Chapter 167 Otaku Dimension Cafe

The suitcase creaked as it rolled on the concrete floor. Red bricks smashed by some kid were scattered on the road. Chen Yuan avoided the broken bricks deliberately, as he was afraid that the wheels of the inferior suitcase would be knocked off.

This black suitcase was bought by Chen's mother. The quality is not very good. When Chen Yuan first pulled it to college, he felt that the suitcase would fall apart if he pulled it a little harder. Whether it was the outer leather of unknown material or the inner lining wrapped in a layer of polyester cloth, it seemed as thin as paper.

This shit is only sold for a hundred bucks, Chen Yuan muttered to himself.

As the saying goes, "New customers are half cheated, and regular customers are the biggest winners." Aunt Chen shouldn't have trusted the grocery store run by her neighbor's teacher. The suitcases must have been stored for at least two years without being sold.

But he said he was new.

I knew earlier that it would be great to buy a good and cheap product online...

Residents downstairs.

In front of Chen's mother, he didn't dare to complain. To be exact, he didn't even dare to look at his mother's eyes. He just gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go. Mom, you go back. Dad will take me back."

"Hmph." Aunt Chen squeezed out two reluctant sounds from her throat.

Chen Yuan knew what this meant, he understood it even without being told.

It's nothing more than "Oh, I ran away after staying at home for half a month", "After all, the outside world is better, I don't miss home at all after going to college", or those grievances should be transformed into an indisputable fact - he went on a trip for a whole week and returned to Lanjing a week in advance, so in the end he only stayed in Qishui County from the beginning to the end of the New Year.

Because it was a fact, he couldn't explain it.

"I'll come back during the Qingming Festival or Dragon Boat Festival holidays. Mom, you can make something delicious for me then." Chen Yuan said with a shameless face.

"Okay, I'll wait... I'm just a little worried that when you come back, my temples will be gray and my eyes will be blurry, so I won't be able to recognize you."

The corner of Chen Ma's mouth twitched, as if she was smiling, which made Chen Yuan's buttocks tense.

"How could that be? Mom, you are so young, I can't even see a single gray hair."

"Of course you can't see it, I just dyed my hair a few days ago."

"..."

Seeing that his wife looked unhappy, Dad Chen tactfully went to warm up the car and ran out of the community quickly, giving Chen Yuan ample reason to suspect that his father had insisted on parking the car outside yesterday just for this incident.

There was a cold wind blowing downstairs.

Chen Yuan sighed.

It's really not that he has become too independent.

The company started work earlier than the school, so he had better take this time to go to Xiao Pei's company to get familiar with it, so that it would be convenient for him to go to work part-time on weekends in the future. Otherwise, if he waited until Saturday and Sunday after school started, he would not be able to understand the basic procedures in two days, and it was Monday when classes started, so he had to wait until next week to go.

He doesn't look like he's taking his internship seriously at all.

It would be easy for Pei Youwen to think that he was a "young master" who was just hanging around for fun. When Jiang Zhengfeng heard this, even if he didn't say it out loud, it would be hard for him not to have other thoughts in his heart.

Chen Yuan wanted to show his attitude, and he really wanted to understand the adult world.

So what does that look like?

What he didn't know was the other world that Jiang Ning was experiencing every day.

Although we live in the same space, there is always a gap between us.

After leaving the ivory tower of school, is the outside world really as dangerous as a dark jungle?

Chen Yuan felt that it shouldn't be so exaggerated.

Mother Chen saw that Chen Yuan's departure was a foregone conclusion. Even though she was resentful, she had no choice but to accept the fact.

"Have you brought all your stuff? How about checking your ID, computer, etc."

"I checked when I went downstairs, and they are all with me."

"Okay, let's go, don't keep your dad waiting."

"Mom..." Chen Yuan hesitated to speak.

"You little bastard," Chen's mother glared at him, her eyes reddening instantly, "You're acting like you're reluctant to leave your mother now, but you refused to stay last night no matter how hard I tried to persuade you. Get out of here now."

Dragging his luggage, Chen Yuan was driven out of the community.

He should have felt relieved, but when he actually got to the car and looked back, his mother was no longer downstairs. He suddenly felt a sense of loss.

After putting the luggage in the trunk.

Close the car door.

Chen's father came over and helped him fasten his seat belt, taking care of every detail.

"Let's go."

"Well... let's go!"

The old Sagitar was driving smoothly on the road, and you could vaguely smell a faint leather smell inside the car after it was warmed up.

