Reborn in Tokyo after picking up Sayu who ran away from home

Chapter 310 Strange Things (4k)

Noon the next day.

Inside a convenience store near a residential area.

"Tsk, there is an annoying question type."

Asami, who was working hard on the office desk during the break, suddenly smacked her lips and said, attracting the attention of Sayu beside her.

"What's wrong?"

"This, this." Mami picked up the modern literature reference book in her hand, and pointed out a paragraph to her.

"Why did Toyotaro say "———", please choose the correct answer from the following options... Hey, isn't this a common reading comprehension question? Sayu, who saw the question, was puzzled.

"Are you not good at this type of question?"

After Sayu asked such a question, Mami was stunned for a moment, and then shook her head in denial.

"I'm not complaining because I can't solve the problem, I just think this kind of "choose the correct answer" is very annoying. "

"Explanation?" Sayu tilted her head slightly in doubt.

"Correct!"

Mami tapped the notebook more vigorously, and slowly said: "The original text was not written, who knows what is right? How do we know what is behind the strings when the person said these words?"

Sayu who heard this couldn't help casting her eyes on his face.

She didn't know the overtones of the original text in the reference book, but she could hear Mami's pointed questions and dissatisfaction, and she thought of Mami's family conflicts and her friend's ideal that was not supported by her mother.

A wry smile appeared on his face, and he felt a little hard to respond.

As for Mami herself, it seemed that she was suddenly shocked when she noticed this, and continued to speak in a tone that seemed to be muddled.

"Well, but if the author of the novel had written the test questions, he'd know."

"Hmm... But that's impossible, right? After all, it says the author is dead."

"That's right."

Mami nodded at this, and recited rather critically: "The deceased author definitely thought this way, "No, I didn't write it with that kind of thought in mind, please don't interpret me without authorization" or something like that. "

"puff……"

The exaggerated resentment tone made Sayu couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing, "I don't think the person involved will speak in that way, but maybe it is true~"

"Oh—what a good answer!"

So Mami also giggled for a while, then closed the reference book with a snap, shook her head and said, "I'm bored, let's take a break for now."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the Pocari set aside, and gulped down the drink.

"Speaking of which, it's already past summer, but it's still very hot at noon. It's a blessing that you can stay in this kind of air-conditioned room without breaking a sweat, Sister Sayu."

"Is that so? But it's cool when you're calm... Yusuke said so, maybe you feel hot because you're too irritable?"

"Hey——" Mami narrowed her eyes and glanced at her, and said in a long voice: "Yusuke Yusuke...you don't need to show your affection in front of me."

"I didn't mean that~ You just asked me." Sayu grinned and stuck out her tongue.

"Yes, yes, it doesn't matter how you deny this sentence." Mami leaned her body on the back of the seat carelessly, her wheat-colored skin was covered with a thin layer of sweat, and she couldn't help repeating it with her hands. Pull the skirt to blow the air in.

This movement was a little bit charming, and at the same time, a small suspender inside was faintly exposed, but because all the girls present, no one cared.

"—Ask a question!"

Asami seemed to have thought of something, her eyes flickered, and a wicked smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, "Last night, why did Kato Tsai confess his love to Sayu's sister, please choose the correct answer from the following options.

A. He feels guilty about something bad he did.

B. He loves Sayu with all his heart.

C. He hates Yuuki Asami so he intentionally takes revenge. "

"What and what, your strange way of saying it."

"Hey~~~ Isn't this your favorite reading comprehension question? And it's also a special customized version of Kato Tsai."

"Ahaha, don't say it, don't say it, it's so funny!" Sayu shook her shoulders irresistibly, "Besides, what's the matter with you saying Yusuke hates you?"

"That's the literal meaning. After all, I often go to bother you, don't I?" Mami spread her hands nervously, as if to say "what I said is true".

"That's not the case. I don't think Yusuke must hate you, but he just doesn't know how to get along with you?" The girl thought for a while and took a small black bottle from the tote bag in the cabinet. come out.

"About the skin you mentioned yesterday, Yusuke asked me to give you this."

"Give it to me? This is..."

"Beauty Cream."

"Uh——? No, why does Kato Tsai have such a thing??" Asami who took the little black bottle said in amazement.

