tokyo creator

Chapter 195 Justice
After working at Mundo for a week, Haiyuan discovered that the empty and deserted scene he saw when he came for the interview on the first morning was not the true face of this cafe.

Its true appearance is presented after three o'clock in the afternoon every weekday.

When the sun starts to set in front of the main entrance and shines through the windows, Mundo will... suddenly become extremely lively.

——On the left, there are the ladies in the town who are chatting and drinking coffee brewed with hot pot, eating snacks they brought with them.

——On the right side, there are uncles drinking tea brewed with fire thallium, sitting together and staring at the TV set on the wall, watching the live broadcast of the baseball game.

——In the middle, there are primary school students drinking milk and cocoa heated by fire and coming here after school to do homework and play games.

Noisy, noisy, the laughter of aunts, the cheers of uncles, and the screams of primary school students mixed together.

But none of these people are serious customers, and none of them pay.

In other words, Mundo’s true face——

It is not so much a coffee shop as it has almost become a free activity center in the town, a public welfare civic hall.

Hui Yuan stood behind the bar and looked up at the scene outside, always feeling astonished as if he were looking at a rare animal.

But the fire thallium hero in front of him remained calm and concentrated on teaching Hui Yuanchu how to froth milk.

“To create fine milk froth, you need to pay attention to the angle of the steam wand.

“First of all, if the spout of the milk foam cup is taken as the 12 o’clock position, the steam wand should be placed at the 2-3 o’clock position.

"The steam rod and the liquid surface must also be at a certain angle. It cannot be vertical or too tilted..."

“In the final analysis, all operations are so that the steam can form an internal spiral in the milk, so that it can spread everywhere quickly and evenly.

"Come, watch my movements."

As Huo Zhan said, he poured a cup of milk into the stainless steel milk foam cup, then pulled the steam wand of the coffee machine, inserted it, and turned on the switch.

"呲——Zwazwazwa——"

Steam makes a suppressed squirt sound in the milk.

The hero of the fire thallium held the milk foam cup with a focused expression, adjusting the angle almost constantly.

Soon, milk foam that was so fine and clean that it had a reflective surface rose from the milk foam cup.

Huo Thallium turned off the steam, took the mug on the side that had espresso poured into it, poured the milk foam into it, and added a smiley face flower.

Next, another cup and a different latte pattern.

Finally, Huo Thallium stuffed two cups of coffee into Hui Yuanchu's hand, then raised his chin towards the corner of the store: "Send one cup to Miss Maiko."

"Where's the other cup?"

"Of course it's for you, Haiyuan."

At this time, another uncle came over and handed over his mobile phone: "Huo Zhan, I received a strange lottery winning message... Can you help me take a look?"

The fire thallium hero nodded towards Hui Yuanchu, then took the phone and patiently talked to the uncle.

Haiyuan walked away with the coffee and walked towards the south side of the cafe.

Miss Maiko was sitting alone in the corner as usual, reading a book by herself. Even when she saw Haiyuan coming over, she didn't show any signs of it.

Hui Yuan didn't take it seriously either.He placed the coffee for Maiko in front of her, turned around and took a look - on the bar not far away, Huo Thallium Hero was still patiently explaining to his uncle what "telecommunication fraud" was.

Hui Yuan initially thought that the coffee teaching might not be able to continue for the time being.So he simply sat down on the chair next to him, drank the coffee Huo Thallium made for him, and continued to look at the people in the cafe.

Men, women, old and young each occupy a piece of territory in a tacit understanding.

Miss Maiko was the only one here. There were many empty seats around, but no one came over at all.

Hui Yuanchu couldn't help but express his opinion: "Miss Maiko, I always feel that this place doesn't even belong to you, but more like a cafe run by Huo Thallium. Look, no one greets you when they come in. But they all say hello to Huo Thallium."

Kadowaki Maiko said with a dark face: "...Young man, your mouth is very poisonous."

"I grew up here, and the neighbors are all very familiar with each other. Of course there is no need to say hello!" She defended, and then snorted, "As for that guy Huo Thallium, it's just because he was just beaten by me. After he was picked up, everyone was still a little bit new to him."

As if to prove that what she said was true, an old man with bright ears and a wretched appearance immediately shouted in the direction: "Xiao Wu, find a boyfriend quickly and experience the nourishment of love! It's always the same." We don’t dare to get close to him with a straight face!”

Amid a burst of laughter, Maiko held her head and whispered: "Shut up, shut up..."

A few days ago, the bored Maiko Kadowaki did chat with Haiyuan about some things - about herself, Mundo, and the Fire Thallium Hero.

Kadowaki Maiko was born and raised in this neighborhood, but she spent some time abroad as an adult, and only returned to her birthplace a few years ago to open this cafe.

The Huo Thallium Hero was actually a homeless person she picked up from the street outside on a rainy night a few months ago.She didn't even check her ID card, she simply believed the name and homeless experience he reported, and followed his request without calling the police.

"Everyone has their own secrets, why bother to delve into it. But Huo Zhan is a good boy, I believe I will not misjudge the person." Maiko Kadowaki said carelessly.

Huiyuan Chuxin said, indeed.

