Zhang Zian's mind was in a state of confusion. All the work in the shop was done by his body's conditioned reflexes. He was so distracted that he didn't even look at the person standing at the door. He was sure that it wasn't an employee knocking on the door. If employees came to the shop, their first choice would be to walk through the window on the second floor. They didn't know when he would open the door.
Hearing this familiar voice, a nerve in his mind jumped, and only then did he bring part of his attention back to reality.
The shutter door gradually rose, and his eyes fell on her legs. He couldn't help but be surprised.
The sewage had just receded to the same level as the doorstep. The height was at least above an adult's ankle, and some of the low-lying areas were below her calf. Wang Qian and Li Kun had just waded through the water in shorts and sandals.
It was too early, and most of the enterprises and institutions were on holiday today. The streets were empty, and there were only a few people. Occasionally, one or two high-chassis off-road vehicles drove by, stirring up the puddles on the streets. If someone happened to pass by, they would be unlucky.
The girl standing on the steps was not wearing sandals like Wang Qian and Li Kun. Instead, she was wearing knee socks and leather shoes. The problem was … her socks and shoes were all dry, without any water stains.
Even if she came here by car, it was unlikely that she would drive the car to the roadside and then drive all the way to the shop, right? Which family's daughter would have this kind of treatment?
Besides, he didn't see the car.
Of course, if the car stopped at the door, dropped her off, and then drove away, then she knocked on the door, that would make sense. But how could she be so sure that he would open the door so early? If he didn't open the door, wouldn't she be standing on the steps, unable to go anywhere?
As the shutter door rose, he saw her clothes. It was a sailor suit made of an unknown material, and it also didn't have a single drop of water on it. The sky was not clear yet, and occasionally there would be a few drops of rain.
Seeing the sailor suit, he immediately remembered the junior high school girl who owed him money at the Teahouse in Hidden Fog. At that time, she had mysteriously disappeared, and he, Old Time Tea, and Fa Ci were puzzled. Later, because they couldn't find her, they had to let it go.
He blurted out, "Are you here to pay back the money?"
"Hahaha! It's impossible to pay back the money. Once the money is in my pocket, it will never come out again! "She laughed so hard that she bent over.
When the shutter door was fully raised, he saw her face and was stunned again.
"What's wrong? Is there mud on my face? "She rubbed her cheek with the back of her hand.
It wasn't good to keep staring at a young girl's face. Zhang Zian glanced at her and then looked away. "How should I put it … You look familiar, as if I've seen you before."
"Pu! Didn't we meet at the Teahouse in Hidden Fog? "She laughed.
He corrected her, "That's not what I meant …"
`So we have passed each other before? 'she said again.
He pondered for a moment. "About that …"
In the Teahouse in Hidden Fog, he didn't see her face. Today was the first time he saw her, and the familiarity he mentioned didn't mean that he had met her once, but … how to put it, it seemed that he saw the shadow of another person in her?
When the neighbors with their children went out for a walk, they would often exchange greetings with other neighbors, such as, "Hey, is this your son? His nose and mouth are so similar to yours!"
There may be a certain element of politeness, but it would not be completely nonsense. It was similar to this feeling.
Her facial features or face shape were like someone he knew, but he couldn't remember which facial features and who she was like at the moment.
Perhaps, then, he knew her elders.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. You said you came to help … Are you here to work? You are not an adult yet, right? "Zhang Zian changed the topic and did not dwell on the issue of appearance. It didn't make any sense anyway.
Because Jiang Feifei intended to go to San Francisco to learn the daily work of the aquarium and to fight for an internship for a period of time, Zhang Zian considered that the store was a little short of staff. He posted an information on the Internet to recruit workers. In recent days, he had received some calls and applications, but he had not found a satisfactory one.
He thought she was also here to apply for a job.
