On the second floor of the pet shop.
In a dark room.
The surroundings were quiet. From time to time, the sound of the elfins' breathing could be heard, as well as the sound of bubbles bubbling in the bathroom.
Most of the elfins slept well, but some elfins made people speechless. For example, Snowy Lionet liked to grind its teeth in its dreams and murmured "delicious"; Sihwa would sometimes wake up from nightmares and then wake everyone up with loud noises; Famous often kicked its legs when it slept, so it couldn't be placed next to it that could move; Richard was the most dangerous. Its rectum would sometimes suddenly urinate and defecate while it was sleeping …
Vladimir slept under Zhang Zian's bed. Ever since it had decided to sleep there, it had often cleaned under the bed, so it wasn't dirty.
It heard a creaking sound and knew that Pi had gently turned over. The basket hammock chair was shaking slightly.
What time was it?
Although its eyes could see clearly in the dark, there was no watch in the room, so it didn't know the specific time. It could only guess from the dim light passing through the curtains that it should be after midnight, and it shouldn't be far from dawn.
The other elfins didn't care about the time. After Zhang Zian woke up in the morning, they would wake up one after another. If Zhang Zian woke up late, they would be happy to sleep a little longer.
Rustle … rustle …
The rustling sound of sanitation workers sweeping the street came from outside the window.
Vladimir didn't sleep much last night. It had been staring at the ceiling in the dark, which was Zhang Zian's bed. It had a lot on its mind, and it had been thinking about how to deal with it, as well as the specific details.
Its career with the stray cats had developed to a critical stage. Every step it took next would have a far-reaching impact, and it couldn't afford to be careless.
But it didn't have anyone to discuss with. Everything could only be decided after it repeatedly thought about it. One wrong step could lead to eternal damnation.
There was another slight creaking sound.
But this time, the sound didn't come from the basket hammock chair, but from Zhang Zian's bed.
He probably turned over in his sleep, took out his phone from under his pillow, looked at the time, and then continued to sleep. After all, it was too early to wake up at this time. Although it couldn't see his specific movements under the bed, Vladimir could roughly guess.
However, the bed sheet shook slightly, and two legs hung down from the bed, looking for slippers in the dark.
Hm? Did he wake up to go to the toilet? That should be the only explanation.
Next, he would probably walk to the bedroom door, push the door open, and go to the bathroom next door because Sihwa had occupied the bathroom in this bedroom.
Vladimir imagined this, but to its surprise, after stepping into the slippers, its legs didn't walk towards the door. Instead, it deliberately walked lightly towards the window.
Could it be that he didn't close the window before he went to bed last night? No, in that case, it should be able to feel the wind.
What's at the window?
The continuous wrong guesses made it a little depressed, so it decided to stop guessing. Instead, it lifted a corner of the bedsheet and looked at the window in the dark.
In front of the window was a desk with a laptop on it. Next to it was Pi's basket hammock chair.
Zhang Zian, who was wearing pajamas, yawned. He gently pulled out a chair and sat down. His movements were very slow, so as not to make any noise and disturb the elfins' sleep.
Was he sleepwalking?
During the days that Vladimir had been at the pet shop, it didn't know that Zhang Zian could sleepwalk, and it hadn't heard the other elfins mention it.
Because Zhang Zian really had no reason to get up so early. Even if he was open for business, there would be no customers, and it would make Fina angry.
Vladimir stared at him suspiciously and curiously.
Zhang Zian opened the cover of the laptop and pressed the power button. The faint whistling of the fan sounded in this old computer.
Using the time it took to turn on the computer, he closed his eyes and dozed for dozens of seconds, until the glare of the light shone on his eyelids.
Could it be …
Vladimir thought of Richard's teasing words to Zhang Zian all day. Could it be that he was going to use the quiet of the night to browse a mysterious website called "Headquarters"?
Before dawn was the time when people were most sleepy. Using this time to visit the headquarters was really professional …
However, after Zhang Zian turned down the brightness of the screen, he didn't open the browser. Instead, he opened the Word software. Vladimir knew this icon because Pi would click on the same icon every morning after waking up.
Could it be that he wanted to correct the mistakes in Pi's novel?
"…"
It wasn't that it looked down on him, but there were specializations in the industry. It was fine for him to sell pets to fool customers, but to change someone else's novel was no longer showing off in front of an expert. It was purely looking for trouble.
If it was just to fix the mistakes, why not do it during the day?
Something unexpected happened again. Zhang Zian didn't open the document that Pi usually wrote in. Instead, he created a new blank document.
It couldn't be? Could it be that he was jealous of Pi and wanted to write novels too?
He stared at the screen and thought for a while. He really started to type on the keyboard, but his movements were very light. There was almost no sound except for the slight hum of the fan.
Vladimir crawled out from under the bed.
His face reflected the light of the screen. He was so focused that he didn't notice its movements.
That was good …
Vladimir had something to say to him, and it didn't want the other elfins to hear it, so it took this opportunity to tell him.
It wanted to tell him that a storm was coming, and that change was coming. If he wanted to safely survive this unprecedented storm, it was better to close the shop and hide in the wilderness. It was still not too late to stock up some supplies today.
After all, he had taken it in for so long. It didn't want to owe him too much, so it would repay him this way.
This was one of the questions it had been thinking about last night. After making up its mind, its heart calmed down a lot.
So, it jumped lightly onto the desk and landed next to the laptop.
Zhang Zian was shocked, and his fingers stopped typing. The pair of golden-rimmed green eyes that seemed to be burning with flames scared him.
He only breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was Vladimir in the light of the screen.
"Did I wake you up?" he asked, lowering his voice to a whisper.
Vladimir shook its head. "I woke up on my own. No one woke me up."
"Then go back to sleep. It's still a long time before dawn," he said.
Vladimir didn't comment. It turned its head to stare at the Word document on the screen and asked, "Did you have insomnia? Why did you get up so early? "
"I didn't have insomnia. I just couldn't sleep, so I got up." Zhang Zian laughed.
"Oh, then what are you writing? A novel? "it asked again, seeing that there were already several paragraphs of small, densely packed words in the document.
"Stop joking. How could I have the ability to write novels?"
He laughed at himself, pulled the document to the beginning, and pointed at the big words in the title for it to read.
An initiative to call for the establishment of an effective Small Animal Protection Act.
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