It doesn't smell good at all.

Chen Yuan never thought there was anything wrong with his family's car before, as long as it could protect him from wind and rain, it was fine. But now that he took a closer look, he found that many things in the car had become old and faded, even the festive Chinese knot hanging overhead had turned a gloomy red.

Come to think of it, this car is serviced every year and has minor problems here and there.

Dad Chen complained countless times and had wanted to change it a long time ago, but Mom Chen always disagreed.

It has been open for nearly ten years.

Recently, because Chen Yuan has been following his father Jiang Zhengfeng, he has always been riding in low-key luxury cars. After seeing the good ones, when he sat in the old car at home, the difference was immediately apparent. The buttocks were completely different.

"Dad, why don't you buy a new car? You've always wanted to change it."

After hesitating for a while, Chen Yuan asked.

"Hmm? Why... you're not feeling comfortable sitting?"

"It's a bit of a pain in the ass."

"Tsk, if you hadn't told me I would have forgotten. I took out the mat in the garage last time and replaced it with a new one, and forgot to put it back... Never mind, I've already driven this far."

"That's fine. We'll be at the station in two hours."

"Okay, just bear with it."

Father Chen turned on the windshield wipers, clearing the white mist on the windshield with a "squeaking" sound. Even though he stepped on the accelerator, the car continued to move slowly.

"I said I was just complaining about changing the car before. If your mom really asked me to change it, I wouldn't be willing to do it."

“Have you developed feelings for this car?”

"What's there to be sentimental about? This old broken car," Chen's father patted the steering wheel, "your mother didn't tell you that we plan to buy you a new house in the city. We've saved enough money, so we can take out a small loan and buy it when the time comes."

"Ah?" Chen Yuan was stunned. "You didn't discuss this with me?"

"There's nothing to discuss. You're almost old enough. Several senior teachers in our school have already made plans for their children. It's late for us to buy one."

In a small northern city, the traditional family concept is to wait until the children are of similar age to prepare for buying a house and getting married.

If you live in the countryside, you can build a small building yourself.

In urban areas, we start planning to buy a house when our children are in junior high school.

"But," Chen Yuan was a little confused and said hesitantly, "I may not live here in the future."

"I know!"

As expected, Chen's father replied promptly and decisively.

Father Chen continued, "You have to have a place to live whether you live there or not. If you want to stay in a city outside to develop, that's good. The conditions and educational resources are much better than here, but you still have to have a home when you come back."

Although Mother Chen has a strong desire for control, a strong personality, and doesn't like Jiang Zhengfeng very much, it cannot be said that she is not a good mother.

She certainly wouldn't keep him trapped in this poor little county town at home.

What they can provide is no comparison with Jiang Zhengfeng's. His biological father is rich, powerful and well-connected, but they do not intend to evade their responsibilities as parents, even if they are adoptive parents.

Chen Yuan also has what other children should have.

"But..." Chen Yuan was silent for a while.

As the provincial capital, the housing prices in Quancheng are not low. Even a house in a second-rate location will cost seven figures!
That’s seven figures!

Even if the two of them worked hard as teachers for twenty or thirty years and saved up money, they probably wouldn't be able to reach this amount.

"what happened?"

"I don't think it's necessary... I don't plan to work at home. Besides, the best thing for my major is to stay in school or find a better research department for internship."

"Your mother and I have considered what you said. We can't do more..." Father Chen suddenly spoke in a serious tone, and said softly, "People need a home, a place to shelter from the wind and rain, no matter what... Even the worst nest is still a home."

Perhaps this is the obsession deep in the bones of the previous generation, or perhaps this is a reflection of China's emphasis on family.

Buying a house has always been a top priority.

Start a family and build a career...

Every little boy who grows up will retrace the path that countless men have walked, and this is the only support that the previous generation can give to the next generation.

After all, every life is different. Parents can only pave some unimportant roads, and the rest is up to you.

Chen Yuan couldn't understand what his parents did, just like he didn't understand why his father kept repairing this old car over and over again.

Moreover, according to the original idea, the loan can be repaid after the two retire, which is a term of 20 years. The combined salary of the two people, although not much, can buy this house without affecting the quality of life. Of course, there is no need to think about other big items. After buying a house, you have to renovate it, which also costs a lot of money.

However, as long as they buy this house, when faced with questions from Jiang Zhengfeng or relatives and neighbors, the two can proudly say "this is for our son." It is a gift they as parents give to their children to enter this society.

