Chapter 60: After
After Chapter 60
"Thank you for your hospitality. He made a salute to the dishes that had been eaten cleanly in front of him, and Yingwen picked up the shoulder bag hanging on the back of the chair behind him and ran towards the entrance, shouting as he ran, "Sister, I'm out!"
"Ah, Yingwen wait!" But before he could run to the door, the girl who was still cleaning the room leaned out of the room next to her. Zhidai hung the wet rag in his hand on the doorknob next to him casually, and wiped his equally wet hands on the apron, before walking step by step to Yingwen, who was already wearing shoes, "The café may be very busy today, so I may not have time to buy groceries, can you bring some materials back when you come back?" After speaking, he took out a few bills from the belly pocket of his apron and handed them to Yingwen.
"yes, I see. Very naturally, he took the money for the materials handed over by Zhidai, Yingwen nodded and said, "I'll come back with the materials, so I'm leaving." ”
"Well, stay safe. Tomoyo also said with a smile.
It was a quiet morning, and a noisy weekend – the fourth day of the third week that Zhao Mian had disappeared from the home. Eighteen days have passed since the man disappeared into this home without a sound, which is not a long time, but many things have begun to become accustomed to it.
This morning's incident is not the first time it has happened, after Zhao Mian disappeared, the two sisters and brothers who understood each other began to share with each other the affairs that they did not need to bear before, and Zhidai, as the elder sister, contracted all the housework single-handedly, so that Yingwen could concentrate more on his studies and the things he was interested in- However, the empty home is only left with her and Yingwen, and this situation is not uncommon in the past, the pair of parents who have abandoned their responsibilities and obligations are not only indifferent to each other, but also have little affection for their children, and it is under such circumstances that the past Zhidai used to wander the streets, hiding and returning to the destination of that cold home, and Yingwen in the past stayed alone in the bright and empty room. silently endured the fear of loneliness, and finally caused the car accident.
There was a man who taught me and Yingwen a lot of things, there was a man who made me and Yingwen realize the warmth of a normal family, and there was a man who included me and Yingwen in his protection with his plain and solemn countenance - that man was called Zhao Mian. Seeing Hawk leave the house, Tomoyo turned his head and continued to clean the house, which seemed a little too empty for her and Hawkum. Although he has begun to get used to the days without him, he has forced himself to accept this need to make himself strong, but there are some things, Tomoyo still stubbornly keeps the same, if it is just the place that Yingwen and she needs in her daily life, it only takes a little time to clean up, but the girl resolutely cleans the entire house- The reason is also very simple, just because when Zhao Mian was there, these places were useful, and the girl used this little persistence to establish her beliefs and determine her thoughts.
Cleaning the room was tedious, but it was simple, and Tomoyo was soon able to complete the task at hand. But she didn't choose to take a break with a little sweat on her forehead, but immediately put on the clothes that everyone in the café had specially made for her a few days ago (it was a much more complicated dress than the clothes worn by the working students in the past, with light lace on the cuffs of the blouse and the skirt of the long skirt, and the light blue tone with the never-ending white, which made this dress not very conspicuous, but it was enough to set off the difference between the person who wore this dress and others), and left the house to prepare for the opening of the shop in the café in front of it。
But it's the preparation for opening the store, but in fact, there isn't much that Tomoyo can do, and even the key to the café door is handed over to Miss Yamabuki for safekeeping, but the girl still stubbornly does these trivial things: tidying up the messy cups one by one, straightening the somewhat crooked seats one by one, and wiping down the rattan table with a little dust. After all, this store is the place where Zhao Mian set it up, and it is also the place where this family rests, Zhidai likes it very much, because it is full of all kinds of memories, although she also knows that she can't do more, but no matter how much, as long as she can do what she can do, then she also feels some subtle satisfaction in her heart.
In the space of three weeks, the café has changed slightly, and the biggest change is actually the new pastry chef who has just been hired - a woman named Yu who has just moved to this town. The black shoulder-length hair, the capable eyes, the confident eyes and the tip of the nose that is always stained with some flour are the portrayals of this woman, who is lively and cheerful, always smiling and laughing with other people, although she has only been here for a few days, but she has already mingled with the children around her. Although the dim sum she made is slightly different from what Zhao Mian made in the past, compared to Zhao Mian, who always refers to the tastes of different groups of people to make them separately, the dim sum made by this woman called Lu has a more delicate taste and texture.
"Ah~,I thought the store manager was really Zhidai-chan.,What a beautiful female high school student boss lady and kanban girl.,It's just a temporary one.。 Before the official opening of the store, she began to complain again - she had been complaining for a few days, but there was no more action except for some verbal complaints, so everyone was used to this kind of topic, but although they got used to it, no one still took the conversation. However, Xiao Ye did not care about the ignorance of others, but suddenly stood up from the container lying on his stomach and asked the clerks around him, "Hey, although you are always talking about how the store manager is, I also saw those photos, but what kind of guy is that Chinese named Zhao Mian?"
No one responded—and of course, whenever she brought it up, there were very few people who would talk to her, and she had asked the reason in private, but all she got was a finger stuck in front of her mouth. But today, it was an accident, and a voice answered her—a voice that was younger than the other employees present, and a voice that could only be heard in the busy evening, and the owner of the voice stepped over to the woman's side.
"The words of the crown...... How do you describe it?" Tomoyo, who had just finished tidying up the tables and chairs outside, walked into the café and happened to hear Yu's words. Ignoring the clerks who were exchanging glances with nervous expressions on their faces, Tomoyo just quietly walked over to Yu's side, habitually removed a cup from the side shelf that was rougher than the cup for the guests, or just a cup carved out of shoddy wood, and poured the freshly brewed green tea and placed it in front of a seat where no one was sitting at all. After finishing this series of actions that looked inexplicable in Yu Yu, but after the other clerks could only shake their heads and sigh, Tomoyo tapped his chin a few times with his fingers, and then said, "Probably, maybe, maybe, it's just a lost man." ”
"Hey, hey, stop, stop gossiping!" Before he could understand what it meant, Aoi Yamabuki stepped forward and waved his slender hand in the air, signaling the beginning of a new day at the café.
(This concludes the CL volume, and the next non-original characters will be announced for the next Brawl volume: Laurent Marius Randall, Willow Calantis Saran, Alter Fredenack, Alvet, Zhao Mian, Noah Aknasim, Yang Yiqing, Xue Qin, Ren Tu, Leon, Follens Chedmomy Liszt, Helvia, Cagan Alista, Laika* Flashblade, Regie Lim, there are fifteen people in two factions and neutrals, and if I promised you to use your character card but it doesn't appear among the fifteen, please contact me immediately. )