Chiba Salted Fish Legend

Chapter 47 Is there any difference between you and calling me by name? ?
"So, you went out for a trip and asked for a morning and half an afternoon to come over?"

Yamamoto Ryoko looked strange.

"Why do I feel that you are becoming more and more unreliable?"

"The mountain man has his own plan."

Natsuki mentioned an old saying. Neither Shiraishi Rika nor Yamamoto Ryoko understood it, but based on the context and his expression, they could still guess the general meaning.

Shiraishi Lihua didn't feel very good and felt that she should learn more Chinese.

"Then gather at...where at eight o'clock in the morning on weekends?"

Natsuki glanced at Ryoko Yamamoto with disdain.We have already decided where we want to go, but we haven’t thought about where to meet.

"Just in front of my house, right? Otherwise I might get lost."

Yamamoto Ryoko glanced at Natsuki with the same contempt.

There is no way, life at three o'clock and one line is mostly like this.The era of being able to see the world without leaving home is so convenient that I don’t even think about going out for a walk.As for working, it is necessary. Without money, you cannot survive in this society.

"Then it's decided, right? We'll meet in front of Xia Zhi's apartment at eight o'clock in the morning on weekends. Really, such a big man can still get lost."

"There are a lot of people who never know their way around, so stop making sarcastic remarks."

"A little bit."

"Oh, by the way. Xia Zhijun, Ryoko, do you want to go to the restaurant to eat, or should I prepare a lunch and bring it over."

Shiraishi Rika asked.

"I don't want to eat restaurant food. Lihua, can you ask that five-star chef sister to cook more?"

"...There are generally more people going out on weekends, and there may be no seats in the restaurant. If you regret it then, it may be too late to think of a solution, so Lihua, please bring more with you." Xia Zhi tried to maintain his mood with scene words. She has an image of being unmoved by external objects, but when it comes to the truth, Shiraishi Rika secretly smiles from the sidelines.

"I see."

Next it's time for class.Nothing special happened, it passed uneventfully.When the bell rang for the end of get out of class, Xia Zhi put away his things, stood up and was about to leave.But suddenly I thought that I had shamelessly ordered a delicious meal at noon, and it would be bad to leave without saying hello.Turning to look in the direction of Shiraishi Lihua, the other party happened to look over.Xia Zhi thought for a moment, waved his hand, and then left quickly as always.

This probably counts as saying goodbye, right?Xia Zhi thought to himself.

In the classroom, Baishi Lihua suddenly became happy, but her good self-cultivation kept her expression unchanged.The only thing that has changed is perhaps the slightly upward curve of the corners of his mouth.

"Let's go. Lihua, what are you doing?"

Xia Zhi rushed out of the school gate like the wind, the gate guard Takeda was amazed, and then started his own work.

"Why are you here too!?"

When Xia Zhi arrived at the coffee shop, Tachibana was sitting in front of the counter talking happily with the store manager.Mayumi hadn't even rushed to the store yet.

"Oh, here it comes. I was talking about you."

"Xia Zhi, I have good news for you!"

The corner of Xia Zhi's mouth twitched, he was sure that this was definitely not good news.

"Starting from tomorrow, I will also work here!"

"...Really?" Xia Zhi looked at the store manager with a stomachache.

"False." The store manager denied it decisively, "We already have Natsuki and Mayumi-chan. If we hire one more, we will start to lose money."

"It's so heartless. I obviously said I would help the store introduce children from the school to come here."

"Spare me. I won't be able to go to Miss Lemmy's concert if there are too many people."

For some reason, Xia Zhi felt that this was the reason why the store manager refused to hire her.There is no evidence, but the credibility should be very high.

"Forget it. Xia Zhi, I want the milk coffee from last time. I'll sit in the corner over there."

Tachibana Aya stood up, hummed, took her bag, walked to the corner and sat down, facing the counter.

Xia Zhi always felt that there was something strange. This lunatic... seemed to have become a little more well-behaved?
But seeing that there was no movement from her, Xia Zhi decided not to care about her anymore.He said hello to the store manager and was about to change clothes when the store manager stopped him.

"Xia Zhi, wait a moment. I have a few questions to ask you."

The store manager looked at Xia Zhi seriously.Xia Zhi rarely saw such an expression from the store manager. He subconsciously thought of Tachibana Aya's well-behaved nature and was a little worried that he had been tricked by her.If the store manager is dissatisfied with her, he must take responsibility and let her leave.

Xia Zhi also looked at the store manager with a serious face.

"What's the relationship between you and me?"

"……what?"

Xia Zhi was stunned for a moment and didn't react.

"I mean, there are already four of them, Mayumi-chan, Reika-chan, Ryoko-chan, and Aya-chan who is sitting in the corner now. They will be beaten."

"what?"

The store manager slapped Xia Zhi on the head in anger.

