Manga Born to Be King

　　"Ah, what a boring shop..."

　　Leaving the store on the way home.

　　"Really? I didn't expect it to be interesting, and the chocolate sundae is delicious."

　　"I really want Ya to have a taste of that love omurice, so you can understand how I feel."

　　"But that store is still pretty."

　　"That's true."

　　But in the end, no clues about Mei and her sister were found.

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　　"excuse me!"

　　Suddenly someone greeted the two from behind, and Nangong Xiao and Ya turned around.The person who caught up was the waiter, not the one from before.The work is over, she has changed into a sweatshirt.

　　"Did we forget something?"

　　"No. Those two are friends of the shopkeeper."

　　The owner—that is, Mei.

　　"I wonder if I can inquire about the shopkeepers from the two of you."

　　"Inquire about things? What's wrong?"

　　"The shop owner seems to be worrying about something recently. I heard the shop owner call someone to say that they are going back to the United States or something, so I wondered if the two of you would know something."

　　Not 'going' to America, but 'going back'?What about the business in that store?

　　"We don't know anything, we just heard about you."

　　Lai Shi was slightly relieved, and then smiled again.

　　"I'm sorry, I said unnecessary things, welcome to come again."

Chapter 564

　　"You love omelette so much."

　　Ya next to him looked at him helplessly.

　　"It's nothing, it's a taste correction, a taste correction. I prefer the school aunt's cooking to the silly girl's love cooking."

　　Shinnoe, who was sitting opposite, suddenly flashed her eyes.

　　"Say what?

　　Then Ya crossed her arms as if she was bragging about something.

　　"Hey, you went on a date with me on Sunday!"

　　"What? Classmate Xiao, is that the case?!"

　　"That's not a date. Isn't there a person named Kugaliang? That person invited me to come to the store she opened once, but it was not very good to refuse, so I went there once, and then Ya insisted on coming. "

　　"What did you say. As if I had to follow the past."

　　"It's not like, it's what it is."

　　Seeing the two of you coming and going, I can't help but burst into laughter.

　　"Huh? Xin Naizhi, what's wrong?"

　　"No, nothing. It just feels good."

　　"Great?"

　　"When I was pretending to be my sister, you seemed to be suspicious of me, Qisan[-] and Shen Nagi, but now that everyone gets along so well, I think it's really good."

　　"Speaking of which, since Shinnae is a class committee member, she will often deal with people from the student council. I have something to ask. Does she know anything wrong about Kuga Ryo, such as what has she been worrying about recently, etc. ."

　　"Well, so I heard the conversation between President Tiandao and Teacher Xiaoduli recently. It was said that Senior Kugaliang had applied for a leave of absence. The details are not very clear."

　　"School leave?"

　　Mei returns to the United States and her school leave.Does this have anything to do with her possibly being her sister?

　　After lunch, Nangong Xiao went to somewhere, a corner of the old school building, Ya Yi's hidden residence.Gently open the door of the reference room and walk into this dimly lit room.

　　"Yi, are you there?"

　　Continuing to go inside, I saw Mei lying on the sports rug surrounded by cardboard boxes, emitting the breath of sleep.

　　"Hmm. Nangong?"

　　Seemingly aware of footsteps, he rubbed his eyes and straightened his upper body.

　　"If you want to attack me at night, I hope you can tell me beforehand, and you need to be prepared."

　　"So I won't do night raids."

　　"According to my investigation, the word night attack seems to come from calling, so you can say it even in the daytime, and make a note of it."

　　"I am deeply grateful for the knowledge I have learned that is useless."

　　"So is Nangong here for day and night raids?"

　　It is said that the daytime is the "day attack".

　　"No."

　　"What, just come to take a nap, then forget it, come on."

　　Mei moved out a bit and patted the empty carpet.

　　"Huh, I have to sleep again, then good night."

　　"Mei, is it true that you're taking a break from school?"

