Living in Tokyo, all I want to do is laze around.

The total sales profit, combined with the expectation of a 20% net profit per day, is much, much higher than imagined.

Kai Uesugi didn't calculate the exact figures, but he knew that this was at least one of the top incomes in the barista industry.

Willow Wood Store Manager: "When things weren't busy before, it was fine. I would bake some desserts in the morning and then work in the kitchen when it got busy in the afternoon. During that period, I could even take on the coffee-making work without any problems."

“It’s not possible now. This shop is newly opened, and its popularity has been gradually increasing. This is why I hired Xiaoqiao and you as baristas a week ago. Since you came, the popularity has increased a bit too quickly, so we are far from having enough staff. I’m planning to hire a few more people. Your classmates can also come here to work.”

The phrase "classmate came to work at the coffee shop" refers to Totsuka's attempt to get close to his sister.

The store manager was obviously unaware of the specific details; Uesugi Kai only told the manager that he wanted to work there.

Since Manager Liu Mu agreed, we can naturally report back to him.

"What's your decision? Are you going to agree?" Manager Yanagi continued to ask Kai Uesugi.

The store manager has offered all the terms he could.

If he were a salaryman who only knew how to work in his previous life, Kai Uesugi would definitely have agreed without hesitation.

After all, in the past, working hard for 996 hours a day only earned 40 yuan, but now, as long as you agree to the store manager's request, the salary will be more than ten times higher.

But that was before; now, everything is different.

Kai Uesugi no longer needs much money or social status.

You don't need to work 966 every day to desperately make money.

If he were to stay in one place to work, Uesugi Kai would feel that it would restrict his freedom.

"Manager." Uesugi Kai hesitated for a long time before finally raising his head to refuse.

"What's wrong? Are you not going to agree?"

"Well, I'm quite satisfied with these conditions, but I feel like I'm an unpredictable person. Maybe one day something will happen and I'll have to leave. If that happens, I'll be letting down Manager Liu Mu, since everything is currently in my favor, and the salary is way above what I should be getting."

Liu Mu Zichun was not surprised by his answer at all, but instead stroked her chin and began to think:

"Yes, indeed, it is unreasonable to sign a contract that lasts for several years."

"That's it."

Uesugi Kai came here to work just to earn enough money for bread the next day, and then wait until the agreed ten days were up, his wife would come home, and everyone would be happy.

Before the tenth day was up, his wife came home.

Kai Uesugi still remembers how shameless he was when he asked her for money to pay the property management fees...

When Hanabi Hanabi heard that he needed money, she didn't say anything. She just turned around, opened her small bag, took out a bank card, and handed it to him, saying that the password was his birthday.

When I tried to return the bank card to her afterwards, she weakly said, "Kai-kun, you can use it... Hanabi's money is Kai-kun's money..."

Being kept by a beautiful girl is really embarrassing...

Now, Kai Uesugi feels that working here is good, the environment is nice, and he treats it as a goal to strive for.

Most importantly, he has a job now and doesn't have to ask his wife for money anymore.

“How about this,” Liu Mu Zichun seemed to have come up with another solution, “Since long-term contracts are too long, how about we sign them on a monthly basis? The benefits will remain the same.”

Uesugi Kai was taken aback: "Isn't it you, the manager, who's at a disadvantage?"

"Of course, there are conditions." Liu Mu Zichun smiled confidently, "During your employment, I want you to train at least two baristas. Their skill level doesn't have to be equal to yours, but at least not much worse. I will check their progress later. What do you say?"

Kai Uesugi had no choice but to agree.

This almost achieves the best possible win-win result.

“It’s a pleasure doing business with you,” said Liu Mu, the store manager, who was holding the documents and about to leave from the front desk. He then suddenly turned around and said, “Oh, and also, I’ll be trying to fix the bookshelf next to the front desk in the next few days. The cat and cat tree are also being prepared, so please look forward to it.”

Kai Uesugi nodded: "Okay."

When it was time to leave work, the store manager, Liu Mu, gathered everyone in the store together and discussed the matter.

The bookshelf is nothing special; Erina Akane is only interested in salary increases and cats.

“A question!” Akane Rina excitedly raised her hand.

The willow-wood shop manager, leaning against the bar, looked at her and said, "Please speak."

"Kitty! What breed of cat do you need?"

The shop manager, Liu Mu, replied, "We haven't considered that yet."

Akane Rina raised her arms repeatedly: "Then! Then! Can I go and choose a cat?"

The shop manager smiled at her and said, "Well, I've already contacted my friend and asked him for help."

"Manager! Manager!"

Akane Rina had no intention of giving up this opportunity to choose a cat. In a coquettish tone, she said, "Since we're raising cats in a coffee shop, we're obviously going to choose kittens, right? I know! I know that! Please let me choose! I'll pay for it myself!"

Akane Rina was too enthusiastic, and as a caring store manager, Yanagi Haruji gave up the idea of ​​refusing her.

"Well, in that case, I'll leave it to you. But you don't need to pay for it yourself. Just pick out a kitten and remember to give me the receipt for the kitten."

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Manager Liu glanced at the clock hanging behind the bar; it was already 7 p.m.

With a "clap," she clapped her hands and addressed the group in front of her:

"Everyone has worked hard. That's all for today's work. Please get some rest."

......

Downstairs at the coffee shop, Uesugi Kai had Hanabi Hanabi stand behind him while he went to push out his parked bicycle.

Hanabi Hanamaru, holding her navy blue handbag in both hands, waited quietly to the side. She watched as Kai Uesugi knelt down to unlock it and said:

"Everyone seems to be having a great time today."

“Hmm,” Uesugi Kai found the lock, inserted the key into the lock cylinder and turned it, “After all, the coffee shop has a better target now, and everyone has things to do, so I’m planning to come to the shop to help out or something.”

