When Natsuki returned to the classroom, Shiraishi Rika and Yamamoto Ryoko had already gone back to their seats. It was not long before class time, and Natsuki also sat back in his seat.
Although Yamamoto Ryoko has been looking here and probably guessed what he was doing before, but now is not a good time to talk, so we can only wait until the evening. There should be enough time.
Now, just concentrate on class.
Although I really am not in the mood to listen to the lectures now.
In a daze, the short afternoon class period was over. Xia Zhi packed up his schoolbag, said goodbye to the two of them as usual, then left the classroom and headed to his work place.
As expected, when Xia Zhi opened the door, Tachibana Aya was already sitting in front of the counter. Seeing Xia Zhi come in, she put away her mobile phone and said hello.
Natsuki replied perfunctorily and went to change clothes. When he came out of the changing room, he was blocked by Tachibana Aya at the door.
"I didn't expect anyone to have such interest." Xia Zhi spent two seconds running his brain to process the information, and finally came to this astonishing conclusion: "But what's the point of eavesdropping on a boy changing his clothes?"
"I didn't eavesdrop!" Tachibana Aya took a step back, probably trying to use her actions to distance herself from the "eavesdropping" incident.
"Then what are you doing standing here?"
"Yes... I want to ask you why you are so cold to me! Is it because you have forgotten your old love when you have a new love?"
"What are you talking about? Besides, it's all because of you that I'm still very busy right now."
"How can you blame me? I don't even know what happened."
Natsuki pushed Tachibana Aya away from the changing room and prepared to start working. Although he was still a little uneasy and nervous about what was going to happen tomorrow, there was nothing he could do about this kind of mechanical and repetitive work.
There’s nothing wrong with doing two things at once.
"By the way, I don't know if the store manager will come over today, so I'll tell you first."
"What?" Tachibana Aya started to cook, unable to hide her curiosity at all.
"I may come later tomorrow. I don't know the specific time, but I will definitely be there for an hour or two. If I haven't come back by meal time, you can find a place to eat by yourself."
Although it can be said that he knows his own cooking skills, Tachibana Aya always gives him a different confidence. Probably because of this, Natsuki can complain while cooking for Tachibana Aya.
Who doesn’t like appreciation?
"...So my dinner is gone?"
"Not necessarily. The main reason is that I don't know how long I'm going to go. Although I should be able to finish before dinner time, I can't tell for sure." Xia Zhi sighed: "It's your responsibility to be like this. If it hadn't been for you
If you instigate it, it won't be the case now, so you'd better just be patient and patient."
"Is it still my fault?" Tachibana Aya looked innocent: "Then it would be better if I didn't do those things?"
"It depends on what you think. I'm quite grateful to you." There are as many people as possible who can recognize the situation. But there are very few people who can recognize themselves. Xia Zhi is not among them. As for giving the opportunity to understand himself
Natsuki was truly grateful to Tachibana Aya for the opportunity.
"Then there is nothing wrong." Tachibana Aya came to this conclusion.
"Thank you very much."
"However, even if you say so, I'll wait for you for a while."
"I don't quite understand why you have to wait for me. To be honest, although you think it's delicious, I think it's pretty average."
"Didn't I say it before? It smells of poverty."
Xia Zhi suddenly didn't want to cook for her.
"At least please call it simple."
Sighing, this person is serious and not serious at one time, so he is not a good conversation partner. Although he is quite interesting most of the time, it is better to calm down for a while now.
Pour a glass of water for Tachibana Aya: "Quiet for a while. Let me think of something. If you have nothing to do, go play on your phone."
"Okay..." Tachibana Aya was quite obedient this time.
Natsuki spent a rare moment of quiet time, and it wasn't until Mayumi pushed the door open that the wind chimes rang, and there were other sounds in the store.
"good afternoon."
"Good afternoon, Natsuki, and Tachibana-senpai."
