"This is today's report. If there's nothing else, I'll go back first."
At seven or eight o 'clock in the evening, Lu Yi Yun finished her takeout and made a copy of the business report from the past few days. She changed the date and submitted it as today's report. It wasn't that she was lazy, but that she really didn't sell anything.
"I'm going back to school too. My classmates are discussing finding a place to gather and have a farewell dinner … Sigh, I don't have any appetite at all." Jiang Feifei didn't eat the takeout.
Wang Qian and Li Kun weren't there. They came to help clean up in the morning and then went back to school. Theoretically, they should be studying for exams, but only God knew what they were actually doing.
"Well, bye! Be careful on the road and watch your feet. Don't come so early tomorrow. It looks like the insect disaster won't end in a day or two, "Zhang Zian said as he ate.
He wasn't being polite. There was no business anyway. It was nothing more than cleaning up. It didn't matter if he did it earlier or later.
"There's no one in the dormitory. It's boring to stay in the dormitory alone. It's better to stay here … Right, Xiao Yun, are there any empty houses for rent in your neighborhood? I have to move out of the dormitory and find a place to live … I really miss the cheap accommodation in university … "
Jiang Feifei was at a turning point in her life. Finding a job was not very smooth. She was facing the dilemma of unemployment after graduation. She was worried all day long. Working in a pet shop, although the income was okay, and she had a good relationship with the store manager and staff, it was difficult to see it as a formal job. If her parents in her hometown asked, it would be difficult to say.
"I'll help you keep an eye out." Lu Yi Yun put Jasmine in her backpack and nodded.
Zhang Zian wanted to say that it would be better for them to rent a big house together, the kind with two bedrooms and one living room. Each of them would have a bedroom, which would be more economical. However, on second thought, if Jiang Feifei suddenly found a formal job, she might have to move. If she sublet her bedroom, then Lu Yiyun, who was afraid of strangers, would be forced to face a strange co-tenant … This was not very good, so he swallowed his words.
The two of them tightened their pants, held up their umbrellas, turned on their flashlights, and said goodbye to Zhang Zian.
The pet shop returned to peace … Anyway, it had been peaceful for the past few days.
Except for Vladimir, the elves were not affected by the insect disaster. They each enjoyed a peaceful life – because except for Vladimir, the other elves were very homebodies.
Zhang Zian pulled down the shutter door and locked it. He sat in front of the computer at the cashier counter and checked the business report. He didn't find any problems, so he saved the file and quit.
Then he started another form. This form recorded the number of cans and empty bottles picked up by stray dogs, as well as the amount of money exchanged, as well as the expenditure and balance of the money, such as the purchase of dog food, chicken legs, small generators, and so on. In addition, he roughly calculated the birth and death rates of stray dogs, which were related to long-term arrangements.
Fina yawned, jumped down from the cat tree, and walked to the second floor.
It was like some sort of signal to the elves that it was bedtime.
Snowy Lionet followed closely behind.
The other elves also returned upstairs.
Young people at Zhang Zian's age had just begun to enjoy the rich nightlife, but he had already entered the health care mode of old age. Every day, he went to bed early. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to get up the next morning, and he would be sleepy all day.
Wang Qian and Li Kun used to be night owls, and they often played games all night long. Since working in the pet shop, they had to go to bed early and get up early. This was one of the positive effects of the pet shop on them. Otherwise, they might suddenly die one day …
Old Time Tea was still downstairs, because it hadn't finished watching the news. It always went upstairs to sleep after watching the news and the weather forecast.
"Next news: The city's battle to control the insect disaster has achieved phased results. Please watch the detailed report below …"
The announcer's voice came from the TV.
Zhang Zian saved the form, turned off the computer, and walked to Old Time Tea to watch the news with it.
This news, whether it was the words or the form, was very mainstream. It was the kind of standard positive news.
On the TV screen, the city leaders wore protective clothing and carried pesticide sprayers. They personally went into battle and sprayed pesticides on a certain forest. After spraying the pesticides, the caterpillars fell from the trees and died. Under the trees, there was a vast expanse of insect corpses of various colors.
The camera turned from high-ranking officials to the people at the grassroots level, focusing on the determination and actions of Binhai City's industry, agriculture, business, education, and other industries to fight against the insect disaster. In one of the pictures, Zhang Zian's figure seemed to flash, but only for a short second. It was not clear if he was the representative of the "business" pet industry.
There were not too many exaggerations in the news. The battle against the insect disaster in Binhai City had indeed turned from defense to offense. At the beginning, there was no resistance, but now there was a full counterattack. Although it was still too early to say that the insect disaster had been completely eliminated, they could already see the dawn of victory.
After the news was broadcast, the weather forecast said that tomorrow would be another sunny day.
