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Chapter 2
Sora, despite appearing cold and having unfriendly thoughts, unexpectedly harbored feelings of ‘infatuation.’ With Mo Chen able to hear her thoughts, there was no point in being stubborn anymore.
“Xiao Sora, it’s lunchtime now. Can you put your snacks away for a bit?” Fuka walked over to her and took the box of chocolate sticks from her hand. Kasugano Sora: “…”
At the dining table, Fuka lectured Mo Chen like a mother.
“You’ll be going to university in a week, remember to pack your luggage properly.” She paused, then changed the subject.
“Remember, when you get to university and see pretty girls, be bold and pursue them. Don’t be shy.”
Suou Yuki, who was beside them, immediately swallowed her food and energetically chimed in: “It’s okay if you don’t pursue them, you have me.”
Fuka gave her a speechless look. “You two are siblings, aren’t you?”
“What’s wrong with that? We’re not blood-related.”
Suou Yuki said righteously, “You don’t know how hard it is to pursue girls nowadays.” “Hard to pursue?” Fuka‘s eyes widened, her face filled with confusion.
“Although I’ve never been in love, from a girl’s perspective, Mo Chen is so cute, what girl wouldn’t like him?” She paused, then added with a confident tone,
“You need to be patient. Feelings can be cultivated slowly. You have four years in university; even raising a dog for four years would make it familiar, right?” The compliment that ‘all girls would like him’ caught Mo Chen off guard, and a blush crept onto his face.
Fuka‘s thoughts were completely blank when she said this, meaning she spoke from the bottom of her heart. Just how many layers of ‘mother’s filter’ had she applied to him in her eyes?
“Some things can’t just be about feelings.” Mo Chen tried to bring the conversation back to practical considerations. “Then what should it be about? Money?” Fuka immediately switched to practical mode.
“If you need it, an extra 10,000 yen in pocket money each month is no problem! You don’t have to worry about food, clothing, or travel; just ask.”
“There’s also the bride price.” Suou Yuki played her trump card.
“Nowadays, a woman costs at least 50 million yen; a truckload of cash wouldn’t be enough!”
“Fifty million?” Fuka was stunned for a moment, then looked at Mo Chen seriously. “Then if our family works a bit harder, it’s not impossible.”
Fuka: 【Such an expensive bride price, but Mo Chen is still young. If I save money, deliver food, and work hard for another ten or eight years to gather it, I can still help him find a wife.】
Mo Chen‘s heart skipped a beat, and his eyes involuntarily narrowed.
“Mo Chen,” Fuka noticed his gaze and smiled calmly, “Don’t look at me like that, it’s what I should do.”
Fuka: 【Honestly, this is what a mother should do. What is this kid looking at? Is he afraid he won’t have enough to eat in the future to save money?】
Chapter 3: loli ramune
“You don’t need to worry about this, Fuka. I’m a university student; I believe I can handle it.” Mo Chen smiled somewhat helplessly.
Before he finished speaking, Suou Yuki immediately raised her hand and waved it like a student eager to answer in class: “Exactly! You have me!”
She deliberately widened her bright eyes, stuck out her tongue, and made a cute gesture at Mo Chen. ‘Big brother doesn’t need to prepare any bride price at all. Besides, I’m also very cute, right?’
This sudden cute offensive made Mo Chen‘s heart skip a beat. He uncomfortably averted his gaze. Suou Yuki, emboldened, continued to plan, gesturing with her fingers in the air:
“When the time comes, I just need to move rooms, and we can even save an empty room. It’s economical and practical.”
Fuka was stunned by this. She looked at the serious Suou Yuki, then at the slightly embarrassed Mo Chen, and nodded thoughtfully: “Hmm. That seems to be right.”
Her moral compass wavered slightly in the face of the bride price, and she suddenly felt that Suou Yuki‘s suggestion wasn’t so bad. Sora: 【Look at me, I can do it too!】
Kasugano Sora‘s thoughts unexpectedly flooded Mo Chen‘s mind.
