On Waseda Street, not far from Nakano Station, the Tamura Real Estate Agency stands on the side of the road with a yellowed signboard. It may be that the door was opened in the morning, and there were no customers behind the transparent glass door.

In this case, Toru Shimizu pushed the door in with Nanami Nanami. Jumping past the posters and information on the transfer of houses posted on the walls on both sides, I went straight to the man who was holding a newspaper and researching the horse race news behind the counter.

"Welcome... Oh, Shimizu, it's you..."

The man, who looked to be about thirty years old, recognized the person, and the smile on the business that had just been hung up instantly collapsed.

"Tamura-san, you don't need to do this when you see me."

"You know why."

"Don't say that, I'm going to introduce customers to you today."

"Oh?" Tamura shook off the newspaper in his hand, turned sideways, and noticed Nanami Nanami behind Toru Shimizu, "Is this young lady going to rent a house?" ”

Nanami withdrew his gaze from the display board in front of the counter and nodded slightly, "Yes." ”

The expression on the real estate agent's face suddenly became enthusiastic.

"Okay, do you have any specific requirements? I can recommend a few for you. ”

"Requested? Sure enough, it's still cheap. ”

"The price must be considered, please wait a while, I will find the information." As he spoke, he typed on the computer behind the counter.

After completing the task of introduction, Toru Shimizu paced in the store, sighing secretly while looking at the high-end residences on the wall with a price of over 100 million, while listening to the conversation in front of the counter.

"How's this room? Located just two minutes from the station, it is equipped with 24-hour management and access control, and a one-bedroom apartment costs only 120,000 yen per month. ”

"For the price..."

"What about this one? The exclusive women's apartment is very safe, and there are regular interest classes such as cooking and tea ceremony, and the special price is 200,000 yen for the first stay, and 98,000 yen per month after that. ”

"Still some..."

Listening to the tugging over there, Toru Shimizu couldn't help but walk over, stood next to Nanami's beautiful voice and spoke: "Tamura-san, she has already said that she wants to be cheap, so don't just introduce this." ”

Treating Toru Shimizu, the intermediary named Tamura instantly lost his so-called service attitude.

"Then give me a number."

Regarding the amount of cash Nanami Nanami has on hand, Shimizu has a rough guess in his heart, that is, 150,000 to 200,000. It may sound like a lot, but renting an apartment is not as simple as paying a month's rent.

For the first stay, you usually need to pay three months' rent at once, as well as a deposit and key money equivalent to almost one month's rent, plus a brokerage fee, a key fee paid to the management company, and a cleaning fee. All of them add up, which is almost equivalent to four or five months' rent at once.

Thinking about it for a while, Toru Shimizu looked at Nanami.

"Is 50,000 okay?"

Seeing her nod slightly, she turned to Tamura behind the counter: "Then 50,000." ”

"Alas, okay, fifty thousand is fifty thousand."

The expected introduction fee was less than half, and the sound of Tamura tapping on the keyboard sounded a little lazy.

"Do you want to think about this? One minute from Nakano Station, fifty-one thousand yen a month..."

"No, there are railroad tracks outside that house, and it's only quiet late at night."

Tamura raised his head and glanced at Toru Shimizu who was speaking, then moved his eyes back and continued to swipe the computer screen.

"There are 49,000 yen in a room, and there is no noise problem in the residential area of Higashi-Nakano..."

"It's the room that was revealed to have been murdered, right? The girl committed suicide after stabbing her boyfriend with a knife, and I remember being on TV at the time. ”

"Well, near Shinjuku Station, there is a shopping street downstairs, so it's very convenient for shopping..."

"Tamura-san, you can just say it's Kabukicho. And, is it really okay to let a girl live there? ”

Tamura stopped moving the mouse and slowly raised his eyes.

"I said, Shimizu, you're not here to introduce customers to me today, are you? Finding a house is a penny-for-nothing, and your money... No matter who you change, you can't find the perfect house. ”

Toru Shimizu was unmoved, and was about to walk behind the counter.

"If Tamura-san can't do it, why don't you let me try?"

"Okay, I'm scared of you. Let me see... It's cheap, it's safe, and it's not too noisy... I can't guarantee that..."

He tapped on the keyboard, but the words in his mouth stopped.

Toru Shimizu poked his head over, "What's wrong?" ”

"Really."

"Huh?" Nanami Nanami also came up.

"It's 35,000 a month, fifteen minutes from Nakano Station, and it's all residential nearby... It's just that the room is very small, except for the bathroom is the bedroom, the bathtub, the kitchen, the balcony is nothing... The concrete structure of the building, some years old, but the security system is quite perfect... The address is..."

As he spoke, Tamura turned the computer screen around, allowing the two of them to see the small print.

"2-chome 10-8, Arai, Nakano-ku... Room 502," read it word by word, Qing Shui Toru suddenly felt a little familiar, patted his forehead and finally remembered, "Wait, isn't this the next door to my current residence?" ”

As soon as he said this, he noticed that Nanami's eyes changed a little when he looked at him.

Feeling uncomfortable, Toru Shimizu grabbed Tamura's shoulders and led him outside the store, lowering his voice: "Tamura-san, did you do it on purpose?" ”

"What am I doing on purpose?" Tamura shook off his hand and lit a cigarette, "It's you, so think about her, what?" Your girlfriend? ”

Qing Shui was stunned for a moment, and slowly shook his head after a moment.

"Then why do you have so many things? I can't make much money with a single order, but that's good..."

"But that room..."

"If you filter the conditions you said, there's only one in the neighborhood. Maybe there's somewhere else, why don't you take her somewhere else? I'm happy to have peace of mind. ”

Speaking of going somewhere else, Toru Shimizu hesitated again.

"Okay, I won't go in, you can discuss it with her yourself, and finally give me a letter of approval."

Standing outside and thinking about some words, when he stepped into the store again, Toru Shimizu noticed that Nanami Nanami was still staring at the information on the computer screen, and could only speak hard.

"It's been confirmed, there's only this one around here, what do you think of Nanami?"

Nanami Nanami looked back with a somewhat happy expression.

"It's really good, no deposit or key money, and the rent is a lot less than the budget at the beginning... Switching to part-time hours, I can sleep for about half an hour more every day. ”

Looking at her increasingly thin figure, Qing Shui Che nodded in his heart, but his mouth was insincere.

"But it's still too small, there's not even a place to put a washing machine, there's no balcony, it's a hassle to dry clothes... Plus there is no kitchen and fridge, which is not very convenient for one person..."

As she said this, Toru Shimizu suddenly noticed that there was something inexplicable in her eyes.

"But since it happens to be next door, I don't usually need the kitchen and refrigerator here, and there is still space on the balcony... So..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Nanami Nanami cover her mouth and turn her head.

“… So, if you want..."

She had already turned her head, stared straight into Qing Shui Toru's eyes, took a deep breath, and slowly spit out from her mouth, with a helpless smile on her face.

"I didn't want to rely on you anymore, but now it seems... Whew..."

With another exhale, she seemed to have finally made a decision, and the whole person relaxed, and bowed forward slightly, the hair on the side of her ear arcing in the air.

"I'm going to trouble you."

"No, no, it's not a hassle."

Saying this, Qing Shui Toru was thinking in his heart: If only there could be more trouble like this.