Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Delving Deeper into Madness
"Alright, now it's confirmed that the battery is broken, young man."
The repair shop owner looked sadly at Ren, who was in front of him, and said.
Ren carried Pochita on his chest, with Sakura behind him. He looked at the laptop in front of him, which had restarted successfully, and confirmed there were no problems.
He nodded, and facing the boss's unpleasant gaze, without any shame, he said with a smile: "Thank you, boss!"
He took out his wallet from his backpack, pulled out three hundred yen bills, and gave them.
Sakura was stunned for a moment and was about to stop him, but Ren had already given them.
"Remember to give me change, boss." He didn't forget to shout.
"Got it!"
The boss's face was full of wrinkles. After confirming that there was no problem with the money, he turned around, took out ten yen in change, and gave it to Ren.
Ren kept carefully looking at the ten yen in his hand, as if he feared they were counterfeit bills.
The boss couldn't stand it anymore: "Customer, please fix your computer and leave first, I still have business here."
In fact, it was just Ren and Sakura in front of his shop.
Ren didn't get angry; he smiled, put the computer in the bag, and exchanged a glance with Sakura, who was behind him.
Sakura understood instantly and left with Ren.
The two left the computer district.
The boss watched Ren and Sakura leave and muttered: "It's just a small profit. Why do these university students fall in love nowadays? Falling in love makes me earn less money."
"My money!"
He had just told the girl that her laptop's graphics card might be damaged and needed to be replaced. The price was 8,000 yen, with a discount of 7,800.
He had several second-hand 690 graphics cards. He could earn at least 5,000 yen by replacing them. If he could replace the "broken" card, it would be over 10,000.
Unexpectedly, the girl's "boyfriend" suddenly appeared, asked him very experienced questions, and asked him to check the fault on the spot.
It was impossible; he knew he couldn't fool her, so he just replaced the battery according to usual maintenance.
This boss is also a veteran and quite thick-skinned.
He knew he couldn't fool Sakura, but he still did the repair with a foolish look on his face.
However, he sincerely hopes that university students in the world don't fall in love, so he can earn more money.
Sakura was unaware of the boss's complaints at that moment, but she quickly walked out.
She walked a short distance, felt something was wrong, and looked at Ren, who was still walking slowly.
"Ren-san, why aren't you leaving quickly?"
Sakura immediately returned to Ren and asked in a low voice, with some doubt.
Ren looked at her with doubt: "Why do you have to leave quickly?"
Compared to Sakura's low volume, his voice wasn't much louder, but it made him look very natural and frank.
"You... I..."
Sakura was speechless for a while, not knowing what to say.
"The boss's gaze wasn't right, didn't you panic?" she asked helplessly, seeing this.
"Why panic? We were just acting as normal customers. We didn't cheat the boss. It was a normal transaction. There was no need to panic," Ren said indifferently.
"Huh?"
Sakura thought about it, and it seemed to be true.
Why was she panicking? It was a normal transaction.
"Don't worry, I gave the boss 290 yen and definitely made a profit," Ren said with a smile.
Although he didn't know the current price of laptop batteries, it was impossible for the boss not to make money.
Even by showing his knowledge, it was impossible for the boss not to make money.
They didn't owe the boss anything, so why panic?
"Well... okay."
Sakura felt relieved.
"But..."
She turned to look at Ren again. "Thanks for helping me pay, I'll pay you back."
Ren waved his hand and refused Sakura's repayment. "I don't care, I'm not interested in money or anything, and..."
"Woof, woof!" Ren barked twice suddenly, startling Sakura.
Pochita also looked at him from her pet backpack with some strangeness.
Pedestrians and merchants in the computer district looked at them strangely.
'I guess at that moment they were thinking: "Young people certainly know how to have fun." '
"You... what are you doing, Ren-san?" Sakura said, embarrassed.
She suddenly remembered that apparently, there are some perverts in Europe and America who like to play sadomasochistic games. This type of game is also called SM.
'She and Ren won't be considered perverts now...'
"Dogs are good friends of humans!" Ren said with a smile.
Sakura opened her mouth, her face full of confusion. "Ah, this..."
She thought for a moment and then tried to say: "Ren-san, you don't mean we're friends, do you?"
"Right?" Ren said with a grievance.
"No... No, yes, yes, we are friends."
Sakura's face was full of wrinkles, a little confused by Ren's unusual brain circuit.
'Apparently... Does Ren really have a brain problem?' 'But he has always acted as if he's not stupid.'
And if Ren knew the doubts she harbored, he would probably refute her outright at this moment:
'Having a brain problem doesn't necessarily mean being a fool.'
'He can also be a lunatic!' 'And are lunatics the same as fools?'
"But you said you're a dog, this, this, this isn't right..."
"Indeed."
Ren thought about it and said seriously: "If it's a 'licking dog', it's not good. If it's a loyal dog... it doesn't seem good either. In fact, the most important thing is whether it has an owner who loves it."
"Just like Pochita, if she has an owner who loves her, she's a happy and good dog." "If she doesn't have an owner who loves her, she's a poor stray dog."
He looked at Pochita in the backpack and said pitifully.
"That's not good..."
Sakura continued in a weak voice: "Ren-san, you are a person, not a dog, that's what I mean."
"Sakura, how can you be sure I'm not a puppy?" Ren asked with a smile.
Sakura's eyes twitched. "Are you not saying..."
"Ahem, in fact, I'm a repair dog now, I can walk on all fours like Pochita..." Ren said, though it seemed he really preferred to crawl on all fours like a dog.
"Stop it."
Sakura quickly pulled Ren up, fearing he would do something embarrassing again.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
The two quickly left the computer district.
The passers-by and merchants who had just witnessed all this once again exclaimed that young people certainly know how to have fun.
(PS: This plot is adapted from the story of Sensei Fujimoto, who considered himself a third-grade girl when he was sick. Just take it as the protagonist's story when he was crazy.)