The rising sun in the east has not yet appeared below the horizon, and the faint moonlight still hangs in the corner of the sky.
The rustling sounds of small animals gradually came from the grass on both sides of the trail. The cold air in the early morning was floating in the air, but Asaka Yui was safely hidden in Kuriyama Mai's warm vest.
The suit jacket she was wearing gave her a strong sense of security, just like waking up naturally in the pleasant winter, hiding in the thick quilt, and quietly looking out the window at the heavy snowfall.
She knew that Kuriyama Mai said those words deliberately to fool the security guards, but this was indeed a memory that only belonged to the two of them.
I really wish that time now goes by a little slower...a little slower...
Kuriyama Mai carried the buoyant girl behind him until he walked to the queue in front of the store. Even though only super VIPs were allowed to enter the store in advance and queue up, there were already more than a dozen people standing in front of him.
He carefully looked around to make sure that the two security guards hadn't followed him, and then slowly put Asaka Yui down on his back.
Along the way, her hot little face felt hot against his back, but her slender thighs felt unexpectedly warm and smooth when he carried them against his back.
Seeing her lowering her head and staring at her toes, she looked shy and didn't know how to speak. Kuriyama Mai quickly apologized in a low voice:
"Sorry, I was too presumptuous just now. I just wanted Asaka to buy a limited edition doll."
"Is that so?" Asaka Yui murmured in her heart, but she didn't dare to look up at his eyes.
Kuriyama Mai saw several more staff members walking over not far away, and asked quickly:
"Asaka, you came here to work part-time. Apart from the security supervisor, who else has seen you?"
"Well..." The girl was startled and quickly raised her head, but still avoided his gaze. "Except for the two people just now, and a sister who met her, she didn't meet anyone else."
Kuriyama Mai was thinking in his mind, and quietly pointed the direction to Asaka Yui with his eyes, "Do those two people look familiar?"
The girl hid behind his slightly burly body and quietly poked her head out to take a look, "No, I haven't seen him before."
"That's good, but tonight's part-time job is probably recommended by your previous boss, Qianxiang. But because of me, you skipped work here, and the boss will definitely blame you."
"So go ahead and resign today, and I will compensate you with your salary during this period~"
After finishing speaking, Kuriyama Mai couldn't help but yawn. A teenager's body cannot stay up late for a long time. If this girl continues to work, she will get further and further away from Tokyo University.
He had to come up with a reason to make the somewhat stubborn girl accept his help with peace of mind.
"Eh?" Asaka Yui was stunned.
Kuriyama Mai smiled gently at her and continued to explain:
"In other words, just quit your job today. After all, you have caused a lot of trouble for others."
"Of course, I will compensate you for the money you were supposed to get from your part-time job during this period, until you resell the limited edition doll."
"Because after selling it, you will definitely not need to work for a while."
Asaka Yui felt a little at a loss for his sudden proposal, and quickly covered her mouth with her right hand to hide her shyness. Unconfident voices came out intermittently from between her fingers.
"But...I have been causing trouble for seniors tonight..."
"The boss of that place is very nice... If I explain it properly... he will forgive me..."
But Kuriyama Mai gave her a dark look and said in a threatening tone:
"I don't want you to expose me, understand?"
"You look so easy to bully, I'm sure the boss will tell you everything if you just ask him casually."
Although Asaka Yui was a little embarrassed by his gaze, she mustered up the courage to look directly into his eyes and said:
"I won't!"
Kuriyama Mai quickly stepped forward and gently covered her mouth with his hand, "Don't be too loud. It's not good to attract other people's attention."
"I don't want to make any mistakes, and there is surveillance here. Although they haven't checked it out yet, they will definitely hold you accountable after you go to work there."
"It's good for us all to accept this hush money."
For a large company like this, they certainly wouldn't go through complicated monitoring and inspection procedures just for a part-time employee who skipped work. Moreover, the 'security supervisor' she called had to work night shifts and get up early to patrol, so his level was definitely not high. .
Kuriyama Mai said this, but he also wanted to scare this inexperienced girl so that she would accept his help.
There was a flash of sadness in Asaka Yui's eyes, and then she immediately lowered her head. Kuriyama Mai couldn't see her expression, only that she pursed her lips tightly.
But while she was distracted, Kuriyama Mai took out 100,000 yen and stuffed it into her schoolbag.
"This is the sealing fee. After you sell the doll, you can refund more and make up for the difference according to time."
