Congratulations, Sushi, you have been optimized by me.

If you work part-time, you have more flexibility in your schedule, but the salary is lower, and you don't have the benefits and subsidies that regular employees get."

"Can I work part-time for a few days? I may not be able to spare a full week this week. I can officially start working here next week."

Chihiro Tsuzuki spoke calmly, even though she didn't have any academic qualifications. Apart from playing the guitar and speaking English well, she had nothing else to show for it.

But she didn't think she had to stay here, not to mention... the first thing she would do after finding her family would be to resign from here.

"In this case……"

The woman frowned, as if she was thinking about something, and finally made up her mind and nodded, "Okay, then starting tomorrow, just come to work every day when you are free for a week.

The hourly wage is 1000 yen, and hours worked less than an hour will not be counted. Is that acceptable?"

"1000 yen..."

My goodness, isn’t this too low?

For Chihiro Tsuzuki, who was used to eating and drinking for free, earning this little money in an hour was indeed a bit inefficient, but she thought about it... maybe she needed to correct this incorrect value now.

"When I officially become a full-time employee, my hourly wage will be raised to 1500."

"Okay, I accept."

"Okay, if you're free today, you can go to your future workplace and familiarize yourself with the procedures. I'll also find someone around your age to mentor you. However, I'll only pay you half of your salary today. What do you think?"

"I'm OK."

Although half of it was deducted again, Chihiro Tsuzuki could actually accept it. After all, this was a kind of pre-job training, and now she had no reason to be picky.

After agreeing on terms such as salary and working hours, Chihiro stood up and followed her female leader named Oda out. The workplace she mentioned was actually the customer service hall that Chihiro had just passed by.

There are several rows of computers in this large room, and sitting in front of the computers are the so-called customer service staff.

Most of them are women, only a few are men, and they are all young. Of course, there are probably not many 16-year-old girls like me.

"Toyokawa, don't wait for the next call, just pause for a moment."

Oda patted the shoulder of a blue-haired girl with twintails, and after she turned around, he pointed at Chihiro next to him and said:

"I'll give you a task. Teach her the workflow. You'll be responsible for this for the rest of today."

"Huh? Wait, you are...ah, sorry, I read it wrong."

Shoko Toyokawa took a quick glance at the girl next to Oda and saw a familiar shadow on her face, but after looking carefully, she found that it was not Su Shi.

All we can say is that their facial contours and heights are somewhat similar, but whether it's the details or even simple features like hair color, there are huge differences.

"Take her to familiarize herself with your job, and I'll double your salary today."

"it is good."

Chihiro Tsuzuki was speechless. She could clearly feel that the girl named Toyokawa was a little resistant just now, but after the leader Oda next to her said to increase the money, the other party agreed very quickly.

But...she felt like she had heard the surname Fengchuan from someone before.

"Hello, my name is Toyokawa Shoko."

"Ah... My name is Chihiro Tsuzuki. Thank you for your guidance."

Chapter 16: Later, someone who looked even a little like her made you panic (2/2)

"Yes, click here to start calculating your attendance time. If you want to withdraw, click the button next to it."

In fact, Toyokawa Shoko didn't want to communicate too much with others at work, especially with a girl who looked about the same age as her.

She chose this kind of job because she didn't want people to find out that the former Miss Toyokawa was now working part-time, so she had some resistance to Chihiro Tsuzuki, who might be a student.

But what can I do? That’s double the salary.

"Okay, I understand. So what are our specific duties?"

"Didn't Sister Xiaotian tell you? But if you let me teach you, I guess you should be responsible for pre-sales work like me."

"So, someone called to schedule a furniture delivery?"

"Yes." Toyokawa Shoko nodded. She found it surprisingly easy to communicate with this pretty girl in front of her. "After we receive a call, the system will automatically inform the other party that the subsequent conversation will be recorded. So if you can't remember the address and forget to take notes later, you can use the playback function to listen to it again.

