I opened a black shop in Zongman

On the way home, Mai Sakurajima looked at the display on the phone while muttering.

The "she" in the words naturally refers to the girl's mother.

"Dad... that person has not been in contact with him for almost ten years."

"Not happy?"

Tatsumi, who was walking on the girl's shoulder, was looking sideways at the girl's pretty cheeks and the long hair behind her.

He was casually imagining in his mind the scene where the maiden lady tied her loose black hair into single ponytails and double ponytails...

"No... it's happy, but... it's not real."

Mai Sakurajima never imagined that one day her parents would care about her so much.

"After all, it is the family affection gained by selling the body. By the way, why hasn't my sister changed?"

Since he retired from filming, he hasn't had much contact with He Xiang.

Obviously, after trading family affection, I was quite concerned about Hexiang's attitude, but it was still the same as before...

After knocking off Tatsumi's palm that wanted to play with his hair, Sakurajima Mai asked this question to the unscrupulous shop owner and boyfriend beside him with a serious face.

"Because even if it's a transaction, family affection is not fake, it's just a magnification of your parents' affection for you. As for your sister... If it's not that she has no affection for you, or she already has max affection for you. , so no more can be added.”

"yes……"

Mai Sakurajima thought for a while and accepted this explanation.

Because whether it is her father or mother, apart from becoming more concerned about herself, they have not changed at all in other aspects.

It didn't feel like a complete change, like a different person.

"..."

However, as if remembering something, the girl suddenly stopped in her tracks and stared straight at the boy beside her.

"what happened?"

Tatsumi looked strangely at the girl who suddenly became serious.

"My family...have told you all about it, but I...don't know anything about Classmate Qiu."

So that's why you're staring at me like that...

Feeling the power of Mai Sakurajima's girlfriend again, Tatsumi couldn't help but smile.

"How much does Miss Mai want to know about me?"

"All."

The girl answered seriously and decisively.

"Then let's go."

Tatsumi reached out to the girl in front of him.

"Does it... mean to hold hands?"

"Ah."

"No way, I sold my body to you, and I can't refuse..."

After hesitating for a moment, Mai Sakurajima still blushed and put her little hand on Tatsumi's palm.

And the way she turned her cheek was rather insincere.

"Close your eyes, let's go."

"Go? Where?"

Closing her eyes obediently, Mai Sakurajima opened her eyes again and found herself in a darker space.

"It really is this..."

Rows of cabinets and drawers, as well as the familiar floor and wooden table, and the bottomless darkness at the front and back.

The girl once again came to this weird little shop named Flower of Hope.

However, this time, she was no longer a guest.

Chapter 21 Chapter 21 The young mother-in-law

"Have you always... been here?"

The light was just enough to see the brightness of all the places here, the floor was as cold as stones in the river, there were no beds, only a table and chairs.

The room at the back of the hall was as empty as an empty box.

No, it's better to say that the whole place is one big box.

"Well, before I met Miss Mai, I could only stay here alone. Speaking of which, I also need to thank Miss Mai for the first transaction with me."

"Don't... add honorifics. You obviously didn't add honorifics when you called Futaba-san."

Mai Sakurajima knelt down and stroked the floor here with her hands, imagining how Tatsumi would feel lying here alone.

It must be... more uncomfortable than when I was treated as air.

The darkness formed the inescapable walls, and here and there were empty, cold, hard boards.

"Sackcloth?"

Tatsumi basically told Mai Sakurajima everything about the situation here. Of course, it was impossible for him to talk about the time traveler.

"Um……"

Recalling the first time she met Tatsumi, Mai found the position where Tatsumi was lying on the floor by feeling.

Then she lay down slowly.

"I think it's better to do this kind of thing in bed."

Kneeling down, Tatsumi was very moved by the girl's desire to know about himself, but looking at the Sleeping Beauty on the floor and the undulating chest of "Sleeping Beauty", he still couldn't help thinking about the relationship between men and women.

After all, Miss Mai who was lying on the ground with her eyes closed was too defenseless...

"Pervert, don't keep thinking about that kind of thing..."

Seeing the cheeks of the boy in front of him who squatted down and approached, the girl hurriedly stood up from the floor shyly after breathing audibly.

