Love? Please allow me to simulate it first!

"No, I..."

"That's a good idea. Xiaofeng, come today. I just bought a lot of extra ingredients today and I'm worried about it."

"Come on, come on~"

"Okay, then I'd better obey you." Seeing that the other party was determined to drag him over, Nakamura Mine had to compromise. In fact, ever since Goto Michiyo learned about Nakamura Mine's family situation from her daughter, she has always tried her best to invite Nakamura Mine to their house for dinner, which made Nakamura Mine feel embarrassed and always felt like he was taking advantage of others. Not only did he let the other party's daughter teach him guitar for free, but he also went to eat there every day. Can you imagine what happened?

But the food at Goto’s house is really delicious!

Chapter 56: After the Exam

The three-day high school entrance examination began. Unlike the obviously nervous atmosphere of others, Nakamura Mine seemed much more relaxed. He was considered an old hand in the examination room. No matter whether others had finished writing or not, they would basically not hand in their papers until the last minute, but he left as soon as the time to hand in his paper came.

After all, he was very good at science subjects, and he couldn't finish all the subjects he was not so good at. Although most people would choose to fill in the papers by guessing, it was basically a waste of effort. Anyway, he felt that he did well in science subjects, so he just gave up on liberal arts subjects.

With confident steps, Nakamura Mine was the first to walk out of the examination room. Under the gaze of a group of parents, he went straight to Shimokitazawa. Today was the last day of the high school entrance examination. Ijichi Kouka said that she would welcome him and Goto Ichiri. Since he and Goto Ichiri were not in the same examination room, they agreed that they did not need to wait for each other.

When I arrived at the entrance of Fanxing, there was a sign on the wall saying it was closed. Fanxing starts selling tickets at five o'clock, and the performance will not start until six o'clock. It's only a little after three o'clock, but it's not even time to start preparing.

"Thank you for your hard work~" Although he said that, when he went in, no one was there except the store manager. Ijichi Kouka and Yamada Ryo hadn't returned from school yet, and the PA lady, the sound engineer, was probably still asleep.

"What? It's you. Why did you come here alone? Where's Pochi?" The indifferent voice came from the store manager.

"Her words should be coming over now."

"Huh? You actually left the girl behind and ran here alone?!" Ijichi Hoshika used a glare attack on Nakamura Mine, but unfortunately the effect was not ideal.

"She and I are not in the same examination room, and Pochi is not a child anymore. By the way, manager, why do I feel that your attitude towards Pochi and me is so different?" Nakamura Mine's words were not groundless. He had long felt that Ijichi Hoshige's attitude towards him was always a bit harsh. Although this was not a big problem based on the other party's tsundere personality, everything is afraid of a comparison.

It is obvious that Ichichi Hoshige is much more tolerant towards Goto Ichiri, for example, he allows Goto Ichiri to build a nest among the stars at will, although Goto Ichiri himself is completely unaware of this.

"Because Pochi is cute, that's natural." Ijichi Hoshige confidently stated the reason for her bias.

"Yeah, do you dare to say this directly to Pochi?"

In fact, there was no need to ask, Nakamura Mine knew that she definitely wouldn't dare to do that. After all, she had been a tsundere for nearly 30 years and it had become a professional habit, so she simply couldn't praise anyone in person.

"Stop talking nonsense, Hongxia and the others will be here soon, just find a place to wait." Yidizhi Xingge waved his hand impatiently, indicating that he didn't want to continue this topic.

"Yes." Nakamura Mine obeyed the other party and sat down on the seat next to Ijichi Hoshika.

"Hey!"

"Boss, give me a cappuccino, the free kind!"

"Get lost! There's nothing like that here, and if you really want to buy it, you should buy a ticket first!" Ijichi Xingge felt that Nakamura Mine was just trying to piss her off. She even...

"Don't tickets start selling at five o'clock?"

"If you knew, you wouldn't have come so early!"

"Manager, you are here again. Didn't you know that we would come here after finishing the exam today, so you opened the store early?" Nakamura Mine bluntly exposed Ijichi Hoshika's gentle thoughts.

"Uh..." Having her thoughts exposed, Ichichi Xingge blushed and turned away.

