Miss Heir wasn't very kind to me.

Chapter 21 21. "Convenience Stores, Magazines, and Fresh Smoothies"

She went out with honey hair and walked to the convenience store near Fanxing.

Masumi was in a dilemma holding a half-price bento box in her hand.

The prices in Hyogo Prefecture are at the national average, and the prices of food are much more affordable than in Tokyo.

However, Masumi is not short of money, but simply likes the joy of finding a bargain.

Exhaling his emotions along with the air, Masumi calmly put the lunch box in his hand back to its place, picked up the plastic shopping basket, and strolled around the convenience store.

I bought a few bags of plain potato chips, planning to munch on them when I was bored. Past the snack area was the magazine rack, which was packed with a wide variety of items, most of which were women's magazines, with the women on the covers radiating a confident and sophisticated style.

Along with the various magazines, what caught my eye was a girl in uniform, probably a junior high or high school student, who was staring at the shelves and stopped.

Her long black hair was tied with a ribbon and formed into two ponytails, with strands of burgundy highlighted in the hair. It was a willful hairstyle that would attract the attention of teachers or discipline committee members in school.

The accessories on her body are also varied, and she looks very tough. This dressing style should be called... mine style?

Anyway, this is a character that Masumi has never had any connection with.

The mine-type girl seemed to have sensed something and tilted her head slightly...ah, their eyes met.

The girl gave him a bad look. She was wearing burgundy contact lenses, and her eyes looked very fierce. Although Masumi was an adult, he subconsciously retreated a little.

Fortunately, she only stared at him for a second. The girl turned her head and, as if with the courage to make up her mind, took a magazine from the shelf and strode towards the cashier.

After the somewhat uneasy atmosphere that had made Masumi dissipated, he approached the shelf. The packaging of these women's magazines seemed bloated, and in addition to the magazines themselves, they also came with additional gifts.

Masumi picked up an unwrapped magazine and opened it. Inside was a bottle of moisturizing cream. In addition, there were beauty boxes, canvas bags and other items in various styles.

Of course, the price is not cheap. A relatively cheap copy costs about 1400 yen. He remembered that when he was in Tokyo, the girls he knew were all keen on these beauty magazines.

No wonder, this is almost like buying a gift and getting a magazine for free. The first person to come up with this marketing method is really a genius.

Passing the shelf of women's magazines, Masumi picked out a weekly comic book released this week and put it in the shopping cart.

After the band ended, he spent his free time reading comics, and recently he was a little obsessed with a certain comic.

It tells the story of a legendary killer who retired, got married and had children, and turned into a fat uncle. He wanted to run his shop peacefully, but he was always attacked by killers from all directions, and a comedy battle ensued in his daily life.

This kind of story about a top figure who has achieved the pinnacle in a certain field, hiding his identity and wanting to live a peaceful life, but being scouted one by one by his former rivals, seems to have always been very popular, and there are countless variations of it in novels, comics, film and television dramas, etc.

Masumi saw the latest episode on the app, but found it too tiring to read on the phone screen, so she thought about buying magazines and paperbacks.

He sometimes naively thought, if he were the protagonist of a comic book—

——The lead singer of the world's top rock band suddenly announced his retirement and went to work in an inconspicuous small coffee shop. He met a junior who also had a dream of music. He wanted to spend a leisurely day, but his former rivals, teammates and industry professionals came one after another.

After laughing at his own ridiculous fantasy in his heart, Masumi calmed down and continued walking aimlessly in the convenience store.

This is the largest convenience store near Fanxing, with a very complete range of goods.

As he passed by a freezer, the goods inside caught his attention.

Is this... freeze-dried fruit?
The transparent plastic cups contained strawberries, banana chunks and other things that looked like freeze-dried fruit. The calorie label was carefully pasted on the side. The strawberry and banana version contained 102 kcal.

There is also mixed fruit and vegetable on the side.

As a source of vitamins, it should be a good choice, Macheng thought. He didn't usually like to eat vegetables.

"This isn't meant to be eaten directly."

A sound as soft as a butterfly's wings floated in the air.

Masumi turned around and saw a petite young woman standing next to him. Her curved eyebrows and slightly narrowed eyes made her temperament look particularly gentle.

"This is a freshly made smoothie. You have to use the machine over there."

The girl pointed in the direction, kindly reminding him. "I see. Thank you."

After thanking him, Masumi pursed his lips and asked, "How did you know..."

He paused mid-sentence, but the girl already understood what he meant and chuckled as she said, "Because I saw that you had a strong tourist vibe just now."

"Tourist feeling?"

"Sorry, it was just a joke."

The girl's flaxen hair stuck to her cheeks. She pushed her hair aside, smiled, nodded to him, and turned away.

Masumi is holding a freshly made milkshake with a fruit and vegetable slush flavor. This milkshake has only 69 kcal and contains vegetables and dietary fiber, so it looks very healthy.

Walk to the machine, scan the QR code on the cup, open the packaging, open the hatch, put it in place and press the OK button.

A rumbling sound was heard. After waiting for about a minute, when the prompt sound came, Masumi took out the prepared smoothie from inside.

After it was done, it became a slightly sticky green drink. He put the lid on it, inserted a straw, and took a sip.

Hmm, it has a very strong fiber taste and almost no sweetness.

He made a bitter face and didn't say "Pooh" in the convenience store.

This is the second time Masumi has lost to fruit and vegetable juice.

With the smoothie in hand, he had already finished browsing half of the convenience store. Music started playing over the store's speakers, and the clean, twangy guitar was quite catchy.

The sun and the moon shine together, removing all the darkness

The light is me and I am the light

The rare 5/8 beat and repetitive riffs suggest the style should be math rock, and the band is one Macheng has never heard of. In order to finish listening to the song, he decided to stay in the convenience store for a while longer.

After no longer having to pay for rent and band expenses, he suddenly had more money.

Walk straight to the raw meat section of the convenience store.

——Grade 5 Miyazaki beef, 240 grams per box, price 2980 yen, buy it!
I also bought a box of ordinary domestic beef, one box contains 520 grams, and the price is also 2980 yen.

American beef is much cheaper. Masumi doesn't have the obsession of "body and earth are one", so he also picked up a box and put it in the shopping cart.

Since he had bought so much beef, Masumi thought about it, took out his phone and opened the LINE group chat.

Masumi: "If you haven't decided on dinner yet, how about sukiyaki?"

Masumi: "I bought a lot of beef."

Ryujinin Sanchiyo: "Well, Masumi-kun is so generous."

Neko: "I understand. Let's get ready now."

Mirai: "Thank you, Masumi-san."

Ai-chan: "Wow, you guys are eating sukiyaki right after I left. I'm so envious."

Posted a drooling dog emoji.

Ryujinin Michiyo: "Chiai-chan, can you come now?"

Ai-chan: "Forget it, I'll just go home and lie in bed and not feel like going out anymore."

Putting down the phone, Masumi walked to the vegetable area and started shopping: enoki mushrooms, cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, green onions, fried tofu for sukiyaki, konjac noodles, and the essential butter and sukiyaki soy sauce.

Then he carried the full shopping basket and walked to the checkout counter to pay.

　Thank you for the monthly ticket to Hometown
　　
　
(End of this chapter)