With the end of the story of the typing cat, everyone thought that the series of stories would also come to an end. After all, there seemed to be no better ending than this cat. However, the series of stories did not come to an end.
Everyone had already guessed that this story was absolutely different from the original version. Perhaps it only had the original name and beginning, but the content of the story was not inferior to the original version. Hearing that the story had not come to an end, everyone was both relieved and worried. They were relieved because they could still hear more stories. They were worried because they were worried about Zhang Zian's ability to make up stories. They hoped that he would not make up a sequel to the story that could have ended there.
However, this series of stories was not entirely made up by Zhang Zian. He was not that quick and quick-witted. He had just modified the story according to the elfins' story to keep the original flavor of the story and make it more suitable for everyone's taste.
Little Celery blinked and asked blankly, "Physics? What is physics? What is a physicist? "
She was only in elementary school, so she had never come across this strange word.
"Physics, simply put, is the most basic existence and operating principle of matter. A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the study of physics," Zhang Zian explained.
"Is he also using this cat as an experiment like a zoologist?" Little Celery asked again.
Zhang Zian shook his head. "Yes and no. To be precise, this cat can be said to exist, but it can also be said to not exist. It lives in a closed black box. Sometimes it exists, sometimes it doesn't. Even the physicist has never seen it with his own eyes. "
"Amazing …" Little Celery's eyes widened.
Cai Meiwen and the staff had all guessed who the physicist was, but they were more curious about how he was going to make up the story.
"This time, it has a very magical ability. As long as it stays in the black box, it will never really die. Even if it dies, it will immediately resurrect in the box. This number of times it has died is far more than a million. However, as soon as it leaves the black box, this ability will lose its effect. Little Celery, if it were your cat, what would you want it to do? Leave the box, or stay in the box forever? "Zhang Zian threw the question to her.
Everyone was addicted to the story and had forgotten the original intention of telling it. However, he did not forget that the purpose of telling this series of stories was to guide Little Celery to establish a correct view of life and death.
Little Celery followed his gaze and looked at Galaxy. She remembered very clearly that this black and white kitten was the earliest special member of the pet shop. When it first arrived, it was very afraid of people. Even if she waved to it, it would be scared and hide behind the red sandalwood flower pot. Unconsciously, it didn't seem to be that afraid of people anymore. Although it would hide far away when there were many customers, it would bravely walk a few steps away to watch them when there were only people it knew. It was so obedient that it made people feel sorry for it.
If it was his cat …
Little Celery tried to think about it. She had seen the dead stray cat and heard about her mother's dead dog. She had developed a psychological resistance to death. If it was her cat, she hoped that it would stay in the black box forever, so that it would not die.
She gave the answer.
"I won't die if I stay in the black box, but what's the point of living a long life? Is it just to live? It can't see the bright sunshine, smell the fragrance of grass and flowers, hear the laughter of friends, taste delicious food, and feel the warm embrace of family … Life is not just to live, but to do something meaningful, "Zhang Zian said.
Little Celery tried to think.
"This cat died countless times in the black box and lived countless times. It finally understood this truth, so it tried to escape from the black box."
Zhang Zian stared at the sea of stars. He had heard Famous talk about its strange experience. When it first appeared in the wax museum, it was inexplicably drawn into another Imagined Landscape. It spent a long time with the sea of stars in the black box.
This experience may not be completely real, but according to Famous's experience of entering and exiting the Imagined Landscape many times, the result was real and unchangeable. Galaxy escaped from the black box at some point and appeared in the world.
What was the reason for Galaxy to escape from the black box?
Was it for freedom?
No, if a person stayed in a room isolated from the world since birth, and did not touch any books or media, he would not understand what freedom was, let alone pursue freedom.
But at least he would feel lonely.
"Because it was lonely, it escaped from the black box. Even though it only had one life in the outside world, it left without looking back, because there was sunshine, the fragrance of flowers, laughter, delicious food, friends, and people who loved it … All of these were more meaningful than immortality. If it had all of these and lived a happy life, it wouldn't have any regrets even in the face of death."