Hong Xia was right, her sister was such a proud, ...

"I just suddenly wanted to come to the store early today to prepare." Ijichi Xingge explained guiltily.

"You don't have to explain it to me. I won't believe it anyway."

"You! Naughty! brat!" Ijichi Xingge transformed into Prajna and gave Nakamura Mine a knife attack.

After being taught a lesson, Nakamura Mine behaved well for about ten minutes, and then Ijichi Hoshika spoke first.

"How come Pochi is so much slower than you?" Seeing that Goto Ichiri hadn't arrived after more than ten minutes, Ijichi Hoshika was a little worried. She didn't think that Nakamura Minato had handed in his paper early, but she was worried that Goto Ichiri had encountered some trouble on the way. After all, the child looked very uneasy.

"Is it okay? After all, I came out half an hour early, and she should be here soon." Nakamura Mine said honestly.

"Is that so... eh?! Half an hour early, have you finished it?" Ijichi Hoshika looked at Nakamura Mine in surprise. People who hand in the paper half an hour early are usually either big shots or poor students. No matter how she looked at Nakamura Mine, he seemed more like the latter, right?

"Yes, I have filled in all that can be filled in." The last subject was social studies. Nakamura Feng picked out the things he knew and finished them early. If it wasn't possible to finish earlier, Nakamura Feng would have wanted to hand in the paper half an hour after the exam started.

"Is this okay with you? Sakuragaoka's deviation value is not low, right?" Ijichi Hoshika asked a little worriedly. It was obvious that what Nakamura Mine said sounded like typical remarks of a poor student to him.

"Huh? Manager, you actually know the school I applied for?" Nakamura Mine really didn't expect this. Could it be that Ijichi Hoshika had specifically asked her sister about this?

Ichichi Xingge stopped talking.

Looking at the silent store manager, Nakamura Mine just smiled and didn't continue the topic. He already knew that although Ijichi Hoshika was not young, she was no less cute than his sister. Well... maybe she was still a little bit worse...

"Don't worry about me failing the exam. The only subjects I'm not good at are Chinese and social history. It's just Sakuragaoka, it's nothing."

"Well, as long as you are confident, it's none of my business anyway."

"Yes, you are absolutely right."

More than ten minutes passed and Goto Ichiri still didn't come in, which made Nakamura Mine a little strange. He had received a message from Line that Goto Ichiri had finished the exam, so he should have arrived a long time ago. After all, Goto Ichiri didn't dare to do anything else except rushing on the road, so he shouldn't have wasted any time on the road.

"Could it be..." Nakamura Feng thought of a possibility. He got down from the chair and walked straight to the door.

As he expected, after opening the door, Goto Ichiri appeared before his eyes and was spinning in place.

"Why don't you come in?" Although he's used to it, Nakamura Mine still feels speechless from time to time because of Goto Ichiri's confusing behavior.

Chapter 57: Job Proposal

In fact, Goto Ichiri had been wandering around the door of Fanxing for several minutes. If Nakamura Mine didn't come to check on the door, she would probably have to wait for Ijichi Kouka and Yamada Ryo to arrive before she could come in.

"You've been here several times, and you can't even open the door."

"Because, because I came here with Afeng before..." Goto Ichiri said in a low voice. Although her voice was not loud, Nakamura Mine who was very close to her still heard it.

"Yes, then from next time you should practice entering the livehouse alone."

“No, no, I don’t want to…”

"Huh? You can actually resist me. It seems that you have made a lot of progress recently, Miss Goto Ichiri." Nakamura Mine was not angry about being rejected. Instead, he suddenly felt a little relieved. After all, this showed that his occasional social exercises arranged by the other party did play some role. Of course, another possibility is that Goto Ichiri is becoming more and more relaxed with Nakamura Mine, but this possibility was automatically ignored by Nakamura Mine.

"Hehe~" Goto Ichiri looked very happy after being praised.

"But unfortunately, you still need to come in by yourself next time." Nakamura Mine poured a bucket of cold water on Goto Ichiri who was about to become proud.

"Woo!" Goto Ichiri's expression turned ugly in an instant. The word "moody" was the most appropriate to describe the speed at which her expression changed.

