At eight o'clock in the morning, outside the Chinese restaurant where Haoren works part-time.
"Staff Sang, get him another beer!"
"..."
"Staff, get him a draft beer!"
"Ohhh...here he comes!"
Haoren was walking by the small table outside the store, frowning and thinking about the sword witch, when he was suddenly woken up by a customer. He hurriedly fetched a glass of beer from the back kitchen and served it to the customer.
"Haoren-kun, what's wrong? You seem to be out of spirits tomorrow? Have you encountered any trouble?"
Takegai Hori, who was walking in front of the cashier, glanced at Haoren, who was obviously absent-minded, and asked aloud.
"It's okay, store manager. I just participated in the kendo club's club activities tomorrow. I'm a little tired!"
Naturally, Haoren would not explain the matter about the sword witch to the store manager Takewai. After all, the wrong party was just an ordinary person.
"Are you a little tired? Then I'll go back and rest early. Tomorrow I'll be paid for my part-time job based on normal working hours!"
Takegai Hori rarely restrained her usual attitude of teasing Haoren, and said with a hint of concern.
"Ah, okay."
Haoren was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly.
If he was really being targeted by the sword wizard, he actually couldn't think of any good way to deal with it by himself, so he might as well brainstorm, go home early, and find Feiju to discuss a solution to the problem.
It was not the fault of the widowed female store manager, Haoren was a little grateful.
It doesn’t matter that I don’t assign much work to him at ordinary times. I take care of him very often. When I feel unwell, I will let him go to work early.
Out of gratitude, Haoren bowed slightly and said thanks:
"Thank you, manager!"
Seeing Haoren thanking Haoren so politely, Suili, who had been quite serious just now, returned to her usual posture, twisted her waist, stepped on wooden clogs, quickly came to Haoren, stretched out her legs and patted his face.
He took a shot and said with a sweet smile:
"Giggles~ Kid, why are you so formal? I really want to thank him. When I am not tired anymore, don't leave in the morning and have a few drinks with him!"
Haoren blushed, quickly dodged the tender red leg stretched out by the store manager Zhuwai, and stepped aside without answering.
Normally, he would have refuted and rejected the request in a stern manner.
But as the saying goes, those who take advantage of others have short legs and those who eat others have weak mouths.
The store manager Takegai asked him to leave work early, and he complied with his wages.
He was too embarrassed to refute, so he sighed a few words in his heart.
A mature woman deserves to be called a mature woman!
Only an experienced woman can do the kind of thing where you give me a sweet date and then tease me openly, making me embarrassed to refuse!
So if Qiufu Qiu is accidentally tricked one day, he's afraid that Qiufu Qiu will be raped by Mrs. Takewai...
What's that called?
He drives a big car in Tokyo?
Shaking his head to get rid of the strange thoughts that suddenly appeared in his mind, Haoren went back to the rest room to change the clothes in the store.
After changing his clothes, Haoren came to the cashier and was about to say goodbye to the store manager Zhuwai, but he suddenly remembered something.
"Wrong, store manager, he had something to do that weekend and couldn't come over, so he wanted to take a leave!"
Feng Qiu was originally at work that weekend, but because he and Feiju had agreed to go look for Xue Ji, Feng Qiu naturally took a leave.
"Excuse me for leave? What can I do over the weekend?"
"He's going to Shinjuku area to meet an old friend!"
Haoren explained half-truthfully.
"What? I want to go to Shinjuku area on the weekend?"
Haoren thought that the store manager Zhuwai would just ask him casually, but after hearing his answer, the store manager actually exclaimed in surprise.
"Uh, no, what's the problem? Store manager?"
"Oh, it's okay, you're just a little surprised when you suddenly heard that I begged to travel far away!"
Suori realized that she was a little embarrassed and hurriedly put her legs on her forehead to cover up her loss.
Fortunately, Haoren was just a little confused for a while, and without thinking much, he said goodbye directly:
"Well, store manager, if he has nothing to do, he will leave first..."
"etc!"
However, before she could even finish her farewell words, Sui Li said something disgusting.
"Store manager, what's the matter?"
"Um, what, I'd better not go to Shinjuku area on the weekend!"
Haoren: "???"
At this moment, Sui Li didn't know what words to use to describe her mood.
That kid actually wants to go to Shinjuku area on the weekend?
Are you kidding me, Shinjuku area wants to be surrounded by her large barrier on weekends, and many demon kings will break into it.
Although the three major spirit removal agencies will notify the local people to try not to go out on weekends, and her barrier will also protect the people outside the building, it is also very dangerous!
That kid ran to a dangerous place foolishly. Isn’t that looking for death?
Looking at Haoren whose face was full of doubts, Takegai Hori quickly turned her head and tried hard to think of an excuse to use to dispel Haoren's thoughts.
It would definitely not work if she said it directly, as that would reveal her identity as the Barrier Goddess, so she could think of another reason.
"Wrong, or because of that, a very dangerous monster has appeared in Shinjuku recently - Yukihime. I can't go, it will be dangerous!"
After hearing Sui Li's words, Haoren's heart moved slightly.
After thinking for a while, he said with doubt again:
"Xue Ji? What kind of monster is that? Is it dangerous?"
"Snow Princess is actually a snow girl, an A-level demon who is good at making ice and snow.
She usually lives in the deep mountains and is similar to humans, but has snow-red skin and stunningly beautiful appearance.
They like to lead men into snowy mountains and freeze them, then take away their souls. They are a very dangerous monster..."
"Snow Princess, is she a snow girl? Does he know the snow girl? Doesn't it mean that snow girls usually live in the mountains?
Why did she appear in the city? How do I know, the store manager?"
Xue Ji is not Xue Nu. Haoren has long heard Fei Ju say that.
But because the store manager Takewai suddenly mentioned information about Yuki Ji, he naturally wanted to ask Minghong.
At least I want to know why the store manager Takegai knew the information about Yukihime.
Why do I have so many questions? Do I have a hundred thousand questions?
Being asked so many questions by Haoren, Sui Li almost had black lines all over her head, but she gave up the idea and Sui Li patiently answered:
"He has a friend from the witch bureau. She told him, so I don't want to spread any external information about the witch bureau everywhere!
As for why Xue Ji appears in the city, it is because Xue Ji is born with a cold temperament, which makes them inherently lacking in emotions.
Some Xue Ji will choose to integrate into the city and seek to experience human emotions to make up for their lack of love. That Xue Ji is stranded in the city and most likely will not be able to find love..."
Having said that, Suori paused for a moment and said with a hint of warning:
"Those things aside, I don't want to go to Shinjuku area on weekends, it's very dangerous.
Okay, let me go back quickly!"
…
"Looking for feelings...?"
After being sent away by the store manager, Haoren kept thinking about what she said on the way home.
"Although the store manager had good intentions and asked him not to go to Shinjuku, she actually didn't know that the person he was looking for was Yukihime herself.
Sorry, store manager, he can’t take my advice!”
Just thinking about it, Haoren quickly returned home.
However, after arriving home, he met an unexpected person.