After get off work, I become a magical girl

Xia Liang showed a rather pleasantly surprised expression, and smiled sweetly at the signboard girl: "Thank you, sister. Sorry for bothering you!"

"Well, it's no trouble."

Xia Liang's praise was quite helpful to the signboard girl, who continued to explain, "If you hadn't reminded me, I would have almost forgotten that there was indeed such a style in the first batch of custom-made uniforms. Although it was made, it was not suitable for everyone in the store, so it was placed aside and no one wore it."

"I remember the original of that dress was from a magical girl who recently appeared in Fangting City. She was called 'White Rose'?"

Delphinium, who was pretending to be calm, almost spit out the coffee in her mouth again.

After a brief moment of stagnation, Xia Liang showed an expression of laughter, covering her mouth, shrugging her shoulders, and spent a long time trying not to laugh out loud. Even the silent stare of Kuizi failed to make her restrain herself.

"Pfft... good idea!"

After finally calming down and being able to speak, Xia Liang happily clasped his hands together and said, "Come on, let's give it a try, young senior!"

"No."

Delphinium spoke each word clearly and expressed her refusal firmly.

"Why?" Xia Liang blinked innocently.

"No reason, I just don't want to."

Delphinium folded her arms and moved back towards the chair, "Not everything needs a reason."

"Don't say that."

The girl holding the sign next to her stood beside Delphinium at some point, and said with a smile, "Look, little sister, your friend has already shown off, don't you want to compete with her to see who's cuter?"

"Sorry, not interested."

"If you don't want to leave photos, you don't have to take them. We will also restrict other guests from taking photos at will. And if the completion is high enough, you can get a higher discount!"

"No, thanks."

"There's a cute stuffed doll inside the small gift."

"I understand, but I don't need..."

——"Just this once! Put it on, young senior!"

Xia Liang clasped his hands together and looked at Kuizi pitifully: "Please!"

"Yes, yes, this is my sister begging you, okay?"

The girl looking at the sign also poked her head out from the side and said to Delphinium, "It's just a try, it's nothing."

"please!"

"Please."

The two of them walked one after the other, and their repeated prayers finally caused a crack in the coldness on Cuique's face. Finally, before Xia Liang almost came over, she stretched out her hand to stop her and said in a deep voice: "Alright, that's enough, stop talking."

She finally understood that if she didn't agree, these two people would probably keep trying to persuade her.

To be honest, she didn't really understand why people, including Anya, always wanted to see her change clothes. But since she had already changed clothes at the clothing store before, it didn't seem like a big deal to do it again here.

So she let out a long sigh, finally lowered her eyes, and said with her lips moving, "Just one."

As they were in a public place, she couldn't say much, but she secretly decided in her heart that she would have a good talk with Xia Liang when she returned.

A few minutes later, rejecting the suggestions of others to help her change clothes, Delphinium walked into the dressing room alone and came out wearing a light blue dress.

She wore a small top hat and changed her hairstyle into two ponytails. She walked back to where the shop assistants were with an expressionless face, and then stood there without saying a word, like a wooden stake without any unnecessary movements.

"Oh oh oh!"

But even though her reaction was so cold, the sign girl still clapped excitedly: "That's amazing! So fitting!"

She continued to look at Delphinium while clapping her hands. She felt that the dress was very suitable for her. Even her temperament was subtly consistent with it. So she took a deep breath and said with some determination, "40% off! No, 30% off!"

"Huff... this is too..."

Xia Liang, who had been trying to hold back his laughter, almost burst out laughing again. His shoulders trembled as he picked up his phone and took a bunch of photos: "They look exactly like they were cast in the same mold!"

Delphinium drooped her eyes and let Xia Liang take pictures. After a while, she squeezed out a sentence helplessly: "Remember not to spread it around."

As Xia Liang has learned more and more "secrets", she has begun to not care.

As the saying goes, the more debts you have, the less worries you have. When the other party has enough chips in hand, any more debts you accumulate will only be a change in quantity and will not change the situation and relationship between the two parties.

Of course, this indifference does not mean unlimited indulgence and compromise, so when the girl on the sidelines cheered and said, "One more, one more!", she turned and left without saying a word.

As for taking photos with the store clerk, it was even more impossible for her to do that.

Even if the other party promises not to disclose such photos in the store, no one can guarantee that the other party will really keep their promise, and it is impossible for me to patrol here every day.

Even though she had vaguely seen the same piece of clothing as Anya among the clothes the other party took out, her expression was only slightly delayed. She took a deep breath and raised her voice:

"That's it!"

Just like that, after a commotion, the "little game" played by the two in the maid cafe finally came to an end.

Xia Liang had a great time, but Cuiqiao was physically and mentally exhausted. They both sat back in their seats, finished their desserts and drinks, and then returned to the front desk to pay the bill.

During this process, the girl who provided full service followed all the way to the front desk.