"Stop bullying Pochi all the time!" Ijichi Hoshige used a knife to save Goto Ichiri.

"Ah! Sister, why are you bullying Afeng again!" Just when Nakamura Feng was stabbed, Ijichi Hongxia and Yamada Ryo had already finished school and came to Fanxing, just in time to see the scene of Nakamura Feng being beaten by Ijichi Xingge.

"No, it's this kid just now..."

"Really, if you keep doing this, people will hate you!" Ijichi Hongxia said while protecting Nakamura Minoru behind her. Ijichi Hoshika, who already felt wronged, was petrified by these words, but when she saw the smug smile on Nakamura Minoru's face behind her sister, a cross still appeared on her petrified forehead.

Ijichi Hongxia took Nakamura Mine and the others to the commonly used lounge, where there were many snacks and drinks that she had prepared early.

"Ahem, then, next, let's celebrate Afeng and Xiao Bochi's upcoming promotion to high school. Come on, applaud, clapping, clapping, clapping, clapping, clapping~" As the team leader, Ijichi Hongxia naturally took the lead in celebrating.

"That's great. We can have a long vacation. We still have more than half a month before the exam." Yamada Ryo said enviously. It must be said that her focus has always been very critical.

"About this, I just have something to say. Can Pochi and I come to the store to work during the holidays?" It was at this time that Nakamura Mine proposed an idea he had been planning for a long time.

"Eh? Is it okay? If that's the case, then of course you're welcome. My sister has been complaining about the shortage of staff recently. It would be great if you and Pochi are willing to come and work part-time. Before, it was just me and Ryo and we were still not able to handle it." Ijichi Hongxia was very surprised by Nakamura Feng's proposal. In fact, she had always had this idea, but because Nakamura Feng and Goto Ichiri were both preparing for exams, she never had the chance to say it. Now, Nakamura Feng actually proposed to come to the store to work part-time.

"This way, I'll have more time to slack off." Yamada Ryoya clapped his hands happily.

"You work hard for me!"

Unlike the three people who came here by coincidence, Goto Ichiri's brain had already gone into a state of shutdown when she heard Nakamura Mine say that he wanted to work with her.

Working? Those were the two words she heard just now, right? They were the “da” in “working” and the “gong” in “working”, right?

Huh? strangeness?

Ok?

"Part-time job!?" Goto Ichiri's sudden exclamation really scared everyone else present. Even Nakamura Mine, who had expected this, did not expect Goto Ichiri to make such a loud noise.

"Isn't this the loudest sound Pochi has ever made?" Ijichi Kouka's words were unanimously agreed by Nakamura Mine and Yamada Ryo.

I absolutely, absolutely will not work. I don’t want to work. I’m afraid, afraid of society.

Without hesitation, Goto Ichiri took out the piggy bank that Nakamura Mine was very familiar with from somewhere.

"Piggy?" Looking at the piggy bank on the table, Ichichi Hongxia made a puzzled sound.

"This is the money her mother saved for her marriage," explained Nakamura Mineko.

"Why do you know this?" Ijichi Hongxia looked at Nakamura Feng and Goto Ichi with suspicion. A boy even knew where the money for another girl's wedding was. There must be something wrong, right? She had felt that the relationship between Nakamura Feng and Goto Ichi was very subtle. Although they didn't want to be lovers, they were definitely not ordinary friends. Now it seems...

"Oh, because she used this to bribe me too."

"Please take it, don't make me work." Goto Ichiri begged in a crying voice.

"Oh, so that's how it is." Ijichi Hongxia understood everything in an instant. She slapped away Yamada Ryo's hand that was reaching out to touch the piggy bank, and she hurriedly pushed the piggy bank back in front of Goto Ichiri.

"We are not the devil, so we won't spend such important money. Besides, the reason why Afeng wants to work here should be for the quota money for the band in the future, right?"

"Yeah, part of it." Nakamura nodded. This was indeed one of the main reasons why he decided to work part-time. Also, although he had long wanted to reproduce the songs from his previous life here in exchange for traffic and money, it would be fine if he could just play it. The key was that his singing skills were really too...