Zhang Zian waited for Old Time Tea to go upstairs and turn off the lights on the first floor.
Before going to bed, he played with Richard and Snowy Lionet in the bedroom for a while, then turned off the lights and went to bed.
This was a night that was no different from the usual.
It was a quiet night.
Until a morning that seemed to be no different from usual came.
The sky was not yet bright. Due to the raging insect disaster, the old people who usually got up early for morning exercises and the vendors who did business did not come out for the past few days.
The street was surprisingly quiet, and there were very few vehicles coming and going. There were only hazy street lights sprinkling orange light that was about to be extinguished, and a vast number of moths flying around the street lights.
In the east, after the summer solstice, the sun came a little later than yesterday and shone the first light of the day.
In the corner above the glass door of the closed pet shop next to the pet shop, the swallowtail butterfly chrysalis that had been ignored in the past few days was hanging upside down. It happened to be shrouded in the first light.
The ray of light passed the temperature and heat to the chrysalis.
In the days that Zhang Zian and others did not notice, the shell of the chrysalis had quietly turned from green to yellow, like a ripe fruit, and under the yellow, there were faint colors.
The chrysalis, which had not moved for a few days, suddenly trembled slightly.
Then, a few cracks appeared on the lower part of the chrysalis, and a colorful swallowtail butterfly pushed open the chrysalis that had become as thin as a cicada's wing, struggling to climb out of the chrysalis.
The first thing that came out were its antennae, and then its whole body.
It turned around and completely left the chrysalis. Its six legs climbed on the door, completely exposing its body to the sun, letting the light dry the remaining water on its body.
Its compound eyes, which were composed of countless small eyes, glowed with a deep color under the sun, as if it was looking around and looking for something.
Ten seconds later, it spread out its four colorful wings and took off. It was so beautiful that it did not seem to belong to this world.
It flew toward the wall, and its figure quickly faded. Before it hit the wall, it disappeared into the air.
…
In the dark bedroom with the curtains drawn, Zhang Zian, who was still sleeping soundly, was suddenly awakened by the sound of his cell phone.
He did not open his eyes. His biological clock told him that it was still early, and it was not time to get up. So he closed his eyes and put his hand under the pillow to search for his cell phone, wondering if he had forgotten to turn on the silent mode before going to sleep last night.
After finding the cell phone and putting it in front of his eyes, he reluctantly opened his sleepy eyes to see who had sent the message early in the morning.
The "Pet Hunter" game automatically started.
[Game Tips]: A rare pet has been detected in your city. It is up to the player to decide whether to go and capture it.
[Game Tips]: The following is the pet information.
[Pet Type]: Elfin
[Rarity]: Epic/Legendary Level
[Capture Difficulty]: Extremely High
[Danger Level]: Extremely High
He was stunned. One reason was that this was the first time he had seen an elfin that was both "difficult to capture" and "dangerous." The second reason was that … on the electronic map of the game, the center of the light representing the elfin's position almost completely overlapped with the center of the cross representing his position.
His brain, which had not had enough sleep, did not react as quickly as it did during the day. He stared at the game for a few times to make sure that he was not mistaken. A few thoughts popped up in his slow brain. What did this mean? The elfin's position overlapped with mine? Was the elfin right next to me?
Wasn't this a fat piece of meat delivered to my door?
It saved me a lot of trouble.
As for the difficulty and danger of capturing it, he did not care. It was nothing more than a pet elfin. It could not be a lion or a tiger or any other beast.
He turned his head and glanced at the elfins on the second floor. They were still sleeping soundly.
He would get up first and catch up on sleep after capturing this elfin. Anyway, he had nothing to do today — that was what he thought.
So, he got up.
However … in the past, he had occasionally been woken up before it was time to get up, but today he seemed particularly sleepy and weak. His eyelids felt like they were covered with lead, and they were desperately sinking.
He wanted to get up quickly, but … he was so sleepy. He was really sleepy.
He had never been so sleepy in his life.
He had slept well last night, and it was reasonable to say that he should not be so sleepy.
He struggled on the bed for a long time like a salted fish out of water. He was barely able to lie on the bed and prop up his upper body with his elbows.
Okay, as long as he moved his legs under the bed …
But he failed. His legs were as heavy as lead, and no matter how hard he tried, he could only move a few centimeters.
Forget it …
Lie down again. I just need to close my eyes for a while. This elfin was so close. Even if I lie down for a while, it would still be too late.
Not to mention lying down for a while, it would still be too late to sleep again.
As soon as this idea came into his mind, after his mind relaxed, his whole body suddenly became soft and powerless. His arms could no longer support his body, and his upper body slumped down.
Not even half a second later, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Then …
His biological clock, which had been waking him up on time for nearly a year, did not succeed in waking him up today.
At the time he usually woke up, he did not wake up.
And he did not wake up.
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