"What?" Ikeda Mao didn''t mean to pretend to be stupid. He didn''t expect the store manager to say so first.

    The store manager didn''t answer, but said, "when I was studying, I was often bullied by bad teenagers."

    Ikeda Mao''s heart was half cold and stood there speechless.

    The store manager threw up a smoke ring and continued, "I once expected all the bad teenagers to die for me, and I once thought of changing a knife for one and finishing it. You guys, you are rubbish in rubbish. "

    Ikeda Mao didn''t know how to answer, so he had to say, "I''m sorry."

    If he changed the past, he would not care about the accusation of the store manager at all. He might even beat the store manager happily and tell him that the world works like this. If he has no strength, he should be bullied.

    But now, Chi Tianmao feels very guilty, as if he was the culprit of bullying the young store manager.

    "What do you apologize for? It has nothing to do with you?" The store manager said lightly, "and I just used the past tense."

    Ikeda asked hopefully, "have you forgiven them now?"

    "No, how can I forgive you? Don''t say such stupid words." The store manager took another big puff of smoke and spit out a large mass of smoke, "but the object of hatred has disappeared. Either died in gang conflagration, or took risks in poverty, resulting in loss of both human and financial resources. And pure alcoholism went straight to the west, and I''m still alive.

    "I hate such a group of short-lived ghosts and want to trade my own life for the lives of these short-lived ghosts. It''s really stupid. If I really want to change it, I''ll lose a lot.

    "Look at me, there is no highlight moment. Just facing the arrogant little hair, I can only choose to call the police. If he comes up to threaten me, I will probably beg for mercy and even lick his shoes... I did this when I was young.

    "However, I will live. I am already a regular member. I don''t need any merit. As long as I increase my working years, I will be promoted and raised naturally.

    "I''ll marry a decent wife, perhaps on a blind date. I will have a house of my own and a couple of children somewhere in Tokyo. Do you know what this is called? It''s called the future. It''s something I can see and touch.

    "This is what the baseball man and you didn''t have."

    The store manager then put out the cigarette, threw it on the ground and stepped on it several times with his feet. He stood up and looked at Ikeda Mao with a grin: "look at your future. Is there even a little thing?"

    Ikeda Mao couldn''t say anything to refute.

    In the past, when he was a bad boy and a long time, he looked into the future and could see himself dressed in extreme standard clothes and wearing group patterns.

    Now, there is nothing ahead.

    "I don''t know what opportunity made you decide to try to turn back," the store manager patted Shigeru Ikeda on the shoulder. "I''d also like to give you a chance, but after today''s incident, if I don''t open you, the head office will come and blame me, because I recruited a bad teenager who may cause trouble as an employee."

    "I......" Chi Tianmao wanted to argue and said that he had changed his mind.

    But the store manager interrupted him: "I can listen to your explanation, but the head office won''t. In the eyes of big people, you are a bad boy. As long as you were, are and will be.

    "Only those NGOs will hire you back prodigals. But if you want to enter NGO facilities, you have to squat in the shift room first. If you don''t squat in the shift room, you won''t have a chance to connect with NGOs. "

    The store manager paused for a long time, and then used the most straightforward words to let Ikeda Mao recognize his current situation: "you''re fired."

    Although he was prepared, when this scene really came, Chi Tianmao still felt angry. He asked, "am I fired now? What about the half of the Bento money I paid in advance for the unreasonable guest yesterday? "

    "In the company''s account, the guest bought a full price Bento. If you want to refuse, you can take the legal way. " The store manager smiled and said to Chi Tianmao, "this is the way good people deal with this kind of thing."

    Even Ikeda Mao knows that he needs to find a lawyer through legal channels, and the asking prices of lawyers are very expensive.

    He was so angry that he really wanted to punch the store manager in the face.

    He looked at the store manager and found that the other party was looking at him contemptuously.

    The eyes seemed to say, "look, bad teenagers are bad teenagers. There is no golden basin to wash hands".

    Ikeda Mao thought of what the store manager had just said. I''m afraid he''s doing it himself now. The store manager will kneel down and beg for mercy without hesitation.

    But no matter how hard Ikeda Mao beat him, he couldn''t change the store manager''s contempt for himself.

    Because the store manager holds the future.

    Ikeda Mao slowly opened his clenched fist.

    He said to the store manager, "thank you for telling me so much. I really can''t see the future now, but I will continue to work hard."

    The store manager stared at Ikeda Mao for a few seconds and asked, "why? Isn''t it good to go back and be your boss? In the future, he may really be the leader of a three generation organization in Jidao. Even so, it''s much more beautiful than my general club members. " Ikeda Mao thought, of course I know. That''s the future I''ve always seen before“ But now I want to be a good man. " Ikeda Mao smiled at the store manager, "one day, I can tell you that I''m a good man, and I''ll come back for you to drink." Ikeda Mao finished and bowed deeply to the store manager. Then he turned and left without any nostalgia“ Wait a minute. " The store manager suddenly stopped him, "take it, the half price Bento money."“ No, this... "Take it! Gan, if you don''t take it, I''ll lose sleep for a month! " The store manager forced the money into Ikeda Mao''s hand. "Also, this is yesterday''s salary. You should regard it as a day-to-day work."“ This... "Just think you didn''t hit me back." The store manager sighed, "I''ve actually prepared a delicious meal just now. Come on, don''t screw up the next place to work. Try your luck at those stores where the boss seems to have a story. "“ Thank you! " Ikeda Mao bowed to the store manager again, turned around and ran away with big steps. The store manager stayed where he was and lit another cigarette“ Does the prodigal son turn back... I hope he can go on. " He whispered, but immediately added, "if it''s really so simple, the proverb won''t say ''the prodigal son doesn''t change money when he returns''."