While Shiina Mahiru was chatting with the prettiest girls in the class, Lin Mu was playing volleyball with Hachiman Hikigaya.
They were just leisurely hitting the ball back and forth, passing the time.
With a pair of dead fish eyes, Hachiman Hikigaya looked at Lin Mu opposite him with a complicated expression.
He couldn't understand why this popular normie would team up with him.
Hachiman Hikigaya despised Lin Mu's frequent bold actions of poking the small waists of the girls in front of him, but in reality, he was incredibly envious.
A girl, completely unfazed by a boy's touch.
This clearly meant she had a crush on the boy!
He seemed to smell the sour stench of romance.
Lin Mu was handsome, and although different from Hayama, he was also a normie.
Hachiman Hikigaya couldn't figure out why someone like Lin Mu would deliberately try to get along with him.
Then, while they were playing, a sudden remark from Lin Mu made Hachiman Hikigaya wary.
"Hey, Hikigaya-kun, that cute little girl who came to school to bring you lunch the day before yesterday, she's your sister, right?"
Just play ball, why are you talking about my sister?
Hachiman Hikigaya was displeased, and couldn't help but stare at Lin Mu with his dead fish eyes.
"So what?"
Lin Mu smiled slightly, "It's nothing, I'm just envious of guys who have sisters."
Just that?
Hachiman Hikigaya raised an eyebrow, his heart tightening.
He always felt that this guy's smile was off.
That's why he hated hanging out with normies; it just made him feel too gloomy inside.
After PE class, it was time for the enjoyable club activities.
However, Shiina Mahiru and Kato Megumi were going to work part-time at Saionji Odoriko's shop, and Lin Mu had nothing to do alone in the club.
So he went along too.
Miss Yoko had said that he was welcome to come and work part-time anytime.
Today, he would be a flower protector.
Working was secondary; enjoying daily life with Little Angel Shiina and the others was the main thing.
Moreover, he had almost finished writing the second volume of his light novel yesterday, and a few days of revision would be enough.
There was no pressure at all.
Unlike original light novel authors who needed to ponder deeply.
His mind possessed a vast knowledge of a world.
Well, saying 'a world' was a bit exaggerated, but he had seen many light novels and anime that didn't exist in this world.
Patching things up, disassembling and merging settings and plots from other works, and it would become another good work.
...
Upon seeing Lin Mu arrive, Saionji Odoriko's eyes lit up.
"Mu-kun, since you're here, you can't give up halfway, you have to see it through to the end!"
"No problem, Miss Yoko, I will definitely see it through to the end."
Why did that conversation feel strange?
Lin Mu subconsciously replied before realizing that Saionji Odoriko, this mature and beautiful woman, seemed to have a double meaning in her words.
However, he didn't think much further, quickly changed into the staff uniform, and began his part-time job for the day.
He treated it as experiencing life.
And with Shiina Mahiru, Kato Megumi, Aoyama Nanami, and Asada Shino, four fair-skinned and beautiful girls accompanying him as staff, this experience was simply delightful.
If a lucky pervert incident accidentally occurred, it would be even more perfect.
After changing into his staff uniform, just as Lin Mu was about to leave the changing room, a soft body rushed over and crashed straight into his arms.
"Ah!"
The girl exclaimed, about to fall onto her bottom, but Lin Mu quickly grabbed her slender arm and helped her stand steady.
"Are you alright?"
The girl, with an ahoge on her head and wearing a Mizutaka (High School Name) uniform, saw Lin Mu's handsome face and her heart skipped a beat.
Her cheeks involuntarily flushed.
"No... I'm fine! Sorry, I accidentally bumped into you."
After standing firm, she quickly bowed to him, expressing her apology.
Lin Mu smiled and waved his hand.
"It's good that you're not hurt." Looking at the girl with delicate features and a rather cute appearance, Lin Mu asked curiously:
"Are you also a staff member here? New here?"
The girl shook her head and explained with some embarrassment.
"My name is Saionji Sekai, and I'm here to help my mother, but it's not wrong to say I'm a part-time staff member."
Because if she came to help here, her mother would give her extra pocket money.
Hearing that name, Lin Mu raised an eyebrow.
Saionji Sekai?
The one who killed Scum Makoto?
But she still looked pure, so it didn't seem so bad.
"So you're the manager's daughter, no wonder you look so much alike, as cute as Miss Yoko."
While Lin Mu was thinking, he had already naturally complimented her.
"Hello, Saionji-classmate, I'm Lin Mu, I'm here for a part-time job, please take care of me."
"En, please take care of me, Lin Mu."
The girl also shook his hand, then released it nervously as if she had received an electric shock.
"Um... I need to go change."
"En, go ahead, don't mind me, I'm going out to work."
Lin Mu waved his hand and turned to leave first.
Saionji Sekai also remembered the scene where she had bumped into his arms and he had held her waist to steady her.
She touched her slender waist and felt a tingling sensation.