　　When he asked, Ya Yi, who was yawning, glanced at Nangong Xiao and blinked.She sleeps without glasses, although Mei wearing glasses has a certain sense of reason, but after taking it off, it adds a bit of childishness.

　　"Nangong's information is quite well-informed."

　　"Almost. But why do you have to take a break?"

　　"I want to concentrate on running the store, so it will take some time."

　　"What about 'going back to America'?"

　　"Do you even know this? Go back because my father lives in Massachusetts, USA."

　　"Does Mei live in the United States? Then why do you want to go back now?"

　　Mei bowed her head silently again, thinking about how to make an explanation.Then looked up, and suddenly burst out with an unexpected reason.

　　"My current parents are not my biological parents."

　　In this way, Shinnoe once said that there are many students in this school who are adopted as adopted children.

　　"I am an abandoned child, probably when I was one or two years old. So I don't even know my real name. The current name was given by the head of the orphanage."

　　Mei Yi didn't show any emotion, she just spoke plainly.

　　"I was very good at mathematics when I was young, and I could easily solve problems at the university level, but I didn't remember it very well. When my father, who was a university professor, heard about my rumors, he adopted me in order to develop my abilities. When I became a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, I went to the United States, and the person who took care of me was my mother who ran the coffee shop at the time.”

　　Mei, whose expression was always indifferent, showed a nostalgic smile.

　　"But I didn't spend a long time with my mother, and my mother died of illness. After the store was sold, I moved to my father in Massachusetts. About a year and a half ago, I published a paper under the guidance of my father. I got some money, so I went back to Japan by myself and bought back the store where my mother was sold."

　　"Has that funding been awarded? What kind of papers were published?"

　　"In that case, I can tell you the theoretical knowledge of the thesis. Even if it is a long story, it will take ten hours of lectures."

　　"Well, let's talk about it next time."

　　"My father felt that I should take the path of a scholar, so we made an agreement that if the storefront could not be maintained, I would return to my father and take the path of a scholar."

　　"You said that the store can't be maintained. Could it be that the operation of the store is poor?"

　　After asking such a question, Mei was silent for a moment and then nodded lightly.

　　"It can barely maintain it now, but if it goes on like this, it will definitely go bankrupt."

　　When I went to the Yayi store, although there were a few regulars there, on the other hand, it was only them and Nangongxiao.It was obviously a day off, but the empty seats were very conspicuous.

　　"Unfortunately, I'm not very good at business."

　　He suddenly remembered Ya Yi's witch girl cosplay, uniform apron, and Dui Mei's love omurice...  

　　"It's more a matter of taste rather than business.",

　　"Hmm. Is there something wrong with my calculated taste for cuteness?"

　　"No, nor is it."

　　"Since I already know, let me help! Think about how to make the store's business hot and attract more customers."

　　"I'm very grateful for you to say that, but Nangong didn't have any reason to do so."

　　Indeed, this is Mei's problem, maybe not where he should be.

　　"Who said that, I really like Ya Yi."

　　Nangong Xiao blinked at her and said with a smile.Mei Yi looked at him for a while, and then suddenly smiled.

　　"That's right, for this sake, I'm starting to become interested, so I can ask Nangong?"

　　"Of course! If you need any help from me, just ask."

　　Mei looked at him with a complicated expression.

　　night after sunset.Mea, who had finished tidying up the storefront, went into the bathroom to remove the sweat from her body.The second floor of the store is also where he lives, and Ya Yi lives here alone.

　　[Lilika Russister] The door will close after eight o'clock, and then pack up and finish the work in the store, usually around nine o'clock.

　　Mei, who was reading a magazine, sank into the bathtub and read magazines while soaking in the bath. It was her habit, because most of the books were memorable, even if they got wet.Today, she is reading an overseas magazine lined with English, and her eyes are closely chasing the mathematical formula published by a certain scholar.

　　"Nangong, is it?"

　　But I don't know when the content of the paper has been swept away from my mind, but I think about Nangong Xiao.