Oh, by the way, we are only responsible for handling pre-sales matters, including consulting on charging prices and delivery range, making appointments for door-to-door visits, and checking order status.

If a customer complains, it's an after-sales issue and not our responsibility."

"But we can't just hang up the phone. Should we transfer it to after-sales service?"

"..." Toyokawa Shoko glanced at Tsuzuki Chihiro in surprise. She found that the girl sitting next to her was smarter than she expected. "Yes, that's what we should do. Otherwise, we will be the ones to get complained about."

Speaking of this, Xiangzi seemed to think of some jokes she made when she first started this job. That was also the most difficult period for her.

I almost wanted to give up.

However, her leader, Ms. Oda, is a very good person. At least she is very tolerant of part-time students like her. Not only did she not deduct her salary, she also patiently told her what to do best.

Now seeing that Chihiro Tsuzuki avoided the pitfalls she had fallen into before on her first day of work here, the girl felt a little uncomfortable.

Of course, even if Chihiro Tsuzuki didn't say it, she would tell her how to avoid accidents while working.

"Okay, we've said everything we need to say. Do you have any questions, Tsuzuki?"

"Nothing."

"In that case, I'll be leaving get off work first."

After saying this, Toyokawa Shoko was about to pack up and leave, but what surprised her was that after she said this, Tsuzuki Chihiro beside her also stood up.

"In that case, I'll probably go home today. After all, I'm working here at half price today."

In fact, Chihiro Tsuzuki knew that if she left now, she would more or less lose the opportunity to make a good impression in front of her boss, but this was not very attractive to her. She had never thought about working in this company for a long time from the beginning.

What made her even more curious was the cute girl in front of her with light blue twintails.

Of course, the most important thing is the other person's last name.

Chihiro Tsuzuki had actually remembered it a long time ago. The homeroom teacher she met in the office mentioned to her that Su Shi had formed a band in junior high school. The only member of the band was Mutsumu Wakaba, who was in Class A of the same grade one, and a classmate named Toyokawa who no longer attended Tsukinomori.

The surname Toyokawa is not a common surname in Japan. It is not like Suzuki or Sato, which are big surnames that belong to gangsters. So it is hard for Chihiro Tsuzuki not to suspect that the girl in front of her is related to Suzuya and Aine.

Anyway, it's not cost-effective for her to stay here alone, so she might as well follow her inner curiosity and chat with this girl more and get closer to her.

"Well... okay, you can ask me if you have any questions along the way."

Shoko Toyokawa was obviously hesitant, but she couldn't find a suitable reason to refuse.

But when she thought of some excuses such as being busy with other things, she realized that she had just agreed to go together.

However... the other person was not wearing a school uniform like himself, which was something Xiangzi couldn't help but ponder.

After the two men explained the situation to Ms. Oda, two very eye-catching beautiful girls, one tall and one short, took the elevator down from the office building.

"Where is your home?"

The first person to ask this question was Shoko Toyokawa, because she had already decided that no matter what place the other person said, she would say a place that was completely opposite.

This way you can avoid having to ride the same subway or train with two people.

"Toyokawa, do you want to come to my place and play?"

"Then my family might be with you...eh???"

No! How could this guy be so lacking in boundaries? You invited someone you just met to your place? And you even invited her to a hotel?

However, compared to some of the weird customers he had encountered when working in customer service before, Xiangzi felt that Chihiro Tsuzuki was just a little too enthusiastic and there was no big problem.

"No, I'm just asking casually. Besides, your family might not agree with you bringing strangers home to play, right?"

However, just as Xiangzi was about to finish her words and stop talking nonsense, and just leave at the next intersection, Tsuzuki Chihiro next to her suddenly stopped.

"what happened?"

Xiangzi was a little confused. She looked at the girl who suddenly stopped and the conflicted look on her face, and suddenly had a bad premonition.

"My parents actually died in a car accident two years ago."

"..."

Shoko Toyokawa was stunned for a moment, looking at the girl in front of her with complicated eyes, and suddenly regretted asking the question she had just asked.

