My wife is a dragon

Chapter 296 - It will always come to an end (11,000)

Years later.

The pet hospital that had been prepared for half a year finally opened.

The name of the pet hospital is called ‘Longlong Love Pet Hospital’.

This name was chosen by Lucia.

Xia Li reminded her that if she wanted to use the word ‘love’, she had to take on certain social responsibilities.

For example, animal rescue, arranging for stray cats and dogs to be sterilized uniformly.

Lucia clapped her hands and said, isn’t this just right!

Xia Li thought about it and it was true.

This dragon loves small animals so much. Although small animals don’t like her very much, this is the nature of dragons.

In the future, their pet hospital will be half business and half welfare.

Anyway, they are not short of money.

A small loss is not a loss.

As the ribbon-cutting ceremony ended, the flower baskets symbolizing the opening of the new store were lined up in two rows at the door.

Xia Li didn’t have many friends after graduating from college, but she kept in touch with her childhood playmates. These flower baskets were arranged by Taozi, Monkey Yuanzi and others.

They said they must support Xia Li, so the three brothers bought two pairs each, just enough to put them neatly at the door.

Looking at the colorful fireworks in the sky, Xia Li stood with the "rich second generation" Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan looked relieved, as if he had finally delivered the work after working for half a year.

Xia Li, on the other hand, was confused.

To be honest, Xia Li didn't feel anything about it.

Most of the decoration and equipment here were purchased by Qin Chuan, and Xia Li was only responsible for swiping the card and making the final decision. Even the documents were run by Qin Chuan. Xia Li would only leave the dragon's nest when he had to go out, wander around outside, and then quickly buy delicious roast duck and roast chicken to feed his wife at home.

So, in the blink of an eye, the pet hospital was actually ready for business, and Xia Li was still a little unprepared.

"Director, please."

Qin Chuan took a work card with the word "Director" printed on it and hung it around Xia Li's neck.

Xia Li came back to his senses and looked at the work badge on his chest.

Then, he took off his work badge and casually hung it on the head of Wuqi, who was licking his paws and washing his face at his feet.

"Meow???"

Wuqi's head was full of question marks.

'Brother, what are you doing! ! '

"Dean Wu, let's go." Xia Li said with his head down.

Wuqi, a stray cat who was suddenly hung with a work badge, widened his golden eyes.

'No, buddy. '

'I still want to date Xiaohua, I don't want to be the dean! ! '

"What Xiaohua, Xiaohua, that's the dean's wife. I'll leave a room for you in the future. You can bring your girlfriends in to live when you have nothing to do. I'll provide you with food and water. Don't go to Qinchuan's house every day. The two couples over there kiss each other every day. It's so inconvenient for you."

Xia Li squatted down to stroke the cat. He lowered his voice so low that others only thought he was talking to himself.

"Meow???"

Wuqi's mood suddenly changed after hearing this.

He looked up in surprise, and his eyes changed when he looked at Xia Li.

'Really, brother? ? '

'Can I bring Xiaohua and Lijie with me? ? '

"Only if you want to be the dean."

Xia Li was afraid that Xiaoxia and Lao Xia would hear him if he said too much, so he stood up and added.

"I'll send the things to do to your watch later."

Anyway, Xia Li thought it was interesting to let Wuqi be the dean.

The identity of "dean", if given to a certain person, would make people feel pressured invisibly, but it would be different for a cat.

Where does a cat get moral constraints? The guests who come to the pet hospital are all pet lovers. Whether the cat dean does good or bad, he will be praised. Maybe Wuqi, the dean cat, can become an Internet celebrity in the future.

Xia Li has thought about it. In the future, he will start a live broadcast of Longlong Love Pet Hospital and let Wuqi perform his talents in the live broadcast room.

This way of bringing goods, wouldn't it be ten times or a hundred times better than those online families connecting in groups of three, two, and one?

"Why are you standing there like an idiot? Go to your son's store and have a look."

After the fireworks were set off, Fang Xia pulled Xia Yuanjun into the house.

