Tokyo: I took in a homeless girl

Gently lick the ice cream in your hand.

The rich vanilla smell of the ice cream made her unable to stop.

After biting open the crisp chocolate shell, she carefully sucked the cream inside.

The traces left by the small pieces of ice cream stuck to the corners of the girl's mouth, making people want to take a lick.

Sawayama Haruno's throat moved and he said, "Maki."

Chapter 49 Coincidence?

"What?"

Miyazawa Maki glanced at him strangely.

"It got on the corner of my mouth."

Sawayama Haruno felt a little helpless.

Can't this guy just enjoy his ice cream? Why is there white cream around his mouth? It looks weird.

It would be fine if we were eating at home, but now we are out there, so we should pay attention to our behavior.

"Well"

Miyazawa Maki realized what was happening later and her pretty face turned slightly red. She wiped the ice cream from the corner of her mouth with the back of her hand in a panic. Seeing this, Sawayama Haruno was even more speechless.

After taking out a pack of tissues from his pocket and wiping her off, the two of them walked towards the nearby shopping mall.

Ginza can be said to be the most prosperous area in Tokyo. The total area of ​​this area is actually not very large, but the regional economic value is so high that it is terrifying.

As the most well-known area in Tokyo's business circle, Ginza naturally has many top-notch Michelin restaurants.

But generally speaking, if you want to eat at a place like this, you have to make a reservation several days in advance. At that time, Sawayama Haruno had never thought about eating here, so it was naturally impossible for him to go there now.

Fortunately, Miyazawa Maki didn't mind too much. She wasn't actually very hungry and was completely focused on shopping.

After finding a restaurant that looked good near the mall, the two took a number at the door, waited for a while, and then went in.

Looking at the crowded restaurant, Maki Miyazawa's expression was obviously not very good.

"what happened?"

Sawayama Haruno flipped through the menu in his hand and glanced at Miyazawa Maki.

The other person's face was slightly pale, and I don't know if it was because he had just eaten ice cream on an empty stomach.

"nothing."

Miyazawa Maki drooped her eyes and said listlessly, "There are too many people here. I feel uncomfortable."

"So you have a shy side?"

"I am allergic to people. Are you satisfied?"

Miyazawa Maki said unhappily.

There were so many people here that she and Sawayama Haruno had no choice but to sit at a long table connected to other guests' tables.

Although this kind of restaurant layout is not uncommon in the island country, Maki Miyazawa doesn't like other people getting so close to her, especially strangers.

Although there is a young lady sitting on the other side of her, she still feels uncomfortable instinctively.

After thinking about it, Miyazawa Maki moved the high chair and moved closer to Sawayama Haruno.

Compared to someone she didn't know, she would rather be closer to Sawayama Haruno.

Yes, this is a helpless measure, and I am not deliberately trying to get closer to the other person.

"Let's have some buckwheat noodles. Two boxes per person. If it's not enough, we can get more."

Sawayama Haruno didn't think too much about it. He was looking at the menu and wondering what to eat for lunch.

"I'll only eat one box, I'll leave the other one for you." Miyazawa Maki said in a low voice.

"All right."

After hearing what she said, Sawayama Haruno didn't force himself to continue and waved the menu in his hand to the busy waiter not far away.

He actually didn't have much of an appetite, but it was no problem for him to eat Maki's portion as well.

After all, a serving of soba noodles is only slightly larger than a palm.

It looks like a lot because they put all the noodles in a big dish. But actually they put them in a "cup" filled with soy sauce or soup, and you can finish the whole stack in a few mouthfuls.

The serving speed of soba noodles was not slow. Not long after Sawayama Haruno placed the order, the noodles for both of them were served.

Miyazawa Maki looked like she had no appetite the whole time and couldn't even finish a small plate of noodles. It was obvious that she was affected by the huge crowds of people in the store.

So after finishing three plates of noodles, Sawayama Haruno immediately paid the bill and took her away.

After coming out of the restaurant, the two entered the mall not long after.

Although there are still a lot of people here, the surrounding environment has become much more spacious, and Miyazawa Maki finally no longer feels like she can't breathe.

After Sawayama Haruno took her up to the third floor and she saw the sign of the dry food store, her complexion completely improved.

There were no waiters standing at the door of the dry food store to serve customers. Instead, everyone was inside replenishing the dry food at any time.

Standing at the entrance and looking inside, you can see rows of white transparent small cabinets placed on both sides of the road, filled with a wide variety of candies and chocolates.

Plastic bags are used to pack the food, and a wooden long-handled spoon is placed next to it for scooping.

There is a note next to the long-handled spoon explaining that it is made of pure handmade chocolate and can also be counted as one of the products.

Miyazawa Maki was secretly excited by what she saw, and even the air seemed to be filled with the aroma of chocolate and candy.

"Is this all here?!"

She pulled Zeshan Haruno's sleeve and spoke with excitement in her tone.

"All of them are. There are notices outside explaining what materials they are made of. Just take the small bags next to you and pack whatever you like." Sawayama Haruno smiled. "It is said that the small display cabinets on the upper floor used to store chocolates are also made of chocolate, but I have not been up there much, so I don't know if it is true."

“Awesome, it’s just like what I saw on Youtube.”

