When Cai Meiwen heard Little Celery's words, she was very angry at first. It was obviously not normal for an adult man to be friends with an elementary school girl. It was easy to suspect that the man had ulterior motives. However, when she heard Little Celery say that she was always busy and did not have the chance to tell her, she felt an inexplicable sadness in her heart. She was overwhelmed by a sense of depression.
Little Celery lowered her head and stared at the tips of her shoes. She mumbled, "Not only the store manager, but also the two silly shop assistants, the cashier sister who always paints seriously, and the mysterious fish sister. They are all my friends …"
Jiang Feifei was stunned for a moment before she realized that the so-called "Sister Fish" was referring to her. It was probably because she spent most of her time in the aquarium, and the lights in the aquarium were dimmer. Plus, she always stuck her face to the wall of the aquarium tank to observe the aquatic creatures, so she seemed a little mysterious. Maybe the word "mysterious" had been beautified. What Little Celery really wanted to say was that she was a little ghostly …
This was probably … the consequence of a lack of fatherly love.
Cai Meiwen had always thought that she could be a father and a mother at the same time, and she thought that she was doing a good job. At least, she was much better than those families where the husband and wife did not care about the children even though they were not divorced. In fact, Little Celery was still very lonely, but because Little Celery had always been very sensible and obedient, she did not want Jiang Feifei to worry about her, so she did not show any signs of loneliness.
Little Celery only had friends in school, but not in real life. That was because Cai Meiwen did not have the time and did not feel at ease letting her play with other children in the community. She had already taken out all her free time to accompany Little Celery, but it seemed that it was far from enough. In other words, maternal love could not completely replace friends.
Cai Meiwen was silent and did not speak. Little Celery kept peeking at her face, afraid that she would be angry.
Zhang Zian and the shop assistants were also very nervous. They had always treated Little Celery as a non-staff member of the shop. If her mother was angry and forced her not to come anymore, then there was nothing they could do. After all, that was her mother. No matter what, they could not let her have a conflict with her mother because of them.
The elfins' eyes flashed as they watched the silent confrontation.
The quietness of the room made the howling wind and torrential rain outside seem particularly violent.
The awkward silence lasted for a while.
Cai Meiwen gently stroked Little Celery's braids, which she had personally braided for Little Celery this morning. Just by looking at the angle of the two braids, Cai Meiwen knew that today was Monday.
She cherished the time she spent with her daughter because children would always grow up if she didn't pay attention. She didn't know how much longer she could braid her daughter's hair. Perhaps after a few years, her daughter would feel that this braiding method was very old-fashioned and wouldn't let her do it anymore.
"Little Celery, tell me, how did you meet them?" she asked softly.
Little Celery nodded and told them about how she got involved with the Amazing Fate Pet Shop, including things that even Zhang Zian and the others didn't know.
When she first started going to school alone, she was actually very afraid. Everyone around her was much bigger than her, and some of them even looked very fierce. She wanted to run home and hide under her mother's protection, but she remembered that her mother was already very tired, and she wanted to lighten her mother's burden.
She was like a pitiful little animal, cowering on the pavement.
Because of her fear, she wanted to get to school as soon as possible, so she unconsciously began to jog after leaving home.
She ran past the corner, past the breakfast stalls, past the shops … Except for when she was crossing the road, she kept running.
She didn't know how many days she had been going to school alone, but when she ran past the pet shop, she was suddenly hit on.
"Little girl, have you been going to school alone these days? Great! " A gentle-looking middle-aged woman stood in front of the pet shop, smiled, and gave her a thumbs-up.
Little Celery paused for a moment. Her mother told her not to greet strangers, but it seemed impolite not to respond, so she quickly nodded and continued to run.
The next morning, she was hit on by the same middle-aged woman in front of the pet shop.
"Every day, I see you running around full of energy. It makes me feel younger," the middle-aged woman said with a smile. She was wearing an apron and rubber gloves.
Little Celery glanced into the shop, and there was a man of similar age working in the shop.
She didn't answer, and continued to run.
On the third morning, the same thing happened again.
"Little girl, your two braids are very interesting. From a distance, they look like a pair of rabbit ears, and you are as cute as a little rabbit when you jump." The middle-aged woman didn't stop smiling, and threw a bag of garbage into the trash can.
Little rabbit?
Little Celery thought of the little rabbits she saw on TV. They were really cute, and she never thought she would look like a little rabbit.
On the fourth morning.
"Little girl, don't run when crossing the road, be careful of cars." The middle-aged woman wore a mask and a headgear, and was spraying some kind of pungent liquid into what looked like a sprinkler at the door of the shop.
"Okay."
Although it was just a whisper, Little Celery did respond. This seemed to violate her mother's principle of not talking to strangers, but it was probably okay, right?
On the fifth morning.
The middle-aged woman didn't work today, and stood at the door talking to another middle-aged man. She just waved when she saw Little Celery.
"Send him a message and ask him if he will come back during the Golden Week." The man said, "If he comes back, I will buy meat and fish in advance, or it will be expensive to buy before the festival."
"He will come back, he will definitely come back. How can he not come back? Aunt Liu also said that she would introduce him to a girlfriend." Although the middle-aged woman said so, she didn't seem to be sure, and her face was full of expectation.
Who would come back?
Little Celery also slightly waved as a response. Just waving, it wasn't like talking to a stranger, right?
On the sixth day … Well, the sixth and seventh days were weekends, and there was no class.
On the next Monday, when she ran past the pet shop, the middle-aged woman would still say hello to her every day, even if she didn't respond.
Running was very tiring, and the weather hadn't completely cooled down, so it was also very hot. She would run to school every day, sweating.
When she ran to the pet shop, she was already very close to school. She felt at ease, and it seemed that she didn't have to be so afraid, so she would unconsciously slow down, take a little rest, and take a breath.
"Do you want to wipe your sweat?"
A few meters away, the middle-aged woman stood at the door of the shop and handed her a pack of tissues.
Little Celery shook her head.
On Tuesday, the middle-aged woman handed her tissues again.
Little Celery stopped.
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