The only pets the couple had ever had in their lives, apart from Xia Li, were the goldfish in the fish tank. After Xia Yuanjun entered the store, he looked around, always wanting to say something, but didn't know where to start.

After strolling around the reception room and the consultation room, Xia Yuanjun went to the laboratory to touch and look around, and finally uttered a sentence.

"This is good, this is good..."

"..."

Fang Xia rolled her eyes at her old man and dragged him out of the house.

"What are you doing in here? Don't break anything. The hygiene conditions here are very high. You don't change your shoes or wear gloves. Get out now."

"It's okay, mom. We won't start the equipment until a few days later. Today is just a trial operation. We mainly give out cards and insect repellents for recharge." Lucia followed the old couple to explain.

Fang Xia saw her daughter-in-law following her, and she quickly let go of the old man's arm and hugged Lucia's wrist.

"Xiao Lu, let's go out. There is formaldehyde in this newly renovated house. Don't stay in the house for too long."

"Mom, Xia Li has done formaldehyde removal for the whole house several times. We keep sick and weak animals here, and the environmental requirements are very strict..."

Lucia followed Fang Xia out while explaining enthusiastically.

Xia Li did not accompany the old couple to visit his shop.

He discussed some things with Qin Chuan at the door, and then called a group of cheap and useful college students.

After stuffing a stack of heavy flyers into the hands of the college students, Xia Li handed each of them a cup of milk tea, and reminded them that if the customer took the initiative to add the WeChat public account, he would give them a commission.

Most of these college students were doing part-time jobs for the first time. Not only did they get a cup of milk tea for free, but they were also excited when they heard that there was a commission.

"No problem, boss!"

"Boss, can I let my classmate add your public account and count it as a commission? My classmate has a cat and a dog at home, and she will definitely use it."

"Boss, do you take care of lunch? If you do, we will come again in the afternoon!"

"Yes, no problem, even if you ask your 80-year-old grandmother to add our public account, I will count it as a commission for you. You must take care of lunch at noon, and I will treat you to KFC." Xia Li said kindly.

"Boss is generous!"

It is rare to meet such a good-talking boss for such a small part-time job. A group of college students left noisily, carrying more than ten kilograms of flyers.

Their lively promotional method was very effective. Just standing at the street corner, people looked at them curiously.

Xia Li looked at their backs as they left, and couldn't help but sigh that it was good to be young.

He had come this way before.

"Xia Li, Mom asked you what activities you have for the opening today, and she wants to help you promote it on WeChat Moments... Mom said she has a lot of friends in Qingcheng City."

Looking back, Xia Li saw that the big-bellied dragon had already jumped over.

She hugged Xia Li's arm, and her lively mood was not reduced at all because of the weight on her body.

Lucia was wearing a long and wide off-white down jacket. The reflective fabric of the down jacket made her little face white and soft.

She took out a small biscuit from somewhere and stuffed it into Xia Li's mouth. Xia Li was caught off guard by the biscuit.

Xia Li mumbled in his mouth and took Lucia's little hand into the house.

"The activities are all on the flyer. Wait for me, I'll send her the electronic pictures."

Xia Li went into the room to drink water. His office was in the innermost one. When he opened the door, he could smell the leisurely and elegant decoration and the scent of sandalwood.

Although Xia Li at this age has not yet reached the stage of returning to nature and appreciating the Chinese style, this low-key but elegant tone is just right for this place.

"Boss lady, don't be polite, come and sit down."

Xia Li sat down on the boss chair and patted his thigh very proudly.

Seeing this, Lucia was not polite and sat down directly.

"Drink tea or eat snacks?"

Xia Li asked casually and opened the drawer under the table.

Generally speaking, after the boss's drawer is opened, there are either contracts and seals, or cigarettes, alcohol and tea.

But in Xia Li's drawer, there are all kinds of snacks.

Nothing else, all prepared for Lucia

Xia Li was worried that this dragon would be hungry when he came to work every day, so he prepared a lot of snacks for her.

