"No, that's not the case. Shinichi Iwahashi denied it.

Mitsuko blinked her eyes with thick mascara and stared at him hard, waiting for him to give an answer. This kind of unrelenting is hidden in the bluff after the self-esteem has been frustrated.

When cheap kindness is sent, if you don't get the desired response, thorns will grow immediately. She felt slighted.

Shinichi Iwahashi had no choice but to tell her, "There was something wrong with the pitch of the piano, so I ...... it"

"What?" Mitsuko gave a sarcastic expression, "That's it?"

The words were all spoken, and even though her distrust was about to turn into a reality, Shinichi Iwahashi could only ignore her reaction, "That's all." ”

"Hah!!" Mitsuko sneered at him mercilessly, "I thought you could come up with some decent reason." Suddenly lost interest, "Forget it, I'll go to the preparation room." ”

Iwahashi Shinichi got out of his way and quickly hid in the corner, so as not to make some such unpleasant trouble.

But it didn't go over like that.

The next day, when Mitsuko came to work at the store, in the preparation room, she took it as a joke and said, "That Iwahashi, yesterday, I asked him to dance." He jumped around and said to me, 'The piano doesn't sound accurate,' ......"

"The piano doesn't sound accurate?" laughed the ladies laughed in unison, "but he can say that." ”

"It's enough to pretend!"

A short-haired barmaid suggested, "Wait a minute, I'm going to dance with him." Not only that, 'How's the pitch today?' Iwahashi. Is it the pitch that we can dance well with?', and I have to ask him that. ”

"Hahaha!!" the ladies laughed harder and louder.

On weekdays, they like to dance with Shinichi Iwahashi, not only because he dances best, but also because "everyone asks him to dance", and the herd mentality prompts them to do so.

But once he made a fool of himself, they laughed at him mercilessly than anyone else. Moreover, the next person to speak will always laugh more than the last person to speak.

They scramble to make fun of him, lest they fall behind others.

In the laughter that filled the room, only the girl sitting at the dresser in the far corner did not respond. With her back to the noise, she gently slapped the powder on her face as if she hadn't heard it.

The girl's appearance is obviously not outstanding enough, and it should even be said that it is a little plain. The dress is also completely different from the style of the wine lady, which is particularly out of place at the moment. She is a singer who sings in the store, Akiko Koshiji.

As soon as you hear it, you know that it is a stage name that imitates the Queen of Chanson, who came out of the Takarazuka Opera Company.

A barmaid snorted at the back of Akiko Yuelu, and a faint sneer at the misfit appeared on the faces of several people. In front of Akiko Koshiro is a mirror, and she is not ignorant of these small movements.

The ladies who accompanied the wine had no intention of carrying her.

The laughter drew the manager of the store, who stood in the doorway, leaning on the door frame, "Guys, what are you laughing at?"

"Kawamoto-san," the escort lady who rushed over Lu Qiuzi's mouth took the lead, "The waiter named Iwahashi said that there was a problem with the pitch of the piano." ”

"We're saying, he's a good ...... to pretend."

Kawamoto's expression was a little subtle, "However, there is really something wrong with the high register of the piano and the intonation. ”

The smiles of the ladies froze on their faces.

Kawamoto seemed to ignore their reactions, and continued, "The tuner I asked will come over tomorrow." There was only a small problem, and that Iwahashi actually heard it, but it really had his ......"

"It's true......" Mitsuko was stunned.

Thinking of the spicy sarcasm just said and the whirlpool of laughter just now, my face was hot. With a flick of the corner of her eye, the escort lady who was on the same line as her, lest she fall behind others, and the ridicule of Iwahashi Shinichi just now doubled down on her at this moment.

Akiko Koshiji, who had been sitting at the dresser and had not joined the topic, observed the expressions of the ladies who accompanied the wine reflected in the mirror, and felt very funny and wanted to laugh.

——

That night, none of the escort ladies who came out of the preparation room came to dance with Shinichi Iwahashi, and he ended up quiet. The only thing that feels a little awkward is that intentionally or unintentionally, he always feels that someone is looking at him.

I really can't think of anything worth seeing, which makes him reach out and touch the zipper of his pants from time to time, nervously suspecting that his social window is not open.

But I touched and touched, and I closed it well.

With this sudden nervous work, when it was almost time to close, he finally escaped back to the preparation room. As he was packing his things, Manager Kawamoto stood at the door and beckoned to him, "Iwahashi, come on." ”

"Yes. He casually put his bag on the table.

