After saying hello to Kimura Mai, Qingyou immediately started to leave, his steps slightly quickening.
...
After the boy left, Kimura Mai lifted the hair that fell on her cheek and her expression returned to normal.
She tilted her head to look at the girl who suddenly appeared and disturbed her interest, and she showed a gentle expression and smiled.
Hanyu Reizuki nodded awkwardly and pinched her hands helplessly, still so timid and introverted.
Mai Kimura raised her eyebrows, retracted her obscure and inquiring gaze, and no longer looked at the plain-looking girl.
Those eyes flashed with a trace of deep thought and doubt
——Maybe, she really was overthinking?
...
"Grandpa Hiroo, I heard from Senior Hanyu that you have something to talk to me about?"
Qingyou came to the warehouse of the store and saw an old man calculating something on a computer.
"Looking for you?"
Hiroo Kimura stopped what he was doing, glanced at him, then stopped and calmly continued to punch numbers on the computer. "Yes, I want to talk to you about something. There are too many goods in the warehouse. Please help me count them."
"many?"
Qingyou looked around and said, "But why do I feel that this batch of goods is much smaller than the last time?"
"Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up and work for me!"
Kimura Hiroo glared at him.
"......" Qingyou just felt confused. Why did he suddenly become so aggressive for no reason?
"Xiao Youzi, after you finish counting the goods here, go home with Xiao Lianyue."
"Yes, I see."
After saying goodbye to Hanyu Reizuki, Qingyou returned home and cooked, took a bath, and then slept with him as usual.
This night passed without any surprises.
In the blink of an eye, it was Sunday morning.
"Good morning, Tada-kun."
"Morning, Hanyu-senpai."
Qingyou noticed that the girl had already changed into work clothes, and was quite surprised. "Why are you here so early?"
Hanyu Reizuki explained sheepishly, "My home is relatively close to here, and I prepared breakfast for Ayu this morning. I thought I had nothing to do, so I came here."
The tone was normal and what he said was insignificant, but Qingyou was not stupid and knew that the other party was being modest.
You know, getting up early in winter is an extremely difficult thing.
But in this state, the girl always maintained the habit of getting up early. Not only did she come to the school library early to study alone, but she also did odd jobs.
I have to say, these brother and sister are more hardworking than each other.
“Senior Hanyu, I finally understand why Grandpa Hiroo gave you the key to the store on the first day you came.” Putting his hands in his pockets, Qingyou smiled faintly, “It’s probably because I saw a little girl waiting outside the door of the store for a long time yesterday morning.”
He was just guessing, but he was almost right.
"Tada-kun..." Hanyu Reizuki turned her eyes away in shame, her earlobes stained red, and her voice was pitifully small.
"No more, no more, I was just joking, don't mind it, Hanyu-senpai." Seeing the girl looking embarrassed, Qingyou stopped teasing and started to be serious, "Today is the last day of the weekend, so I will be a little busy. Hanyu-senpai, please keep up the good work."
"You too." Hanyu Reizuki replied in a low voice, then turned and walked away, as if she didn't want to pay attention to him.
Qingyou behind him was speechless.
So, has he seen the temper of his senior sister?
[What's the matter with being petty or not? Don't think too much. Host, let's play chess!!!]
The system in my mind challenged me, "Just wait till you call me grandpa."
"Yo yo yo, I see you refuse to admit defeat!"
After entering the locker room to change clothes, Qingyou started another round of a new one-on-one game with the system.
***** *****
Time flies, and after a busy day, it’s time to finish cleaning.
"Thank you for your hard work, Hanyu-senpai." Qingyou placed a bottle of orange juice in front of the girl, holding a broom in one hand, "This is the reward you deserve today, you are not allowed to refuse it."
After saying that, in order to prevent her from hesitating, he opened the pull tab for her.
Hanyu Reizuki, "....."
——Well, now I can’t refuse even if I want to.
She whispered a thank you, then held the can in both hands and took a sip, very quietly.
Kimura Hiroo came over with a calculator and asked her, "Xiao Lianyue, how much is your LINE account?"
"Eh, me?"
The old man smiled kindly and explained to her, "If you have any problems in the future, just tell me online, so you don't have to come here specially."
Hanyu Reizuki nodded, and then gave out her account and password. Her voice was very soft, and she spoke each word very slowly, making it easy for people to remember.
Hiroo Kimura tapped on the phone screen and said, "I've added you. Remember to agree."
"By the way, Xiao Youzi, you should also add Xiao Lianyue's LINE." Looking at the young man lying dead on the recliner beside him, he reminded him.
"Hmm?" Qingyou sat up straight, "Me?"
"It's convenient to have a contact method online." The old man urged, "Hurry up, don't dilly-dally like a woman."