"Actually, most dry food stores are like this, it's just that you haven't been here before."

Before Sawayama Haruno could finish his words, Miyazawa Maki had already left him and went inside to "fish for candy".

Seeing her so "proactive", Sawayama Haruno was also happy to have some free time.

After grabbing a few bags and boxes, he began to select the dry food he would use to make desserts and cocktails.

Unlike Maki Miyazawa, whose purpose was not clear, he was very efficient in purchasing and found all his things in a short time. However, at this time, Maki Miyazawa had only visited less than half of the store.

There is something else going on. Haruno Sawayama is going to go to the cafe next to the mall to meet Maki's female classmate from junior high school.

It would definitely be impossible for him to continue accompanying Maki shopping.

If he brought her along to meet them, it was hard to say whether they would quarrel or not. So after thinking it over again and again, Sawayama Haruno let Miyazawa Maki walk around the mall alone while he went to meet the female classmate first.

Thanks to the dry food store, Maki Miyazawa felt fresh enough. Although she was a little dissatisfied with Haruno Sawayama's abandonment of her, Maki didn't say much.

Just like that, after buying dry food, Zeshan Haruno temporarily stored his things in the storage box in the mall, and then rushed to the nearby coffee shop without stopping.

However, what he didn't notice was that just as he left the mall through Gate D, two people entered the mall through the same entrance.

——One of them was a petite girl.

Chapter 50 The Sneaky Man

Just over ten minutes after Sawayama Haruno left, Miyazawa Maki had almost finished shopping at the dry food store.

After placing the small bags of dry food on the counter, she asked, "How much is the total?"

Because there were so many of them, she also placed a small basket aside, which contained a total of twenty or thirty small paper bags.

The saleslady was calculating the weight one by one. After operating the computer, she quoted a price.

"The total is 24,272 yen. Miss, are you going to pay by credit card or..."

"Cash."

Miyazawa Maki spoke first.

She took out her small wallet from her pocket. Most of the money in it came from the "100,000 yen" that Sawayama Haruno had given her before.

However, she estimated that Sawayama Haruno had already taken the money back from Mana. After all, she had received a transfer from the other party to her card two days ago.

The reason why she didn't use the money in the card was that she didn't want to have anything to do with Mana. Although the 100,000 yen in cash was also related to the other party, she had made a contribution with actual actions after all, so rounding it off was what she deserved.

"I got your money back, and you got a bargain. I would say it's also a reward for my labor, so that's it."

Miyazawa Maki couldn't help but mutter.

In this case, Mana is the only one who suffers.

Not only did he lose his money, but his loved one was also taken advantage of by someone else.

It's a real loss of both money and people.

Thinking of this, Miyazawa Maki's mood suddenly became much better.

After taking a large bag from the shop assistant, Maki Miyazawa hummed a little tune and prepared to go to the next place to continue shopping.

She still had some extra money on her. After all, dry food was not a very valuable thing. Although she bought a lot of it, the actual price was not that high.

The only thing you need to pay attention to is the price when you buy cosmetics later. After all, you are in Ginza, and there will be a lot of luxury goods that are shockingly expensive.

With her current savings, she can't afford to buy too many things.

"Buy a similar lipstick and see if you can use the remaining money to buy something else."

Miyazawa Maki murmured in her heart.

She has entered into budgeting mode.

Strictly speaking, this was the first time she had calculated this much.

After all, although Miyazawa's parents liked to compare their two children, they couldn't treat one of them unfairly, so Miyazawa Maki had never experienced a very "poor" life before.

Fortunately, she is a very adaptable person, so she doesn't feel too disappointed even if she doesn't have a lot of money to buy things.

What's more, she was still excited from buying a bunch of dry food, which made her full of energy.

With the idea of taking a stroll first, Maki Miyazawa took the escalator on the side and prepared to go to the cosmetics store upstairs to take a look.

However, what she failed to notice was that a sneaky man was also following closely behind her and standing two steps below the escalator.

"Master, don't you have anything you want to buy?"

Ezaki Suguha glanced at the dazzling array of shops around him and said sincerely, "Put all of this on me. After all, Master came here specifically to accompany me."

If people passing by could hear what she said, they might find it a little strange.

Because the person whom Suguha Ezaki called master was the petite girl standing in front of her, who was obviously more than a head shorter than her.

It was obvious that the difference between them was just in appearance. The petite girl was obviously more like the "sister" role, but Ezaki Suguha had to act respectfully towards her and insisted on calling her "Master".

If Sawayama Haruno saw this scene, he would probably be even more surprised. The reason was very simple: this petite girl was someone he knew.

It is also one of the reasons why he came to Ginza this time.

——Mine Shiori.

"No, I don't have anything to buy."

Mine Shiori shook her head and gently refused: "Just buy your own things. I just came here to see if there are any books that are suitable for you."

"How can this be so embarrassing?"

Suguha Ezaki felt a little ashamed.

It would be a bit rude to tell others that I had asked my tutor to come out in such a harsh sun just to buy tutoring materials for me.

Logically speaking, the teacher should propose the teaching materials he needs, and we should prepare them properly.

After all, she is the one who is studying. Even if she pays, she should still maintain the principle of respecting the teacher in this relationship.

This is the family etiquette of their Ezaki family.