[Heartbeat value 25 points]

Kuriyama Mai thought that although most people regarded him as a ferocious plague god who could not be avoided, sometimes his charm value was full.

Maybe this is the handsome guy with a sense of atmosphere.

He turned to look at Asaka Yui, who was lying on the door guard, curled up like a kitten, and whispered comfort:

"Don't think too much. I didn't come here specifically to see you. It was all a misunderstanding before, but I just didn't have time to explain it clearly to you."

"?" Asaka Yui's shining eyes looked straight at Kuriyama Mai, her thoughts were a little confused for a moment.

"I am Mugi Kuriyama, a sophomore at Arashimine High School. I am not a stalker. My home is very close to where you work. It's all a coincidence."

Kuriyama Mai patiently explained.

The girl was silent for a long time, and her face suddenly turned redder than before. She seemed to have really misunderstood this boy.

"……Feel sorry."

Asaka Yui lowered her head and fiddled with the short hair behind her ears.

"It doesn't matter, this is the money I borrowed from you last time." Kuriyama Mai, who had no change, had to take out a 10,000 yen note from his bag.

"No need." The girl jumped back decisively.

But Kuriyama Mai grabbed her slender arm and forced the money into her soft and cold hand.

"I'll have to trouble you to prepare the lottery box later, and..."

Kuriyama Mai blinked at her mysteriously.

Asaka Yui, whose left hand was held by him, struggled hard for a while, but couldn't bear it anymore, so she brought her red ear to his mouth.

It was then that Kuriyama Mai discovered that there was a thin braid hidden in the girl's short hair just past her chin.

He explained the essentials clearly and concisely. When Asaka Yui nodded seriously, he coughed hard and put his hand into his coat pocket with exaggerated movements.

This attracted the attention of many people in the front row, and Kuriyama Mai took out a card-like thing from his pocket and put it on the door.

"Hey, employee card~"

The door control turned on the green light, and Kuriyama Mai walked in with a handsome back view of the people in the front row, and the glass door control was closed.

He walked in and smiled at Yui Asaka. Although there was no rehearsal, the two of them worked together flawlessly.

"Do you have any ready-made lottery boxes?"

Asaka Yui's amber eyes rolled, remembering that when she came to take over after dinner, she saw a lottery box in the corner that seemed to be used for the Valentine's Day event, so she immediately ran over.

She didn't want to be thought of as being absent from her post, so she ran as fast as the wind.

"She's really energetic." Looking at her retreating back, Kuriyama Mai sighed.

After a while, Yui Asaka, who was sweating profusely, ran over holding a big box.

The bangs that reached her eyebrows were wet with sweat and clung to her smooth forehead, and there was a mist in her eyes.

"There...are numbers 1-700 inside."

As soon as she placed the box in front of Kuriyama Mai, she couldn't help but put her hands on her knees and gasp for air.

"Thank you for your hard work. Leave the rest to me."

Kuriyama Mai picked up the box and walked towards the neat line. Seeing the crowd eager to get behind him, he glanced around with three fierce eyes, picked up the loudspeaker and said like a primary school teacher:

"When to line up and when to draw lots!"

After drawing the number calmly, Kuriyama Mai took out the loudspeaker and reminded:

"The team can disperse! At six o'clock in the morning, you must enter the venue according to the order of the lottery! If you violate it, you will be directly included in the park's blacklist!"

As soon as the words fell, the team dispersed and returned to their respective bases to start resting. The time came to 1:57 in the morning.

Some people who had drawn numbers 1-120 had already started trading number plates privately, and Kuriyama Mai saw it and didn't want to care.

All he had to do was run away.

"Come on, let's find a comfortable place to rest first."

He greeted Yui Asaka who was squatting on the ground, hugging her knees and shivering.

"But..." She pointed to the surveillance camera next to her, "If you are found to be off duty... you won't be paid the next day."

"How much do they pay you per hour?" Kuriyama Mai thought to himself, if he didn't leave, they would all be dead when other staff members came later.

"Because it's an all-night shift, so I have 2,000 yen."

"If you count ten hours, that's 20,000. I'll give you another 50,000. We'll each buy a limited edition at six o'clock. As long as you change hands with that doll, you won't have to work for at least half a year."

