I am a freeloader in the anime world

Su Yang and the store manager stepped into the bustling shopping mall, walked through several floors of prosperity and noise, and finally arrived at the designated location for the promotion.

Although this event used huge discounts as its signature to try to attract consumers' attention, the sports goods area seemed relatively deserted, with few customers, failing to achieve the expected liveliness and busyness.

After all, this is not an everyday necessity, and even if there is a promotion, it is probably difficult to attract a large number of customers' attention.

After all, such products may not feature prominently in consumers’ daily shopping lists, so the appeal of promotions is relatively limited.

"Where's the baseball equipment?"

Su Yang was concentrating on walking through the maze of shelves, his eyes fixed on every sports prop, eager to find his desired target. However, after a careful search, the target was nowhere to be found.

The front of the shelf was empty, so would there be a surprise on the back? With this question in mind, Su Yang went around to the back of the shelf without hesitation and began his meticulous search again.

Uh, still no.

"Hello, can you tell me where the baseball equipment is?" Su Yang still couldn't find the baseball equipment, so he had to find the shopping guide to ask.

"It's in Area C." said the shopping guide.

"Area C? Thank you." Su Yang thanked him and walked towards Area C.

As expected, the moment Su Yang stepped into Area C, his eyes were naturally attracted by the baseball supplies on the shelves. Baseball bats and baseball caps were all available, hanging there in an orderly manner, as if waiting for people who love this sport to come and choose.

"Let's buy some necessities like baseball gloves first." Su Yang whispered to himself, and then reached out to the hanging gloves, intending to pick one up to see its texture and craftsmanship.

However, just as Su Yang's fingers were about to touch the soft leather of the baseball glove, a small and white hand stretched out like lightning and stopped him just in time.

That hand, seemingly harboring the same desire for the baseball glove, unexpectedly met Su Yang's hand in front of the glove. The two touched lightly, as if it was a silent encounter, and instantly solidified into the most subtle and moving picture of this moment.

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Su Yang felt an inexplicable doubt in his heart, and he slowly turned his head. Then, a face appeared in his sight, and the owner of that face also had a look of surprise. Her face was pretty, like a flower in bud, which made people feel pity for her.

At this moment, the voices of a man and a woman, like silk threads, intertwined and rang in the air.

"Xiao Hui?"

"Hoshino-kun?"

............

"It turned out that Xiaohui wanted to buy baseball supplies because of the attraction of the promotional notice."

Su Yang was carrying a heavy backpack and walking side by side with Kato Megumi in the narrow and deep alley. His voice revealed a sense of sudden enlightenment and was mixed with a little light-hearted teasing.

"Well, I was just thinking about buying some new equipment for the kids, and I didn't expect to run into Mr. Hoshino here."

At this moment, Kato Megumi was wearing a neat school uniform and holding a bag in her hand.

"Thanks to Mr. Hoshino's help, I was originally worried that the budget might only be able to cover some of the items. Now with his company, all my needs can be met. It's really a timely help and a great help."

"Xiao Hui is it."

Earlier, Su Yang and Kato Megumi met unexpectedly in a busy shopping mall.

After a pleasant conversation, the two decided to pick out some novel hats and baseball bats while purchasing baseball gloves.

What’s gratifying is that all the expenses of this shopping were generously covered by the enthusiastic store manager, which added a special touch of warmth and surprise to this accidental encounter.

Manager:......

"By the way, why is Xiaohui in Chiba? Aren't you studying in Tokyo?" Su Yang suddenly thought of something and asked Kato Hui curiously.

"Our family moved to Chiba," said Kato Megumi.

"Ah? When did it happen?" Su Yang had a surprised expression on his face when he heard that.

"It was not long ago."

Kato Megumi's tone was very flat, but Su Yang could hear some regret in it.

"You must be very uncomfortable leaving your previous place, right?" Su Yang continued to ask, "Are you okay after arriving at the new place?"

"It's definitely a lie to say it's a habit, but I can't really say how big of a difference it is."

Kato Megumi raised her free left hand and placed it on her chin, then thought for a moment and said.

"Except for the fact that my father has to get up earlier to go to work, it seems that not much has changed in our family. After all, my sister has not lived at home for a long time. She has been living with her fiancé, and my mother is still a housewife and has always been at home."

Kato Megumi continued.

"Also, my father told me that since we moved to Chiba, the housing prices here are much lower than in Tokyo. So after we moved here, we moved into a larger house with a small garden. Except that I am a little more tired when cleaning, there is not much change."

"Xiaohui, are you studying in Tokyo or Chiba now?" Su Yang thought for a while and continued to ask.

"I transferred here. Although Chiba is very close to Tokyo, it actually takes a lot longer to go to school from Chiba." Kato Megumi said without hesitation, "It takes an hour and a half from Chiba to my old school."

"Is everything going well in the new school?" Su Yang asked.

"It's okay, not much different from before." Kato Megumi thought for a while and then said so.

"Is that so? If you encounter any problems, you can tell me. If you encounter any harassment or gangsters, I can still help you solve it, Xiaohui."

"Okay, I will. Can you add Hoshino-kun's LINE?" Kato Megumi suddenly took out her mobile phone.

Seeing this, Su Yang immediately distanced himself from Kato Megumi.

After all, family members know their own business, and Su Yang is very clear about his own physical condition. He can't damage other people's electronic products, right?

"Huh?" Kato Hui didn't know why Su Yang was avoiding him.

"Oh." Su Yang let out a long sigh.

............

"That means that there can be no money or electronic communication products within 20 centimeters of Hoshino-kun's body?" Kato Megumi looked at Su Yang with her eyes wide open.

"Yes." Su Yang nodded.

Then Su Yang saw Kato Megumi take out her cell phone and wallet, and put them in the pocket farthest from Su Yang.

"..."