He subconsciously turned his head, his gaze sweeping across the dining table to the silver-haired girl who had been quietly eating.
Mo Chen‘s sudden gaze made her fingers, holding the chopsticks, tighten slightly, and she couldn’t help but flinch. A faint blush quickly spread across her fair cheeks.
She somewhat flusteredly buried her face in her bowl: “What are you looking at?”
Fuka put down her soup spoon: “Xiao Sora, your health has improved a lot recently. Do you want to consider going to school too?” Kasugano Sora: “…”
Kasugano Sora: 【No way, going to school is too troublesome.】
Kasugano Sora: 【But if Mo Chen isn’t home… it’s so lonely, I really want to stay with him.】
These sudden thoughts were astonishingly direct. Mo Chen felt his throat tighten and almost choked on his saliva, letting out a light cough. Fuka: “Mo Chen? Why do you look so pale?”
Mo Chen managed to calm his breathing and waved his hand: “It’s nothing, just got a bit choked.” “That’s really careless.”
Suou Yuki‘s eyes twinkled, and she suddenly picked up a golden, plump meatball from her plate and deftly offered it to Mo Chen‘s mouth. “Ah—”
Mo Chen instinctively leaned back a few inches, startled by the food suspended before him: “What are you doing?”
“Of course, it’s feeding play,” Suou Yuki smiled slyly, pushing her wrist forward again, “If I feed you, you won’t choke.”
Fuka: “Isn’t it unhygienic to use chopsticks like that?” Suou Yuki tilted her head: “Is big brother going to refuse?”
Mo Chen met her confident and bright gaze, smiled helplessly, leaned forward slightly, and opened his mouth to take the golden-fried, glistening meatball from her chopsticks.
The meatball was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, melting in his mouth with a hint of sweetness. Sora: 【I’m so envious.】
At this moment, Sora’s thoughts gently echoed again.
Mo Chen noticed with his peripheral vision that Sora’s chopsticks were holding several thin slices of beef, trembling slightly above the rim of her bowl. Her gaze uneasily shifted between Mo Chen and Suou Yuki.
She still maintained a cold demeanor, her lips pressed into a straight line, as if indifferent to everything before her. Just then, Suou Yuki picked up another round meatball and, without a word, shoved it into Mo Chen‘s mouth. She was even more proactive than before, leaning forward, her face beaming with a triumphant smile.
Suou Yuki clapped her hands happily: “Eat, eat. We really look like a couple in love like this.”
This unintentional remark made the beef suspended in mid-air by Sora’s chopsticks appear especially awkward. Her fingertips tightened slightly, and the raw meat on her chopsticks trembled gently.
Sora: 【Mo Chen, eat quickly.】 Sora: 【Don’t look at her.】
Listening to her almost exploding anxious thoughts, Mo Chen tried to suppress the helpless smile that was about to escape his lips. This girl, only her mouth was stubborn.
He immediately turned his head, leaned down, and bit off the slice of beef that had been waiting on her chopsticks for a long time. Sora softly said: “Too slow.”
As she spoke, she picked up a finely textured slice of beef from the plate, and Suou Yuki immediately picked up a golden-crisp meatball. The two of them, chopstick by chopstick, took turns bringing food to Mo Chen‘s lips.
【For a Pure Bystander, not only action scenes but also daily life scenes are crucial. Congratulations to the protagonist and his partners Suou Yuki and Kasugano Sora for successfully completing a harmonious three-person performance.】
【Reward: Time Stasis Lv1】
【Time Stasis Lv1: Daily usable duration is 5 minutes】 Time Stasis?
First hypnosis, now time stop.
The life of a Pure Bystander in this H-anime world is quite comfortable. Mo Chen‘s lips unconsciously curved into a mischievous smile.
It was half an hour later; lunch was over.
Mo Chen returned to his bedroom to check his phone and found that the battery had recovered to 50%.
