Chapter 58: The Café Meeting

The time is approaching winter again, and the pedestrians are gradually putting on thick clothes, and the bleak cold wind urges people to return to their homes early.

"Ahem, the two of you, it's almost Singles' Day, in order to prevent some criminal cases, can you please pay a little attention to the impact?" That night, in the café where only regular employees were left, Zhao Mian pretended to cough twice to attract the attention of the other people in the room.

Under the gaze of the others in the café, Fujino and Wright, who had already established a relationship and were engaged a month earlier, were still a little embarrassed. After a slight struggle, Fujino withdrew her hand from Wright's palm, and then sat up quietly with her body leaning on Wright, but all this could not escape the eyes of the others, although the bride-to-be who was about to enter the palace of marriage was a little embarrassed at this time, but she and her adulterer were both performing all kinds of romantic sitcoms all day long - so no one was polite to them at all, and basically everyone laughed out loud except for the two parties.

"Don't laugh! Don't laugh! What's so funny!" Fujino, blushing, shook her fist and grinned at the others who were laughing, but it was clear that she couldn't scare anyone in her current state, so her actions made everyone laugh even more happily.

"Ah, alright, stop, stop. The thing that teases them can be done every day, so let's stop it for now. After everyone laughed for a while, Zhao Mian reached out and patted it, attracting everyone's attention back to him. Ignoring voices such as "What do you mean to pull every day!" and "Little couple or something...... out of nowhere," he continued, "I want to let you stay today because I want to inform you of one thing—I may need to leave here in about two weeks." ”

The noisy sound disappeared in an instant, and an unspeakable silence suddenly descended on this not big café, everyone looked at Zhao Mian with an unbelievable expression, their eyes were mixed with all kinds of emotions, and there were also all kinds of expectations, but in the face of all of them, Zhao Mian just quietly picked up the black tea in front of him, took a small sip in the ethereal fragrance of tea, and waited for others to accept the news.

"Hmm...... It's not funny. The first to break this unspeakable silence was Wei Nai, unlike her, who was always smiling, she was obviously aware of something, she showed a frowning face at this moment, the smile disappeared from her face, and all that was left was some distress mixed with anger, but she still broke the silence and expressed her expectations in words - but Zhao Mian could not respond to this expectation.

"Of course it's not funny, because I'm not kidding you. Someone broke the silence, then it proved that everyone had woken up from the thoughts of hearing the news, so Zhao Mian naturally took the other party's words, and continued to talk about his own affairs in a natural tone, "In two weeks, or sixteen days, I will leave this place for a while, if there is an accident, then it is possible that I will not return to this place again. Of course, you don't have to worry, the café will continue to open, and I have handed over the account to Zhidai in terms of funds, and she will manage the income and expenditure of each month, and I have already told her the specific situation little by little. As for the rest of the things, it's already been taken care of, so you don't need to worry about anything, I'll ask Miss Yamabuki to take care of the daily aspects of the café, and if there is a shortage of pastry chefs because of the lack of me, then you can also decide whether to hire a new pastry chef after everyone has discussed it - I gave Tomoyo two recruitment slots, so if necessary, I want to ......"

"What are you driving to play x...... Not...... Woo woo......" Zhao Mian's words were interrupted before they were finished, and Maki slammed the table and stood up, glaring at Zhao Mian - but her words were not finished, and her anger was not shown, because Aoi covered her mouth at once, blocking all the rest of her words.

"Dangerous?" I don't know what was said in Maki's ear, but it was obvious that the angry lady's emotions were well suppressed, and Yamabuki Aoi looked at Zhao Mian - that gaze was like a judge looking at the criminal in front of him, and like the chief looking at a warrior who was about to die. She sighed faintly, glanced at Zhidai, who was sitting quietly beside Zhao Mian, hiding her body in the shadow of the light, and asked quietly.

"I don't know, but I can't deny the possibility that I could lose my life. Zhao Mian spread his hands and answered the other party's question honestly.

"How long will it take?" asked Yamabuki Aoi as his face didn't change.

"It's impossible for you to see me again for at least six months. Zhao Mian paused, looked at the girl sitting quietly beside him, sighed and continued, "I'll try to come back as soon as I can, and if I can, I'll try to get back before Wright and Fujino's wedding, but to be honest, it's not really up to me, but I'll be back in a year at the latest." ”

"It's only a year!, let's ......," Fujino shouted, but Zhao Mian's voice overwhelmed her, and the strange pressure that came from nowhere made Fujino sit back next to Wright.

"Don't make a fuss! Marriage is not a matter for the two of you, it is also about your family, although I am the boss of the two of you, but if you delay your wedding just because of me, what will your family think of me? What will your family think of this café?!!" Not a roar, nor the slightest anger, Zhao Mian just said his words word by word in a stern tone that no one had ever heard - but it was precisely such words, It was these selfless words that pressed Fujino and Wright, who still wanted to say something, to their seats, unable to move at all.

"What if you haven't been back after a year?" the room fell silent again, but this time it didn't last long before Aoi Yamabuki interrupted the atmosphere.

"I have made a will, and that will be executed in a year - as for the content...... Zhao Mian sighed slightly, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the other party's long hair as if he was soothing a girl, and then said, "...... I hope I don't need it. ”