Lucia had come twice before, and today was the first time she found snacks in Xia Li's drawer.

She had stars in her eyes, as if she had found a treasure, opened her mouth and made a long "Wow~~" sound.

"I still have a self-heating hot pot here, but I can't eat it today, or Xiaoxia will..."

"Son, there are a lot of equipment in your laboratory. The doctor said that my cholesterol was over the limit when I had a physical examination last time, and I haven't had a follow-up check since then. Otherwise, you can ask Xiao Liu from your store to help me test it."

Fang Xia was not polite when she entered the boss's office. When she saw the two words "Xia Li" hanging on the doorplate, she pushed the door and came in, talking as she walked in.

"..."

Lucia was still sitting on Xia Li's thighs, with her hands hanging on Xia Li's neck and acting coquettishly.

Suddenly, my mother came in. She had nowhere to hide and her cheeks were flushed.

In the past, she could forcefully put the blame on Xia Li, but today, her posture was too active. It was not right to blame Xia Li for kissing me in the office.

Xia Li looked down and saw the smoking little face of the evil dragon, and couldn't help but smile.

They are already an old couple, but they are still so shy.

After kissing the smooth forehead, Xia Li put Lucia back on the chair and went to the door to greet Fang Xia.

"Mom, this is a veterinary device, and the accuracy is not high. You should go to the hospital for a check-up. I'll go with you."

"I won't go. It's normal for us to have some old problems at our age. It's not convenient here... But I have an appointment for Xiaolu for a prenatal check-up the day after tomorrow. You should take time to take her there."

"I know."

The door creaked shut, and Xia Li gave Lucia a look before leaving.

There was a water dispenser in the corner. If she wanted to eat a self-heating hot pot, she could make it herself, but be careful not to burn herself.

Lucia winked at Xia Li and secretly took out a small hot pot from the boss's drawer.

...

Before going to the formal People's Hospital for a prenatal check-up, Xia Li actually tested Lucia's blood with the equipment of the pet hospital.

He had this plan from the beginning, because he was not sure what the difference was between Lucia's blood and that of humans, so he had been trying to find a chance to test Lucia.

Some time ago, Qin Chuan happened to say that he wanted to take some samples to test the accuracy of the instrument. Xia Li slapped his thigh, and the opportunity came.

A total of five blood samples were taken, from Xia Li, Lucia, Mianhua, Wuqi, and a "volunteer" kitten downstairs in the community.

The results showed that the blood values of Mianhua, Wuqi, and the volunteer kittens were all within the reference range for cats, while those of Lucia and Xia Li were within the reference range for humans.

Moreover, all of Lucia's hormone indicators were within the range of human pregnant women.

Xia Li was relieved now and agreed to the prenatal checkup that Fang Xia had been refusing to do.

What made Xia Li even more relieved was that the prenatal checkup was green all the way.

The baby in Lucia's belly was very healthy.

Moreover, it was in a complete human form.

Xia Li heard Lucia talk about the pregnancy method of the dragon race.

If the dragon cubs were conceived in the form of a giant dragon, the dragon eggs would have to be kept in the belly for two to ten years, and then hatched after the eggs came out, which was another very long process. The dragon cubs born in this state were born with unique strength.

And it only takes ten months to conceive offspring in the human body.

Ten months, in such a short time, is not enough for the dragon cub to develop horns and wings that symbolize strength, so the offspring bred in human form is a human cub.

Only after absorbing enough magic power and developing the body for the second time, the cub will slowly grow the physical signs of a dragon.

Therefore, even if the most advanced color ultrasound is used to check Lucia's prenatally, the child in Lucia's belly looks like a human cub.

However, modern doctors will not tell the gender of the child.

For Xia Li and Lucia, whether it is a daughter or a son is purely a blind box.

As the day is getting closer, Xia Li has prepared maternal and child products.

Diapers, ear thermometers, baby pillows, milk bottles, milk powder, milk bottle sterilizers, constant temperature kettles, milk bottle brushes, baby food machines...

