Endless Silver Machine

Aika has an unanswerable question, why are there far more shops serving women than men.

For example, women's clothing stores can be found everywhere, but men's clothing stores are rare.

For another example, the jewelry store in front of you already has a girlish atmosphere from the outside window.

"Want to go in and have a look?"

"Just look outside."

She said this, but Ling's expression betrayed her sincerity.

——There is obviously no need to worry so much...

"Hey, what are you doing..."

"If I weren't with you in this kind of store, I wouldn't be embarrassed to go in." Aika took Ling's hand and walked towards the store on her own initiative, "Let me take advantage of this opportunity."

Ling resisted a little at first, trying to shake off Aika's hand, but to no avail.

"...Hmph, then I will be merciful and give you this opportunity..."

Obviously this guy's athletic ability is not as good as mine, so why can't he break free from his hand? The power gap between boys and girls is innate, right? If you are caught like this, there is nothing you can do...

As a way to vent his anger, Ling also increased the strength in his hands and hit Aika hard in return.

The store also has a sweet feeling, with a variety of small commodities seemingly casually displayed at various counters in the store.

It does not adopt the standard layout of ordinary stores, perhaps to reflect the characteristics of the store. This kind of seemingly irregular arrangement provides guests with a lot of freedom.

It's obvious that he said he wanted to come in, but it's not good to act like he's not interested. Aika thought this way, but found that Ling was also "accompanying" Aika, looking at the small products in the store with great interest.

At this moment, Aika finally discovered another problem that she had not realized in the past - she did not understand aesthetics at all!

In short, if Ling is interested in something, he can just follow his words and casually agree with him so that he won't be exposed. Aika decided.

Ling, who showed no interest at first, gradually started talking more. However, her words were always mixed with the names of Luo Luo and Wei Xi. She seemed to want to express that she was just looking for souvenirs for those two people that they might be interested in.

This kind of aggressive look is the Ling Aika is most familiar with. If it were possible for her to be candid, would she be a completely different person?

"Hey, to be honest, you must be thinking about something that can't make me happy right now, right?"

It was Aika's mistake to forget Ling's keen sixth sense. He looked away confusedly and caught a glimpse of something.

"Ling, come here."

"Don't change the subject! Hey!"

If his aesthetics reached the average level of men, he should be able to calm Ling's anger.

"Why are you walking away talking to yourself!"

"...Thank you. You can try this." After obtaining the store manager's consent, Aika placed a dark blue hair tie in the hands of Ling, who looked confused. "I think it should suit you very well."

"Yeah……"

Ling doubtfully untied the simple hair tie she was wearing now, and then carefully tied the new hair tie Aika picked in front of the floor-length mirror in the store.

After a while, Ling turned around hesitantly.

"……so?"

The dark blue hairband is like a paradise butterfly, bringing out Ling's unique sense of vitality.

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"Hey, say something..."

"It does suit you very well..." Aika, who was fascinated by it, finally reacted, "It seems that my first glance was quite accurate."

"Yes, yes..."

Ling showed an obvious shy expression, and her vision began to become erratic.

She doesn't seem to be very good at handling honest compliments from others.

"Store manager, please help me pack this."

"Okay, thank you for your patronage!"

"Eh? Do you want to buy it for me?"

"Do you not like it?"

"No, that's not what I mean! Of course I don't hate it..." Ling said incoherently, "You paid for it in advance at noon, and now I should be the one to pay it myself!"

"As a man, I also have my own principles. Please take care of me here."

"You must be fooling me..."

Since Aika has already said this, if he persists, it will be a sign of ignorance.

Aika took the exquisitely wrapped gift box from the store manager and handed it to Ling.

"Give."

"Thank you, thank you..." Ling stretched out her hands to take the small gift box and stared at it carefully for a while, "But why?"

"what why?"

"Why did you suddenly send me something? It must not just be because of the 'principle' you just mentioned."

"that is because……"

Ling's intuition was really terrifying. Luoluo's instructions rang in her mind again. No matter what, she had to find an excuse to fool him.

He was obviously preparing to think of an excuse temporarily, but before that, he had something he wanted to tell her more.

"Actually, this should be considered my thank you gift."

"Have I done anything to deserve your gratitude?"

She really didn't know.

Aika continued to talk as he walked towards the outside of the store, and Ling quickly followed him.

"After leaving my hometown, the first friend I met was you. Although the first meeting was not very friendly..."

"Didn't I already explain that it was a misunderstanding?"

The dark history was revealed again, Ling interrupted Aika's memories with a blushing face.

"Yes, yes," Aika casually dealt with the dissatisfied Ling, "For me at that time, if I hadn't met you, I probably wouldn't have known what to do next."

"Both brother and sister are road crazy, this situation is inevitable..."

"That's not what I meant when I said 'I don't know how to go'... In short, Luoluo has become much more cheerful after you came. You would be a better choice for her than me."

"I don't like hearing this kind of talk!" Ling quickened her pace and stood in front of Aika, "If you think so, how can you be qualified to be Luoluo's support!"

"At least I didn't say anything like this in front of Luoluo."

"Lolo is not as naive as you think. Do you really think that as long as you don't say anything, she won't see anything?"

"Of course I know……"

"I really don't understand you boys. You take everything as your own responsibility. Aren't you tired of living like this? I did say before that you should take responsibility for what you said and did, but I didn't do it to make you do it. Say such depressing words. What I want to see is the real you."

"real me?"

"If you don't even notice this kind of thing, it will be useless no matter how much I say." Ling turned around, "I don't trust Luoluo to hand over to you now, so..."

"So until you feel relieved, just stay with her."

"Huh?" Ling turned around suddenly and blushed, "Do you know what this sentence means!"

"That's what it means. There's no other meaning, right?"

How many times have you seen Ling in such a panic today? How much Ling is there that I don’t know about?

Pedestrians passed by in twos and threes, and the surrounding shops had begun to close.

What Aika initially thought would be a very long time came to an end.

"Don't let others have expectations of you, idiot!"

Ling closed her eyes tightly and shouted this sentence in the center of the street, then walked quickly towards the platform.

Because of her making such a fuss, passers-by turned their attention to Aika who was standing there, and there were whispers around them. They might have thought this was a daily quarrel between lovers...

Couple... When Aika thought of this word, she finally understood why Ling was so angry.

"It's really troublesome..."

Aika scratched his head and quickly chased the figure in front of him with many eyes on him.

Today's time flies so fast...

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