Recalling that the battery was at 60% when he hypnotized Yuki earlier, he estimated that the usable hypnosis time was now only about ten minutes. Mo Chen felt that this hypnosis app was too power-hungry; even with a full charge, it could only last for fifteen minutes, and the charging speed couldn’t keep up with the consumption. 【Detecting a Destiny Film loading within 369 meters of the protagonist.】
【Name: Xiaoqian‘s Secret Part-time Job】 【Setting: Dagashi Store】
【Plot: Sayama Chie works alone at the Dagashi Store after parting ways with her friends Komaru and Tenka. The store owner, Tachikawa Kiyoshi, harbors ill intentions towards her.】
【Mission Objective: Intervene in the film as a Pure Bystander and rescue Xiaoqian】 【Time Limit: 50 minutes】
【Reward: loli ramune, complete ownership of the Dagashi Store】 Mo Chen couldn’t help but flinch; this was the first time he had received a mission.
Although the mission had a fifty-minute time limit, there was no guarantee that unexpected situations wouldn’t arise. Moreover, he was eager to try out the time stop effect.
He immediately connected his phone to a power bank and quickly walked towards his bedroom door. Upon opening it, he found her standing outside.
“Check your messages.” Her clear, cold voice uttered three words, then she walked back to her room without looking back. Mo Chen unlocked his screen in confusion, and Sora’s message immediately popped up.
Sora: Help me go out and buy snacks. This girl is quite bossy.
In the living room, the three of them were busy with their own things.
Fuka was clearing the dishes in the kitchen, and Suou Yuki was lazily lying on the sofa playing with her phone.
Mo Chen simply said he was going out to buy snacks for Sora and then left the house. It was early autumn, and the scorching sun was still blazing.
The Dagashi Store was less than four hundred meters away, and Mo Chen saw it after a few minutes of walking.
He passed by and greeted two little lolis carrying snack bags who had just come out of the store.
Those were Komaru and Tenka. Although they looked young, they were actually adults and would become Mo Chen‘s university classmates in the future.
After Mo Chen transmigrated here, he was adopted by the Kasugano couple in this area and had lived there for decades, so he was very familiar with the local residents. He watched the Dagashi Store from afar, where Xiaoqian and Tachikawa Kiyoshi were arguing inside.
Chapter 4: All Evil Shall
On a late summer afternoon, the heat made the air in the Dagashi Store feel sticky.
Tachikawa Kiyoshi, the owner of the Dagashi Store, leaned by the cash register, his narrow eyes following the girl weaving between the shelves as if appraising merchandise.
He knew this innocent girl, Sayama Chie. “What a perfect prey.”
Tachikawa Kiyoshi licked his dry lips. He waited for Xiaoqian to pass the counter,
and pretending to answer a call, quickly and naturally slipped an expensive imported ice cream into the side pocket of her open schoolbag. “Welcome.”
Sayama Chie stood on her tiptoes, spreading the colorful snacks in her hand onto the counter: “Boss, check out.” He hung up the ‘phone,’ a professional smile plastered on his face, and began scanning Xiaoqian‘s purchases.
Just as Xiaoqian was about to pay, Tachikawa Kiyoshi‘s smile instantly vanished, replaced by a look of shock and profound heartache. “Xiaoqian,”
His voice suddenly rose, and Xiaoqian flinched, shrinking back. “You haven’t paid for that ice cream in your schoolbag’s side pocket, have you?”
Xiaoqian was stunned. She instinctively reached out to touch it and indeed pulled out an expensive ice cream she had never seen before.
The packaging was torn, and the ice cream inside had melted. Her face instantly turned pale. “It wasn’t me, I don’t know how it got into my schoolbag.”
She explained frantically, her voice choked with tears. “Caught red-handed, and you still want to deny it?”
Tachikawa Kiyoshi snorted coldly, “Theft is a crime, and I can call the police.”