All I can say is that it is not a song that ordinary people can enjoy.

"Huh? Indicator money?" Goto Ichiri looked up at Ijichi Kouka in confusion.

"What? Didn't you hear what Afeng said?" Ijichi Hongxia cast a blaming look at Nakamura Mine, but Nakamura Mine, who had expected this, dodged it directly.

"Well, Bochi-chan, in order to ensure the flow of customers, the 'live house' will give the band targets. The money that exceeds the target will be shared equally between the band and the venue. If the number of customers attracted is not enough to meet the target, we will have to make up the difference ourselves." Ijichi Hongxia explained.

“That is to say, before the band becomes famous, our expenses will be very high,” Ryo Yamada concluded.

"That's how it is, so, Pochi, you can't escape the fate of having to work part-time no matter what." Nakamura Mine delivered the fatal blow.

Chapter 58 Persuasion

In fact, when it comes to money, Nakamura Mine thinks that Goto Ichiri should not be so poor. After all, he knows that Goto Ichiri's "Guitar Hero" videos have very high playback volumes, and can even be seen frequently on the homepage. Logically speaking, the platform should give him a lot of money.

Could it be that my uncle embezzled it?

Nakamura Mine thought about it carefully and felt that it was unlikely given that person's personality. It was most likely that he was afraid that Goto Ichiri would not have self-control so he saved it.

Considering Goto Ichiri's character that could not resist the temptation at all, Nakamura Mine felt that if it was really as he thought, then Goto Naoki's action was quite wise.

"If you work here part-time, we can serve drinks and clean up, and we can also enjoy many live bands. Ryo, Feng and I are all here, so don't be afraid." Seeing the expression on Goto Ichiri's face that said "I'll die if I work part-time", Ijichi Hongxia quickly comforted him.

"This is a relaxing workplace with a homely feel." Ryoya Yamada expressed that the work here is very easy.

"Besides, you only need to come here at around four o'clock every day, and you can leave at around seven o'clock. This kind of job is not easy to find." Nakamura Mine also expressed his thoughts. In his opinion, the working hours are more than three hours a day, and the work is just selling tickets, serving drinks, cleaning and so on, but you can also watch performances for free that others need to buy tickets to see. This money is basically free when rounded off.

Although the three of them have portrayed this place as an ideal workplace environment, from Goto Ichiri's perspective, the three of them are demons who are about to drag him into the abyss.

Workplace = socializing = death sentence, this is the truth in Goto Ichiri's mind.

Although she didn't want to work part-time anyway, but, but...

"OK……"

She didn't know how to refuse! If it was just Nakamura Mine, it would be fine, but facing the requests of three people at the same time, Goto Ichiri said that she could not resist except surrender.

"Great!" Ijichi Kouka showed a victorious smile, and Nakamura Mine and Yamada Ryo also applauded.

After finalizing the part-time jobs, the group officially began to celebrate. Although it seemed a bit early to celebrate before the results came out, Nakamura Minoru and Goto Ichiri were actually celebrating their junior high school graduation, and they were both very happy to have a long vacation.

There is no need to talk about Goto Ichiri. When he was in school, he spent 50% of his time thinking about how to drop out. Although Nakamura Mine did not hate going to school, he was not liked by his classmates. Although he did not feel uncomfortable or anything, he was indeed a bit bored. It was only because of Goto Ichiri that the life was relatively interesting. Compared with that, he was looking forward to high school life.

Not to mention the people in the light music club, Otsuki Yuyuko also goes to school there, so it feels like it must be a very interesting school.

"By the way, do you have any other plans during the holidays besides coming to Fanxing to work?" Ichichi Hongxia asked the two curiously.

“Practice guitar.”

“Practice guitar and keyboard.”

"That's really admirable. What about the others?" Ijichi Hongxia continued to ask, but Nakamura Mine and Goto Ichiri could only answer her with silence.

"Uh... that's it?"

"As a minor, there are limited places you can go." Nakamura Mine felt that he had found a good excuse to stay at home. Goto Ichiri's eyes lit up when he heard this and he quickly nodded.

"No one asked you to go to that kind of place! Play in a healthy place!" Ijichi Hongxia complained after knocking on the table.