Seeing Akiko walking to the shelves first, Qianhui instinctively followed her, but she just stood aside and thought silently, seemingly falling into the original state of confusion and suspicion again.
This shelf is a horror movie section, and the items displayed on it are all horror-themed movie video tapes. As the saying goes, once there are too many choices, you will be unable to make a choice. This is true. Although Akiko was in a good mood, she quickly moved the top and bottom rows. She scanned the video tapes over and over, but because the covers were almost all attractive, after choosing for a long time she didn't know which tape to pick up.
In desperation, Akiko decided to seek advice from her friends. She nudged Qianhui, who was in a daze next to her, with her elbow, and then asked her hesitantly: "Hey, Qianhui, these videos are very attractive just by looking at the covers. We can’t read them all, I don’t know which one to choose, which one do you think is better?”
Akiko's question made Qian Hui slightly stunned. She didn't answer for a while. It wasn't that she couldn't answer, but the tapes in front of her with covers full of bloody scenes were too unconventional. These were horror movies. What would be the plot scenes in horror movies? Of course she knows, after all, who has never seen a horror movie before? Although Qianhui doesn't think she is a timid girl, she has never stated that she is very courageous. Strictly speaking, she does not object to her friend Akiko renting videos. After all, school is on vacation today, so she has nothing to do in the evening and stays up late to watch movies. What's the big deal? What really made her resist was the theme of Akiko's movie.
Horror movie, this kind of movie is quite scary...
At this moment, looking at the covers of the video tapes with various bloody or scary scenes in front of her, Qianhui couldn't help but frown and made a plan in her heart. Although she had no reason to refute Akiko's rental of the video tape, she did not intend to rent the horror tape. As for movies, instead of watching horror movies tonight, she would rather watch some relaxing movies, such as comedies or romances.
Thinking of this, Qianhui was about to raise her head to answer, but the moment her eyes shifted from the shelf, she accidentally saw something, something that was both familiar and a little strange.
It's familiar because it's still a video tape. As for why it's strange, it's because it's a video tape without a packaging cover. Yes, there's no cover, no packaging, and no eye-catching and exciting covers like other video tapes around. It's just It was just a black videotape. This videotape was located in a corner at the bottom of the shelf. If she hadn't discovered it accidentally just now, it would have been difficult for anyone to notice it.
A videotape without a cover? Which store would put something like this on the shelf that you can’t even tell what it is?
"Qianhui, why don't you speak? Hey, this is..."
At the same time, perhaps out of confusion that her friend had not answered her question for a long time, or perhaps because she noticed that the other person was staring at a certain place, she asked casually, and Akiko inevitably followed Qianhui's gaze to the lower shelf. , as expected, after discovering this videotape without a cover, Akiko suddenly became curious. She let out a sigh, and immediately bent down to take it in her hand to observe. As for Qianhui, she finally told Akiko her personal decision. :
"Akiko, I think we can just rent a comedy movie and watch it. Horror movies, or... let's forget it."
As soon as he said this, Akiko, who was observing the coverless videotape in her hand, couldn't help but laugh:
"Hey, I knew it. It seems that Qianhui is not very courageous!"
"Okay, since you're so timid, let's go check out other shelves."
Fortunately, after being in contact with her for a long time, Akiko got to know her friend's character quite well. When she saw that the other person didn't agree with renting a horror movie, she touched her hair. Akiko didn't insist and directly agreed to Qianhui's suggestion, but she didn't agree completely. After laughing at Qianhui, Akiko, who was always curious about the coverless videotape in her hand, changed the subject again, then pointed at the videotape in her hand and continued with a suspicious look on her face: "This videotape does not have a cover, could it be that the store owner put it wrongly?" Right? Rather than choosing anything else, I'm more curious about what's in this videotape. Well, renting one is renting, and two is renting, so let's take this videotape back and take a look."
Seeing that Akiko agreed to her request not to watch horror movies, Qianhui felt a little relieved. The only thing that made her a little confused was why the other party would be interested in this videotape that had no clue what it was about? Of course, speaking of curiosity, she was also quite curious about this video tape, but in any case, for financial reasons, she still didn't think it would be a good idea to rent another tape with unknown content.
Thinking of this, Qianhui pointed at the video tape in Akiko's hand and said: "You also saw that this video tape has no cover at all. Are you sure this is a horror movie you want to watch? What if it is a useless tape that cannot play the image? Then Wouldn’t it be a waste of money to rent a tape?”
"Tch, do you think I'm stupid? Why don't you just ask the store owner? If this tape is really a waste tape, do you think I would rent it? How much money do we have?"
"I'm sorry, is the store owner here? We would like to rent a video tape."
Da da da.
Needless to say, Qianhui was speechless for a moment because of Akiko's rebuttal. At the same time, after finishing her rebuttal, Akiko called out to the shopkeeper after turning around the row of shelves and walked straight to the front of the store. However, next, something happened that made Akiko and Qianhui stop. Something unexpected happened...
If the two women first entered the store because one was eager to find a movie and the other did not pay attention to the people in the store due to the environment, then when the two tried to find the store owner, they discovered... except for them, there were actually people in the entire video store. Is there anyone else?
Even if this store is a small store and there is no need to hire employees, it should at least have a store owner who collects money to do business, right?
That is true, and the truth is the same, but the actual situation is...
I searched the whole store, even looking at the back of the cashier counter, the only place where people could hide, but it was still empty. There were no employees or store managers. The only people in the store that could be seen at a glance were Qiane and Akiko. people.
"Is the shopkeeper not here? Or is the shopkeeper out for something?"
Most Japanese people attach great importance to honesty. After searching for a while, after confirming that the store was empty, Akiko, who was holding the coverless video tape, and Chie, who picked up a comedy movie during the search, did not leave. They did not leave because of the store. There was no one in the store and they took the opportunity to leave without paying. Instead, after some discussion, they guessed that the owner was probably out for something and would be back soon, so the two of them waited in the store. Unexpectedly, they both What is even more surprising is...
No matter how they waited, even after waiting for about 10 minutes, no one entered the store, just like...
It's like this is an unmanned video store without a store manager.