After walking out, Kawamoto didn't say anything, pulled out a few bills and handed them to him, "Take it and buy something to eat." ”

"Hey?" gave him money for no reason, but Iwahashi couldn't take it.

"Take it. Kawamoto shoved the money into his hand, "I've been doing well lately, and I've given you a special compliment." Take it. ”

At this point, Shinichi Iwahashi accepted the prize and bowed, "Thank you very much." I'll keep trying. ”

Kawamoto seemed to have just come to deliver the money, and after he accepted it, he turned around and left. Iwahashi took a look and saw that this small prize money was a total of 5,000 yen, enough to eat for several days.

After three months here, he knew for the first time that there was such a thing as a bonus. Pingbai got some money, and he was so happy in his heart that he even wanted to have a drink.

Although there is a law that prohibits smoking and drinking under the age of 20, it is difficult to prevent this kind of thing. I don't know if it will be tightened in the future, but now, as long as you don't blatantly wear school uniforms, most of the clerks will turn a blind eye.

Going back to get his bag, Shinichi Iwahashi left the store.

On the way to the station, a girl walked with him not far behind him. However, the station welcomes tens of millions of people every day, and it is not a big deal to travel on the same road.

If he is near the station, don't be sentimental.

Having said that, getting closer and closer to the station, the girl behind her suddenly chased after her and shouted from behind, "Iwahashi-san?"

Who knew him?, Iwahashi Shinichi stopped and turned his head.

A simple, can only be said to be a face that is stained with Qingxiu, wavy short hair, two sparkling earrings flashing on the earlobes, tall and tall. Shinichi Iwahashi felt familiar, but he couldn't remember who this person was. He asked tentatively, "Excuse me?"

"I'm singing at an odyssey. "The girl went straight to the point and reported to the house. Afraid that he didn't know him, he added, "The one who comes to sing four days a week and only takes the stage after ten o'clock." ”

"Koshiro Akiko?" Iwahashi Shinichi knew her, and not only that, but among the waiters, they all praised her singing skills. At this time, she took off her makeup on stage and changed back into her usual clothes, so that he could not recognize him.

"Yes, yes. Akiko Koshiro reacted as if she was amused by her name.

"Are you going to the station too?" asked Iwahashi casually. In fact, now the two of them have opened their legs again and walked in the direction of the station.

Akiko Yuelu said "yes", and said, "Iwahashi-san, there is a little problem with the pitch of the piano in the store. ”

"You hear that?"

"How can you hear it? Akiko Koshiro shook her head, "It's in the preparation room, I heard from the lady in the store, Iwahashi-san said so." ”

"What did they say?" Iwahashi Shinichi was a little surprised.

Speaking of this, Akiko Koshiro told him everything that happened in the preparation room tonight.

“...... Eventually, Kawamoto-san came over, and they told Kawamoto-san about it again, but Kawamoto-san said, 'The piano sound is really inaccurate.'" At that time, the expressions on their faces were wonderful. Akiko Koshiro laughed hard.

"It's happened before. Shinichi Iwahashi also smiled. I didn't expect to be the protagonist of a topic when I didn't know it.

"I understand their thoughts," said Akiko Koshiro, "when Mitsuko laughs at you, they laugh at you harder than anyone else, and when Mitsuko is deflated, they laugh at Mizuko even more, and they blame her alone, and they become misguided victims." ”

"A woman's heart is really complicated. Iwahashi Shin listened to her analysis and said.

Yuelu Akiko smiled, "Men are similar." ”

"The human heart is complicated. Iwahashi Shinichi sighed and added, "Thank you for telling me this." ”

"I'm not here to speak ill of someone. She spoke in a serious tone.

"Even if you don't tell me, I know that. Iwahashi said.

"I'm afraid that after you hear it, you will misunderstand that I am a long-tongued woman who came to gossip on purpose. ”

"It's not like that. "It's not that I trust her character, it's that there's no need to gossip about this kind of thing.

"Okay. Yuelu Akiko breathed a sigh of relief, "This is much more reassuring." All night today, I was very concerned about who this Iwahashi-san was, and I secretly looked at you several times. ”

"Yes. Shinichi Iwahashi's expression was a little strange.

"I didn't expect that," her expression was also a little subtle, "you are in some places, a little unexpectedly neurotic. ”

...... It's not because of you that I'm going to touch the zipper of my pants!