Chapter 1693: Fate

The wind howled over Binhai City, and the rain continued unabated. Sometimes there was no wind at all, and the next second the wind was so strong that it felt like it was going to blow the roof off.

Typhoons don't come to Binhai City very often, but this year the climate is heating up, the oceans are acidifying, and even the once-in-a-century floods happen here and there. Typhoons are not so rare in comparison, but they just happen to turn to Binhai City this year.

Little Celery speaks very slowly, but it doesn't matter, anyway, everyone can't do anything else in this weather, and even sleeping has become a luxury.

There is a strong wind outside and a small wind inside. The candles are swaying violently by the wind, and the room is flickering. The atmosphere is very suitable for listening to stories.

In addition to the necessary work such as absorbing water, wringing rags, dumping sewage on the second floor, adding ice cubes and sea salt to the aquarium, everyone is listening to Little Celery talking about the past, and because she speaks slowly, the It is something that everyone is very familiar with. Even if you go to pour water and add ice, you can pick it up when you come back.

Zhang Zian couldn't help feeling disappointed when he heard that, looking around the interior furnishings that were completely different from before, he had a certain idea for the first time - what his parents left him was not only the pet store itself, but also some invisible but intangible things that really existed s things.

Due to long-term university and work in other places, his general impression of his parents’ daily life in the pet shop was still in middle school. Xiao Celery’s narration helped him complete the scene of his parents’ last days, as if filling his heart. left a blank.

The shop assistants were also fascinated. Except for Jiang Feifei, the other three people entered the shop at the same time, but no matter who went to work on the first day, they would see a little girl with two braids on her head bouncing around. Check in, almost as long as it is a school day, she is never absent. They thought she was just a neighbor's child that Zhang Zian knew, but they didn't expect to have such a tortuous experience before... She seems to be the No. 1 clerk in the pet shop.

The elves also listened attentively. Phemas and False were listening on the upper floor of the stairwell, and even π quietly listened. Although Shihua was far away in the bathroom on the second floor, with her hearing, As long as you want to listen, you can clearly hear all the movements on the first floor. This was before they came to the pet shop, and it wasn't even recorded in π's novels, at least not yet.

Cai Meiwen couldn't remember what happened a year ago at all. She couldn't remember that Little Celery had mentioned the term "lop-eared rabbit", nor could she recall that she had said something like "Our family doesn't keep pets"— ——But this is indeed like what she would say, maybe this is the so-called saying that the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention.

Her eyes fell on the checkout counter at the door, where the exercise book of Little Celery was spread out, and the only emergency light in the store was placed beside it.

She remembered when she first met Little Celery,

I ignored other things because I was too excited. Looking back now, Xiao Celery was very relaxed in the store. This kind of relaxation cannot be faked. It can only be so relaxed in a familiar and safe place.

So Little Celery didn't easily get mixed up with strangers. The fate between her and the pet shop started a long time ago, and gradually deepened imperceptibly.

"The owner and his wife are..." Cai Meiwen's eyes fell on Zhang Zian's face.

"My parents," he replied simply.

"They..." Cai Meiwen hesitated and scanned the store again, but saw no signs of middle-aged and elderly people's activities.

There are several ambiguities in Xiao Celery's narration just now, including the period of closure of business for unknown reasons. Cai Meiwen has an impression of Xiao Celery's inexplicably depressed period, and now I know that it was because the pet shop closed up.

As an individual store with relatively free business hours, it is actually normal to close the store for a period of time. The owner may have returned to his hometown to visit relatives, may have traveled, or just wanted to rest for a few days. After all, working 365 days a year is too tiring... But , Even if it is temporarily closed, regular customers will be notified in advance, or a notice will be posted on the door, telling customers where the shopkeeper has gone and when he will come back, so as to prevent customers from rushing back and forth.

According to Xiao Celery, the owner and his wife closed their business abruptly. The day before, they were working fine, but the day after...

Cai Meiwen had a bad feeling about the future.

"They... have left." Zhang Zian replied.

He answered very cryptically, but his expression and tone already showed the actual meaning of the word "gone".

Cai Meiwen frowned, and glanced at the ignorant little Celery. This answer was the last thing she wanted to hear. Fortunately, Zhang Zian didn't answer very bluntly.

"I see." She sighed and rubbed her sore temples.

She didn't know whether it was because she caught a cold because of the rain, or because she heard and saw too many unexpected things, which made her brain ache.

She regretted that because she was too busy with work, she ignored her daughter's feelings. This was undoubtedly her negligence as a mother.

She works hard to create better living conditions for her daughter, at least financially so that Xiao Celery will not fall too far behind the family with both parents, but this cannot be used as an excuse to shirk responsibility.

If time goes back to the past, she will definitely communicate with her daughter more, and she will not ignore some signs of her daughter who is hesitant to speak. In fact, she has time to notice these signs, but she always thinks that "it's okay if my daughter doesn't say anything." She used it as a reason to deceive herself. After all, she had to work and take care of the family at the same time. She was really tired. Sometimes she wished she could think about nothing and just fall asleep.

Little Celery asked Zhang Zian's consent with her eyes, and happily ran to the display cabinet, opened the glass cover, carefully carried out the lop-eared rabbit, and carried it in front of her mother.

"Look, mom, these are ears!" She smiled happily.

Today, there is no need to worry about ears breaking out again, because the doors and windows of the shop are all sealed.

Today's ears are also very obedient, probably feeling the staring eyes of the elves, not daring to run away, obediently letting Little Celery hug her.

Cai Meiwen glanced at this lop-eared rabbit, it is really cute, soft and cute, girls should like it, even she feels pity for her.

Out of good intentions, Jiang Feifei wanted to help break the embarrassing atmosphere, and said with a smile: "Little Celery, if you like it very much, and if your mother agrees to you raising it, Sister Yu, I will give you my ears today!"

In Jiang Feifei's mind, after hearing Xiao Celery's touching narration just now, as long as she is not hard-hearted, a mother should not object to her daughter keeping pets anymore.

Little Celery looked at her mother expectantly.

Unexpectedly, Cai Meiwen refused again, "I appreciate your kindness, but my family does not keep pets, thank you."