She grimaced, gritted her teeth, and said, "It's impossible to work for a job. I'm angry when I talk about working. I used to help in my family's shop, doing the same work as the staff. The staff could buy whatever they wanted with their salary, but I could only get a new set of tutorials as a reward. I really want to strangle him …"
"Then you are really unlucky …" Zhang Zian sympathized with her. "But if you are not here to work, what are you here for? The store is busy today, and it is not open to the public. "
"I said, I am here to help. By the way, where is Xinghai?"
Without waiting for his invitation, she walked into the shop on her own.
Zhang Zian was stunned again. He didn't even have time to stop her. How did she know Xinghai? Those who knew Xinghai's name were all staff or acquaintances in the store, and he had never seen her before.
At this time, Xinghai ran out of the depths of the store happily. "Meow!"
"Oh! Xinghai, hold high! "
She very naturally picked up Xinghai, lifted it over her head, and spun in circles.
What the f * ck?
Zhang Zian was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. Even the disappearance of the elfins was not as shocking as this.
After a year of hard work, he was finally able to calm Xinghai down, and he could even touch it on rare occasions. However, this junior high school student, who he had never met before, was able to pick Xinghai up so easily?
What shocked him the most was that Xinghai did not show any signs of fear when she was holding it. Instead, it was very happy, as if it was very familiar with her hug.
"Wait … Wait … Wait a minute! How can you pick up Xinghai? "he stuttered. His brain was almost fried.
She pretended to be confused and tilted her head. "Why can't I pick it up? After all, I am also its owner. "
"Huh? You are its owner? "
Zhang Zian couldn't describe his feelings at this time. He felt like the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing.
"You are its owner … Schrodinger is actually a big loli?"
He almost went crazy.
Did he unknowingly travel to the Japanese world where everything could be the mother? Apart from King Arthur and other famous people, even Schrodinger could not escape?
"Hahahahaha! What are you thinking about? "
She laughed so hard that she almost fell down. "Just like what my mom said, I really don't know how your brain works …"
Zhang Zian looked at her and could not stop laughing. His heart was already a mess.
"Oh, forget it. My stomach hurts from laughing …" She finally stopped laughing. "The phone is ringing. Aren't you going to charge your phone?"
Zhang Zian subconsciously looked up. The lights in the house were still dark. Where was the phone?
As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, the lights came on.
Not only did the lights come on, but the refrigerator compressor also started to hum and the TV, which was not turned off, automatically made a sound.
What the hell?
His mind was even more confused.
What was going on? She seemed to know that the phone was going to be ringing before the phone came on? No, no, she probably saw the call notification from the municipal department somewhere.
But even if she saw the call notification, could she control the time so accurately?
She probably guessed it, like a blind cat bumping into a dead mouse. Just like those charlatans who always liked to predict the future on the Internet, they would predict the future tens of thousands of times, and they would always get it right once. Then they would happily dig out the posts and show off.
The phone was ringing, which meant that there were a lot of things to do, but … as she had reminded him, his phone had lasted for more than a day and was almost out of battery. When the typhoon came yesterday, the battery was not full.
After losing the Pet Hunter game, he once gave up on himself. He did not know what use this phone had, and he even wanted to smash it. But his reason told him that there must be people calling or sending him messages in life. Modern society could not live without mobile phones. Even if he smashed it to vent his anger, he would have to buy a new one in a few days.
So he found a charging cable, plugged in the phone, and put it aside to start charging.
The TV, which automatically turned on because of the phone call, was playing the news. As soon as he heard the sound of the TV, he thought of Old Time Tea, and he could not help but feel sad.
He walked over and was about to turn off the TV, but his attention was attracted by the news that the host was broadcasting.
"… The sexual assault case in Minnesota continues to ferment, and the stock price has plummeted …"
"… Father Ma has resigned from the position of chairman of the board of directors of Ali's father. Will Dad still be your father in the future …"
"The new fifth set of Renminbi is about to be released …"
Seeing the few faces that used to be all-powerful but were now a little too low-key or even down and out flashing on the screen, he could not help but feel a sense of sympathy in his heart.
Forget it, his elfin had also been recalled. It was just a pot calling the kettle black. It was not his place to sympathize with them.