"Huh? Because you didn't care about your skin problems yesterday, this is very effective."

"It's very effective, that is to say, Sister Sayu used this to..."

"Ah, that... um, um, maybe it's a little different." Sayu replied hesitantly, with a slightly embarrassed expression.

Then he added: "However, I did try this before, but it didn't work much afterwards."

"Hey...why?" Mami subconsciously asked, then sighed and shook her head.

"Yes, after all, you don't need these things at all, but it's a bit strange to be given this by your best friend's boyfriend, so I will treat it as a gift from you, Sister Sayu~"

After teasing like this, she generously put away the bottle of beauty cream, planning to try it when she got home.

At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the conflict with Kato Yusuke, she has always been very aware of the gap between herself and the other party, and has been troubled by it for a long time.

Especially when there is a young girl who is very important to both of them, this feeling is even more uncomfortable.

And since Kato Yusuke is willing to ask Sayu to hand over this thing to himself, it seems that it can also be regarded as a kind of relaxation.

Although most of the reasons were probably out of gratitude for taking care of Sayu on weekdays, it still made her feel a lot better.

"Then you continue to rest, my rest time is over, let's go to the front." Said Sayu, who glanced at the clock, and then got up from the seat.

"Come on, I will continue to work hard."

"Ah."

Sayu nodded her head lightly, and her gaze stayed for a moment on the face of Asami who opened the reference book again.

The other party's focused expression made her narrow her eyes slightly, feeling a little lonely in her heart for no reason.

Then he shook his head vigorously, punched his card and walked out of the office.

As soon as Fang entered the store, a gust of icy air-conditioning immediately hit his face, and the sudden drop in temperature made his skin crawl.

Although it has entered autumn, the store will still turn on the air conditioner according to the situation, so as to provide the most comfortable environment for the customers who come to buy things.

The competition in the convenience store industry is so fierce.

It's just that the employees wearing short-sleeved supermarket uniforms suffer, after all, after staying in such a chilly environment for a long time, it still makes people feel cold.

First, I glanced at the hourly worker aunt who was doing nothing behind the cash register.

There is nothing better than the bored look on the other side's face to prove that business is weak at the moment... The girl couldn't help but think so.

Then began to silently replenish the products on the shelves.

There are thousands of thoughts in my mind.

Among them, the appearance of Mami concentrating on her studies flashed in front of her eyes several times.

For Mami, who aspires to be a novelist and aims at the Faculty of Literature at the university, she has already started preparing for it.

Including her figure of studying hard and working hard to pursue her dreams, Sayu has always seen her, which made her feel very dazzling, but at the same time she couldn't help but think of herself.

Unlike Mami, who keeps moving forward, her time has stopped since the day she escaped from her home in Hokkaido, and her high school student identity has also stopped.

It was also from that day on.

Whether it is summer vacation or exams that high school students are most concerned about, these two words seem to have nothing to do with her, as if she has lost her direction in life.

Until later being taken in by Kato Yusuke.

Then I just moved silently between housework and part-time jobs.

While making the work more and more handy, the identity of a high school student has become farther and farther away from her.

Having said that—

In the gaps when she has no housework to deal with, she is actually studying. She even goes to the bookstore to buy reference books, and follows the progress of senior high school students in a daze.

Naturally, the amount of knowledge gained through self-study cannot be compared with that of normal school students.But even so, she thought it was better than not reading at all.

If someone asked her whether she would take the exam or consider going to higher education, she would not be able to respond.

Besides, she had no way to apply for the exam after running away from home.

The more you think about reality, the more you will feel that your steps are vain.

It might be a happy choice to marry Yusuke like this and then go to the society.

Just thinking of that home in Hokkaido...and my own mother, my mind went blank again.

Not to mention that it is hard to imagine that his mother would let her go so easily. Even Sayu himself, when thinking of how he will live like that relying on Kato Yusuke in the future, he felt a little bit of resistance in his heart.

While worrying about these problems, time passed quietly.

After Sayu regained consciousness after replenishing the snacks, she realized that it was already half past two in the afternoon.

"what……"

She couldn't help but snorted, and began to wonder if she should take advantage of the opportunity to refill the drinks in the freezer.

