Heavy girl? I feel worse than Black Hole Trigger!

A familiar voice sounded quite close by.

Zhe Li stopped looking up at the sky and glanced to the side, looking past his sunglasses.

A girl with long pink hair was leaning forward, propped up on her knees, looking at him.

"Excuse me, are you 'Reole'? ...I'd like to say that."

After noticing Zheli looking over, the girl straightened up and hummed:

"Hey! I finally caught you."

"...?"

Baodeng Zheli tilted his head slightly in confusion in the shade of the tree.

The girl grinned, revealing a pair of cute little canine teeth, and said with a smug smile:

"You can't hide this time!"

……

Want to ask…………? ?

Did I hide from her...?

Eh…is this true?

Baodeng Zheli was a little confused, but he still smiled familiarly.

"hello--"

The pair of eyes reflected directly on the girl's face through the sunglasses.

"Hello again, little girl."

Lost Star Chapter 48 Summer Record: Episode The One Who Calls You Aine Will Be…

"Oh, hello—that's not right! That's not what I meant to say!"

The girl had an exaggerated expression, like a cat with its fur standing on end.

Zhe Li quickly gave her a French military salute, and waited until she calmed down a little before showing her a polite smile:

"So, did the cultural festival go smoothly?"

"Thanks to you, everything's going smoothly... Hey! Don't change the subject!"

Oops, I'm angry again.

Zhe Li watched her with amusement as she wrinkled her nose and glared at him, then he shifted his hips and turned his whole body towards her.

The person who came was the pink-haired girl that Zheli had met by chance when he was setting up a stall earlier.

Zhe Li gave her a pair of homemade glasses at that time.

Later she said that she would pay and asked Zheli to wait for her to pay in installments.

However, on the one hand, Zheli did not want to take her money and did not agree at that time. On the other hand, the "Ikebukuro Street Vendor" set up stalls randomly throughout the Ikebukuro business district, with no fixed time and place, so he never saw the girl again.

He thought that the child would give in after nearly a month, but he didn't expect that he was so perseverant. When he was at his wit's end, he found the merchant account of "Re Ou Lei" and directly called Zhe Li out to start the semi-automatic opening of the box.

Is this the ancient method of opening the box used by modern JC?

Learned learned learned.

"—First, let me introduce myself."

The girl patted her chest and made a loud sound.

"My name is Chihaya Anon. What's yours?"

"So you're 'ANON,'" Zhe Li smiled faintly, looking through his sunglasses at her face, which appeared to be lightly made up. "I'm 'Hot au lait,' welcome to my shop."

"I'm not asking you that." Chihaya Aine waved her hand, "I'm asking for your name!"

Then Zhe Li showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"My name is Hoto Orei."

"...?"

The girl, who was already a little irritable, frowned deeply after hearing this.

"So—"

"My name is Hotoge Oreri. My surname is 'Hotoge' and my given name is 'Oreri'." Seeing that Chihaya Aine seemed to be getting really angry, Oreri quickly explained: "Just like you use 'ANON' as your nickname, I also use my real name online."

His name is homophonic with "Re'olei", and he was often teased by his classmates when he was in school.

Now that I think about it carefully, his elder sister's name is "Hot Mocha", his younger sister's name is "Hot Cocoa", and even his mother "Chiyoko" (チヨコ) can be changed to "Chocolate" (チョコ) by slightly changing her name.

It seems to be a tradition of the Baoden family to name things after food and drinks.

"Really?" Chihaya Aine showed a suspicious look.

Zhe Li held down his gentleman's hat, lowered his head to the floor and said nothing.

"It's really a lie!" The girl widened her eyes.

"…Just a joke. Look, it's real."

Zheli flipped his hand and produced his driver's license, showing it in front of Chihaya Aine.

The girl glanced at him first, then looked carefully at the name on the driver's license with a strange expression on her face.

"Bao, Deng, Zheli...these are really unique names."

Chihaya Aine's originally aggressive aura suddenly faded a lot.

Zheli spread his hands and smiled. Seeing that Chihaya Aine didn't intend to speak, he said, "Okay, now that we know each other, shall we start talking about business? It's a rare Golden Week, so don't waste too much time on an old man like me."

"Wait a moment!" The girl opened her palms to stop him.

Chihaya Aine took out a thick envelope from her new-looking shoulder bag and handed it to him.

Zhe Li looked at the envelope, but didn't take it. He asked directly, "What is this?"

"The money for the pair of glasses last time."

"..."

Zhe Li raised his eyes slightly, his gaze bypassing his sunglasses, and stared at the girl's face, just as he had when they first met. The difference was that she was not wearing those glasses today: the girl was staring directly at Zhe Li, her gray eyes sparkling, looking as lively as her personality.

