In the afternoon of the next day, Naruse came to Morimi Furuhonten after dinner to look after Morimi.
Also coming with him were Naoko and Hikaru Takigawa.
He helps look after the store, Morimi is responsible for tutoring the two of them, and Haixing has a few drinks to deliver in the afternoon and will be late.
"Call me anytime if you have any questions... although there will basically be no problems."
"Yeah."
Naruse sat down at the counter, and Morimi looked at him again before returning inside.
After sitting for a while, Naruse quickly lost the sense of freshness and felt the business atmosphere that he couldn't feel at all. He got up and walked around among the bookshelves.
As a reward for helping to look after the store, Morimi promised that he could read any second-hand books on the shelves.
After wandering around for a while, he randomly picked up a book and ventured through it.
"It seems okay..."
After flipping through a few pages, he returned to the counter. Just as he was about to sit down, a figure appeared at the door of the bookstore.
Ah, we have a visitor.
He subconsciously prepared to call Morimi out, then remembered that he was now the "acting store owner" and slowly sat down again.
The young guest had a slightly familiar face. He should be someone who lived nearby, but Naruse couldn't name him.
It should be a college student...
And he was wandering among the bookshelves, frequently looking towards the counter, as if he was very concerned about his gaze.
So suspicious...
You’re not here to steal books, are you?
Naruse stared for a while longer, and when he looked at each other again, he suddenly realized: he was staring too closely.
"..."
He looked away and said sorry silently in his heart.
He also didn't want to be stared at by the shopkeeper when he was choosing books - not even the young and beautiful shopkeeper's daughter, which meant that she must have some trouble with him.
Occasionally, he would look up and confirm that the customer was still picking out books. Naruse stopped caring about it and used his favorite book-buying atmosphere as a template to give the other party maximum freedom.
No longer being stared at, the young guest who seemed to be a college student felt much more at ease.
After a while, he came over with the book to check out.
Drop——
Scan the code and the price will be displayed on the LCD screen.
Naruse coughed lightly, "Four hundred yen."
The college student handed over a five hundred yen coin.
I opened the drawer and gave him a hundred-yuan coin. The college student took the book and the change and left. Naruse's first business deal after "taking over" was successfully completed.
Running a bookstore seemed quite easy, he thought, if the only thing he had to be responsible for was sitting around collecting money.
Of course, there are still many things to be busy with.
Looking at the pile of new books that were not on the shelves piled next to him, Naruse was stunned for a while.
After a while, two primary school students came into the store.
There is a bookshelf in Morimi Furumoto’s store dedicated to comics, and unlike other second-hand books in the store, these comics are pioneering in providing rental services, and each book only costs 100 yen.
Naruse pointed out that this move was aimed at the poor wallets of nearby primary and secondary school students, while Morimi sneered in response.
Two elementary school students crowded in front of the comics bookshelf and discussed in a murmur for a while, then each brought a comic over.
The two children were not as tall as the counter, so Naruse had to stand up and look at them.
Taking the comic, he glanced at the label on the back cover and the elegant font written on the label, and he said:
"The deposit for each comic is 500 yen, and the rent is 100 yen, for a total of 1,200 yen."
The two of them dug into their pockets and gave him a bunch of coins, including ten yen coins and fifty yen coins.
After finally counting the coins and confirming that they were correct, he looked at the names of the two comics, looked for them on a form on the counter, and added a stroke on the missing word "正".
This is the table Morimi uses to count which comics are more popular.
"Okay."
After taking the comics, the two primary school students smiled at each other and left happily.
After putting the large handful of coins into the drawer, Naruse stretched, stood up and turned around.
When they came to the door, Haixing, who was wearing an apron and black-rimmed glasses, happened to be pushing a cart over.
"..."
Seeing him, she subconsciously speeded up her pace, then slowed down and stopped at the door of the bookstore.
"Are you going to deliver drinks?"
"Yeah."
She looked inside and asked, "Are you looking at the store?"
"Yeah."
She nodded, "I'll come over after I deliver this order...it'll take about twenty minutes."
"Yeah." Naruse looked at her, "Take your time and be careful on the road."
Starfish's nose felt sore for no reason, but he quickly held it back.
"Well...I'm leaving."
Watching her push the cart away, Naruse looked up at the sky, breathed in and out silently, and turned around to go in.
Almost half an hour later, Haixing came over with a change of clothes and put on contact lenses.
Several people inside also took a break, and Morimi came out to ask about the situation in Naruse's store.
"Two second-hand books were sold, one new book was sold, and two comics were rented out."
"Okay."
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