Chapter 51 The Sneaky Man
Just over ten minutes after Sawayama Haruno left, Miyazawa Maki had almost finished shopping at the dry food store.
After placing the small bags of dry food on the counter, she asked, "How much is the total?"
Because there were so many of them, she also placed a small basket aside, which contained a total of twenty or thirty small paper bags.
The saleslady was calculating the weight one by one. After operating the computer, she quoted a price.
"The total is 24,272 yen. Miss, are you going to pay by credit card or..."
"Cash."
Miyazawa Maki spoke first.
She took out her small wallet from her pocket. Most of the money in it came from the "100,000 yen" that Sawayama Haruno had given her before.
However, she estimated that Sawayama Haruno had already taken the money back from Mana. After all, she had received a transfer from the other party to her card two days ago.
The reason why she didn't use the money in the card was that she didn't want to have anything to do with Mana. Although the 100,000 yen in cash was also related to the other party, she had made a contribution with actual actions after all, so rounding it off was what she deserved.
"I got your money back, and you got a bargain. I would say it's also a reward for my labor, so that's it."
Miyazawa Maki couldn't help but mutter.
In this case, Mana is the only one who suffers.
Not only did he lose his money, but his loved one was also taken advantage of by someone else.
It's a real loss of both money and people.
Thinking of this, Miyazawa Maki's mood suddenly became much better.
After taking a large bag handed back by the shop assistant, Maki Miyazawa hummed a little tune and prepared to go to the next place to continue shopping.
She still had some extra money on her. After all, dry food was not a very valuable thing. Although she bought a lot of it, the actual price was not that high.
The only thing you need to pay attention to is the price when you buy cosmetics later. After all, you are in Ginza, and there will be a lot of luxury goods that are shockingly expensive.
With her current savings, she can't afford to buy too many things.
"Buy a similar lipstick and see if you can use the remaining money to buy something else."
Miyazawa Maki murmured in her heart.
She has entered into budgeting mode.
Strictly speaking, this was the first time she had calculated this much.
After all, although Miyazawa's parents liked to compare their two children, they couldn't treat one of them unfairly, so Miyazawa Maki had never experienced a very "poor" life before.
Fortunately, she is a very adaptable person, so she doesn't feel too disappointed even if she doesn't have a lot of money to buy things.
What's more, she was still excited from buying a bunch of dry food, which made her full of energy.
With the idea of taking a walk first, Maki Miyazawa took the escalator nearby and prepared to go to the cosmetics store upstairs to observe.
However, what she failed to notice was that a sneaky man was also following closely behind her and standing two steps below the escalator.
"Master, don't you have anything you want to buy?"
Ezaki Suguha glanced at the dazzling array of shops around him and said sincerely, "Put all of this on me. After all, Master came here specifically to accompany me."
If people passing by could hear what she said, they might find it a little strange.
Because the person whom Suguha Ezaki called master was the petite girl standing in front of her, who was obviously more than a head shorter than her.
Obviously, if we only look at their appearance, the petite girl is more like the "sister" role, but Ezaki Suguha has to act respectfully towards her and even insists on calling her "Master".
If Sawayama Haruno saw this scene, he would probably be even more surprised. The reason was very simple: this petite girl was someone he knew.
It was one of the reasons why he came to Ginza this time. ——Mine Shiori.
"No, I don't have anything to buy."
Mine Shiori shook her head and gently refused: "Just buy your own things. I just came here to see if there are any books that are suitable for you."
"How can this be so embarrassing?"
Suguha Ezaki felt a little ashamed.
It would be a bit disrespectful to tell others that I had asked my tutor to come out in the scorching sun just to buy tutoring materials for me.
Logically speaking, the teacher should propose the teaching materials he needs, and we should prepare them properly.
After all, she is the one who is studying. Even if she pays, she should still maintain the principle of respecting the teacher in this relationship.
This is the family etiquette of their Ezaki family.
"I really don't need it. The salary you offer me for tutoring is already very high."
Mine Shiori shook her head and smiled faintly.
As if to avoid Ezaki Suguha's enthusiastic invitation, she stubbornly refused and slowly walked to the viewing railing outside, pretending that she was not very interested in other shops.
However, before she could finish her refusal, an unintentional glance made Mine Shiori freeze in place.
Directly below, towards the escalator on this floor, a young girl with short, slightly curly hair was walking up with a large bag in her arms.
"Mana, no. Maki?"
Mine Shiori murmured subconsciously.
She was not a stranger to this person. After all, they had just sat down to have dinner together last Thursday. What's more, she was Miyazawa Mana's twin sister.
Whatever the reason, she left a deep impression on Mine Shiori.
I just didn't expect it to be such a coincidence.
By coincidence, they met in Ginza.
"what happened?"
Following the master's gaze, also looked in the direction of the master's gaze was Ezaki Suguha who was standing beside him.
But the next second, Ezaki Suguha said "Huh" in confusion.
She noticed more than Mine Shiori. She also noticed the man who was following Miyazawa Maki with obviously sneaky movements.
A ray of sunlight suddenly flashed through the fully transparent glass baffle above the shopping mall. When it shone obliquely on the elevator on this floor, the inexplicable reflection it caused stung the eyes of bystanders.
Naoha Ezaki immediately realized what the other party was doing.
That's the reflection caused by the phone camera.
From their angle, they could clearly see that the half of the mobile phone hidden under the other party's black cuffs was slowly trying to reach under Miyazawa Maki's skirt.
"stop!"
The next moment, Ezaki Suguha's angry voice rang out.
Before Mine Shiori could react, the rich lady with a high ponytail rushed over.
Her movements are so agile that it is hard to imagine that a girl of her age could be so agile.
She just jumped up by holding on to the observation railing in the mall and jumped forcefully into the escalator from the side.
It fell exactly in the middle between Miyazawa Maki and the man in black.
(End of this chapter)
