came to dance with Shinichi Iwahashi, and he was left in peace. The only thing that made him feel a little awkward was that, consciously or unconsciously, he always felt that someone was looking at him.
He really couldn't think of anything worthy of being seen in himself, which made him reach out to touch the zipper of his pants from time to time, nervously doubting that his social window had opened.
But after touching it again and again, it was closed well.
With this sudden nervousness at work, he finally escaped back to the preparation room just before closing time. As he was packing his things, manager Kawamoto stood at the door and waved to him, "Iwahashi, come here."
"Yes." He casually put the bag on the table.
After walking out, Kawamoto said nothing, took out a few bills and handed them to him, "Take them to buy something to eat."
"Huh?" Iwahashi Shinichi couldn't accept the money given to him for no reason.
"Take it." Kawamoto put the money into his hand, "You have performed well recently. This is a special reward for you. Take it."
Only then did Iwahashi Shinichi accept the bonus and bowed, "Thank you very much. I will continue to work hard."
It seemed that Kawamoto was just here to give money. After he accepted it, he turned around and walked away. Iwahashi Shinichi looked at it and saw that this small bonus totaled 5,000 yen, which was enough for several days.
After staying here for three months, he knew for the first time that there was such a thing as a bonus. He felt very happy after getting some money for free, and even wanted to have a drink.
Although there is a law that prohibits smoking and drinking under the age of 20, it is difficult to prevent this kind of thing. I don’t know if it will be tightened in the future, but now, as long as you don’t blatantly wear school uniforms, most store employees will turn a blind eye.
One eye.
After going back to get his bag, Iwahashi Shinichi left the store.
On the way to the station, a little distance behind him, there was a girl walking with him. However, the station receives tens of millions of people every day, so it was not a big deal if they were traveling together.
I asked him to tell me not to be too sentimental near the station.
Having said that, as we were getting closer and closer to the station, the girl behind me suddenly caught up quickly and called out from behind, "Iwahashi-san?"
Anyone who knows him? Iwahashi Shinichi stopped and turned his head.
He has a simple face that can only be described as delicate, short wavy hair, and two bright earrings shining on his earlobes. He is tall. Iwahashi Shinichi feels familiar, but he can't remember who this person is.
.He asked tentatively: "Excuse me?"
"I sing in the Odyssey." The girl went straight to the point and reported to her house. Worried that he wouldn't recognize her, she added, "The one who comes here to sing four days a week and doesn't go on stage until after ten o'clock."
"Koshiro Akiko?" Iwahashi Shinichi knew her. Not only that, but the waiters all praised her singing skills. At this time, she took off her makeup on the stage and changed back to her normal clothes before letting him recognize her.
Not coming out.
"That's right, that's right." Yue Lu Qiuzi's reaction seemed to be amused by his own name.
"Are you going to the station too?" Shinichi Iwahashi asked casually. In fact, the two of them had already started walking towards the station again.
Koshiro Akiko said "yes" and then said: "Iwahashi-san, there is a slight problem with the intonation of the piano in the store."
"Did you hear it?"
"How can you hear it?" Koshiro Akiko shook his head, "I was in the preparation room. I heard the lady in the store talking about it, Iwahashi-san said so."
"Did they say this?" Iwahashi Shinichi was a little surprised.
Mentioning this matter, Yuelu Qiuzi told him everything that happened in the preparation room tonight.
"...Finally, Kawamoto-san came over, and they told Kawamoto-san about this matter again, but Kawamoto-san said, 'The piano's tone is really not accurate.' At that time, the expressions on their faces were wonderful." Akiko Koshiro laughed.
Very powerful.
"This kind of thing has happened before." Iwahashi Shinichi also laughed. Unexpectedly, he became the protagonist of the topic without knowing it.
"I understand what they think," Koshiro Akiko said, "When Mitsuko laughs at you, they laugh at you harder than anyone else. When Mitsuko gets frustrated, they laugh at Mitsuko even more, blaming her for all the faults.
With one person, they become victims of misinformation."
"A woman's heart is really complicated." Iwahashi Shinichi said after hearing her succinct analysis.
Yue Lu Qiuzi smiled and said, "Men are about the same."
"People's hearts are complicated." Shinichi Iwahashi sighed and said, "Thank you for telling me this."
"I'm not standing here just to say bad things about someone." She said in a serious tone.
"I know this even if you don't tell me." Iwahashi Shinichi said.
"I'm afraid that after hearing this, you might misunderstand me as a gossip who came here specifically to gossip."
"You're not that stingy." It's not that I trust her character, but that there's no need to gossip about this kind of thing.
"Okay." Koshiro Qiuzi breathed a sigh of relief, "This makes me feel more at ease. All night long, I have been very concerned about who Iwahashi-san is, and I have secretly watched you several times."
"Really?" Iwahashi Shinichi's expression was a little strange.
"I didn't expect," her expression was a little subtle, "that you are unexpectedly neurotic in some places."
...The reason why I touch the zipper of my pants is not because of you!
