The store manager put two drinks on the table, one was a large cup of watermelon juice, and the other was coffee. Of course, Tachibana Aya wouldn't drink coffee, but Natsuki obviously didn't expect that the store manager would give it to her.
Pour a glass too.
Xia Zhi, who had just returned from a trip, was very alert: "I just came back and I am already penniless."
"Of course I'm buying you a drink, brat." The store manager hugged his hand and said, "You usually treat customers to eat and drink for free in the store."
"Isn't that what you asked me to do?" Xia Zhi retorted: "But if it doesn't cost money, I'll accept it."
"My juice doesn't cost money, either?" Tachibana Aya blinked.
"No, no, you've drank in the store so many times... Oh, I forgot that you paid properly. Forget it, it's not important, the important thing is that today is really a day worth celebrating.
"The store manager took out his mobile phone: "I think I have to call Sayuri and talk about it."
"Don't..." Xia Zhi scratched his head: "Isn't it okay for you to say it after you go back? At least don't let me hear it."
"What does this have to do with it? When Sayuri and I became lovers, we were so happy that we wanted everyone in the world to know." The store manager snorted, as if the past events were still fresh in his mind: "But if you still need it, I will
It’s better to go back and talk about it later.”
Xia Zhi no longer wants to dwell too much on this topic: "Is the store busy recently? Do you need me to come over to help or something? Mayumi doesn't seem to be here either."
"You? You should go and have fun wherever you want, and don't disturb my business." The store manager intervened: "It's been a holiday these days, and there haven't been many customers. It's just fine for one person to handle it, and I don't have to pay you and Mayumi.
Salary. You don’t need to come here before taking leave, and I don’t want you when you come.”
Xia Zhi could tell that the store manager wanted to send him out to play. As for the reason... he could figure it out after just a little thought. Xia Zhi just shook his head and said nothing more.
"If you say that, then I won't care. Even if the number of guests suddenly increases by then and you call me again, I won't come over."
"...No, I think you still have to come over if I call you. After all, I am the store manager." He said arrogantly.
Xia Zhi picked up the cup and took a sip of coffee. Well...it still tasted the same as before, nothing had changed.
"Shouldn't there be a few more days of vacation? Why don't you go somewhere else to have fun? It's easy to talk about it if you're short of money."
"I'm not short of money, I just came back after having enough fun. I have to stay a few days to adjust my condition. After all, school will start soon. And I haven't done any homework yet, and I have a headache.
"You mean when did you come back?"
"This morning, I just arrived at the apartment to clean up and found that there were no ingredients, so I came over here to buy some things and went back. I was passing by and thought I would stop by and take a look." Xia Zhi put down the cup: "Where are you? I
Remember, your family also plans to take Xiaoyao out to play?"
"I'm back early. I can't go for ten days at a time. I've been open for five or six days, but Xiaoyao wants to go to the amusement park recently. I'm still thinking about when I can find some free time to take her with me.
"
"Where's Sayuri-san?"
"Sayuri has also started to go to work. She doesn't have much free time. It feels quite hard."
Xia Zhi glanced at the store manager with disdain: "Whoever lets you open the store won't make much money."
"Who said I don't make money anymore!" The store manager glared at Xia Zhi: "I just, just... forget it, you don't understand even if you tell a kid like you who has never seen the world."
He waved his hand, and Natsuki sneered. The store manager felt that Natsuki had become a little unscrupulous after returning from the trip, so he looked at Tachibana Aya: "Aya-chan, buy more when you go shopping later.
It’s expensive. If he doesn’t buy it for you, you’ll cry, you understand?”
"But, I am richer than Xia Zhi..." Tachibana Aya blinked her innocent eyes.
Although the store manager felt that it was a pity that his plan could not be realized, this actually caused some harm to Xia Zhi.
After drinking all the coffee in the quilt, the store manager glared at Xia Zhi: "You will be punished by God for drinking coffee like this!"
"Come on, don't you drink like this sometimes?" Xia Zhi didn't care. He put the finished cup on the plate and stood up: "It's almost time to go shopping. Mengmeng still wants to go shopping."
I haven’t even eaten yet at home.”
"Have you eaten yet? Oh, yes, you have to go out to buy ingredients. Otherwise, you can just bring some back from the store. There are still many in the store."
"No need, I still have some other things to buy. I still have to go to the department store after all." Xia Zhi looked at Tachibana Aya, who was still sipping juice. Seeing Xia Zhi looking at her,
He raised his head and drank the remaining half of the cup in one gulp, then stood up.
"If anything happens, just call me. Anyway, there's nothing to do these days. Come over and help me to pass the time."
"I'll call you if I really need it. Then you two can go play by yourself, or why not just come to my house for dinner tonight."
"It won't go by for a few days. Say hello to me, Sister Sayuri and Xiaoyao. By the way, I bought you gifts, but I left them at home and forgot to bring them over."
"What kind of gift are you buying? Really? Huh? It seems that Xiaoyao also bought one."
The store manager remembered something and squatted down inside the counter: "I remember it... I found it."
He was holding a medium-sized box in his hand, which could just fit into his pocket: "I kind of forgot what's inside. Anyway, you can take it apart and take a look at it yourself."
"I know, let's go then. It'll be later...forget it, it's too much trouble. We should still be open as normal tomorrow, right?"
"I don't have any other plans for tomorrow."
"Then I'll bring a gift over tomorrow. Let's go."
"Be careful on the road and come here to eat if you don't have anything to eat."
Natsuki greeted Tachibana Aya and walked out of the store. Tachibana Aya waved to the store manager: "See you in a few days!"
Seeing the two people walking out of the store together, the store manager held his hands, thought for a while, couldn't help but chuckle, and then cleared the counter table.
"Now Xiaoyao shouldn't be clamoring to marry Xia Zhi when she grows up, hahahahahahahahaha!"
The originally warm atmosphere in the store was completely destroyed by his words. A customer who was drinking coffee spit out the coffee on the spot and banged the table over there laughing.
It's a pity that neither Natsumi nor Tachibana Aya can hear it anymore.