Ding!
Ding ding!
Early in the morning, Zhang Zian was woken up by a faint knocking sound, and he yawned.
He rubbed his sleepy eyes and got out of bed. He walked to the window in a daze, lifted the curtains, and saw Vladimir outside. He opened the window for it, waited for it to jump in, and then gently closed the window, trying not to disturb the other elfins' sleep.
This was not a ghost calling in the middle of the night, but a cat knocking on the window in the early morning.
These few days, Vladimir had always been nocturnal and slept during the day. When Zhang Zian and the elfins were about to sleep, it would sneak out alone and only come back in the early morning.
It opened its mouth wide and yawned. With a tired face, it said in a low voice, "Meow, I'm so sleepy. Hurry up and take a nap!"
"Why do you always run out in the middle of the night? Can't you solve anything during the day? "Zhang Zian was blown by the morning wind, and he was slightly more awake.
After a few days of interaction, he knew that Vladimir did not need to eat. This meant that it was most likely not a real cat that had once existed in reality, but an imaginary elfin. But even so, it still needed to sleep.
Vladimir very casually laid down on the ground and said, "Well, I'm almost done. In the future, try to work during the day and sleep at night."
Zhang Zian saw that it seemed like it did not want to say anything, or perhaps it felt that the time had not come and that there was no need to say it for the time being. He did not force it, and picked up a towel to cover it with.
There were a lot of small grass stems and thorns mixed in between its fur. It was like that every morning when it came back, as if it had been tossing and turning all night without tiredness.
In fact, even if it did not say anything, Zhang Zian could more or less guess that it had definitely gone out to mingle with the stray cats outside. It did not seem to have the awareness of being an elfin, and it did not think that it was superior to cats. When it met stray cats on the road, it would always raise a front paw to greet them. Even if the other party ignored it, it would not be angry.
He sat on the edge of the bed and picked up his phone to look at the time. Although he had woken up earlier than usual, since he was already awake, he probably would not be able to sleep even if he laid down.
There were a few unread messages on his phone. They were sent by [Collapse The World], whom he had met on the forum in the middle of the night. It seemed that this person was also a night owl.
[Collapse The World]: "Have you seen the latest crawler data? Just two days ago, the first case of cat abuse occurred in the capital in recent times. It seemed that the safety of the capital before was just a random occurrence.
Zhang Zian saw that Pi was still sleeping in the basket hammock chair, so he sat in front of the computer and opened the laptop screen.
After returning from the capital, he had been running the web crawler program sent by [Collapse the World] in the background. Day and night, he had been collecting information on cat abuse incidents from the local forums of various cities in the country. His computer was almost never turned off. Anyway, it did not affect Pi's writing of his novel.
He switched to the interface of the web crawler program and ranked it according to the number of cat abuse incidents in descending order. Sure enough, he saw a new record. The capital, which had never been on the list, had a new entry.
Clicking on the new entry, he briefly browsed through the snapshots of the local forum posts in the capital and saw that the cat abuse incidents were similar to those in other places.
It seemed that as soon as Vladimir left the capital, the capital immediately fell.
[World Collapse] guessed wrong, but that was good too. It would save him or her from being paranoid all the time.
Zhang Zian replied, "The trip to the capital was somewhat fruitful. The cat abuse incident may end in the near future." If you want to ask the reason, it's probably because … the construction of socialist spiritual civilization has achieved some results.
He sent out the message. As for whether [World Collapse] believed it or not, it was none of his business.
"Meow! Zian, good morning!" Xinghai had also woken up. It was in high spirits and silently mouthing to him.
He also responded silently, so as not to disturb the rest of the elfins.
He put on his clothes and went downstairs. He opened the shutter door and began to clean up in preparation for the day's business.
Not long after, Wang Qian, Li Kun, Lu Yiyun, and Jiang Feifei also arrived one after another. They each picked up their cleaning tools, chatting as they carried out their routine cleaning.
Uncle Li and Auntie Li had opened for business earlier than him. There were already many people lining up in front of the snack bar.
"Mr. Store Manager, good morning!" Masanori Suzuhara ran past the entrance of the shop with Snoopy in tow.
"Good morning," he responded, leaning on the broom.
Everything was no different from usual.
"Squeak —"
"Store Manager Zhang! Store Manager Zhang! Are you there? "
Zhang Zian's back was facing the door. He was helping Wang Qian and Li Kun put the plastic bottles that they had collected the whole day into the garbage bag. Suddenly, he heard someone call him from behind. The voice was older, but it sounded familiar.
He turned around and saw an electric bicycle parked in front of the shop. Electrician Wu jumped off the bicycle in a hurry and rushed into the shop.
"Store Manager Zhang!" Electrician Wu's mouth was dry. He grabbed his arm and couldn't speak for a while.
"What's the matter, Master Wu? Don't be anxious. Speak slowly. The sky won't fall. "Zhang Zian motioned for Wang Qian to pour a cup of water for Electrician Wu to moisten his throat.
Electrician Wu gulped down the water in the cup, wiped his mouth, and said, "Store Manager Zhang! You're finally back! Where have you been these past few days? I couldn't find you! "
"Oh, I've been busy these past few days. I went to the capital a few days ago," Zhang Zian explained. "Master Wu, why are you looking for me? Are you trying to introduce me to someone? Is the girl pretty? Is it a worker in your factory? I can relax my standards now. It doesn't matter if she's not a Ms. Perfect, as long as she's pretty or rich. After all, we're familiar with each other. I believe in your taste, Master Wu … "
Electrician Wu almost choked. He coughed a few times before he could breathe again.
"Cough! Cough! This … I'll keep an eye out for you, Store Manager Zhang. Keep an eye out … Store Manager Zhang, you're so talented, but you still don't have a girlfriend? "Electrician Wu said awkwardly.
"Sigh, first there's Bo Le, and then there's a horse. The problem now is that it's easy to find a horse, but it's hard to find a Bo Le …" Zhang Zian sighed.
"Master, why do you have to take things so hard? Is the novel not interesting, or is the game not fun? Why do you have to find a girl? "Wang Qian came over and tried to persuade him." Women are the most troublesome. "
"Quack! That's right. Men can still play with men, "Richard added. Richard added, "If you're really bored, why don't you find a wrestling training camp and sign up? You're the next Billy King! "
"Get out! All of you, get out! " Zhang Zian glared, picked up the feather duster, and chased them all away. He then asked Electrician Wu, "Master Wu, don't forget … Oh yeah, why are you here today?"
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