Chapter 10 chapter Ten

The following Monday was a sunny day. The backcountry tends to be over-populated on days like this, so I try to focus as hard as I can.However, thinking that there is still so much time until next Sunday, the irritability will inevitably increase, and I even want to grab the puppy that is running around nearby and bite it. The only good thing is that tomorrow Yohei will go to the Maebashi City Office to get back the transcripts of the family's expulsion of registration for me. The children mentioned in the notes, the author's sister, and the father's divorce experience (although I really can't believe it), to defeat these doubts, it is necessary to confirm the expungement transcript.If it takes too many days to go through the formalities by post, it may be too late before reading the notebook again on Sunday, and I desperately hope to get it before then.

Fortunately, Yang Ping, who likes to join in the fun, took the job without saying a word.Although it is not a small expense including the transportation fee of the Shinkansen, the fee for rewarding my younger brother, and the handling fee, but I don't care about those at this time. I just thought about it like this, and often when I came back to my senses, I realized that I had already stopped the work at hand. I secretly broke into a cold sweat, worried that I would be blamed by the sharp-eyed Miss Hosoya. And even in the morning when the business was still relatively quiet, Ms. Hosoya came up to me and said that she had something to say after closing.

I have a bad feeling.She probably wants to resign.The salary is low, and all the annoying and troublesome things are pushed to her. It is only natural for her to resign. Of course, Nachi and his other employees are not lazy, but whether it is throwing garbage or cleaning the toilet, Miss Hosoya has already helped me do it neatly when I think about it, and recently it seems to have become a matter of course. About half a year ago, it was the same when an injured medium-sized dog was dumped in front of the shop. It must have been hit by a car.The dog lying in the cardboard box had its front foot broken at the root and its head was bleeding, but it was still alive.

I fell into a panic, and the female workers and students were so frightened that they almost became anemic and squatted down on the spot.Nachi happened to be off duty, but he probably wouldn't be useful even if he was there, I think.However, Ms. Hosoya silently picked up the blood-stained box, put it on the car in the store, and drove the dog away.At that time, I could have stopped her and changed myself, but in the end I just stood there and stared blankly. When she came back, I went to apologize. Miss Hosoya washed her hands and said, "It's okay." She smiled as usual.I didn't ask her how she dealt with it, but as a store manager and as a man, I was deeply ashamed of my useless self.

In short, if she resigns now, the store will be over, which is absolutely true. The afternoon was long.Although the wild area is mixed, the store is almost full, and it is really difficult to walk between the tables and be careful not to step on the multiple tails lying on the floor. On this kind of day when it's hard to choose, but Miss Hosoya may express her intention to leave, Nachi and that kid actually asked her to help clean the apron that was vomited up by the dog. After I found out, I immediately called Nachi aside and scolded him in a low voice.I said, "You wash your own things yourself. You are too cheeky and too dependent on others. If Miss Hosoko quits, it depends on what you will do!"

However, Nachi retorted nonchalantly. "She's not resigning, absolutely not." "Why are you so sure?" "Because Ms. Hosoya likes the store manager." "What?" "Didn't you forget that when you were thrown down by Kuqiu, didn't she take advantage of the chaos and kiss you on the face? She is quite skilled." Hearing such strange words suddenly, I couldn't help but think of her exposed chest and the touch of lips that instantly touched her cheek when I helped Miss Hosoya up. "Let me tell you it was an accident..."

"Not intentional." Nachi spoke firmly, crossing his arms in a calming posture.From the perspective of others, it is almost impossible to tell who is being scolded.Dumbfounded, I couldn't think of how to reply, I just looked at the face in front of me slowly and carefully. After looking at it this way, I realized that Zhi was like a cat.Although he is big, he has a pointed chin, his eyebrows are also very light, and his big eyes hanging from the end of his eyes are very beautiful.Maybe because of those eyes, maybe because he is often mistaken for a shopkeeper, he is more popular with guests than Ms. Hosoya and me.In other words, he contributed quite a bit to the in-store business.Like Miss Hosoya, he is obviously an indispensable talent for Mao Maotou. In this way, the person with the weakest sense of existence and the most useless person may be myself.