Seeing Asaka shaking her head stubbornly, Kuriyama Mai leaned close to her ear, which was red from the cold.

"We are accomplices now. When the door opens at six o'clock, other staff members will definitely come over."

"At that time, as long as someone outside them leaked some information and you were operating in violation of regulations, you didn't want to lose your salary."

"Cunning! You are so cunning!"

The girl slapped her knees helplessly. The only option in front of her was to continue to cooperate with him.

Although he had good intentions, he just felt uncomfortable somewhere.

Asaka Yui was hugging her knees tightly and hesitated when she suddenly felt a warmth behind her back.

"Let's go, let's find a warm place first, and then we'll line up at five o'clock."

Kuriyama Mai took off his suit jacket and put it on her shoulders, "I see you are really freezing."

This thin uniform with long sleeves and a short skirt cannot withstand the cold wind at midnight in early spring in Tokyo.

Asaka Yui didn't know what to say, this man always switched back and forth between hell and heaven, there wasn't even an in-between state.

Just when she was still hesitating, Kuriyama Mai's strong hand grasped her palm and pulled her up.

"Let's go. Judging from the uniform you're wearing, there should be a place like a changing room where it will be warmer. No one will be there at this point."

"Go this way." Yui Asaka bit her lips and bravely pulled him in another direction.

Kuriyama Mai helped her hold the suit jacket on her shoulders, at least so that her thin body would be less cold.

At two o'clock in the morning, the two walked through the paradise where the princess and prince were asleep. The castle-style restaurants, shops and bookstores all looked quiet and beautiful.

Walking to the employee locker room in a remote corner, they turned on the heating and air conditioning in the room, and Asaka sighed, "I finally came to life!"

She rushed to the closet, took out a towel to dry the sweat on her body, and quickly put on the coat she had worn.

Kuriyama Mai sat down directly on the sofa at the end of the dressing room and said:

"Today is your first day here."

Asaka Yui folded the suit jacket carefully and handed it to Kuriyama Mai:

“I came here temporarily because of the recommendation from my previous part-time boss.”

Kuriyama Mai took out seven 10,000 yen bills from his coat bag and handed them to her:

"You are really working hard. You have to go to class tomorrow and you still choose to work all night."

Asaka Yui closed her eyes, took a deep breath as if she was struggling internally, and after a while, she bowed and took the banknote.

"Thank you~" The smile on her face was as sweet as a white rabbit.

"Actually, I thought I had nothing to do and could just read a book, but it turned out..." She smiled bitterly.

"After the security supervisor brought me here to change my clothes, I didn't know where I was going. He only told me that my task tonight was to stay in front of the gate to maintain order."

"Do the regular staff sleep and the casual workers work?"

Kuriyama Mai complained in his heart, but he didn't think of what to say, so Asaka Yui took out a mathematics textbook from the closet, sat on the sofa next to him, and started reading attentively.

While she was reading, she showed a thoughtful expression from time to time, and touched her white chin from time to time.

Seeing the serious look on the girl's face, Kuriyama Mai was so surprised that she couldn't speak.

It wasn't until the girl turned over the exercise page with satisfaction that Kuriyama Mai took the opportunity to ask:

"Do you want to get admitted to Dongda University? Are you so serious?"

Asaka Yui couldn't help but smile:

"Yes, the medicine at Tokyo University is the best in Japan. After graduation, I can go back to my hometown and become an excellent doctor."

"Going back to your hometown? Asaka-san, are you not from Tokyo?"

"I actually passed the exam from Fukushima Prefecture. It's rare for a country boy to pass the exam here..." The girl pursed her lips shyly.

"It's very impressive. If I can get into Lanfeng High School, I will already have half a foot in the door to enter Tokyo University."

Arashiyama Private High School has very few places for students outside Tokyo every year, not to mention that she still has a full scholarship, Kuriyama Mai said sincerely.

"But..." He vaguely thought of something in his mind, "By the way, why is it medicine?"

Asaka Yui lowered her head, a long and weak breath slowly exhaled from her slightly open mouth, and the small hand holding the book seemed to crush the paper.

"Because there are always some strange diseases that cannot be cured back home, and so does dad..."
Chapter completed!