My girlfriend is actually myself.

Chapter 22 My shop is no longer clean!

Airi Asakura was about to ask Natsumi Yukimiya about Saku Shiraishi, but when she heard that Shiraishi was just filling in for someone and not actually working there, she didn't ask.

During this period of hesitation, she thought of her previous experience of seeking advice on love from Yukimiya Natsune, and the girl's sense of shame made her completely give up the idea of ​​asking.

"Do you two know each other?" Asami Yamashita interjected.

She had only just noticed Yukimiya Natsune's beauty and was taken aback, instinctively taking a step back. She had thought that Asakura-san was already a girl favored by heaven, but upon seeing the shop assistant in front of her, she realized that there were always those more talented than her.

"This is Yukimiya, who helped me a lot before," Airi Asakura introduced them. "This is Yamashita, my classmate."

Yukimiya Natsune greeted Yamashita Asami in a casual manner.

This feeling of needing to rediscover something you already know is truly wonderful.

Sensing her coldness, Yamashita Asami lowered her head timidly, then looked up again and asked the purpose of her and Asakura's visit: "Yukimiya knows Shiro... um!"

Airi Asakura hurriedly covered Asami Yamashita's mouth: "No need to ask!"

Yukimiya Natsune confirmed her guess.

Airi Asakura learned from Asami Yamashita that her younger self worked here and came to "bump into" her, but today her younger self was filling in for her, and the chance encounter failed miserably.

But here's the problem: this convenience store is one stop away from the school, and I've never met Yamashita Asami before. How did she know I was working here?

Aside from family members, only Inoue and Tanaka knew where they worked.

Did you discover Yamashita Asami by chance? Or did you find out about her from that guy Inokai Kaito?

Did that sexually repressed guy still relentlessly pursue Yamashita Asami?

Yukimiya Natsune glanced at Yamashita Asami and Asakura Airi's expressions. Yamashita Asami, who had been gagged, obediently stopped, without teasing, retaliating, or showing any resentment, like an obedient little follower. Yet, the two of them had never spoken to each other at school before.

Thinking back to the beginning, and to Yamashita Asami's Instagram account, Yukimiya Natsune realized what was going on.

She had previously thought that accidentally discovering Inoue's and Yamashita Asami's Instagram accounts was a deliberate act intended for a certain boy, but now she realizes that she might have been mistaken.

That account wasn't for hooking up with guys I liked, it was for hooking up with Airi Asakura.

Unlike boys' circles, girls' circles have a sisterhood culture, and many ordinary girls wish to be friends with the popular girls in their class.

On the other side of the ocean in America, there is a similar custom, and a dedicated organization for it—the sorority.

Judging from the results, Asami Yamashita succeeded, but how long can this success last? They are ultimately not the same kind of people.

"We're here to buy ice cream!" Airi Asakura shielded Asami Yamashita behind her and changed the subject. "You don't know, I just got attacked by a black cat again! That bastard cat stole my ice cream!"

Yukimiya Natsune thought to herself, it wasn't "again, another black cat," but "again, the same black cat." Because there were many black cats and the locations were far apart, Asakura Airi mistakenly thought she had encountered another black cat.

She didn't answer, but Yuko Takahashi chimed in familiarly, "It's probably the one that just ran out of our store."

"Eh? Is that so!" Airi Asakura raised her hand to cover her lips.

A very typical Japanese expression of surprise; I've seen Yukimiya Natsune express it dozens of times in Japanese dramas.

Yuko Takahashi and Airi Asakura started chatting. One was a chatterbox, and the other had high emotional intelligence and needed something from him—she wanted to find out about Saku Shiraishi. They got along very well and the atmosphere was lively.

Yukimiya Natsune took out her phone, hid it, and started scrolling aimlessly. She and he only shared one phone, but they could use her sister's for the boys' group.