Just when I couldn't help but start thinking about self-abuse, "Ok, here we come." A thin voice sounded, and the silver-haired old lady came slowly and unsteadily.With a cane in one hand, and a black pug that looks like an unfinished burden bag in the other.It's Krach. As always, I watched with admiration that Zhifei also came forward, took the seat, took the cane, stood aside and pulled the chair for others, and even gently massaged the old lady's shoulders.Even the red-card cowherd had to bow down to this kid's posture, but he was not annoying at all.The reason why the old lady took Kraqi, who couldn't even walk, said, "As long as he sees other puppies, he will be very happy." He came to the door once in less than three days, and it was all for Nazhi.

Nachi, who was kneeling on the ground, poked the tip of its nose, Kraqi rolled his eyes and looked at him.Then stretched out its unexpectedly long red tongue, and licked the poked nose. It seemed that it had no interest in biting other than the owner's fingers. Seeing that Nazhi was disappointed, the old lady said, do you want to give her a hug?ah?May I?If it's you, it must be fine. Just during the conversation between the two, the black pug really fell into Nachihara's hands that were embracing his chest. This puppy, which probably weighs less than 500 grams, looks pitifully small when he holds it in his arms. It seems like a miracle that the heart and lungs can still function.The expression on Nazhi's face was unprecedented seriousness.

Miss Hosoya buried herself in cleaning the vomit-stained apron in the back bathroom, but I smiled ecstatically, looking at the puppy and Nachi. On the other hand, even if someone resigns and asks to go, or if the number of members decreases, the store will close down, which is helpless and self-defeating.No matter how much hard work is put in, the strength to keep this store going seems to be gone. However, I guessed wrong, and Miss Hosoya talked about something I hadn't even thought of. In the half-lit store, we sat facing each other at a table. "Please calm down and listen to me, it's about Chie." She said that at the beginning.In astonishment, I could only stare blankly at Miss Hosoya.