However, because of this sentence, Xiangzi did look at Chihiro Tsuzuki again.

The clothes the other person was wearing were rather ordinary. Of course, this was the result of Chihiro changing her clothes on purpose. After all, she couldn't wear all branded clothes when she came to apply for a job, right?

However, in Xiangzi's eyes, this seemed to be a very rare set of clothes. She guessed that Chihiro Tsuzuki's family property might have been taken away by relatives in the past two years, or she might have spent it all, otherwise she would not have come out to earn money part-time at this time.

Thinking about it this way, this girl's fate seems to be somewhat similar to mine. No...it should be said that she is far more unfortunate than me.

"So...your school?"

"I dropped out of school a long time ago." Seeing that her self-torture trick worked, Chihiro Tsuzuki quickly increased her efforts.

"Dropped out of school?"

"Well, I probably stopped studying after graduating from junior high. The reason I came here to work was because customer service wouldn't be seen by others...

Sorry, I said too much, maybe I shouldn’t tell you this.”

Tears streamed down her cheeks, but to be honest, although there was an element of acting in this, it did contain some of Chihiro Tsuzuki's real emotions.

She felt a lot more relaxed being able to talk to someone in this way.

"Because... you don't want to be seen by your former classmates?"

Toyokawa Shoko lowered her head, mumbling these words to herself. She realized she had been holding back a lot of anger for a long time, and today, because of a stranger who was so similar to her in every way, all this anger was released...

Chapter 17: Su Shi: I have countless ideas (1/2)

"What's wrong? Toyokawa-san."

Chihiro Tsuzuki was really a little strange, because according to her expectation, even if she said these words, normal people would only be surprised and feel some sympathy and pity for her.

However, she did not expect that someone like Toyokawa Shoko would be like someone who seemed to be frozen in place, with her body becoming very stiff while not saying a word.

"Ah...no, it's nothing."

Toyokawa Shoko was awakened by these words and temporarily freed from the gloomy mood just now. However, the look she gave Tsuzuki Chihiro was indeed different from before. "I'm sorry... I don't know these things."

"It's fine."

Seeing that Chihiro Tsuzuki didn't seem to care much, Xiangzi felt a little uncomfortable. She had of course thought about whether what she said was true, but...

No one would joke about their parents like that, right? Tsuzuki Chihiro didn't seem like a bad person.

At least during the more than an hour he spent with her, Xiangzi felt that this person's emotional intelligence and IQ should be quite high.

The reason why he revealed those private matters in front of a stranger like me just now might be because he had been holding it in for too long.

I always feel that my meeting with Chihiro might be fate.

However, ignoring these so-called theories of fate, Toyokawa Shoko's favorability towards the girl in front of her did unconsciously increase a lot because of the few lines of dialogue just now.

"Will you work here full-time in the future?"

"I think so." Tsuzuki Chihiro didn't intend to continue lying. "I have some personal matters to deal with this week. I should be working here full-time starting next week."

"Is that so... That's good." Toyokawa Shoko smiled, "Although the intensity of work here is indeed a bit high at times, it doesn't mean we need to be busy all the time.

I basically come here every afternoon to work part-time, so you can sit next to me from now on."

"Okay, then I'll have to trouble Fengchuan-san to take care of you from now on."

"fine."

Toyokawa Shoko shook her head gracefully, then smiled gently, "We're almost at the subway entrance. Tsuzuki, where do you live now?"

"I'm heading towards Tokyo Station."

"Ah...then our directions aren't on the same route. My home is in Ikebukuro."

Toyokawa Shoko was stunned for a moment. She was actually a little disappointed at this moment. Perhaps because she could feel a sense of resonance from the other person, she really hoped that the other person could accompany her on this journey home.

But it’s okay, at least I will have someone of the same age to accompany me when I work in the future.

.....

"I am back again."

Nagasaki Suyo took out the key, opened the door, and then shouted again into the room.