Asami Yamashita stood awkwardly to the side, but Airi Asakura noticed her embarrassment and steered the conversation, quickly drawing her into the dialogue as well.

The class's most beautiful girl has absolutely perfect social skills.

As the conversation got more interesting, Airi Asakura naturally exchanged Line numbers with Yuko Takahashi.

"Give us two servings of oden, and two of each of these, this, this, this, and this." Airi Asakura finally remembered that she was a customer.

It was getting dark, so she stopped eating ice cream and opted for hot food instead.

Yukimiya Natsune picked up a paper cup, quickly filled two cups, and handed one to each of them.

Airi Asakura took a bite of the fish roe pouch and exclaimed, her eyes wide, "Mmm! Delicious! It tastes even better than anything I've had before!"

Yuko Takahashi beamed, "Thank you for the compliment."

To keep up with the conversation, Yamashita Asami quickly picked up her own portion and took a bite.

She looked confused. This oden was clearly very ordinary, so why was Asakura-san so...

Is this the secret to being popular?

Watching Airi Asakura devour her food, Asami Yamashita felt she had acquired new knowledge.

She tried her best to act, but she could never achieve the naturalness and sincerity of Airi Asakura.

Watching her performance, Yukimiya Natsune clicked her tongue inwardly.

After capturing the black cat, she returned some of her reaction and perception abilities to the boy's body, but still left a small part. This small part made her five senses more acute, and she could detect subtle changes in the ingredients in the pot.

For experimental purposes, she intentionally adjusted a portion of the oden, controlling its heat and position.

Airi Asakura was an experimental subject; her oden was a specially prepared delicacy by Natsumi Yukimiya, while Asami Yamashita's oden was made by free-range animals.

Neither Yukimiya Natsumi nor Shiraishi Saku are magnanimous people. This differential treatment is an attempt to make things difficult for Yamashita Asami, who maliciously obtained and leaked his information.

Unexpectedly, this young girl was willing to act in order to fit into the atmosphere.

This can be considered a successful attempt to make things difficult.

Yukimiya Natsumi added some more oden to the pot. It was the weekend, and she had a meal at a convenience store; this was the food she had prepared for herself.

Judging from Airi Asakura's expression, this oden must be delicious.

After finishing their oden, Airi Asakura and Asami Yamashita said goodbye and left. As dinner time approached, the convenience store became busier again.

The young girl's body was delicate and she was starting to feel the strain; her legs, which had been standing all afternoon, were aching.

She sent a distress signal to the teenager: "Hurry, hurry!"

"Here we come." Shiraishi Saku received the thought signal and stepped off the subway.

Sakura Nene was worried, so she followed behind him to check on her parasite's work situation.

"Shiraishi, come quick and help!" Takahashi Yuko's eyes lit up when she saw Shiraishi Saku.

Yukimiya Natsune followed Shiraishi Saku into the changing room. The convenience store only had one changing room, which was usually used alternately.

Shiraishi Shuo opened his wardrobe, and the girl took off her work clothes and helped him put them on. He then helped her change back into her casual clothes.

As they walked out of the changing room together, Shiraishi Saku saw the shocked expressions on his sister's and the store manager's faces from both perspectives.

"This is a shop, brother..." Sakura Nene hesitated before speaking.

"My shop is no longer clean." Yuko Takahashi said absentmindedly.

Shiraishi Shuo forgot one thing: in other people's eyes, he and she were two different people, but what she and he had just done was the act of a male and female shop assistant changing clothes together in the dressing room.

Fortunately, the customers in line didn't know that there was only one changing room in the store.

Ignoring the complicated look in their eyes, Shiraishi Saku in his shop uniform went to the cashier, while Yukimiya Natsune in her casual clothes led her younger sister home.

He works two shifts on weekends, one afternoon shift and one evening shift.

Now that Yukimiya Natsune has finished get off work, Shiraishi Saku continues working.

Suddenly I have a feeling of being unlucky.