18 Working maniac

"Dad, this way!"

As soon as Wu Shen left the coffee shop and ran to the entrance of the avenue, he heard Mai's familiar voice and looked in the direction he heard the sound. Unexpectedly, he found Mai coming out of the alley behind the coffee shop, making a friendly gesture and giving a thumbs up to Wu Shen.

Wu Shen suddenly felt that he was a little irritated.

It turns out that she got restless and chased him again? Was her concern in vain? Although Wu Shen wanted to scold her now, he was relieved to see Mai safe and sound.

Pulling her towards the avenue, Wu Shen was thinking about what to say, but Mai spoke first.

"As expected of my father, you already managed to make her fall in love with you in less than four days."

"I'm just helping her by reading her novel." Wu Shen spoke and soon after a pause he spoke again.

"Now tell me what are you doing here?" Wu Shen asked a little sternly.

"I just wanted to meet my dad early after school." Mai once again used her cute trick by lightly tapping the side of the head, closing one eye and sticking out her little tongue.

"(⁠｡⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧ Tee hee."

"What if you met a bad guy? There are a lot of weirdos walking the streets these days." Wu Shen expressed his concerns.

"Don't worry daddy! I specially bought anti-bad guy spray! And a stun device!" Mai said, taking out a small sprayer from her pocket with her left hand and a mini stun device with her right hand.

When she pressed the button, Wu Shen could see a small blue arc and hear a "popping" electric shock, which appears to be real.

"Where did you get these things?" Wu Shen asked dumbfoundedly.

"A girl's secret!" Little Mai responded instantly.

"What kind of girl do you call yourself when you're only six or seven? You can't use that title until you turn eighteen, you know? At that time, you can also add an eternal two-word adjective in front of it."

"You're still talking about me, but isn't this situation caused by Dad's fault? You were so busy talking to Mom, that in the end, she forgot about me. I'm not happy!" Little Mai clenched her little hands, her little face swollen like a little balloon, looking very cute.

"So what do I need to do so you can forgive me?" This matter was indeed Wu Shen's mistake. He was reflecting on it just now, so he admitted his mistake frankly.

"Make delicious food for dinner." Greedy kitten Mai's greedy nature immediately showed its true colors.

"Delicious food? What do you want to eat?"

"Today I want to eat chicken wings. If daddy doesn't cook for me, I'll never forgive him, hmm!" Mai put her hands on her hips and she pouted, turning her face to the side, but every now and then he would turn his head and look secretly.

Obviously her attitude of being angry is fake, but the fact that she wants to eat chicken wings is real.

"What will happen if you don't forgive?" Wu Shen bent down, touched her hair and asked jokingly.

"If I don't forgive Dad, I won't let it touch my head again. I have dignity too!" Mai jumped to the side, held her head, and stuck her tongue out at Wu Shen.

"Okay, let's make chicken wings tonight." Wu Shen really felt guilty about what happened today, so he just wanted to make up for it.

The problem is that my poor wallet will be empty again. Wu Shen thought gloomily.

"Serious?" Mai leaned forward, her eyes shining and her expression was very surprised.

"As a man should always keep his words! Come on, let's go to the supermarket and buy the ingredients now."

Holding the little hands of little Mai who was jumping up and down, humming a song, the two arrived at the supermarket they passed and stood among the piles of meat in front of the meat shelf, Wu Shen couldn't help but frown slightly at the look at the selling price for several more zeros.

"It's so expensive. Living expenses like this are really a big problem. It seems like I really need to find a part-time job." Since he had made a promise, Wu Shen naturally wouldn't go back on his words and chose two packs of frozen ones that looked good in size and meat quality. Putting the chicken wings into the shopping basket, Wu Shen went to the counter at the edge of the supermarket where magazines and books were kept.

Wu Shen seemed to be under the impression that there was a magazine column dedicated to presenting information about part-time job recruitment, so he began to flip through the magazines one after another.

"Dad, look, there are H books and periodicals for sale here. Buy one and take it home!" Mai's eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had discovered something good, and she ran to the bookshelf to grab a book.

In Japan, some of these magazines, which are not particularly colorful and focus mainly on photos, can be sold openly in supermarkets.

However, as a distinction, this type of book is usually wrapped in plastic film and can only be unpacked after formal payment for the purchase. Unlike other magazines that allow a short period of time to browse the store.

"What do I need this for?" Wu Shen was embarrassed and quickly snatched the erotic books from Mai's hands and put them away again, then continued to search the bookshelf for magazines.

However, there were many magazines available to flip through in the supermarket, and Wu Shen didn't know which magazine would carry similar advertisements, so he could only flip through them page by page.

About ten minutes passed and Wu Shen still hadn't finished flipping through a tenth of the magazine. He felt it was wrong to search like this. So he went directly to the cashier and planned to ask the clerk here which magazines published information about part-time job recruitment.

The clerk is a girl who looks very young. She has reddish-brown hair tied in a long ponytail, beautiful and distinguished facial features, and a posture worthy of a first-class student. She wears simple supermarket work clothes, but this adds to her approachable beauty.

"Excuse me, do you know which of the magazines sold here contains news about part-time job recruitment?" Wu Shen asked as he arrived in front of the counter.

"As for the part-time job news... I remember there should be some. Please wait a moment." The girl thought a little and started to look at some of the magazines near the counter. She was rummaging through the magazine rack, but seemed to remember something and turned to look at Wu Shen again.

"Are you looking for a part-time job?" the girl asked.

"Yes, what's the matter?"

"I suddenly remembered what the store manager said earlier that he seemed to be recruiting new clerks for shifts. I would like to know if you are interested?" The girl showed a professional and hard-working smile. This level is obvious at first glance. It can be said that she usually does freelance work and is familiar with many jobs.

"Are they recruiting employees here? That's great. How do you calculate working hours?" It would be great if the supermarket was recruiting employees. This supermarket is located between the apartment Wu Shen was renting and the school. There is no need to travel a whole different route to work. There is no better place to work than this.

"I'm not sure about this, but should it be a night shift like mine?" The girl tilted her head and thought, the ponytail on the back of her head swaying gently as her head moved.

"In fact, my other workplaces seem to be recruiting new people, and many places have been short on labor recently. For example, the sushi restaurant, the ramen restaurant, the steakhouse, the delivery company, the newspaper delivery agency, the family restaurant where I work..."

Is this really humanly possible!? Don't look at her appearance. This seemingly ordinary girl works in so many places!? Wu Shen finally met a real hardworking maniac this time.

(End of chapter)