Just when she was making this plan and was about to put it into action, the hourly worker aunt standing behind the cashier suddenly waved her hand.

"Little girl, little girl, come here."

Obviously there are only the two of them in the store at present, but the other party speaks in a low voice for some reason.

Sayu couldn't help but feel a little puzzled by this move, but she still walked towards her aunt.

"Excuse me, what's the matter? Auntie."

"Shh, shhh! Keep your voice down."

The middle-aged woman who was also wearing a supermarket work uniform made a silent gesture, her two eyebrows were furrowed in the middle, and her eyes were drooping looking out the window.

"Did you see that car parked outside? It's the black one."

"Black, car?"

Sayu tilted her head in doubt, and followed the opponent's gaze to look out.

"That's right, it's the one that was parked on the side of the road and didn't drive into the parking lot, did you see it?"

"Ah... indeed there are."

"Right!" Auntie nodded her head resolutely, and said in a convincing tone: "I don't think the people in that car are good people. What do you think, little girl?"

"Uh……?"

"Oh, what are you talking about? Auntie is asking you something. Take a look."

"Huh? Ah, um... May I ask what's wrong with that car?"

Hearing what Sayu said, the middle-aged woman looked at her with disappointment, then smacked her lips and said:

"That car comes here every day, but I don't buy anything. And when I occasionally look over there, I find a man with sunglasses coming and going. Do you think this is a problem? ?”

puff……

Although the other party spoke very seriously, Sayu couldn't help but feel a little funny when she heard this, but she tried her best to endure it.

Then he coughed lightly, and weaved words: "Uh, since the other party is wearing sunglasses, then I don't know if he is looking at this side, right?"

"wrong."

Auntie shook her head at this, obviously not accepting this statement, "They must be looking here, my intuition has always been very accurate."

"Yes, that's it... ahaha." Seeing the attitude of the other party, Sayu couldn't help scratching her cheeks, and then looked intently at the car outside again.

This time, she noticed something different.

Because the surrounding area is not considered a luxurious apartment area, most of the people who frequent this area are white-collar workers or housewives.

However, compared to the common family cars around here, the car outside is obviously more advanced and luxurious.

The all-black vehicle with dark glass makes it difficult to see the people sitting inside.

However, because the sun was directly facing the car window at this time, some silhouettes of figures could still be seen faintly.

As Auntie Hourly said, the bald man sitting in the driver's seat had a pair of sunglasses on his face, which really looked oppressive.

And when Sayu stared straight at the other party, the driver's head seemed to move slightly.

Even though the person was wearing sunglasses, for some reason, it did give Sayu the feeling that the other person was looking at her.

The inexplicable sense of unease prompted her to look away quickly.

So far, I no longer feel that the hourly salary aunt around me is suspicious.

Then he turned his head and asked, "Well, have you seen that car many times recently? Auntie."

"Well, it probably started the day before yesterday." The middle-aged woman recalled and said, "Because he parked in that strange position every time, neither driving into the parking lot nor driving away, it's really suspicious... ..."

"The day before yesterday..." Sayu murmured, with a little doubt in her eyes.

"Say it, little girl."

"Yes?"

The auntie said in amazement, "That car seems to be a Mercedes-Benz. In the factory where my husband works, their president drives this kind of car."

"Benz?"

"What? Don't you know—?"

"Uh, uh... sorry, because I'm not very familiar with cars, so I don't know these things very well."

"Is that so, is it? In short, you just need to know that the car is very expensive..."

The aunt stopped suddenly when she said this, and then shook her head as if feeling bored.

"Oh, forget it, I think I'm probably thinking too much. Speaking of which, why would such rich people be interested in our place? Maybe they're just here to meet mistresses or something. Let's go to work."

The gossiping woman who started the topic and ended it on her own turned and left, looking in the direction that she seemed to be tidying up the magazine section.

Sayu, on the other hand, stayed in the cash register absent-mindedly, continuing to think about the reason why the car was parked in the same place every day.

Just as she was thinking about this, there was a sudden sound of an engine outside.

In a blink of an eye, I saw the black Mercedes driving away slowly.

I don't know where to go...

……

(End of this chapter)