……

Not long after, the dusty Chen Yuan arrived at the gate of Fengting Community.

Standing under this majestic stone corridor again, carrying his suitcase and walking in, he felt his sore shoulders feel a little better.

I took the elevator and entered the house.

Chen Yuan put on slippers, took out a cup and a drink from the refrigerator, and lay down comfortably on the soft sofa! He sighed with satisfaction, and all the muscles in his body relaxed. Even though his feet were still hot, his spirit had been greatly comforted.

It seems that this house can also relieve fatigue.

No, it's not.

But he smelled the scent left by his girlfriend around him, a sweet and greasy aroma with a hint of fruit and a little milk. He could tell it by sniffing carefully.

On the coffee table were her hairpins, a gel pen with the cap unfastened, and a porcelain plate with cherry and gentian residues on it.

Since the window was not closed when I left, the living room was not warm at all, and there was a slight chill from the cold wind. There were a few clothes hanging on the balcony, and Jiang Yao's pajamas were transparent in the winter wind.

When Chen Yuan started college, he was reluctant to move out of the dormitory. But after living in the house for a long time, he had so many memories of being with his girlfriend.

The value of this house suddenly became very high.

Time itself is meaningless, and reinforced concrete buildings have no temperature, but the past he has experienced and the present that is about to be lost continue to add luster to this house.

So, return to this place where the breath of your life is everywhere.

Chen Yuan felt completely relaxed.

"呲-"

The Coke ring was pulled open and poured out, instantly filling the cup with foam.

After slowly finishing his iced drink, Chen Yuan began to pack his things in the suitcase.

Afterwards, he sent a message to Jiang Yao, saying that he had arrived in Lanjing.

It was noon three days later that the two sisters Jiang Yao and Jiang Ning would arrive from Mingzhu City Hongqiao Airport. During these days of staying here, Chen Yuan planned to go to the company to familiarize himself with the procedures.

Wait until Jiang Yao arrives and give her a surprise.

He still doesn't know how Jiang Yao will react after she finds out about his part-time job?
Will there be a sense of relief as the boy gradually grows up and matures...

Chen Yuan put away the clothes on the balcony and wiped the dust that blew in from the screen window. He silently kept this little expectation in his heart, hoping that through his efforts, he could give her a little surprise.

For the first time in his life, he wanted to prove something to others.

In the past, whether in daily life or in school performance and activities, Chen Yuan had never taken attracting other people's attention as a matter of concern. He thought that was boring.

I am a person who doesn't have so many pursuits and just desires a quiet life.

Now, he wanted to add some more labels besides "18-year-old male college student" so that when his girlfriend mentioned him to others and her friends got to know him, they wouldn't just be surprised and say "so young". Chen Yuan wanted to be someone worthy of Jiang Ning.

Equivalent abilities, academic qualifications, aura or family background.

These realistic factors cannot actually be completely ignored.

If Jiang Ning could only euphemistically say "he is still in college" when mentioning him, Chen Yuan would feel a little guilty, as if he had embarrassed her.

This love that is gradually rising cannot be ignored.

Careful caring and excessive concern about other people's eyes.

It seemed to officially announce that Chen Yuan had completely entered the passionate love period while dating two girls without knowing it.

He fell completely in love.

At the same age, the growth of boys and girls is completely different. Because girls grow faster, they may start to grow up in junior high school. In addition to physical maturity, their minds and views on the world are also growing rapidly. Because girls are emotional animals, they can quickly judge the interests of many things and their "self", and their cognition only starts from this aspect.

Boys are different. They build up their worldview very slowly and need to go through the torture of this interpersonal society before they come up with a vague theory. Therefore, that tortured moment is extremely precious to boys.

In the past, when Chen Yuan was admitted to high school, his grades were excellent and he ranked 1,100th in his grade.

He was assigned to a class under a very strict female head teacher in the school.

After learning the news, Chen's mother went to visit Chen Yuan with a gift worth several thousand yuan. They chatted in the evening. In addition to exchanging pleasantries, Chen's mother also asked Chen Yuan to get closer to the head teacher, and even established a friendship with the head teacher's son. On weekdays, they played ball games and ran together.

Chen Yuan was so embarrassed that he felt dizzy, but he gritted his teeth and did as he was told like a puppet.

He has already entered university, but still cannot understand why he has to spend so much money and energy to agree to it, since he was admitted to the school based on his own grades and does not need too much care from the class teacher.