It was the same when I was on the road just now, this guy can even look at my hair and see the feeling of squinting...

"It's impossible for a male high school student with a sound body to restrain the impulse engraved into his DNA, especially when facing a beauty like Mai..."

Tatsumi solemnly defended his astringency.

But the main purpose is to divert the girl's attention.

"How long have you been here alone?"

But Sakurajima Mai still asked this question.

"It's been a while."

Tatsumi didn't say the specific time, in fact, he himself really didn't know the specific time when he was locked up here.

"yes……"

Seeing that Tatsumi didn't want to tell himself, the girl didn't ask any further.

"By the way, let's decorate this place, and it's better to put a bed in the room..."

Looking at the empty hall in front of him, Mai Sakurajima suddenly proposed.

"Furniture or something, you should be able to bring it in, right?"

Subconsciously, she already has the mentality of being the "hostess" here.

"Yes, yes, but..."

Tatsumi has long discovered that the rooms behind the hall can be used to sacrifice life to obtain furniture, and as long as the life of the sacrifice is long enough, even bathrooms and running water can be built.

It is just to turn an empty room into a room that can be lived in according to one's own ideas (with water, electricity and even the Internet), and the minimum lifespan that needs to be sacrificed is 20 years.

Tatsumi can't do it yet.

As for the furniture brought in from the outside, the room here was already dimly lit, and it was even darker when the door was closed. Tatsumi even wanted to go to the girl's house to borrow.

Even going to the park to sleep on a bench is better than nestling in this kind of place.

"Need to exchange lifespan?"

What a quirky place...

Mai Sakurajima frowned after listening to Tatsumi's explanation.

Especially after hearing that the guy in front of him has only ten years to live...

"I'll give you my lifespan. Anyway, there are almost 70 years left, even if I give you half of it..."

"No, I will get the life span from other guests, so don't continue this topic."

Tatsumi was very determined to stop the girl's kindness.

The feeling of being deprived of one's lifespan is painful even for oneself. If a girl were to experience this feeling, she would probably faint from the pain and even have mental problems.

This is why after Tatsumi sacrificed his own life, he never mentioned letting the girls use their life as a price to trade.

"And I have ten years left."

"But getting life from someone else..."

Girls always feel that there are some moral problems.

"The purpose of this shop is what you like, I will not force anyone to trade lifespan with me, don't worry, my Miss Mai."

Tatsumi could feel the girl's concern for him in every aspect.

"Okay, then from now on I will be an employee in the store..."

Although there are still many worries in her heart, Mai Sakurajima also feels that the boy in front of her does not seem like someone who will die early.

"What a surprise, I thought Mai would say that she was the proprietress."

"Stupid, I'm talking about the previous transaction..."

The girl blushed once again at what the boy said.

"Oh, then please ask Mai-san to wear a bunny girl costume before coming to work... Ah, no, only I can see Mai-san's bunny girl."

"I won't show it to you again!"

The girl remembered the day when she was serving as a bunny girl, and the other party had been staring at her thighs and breasts, and the blush on her face became more intense.

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"Please break up with my daughter immediately."

In front of him was a beautiful woman who looked as strong as Sakurajima Mai. She was tall and thin and looked very young. At least she didn't look like a woman in her 30s who already had a high school daughter.

However, although the appearance is five or six points similar to Mai Sakurajima, as long as one sees this woman's eyes, one can immediately realize that this woman may be very mean, or that she does not have the atmosphere to get close to people.

Especially now, Tatsumi has no doubt that in the other party's eyes, he has been treated as kitchen waste.

"Mother?"

In the living room of Sakurajima Mai's house, Tatsumi finally saw the other's mother.

But it was obviously not very pleasant. Even though Mai Sakurajima had explained his existence on the phone in advance, the other party had no intention of talking properly, even superficially.

"I'm sorry, but Mai should focus on her acting career now. You can find a lot of good-looking boys like this in the future..."

This woman becomes gentle only when she treats Mai Sakurajima.

As expected of a correction from Flower of Hope...

However, when did I become a good-looking little boy?

Although there seems to be nothing wrong...

"I have no plans to go back now, at least three years later..."

Mai Sakurajima turned her gaze to her boyfriend.