"I've found out the general reason." She said so as soon as she opened her mouth. Even so, I could only look dumbfounded. "Actually, I've been to Okayama a few times when I'm not working. I also met Chie's parents." "But...the address of her hometown is not even listed on the resume." "Yes, that's right. So I went to Chie's junior college to try my luck first." She had already expected that it would be impossible for the school to disclose the personal information of the graduates, so she wandered around near the main entrance. After being ignored by many people, she finally caught a student. She claimed that her son's fiancée was missing, and she is now looking for her everywhere. She heard her daughter-in-law mentioned that she graduated from this short college seven years ago, so she wanted to confirm the authenticity, and could she help.After she reported Chie's name, she asked the student to check the graduate list.As a result, Chie's name and address were indeed on the roster for that year. "At that stage, I wasn't sure if Chie was really registered on the roster, because she might have used someone else's name. But I went to the address and asked, and it was indeed her parents. In order to let They were relieved. I took out the business card in the store and said that I was Chie's colleague, and I was inquiring about her whereabouts because I borrowed a large sum of money from Chie and wanted to pay her back. Although it sounds fake, they Believe it without any doubt.” At this time, the countless questions in my mind had already clashed with each other, and it was hard to deal with it. "Why...why..." I don't even know where to start. "She seems to have gone back to her husband." "husband……" "She is a married woman. I can't believe it, but her parents also showed me the wedding photos. The other party is the owner of the construction company that she went to work as soon as she graduated. Her parents said that the other party had just been married to her father at that time. Inherited the company. When he got married, he was still very young but rich and powerful. Unfortunately, the good times didn’t last long, and the company soon began to experience business crisis. He was a man who was involved in everything, whether it was racing or horse racing. Of course, Qian When Hui got married, he didn't know what kind of person he was." "Then where is she now?" "Her husband rented a house in Osaka City, and Chie is said to be there too." "Where in Osaka?" "The other party didn't tell me that they hoped that I would stop disturbing my daughter. If they wanted to pay back the money, they said they could take it for safekeeping." "This is ridiculous. You can't be sure about anything until you talk to Chie face to face. Why did she hide? Why did she suddenly run back to that man?" "I also asked her parents the same question. However, they said it was a family matter, and they refused to disclose anything. I asked for a long time with a stern face, and they just insisted that there was something inside that outsiders didn't understand, and they really couldn't tell. " We fell silent for a while, with nothing else to do but look at each other naturally.Because I was so surprised, I felt that there was no sense of reality. "Miss Hosoya, why are you so..." "I am very sorry for taking the liberty to interfere." "No, that's not what I meant." "If the money lent to Chie hadn't been there, the store would have been in crisis. If that's the case, we must find a way. I want to lose my job. This job is very suitable for me, and the store manager knows it. It’s not easy to change jobs at your age.” Of course, I don't think that Ms. Hosoya found out Chie's hometown just to keep her job, but she didn't deliberately raise objections either.It turned out that I wasn't the only one who was hurt by Chie's disappearance.This is very comforting to me now. Back then, I posted the recruiting notice before Maomaotou opened, and the person who applied on the same day was Miss Hosoya.Based on the interview, the three of us chatted for a while, and from then on, Chie and Miss Hosoya hit it off incredibly. Ms. Hosoya, who was once divorced, must have suffered a lot in her past life. This can be seen from her behavior: but I often imagine that she would not have a daughter as old as Chie Bar.Either death or separation, in short, she may see the shadow of her own daughter in Chie's body. I would think so, more or less caused by that incident.A few months before Chie disappeared, when Ru was delivering drinks to the guests' tables, someone touched her butt through her jeans while she was bending over.The other party was a middle-aged man with a Shih Tzu dog.Just when I came forward to protest seriously, Miss Hosoya approached with a bucket, and poured water directly on the man's head without saying a word or picking at the ground.I was really scared that time. But even if that kind of thing didn't happen, judging from her inadvertent little actions in daily life, such as tidying up Chie's loose hair and applying anti-itch ointment on Chie's hands and feet that were bitten by mosquitoes, there was something about Miss Hosoya. Feelings for Chie. "Thank you. Really... Thanks to you for finding her hometown." I honestly bow my head in thanks.At the same time, he also felt useless for himself who was only focused on moaning and sighing, and didn't even think of Miss Hosoya's thoughtful methods. "However, the key is Chie's whereabouts..." "I'm going to see her parents again." No matter what, I want to find out Chie's whereabouts. If possible, I wish I could fly to Okayama right now. "I don't think that's right." She probably expected that I would say that, but she immediately rejected it. "Manager, please think about how confused her parents would be if a man appeared at this time. It will only make them more reluctant to let go." "But……" "The store manager can't be anxious, and I can't give up after hitting a wall once. I will come to the door again and again, even if it is a little bit slowly, and ask them to tell the inside story. So, no matter what, the store manager please concentrate on dealing with it first. Work in the shop." Ms. Hosoya must have lost sight of it long ago.After Chie disappeared, I lost my soul and hopeless virtue. Although she is also sad, Ms. Hosoya is still working hard trying to support her hairy head without Chie. In comparison, I am so ashamed that I can't hold my head up at all. "I'm sorry." I apologized without saying a word, and I think I can only leave it to her to deal with it at this time. Although she doesn't want to admit it, Chie may have seen her husband get back together, so she dumped me.I really don't believe that Chie approached me just to cheat money from the beginning, but it might be possible in the aforementioned situation. There is always something unpredictable about Chie, and that is also what strongly attracts me.Since she left, I have been asking myself if she loves me less than I love her.At the same time, even if that were the case, I kept praying that she would come back to me.