She said to Zheli, "We agreed before, I will pay."

Zheli habitually wanted to cross his arms, but Chihaya Aine handed him the thick envelope a little more.

He paused.

"You've been raising money this month, haven't you?"

"A little bit, I explained to Mom and Dad..." Chihaya Aine slowly looked away. "I got scolded."

...It's really expected.

Glasses are just for the sake of being usable. Instead of spending a fortune on extra features that can be easily accessed with your phone, it's better to buy a new phone for the same price: the latest and most expensive iPhone, which is even cheaper than the price Zheli is charging for these glasses.

This kid is so stubborn that he insists on collecting the money to pay him... Maybe it would be better if he just gets scolded by his family.

"Why should I tell you?" Zhe Li couldn't help but laugh and shook his head, "If I just kept it quietly, there wouldn't be so much trouble."

Zhe Li gave the glasses away directly because he was considering her family harmony.

Now it seems that it has had the opposite effect.

However, from the fact that her family still raised money and gave it to her even after scolding her, it can be seen that the Chihaya family really puts family education into practice.

No wonder this girl named Aine left a very good impression on Zheli from the very beginning.

"That won't do!"

After hearing what Baodō Zheli said, Chihaya Aine turned her gaze back and stared at him straight.

"I don't want to owe anyone anything for no reason."

Zhe Li looked at her serious eyes, shrugged, and said nothing more. He reached out to take the envelope, and immediately saw a bright smile on the girl's face.

"Okay, I'll take the money for the glasses."

Zhe Li shook the envelope and felt it was heavy.

"So, which direction are your family or friends in?"

"...Huh?" Chihaya Aine's expression suddenly froze.

"It seems so. Then I feel relieved."

"Woo." The girl showed a creepy expression and took half a step back.

"Going out alone with so much money is very dangerous, even in broad daylight." Zhe Li grinned, revealing a teasing smirk. "Especially since it's a holiday, you'll be lost if you blend into the crowd. Fortunately, you're not stupid enough to go on a date without taking any precautions."

Chihaya Aine looked at Origami's smiling face and blinked. "...Are you some kind of detective?"

"This is Tokyo, not Fuuto." Zheli told her an anecdote she didn't understand. Seeing her even more confused expression, he smiled, raised the envelope and shook it again, saying, "Then, other than that, there shouldn't be anything else, right? Goodbye, Chihaya-san. You should go back soon too, and don't let your family and friends worry."

After saying that, he stood up from the stone block under the tree, turned around and prepared to leave.

But he had only turned halfway when he suddenly stopped, looking thoughtful.

Chihaya Aine stared at the other person intently as he slowly turned his face towards her again.

"—Speaking of which."

Zhe Li's face was expressionless. He looked like a college student who only remembered he hadn't done his final report a minute before the deadline.

"Does this count as Reoulé's first failed transaction?"

Chihaya Aine: “…………Ah?”

I saw the blond man in front of me slowly look up at the sky.

"My perfect deal-closing rate is actually going to be tarnished by a tiny pair of glasses."

It was a gentle face that showed a faint smile even without any expression, but at this moment it was filled with an emotion that could perhaps be called sadness.

“To think it was like this. To think it was like this. Ugh…”

He muttered to himself until the end, even pressing his hands against his eyes. It can be said that men don't shed tears easily, but they just haven't reached the point of being heartbroken.

"?"

Human joys and sorrows are not something one can relate to, and Chihaya Aine only thought he was noisy.

"So, this is for you."

"--Huh?"

Suddenly, something was thrown towards her while she was dazed. The girl caught it subconsciously.

A palm-sized ring. It felt like silver plating, inlaid with a few objects that looked like diamonds, and the delicate red lines added a touch of luxury.

Chihaya Aine had an impression of this bracelet.

Because this is the product that "ANON" has reserved.

According to the description of "Reoulei", this is a sports bracelet with simple functions. Its main selling point is that it looks like an ordinary decoration, but in fact, those diamond-like buttons are operation buttons, which can respectively feedback the heart rate, speed, and calorie consumption. It has no functional difference from ordinary electronic sports bracelets, it just looks better.

Therefore, among the many rare items, it is priced at a level that only "ANON" can afford alone...

While she was still thinking, Baodeng Zheli waved at her and said with a smile:

"Today's special offer starts at 0 yuan. Congratulations on winning. Remember to give 'Re Ou Lei' a five-star review when you get home."

"Eh? Wait..."

"Ciao~"

The one who immediately turned and left without even a moment of mourning for Chihaya Aine's surprise was—Hoto Oreri.

The girl stared blankly at the man's back as he walked away.

Then he looked down at the new toy in his hand.

“…Why did it become like this again!?”