Fang Xia listed more than 30 items for Xia Li. Xia Li ran around all the maternal and child product stores around her home, and finally used online shopping to get them all in one stop.

As for the style and color to buy, Xia Li defaulted to pink.

Xia Li had thought about it. No matter whether it was a son or a daughter, he would raise her as a daughter for two years and satisfy his desire to have a daughter first.

April of the same year.

The doctor set Lucia's due date in early May, and now there are less than 20 days left.

The business of the pet hospital is still in full swing. Xia Li goes out early and comes back late, thinking about his wife at home and the newly opened store. He is so busy every day that he wishes he could split himself into two pieces to take care of both ends.

After all, the pet hospital has just started business at this stage, and the doctors and employees hired are still a mess. It is unreasonable for Xia Li, as the boss, not to show up every day.

Not only does he have to go, but he also has to go several times, and hold meetings whenever he has something to do, at least to unite people.

This kind of team-based service is most challenging for the word "harmony", harmony between employees, harmony between employees and customers, harmony between employees and bosses...

As long as the atmosphere is established, service and reputation will naturally be established.

Fortunately, Xia Li entered the industry with the intention of "making a loss-making business", so he was very good at employee welfare. He often paid out of his own pocket to organize team building for employees. During holidays, he even gave out cards and money, which made the employees full of energy and worked more enthusiastically.

When employees are happy, customers will be happy, and when customers are happy, bosses will be happy.

Virtuous cycle, conscience cycle.

It is no wonder that many young people now complain about work and are unwilling to work. Sometimes you have to look for the reason in the boss.

With improved work welfare and cared for people's hearts, no one wants to go to work with a gloomy face every day.

"Boss, this is last month's financial report."

In the office, Xia Li was chatting and sending sweet messages to his wife. Halfway through recording a kiss, the office door was knocked. Xia Li pressed her upturned lips several times before pressing them down.

Sales manager Sister Wang, who came in, seemed to be accustomed to the scene of her boss and his wife being so affectionate. She put a document on the table and summarized.

"Now more and more people are charging their cards for consumption, accounting for 80%. Most of these 80% are attracted by live group buying, which proves that our conversion rate is high and the stickiness is also high. This is a good start..."

Sister Wang reported last month's turnover in a few words.

She has been engaged in market sales and promotion for more than ten years, and this is the first time she has taken over such a worry-free business.

She doesn't even need to work hard, the flow of customers keeps coming.

Bosses who are willing to spend money, shops in core areas, and live broadcast rooms with online people who can easily exceed 10,000 every day.

It can be said that the password of traffic has been mastered.

Especially their director.

The cow cat is strange. As soon as the live broadcast room opens every day, it starts to show its talents in various ways. With its crazy performance that makes people praise it endlessly, it attracts a lot of rewards, not to mention the people who come to the door to watch the fun.

There are even fans who come from other provinces. They don’t bring their pets to the door, but they still spend 500 yuan to get a membership card and buy some messy pet supplies to take back. The purpose of doing this is to give their director a few strokes in broad daylight.

However, there are also black fans who deliberately say that Longlong Love Pet Hospital abuses and trains cats, and the reason why Director Wuqi is so fun is that he was trained by abuse.

These rumors were refuted after more and more fans came to verify.

Dean Wuqi could not find any trace of injury. Not only was he healthy and slightly fat, but the key was that he was not afraid of humans. These manifestations were completely different from the manifestations of an abused animal.

On the contrary, those black fans who deliberately smeared Longlong's Love Pet Hospital were exposed as peers, which caused anger.

"Not bad."

After reading the financial report, Xia Li took a photo and sent it to Fang Xia.

Xiaoxia has worked very hard to accompany Lucia in her family for Xia Li. When Xia Li encounters good things, she naturally wants to make her happy.

"I said before that if you have money, everyone will share dividends together. This month's performance bonus will be increased by 1,000 yuan. We have just opened a few months ago. It is time for everyone to spread their passion and build a good reputation. I don't know everyone. If you like something, just send money."