He turned off the TV and saw her running between the shelves with Xinghai as if she was playing hide-and-seek. She did not treat herself as an outsider at all, so he coughed and asked, "Who are you? What are you doing here? "
She stopped and pointed to her own face. "Didn't Xinghai tell you? I am the reinforcement you are waiting for. "
"What?"
Zhang Zian had such a guess, but he rejected it himself. In his imagination, the so-called reinforcements should be adults who had a strong aura and looked cool, the kind who would have their own background music when they appeared. This little girl, who had not yet reached adulthood, was unlikely to be the reinforcements who could help him solve the problem?
Although it was said that one's ambition did not depend on one's age, in many cases, age was not something that could be easily surpassed.
He looked at Xinghai inquiringly, and the latter nodded vigorously. "Meow! She is the reinforcement!"
Zhang Zian was speechless.
No matter how much he did not want to believe it, he could only try anything at this time.
He believed in Xinghai, but he did not completely believe her. He asked suspiciously, "Then tell me, how can you help me? Can you help me get the elfins back? "
"That's what I came for," she said confidently. She said confidently, "First of all, your guess is correct. The game hasn't completely stopped running. The server … or something similar is still running. It's just that the human-computer interface, which is the app in your phone, has been turned off, so the elfins that haven't been captured are not affected."
Zhang Zian did not know how many times he was stunned today. She actually knew his inner thoughts. Could she read his mind?
"Then can you reinstall the app on the phone?" he asked.
She shook her head. "That won't work. The app has self-destruct mode enabled, so it was completely deleted."
The fire of hope that Zhang Zian had just ignited was suddenly extinguished.
"But …" She smiled mischievously. "You don't need to reinstall the app. You just need to replace it with another phone that does not have the app deleted."
Zhang Zian had no idea what she was talking about. Not to mention that the apps on other players' phones were also deleted. Even if she got a phone that did not have the app deleted, he would not be able to use it. It was protected by fingerprint and password.
She put her palm to the side of her collar.
Then, under his dumbfounded gaze, a white and fat worm wriggled out from under the big lapel of her sailor suit. It looked like Fusang's disgusting snack, worm jelly.
The worm crawled to her palm and looked at him with its two small black eyes. It raised its head and nodded up and down, as if it was greeting him.
These two eyes were absolutely black and did not reflect any light. When light shone into them, it was as if it was absorbed by a black hole.
He also subconsciously raised his hand and waved at it, a little embarrassed. He did not know if he had misunderstood.
It shook its head, and a strange scene appeared.
Suddenly, there was some kind of ripple in the clear air.
The scale of the ripple rapidly expanded, and there was a strange distortion in the space. A translucent vortex appeared in front of her.
The vortex slowly rotated with the little worm as the center. Standing in front of the vortex, one would feel as if everything around them was about to be sucked into the vortex. Even light could not escape.
The vortex was like a translucent mirror. The mirror reflected something that did not belong to this world. It was dark, and there was a faint sound of wind and thunder.
"Let's go." She walked over, grabbed his wrist, and led him to the vortex.
"Wait … Wait a minute! What are you doing? Where are we going? "
He was afraid of this strange vortex because it was too strange. Anyone who saw such a strange scene for the first time would be scared.
"Don't be afraid. It's just a short trip. You'll get used to it." She pushed him from behind, and when they passed by the charger, she unplugged his phone from the charging cable and handed it to him.
"Hey, don't forget to take your phone."
Zhang Zian turned his head to look at Xinghai for help. Xinghai held up a front paw. "Meow! Come on!"
"Don't be so wishy-washy. Xinghai will not follow us this time. We'll be back soon anyway. Don't worry about locking the door. No one will come to the store to steal things."
Although she was young, she was really strong. She suddenly increased the strength of her wrist and unexpectedly pushed him into the vortex.
Zhang Zian subconsciously covered his face with his hands.
The next moment, he fell into the vortex and disappeared from this world.
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