There's nothing wrong in treating him as a child of ordinary parents.

But in fact, if a teacher's child enters high school, it has become a dark rule in many high schools to bring gifts to visit the class teacher. It doesn't even matter whether the gift is expensive, but the favor and respect between colleagues.

This respect is so distorted that it needs to be achieved through unspoken rules.

If Chen's mother didn't give the gift and the other party knew about it, it would be hard to guarantee that the other party would not deliberately make things difficult for Chen Yuan in class. Everyone says that teaching is a great profession, but there are many teachers with poor quality.

In today's society where personal relationships are the norm, shady rules are everywhere.

One day, Chen Yuan will leave school and enter society and come into contact with these things. Perhaps at that time, he will suddenly understand why Chen's mother did what she did...

The value of that moment prompted him to grow up suddenly, and he immediately understood why his parents were sometimes materialistic and calculative, and would give gifts even though they knew it was against the rules.

Similarly, when Chen Yuan went to pick up the drunk Jiang Ning, Qin Ting's casual look. When someone in the school was discussing Jiang Ning, he casually said, "I don't know what kind of man can match such an excellent teacher Jiang." Other people's looks during a date. The two of them were hesitant to speak when they talked about the future tenderly. When he discussed whether to call a doctor with Jiang Zhengfeng, he was different from usual and deliberately spoke in a weaker tone.

A boy's heart keeps changing under the catalysis of these moments, and eventually a heart full of edges and corners is polished into a round and smooth one.

Therefore, the older boys get, the less they recognize themselves.

……

This is the eighth day after the New Year.

On this rare morning with warm winter sunshine, Chen Yuan was nowhere to be seen on the soft bed. There was only a wrinkled quilt that still had some residual warmth.

The phone screen was on and was casually thrown next to the pillow, showing the time as 6.53: in the morning.

The school had not started yet, and Jiang Yao's flight was not today, but Chen Yuan did not sleep in, contrary to his usual behavior. He was standing in front of the sink, shaving his stubble carefully. After washing his face, he went to the bathroom to find the hairspray from the bottles and jars, and used it to mess with his hair. As a result, a few strands of hair hung in front of his forehead.

Middle part! Show your forehead!

Plus the shirt and straight pants.

That youthful energy immediately stood out.

There are generally only two situations in which a man dresses like this: either for a job interview or for a blind date.

Chen Yuan got up early and dressed himself up because today was the day he went to Pei Youwen's company to visit and study. There might be other employees in the company, so it was important to leave a good impression on everyone.

He was a little nervous and didn't sleep well last night because of this.

Chen Yuan had never worked before. In the past, during the summer vacation, he would either travel around or go back to his hometown in the countryside to escape the heat.

This is the first time in history...

In the past, I always heard people complain about the tense atmosphere in the workplace, the need to be careful about boundaries, and the need to read the boss's eyes and have high emotional intelligence. But when he walked into the company's door today, it meant that he would lose all the privileges of a student. No one would give him preferential treatment because he was young and a college student. On the contrary, they would even fool around with him because of his immaturity.

No matter what kind of job you do, if you do it for a long time, your psychology will become more or less abnormal.

This is also the reason why the atmosphere in most workplaces is so bad.

After cleaning up, Chen Yuan was very satisfied. Looking at his straight self in the mirror, he found that he had indeed lost some of his college student stupidity. The slightly shiny hair made him look more sharp.

He subconsciously wanted to take a photo and send it to Jiang Ning.

After thinking about it, I decided to hold back.

It would be better to wait until Jiang Ning returns to Lanjing before giving her a surprise. Chen Yuan was full of anticipation and went to the bedroom to pack the things he was going to take.

He was holding a fully-charged cell phone, a pack of tissues, a pen, and a mini notebook in his pocket for recording notes.

Full of hope, Chen Yuan stepped out of his home, left Fengting Community and took a taxi to Bauhinia Investment Company.

……

After the Lunar New Year, departments large and small in the city began to resume work one after another, and some shops that had taken a short break also resumed business. For office workers who are burdened with various loan pressures, the new year's work has officially begun.

Not only Chen Yuan returned to Lanjing, but unexpectedly, a mysterious figure returned earlier than him.

But Chen Yuan knew nothing about this.

Liu Nan and Quan Yafeng were also kept in the dark.

Located on the outskirts of Lanjing City Center, at the intersection of Linjiang Road and Qunan Road, there is a shop with a particularly good location.

