Wife, please behave yourself.

Chapter 4 The Girl's Tears

on Monday.

In just three days, Liu Changcun almost completed the scriptwriting for "The Temptation to Go Home".

I just need to take a short break and find some time to call my old classmate and have a chat.

If you help me submit a script internally, they probably won't refuse to do such a small favor.

Inside the bookstore, the noise from outside was quite loud.

Perhaps it's because of the lunch break, but students who don't eat in the school cafeteria always make a lot of noise when they go to the small restaurants near the school.

Liu Changcun dislikes noise.

Of course, if those noisy students could get into the bookstore to buy books... then he wouldn't dislike them for the time being.

Liu Changcun looked outside the shop and saw several students gathered in the distance, chattering about something.

Before long, the crowd dispersed.

The figure that appeared walked straight toward the bookstore.

It's a girl.

Wearing the school uniform of No. 16 Middle School, her height appears to be normal for girls her age.

For some reason, the girl walking towards the bookstore had her head down and looked very nervous.

Enter the bookstore.

The girl raised her head slightly, which had been lowered.

When he saw the bookstore owner staring at him with an enigmatic smile on his face.

Just a simple glance felt like being struck by lightning.

The head that had just been raised was immediately lowered again.

I quickened my pace and headed toward the bookshelves at the back of the store.

He turned his back, seemingly carefully selecting books.

Liu Changcun sat in front of the cashier.

Seeing a customer enter, I stared at them for a while, but when I saw they were still choosing books, I simply stopped paying attention.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of the crowd outside the store.

Judging from their attire, it's easy to tell that they are also students from No. 16 Middle School.

They were whispering and laughing, seemingly chatting, but several of them kept glancing towards the bookstore.

unusual.

With this thought in mind, Liu Changcun turned his gaze away from the shop.

As soon as I turned my gaze back to the store, I saw an unbelievable scene.

The girl who entered the bookstore not long ago is now facing away from the cashier. The bookstore's interior space is not large, so there is no such thing as a dead corner.

Liu Changcun clearly saw the girl hiding a book inside her school uniform.

As a result, the hem of the summer school uniform bulged noticeably and abnormally.

After doing all this, the other person turned around nervously.

When he saw that the bookstore owner was still watching him, his already tense face suddenly turned deathly pale.

She probably knew she had been discovered.

His body began to tremble uncontrollably, and he lowered his head, looking towards the cashier.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught Liu Changcun's expressionless gaze fixed on her.

Her heart was beating faster and faster, to the point that her breathing became more rapid.

Liu Changcun watched intently.

He was watching every move the girl made.

One second, two seconds... The gaze that was fixed on them was withdrawn at this moment.

Liu Changcun acted as if he hadn't seen anything, and pretended to tidy up the cash register table.

The commotion outside the store grew louder and louder.

The noise was broken only when a figure appeared.

Liu Songyan entered the store.

When I got to the cashier, I put the food I had brought from school on the table.

Liu Changcun, who was pretending to tidy up the table, was attracted by the sudden appearance of food. He looked up and saw that his son, who should have been eating in the school cafeteria, was in the bookstore.

He paused for a moment before speaking, looking slightly surprised.

"Why are you here?"

"Send food."

After explaining his purpose, Liu Songyan did not say anything more.

Because his father often worked at the shop, he would usually prepare his own lunch and bring it to the shop to eat.

This morning, when Liu Songyan left for school, he discovered that his father had not taken his lunchbox with him.

That's why we chose to pack our food from the cafeteria.

Two white foam lunch boxes were placed on the table.

Liu Songyan untied the plastic bags and took them out one by one, then placed the disposable chopsticks on his father's lunchbox.

I stood at the cashier, bent over, holding disposable chopsticks, ready to eat.

Exclamations of surprise came from outside the store.

"Is that Liu Songyan?"

"Why is he here?"

"I heard his family owns a bookstore... Could this be it?" "Holy crap, really?!"