It is true that everyone has their own secrets, which should not be delved into.For example, what did Kadowaki Maiko do abroad, why did she come back, why did she open the cafe in this damn place, and how did she live a leisurely life in this cafe where no one came and countless neighbors came to play and drink? Until now... all this information has been vaguely conveyed to her, just because she shouldn't delve into it further.

It is true that Huo Thallium is a "good guy" in the traditional sense.

At least, here, Hui Yuanchu had never seen him say "no".On the contrary, he accepted every request very patiently and seriously.

Including but not limited to making coffee for aunts and uncles, serving tea and water, tutoring children with homework, playing games with them, listening to emotional problems, conflict mediation, computer repair, mobile phone system settings...

Simply a friend of the community.

It's no wonder that he quickly gained everyone's love.

——Although Kadowaki Maiko has never cared about the money for various consumables, you can tell from her face that she will not be patient enough to make coffee for others!
Therefore, it can be said that this place was not "operational" until Huo Thallium appeared.

Hui Yuanchu continued to look at Huo Thallium Hero from a distance.

After finally persuading the uncle to give up the remittance plan, Huo Thallium delivered coffee to the aunt twice more, did some sewing for the little girl who had lost her button, and was even dragged over by the uncles to participate as a referee. There were no arguments about which team was better, and he didn't take away his duties of cleaning windows and cleaning countertops...it was all-powerful.Moreover, there was no sign of impatience at all.

The baseball game is finally over, and the uncles are starting to talk about who will be the next prime minister.

The fire thallium hero was rarely attracted.

He wiped his hands and walked to the back of the crowd, looking up at the screen.

"The fall of a political star! The Tokyo District Prosecutor's Office formally filed a lawsuit against former Congressman Noda Toshizo on suspicion of illegal land sales, accepting bribes, and hiring murderers. Noda Toshizo was transferred to the Tokyo Detention Center today. The attitude of the party group is unclear and he is making a comeback. Maybe it’s still alive?”

What is being broadcast now is a political discussion program.Under the exaggerated title, guests from both sides are having a heated debate about whether the former political star is innocent and whether he will eventually go to jail.

Watching until the end, the guest who supports the side of severe punishment punched the camera in an exaggerated way and shouted: "The people in front of the TV are waiting for justice to be carried out!"

The fire thallium hero watched this silently, and then began to take off his apron.

"Miss Maiko, how much tea, coffee beans, sugar, and detergent are left? I want to go shopping with Haibara, okay?" He shouted towards the corner.

"Haiyuan, can I trouble you?" he asked again.

Kadowaki Maiko didn't answer at all.Hui Yuanchu, on the other hand, stood up without hesitation: "Then, take my car?"

"Yes, you're welcome. That's my plan." The hero of Huo Thallium patted his shoulder affectionately. "In addition, when you come back, I also want to ask you to take a detour and take me to a nearby place." A place.”

……

The big shopping was over, and the two of them left the supermarket with seven or eight shopping bags. It was already around five o'clock in the afternoon.

The purchase itself doesn't take much time.Mainly because the fire thallium hero met a child who was separated from his parents, so he took the child to look for her for a long time, and finally delivered her to her parents before leaving.

Hui Yuanchu watched the whole process.

A three-year-old human cub is such a terrifying existence: it seems to have the ability to speak, and people unconsciously expect to be able to communicate with it, but this is just an illusion.The fragmentation of semantics makes the language itself no longer have the value and function of language, but more like some kind of indescribable murmur, which will only invisibly wear away the rational value of the listener, not to mention being accompanied by sudden screaming and crying. Trouble, even physical violence.

But faced with such an existence, Huo Thallium Hero always remained calm and gentle, coaxing the child into laughing out loud bit by bit, and then dug out and pieced together the parents' information bit by bit based on the child's illogical statements... This Patience and perseverance are difficult for many parents of children to achieve.

In this regard, Hui Yuan's initial evaluation is that the fire thallium hero who can do this is like a brave man facing the devil. He indeed has a strong and heroic state of mind.

Before returning to the store, Huo Thallium needs to be sent somewhere as promised before.

So following Huo Thallium Hero's instructions, Hui Yuanchu drove the car around alleys and alleys for a long time, and finally stopped at a street park.

Hui Yuanchu originally wanted to leave Hero Huo Thallium here and leave first, but Huo Thallium took out the drink he bought before from the shopping bag, threw it towards Hui Yuanchu, and then said: "I will wait for 10 minutes at most. You're not in that hurry, are you? We have to be busy when we go back to the store, so why not sit down and rest together."

After catching the can, Hui Yuan thought for a moment and simply unscrewed the key and locked the car, then stepped out of the car.

The two teenagers sat down side by side on the chairs beside the flower bed, drinking drinks in silence.

Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the golden street garden is leisurely and empty.Apart from Hui Yuanchu and Fire Thallium Hero, there was only a family of three playing happily near the slide in the distance.

The father climbed up the slide with the child in his arms and put him down first, while the mother took care of him below.Then the mother and the child clapped their hands together again, watching the already somewhat fat father get stuck on the slide in embarrassment, and then slide down with difficulty.

Hui Yuanchu drank a drink and watched this scene indifferently. Hearing the laughter of children and parents carried by the wind in the distance, his heart felt empty.

Until a "bang" sound came.

(End of this chapter)