Chapter 18 first quarter

As soon as the door was opened, a big bell above the head jingled. The coffee shop designated by the other party was a narrow shop, except for the short bar, there were only two small tables, one of which was for two people. Tomohiko Sonomura glanced at the store, and after thinking about it for a while, sat down at the table of the two.He hesitated because the only guest at the table of four was a familiar face.Although we haven't talked to each other, Tomohiko knows that he is from the third class and his surname is Murashita.Murashita has a thin body and a foreigner silhouette, so he must be popular with girls.Probably because of playing in a band, he has long curly hair.A gray shirt with a black leather vest, and skinny jeans, highlighting a pair of slender legs.

Murashita is reading the weekly manga "Shounen Jump".When Tomohiko came in, he raised his head and immediately returned to the manga, probably because the person he was waiting for came.A coffee cup and a red ashtray are on the table.There was a lighted cigarette on the ashtray, apparently to keep the high school discipline teacher from patrolling here.It is two subway stops from their high school. There are no waitresses here, and the older boss walked out of the bar, put the water glass in front of Tomohiko, and smiled silently. Tomohiko didn't reach for the menu on the table, so he said, "Coffee."

The boss nodded and returned to the bar. Tomohiko took a sip of water, then glanced at Murashita again.Murashita was still reading manga, but when the tape recorder in the bar was playing music from Olivia.Newton.When John's work became Godiego's "Galaxy Railway 999", his brow furrowed visibly, probably because he didn't like Japanese pop music. Could it be, Tomohiko thought, that he came here for the same reason?If so, they were waiting for the same person. Tomohiko looked around the store.The "space Invaders" tabletop video game that every café has these days is absent here.However, he doesn't feel much regret, he's tired of "Space Invaders".He knows exactly when to shoot down the flying saucer to get a high score, and he is very familiar with this kind of strategy, and he is sure to set a record for the highest score at any time.The only part of his interest in "Space Invaders" is the computer program, but recently he has almost figured it out.

To pass the time, he flipped through the menu, only to realize that this place only sells coffee.There are dozens of coffee varieties listed on the menu. He is very glad that he didn’t look at the menu just now, otherwise he would be ashamed to just say “coffee” and order Colombian or Mocha, and then spend an extra 50 or 100 yuan.Now he would feel bad even spending such a small amount of money.If he didn't make an appointment with someone else, he wouldn't even come in this kind of cafe. That jacket was a miscalculation——Tomohiko remembered what happened last week.He was walking with a friend at a men's apparel boutique when he was spotted by a clerk.The trick is very simple, pretend to try on jeans, and hide the jacket that you brought into the fitting room with you in your own paper bag.However, when they put the jeans back on the shelf and were about to leave, they were stopped by the young male shop assistant.At that moment, he really almost had a heart attack.

Fortunately, the male clerks were more interested in catching thieves than increasing their sales, so they regarded them as "customers who accidentally put the goods in their own paper bags" and did not alert the police.Neither the family nor the school knew about it, but Tomohiko had to pay the price of the jacket—23,000 yuan.He couldn't pay, so the clerk withdrew his student ID card.Tomohiko hurried home, took out all his property—15,000 yuan, and borrowed 8,000 yuan from a friend before paying it off. As it turned out, he got one of the latest jackets, which didn't hurt a bit.However, it wasn't the clothes that he wanted to buy at all costs, but he just thought there was a good chance to take advantage of it, so he just picked one without looking carefully.From the very beginning, he had no intention of buying anything when he entered that store.

If only the 23,000 yuan was still there—I don’t know if this was the dozens of times Tomohiko regretted it, so that he could shop freely and watch movies.But now, except for the lunch fee that his mother gave every morning, he barely had any money, and he still owed a friend eight thousand yuan. The boss brought a 200 yuan cup of comprehensive coffee, and Tomohiko sipped it in small sips.taste good. It would be nice if it was really a "good job", Tomohiko looked at the clock on the wall and thought.The so-called "pretty good job" is the term used by Kirihara Ryoji who invited him here.

Kirihara showed up exactly at five o'clock in the afternoon. As soon as he entered the store, Tongyuan saw Tomohiko, then turned his gaze to Murakata, and laughed out loud. "Why do you sit apart?" Tomohiko understood that Murashita was indeed called by Kirihara. Murashita closed the manga weekly, and scratched with his fingers in his long hair. "I thought he might be the same as me, but if I'm wrong, wouldn't it be embarrassing? I'll just pretend it's okay and read my cartoons." It seems that he is not turning a blind eye to Tomohiko. "Me too." Tomohiko said.