Zhang Zian turned to look at Cai Meiwen. "Like the dog your mother raised, at least when it was alive, it was very happy. It had a loving owner, and it spent a happy time with its owner. Although it died, it could also be said that it did not die, because it has always lived in your mother's memory and is still protecting her."
Vladimir cheered up and recited, "Some people are alive, but they are already dead; some people are dead, but they are still alive!"
"It's not just mixed fur, and it's not just this cat that pursues happiness. There's also that high and mighty cat, that cat that gets rid of violence, that cat that is selfless, that cat that is good at acting, that cat that is beautiful, that cat that is unparalleled, that cat that is pious and ascetic, that cat that is pampered, that cat that writes at a fast speed, and that cat that is not mentioned in detail in the story, that cat that loves to dream, that cat that thinks it is a dog, and millions of other cats. Although they all died in the end, their stories have been left behind, and they have been told by people. Every time more people understand their stories, they live in the hearts of more people."
Zhang Zian squatted down and stroked the back of the lop-eared rabbit. "This rabbit will die one day, but if it can create beautiful memories with the people who love it, I think it will feel that its life is full of sunshine."
He glanced at the faces of the elfins and said resolutely, "Life is full of joy, what regret is there in death?"
Cai Meiwen's throat was choked. Indeed, as Zhang Zian said, the image of mixed fur had always been in her memory. Even if the appearance of her high school classmate had faded away, its image was still fresh.
"Mom!"
Little Celery took Cai Meiwen's hand, looked up at her, and begged, "Actually, I wanted to say this a long time ago … Next time we have a long holiday, let's go back to our hometown together, okay? My grandparents are old, and they always come to Binhai to visit me. I want to visit them too … I also want to see the place where my mom lived when I was young, and the school that my mom went to … I also want to see pictures of mixed fur … "
"Okay! Mom promises you, when the Golden Week comes around, let's go back to our hometown together! "
Cai Meiwen squatted down and hugged Little Celery tightly, her eyes blurred with tears.
She was no longer the little girl who would be scared and helpless by a strange and suspicious man, and she was no longer afraid of him.
In her vision, which was blurred by tears, she seemed to see when she walked downstairs with Little Celery in her hometown, mixed fur happily running out of the corridor to greet them, running in front of and behind them, rubbing against the corners of their pants.
It was time to end the escape and face the demons in their hearts.
The elfins were also lost in thought. Except for Vladimir, they had never considered the meaning of life before. Today, after listening to Zhang Zian's words, they couldn't help but feel enlightened.
Their lives were full of excitement that ordinary people couldn't imagine. In the era they belonged to, they could call the wind and summon the rain, but in retrospect, what impressed them the most was not their extraordinariness, but … the person who had once brought them unforgettable memories.
They regretted many things, but they never regretted the course of their lives. Just like a white python that they had never met, it would rather suffer the pain of being cut in half at the waist to complete its fate, just to meet someone it was destined to meet.
As the saying goes: Life is full of joy, death is full of regrets!
Little Celery turned her head away from her mother's arms and asked, "Is the story of that cat over?"
Zhang Zian shook his head. "No, it is creating a new story with them, and there will be new cats to continue their story."
"That's great …" Little Celery said with longing.
Before they knew it, the sound of the rain hitting the shutter door stopped, and it was quiet outside.
The employees opened the shutter to look outside, and shouted in surprise, "Manager! The rain has stopped! The typhoon seems to have passed! "
"That's great." Zhang Zian also breathed a sigh of relief.
The passing of the typhoon was just the beginning, and there were still heavy disaster relief and reconstruction work to come, but at least it was a good start.
The lop-eared rabbit ran to Little Celery's feet, and its three lips kept squirming, as if it was hungry.
Cai Meiwen wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, stood up, looked down at the lop-eared rabbit, and said, "Thank you for saying so much, but I still won't agree to raise a pet."
