"Here you go, Mr. clerk, who missed work to go on a date."
As soon as he opened the door of the coffee shop, Xia Zhi was ridiculed by the store manager. It couldn't be said to be ridicule, it was just a mentality of wanting to watch the excitement, but this did not mean that Xia Zhi had to treat it well.
This scene follows.
"I'm not going on a date. It's a matter of life and fortune. Besides, I remember you were the one who pushed me into the fire pit yesterday, right?" Xia Zhi took the first step to accuse the unreliable store manager.
"Really, you are not happy to push you to date a beautiful girl. Could it be that you actually like someone of the same sex?" the store manager guessed maliciously.
"...Why do I feel that you have been talking more and more recently?" Xia Zhi's tone was full of threats. The store manager felt that his life seemed to be in crisis, so he reduced the pressure on himself.
Dead energy.
"Let's put aside these questions. What do you think, have you bought a good kotatsu? Although it is a very popular piece of furniture, it is still quite stressful for you to buy a better kotatsu, right?"
Under the suspicious gaze of the store manager, Xia Zhi showed a mysterious smile: "Human society is nothing more than this."
"???What weird things are you saying again? If the money is not enough, I can lend it to you. Anyway, you can still work slowly to pay off the debt."
"No, no need. Because of some deep-seated interpersonal relationships, I unexpectedly bought something good with very little money. However, the favor I owe can only be repaid later."
You must know that the reason why others are willing to sell good things to you cheaply is that, apart from the fact that you yourself are indeed of such value, another possibility is that the people you know have such value. Xia Zhi knows very well that he does not
There is such value, so such a favor should be attributed to the fact that Xia Zhi happened to know a girl named Shiraishi Lihua, and the relationship between the two was not bad.
Repaying debts also applies to debts due to debts, so don't think about escaping this responsibility.
"I don't really understand what you are talking about, but it would be great if it can be solved smoothly. Then you can work normally from now on?"
Xia Zhi rubbed his chin: "It seems, no. I may have to take a day off tomorrow."
"Eh..." The store manager looked at Xia Zhi with a look of disdain: "You just said you didn't want to fall in love, haven't you already started to ignore work just for the sake of your girlfriend?"
"No, this is a favor that must be repaid. If one day this favor expands infinitely, I think I might not be able to bear it."
Currency will still inflate, so why can’t favors expand? Besides, favors are a metaphysical need. Before you come into contact with the conditions, you don’t even know what will happen to you. Even if
Whether it's to avoid being an ungrateful person, or whether you don't want to worry about debts due to debts, you should pay off everything you owe as soon as possible.
"Why are you always able to tell so many great truths at such a young age? Is it possible that you actually took some mysterious drug, and then your mind is still an adult, and your body has become a high school detective?"
"Your joke is almost like a curse, so you'd better stop."
Although when I was very young, I still thought it was cool to kill one person in ten steps, but once I grow up, things related to death will make people fearful. From this perspective, the store manager’s joke has become
It's no different from a curse. As a person's body grows, his courage also becomes smaller and smaller.
"Well, don't worry. You have to believe that you are the protagonist's fate no matter what."
It's such an unreliable comfort.
"Good afternoon." The store door was pushed open again, and this time it was Mayumi Maeda who walked in. When she walked into the store, she habitually looked for a certain person, but surprisingly she didn't find it.
"Natsuchi, where is Tachibana-senpai?"
"How do I know?" Xia Zhi rolled his eyes.
"No, no, no, except you, no one knows where Tachibana-senpai is, right?" Mayumi refuted Natsuki's words seriously, making the store manager next to him who was lazily playing with his mobile phone laugh.
"Yes, Natsuki. I haven't seen Tachibana today. Where has she gone?"
Xia Zhi glared at him: "You ask me, I ask who. She is her, I am me."
"Tch, that's really dishonest." The store manager sneered and continued to play with his mobile phone. Mayumi looked at Natsuki dissatisfied with her hands on her waist: "Really, I have something serious to do with Tachibana-senpai. Natsuki, tell me quickly.
Where did my Tachibana-senpai go?"
"But I really don't know..." Xia Zhi has already experienced the feeling of being unable to argue at such an early age.
Mayumi stared at Natsuki with squinted eyes for a long time. She probably realized that Natsuki really didn't know, so she lowered her head and started thinking: "But if it's not Natsuki, where else can Tachibana-senpai go?"
"I feel like you have a huge misunderstanding about my relationship with Tachibana Aya." Xia Zhi raised his hand and retorted.
"I have my own decision on this matter, so please stop providing useless opinions."