"Yes, yes, I understand." Qingyou sighed.
——Being so harsh to him, alas, I have completely fallen out of favor.
Muttering sadly, he took out his phone, opened the virtual keyboard and entered the number the girl had just mentioned, "The friend request has been sent, Hanyu-senpai."
Hanyu Reizuki was stunned, and it took her a long time to react.
"Ah."
He took out a slightly old mobile phone from his pocket, and saw two friend requests on it.
One is a profile picture of an old man by the sea, and the other is a profile picture of an anime boy’s back.
Staring at the boy's profile picture, Hanyu Reizuki was a little dazed.
The second one must be Tada-kun.
So does she count as the first person of the opposite sex to become a friend on the boy's account?...
Thinking of this, a sense of joy inexplicably arose in my heart.
"All agreed."
Putting the phone back into her pocket, she lowered her eyes and smiled.
As if she didn't want to attract attention, what she just put into her pocket was actually a can of sweet candy.
***** ****!
"See you tomorrow, Hanyu-senpai."
"Well, see you tomorrow."
At the crossroads at dusk, watching the boy's back getting farther and farther away, Hanyu Reizuki turned her gaze away, turned around and walked towards home.
He reached into his pocket and touched it from time to time, as if he had some treasure there, and was afraid that he would lose it if he was not careful.
What's inside?
A stack of brand new Japanese yen? Or a dazzling diamond?
No, just an ordinary old mobile phone.
...
After arriving home and taking a shower, Hanyu Reizuki returned to her room and opened her cell phone screen to take a look.
The page shows that a friend has sent a message.
Her heart skipped a beat and she immediately clicked it. She didn't even notice the anticipation that quietly rose in her eyes.
[are you home yet? ]
——Tada Kiyoyu
It's really him~
Holding one end of the phone, her beautiful eyes sparkled with light, and her heart was slightly moved, a little subtle, just like a child who finally got to eat the candy he wanted.
[Yeah, I'm home, I just took a shower.]
After typing a few words in reply, she exhaled, tossed back and forth on the bed, and felt indescribably nervous and excited.
It took a long time before he slowly calmed down.
She tilted her head and saw that the boy did not reply after she sent the message, and the chat panel was empty.
——Did she say it too coldly?
Pursing my lips, I felt even more nervous, a little bit uneasy and lost.
He held the phone in front of him and typed a long sentence on the virtual keyboard, but after hesitating for a moment, he slowly deleted all the content.
I just stared at my phone, a little absent-minded.
——Or, let’s just say…
"bell--"
Suddenly, accompanied by a pleasant ringtone, the phone screen suddenly showed a call from a friend.
Looking at the anime avatar above, Hanyu Reizuki felt that the frequency of her heartbeat began to speed up for no reason.
I stretched out my finger and caught it almost instantly.
As soon as I leaned close to his ear, I heard the other person's slow and cold voice, "Have you eaten?"
Her heart beat a little faster.
"Not yet." Trying to keep her voice steady, she asked, "Where's Tada-kun?"
"I just came back from shopping at the mall. There happens to be a promotion going on today." Qingyou chatted with her on the voice while holding a bag in one hand on the way to the tram station.
"Yeah, it's fine." Hanyu Reizuki didn't know what to respond for a moment, and said it dryly, and the atmosphere suddenly became awkward.
After a while, she also felt that this was not right, and hurriedly changed the topic, "The weather is nice today."
There was silence on the other end of the phone, and then a voice came slowly, "Senior Hanyu, it has been raining all day today, and it just stopped."
Hanyu Reizuki was stunned and felt extremely stupid in an instant.
A young boy's clear and pleasant low laugh was heard on the phone.
Hanyu Reizuki buried her head in the quilt, her cheeks feeling hot.
——So ashamed
"Are you going to the library to study on Monday morning?" After a few breaths, the boy took the initiative to bring up the topic.
"Yeah." Her head was still buried in the quilt, and her voice was muffled.
"Okay, we'll meet at the usual place then. If you encounter any questions you don't know how to answer, just ask me, Hanyu-senpai."
"It's obvious that Tada-kun is the junior..." She replied with her voice getting smaller and smaller.
"Yes, yes, Senior Hanyu, please take care of me, your junior." There was a hint of helplessness in the faint voice.
Hanyu Reizuki was amused by him, raised her head, and curved the corners of her lips. The shyness she had just felt gradually disappeared, "Hmm~"
bang bang bang-
Suddenly there was a sound of collision outside the door, as if someone had smashed a glass bottle onto the ground.
Then, a drunken middle-aged man's voice came, "You little bastard, you little bitch, hurry up and come out and cook for me!"