"If I knew it earlier, I would have told you that there were two people." Tong Yuan sat down opposite the village, and said to the bar, "Boss, I want Brazil." The boss nodded silently.Tomohiko thought that Kirihara seemed to be a regular customer of this store. Tomohiko moved to the table for four with a coffee cup in his hand, and sat next to Murashita after Kirihara gestured. Kirihara slightly raised his eyes to look at the two people opposite him, and tapped the table with his right index finger.The kind of eyes that seemed to be weighing two things made Tomohiko slightly unhappy.

"You two didn't eat garlic, did you?" Kirihara asked. "Garlic?" Tomohiko frowned, "No, why?" "Hey, there are many reasons, it's fine if you don't eat. Where's Murashita?" "I had fried dumplings about four days ago." "Come closer to your face." "Is that so?" Murashita leaned forward and brought his face closer to Kirihara. "Take a breath." Kirihara said. After Murashita exhaled a little shyly, Kirihara instructed: "Shut up a bit." Kirihara sniffed Murashita's exhaled breath, nodded slightly, and took out peppermint gum from the pocket of his cotton trousers. "I think it should be fine, but when you get out of here, chew this."

"Chewing is fine, but what do you want to do? This is too weird." Murashita said anxiously. Tomohiko found that this guy didn't seem to know the details, just like him. "Didn't I say it, just go to a place and talk to women. That's it." "after all……" Murashita didn't finish his sentence because the boss brought Kirihara's coffee.Tong Yuan picked up the cup, savored the aroma carefully, and then took a sip slowly. "Boss, it's still delicious." The boss nodded with a smile and returned to the bar. Kirihara looked at Tomohiko and Murashita again. "It's not difficult at all. You two are absolutely fine, that's why I'm looking for you."

"I'm just asking you, what's going on?" Murashita asked. Ryoji Kirihara took out a red carton of LARK cigarettes from the breast pocket of his denim jacket, pulled out one, put it in his mouth, and lit it with a Zippo lighter. "Just to please the other party." Kirihara smiled on his thin lips. "The other party... a woman?" Murashita whispered. "Yeah, but don't worry. It's not ugly enough to make you want to throw up, and it's not a wrinkled old woman. It's just an ordinary woman with good looks, but just a little older." "The content is to talk to that woman?" Tomohiko asked. Tong Yuan exhaled smoke at him, "Yes, there are three of them." "I don't understand, please explain in more detail. Where are you going? With what woman? What are you talking about?" Tomohiko raised his voice slightly. "You will know when you get there. What's more, I don't know what to say, it depends on the situation. If you say that you are the best, they will be very happy." Kirihara raised the corner of his mouth. Tomohiko looked at Kirihara in confusion.According to his explanation, it is not clear what is going on at all. "I quit." Murashita said suddenly. "Oh?" Kirihara wasn't very surprised. "It's not clear, it's a mess, just listening to it makes me think there's something wrong." Murashita made a gesture to get up. "The hourly salary is three thousand and three!" Tong Yuan said while picking up his coffee cup, "to be precise, it is three thousand three hundred and thirty-three—ten thousand for three hours. Can you find such a well-paid job elsewhere? " "But that's not serious business!" Murashita said, "I won't touch that kind of thing." "It's nothing serious. As long as you don't gossip, you won't get into trouble. I can guarantee this. In addition, I can guarantee one more thing. You will thank me after the end. Such a good job opportunity, even if I searched through the entire work-study job board and couldn’t find it. Everyone wants to do this job, but not everyone can do it if they want to. It’s very lucky that you were chosen by me.” "But..." Murashita looked at Tomohiko with a hesitant expression, probably wanting to know how Tomohiko made his decision. An hourly salary of 3,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan for three hours-this is too attractive to Tomohiko. "I can go," he said, "but on one condition." "what?" "Tell me where and whom to meet, I have to be mentally prepared." "It's not necessary at all." Kirihara extinguished his cigarette in the ashtray, "Okay, I'll tell you when I get out. However, only Yuancun can't do it. If Murashita doesn't do it, it's as if I didn't mention it. " Tomohiko looked up at Murashita who was half up. He maintained this unsteady posture with an uneasy expression on his face. "Isn't it something unfair?" Murashita confirmed to Kirihara. "Don't worry, as long as you don't want to, it won't become like that." After hearing Kirihara's meaningful statement, Murashita still seemed unable to make up his mind.However, perhaps feeling the impatient and disdainful look of Tomohiko who looked up at him, he finally nodded: "Okay, I'll go with you!" "So smart." Tong Yuan put his hand into the back pocket of his cotton trousers, stood up, and took out his brown wallet, "Boss, pay the bill." The boss showed a questioning expression, pointed at their table and drew a big circle. "Yes, three together." The boss nodded, wrote something on the bar, and handed the small piece of paper to Kirihara. Watching Tong Yuan take out a thousand-yen bill from his wallet, Tomohiko thought to himself, if he had known that he was going to treat someone, he would have ordered a sandwich.