This store opens at 10 a.m., and people start to come in at noon. The afternoon is the busiest time, and it will not close until 10 p.m. on weekends. The business in this store is so hot that you need to make a reservation two days in advance, and the decoration inside the store is very different from traditional stores.

Anyone who often passes by here will definitely look sideways, regardless of whether they are men or women. Every day they can see a large group of dazzling beauties entering the store and then disappearing.

Even if you go to the store to look for her, you still can't find her. Only after get off work can you see the simple and beautiful girl appear again.

But what is puzzling is that this restaurant does not have food so delicious that it will make people cry, nor does it have erotic service that can only be understood but not described. It is so formal that it makes people sigh.

However, this is a holy place that countless boys dream of!

"Good morning, manager!"

A boy who looked particularly thin in this winter walked in and politely greeted the woman at the front desk.

"Good morning, Xiaozhen. This is a red envelope for you on your first day back to work~"

The store manager's outfit was jaw-dropping. It was neither the usual staff attire nor the formal business attire. She was wearing black stockings that went all the way down to her buttocks on such a cold winter day, and a hip-wrapped leather trousers that allowed the tall boy to see a large area of ​​white. She had a black and white tie tied around her collarbone, and her long hair flowed naturally. When she saw Wei Zhen, she waved for him to come over and gave him a red envelope.

"Thank you, store manager!"

As soon as he received the money, Wei Zhen's face instantly broke into smiles.

Apart from him, the store was empty and didn't look like it was open for business at all.

Wei Zhen collected the red envelope, put it in his pocket, and walked to the deepest basement of the store with familiarity. He opened the door and walked down the winding, low-quality escalator. The darkness disappeared, and the space in front of him was not dark and damp, but brightly lit.

Women with great figures were either choosing clothes around the hangers or applying eyebrow and lipstick in front of the dressing table. Various wigs were displayed in the glass cabinet on the far left, and the place was also filled with a strong, dizzying aroma.

The scent of a woman.

Wei Zhen passed by one beautiful body after another with a blind eye, saying hello, and finally went to her own dressing table and began to dress up.

This is the most famous and largest "Otaku Dimension Cafe" in the entire Lanjing!
There were 21 part-time and full-time maids in total! All of them were in their twenties and very pretty.

The lobby on the first floor is a public drinking area. On the central stage, there are cute girls singing and dancing various home dances every day. The second floor is a game area. For a few bucks, you can let a slim-waisted and round-hipped 2D beauty play games for a whole day! As long as you are willing to spend money, you can play games until the beauty foams at the mouth and has spasms all over her body!

If you still think it’s not enough, you can buy two girls’ hourglasses and let them play Landlord with you. If you still think it’s not enough, you can buy four girls’ hourglasses and let them play group sex with you!
What!? The girl doesn't like it! No problem, the only girl in the store is Wei Zhen, petite and cute, with long straight legs, fair and tender skin, and is proficient in all kinds of games.

Maid shops were first popular in Japan. In recent years, with the prosperity of two-dimensional culture, people have become more and more addicted to the virtual world, and some prosperous cities have also introduced this store business model.

As the manager of the maid shop, Miss Ruyan has made great efforts to reform and innovate!

It integrates entertainment, leisure, gaming, singing and dancing to create the best coffee shop in the whole of Lanjing.

There is also a competition system among the maids, who are arranged from "S" to "F" in order, with different prices, and the operating income is the only criterion. Each store has only one unique "S"! The maid outfit she wears will be woven with gold thread and displayed in the most conspicuous position in the store!
The monthly income can reach an astonishing hundreds of thousands!

The maid service attitude of this shop is very good, even if you are a greasy otaku, even if you are a low-level social animal, even if you are a perverted dark person or a person who doesn't care about your grandma, mother, family, and nothing! As long as you spend money, you can experience meticulous care.

You can come here in your rotten and smelly life, lie on the sofa, rest your head on your round and elastic thighs, and look up~
Oh~ Miss Sakurajima Mai actually came out of the second dimension, looking at you lovingly, she is fair-skinned and beautiful, caressing your cheek, coaxing you... Her magnetic voice said "Go to sleep, little bastard~"

That way! Even if you are scolded by a fat beast leader for a whole day, the resentment can be dispelled!

As the saying goes, money makes the world go round, and this saying is best reflected in our store.

There are countless beautiful girls competing for employee positions in the maid shop, because even the lowest-level interns can earn nearly 1 yuan per month.

(End of this chapter)