"It's really too much. Am I just 'still'? I'm going to cry."
"Tachibana-senpai, please stop making trouble. I just met you in school half an hour ago."
"Okay, okay, I know you don't love me anymore. But what can I do? I'm just a weak and powerless beautiful girl."
Natsumi almost laughed. Mayumi also looked helpless, and then walked towards Tachibana Aya: "Really, can't Tachibana-senpai be more serious? Even if it's not like that in school, but she said she is weak
It’s better not to keep talking about a beautiful girl who is powerless.”
"What! Mayumi, are you trying to say that I'm not beautiful?" Tachibana Aya stood up boldly, grabbed Mayumi's shoulders, and stared into her eyes.
"Ah ah ah, don't get so close! Tachibana-senpai is very beautiful!"
"Why did I hear the reluctance in the words?"
"Nothing! You heard wrong!"
The two of them were bickering, but Xia Zhi remembered something.
"By the way, Mayumi. Our school will have a school festival from Monday to Wednesday next week. If it's convenient, you can come and play."
"Eh? School festival? At this time?"
"Although it is a bit unreasonable to hold a school festival at this time, there is nothing we can do. If you want to have fun, you can bring your friends with you."
Tachibana Aya raised her hand: "I know where Xia Zhi's school is, I can take you there."
After all, Natsuki was once blocked by her at the gate of her school, so it was normal for Tachibana Aya to know where her school was.
"Although I really want to go and have a look, aren't they all working hours from Monday to Wednesday?"
"There's no problem with this. The store manager has already said that he will be closed on one of the days and will take the whole family to play together."
"..."
Mayumi felt that she was speechless and had nothing to say. After all, she did not have enough manpower, and she even had to close the coffee shop for a day in order to have fun. As far as she was concerned, this was the first time in her life that she had seen him.
"If you are interested, you can go and have a look then. Although this is my first time to participate in such an event, my classmates said that our school's school festival is quite interesting."
"Well, the school where the haunted house that scares guests into the hospital is located is really interesting."
???
How do you feel like everyone knows about it? How famous is this thing?
"If we really have a day off then, I will go over and have a look." She also saw Aya Tachibana winking crazily next to her, and sighed: "I'm with Tachibana-senpai."
"So, Xia Zhi, have you decided what to do?"
"Although the specifics haven't been decided yet, it should be like opening a coffee shop. It will look similar to anime or novels."
Tachibana Aya looked at Xia Zhi quietly for a while.
"Are you addicted to being a waiter?"
"It's because it's very deep...but what I have to do is no different from what I am doing now."
"It's no different?" Miss Mayumi activated her passive skill, and the intuition of the daughter of the Metropolitan Police boss said: "Natsuchi, are you going to do the same job at the school festival?"
"Well... my classmate told me about working in a coffee shop, and it ended up like this. And I think even opening a coffee shop probably has something to do with her."
"Should you say it's miserable...or should you say it's popular?"
"It's just that I'm not being bullied. Oh, by the way, if you go, you can also eat delicious snacks. The person working in the kitchen with me is a girl with very good cooking skills. Mayumi should still have some impressions, right?
You also know Tachibana."
Natsuki looked at Tachibana Aya, who quickly realized who Natsuki was talking about.
"Is he some cute child? His name seems to be... Shiraishi Rika, right?"
"That being said, I have some impression. I seem to have been to the store before."
"Yes, the food she made is delicious. It would be a real loss if you don't try it."
"Is it rated so highly?" Mayumi was a little interested. After all, girls don't refuse delicious food, especially desserts.
"Yes, it's much better than the average food or snacks in most restaurants or coffee shops I know."
"In this case, I will definitely try it."
Mayumi has been benefited by Xia Zhian. But the other person's brain circuit is a little bit out of line.
"Why do you say it as if you eat it often?"
She is extremely sharp in a place like this. It always feels like Tachibana Aya's attention is focused on strange places.
