Moreover, most women working in the workplace experience significant mental stress, making it even harder for them to control themselves when they see a handsome young man like Ye Ziye.

It's undeniable that Ye Ziye's skills brought traffic to the coffee shop, but part of that traffic was also due to his good looks.

"How about I give you 150,000 yen every month?"

Kudo Nami tentatively spoke up, feeling that she had really gone to great lengths, spending an extra 50,000 yen just for a smile.

Ye Ziye paused, somewhat tempted. Fifty thousand Japanese yen was no small sum; it would be enough for him to live on for quite some time. For someone who was desperately short of money, it was a great temptation.

Moreover, he's not expressionless; he sometimes laughs out loud when he sees funny videos. He's not laughing here simply because nothing has made him particularly happy.

Now, all you need to do is act in plays to earn a living...

Ye Ziye's principles prevailed over her desires.

"I'm a barista, not a gigolo..."

He repeated it again, only this time his tone wasn't as flat as before.

Kudo Nami scoffed, not surprised by the result, but rather by Ye Ziye's hesitation. It seemed this aloof boy was really short of money.

Suddenly, she had the idea of ​​taking Ye Ziye as her sugar daddy; she wasn't short of money.

But she quickly dismissed the thought. The two were ten years apart in age, and she felt a little shameless, a faint blush creeping onto her face.

Ye Ziye kept her head down, pondering whether her decision to uphold her principles was right or wrong, so she didn't notice her boss's unusual behavior.

Nakamura Nanami had been silently observing everything from the sidelines, and was somewhat disappointed. The reason she confessed was because she was tempted by Ye Ziye's good looks.

She also wanted to see what it was like for someone who had always been so ordinary to smile.

A little while later, Ye Ziye's first customer since starting work that day pushed open the door of the pet cafe, grabbed a cat and held it in his arms, then walked straight to the counter.

"A mocha."

This is a regular customer of the store. He used to come once a week, but after Ye Ziye started working there, he comes once a day.

Ye Ziye was very familiar with her because he saw her every day. He glanced at the female office worker sitting in front of him briefly, said nothing, and focused on preparing coffee.

This woman wasn't too strange; at least she never made any suggestive remarks to him.

"I arrived early today, there's no one in the shop yet, so I can spend some time alone with Ye Zi~"

"Hey! I'm still in the store, and I absolutely won't allow anyone to harass my employees!"

Kudo Nami, acting on her boss's sense of justice, was very familiar with this woman; they were to the point of calling each other by name.

"Ah! Nami, you're in the shop! I'm so sorry, Yoko-kun's radiance was so dazzling, I didn't even notice you!"

After saying that, she playfully stuck out her tongue.

Ye Ziye kept glancing at everything out of the corner of his eye. He wondered if all girls in Japan had a habit of acting cute, since they were already twenty-five years old and could still act cute without restraint.

At the same time, he also realized one thing: she was also a strange woman. She probably hadn't flirted with him before because there were too many people around and she didn't have the chance.

"Hitomi Akiyama!"

As the store manager, Kudo Nami felt she had lost face in front of her employees, so she called out the woman's name loudly, her face flushed.

However, Hitomi Akiyama ignored Nami Kudo and focused on admiring Yoko Yoru's figure as she made coffee. They say that a man who is serious is the most handsome, and she thought so too.

Kudo Nami was a little angry and snatched the cat from Akiyama Hitomi's arms. The cute cat absolutely could not fall into the hands of a bad woman!

Although the cat was taken away, Hitomi Akiyama didn't mind, as it allowed her to rest her chin on her hand and watch.

Kudo Nami snorted, feeling that after Ye Ziye came to the store, her presence as the store manager had been greatly diminished, whereas she would never have been treated like this before.

Meanwhile, Ye Ziye's coffee was ready.

Nami Kudo is very particular about selecting coffee beans; they are of excellent quality and have already been roasted, saving him a lot of trouble.

"Mocha, please."

Nakamura Nanami appeared just in time, took the coffee from Ye Ziye, and handed it to Akiyama Hitomi. Although the two were very close, she still made sure to show her presence as a waitress!

"Nanning-chan, you've become even cuter lately! Drink more milk, and try your best to win over Yezi-kun soon!"

As a regular customer, she knew about the confession incident.

Nakamura Nanami lowered her head shyly, grabbed the plate, and hurriedly walked away.

Although she has a thick skin, she couldn't resist such teasing.

Watching the cute girl run away, Hitomi Akiyama laughed out loud. Nakamura Nanami was only 1.5 meters tall, a real little loli, perfect for being teased by a mature woman like her.

Ye Ziye watched everything from the sidelines. Living in a city like Tokyo, as a girl, must be incredibly stressful.

He might complain in his mind, but he doesn't dislike people showing their true colors in front of him. He enjoys listening to other people's stories, just like he enjoys reading books.

Also, there's no extra chapter rule for this book. I'll only add extra chapters when I see more flowers, more favorites, or when someone gives me a reward, votes for monthly tickets, or recommends the book. I guarantee at least 10,000 words per day.

Please shower me with all sorts of things! As long as my first day's results are decent, I'll keep writing. I already have a completed work, a crossover anime/manga story: "Starting with a Confession to Eriri," and my reputation is guaranteed.

Finally, I'm asking for everything for my new book!