"A goal..." Hanabi lowered her eyes, silently repeating the word in her mind. After a couple of seconds, she looked back at Kai Uesugi, who had already stood up and was pushing the cart, and asked, "Kai-kun, your goal used to be to get into the University of Tokyo. Now that goal has been achieved, Kai-kun, do you have a new goal?"

"A new goal?" Uesugi Kai thought to himself as he pushed his bicycle out.

"Yes, a new goal."

Kai Uesugi, holding the handlebars of his bicycle with both hands, smiled and asked the girl in front of him:

What were Hana-chan's goals in the past?

"Hanabi used to... used to be..." Hanabi's soft voice only got halfway through her sentence. She was a little shy and lowered her face slightly, with only her bright eyes looking down at him eagerly.

"Alright, now?" Uesugi Kai knew what she meant and laughed.

"It's the same now, except that it's changed a little bit. It's changed from pursuing... to maintaining." Hanabi Hanamaru's voice grew softer and softer, and her face buried deeper and deeper.

Before she knew it, Uesugi Kai suddenly stood in front of her, pushing his bicycle, and whispered in her ear:

"I'm just like Hana-chan."

"Are they the same?" Hanabi Hanabi looked up.

"Of course it's the same. I still look forward to every day and every second I spend with you. I will treat every meeting as if it were our last. I will cherish it and love you."

"Um... um..." Hanabi stammered more and more as she listened, but in the end, her heart fluttered and her cheeks flushed as she listened to his simple words of love. "Kai-kun, do you know? Actually, Hanabi has a girl she really likes in the drama."

"What TV series?" Uesugi Kai asked.

"Hanabi really likes Rika Akana, the female lead in Tokyo Love Story. Have you seen it, Kai-kun?" Whenever Hanabi casts her gaze at someone, her crystal-clear, violet eyes seem to shimmer with dazzling beauty.

"Hmm..." Uesugi Kai pondered for a moment, "I've heard of it, but I haven't seen it. It must be a very old TV series."

“It has indeed been a long time,” Hanabi Hanabi replied softly.

"What did she say?" Uesugi Kai thought she wanted to share something with him, so he listened attentively.

Hanabi Hanamaru followed his movements as he pushed the cart, walked out of the corner where the car was parked, and onto the commercial street.

The place was brightly lit, and the girl said as she walked:

"The male protagonist, Kanji Nagao, who came to Tokyo from Ehime Prefecture, met a female colleague from his company who was responsible for picking him up at the airport. She was a girl with a sweet smile and eyes that smiled like crescent moons."

"From Ehime? That's about the same age as my father." Uesugi Kai remembered that he should be considered a Tokyo native, while his father and his generation came from Ehime Prefecture.

Hanabi Hanamaru continued, "At the airport, Rika Akana greeted Kanji Nagao with a sweet smile. Kanji was a shy young man who came to Tokyo from the countryside to develop his career. He was filled with cautious expectations for Tokyo, as well as a sense of loss about his uncertain future. Rika, who had returned from overseas, had never met anyone as special as him before, so she was naturally full of curiosity about him."

"Rika is a very beautiful girl, like a little sun, who always infects those around her with her bright smile. At the company, she will take the initiative to help regardless of her gender, and will take the initiative to help men move boxes. She will respond to others with the most enthusiastic personality."

"She is very beautiful and well-liked by everyone. She always has a sweet smile on her face and skips around when she goes to work. Some annoying male colleagues in the company inevitably point fingers at her for her uninhibited personality, but she never cares and always smiles at them."

"Rika Akana meets Kanji at the airport for work. Upon first meeting her new colleague, the girl is intrigued by his dazed and slow-witted personality... They get to know each other, their encounter seems almost predestined... As they work together, they gradually become familiar with each other. Every day, Rika greets him with a sweet smile. Kanji, feeling uneasy about being adrift in Tokyo, is comforted by Rika: 'It's precisely because you don't know what's going to happen that you're full of energy, isn't it?'"

Rika would affectionately call him "Maruko" "Maruko," and Kanji would be teased by his colleagues because of this nickname. In this way, day after day, they got to know each other, understood each other's personalities, and learned what the other liked. Gradually, the innocent and cheerful Akana Rika realized that she had fallen in love with Kanji, who was clumsy and cute like a panda.

"Rika Akamon is a very straightforward girl when it comes to feelings. After she realized that she liked Kanji, she quickly told him: 'I like you.'"

Hanabi Hanabi's voice was so beautiful that Uesugi Kai unknowingly became engrossed in the story she was telling.

"That's it? What happened next?" Uesugi Kai pressed.

"Kai-kun, do you see any differences between Hanabi and Akana Rika?"

“The story is too short, I haven’t fully understood it yet.” Uesugi Kai changed the subject. “However, based on what we know so far, Akana Rika and Hanabi have very different personalities. Hanabi, you are the more shy one, like Kanji, while I am Akana Rika, who, after understanding my own feelings, openly and honestly told the person I like, ‘I like you.’”

"wrong..."

Hanamaru Hanabi shook her head.

"What's wrong with it?"

"That's just not right."

"Why don't you continue telling me? I'll give you a shoulder massage when we get home." Uesugi Kai smiled at the girl, her face framed by the neon lights of the bustling city at night, making her look even more romantic and beautiful.

When Hanabi Hanamaru saw him smile, a charming smile immediately bloomed on her own adorable face:

"Okay, Kai-kun, you can't go back on your word about the shoulder massage."

"I will absolutely keep my promise."

"Shall we make a pinky promise?"

"We need to pinky swear for this too? Oh, okay, I say yes."

"Hehe, Kai-kun is so nice." Hanabi Hanamaru looked at her thumb and his thumbprint together and smiled beautifully.