Chapter 31: Close but Far Away

"Store manager, what the hell did you do to Zhidai-chan?!!! "Wei Nai, who looked distressed, suddenly jumped up, and then slapped the wooden table in front of Zhao Mian fiercely. She propped one hand on the table, and pointed to Zhidai, who was sweating profusely in the garden outside, not caring about the curves of her body, which attracted the eyes of Wright on the side, and yelled loudly, "Anyway, Zhidai-chan has been trying a little too hard lately! Are you forcing other girls to do something exaggerated? I'll tell you in advance, if I had known from other sources that you had abused a good boy like Zhidai, I would have called the police! I would have called the police!! Even if you become a tainted witness, you will be imprisoned!!"

"Well, even if you say this. Zhao Mian shook his head with a wry smile, looking at the pot with flour that was overturned in front of him, he retracted it slightly with his hand, "But what I want to say is still the same sentence: I didn't do anything." ”

"But that can't be like that naturally, right!If you didn't do anything, then that kid had happened at school!" Wei Nai slapped the table in front of Zhao Mian again, and the flour that had just been regathered together spread out again, and even a little flour floated into the air with the words of Wei Nai, who was a little excited, "Is it to put chrysanthemums on her seat?, or did someone send her a letter that would be cursed after reading it??" Could it be that someone stole her shoes???

"Why is the matter of stealing shoes put at the end......" Zhao Mian sighed helplessly, and then simply pulled a piece of plastic sheet from the side and covered it on top of the flour - for some other considerations, this flour that had been stained with sweat and saliva may no longer be able to be made into a commodity to sell, he wiped his hands with the towel in the pocket of his apron, " But don't worry, the probability of these things happening to you is much higher than the probability of happening to Tomoyo, and Tomoyo is not such a fragile girl. ”

"This is not necessarily!" Wei Nai stretched out his right index finger and shook it in front of Zhao Mian, "The so-called girl, no matter how strong she usually behaves, she also has her own unique weak side!

"Yes, yes, contrast, contrast. Zhao Mian nodded perfunctorily, "Let's not complain about the unique weakness, just the contrast is cute-shouldn't you go out for a walk? Usually just staying at home and watching anime is not a good way out!"

"I'm not an abandoned mansion that doesn't go out of the gate every day - don't divert the topic!!" Wei Nai kicked on Zhao Mian's calf, but she almost broke her foot, but she didn't care, but grabbed the apron on Zhao Mian's body and made him lower his body slightly, "You listen to me!

Wei Nai let go of his hand holding the apron, then cleared his throat slightly, then crossed his waist with one hand, pointed at Zhao Mian with the other and began to say, "We don't care what happened between you and Zhidai, but after getting along for such a long time, we like this little girl very much, and her efforts are obvious to everyone - as our Kanban Niang, Zhidai's popularity in this neighborhood accounts for a large proportion of our financial resources." Therefore, on how to make Zhidai get better treatment and quality of life, after specific negotiations with the women's rights protection department of our café, we decided to let the store manager, that is, you go and admit your mistake to Zhidai. Whether you're at fault or not, in short, admit that there's absolutely nothing wrong with that! If you refuse to say yes - then we'll take the last coercive measure: instigate Wright to resign!

"What's the matter with me?!!! Wright exclaimed Wright, who had been shot inexplicably, "why did it happen to me? What about my human rights? What about my normal rights?"

"Fujino will do it for you!" As if he didn't want to talk nonsense with Wright, Wei Nai didn't turn his head and said such words, and then laughed at Zhao Mian twice, like a fox who has succeeded in a treacherous plan, "Shopkeeper, please work hard!" and then ignored Zhao Mian and Wright's reactions, turned and ran out of the kitchen - but after a while, he poked his head back again," Ahh In addition, Yamabuki-sama asked me to bring you a message - sometimes nothing is done, which makes girls angry more than what they do. Then he retracted his head and went away.

"Hmm...... Although those words just now can basically be treated as a joke. After looking at the direction in which he had disappeared for a while, and in the kitchen, which had become quiet again, Wright spoke, "But seriously, Toshiyo has been trying a little too hard lately, as if he is proving something—if he knows something, manager, Toshiyo will ask you." Our words can't reach her, only you. ”

As the words fell, Wright turned around and went back to his business—after all, it was still work time, and they didn't have the leisure to talk about it. And after a while, maybe ten minutes, maybe half an hour, it wasn't until the two baked fluffy and fluffy cakes came out of the oven that Zhao Mian's voice sounded in the kitchen, "Well, I will." Wright looked up, but all he saw was a tall figure in an apron.

Zhidai put the empty cups left by the guests after drinking into the basket behind the counter, which needs to be put in the dishwasher at night to clean at one time, which is also out of environmental protection and energy saving. She turned around and picked up her tray, but Zhao Mian's figure flashed in front of her, and in the kitchen curtain that was not closed, Zhao Mian's figure was facing away from her, busy on the desk.

Looking at the generous back with a slight distraction, Zhidai couldn't help but think of the first time he saw him - at that time, she and the other party were just strangers, and today, two years later, the relationship between them may have long exceeded the scope of friendship, reaching the point where although there are some regrets, but it is indeed family affection.

The other party was her surrogate guardian - the couple who had given up the idea of divorce but still could not get along with each other was like throwing away a heavy backpack, throwing herself and her brother to the man in front of them, who did not look old, and did not even have the slightest worry about whether the other party had other intentions.

And to be honest, when I heard the news, what kind of thoughts did I have? Although I'm a little sorry for Yingwen, but when I heard the news, I was probably really excited - because, I don't even need to make a little effort by myself, I can so easily shorten the distance between myself and the other party, what a fortunate thing for me at that time. Tomoyo sighed slightly.

But it wasn't that simple, just as she came to the conclusion when she first looked at this man - this man was not simple, he had many stories, and she didn't know any of them.

The family would sometimes be visited by people from other countries, some from China, which might make sense to explain it to his former friends and colleagues - but there were also foreigners who came to the house in different clothes, speaking a language they didn't know where it was, and he answered them fluently. But if it were all there was to it, it was just that the man had a lot of friends, and his past self, who had assumed that the other party had a terrible military position, was unmoved—but then something began to become inexplicable.

I myself remember something that no one else remembers. Tomoyo stroked his chest through his clothes. There was a little girl who sent invitations to her sister's wedding to everyone - but after the wedding, the little girl was gone, and she still remembered the smile of the little girl who accosted her and gave her gifts - and the point was that everyone but herself had lost their memories of the girl, and even forgot why she had gone to congratulate the wedding of the teacher whom she had never known and who had quit three years earlier. But she still remembered the girl, her name, was Fengzi.

She had asked Okazaki about it, but Okazaki and the girl named Nagisa beside him had lost all memories of that girl - and even about the conversation he had with Zhao Mian when he visited his home that night, he could only recall a vague memory of how friendly the other party was.

I...... What should I do?Tomoyo clenched the tray in his hand a little harder, and the overexerted fingers not only pointed to the white stomach, but even the tray in his arms began to click.