"Stop pretending. It's so exciting to ride on four boats. No, you can't do such a crazy thing, you know."

"I think you misunderstood something." Xia Zhi rubbed his stomach, which was aching again, "I met the guy in the corner by chance on the way to work. I remember sending a photo that looked particularly suspicious. A picture of a person. That’s her.”

"...Fake?" the store manager asked tentatively.

"Really." Xia Zhi nodded: "Later she caught me and asked me to delete the photos, and then we got to know each other."

The store manager rubbed his eyebrows: "What kind of light novel is this?"

"I know Mayumi, after all, I hired them. Where are the two beautiful girls? What is your relationship?"

"Those two are my classmates. I was familiar with Ryoko Yamamoto. They were going to see Amamiya Jasmine's concert that day, so they asked me to go with them."

"What!" The store manager grabbed Xia Zhi's shoulders with both hands at the same time, "You actually left me here to watch Amamiya Jasmine's concert alone!?" The store manager began to become crazy.He truly deserves to be a super idol.

"Even if I don't leave you, can you still go together? You didn't even buy the ticket, after all, the money is with Sister Sayuri."

"Hey! How can you poke someone else's pain! Besides, I gave the money to Sayuri because I love her!"

Just treat it like this.

Natsuki, who felt that he had explained enough, went to the workroom and started to change clothes. When he came out, Mayumi Maeda had already walked into the coffee shop.

"good afternoon."

Xia Zhi greeted her, but unexpectedly she snorted and turned her head.

"I will not leave Tachibana-senpai to someone like Natsuki-kun."

Xia Zhi: "???"

Natsuki looked at Tachibana Aya who was sitting in the corner and looking at him with a smile.Xia Zhi took her order and walked over.

"You said some nonsense to her again."

"Who? Mayumi?" She waved at Mayumi who was peeking over here.

"I was originally in the same club as Mayumi."

"Originally? Now?"

Xia Zhi brought milk coffee and cake to the table. Taking advantage of the fact that there were no customers in the store yet, he poured a glass of water and sat down opposite her.

"Of course I quit now. I quit at the beginning of last semester. In order to write a novel."

Right now, Natsuchi can only say one thing that he truly deserves to be Tachibana Aya.

"However, when I quit the club, I didn't explain my reasons to the members because I hadn't thought of an excuse yet."

It was expected, after all, if her identity had been known, it would have been exposed long ago.

"Then. Today at school, Mayumi came and asked me why I quit the club in the first place. It's really a headache. Mayumi is a serious child."

"Then, I thought, procrastinating like this is not an option. So, I found a perfect excuse."

"What excuse..."

That super bad premonition struck again, Tachibana's smile became more and more presumptuous...

"I said, I quit the club because I want to spend more time with my boyfriend. You see, I am graduating this semester..."

Xia Zhi felt that he should buy some quick-acting Jiuxin Pills for backup, as his stomach no longer had the energy to twitch.

"Mayumi asked me again who my boyfriend was. What do you think I answered?"

Xia Zhi was speechless.

"With your expression, you don't think I'm talking about you, do you?"

"Eh? Isn't it? You actually still have a conscience?"

Xia Zhi was actually surprised when he heard that it was not him, and then his tense heart began to relax.In order not to be suddenly frightened to death just now, Xia Zhi was prepared to be surprised, but he didn't expect that it was not used.

But wouldn’t it be better if it didn’t come in handy?
"Of course not. I mean..."

Since it wasn't him, there was nothing to worry about. Xia Zhi took a sip of water.Tachibana Aya's eyes flashed, as if she had seized a good opportunity, and she finished her words.

"What do you say?"

"puff!"

"Is there any difference between you and calling me by name!?"

Xia Zhi's face turned green, but Tachibana Aya's attention was not on his face, but nodded with satisfaction, acknowledging what just happened.

"Yeah. As for the classic shots, I always thought the shots shown on TV were too fake today, but today I finally saw a pretty good one. Unfortunately, I forgot to record it."

"You actually want to record it?"

Xia Zhi felt that if he didn't stop her, he might really be ruined one day.

"It's okay not to record, we still have a lot of time anyway~"

"Don't say such things casually that may be misleading."

Xia Zhi felt that his heart might not be able to bear it if he stayed any longer, so he stood up and prepared to leave.

"You have to work hard."

Wearing a black and white work uniform, Xia Zhi looks like an ordinary waiter. He does ordinary waiter's work and earns an ordinary waiter's salary.He doesn't have any special skills, such as being able to clean the table quickly or make good coffee. He doesn't speak humorously, and he can even be said to be introverted.

But such a person is standing in front of her, standing on a thinking that has almost turned mud into sand, taking root.

"...I don't have the habit of casually saying things that can lead to misunderstanding~"

Once again, she locked her gaze on him.

(End of this chapter)