"Well, we have a good relationship, so we often eat together. Most of the time, we can always taste some good things that we can't usually eat. This is the benefit of making a lot of friends."
"Although I think this is not a friendly relationship that ordinary friends can achieve." Tachibana Aya's eyes twitched: "I think this is very strange."
"What's so strange about this?" Xia Zhi didn't care.
"Forget it. I don't think anything so bloody will happen. I'm probably the only one in the world who can tolerate your ordinaryness and ordinaryness."
"What you just said is not only strange, but also very hurtful."
Natsuki shook his head and continued to work. Mayumi also put Tachibana aside and started cleaning. After chatting for such a long time, it would be time to start business if she lingered for a while. Time was a little tight.
After that, the store manager also came and told Mayumi and the regular customers present that he would be closed for one day next Monday in front of Mayumi. Except for Mayumi, the reaction he got was this...
"Is Xia Zhi's school going to hold a school festival? I'll go check it out when I have time."
"What a pity. I don't seem to have much time on weekdays. If I pass by, I will check it out."
"Senior Xia Zhi? We will go and have a look after school on Monday."
Although I don't know if nearly a dozen guests were found to support me in advance, I don't know whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. After all, if I can spend it easily, it doesn't mean much, but it seems to be pretty good.
However, I’m not sure how many times I can participate in such an event, so it’s better to make it as lively as possible?
Let’s talk about it then. Anyway, seeing how happy his classmates are, he probably wants to be more lively. Otherwise, Qingfeng wouldn’t be so insistent on setting up a haunted house or something. Although he didn’t succeed, after all, it is actually a
In the democratic intra-class voting, the reason why Qingfeng lost was simply because there were not enough people, lol.
Mayumi left before finishing dinner, and the store manager who had stayed in the store for dinner also left after dinner. Natsuki, who stayed in the store to work until the end of the time, started to pack up after seeing off the last customer.
There's nothing to tidy up, just put the tables and chairs back to their original positions.
As for tableware, they can basically be washed and put into the disinfection cabinet at any time. Instead of having to wait for the end of the business to clean up, it is extremely troublesome.
"What are you going to do when you go back today?"
"have no idea."
Compared to Natsuchi's calmness, Tachibana Aya seemed more surprised.
"I thought you would let me go home, just like before."
"Even if I tell you to go home honestly, you won't listen to me, so I won't bother to say anything."
"It always feels like a lot of fun is missing...but this seems to be pretty good."
Tachibana Aya smiled, then curled her lips again.
"You still haven't said what you're going to play today?"
"Didn't I say I didn't know?"
"You are perfunctory with me, you don't love me anymore."
"If you keep talking nonsense, you can go back to bed by yourself."
"This is still the same as before..."
Tachibana Aya didn't have any special reaction. After all, Natsuki wasn't the only one who was used to certain things.
"How about going back and playing Ludo?"
"You're not tired of playing yet..."
Xia Zhi showed a reluctant expression. The process was very repetitive and took a long time, and there was no fun at all. Although it was quite interesting when you played it for the first and second time, when you play it for the third time
By the third or fourth time, that pleasure will turn into torture.
Just like when you play a mobile game, you think the cutscene of the card character placing the Noble Phantasm is very nice and you are moved. When you know that the Noble Phantasm screen cannot be skipped, you will be so moved that you cry.
"To be honest, I'm a little tired of it. Then when I have free time, I will go to the board game store to see what interesting board games there are."
"..."
I just wanted to say "yes", but his position didn't allow him to say that. Then Tachibana Aya followed Natsuki back to his apartment. Basically, he didn't do anything. He just hid a few people in the kotatsu there.
After an hour, he was sent back by Xia Zhi.
Anyway, Tachibana Aya is sure to come here almost every day. It would be nice to find something to do instead of being so boring.
On the way back to the apartment, Xia Zhi thought a little boredly.