The words “call the police” hit Xiaoqian like a heavy hammer. She trembled with fear, tears welling up in her eyes. Tachikawa Kiyoshi, seeing that the moment was ripe, feigned a sigh and’softened’ his tone:
“How about this, this ice cream costs 5000 yen. You can work in my store for a few days to repay it. I’ll pay you 300 yen an hour.” Tachikawa Kiyoshi‘s lips curved into a smug, evil smile.
“There’s no one else in the store right now, so working here won’t be hard on you.” 【Time — Stasis】
The glass wind chimes on the Dagashi Store‘s door frame froze in a tilted, about-to-ring position, as if suspended in mid-air by invisible threads. Sayama Chie maintained her posture with hands clasped over her chest, her light brown pupils dilated with terror.
Mo Chen calmly stepped through the stagnant air, as if strolling through a lifelike wax museum.
He reached out and gently pinched Xiaoqian‘s soft cheek. His fingertips felt a warm, supple touch, like touching a freshly made mochi ball.
The loli’s warm skin remained elastic but was unresponsive, like a frozen photograph. “Good effect.”
After confirming that time was completely stopped, Mo Chen withdrew his hand and looked up at the counter.
The store owner, Tachikawa Kiyoshi, stood rigid in place, his greasy middle-aged face maintaining a nauseating lecherous smile. “A petty trick.”
Mo Chen bent down and took the ice cream, which had melted into a milky white viscous liquid, from Sayama Chie‘s uniform pocket.
He forcefully pried open Tachikawa Kiyoshi‘s jaw and shoved the mushy ice cream, along with the soggy wrapper, into that foul-smelling mouth.
“Four and a half minutes left, I need to use it sparingly.” 【Time begins to flow】
Tachikawa Kiyoshi suddenly bent over, and a viscous liquid mixed with half-melted ice cream gushed from his throat, splashing onto the cash register with a splat. He clutched the counter, coughing violently, his entire face flushed red from nausea.
“Boss, are you alright?”
A clear voice came from the doorway.
Tachikawa Kiyoshi looked up and saw Mo Chen naturally walking in from the street outside the store, his face showing just the right amount of concern. “N-no, I’m fine, welcome.”
Tachikawa Kiyoshi hastily wiped his mouth with his sleeve, syrup and saliva spreading dark stains on the cuff.
As soon as Mo Chen stepped into the store, Xiaoqian‘s eyes instantly lit up. “Big brother, you’re here.”
She quickly shrank behind Mo Chen as if she had found a life raft, her small hand tightly gripping the corner of his clothes. Xiaoqian and Mo Chen were not strangers; she was considered Mo Chen‘s childhood friend after he transmigrated to this multi-anime world.
Mo Chen‘s gaze lightly swept over the disheveled store owner, then fell on the still-frightened loli beside him.
“Summer vacation is almost over, and school is about to start. Do you want to go celebrate with me at Honey Blood Ice City?” “Mhm!”
Xiaoqian nodded vigorously, her nose still tinged with a fading blush. “Wait! She, she stole something from my store!” Tachikawa Kiyoshi, seeing Mo Chen about to take her away, urgently shouted.
Mo Chen didn’t turn back, merely tilted his head and glanced at the store owner with the corner of his eye, his tone light: “Stole what?”
“Where did Xiaoqian shortchange you? I can pay for her now.” “This…”
Tachikawa Kiyoshi was speechless. He instinctively pointed to Xiaoqian‘s schoolbag side pocket, only to find it empty.
His gaze frantically shifted to the sticky ice cream mixture he had just vomited onto the cash register.
Xiaoqian also looked at her empty schoolbag side pocket in surprise, blinking. “If there’s nothing else, we’ll be leaving.”
Mo Chen naturally put his arm around Xiaoqian‘s shoulder, pulling her closer to his side. He looked at the disheveled store owner, a slightly mocking curve on his lips.
“Xiaoqian, let’s not waste any more time on him.” “Wait! You can’t leave!”