The employees and Zhang Zian were all stunned, and couldn't help but look at each other.
To be reasonable, even if she had a heart of stone, her sincerity should be able to move metal and stone. How could she …
Little Celery also lowered her head in disappointment.
"Little Celery, if you like them, you can come to the shop every day when you go to school, and you can play with them for a while, but you can't take them home." Cai Meiwen gently stroked her daughter's hair. "Because during the Golden Week and during the winter and summer holidays, we will go back to our hometown, and there will be no one to take care of them."
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they understood her good intentions. If Little Celery brought the lop-eared rabbit and hamster home, there would probably be no reason to come to the pet shop again. But if she left the lop-eared rabbit and hamster in the shop, she would have a legitimate reason to visit them every day.
Maybe she finally saw clearly that the people in the shop were not bad people, or maybe she understood that she alone could not meet all of Little Celery's emotional needs. Little Celery was lonely and needed friends.
But she was too embarrassed to say it directly, so she expressed her meaning in a roundabout way with a cold face.
Maybe when she was young, she was also a tsundere.
Little Celery didn't think too much about it. What she was most worried about was that her mother would forbid her from coming to the pet shop again because she had kept it a secret for so long. But now her mother seemed to agree with her coming to the pet shop every day. Although she still couldn't bring the lop-eared rabbit and hamster home, it was good to visit them every day.
In the end, it seemed that nothing had changed, but it seemed that a lot had changed.
"Thank you, Mom!" She smiled through her tears.
She already knew that the hamster and the lop-eared rabbit would die one day, just like the stray cats and mixed fur, but she was no longer afraid. Instead, she felt a sense of urgency. She wanted to care and love them more, and before that day came, she wanted to work hard to create better memories with them.
It was already evening, and the sky was getting darker. Soon they would have to face the problem of how to spend the night.
With so many people, the pet shop definitely couldn't accommodate all of them, and there were many inconveniences. Eating was also a big problem.
Cai Meiwen didn't say it out loud. She had been anxiously thinking of a solution. She wanted to bring her daughter home, but she felt that it was not possible. At least, she might not be able to leave the pet shop tonight. The water outside was too deep. It would be fine if she was alone, but she couldn't drag Little Celery back, could she?
"The typhoon is over. You guys want to go home, right?" Zhang Zian saw through her thoughts and waved. "Come with me. Wang Qian, Li Kun, you guys come with me too."
Cai Meiwen thought that he was going to open the shutter door. She thought that the water outside was still so deep. Wouldn't it all pour in as soon as she opened the door?
Unexpectedly, Zhang Zian brought them up to the second floor and into the storage room.
"Wang Qian, Li Kun, you two jump onto the roof of the car first, then jump into the water. Open the trunk and take out the assault boat," he commanded.
The shop assistants suddenly realized that they had almost forgotten about the assault boat.
Binhai City had already become a swampy country. Was there a more convenient means of transportation than the assault boat?
Wang Qian and Li Kun were both wearing sports shorts, so they weren't afraid of the dirty water. They jumped from the second floor onto the roof of the Wuling Hong Guang MPV, then jumped into the water. The water was already up to their waists.
They opened the trunk with the key, took out the assault boat, put it on the roof, and climbed onto the roof to inflate the assault boat.
After inflating it, Zhang Zian handed them the fully charged battery, and they installed it with ease.
Cai Meiwen was stunned. What kind of pet shop would have an assault boat? But that was good. With the assault boat, the journey would definitely be smooth.
The assault boat could fit four people. She and Little Celery climbed out the window, jumped onto the roof, and sat in the assault boat.
Zhang Zian asked Wang Qian and Li Kun to send the mother and daughter home, then came back to send Lu Yiyun and Jiang Feifei back to the rental house. Finally, he asked them to drive the assault boat back to their home.
Wang Qian and Li Kun rubbed their palms. The experience of driving a boat in the city wasn't something they could experience every day. The journey would definitely be cool.
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