"I..." Xia Zhi scratched his head and chose to remain silent. Girls are not reasonable creatures, but I didn't expect that the extent of their unreasonable behavior was actually a bit wider, beyond Xia Zhi's imagination.
"Natsuchi, please call Tachibana-senpai." After thinking about it, Mayumi came up with the answer.
"That's fine, but why don't you call her yourself?"
"Oh, because I know that if I call Tachibana-senpai, she will definitely not answer the phone." Mayumi held up her non-existent eyes on the bridge of her nose: "There are many people who know Tachibana-senpai's phone number, but in our school we can pass
There are basically no people who can call Tachibana-senpai. Although I have also considered whether Tachibana-senpai has two mobile phone numbers or has put the mobile phone numbers of people in the school on a blacklist, but the result is
It’s just that I can’t find Tachibana-senpai either.”
Xia Zhi held the phone in his hand and felt that if he called Tachibana Aya, his reputation would be ruined. There was no way he would let this happen!
"Haha, she didn't answer my call." Xia Zhi lied to Mayumi.
"Xia Zhi, if you want to trick me next time, at least press the dial button, right?" Mayumi looked at Xia Zhi with an expression that looked like a fool. Although her heart was shaken violently, Xia Zhi's expression was as usual, and he was still trying to protect himself.
reputation.
"Good afternoon!" The person at the center of the topic opened the door of the coffee shop and walked in while Natsuki was thinking about how to find a suitable excuse. Fortunately, Mayumi's attention was diverted.
"Tachibana-senpai! Why did you come here just now?"
"Oh, because something else happened, I went back to the apartment to change clothes first." Tachibana Aya put on the casual clothes she wore when she was cross-dressing. I don't know why, Tachibana Aya's appearance recently
The costumes often appear in front of Xia Zhi's eyes. Although she still looks good, she always feels that there is something wrong with her personality.
"In short, I have done all the things you asked me to do, senior." Mayumi took out a stack of paper from the schoolbag behind her. It was not thick, only about six or seven sheets, but it was densely filled with writing.
There were words, and there seemed to be some pictures. Xia Zhi was standing at the counter and couldn't see clearly.
"Oh! It's really reliable, Mayumi-chan. It's been a big help." Tachibana Aya stood in front of the store and flipped through it twice, then rolled it up with satisfaction. Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, she said to her seriously.
Mayumi said: "Little Mayumi, I have something very important to tell you."
"Although I can guess it from what you asked me to find... Just tell me." Mayumi sighed helplessly.
"You must never expose my whereabouts. Otherwise I may be fine, but Xia Zhi is definitely dead."
"You seem to be saying something that I can't ignore at all!?" Xia Zhi felt the content of the conversation between the two with his life.
"What? It turns out you can hear it." Tachibana Aya asked knowingly.
He was almost in front of Xia Zhi. If he couldn't hear the words yet, Xia Zhi felt that he could start learning sign language courses in advance.
"So what did you mean by what you just said?"
"It's nothing." Tachibana Aya opened her mouth and said something that Natsuki wouldn't believe at all: "It's just that the cute children in the school seem to be very curious about what I am doing recently, and they are a little too excited. If they find out
My plans for this weekend seem to be very troublesome. So I ran back and changed my clothes today before coming here."
"By the way," Mayumi stepped in to explain at the right time: "The lovely children Tachibana-senpai mentioned are all master-level players in Kendo, Aikido, Judo, and Sanda."
"How can you be so capable of causing trouble?" Xia Zhi almost laughed out loud after hearing this, and then saw Tachibana Aya looking at him with an expression that looked like a fool.
"What do you mean?" Xia Zhi was confused for a moment, and suddenly remembered something: "What are the weekend plans you just mentioned?"
"What else could it be? Of course it's a plan for the two of us to go to the beach together." Tachibana Aya crossed her arms.
"Those lovely children?"
"They are all good boys with no special flaws except that they hate men. They are also very good at fighting."
"..."
Natsuki looked at Mayumi, who looked at him with a hint of sympathy, then turned around and went to the staff room to change clothes.
"Can I say no to my plans to go out this weekend now?"
"Of course, no! I've even made a plan!" Tachibana Aya patted the rolled up paper in her hand.
So this is the important thing Mayumi said just now!? Damn it! I was tricked!
"Then can I let you go?"
"I will personally tie you to the beach. Of course, if you are willing to cooperate a little bit, this step can be ignored." Tachibana Aya smiled kindly.
Why hadn't I discovered that this guy had such potential as a villain before? Xia Zhi started to think.