Chapter 13
"Thank you!"
The gloomy long-haired girl took the key from Bai Fan's hand in a hurry, took a step back like a frightened hamster, and bowed widely.
"Thank you very much, for people like me... Ahh
Her mouth was still in pieces, her body kept retreating, and because the bowing action was too big, the whole person suddenly fell backwards.
Not!
The gloomy girl closed her eyes and gritted her teeth.
"Are you alright?"
"No... It's okay. ā
After receiving an affirmative answer from the other party, Bai Fan breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the clerk girl in his arms. His attention had always been very focused, and the moment the hairy girl fell backwards, he had already reached out.
The other party looked very young, and estimated that she was not the owner of the shop, and the owner would not hire such a clumsy and thin-skinned clerk to help.
Bai Fan speculated that she probably had the owner's daughter or relatives come to help.
But it has nothing to do with him.
Bai Fan politely smiled at the gloomy girl, and came to the best-selling area of the bookstore by himself.
"......" The gloomy girl just glanced at Bai Fan's movements curiously, and then walked to the door and turned on the lights in the store.
It is only now that the interior of this store is fully revealed.
This student library covers an area of not small, roughly looking at it is estimated to be more than 120 square meters, observing the structure inside, Bai Fan feels that it is estimated that it was originally a one-story residential building, and the back was transformed into the style of a student library by the shopkeeper.
However, unlike the dirty and messy feeling of RB's general student bookstore, there is a sense of neatness and tidiness in both the new and second-hand book areas, with signs hanging on various shelves and books of all colors neatly arranged, which looks staggered.
At the door, there are several special bookcases for dealing with stranded books, and further to the left is a small checkout counter.
I have to say that in the eyes of people of Bai Fan's age, such a small bookstore has a retro intimacy.
When I was a child, I didn't have much pocket money, so I just found a small bookstore next to the school and plunged into it, flipping through the comics of "Old Master" and "Doraemon", until the clerk scolded and drove away.
In fact, in the Meiji era of RB, physical bookstores have actually become popular, and in some small streets of RB, you can also find a forest of second-hand small bookstores.
It's just that now that I'm older, I won't spend all day in a small bookstore.
Bai Fan sighed a little.
Of course, he did not forget his purpose.
His subordinates kept going, and his eyes kept scanning the various books in the best-selling area.
Naturally, the books that can sell well in the student bookstore cannot be the review reference materials such as "Three-year Mock Five-Year College Entrance Examination".
Most of the light novels that RB young people like to read nowadays are books, as well as various anime magazines and fashion magazines.
"Hmm... Do RB high school students like to watch this kind of thing?"
Looking at the girl with the colorful pale yellow double ponytail anime image in her hand, Bai Fan scratched her chin. This was his habit of grabbing his beard in his previous life, but now this body is a little too young, and it is not very energetic to keep stubble.
Bai Fan glanced at the title of the book, and then searched the Internet with Google.
"It turns out that RB high school students like this kind of tune. ā
Looking at the naked posture of the heroines after the battle, Bai Fan perked up and quietly saved the illustrations one by one.
"It's just that there seem to be quite a lot of best-selling light novels here. ā
Bai Fan muttered to himself, placing the first volume of each best-selling light novel in his shopping basket.
Originally, he just came to collect materials to see how the layout and text application of RB novels are different from China, and all that can be bought will naturally be in his pocket, plus the RB light novel library is not expensive at all, and Bai Fan doesn't feel any pain when he buys it.
He also bought a few horror comics and novels by the way, and planned to go home and study them carefully in the next few days.
He came to the front desk with a shopping basket.
"W-That..."
"What's the matter?"
Bai Fan looked curiously at the gloomy and scared girl in front of him.
"The book..."
Hearing Bai Fan's inquiry, the clerk's voice, which was already weak, became even more inaudible.
"Books?" Bai Fan picked up a light novel in confusion, "Are you talking about this book?"
"Hmm... There are many... Rotten..."
The clerk girl whispered.
"Rotten?"
"Well, those books sell well... But the plot... Generally, it's not worth buying, it's all barely relying on illustrations..."When I talked about the back, I couldn't hear her voice again.
It's just that the stammering tone can make Bai Fan understand what she is saying.
"Miss clerk, you mean, a lot of the light novels I buy have bad works in them, scum, right?"
"Hmm. She nodded heavily.
"I see. Bai Fan said that he could understand.
RB's light novels complement each other with illustrators, which can be regarded as a cultural trait. Of course, there are also some novels whose content is not good, and they are light novels that are revitalized with high-quality illustrations.
"And what do you think the content of those books is not good?"
"This one, this one, and this one..."The girl stretched out her white palm and carefully sorted Bai Fan into categories.
Her little face was flushed, and she was obviously not used to such close contact with a boy.
"Thank you, can I still let you help pick out the books next time?" Bai Fan thanked him from the bottom of his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but glance at the rest of the books that the girl had picked out.
I have to say that there were originally quite a lot of light novels, but under the selection of young girls, there were only seven or eight left.
"No, you're welcome. The girl nodded slightly, "Next time, I can help too." ā
She has a very friendly attitude, and she can be regarded as the first normal peer Bai Fan has seen since coming to RB.
"My name is Bai Fan, I'm from China, Miss Clerk, what about you?"
Anyway, the book has been picked now, and Bai Fan is not so anxious to return home.
"Eri Hayakawa. ā
When he said his name, Bai Fan noticed that Eri Hayakawa clearly lowered his head, and seemed to have a feeling of inferiority.
"Speaking of which, Miss Hayakawa must be about the same age as me, right? Why did she help out in the student library so early?"
Bai Fan asked a little strangely.
"Iā" Eri Hayakawa opened her pink lips and closed them tightly.
"If there's anything hard to say, I apologize to you. Bai Fan took a step back and thanked sincerely, "Thank you so much Miss Hayakawa for your help this time, I can't hide it, I have a lot of use for these books, and your advice is very valuable to me." ā
"People like me... It's good to be able to help. Eri Hayakawa didn't know what to say, and bowed to Bai Fan again inexplicably.
"Thank you. ā
She looked up.
It was only then that Bai Fan saw Eri Hayakawa's eyes hidden under the jet-black bangs.
It was a pair of pure, almost devoid of any impurities, pure, but evasive eyes.