The voices were so loud that Liu Songyan, who was just about to eat, had to look outside the shop.

He truly deserves to be called a walking campus legend.

As soon as he turned his face towards the outside of the store, his eyes covered by his bangs, the chattering group immediately lowered their heads to avoid eye contact.

One of them secretly beckoned, and the group that had just been gathered outside the store quickly and sheepishly left.

Only one boy glanced into the store, and then left with the others.

The noise only subsided after the students who had gathered dispersed.

Liu Songyan withdrew his gaze from outside the shop, picked up his chopsticks, and put the food into his mouth.

After chewing a few bites, he saw that his father in front of him hadn't touched his chopsticks, but instead looked towards the back of the shop.

It was only then that Liu Songyan realized that besides him and his son, there was another girl in the bookstore.

Liu Songyan looked at the other person.

The girl's body, which was already trembling uncontrollably from fear, became even more shaky after Liu Songyan looked at her.

His body trembled at a visible frequency, as if it were powered by a motor.

He quickly lowered his head, not daring to meet the gaze of the boy in front of him.

I was afraid that if I looked into the other person's eyes, I wouldn't be able to leave this bookstore.

"come on."

Liu Changcun's deep voice rang out, like a hammer blow to Chi Jinhe's heart.

His head, which was already lowered, now looked as if he wanted to hide it inside his summer school uniform.

He took a shaky step.

Next comes the second step.

Until we reached the cashier.

Both Liu Changcun and his son were staring at her. Although they had their heads down, Chi Jinhe still noticed their gazes.

The nerves that had been under intense pressure finally snapped at this moment.

Tears streamed down her face, landing on the bookstore floor tiles as she lowered her head.

"Uncle, Uncle...I was wrong..."

She stammered out a cry, her voice clearly trembling with tears.

He consciously lifted the hem of his school uniform and took out a book titled "Men Are Pretentious".

With trembling hands, she held the book and slowly placed it on the cashier's counter.

"No, not me..."

He wanted to say something in his defense, but perhaps he was too afraid, and after stammering for a long time, he could only utter this one sentence.

Chi Jinhe was utterly terrified.

Not only was his behavior caught red-handed by the bookstore owner, but coincidentally, the most unapproachable person in the school was also nearby.

His hands hung limply at the sides of his school trousers, gripping the fabric tightly.

My fingertips began to turn white, and the tears that streamed down my face became more and more frequent.

Until she couldn't hold it in any longer, she started sniffling and whimpering.

The sound of a girl crying could be heard coming from inside the bookstore.

The father and son at the checkout counter never expected this scene.

The school spirit at No. 16 Middle School is quite strict.

If a student steals something at school, the lightest punishment will be a disciplinary action.

Knowing this, Liu Changcun did not immediately stop the girl from stealing when he discovered her not long ago.

I plan to wait until she's about to leave before asking her to hand over the hidden books.

As long as you didn't take it out of the bookstore, it's at most an attempted crime.

Moreover, the girl in front of me looks honest and doesn't seem like the type to steal.

What he didn't expect was that the girl in front of him would be so frightened.

He simply called her over normally, but to his surprise, she burst into tears on the spot.

If a customer were to come in right now and see this scene, Liu Changcun, the bookstore owner, wouldn't be able to explain it clearly, no matter how many mouths he had.

Upon seeing the girl wiping her face, unable to stop sobbing, Liu Changcun couldn't help but soften his voice.

Try to make yourself look as friendly as possible.

"Why are you crying? I haven't even said anything yet."

"Waaaaah... No, it wasn't me..."

"I know it wasn't you, it was those bastards outside who ordered it, right?"

"Waaah... Eh..."

Sniffling, Chi Jinhe was just about to continue her nonsensical explanation.

Unexpectedly, Liu Changcun pointed out the truth directly.

Her short hair, which fell straight over her shoulders, was stuck to her forehead due to sweat from nervousness.

Her eyes were moist, and the tip of her nose was red.

I just looked at the bookstore owner like that.

He stood there stunned.