"Hello!" A thin young man stood at the door of the bookstore. He knocked on the door and said, "Your takeout is ready!"
Ling Ping'an immediately stood up and took a takeout box from the other party.
The fragrance of squid inside assaulted his nostrils.
He opened the takeout box and saw squid whiskers as thick as fingers. They were roasted golden and crispy, and the skin was sprinkled with fragrant chili powder. The oil almost covered every part of the squid.
He couldn't wait to take a bite. "Delicious! Delicious! "
"Your praise is my honor!" The young man at the door was very satisfied. He bowed slightly, "You are welcome to order takeout from our shop next time!"
"Of course!" Ling Ping'an said happily.
To him, there were very few things in this world that he could devote himself to other than games and writing novels.
This delicacy was probably one of them.
"Oh right..." the young man suddenly reminded, "Customer, other than squid whiskers, our shop will also provide some delicacies from the deep sea regularly. This time, our shop will give you a deep-sea fish liver..."
Ling Ping'an listened and opened the takeout box. Sure enough, he found a very tender fish liver wrapped in tin foil.
The fish liver was about the size of a fist and its surface was especially crispy. The oil soaked out of the meat and actually emitted a fragrance like fruit juice.
"What fish is this?" Ling Ping'an asked.
"This is the liver of a deep-sea fish caught from the deepest part of the Luzon Trench..." the young man said with a smile, "It's absolutely natural and pollution-free!"
Ling Ping'an took a bite and felt that his taste buds were dominated by the extreme freshness. He wished he could eat it all in one bite.
"That's great!" He said, "I'll order your supper again next time!"
"It's my honor!" The young man bowed again and turned to leave.
Ling Ping'an held the takeout and sat at the counter, preparing to eat.
Meow!
The kitten Bastet jumped in front of him.
"You want to eat too?" Ling Ping'an asked.
Meow!
He immediately laughed and gave it a few squid whiskers and a small half of the fish liver.
"Children can't eat too much oil!" He found a reasonable excuse for occupying more than half of the fish liver. "Otherwise, you'll get fat!"
After eating supper, Ling Ping'an burped and looked at the time. It was already midnight.
"Watch the news and then go to bed," he said, and turned on the television.
Soon, a news broadcast appeared on the television screen.
"Let's pay attention to global warming!" The host said very seriously. At the same time, the image of Antarctica, which was frozen all year round, was shown on the screen.
One by one, the glaciers spread out.
However, lakes appeared between the glaciers.
"Global warming is continuing to intensify …"
"The melting rate of the Antarctic glaciers is accelerating every year …"
"Since the year 2820 of the Republic Era, the melting rate of the Antarctic ice sheet has doubled!"
"Climatologists and environmentalists are worried about the impact of the sudden change in climate on the global environment!"
Ling Ping'an looked at it and nodded, saying, "Hmm... the weather has indeed been very problematic recently..."
"There's often a thick fog in the middle of the night …"
The young bookstore owner looked worriedly at the melting glacier on the TV screen.
He was worried about the many affected islands and foreign nations.
Melting glaciers, rising sea levels, and drowning an island country was not something that had never happened before.
When Ling Ping'an was young, he had seen a small country being swallowed by the sea.
Countless helpless and sad people were forced to board the amphibious battleships of the Federal Empire Navy and evacuate their ancestral homeland.
That was a shocking moment.
Now, the melting rate of the glaciers was still accelerating.
Then, did it mean that the people of the island countries might lose their homes?
Thinking of this, Ling Ping'an worried about the island for a second.
However, Ling Ping'an knew that it was useless for him to worry about such things.
He was just an ordinary person. The only thing he could do was probably donate to the Federal Empire's Nature Foundation.
However, he had only donated 500 yuan in the first half of the year.
So...
"I'll donate next year!" He said.
This was also the limit of what an ordinary person like him could do.
When he was very young, Ling Ping'an knew that he had to do everything within his ability.
… …
Zhang Hui looked at the card in his hand.
There was a story written in regular script on the card. It was an ancient story from Zhuangzi's "Emperor Ying".
The emperor of the south was You, the emperor of the north was Hu, and the emperor of the center was Chaos. You and I suddenly met in the Land of Chaos, and the Chaos treated me very well...
This was a story that all the children of the Federal Empire knew.
It was about two ancient gods who, in order to repay the kindness of another god, made this god, who had no eyes, nose, ears, or mouth, chisel out his seven orifices. In the end, the seven orifices turned chaotic and died.
This story had already been taught by primary school teachers. It told people to let nature take its course and not force it.
But...
"Why did the ancestors of the Ling family leave this story here?!"
"Is there an objective connection between it and the owner of the bookstore?!"
Zhang Hui didn't know, but he vaguely knew that there might be some kind of connection.
He held the card and flipped it over. On the back of the card, there was a line of words.
"Everyone is afraid of death! Even the gods are no exception! "
Zhang Hui's brows furrowed tightly.
… …
Chu Weiwei opened her eyes and found herself sleeping on the bed with her clothes on.
It was already dawn.
The sunlight outside the window fell straight down from the windowsill.
She put on her slippers and walked to the window, looking at the bustling streets of Xin'an Prefecture under the sun.
Her phone beeped. She picked it up and saw a text message on it: Weiwei, come down quickly. Let's go shopping in the shops of Xin'an Prefecture and buy some souvenirs!
She put down her phone, and a smile finally appeared on her face.
"Although I'm useless!" She said, "at least I protected someone like the captain..."
Her captain was a simple-minded and optimistic person.
After knowing her for so long, Chu Weiwei had never seen her afraid of anything.
Moreover, there had always been a legend in the Blackguard that her captain was a natural lucky star. No matter what problems she encountered, she could turn misfortune into fortune.
Therefore, when something happened in Beizhou this time, the higher-ups specially sent this Blackguard, who had just been promoted to captain, to lead the team here.
As expected, the epidemic in Beizhou was resolved in a few days.
This further deepened the higher-ups' view of her. Some people even began to call her a koi.
Even Chu Weiwei's parents specially told her to have a good relationship with the captain. It would be best if they could become best friends.
After all, no one could reject a lucky person on their side.
And today, with the recovery of spirit aura, the luck attribute was even more precious.
Only Chu Weiwei knew that all of this was not because of the captain's luck, but because of the silent efforts of the senior experts.
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