Female-dominated society: A beautiful boy from the countryside near Tokyo

Chapter 138 Shimizu Ai, knows

A wonderful spring break, warm sunshine, and no one to bother me.

Anyone would feel comfortable having such leisure time.

Ai Shimizu thought the same thing, but that was a few minutes ago; she doesn't think that way now.

What does it mean that Xiao Zhen is taking a walk with Mei Ji?

What does it mean to have finished a walk and now be shopping?

Shimizu Ai opened her eyes wide as she looked at the message her friend Akizuki Miki had sent her on her phone.

"Xiao Ai, it's not that I was stuck in traffic, it's just that..."

"I just... and then... so, I'm shopping with Xiaozhen right now."

Just now, Shimizu Aimi and Akizuki Miki hadn't arrived for several tens of minutes, so she thought she was stuck in traffic and sent a message to ask.

And that's how the message that Akizuki Miki sent to Shimizu Ai came about.

Xiao Zhen has never gone for a walk or shopping with me, his older sister.

Now he's even accompanying Miki on walks and shopping trips.

Shimizu Ai looked at the messages her friend Akizuki Miki had sent her on her phone screen.

She tightened her grip on the phone slightly with her right hand, her delicate face displaying a complex expression.

Shimizu Ai didn't know how she felt at that moment; should she be angry?

She was angry that she had never gone for a walk or shopping with Hoshino Makoto.

But his own best friend had already done such a thing with Hoshino Makoto.

But what's there to be angry about? Miki is my good friend, and Shin is my younger brother.

It's normal for a good friend to accompany her younger brother for a walk or shopping, right? Shimizu Ai convinced herself.

If Shin were a little older, Ai Shimizu definitely wouldn't think it's normal; she would only feel a sense of crisis about whether her younger brother should start dating.

However, given their ages, Hoshino Makoto and his friend Akizuki Miki's relationship is obvious to anyone who sees them; they are simply older sister and younger brother.

That's what Shimizu Ai thought, but she still felt a little uncomfortable.

"Ugh, it's so annoying. Miki and Shin are taking a walk and shopping together. It's a perfectly normal thing, so why do I still feel uncomfortable?"

"Could it be because Xiao Zhen has never accompanied me for a walk or shopping?"

Shimizu Ai frowned as she looked at the information on her phone screen.

"When did I become so stingy?"

"Never mind, I'll send Miki a message first, asking how long it will take for her to come back."

. . . . . .

On the other side, inside the convenience store, next to the display cabinet.

"Mei-ki, how much longer are you and Xiao-zhen shopping?"

"How about I come find you now?"

Looking at the message sent by my friend Ai Shimizu on my phone.

A relaxed expression appeared on Akizuki Miki's bright and pretty face.

She quickly typed back to Ai Shimizu: "No need, Ai, we'll be back soon."

She soon received a reply from Ai Shimizu.

"Alright, then I'll wait for you at home."

Upon seeing the message from Shimizu Ai, Akizuki Miki, for some reason, finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It seemed as if accompanying Hoshino Makoto shopping made her feel very guilty, and at the same time, as if she had let Shimizu Ai down.

Miki Akizuki relaxed and put her phone back in her pocket, then looked ahead at the spot where Makoto Hoshino had just been.

But they found the place completely empty; there was no sign of Hoshino Makoto, and they couldn't even see the two convenience store clerks.

"Hey, where's Xiaozhen?"

Seeing the empty spot, Akizuki Miki's heart instantly raced with anxiety.

Her gaze instantly and subconsciously swept around, and then she breathed a sigh of relief as she saw that familiar figure.

Not far away, in front of a display case of beverages.

Hoshino Makoto stood there, with the two convenience store employees from before beside him.

. . . . . .

"Ms. Kitagawa, thank you."

In front of the beverage display area, Hoshino Makoto thanked Kitagawa Mai in front of him.

That fair and lovely face wore a polite yet captivating smile.

[Kitagawa Mai glanced at the smile on your face, and unsurprisingly, she thought your smile was very beautiful, beauty rating +7]

Kitagawa Mai thinks your smile is very beautiful and easily attracts attention. She's afraid of embarrassing herself in front of you and doesn't dare to look at you. Her affection level is +9.

"You're welcome, sir. It's what I should do."

Kitagawa Mai bowed politely, but when she straightened up, she looked away slightly, not daring to meet the eyes of the handsome young man in front of her.

Because she found that the boy in front of her had a really good-looking smile, an unreasonable kind of good-looking smile.

She is easily influenced and attracted to the other person, even though she tries very hard to control herself.

So Kitagawa Mai came up with the simplest solution: she could just avoid making eye contact with the boy in front of her.

Kitagawa Mai wasn't looking at the boy, but Hoshino Makoto was looking at Kitagawa Mai.

Now that I've got the drink, how should I proceed to increase my favorability rating?

Hoshino Makoto held his drink, wondering how to chat a bit more with Kitagawa Mai and increase their familiarity.

But just then, a vibrant blonde girl walked over from the side.

"Xiao Zhen, how's it going? Did you get the drink?"

Akizuki Miki, who had walked over, glanced at Kitagawa Mai and Kato Koe, then turned her gaze back to Hoshino Makoto.

"I've got it, Miki-nee."

Hoshino Makoto raised the drink he was holding.

"Let's go, Xiao Zhen, it's time to go back."

. . . . . .

Watching the boy and the blonde girl leave from the convenience store entrance.

Kitagawa Mai then turned her gaze away, and then she saw Kato Koe's bright eyes beside her.

"Xiao Hui, what kind of look is that? What are you looking at?"

Kitagawa Mai was startled by Kato Koe's gaze.

"I'm watching you."

Kato Koe said, staring intently at Kitagawa Mai's pretty face.

"Why are you looking at me? Is there something on my face?"

Noticing that Kato Koe was looking at her face, Kitagawa Mai assumed there was something on it.

Kitagawa Mai subconsciously reached out and touched her face twice, but didn't feel anything on it.

"Xiao Hui, there's nothing on my face, why are you looking at me?"

Kitagawa Mai found Kato Koe even stranger; there was nothing on her face, so why was she staring at her like that?

"Mai, don't you think he treats you a little differently?"

Kato Koe did not answer why she was staring at Kitagawa Mai like that.

She suddenly spoke to herself.

"Special treatment for me? Really? Xiaohui, you're mistaken. What special treatment?"

Kitagawa Mai did not ask Kato Koe who the "he" in her words was.

Because she knew who Kato Koe was referring to—that boy.

"Mai, don't you think he seems to like you more?"