With a flushed face, she shook her head vigorously.
"Saionji Sekai, what shameless things are you thinking? It was just an accident!"
But... Lin Mu's scent, it's so nice.
Is this what manliness smells like?
And he's so handsome.
He's even more handsome and dashing than Ito from the next class, and his tone just now was so gentle.
Saionji's face grew redder the more she thought about it.
As soon as she finished changing, she saw her mother, Saionji Odoriko, standing with her arms crossed, looking at her with a half-smile.
"Ah, Mom, when did you get here?"
"Heh, it's because you were dawdling, Sekai. I thought you fell asleep in the changing room."
"How could that be? I just zoned out for a bit! I wouldn't fall asleep, Mom, you're exaggerating!"
Saionji Odoriko nodded noncommittally, then asked with a smile:
"Sekai, have you met Mu-kun yet? How do you feel about him?"
Saionji Sekai's small face turned red again, "What do you mean 'what do you mean'? We just met, what do you expect me to say?"
Saionji Odoriko, however, clasped her hands together, a look of longing on her face.
"Of course, Mom is asking what his personality is like. Is he a good match for me, your mother?"
Saionji Sekai's mind instantly froze.
"Mom, what are you talking about? He called me 'Student Shiina', okay!"
You're actually asking me if the two of you are a good match?
Of course, you're not a good match!
Saionji Odoriko pouted, "What? Are you even looking down on Mom for being old?"
Saionji Sekai was suddenly at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
"I didn't say that! Mom, please don't overthink things, okay? And this is a shop, please be serious and act like a shop manager!"
Saionji Odoriko cast a resentful glance at her daughter, then puffed out her proud chest and went to display her shop manager's authority.
...
Saionji Sekai's matter was just a small interlude for Lin Mu; he didn't pay much attention to it.
Compared to Saionji Sekai, he was more eager to meet Kiyoura Setsuna.
Bullying her would definitely be very interesting.
The shop assistant's job was still very easy.
Lin Mu only needed to tidy up the shelves that customers had messed up and walk around, and that was it.
Saionji Odoriko's shop had too many girls.
Besides him, there were no male shop assistants at all.
He felt that if this continued, ill-intentioned people would deliberately come to cause trouble.
After work, Saionji Odoriko smilingly handed envelopes containing cash to the employees.
"Everyone, you've worked hard. Go home and rest well, and please be careful."
After saying goodbye to each other, Lin Mu left with a few girls.
Saionji Odoriko, on the other hand, stared eagerly at Lin Mu's retreating figure, her cheeks already flushed.
What to do?
The more she looked at Mu-kun, the more her heart fluttered.
She wanted to form a happy family with him.
She felt like she wouldn't be able to sleep tonight.
...
Lin Mu didn't know that the beautiful lady was thinking about him; at this moment, he was strolling down the street with Asada Shino.
As for Shiina Mahiru, she went on a big shopping trip with Aoyama Nanami.
Today, a supermarket happened to be holding a discount event, and Aoyama Nanami, who was tight on funds, and Shiina Mahiru, who wanted to be frugal, naturally didn't want to miss it.
So Shiina asked Lin Mu to walk Asada Shino home.
After spending these past few days together, the girls had already become good friends.
Shiina Mahiru's charm was admired by both Aoyama Nanami and Asada Shino, and the girls got along very well.
Oh, I almost forgot.
There was also Kato Megumi-classmate.
Sure enough, her passive ability to reduce her presence was still strong.
It made even him, a transmigrator, occasionally forget about her.
It was still because there were too few bonds.
If he had directly made a contract, he definitely wouldn't ignore her.
Kato Megumi had already taken the train home by this point.
Like this, she really didn't have to worry about being followed (good job).
Maybe someone would follow her and then lose her.
Looking at Lin Mu beside her, Asada Shino's cheeks were slightly flushed, feeling a little shy.
But she didn't know what to say, so she just walked with her head down.
While secretly peeking at his expression.
She naturally had a good impression of this boy who had helped her more than once and even walked her home.
There were also some indescribable emotions in her heart.
But he still called her "Asada-classmate," yet he called Shiina Mahiru by her first name.
Shiina Mahiru was so dazzling that Asada Shino felt a little anxious and still felt inferior.
After Lin Mu walked Asada Shino home, he left.
Standing at the entrance on the first floor, watching his retreating figure, Asada Shino clutched her chest, feeling a faint ache.
Why was she always so timid?
She clearly wanted to get closer to him, hoping he would call her by her first name.
But she always lacked the courage to speak up.
Or perhaps, it was a girl's modesty at play, preventing her from being too proactive in expressing her goodwill.
Every girl hopes not to be looked down upon by the person she has a good impression of.
As she was feeling dejected and annoyed by her timid behavior, a voice suddenly sounded from behind her.
"Asada-classmate, what a coincidence, to meet you even at this time."
Asada Shino instinctively turned around and her face instantly changed.
"Shinkawa-classmate, it's you!"