"Are you the one who's going to pay?" This made Cuiqiao, who had taken out her phone and was ready to pay, wonder.

"Ah, well, it's because I'm the acting store manager here now."

The girl behind the counter laughed and said a little embarrassedly: "Actually, this was originally a store opened by my aunt, but she's not here recently, so I'm in charge of it."

"Your aunt? How long has she been doing business here?" Delphinium found a key piece of information from the other party's words.

"It's been about four or five years. But it was only this year that they started to adapt to the trend of the electronics town and changed the store into a maid cafe." The signboard girl replied.

"Four or five years...it still doesn't seem to add up."

"Not right? Are you looking for something, little sister?"

"It's nothing, I just want to find an old store that was originally at this location."

"Originally...ah, you mean the old man who opened a cafe in this place." The girl with the sign suddenly realized.

"You know?" Delphinium was a little surprised.

"Yeah, I know."

The sign girl checked the bill and said, "In fact, the coffee we make here actually has his advice."

"Where is he now? Is he no longer in business?"

"Are you asking about the cafe that used to be here? It just moved to a new location. It's still open for business, even in this neighborhood."

Delphinium was just chatting casually with the other party in a tentative manner, but after she paid the money and understood the meaning of the girl's words, she raised her head and blinked: "Hmm?"

"Little sister, if you want the address, I can give it to you."

After checking the bill, the girl at the counter looked up and smiled, "As for the gifts I mentioned before, we have dolls, coffee cups, and various daily necessities. If you are a female customer who completes the role-playing game, you can actually take the magical girl-themed uniform you are wearing back home. Do you want it?"

"Give me the address, forget about the clothes."

After declining the other party's untimely kindness, Cuique took the address provided by the other party and the coffee cup received from the front desk, and left the coffee shop with Xia Liang.

The address given by the other party is not far from here, only about 500 meters away on foot, but the location is somewhat hidden, because it is not directly located on the street, but shares a storefront with another store and is located on the second floor.

Following the address, she walked downstairs to the storefront. When she looked up, she saw a sign on the side that read "Tingtai Coffee, go up to the second floor from here."

This name instantly awakened Delphinium's memory.

There was no doubt that this was the name of the cafe she remembered.

Chapter 109 Xia Liang's Doubts

2023-04-30

"It's really still there..."

With emotions that she couldn't even identify, Delphinium couldn't help but stop in front of the sign.

"right here?"

Xia Liang, who was beside her, raised his head and looked towards the second floor of the small building, but saw nothing. He could only lower his head again: "Why is the cafe opened on the second floor?"

“It may be a rent issue.”

Cuique briefly stated her guess, and took Xia Liang to the first floor for a distance, then took a step forward and stepped onto the stairs: "Anyway, let's go up and take a look first."

Xia Liang stopped talking and just looked around curiously while walking up the stairs with Cuiqiao.

Going up the stairs to the second floor, the two could already smell a faint aroma of coffee just by standing at the stairs. Looking up, they could see an open door.

But at this point, Delphinium actually began to feel a bit like homesickness.

If the information is correct, then the coffee shop in front of us should be the one that the old team in Fangting City often visited. However, how similar is it now to the memory?

I didn't even know that it had changed its address and moved once. From this perspective, the cafe in my memory no longer exists.

"What's wrong?" On the other side, seeing Delphinium's somewhat stunned expression, Xia Liang asked curiously.

"...No, nothing." Coming back from her thoughts, Kuizi shook her head gently, "It's just that the scene reminded me of something."

Without thinking any more, she took Xia Liang into the cafe.

What caught her eye was a long bar with various coffee-making equipment placed behind it. When she walked to the bar, she saw an old man busy working behind the counter.

The old man looked to be around 60 years old, with slightly gray hair, but overall he looked energetic and did not appear too old.

And the most important thing is that although his face is very different from what Cuiqiao remembered, many features are enough to prove one thing - he is the boss from twenty years ago.

She can still recall the scenes of going to the cafe with her old team. At that time, the boss, who was still a middle-aged man in his forties, would stand behind the bar and personally entertain the customers coming and going.

When the magical girls who concealed their identities rushed in from outside, talking and laughing, he would scold them with a smile and ask them to be quiet, and then ask, "Is it still the same as before?"

Although he always said discouraging words like "middle school students, go home and study quickly", he still reserved the table where the girls often sat and left a special seat for these "little regular customers".

He and the magical girls have never been very familiar with each other, nor have they ever understood each other, but as the owner and customers of the cafe, they have an unspoken understanding.

However, later on, Delphinium withdrew from the magical girl team and never came here with the team members again. In the memory, the boss's appearance has always been frozen in her forties.

Until now, when I saw the old man behind the bar, the face that had long become blurred in my memory became clear again, but things and people have changed.

Seeing someone coming, the old man raised his head from his busy work and saw that it was two very young girls. He raised his eyebrows in surprise at first, then quickly smoothed them down and said in a professional manner: