“I-Is that so?”
“But, that old lady’s hysterics really were an ear sore.”
Yamauchi was older than these three, but he didn’t think she was old enough to be called an old lady. Besides, Ichikawa, who was hired at the same time as Shimura, graduated four years ago, so she was two years older than her and Tatsumi. Yamanoi was four years older than Ichikawa, and Yamauchi was three years older than her, so she must have been around thirty. Yamanoi, who wasn’t that much younger than Yamauchi, would jokingly threaten Shimura with, you better remember that, little girl!
“I have no idea what the opportunity to look after you was, but she seemed to be embarra.s.sed and upset with you, Konno-san.”
“Aah&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;so it was that.”
He never asked why she went out of her way to keep an eye on him, but that chance seemed to be when he pushed her hand away. When his shoulders fell, Yamanoi followed up with, it’s nothing you need to worry about.
“That person is a control freak, so before you were brought on, she lectured everyone about, this is how we should deal with someone handicapped. Since she never had any actual experience and was just relying on some random knowledge she had, when you brushed her off, she ended up resenting you—”
“&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;she was clearly angry, so I apologized though&h.e.l.lip;&h.e.l.lip;”