Except for Jiang Feifei, who had started working a little later and had never seen the Holy Cat statue with her own eyes, she had only heard a little about the missing Holy Cat statue. The other three employees were veterans of the shop, and they had witnessed the entire process of the Holy Cat statue being sent over as a gift by Snowy until its mysterious disappearance.
In the past, they didn't care about the Holy Cat statue. They thought it was just another one of Zhang Zian's unconventional actions. After all, other shops usually put a brass bull in front of their shop for good luck, but Zhang Zian put a bronze cat.
Later, when the Holy Cat statue disappeared, Zhang Zian offered a high reward. Anyone who provided any useful clues could choose any pet in the shop. Only then did they vaguely feel that the Holy Cat statue might be unusual, but they didn't know exactly what was unusual about it.
In addition, the disappearance of the Holy Cat statue was too bizarre. There were no signs of theft in the shop, and Zhan Tian was on night watch, but it was lost without anyone knowing. Zhang Zian, who valued it so much, didn't choose to call the police. These details made them feel a little strange.
Now, the statue that had been missing for several months had been found again, but its appearance had changed dramatically. It had become miserable, and they weren't even sure if it was the original one.
Wang Qian saw the dent on the statue's left chin. He stretched out his fist and gestured. He wondered, "Why does it look like it was hit by a fist? But this fist is too small. Even a child's fist is bigger than this … "
Li Kun said, "Don't be silly. How can a fist hit a solid bronze statue like this? Even Tyson couldn't do it! In my opinion, it's clearly molded when it was cast! "
Lu Yiyun and Jiang Feifei looked at the lost and recovered Holy Cat statue up close. They were also surprised, and they had the same question as Wang Qian and Li Kun.
"Mr. Store Manager, how did you find this statue?" she asked.
Zhang Zian couldn't explain the truth, so he had to find an excuse. "About this … Last night, after you guys got off work and left, someone suddenly added me as a friend and sent me a message saying that they found a suspected statue near the green space. They asked me to go over and take a look. There are too many cases like this. You know, they're all here for the reward, but I thought that since it's close, I wouldn't get pregnant if I went over to take a look. Then I went over and saw that it was really the statue that we lost. I originally planned to wait for you guys to come to work before moving it back together, but I was afraid that I might lose it again. So, I moved it back overnight. I was so tired that my waist and legs hurt. "
The four shop assistants were dubious. Wang Qian couldn't help but say, "Master, you've been tossing and turning all night. Your waist and legs are aching. I believe you."
Zhang Zian glared at him. "You talk too much!"
"Who is that person? When are you coming to claim your reward? " Lu Yi Yun asked. "If that person comes to claim the reward when you're not here, I'm afraid I'll make a mistake."
Of course, the so-called reward recipient didn't exist. Zhang Zian couldn't bear to really find someone to claim the reward, so he said perfunctorily, "That person said there was no need. He doesn't like pets and doesn't want to keep one. He just heard about it and happened to see the suspected statue. Since he had nothing to do, he informed me … After I picked up the statue, I sent him a red packet as a thank you."
This answer didn't completely dispel the shop assistants' doubts, but it made sense logically. After all, there were indeed people who didn't like pets, or were restricted by objective conditions and couldn't keep pets. For them, choosing a pet at will was not as attractive as a red packet.
Vladimir listened and nodded secretly. Zhang Zian was indeed worthy of being the director of the Office of Strategic Deception. His ability to talk was really not something an ordinary person could do.
"Ga ga! I just heard that you, idiot, got promoted? "
Richard jumped onto Zhang Zian's shoulder and shouted noisily.
Zhang Zian wanted to grab its beak to shut it up, but it escaped.
"Promoted? Store Manager, did you get promoted to the Provincial People's Political Consultative Conference? "When Jiang Feifei heard this, she thought that Zhang Zian really had a meteoric rise.
"Ga ga! That's not it. He was just promoted to the director of the Office of Strategic Deception. You can call him the director in the future! "Richard flew to a high place and said to everyone with a cheeky smile.
"No, no!" Wang Qian waved his hand. "There is only one Director Zhang in the world, and he has made countless major contributions to our country's national defense!"
"Then you can call him — Zhang Ju Zhan!" Richard recited. "Stop the car and sit in the chrysanthemum maple forest, buttocks redder than flowers in February!"
Zhang Zian had already started looking around for a feather duster, ready to give it a good beating.
Richard had a good night's sleep last night, but Zhang Zian hadn't slept at all. He couldn't compete with it in terms of energy, so after chasing it a few times and not being able to hit it, he temporarily let it go.
The shop assistants could also see that Zhang Zian was very tired, so they didn't ask about the Holy Cat statue. They let him go upstairs to rest, and they would be in charge of the downstairs. If they encountered something they couldn't handle, they could call him.
Zhang Zian really needed to catch up on sleep. He was so sleepy that he couldn't keep his eyes open, so he didn't refuse.
Fina, Snowy Lionet, and Old Time Tea laid in their usual spots to catch up on sleep.
Returning to the second floor, Zhang Zian saw that Xinghai was also sleeping. He felt a little puzzled, because he didn't call Xinghai when he went out last night. Could it be that their conversation downstairs had woken it up?
He softened his steps, sat on the edge of the bed, and took off his jacket.
In fact, he really wanted to lie down and sleep until lunchtime, but he saw that Pi had already woken up and was sitting in front of the computer in a daze. It didn't seem to notice him at all, so he got up and walked to the desk. He asked in a low voice, "Pi … Is there any new news?"
On the screen was a blank Word document. Only the number of chapters was written, and not a single word was written in the text.
Pi suddenly came back to its senses, shook its head in a panic, and put its hands on the keyboard, pretending to type hard. But it wrote, deleted, and wrote, and only a few words were left in the text of the document: "Morning, Zhang Zian."
There was something on its mind, and it couldn't immerse itself in the words. Its heart was full, and it couldn't calm down to think about the plot.
Seeing its forced smile, Zhang Zian knew that there was no need to ask more. The battle at this level was no longer something that a small citizen like him could participate in or change. Other than waiting quietly, there seemed to be no better solution.
Vladimir also returned to the second floor. It yawned and also wanted to sleep.
Suddenly, it seemed to have heard something. It forced itself to jump onto the windowsill and look outside.
The temperature was just right, and the wind was gentle. The windows on the second floor were open from morning to night, so it was easy to ventilate.
An elegant white cat was sitting on the wall across the street. When it saw Vladimir, it waved its paw at it, meaning that it had new information to report to it.
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