"I'm not selling you the favor because I feel sorry for you. I don't want you to cause me any trouble, so don't be self-righteous and think you owe me a favor."
"As for the 'gambling agreement', that's because I see your potential. You can come to me at any time."
Owing someone a favor is an extremely uncomfortable thing, and Kuriyama Mai tried his best not to put too much of a heavy psychological burden on the girl.
Asaka Yui wanted to shirk away, but he moved too quickly and had already stuffed the money into the innermost bag of her schoolbag.
"...Why?" Her voice was trembling and quite weak.
The rising sun finally emerged from the east, and a crack was torn out of the dark sky by the radiant glow.
The man in front of me always has a fierce expression but is doing the most gentle things.
She seemed to be able to feel that the senior deliberately acted in a dark face like this in order for her to accept it with peace of mind.
If you reject him, you will betray his good intentions.
"Thank you, senior~"
Asaka Yui tried her best to make her expression cheerful. The morning breeze ruffled the bangs on her forehead, as if her heart also moved.
Kuriyama Mai waved his hand, "You deserve this. If you set up a partnership company and take the results without sharing any dividends, you will be severely beaten."
"Besides, we are still friends!"
"Yes~" Asaka Yui finally showed a sweet smile.
[Heartbeat value +120 points]
Kuriyama Mai took her hand and said, "Try to act like a couple to avoid being suspected by strangers."
Asaka Yui turned her head, but her fingers were tightly clasped with his.
Kuriyama Mai felt the softness of her palms, and then looked at the orange-red morning sun shining on the girl's crimson face, and his heart couldn't help but beat a heavy beat.
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The two of them not only bought limited edition Lina Bell, but also bought the same Mickey Mouse jacket and the same sunglasses.
If he didn't change his clothes, Kuriyama Mai felt that it might be difficult for him to go out smoothly. After all, there were too many people who recognized his face outside last night.
The two wore the same clothes, the same sunglasses, and the same bags, and walked out of Disney hand in hand.
This way no one will ever mistake them for last night's 'staff' and 'supervisor'.
Scalpers kept asking them if they wanted to resell them on the road. Kuriyama Mai stopped them all and reminded them softly:
"They are all using cabbage prices now. Wait until I contact the seller with a high price before you take action. Of course I will charge a 10% handling fee."
Although Asaka Yui knew that he could easily take out 10 million, she definitely didn't care about this small amount of money, but she did not refute and just looked at his side face blankly.
Then Asaka Yui was sent to a paid taxi with high-sounding reasons such as 'I'll be late for class' and 'It's not convenient to catch up on the train'.
Asaka Yui looked at him in the rearview mirror, who was getting smaller and smaller, with a confused and ambiguous smile on her lips, but tears began to well up in her eyes.
She suddenly remembered a sentence on Tik Tok.
"Although he is not my moon, at this moment, his moonlight does shine on me."
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Kuriyama Mai asked a taxi to take him to a place 1.5 kilometers away from Kasuga Chinatsu's home.
He put on his suit again from last night, and asked the driver to deliver the clothes and sunglasses he changed into to the front desk of his apartment for storage.
In order to run more easily, he exchanged the [Mid-distance running B+] skill, and now there are still 65 heartbeat points left in the system.
In less than six minutes, he ran downstairs to Kasuga's house with a slight sweat, and the time had already reached 7 o'clock.
Fortunately, the property manager seemed to recognize him as Chiharu Kashiwahara's friend, and immediately opened the door to the apartment for him with a smile on his face.
Knocking on the door of Kasuga Chinatsu's house, she folded her hands and asked angrily in a lecturing tone:
"Where did you go?"
He touched the back of his head and said, "I just went for a morning jog. This is a good habit of mine."
"What's that behind your hand?" Kasuga Chinatsu noticed something unusual.
"Oh, oh, oh, that's it," Kuriyama Mai said with a look of realization. "I saw it at the corner of Shoji Town when I was running. I thought the minister might like it, so I picked it up."
"What! How lucky are you! This...this is not..."
Seeing the doll behind Kuriyama Mai, Kasuga Chinatsu was so excited that she was a little incoherent.
"Here you go~"
Kuriyama Mai grinned and pushed the doll in front of her.
He would rather laugh like this than line up in the middle of the night just to buy a gift for her, and even bribe a part-time high school student...
Because that makes him look too licky!
She has to guess for herself!