Chapter 6

Akiyama Hitomi looked at the steaming coffee in front of her, stirred it gently, and the aroma instantly burst forth.

As a regular customer, she knew Ye Ziye's skills all too well; coffee made by him was no less delicious than coffee from any luxury restaurant.

This wasn't her first time ordering a mocha, but she always stirred it first; the soothing aroma helped calm her tired body.

After waiting for the coffee to cool down slightly, Hitomi Akiyama picked it up and took a sip. The mocha had the characteristic bitterness of coffee, but also a hint of sweetness.

The two distinct flavors do not clash at all; they blend harmoniously in the mouth, making the taste even more mellow and rich.

"Delicious! Ye Zijun's cooking is as good as ever!"

Hitomi Akiyama couldn't help but sigh. She wondered what kind of training one had to go through to have such good skills, especially considering that Ye Ziye in front of her was only sixteen years old.

Faced with praise, Ye Ziye did not beam with joy. He simply nodded with the same expression, as he was not used to the etiquette of the Japanese and felt it was a bit excessive.

As the first cup of coffee was sold, the shop became more crowded, filling the small shop to capacity. Most of the customers were white-collar workers from nearby companies.

Moreover, most of them are girls, and they are all urban beauties who can attract countless eyes when they walk outside.

Some of them were regulars at the store, while others came through introductions from friends. But they all had one thing in common: they were all there for Ye Ziye.

After a long day of exhaustion, they can freely flirt here.

Because Ye Ziye wouldn't get angry, he would just nod slightly when he heard what they said, sometimes without even making a move. Teasing a handsome young man was an interesting thing for these white-collar workers.

Ye Ziye had long been used to it and automatically blocked out the teasing words. She would only occasionally listen to other people complain about their lives, but that was all.

Aside from naming various coffees, he didn't say another word.

As the night deepened and the city lights outside grew brighter, the office workers reluctantly left the pet cafe, all saying they would come back for the next few days.

"Manager, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now."

After tidying up her coffee cup, Ye Ziye put her apron in the staff break room, told Kudo Nami, and prepared to go home.

It's already 7:50, and there are only ten minutes left before he has to leave work. However, it doesn't seem like there will be any customers coming, so he plans to leave a little earlier.

"Ok!"

Without looking up, Kudo Nami gave a soft reply.

After receiving permission from the store manager, Ye Ziye left without looking back; he wasn't going to stand on ceremony.

"Has Ye Zi-jun left?"

After Ye Ziye left, Nakamura Nanami poked her head out from behind the curtain of the break room. The apron hanging around her neck had also been taken off, and she was also getting ready to leave work.

"Yes, he just left."

Kudo Nami finally raised her head, her expression somewhat indignant. The employees were asking her to leave early, but she had no way to refuse them. She felt that this was a failure of her as the store manager.

"Sigh~ I was hoping to leave with Ye Zi-kun."

A hint of disappointment flashed across Nakamura Nanami's cute little face, but she quickly recovered and returned to her previous energetic self.

"Then I'll be leaving now, store manager!"

After saying that, he was about to leave, but halfway there, he was stopped by Kudo Nami.

"Nanning Sauce, I hope you can handle your relationship with Ye Zijun properly. I don't want the atmosphere in the store to become bad."

Although nothing seems amiss at the moment, as the store manager, she felt it was necessary to give a reminder.

"Yes! I know!"

Nakamura Nanami nodded and then left the coffee shop, leaving Kudo Nami alone inside tending to the flowers and plants.

The system notification sounded, and Ye Ziye's cooking skills had improved a bit after making so many cups of coffee in the shop.

However, the system may consider cooking to be the mainstream of cuisine, so the experience points given are not many.

However, Ye Ziye didn't care about this. As the saying goes, little by little, he would be able to upgrade his cooking skills to the maximum level in no time at this rate.

He really wanted to see just how delicious a fully-leveled dish would be.

Walking on the streets of Tokyo, the city exudes warmth and bustle at all times, with many people rushing about even at the break of dawn.

The young man considers this place his home, but even after a month in this world, he still doesn't feel a sense of belonging.

In this Tokyo metropolis, which is like a maze of sparks, he has always been an outsider, and perhaps he won't be anymore. But who can know what the future holds?

After buying three days' worth of groceries at the supermarket, Ye Ziye boarded the tram for her return journey.

The pet cafe wasn't very close to his home, and his physical strength didn't allow him to make a round trip between the two locations.

There weren't many people on the tram, which was quite unusual for this place, but Ye Ziye still kept hearing the question, "Do you want to get LINE?"

However, even after he got off the bus, none of the female students who had been discussing things came up to him to ask for the practice method.

Even if he asked for it, he couldn't give it to him, not just because he was unwilling, but more importantly because he didn't have Line.

"Meow~"

On his way home, Ye Ziye suddenly heard a meow, which puzzled him. His place was not luxurious; in fact, even stray cats wouldn't bother coming here to scavenge for trash.

This was the first time he had ever heard a cat meow here.

Driven by human curiosity, Ye Ziye followed the sound and found its source in a shallow alley.

It was a small cat that was entirely black, but its eyes lacked the liveliness of other cats; instead, they looked somewhat bewildered, and when it saw Ye Ziye, there was even a hint of disbelief in them.

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