Xia Li waved his hand and the expression on Sister Wang's face lifted up a little.

She was entrusted with an important task to knock on the boss's office door just to get such a result.

"Boss, I heard that the boss's wife will give birth next month, so we raised money to buy a baby chair... It's nothing else, I just think that when the lady brings the baby to play, she can give the baby a special place to sit. Hehe, everyone They are all people who like small animals, and naturally they also like children... You see, why don’t you put the baby chair in your office?"

This is Sister Wang’s second mission today, and she finished with a soft smile.

Xia Li held her cell phone and just after sending Fang Xia the financial report, she flipped back to Lucia's chat window. He was sending Lucia a kissing emoticon to Lucia.

When she came to her senses and heard what Sister Wang said, Xia Li first typed two rows of words.

Summer Day: Wife, my colleague bought you a baby chair! !

Summer Liming: Do you want to bring your baby here to play in the future? By the way, accompany your father to work.

He clicked send calmly, and Xia Li lifted his head again, and the expression on his face was still the same as the boss should have.

"Okay, let it go here."

After saying that, he clicked and took a photo, and then sent it to Lucia.

Summer Day: Wife, is it okay to place the baby chair next to my chair? ?

When Sister Wang left, she closed the door gently.

Their boss's mouth is about to turn into a god of war.

The couple are model couples in the company.

Sweet, so good.

Nympho

Xia Li always felt that taking good care of employees’ emotions is also a responsibility that a boss should have.

For these employees recruited in the talent market and friends, there is a running-in period and adaptation period.

In order to shorten these two periods, Xia Li chose to use money.

It's true, give the horse more grass and let the horse run quickly.

A very conscientious capitalist.

However, money ability is indeed a superpower in modern times, but it is not universal.

For example, in the Dean Wuqi.

Apart from providing him with enough food to drink water and separating a single room for him to soak in a female cat, Xia Li seemed to be unable to do anything.

Wuqi works diligently for eight hours a day, pretending to be cute and stupid in the live broadcast room, attracting countless customers.

Among the customers who recharge cards and apply for members in Longlong Love Pet Hospital, more than half were attracted by Wuqi. Later, these customers were moved by the considerate service and advanced equipment here, and finally successfully transformed into permanent customers.

It can be said that two or three months have passed since the opening of the pet hospital, and it is of no mercy to make such a smooth life.

Based on the principle of "long flowing water", Xia Li decided to give Wuqi a few days off.

I'm afraid that the cat will be tired.

After all, it was the body of a cat, and it was a cat with a ball, and Xia Li was afraid that he would not be able to bear it.

"Meow!!"

‘Who said I can’t stand it? I can’t stand it! ‘

‘I go to work to earn cat food during the day and pick up girls with cat food at night. It’s so beautiful! ‘

In the lounge, Xia Li closed the live broadcast and lie on the sofa and rested with Wuqi.

Xia Li opened a canned cat for Wuqi. Wuqi licked his paws again after taking a few bites, jumped off the sofa in agile posture, and went to the corner to drink water.

This hard-working live performance made him tired.

The key is that in order to satisfy the fans' hobbies, he had to act cute in front of the camera.

Fortunately, Wuqi is an old expert who acts cute and coquettish, so he won’t lose face in front of his fans.

This is unsurprising and confident.

If he really becomes slutty, there will be nothing about those sweet little female cats.

"Meow."

‘Really, I didn’t work so hard during the college entrance examination. ‘

Wuqi sighed. Canned cats were not strong enough for him, so he still prefers to eat crispy cat food.

Real male cats should eat hard things!

"I'm going to give you a holiday, are you really not going to rest?"

"Meow."

‘No rest. ‘

Wuqi rejected Xia Li's kindness in one go.

Xia Lixin said, this cat is really strange.

Wuqi is just a human being. Where can anyone really love work and refuse to take a holiday?

Xia Li was very worried about Wuqi's current psychological state.

I won't really be crazy about doing live broadcasts...

Even though Xia Li likes to squeeze Wuqi, he still feels a little sad when he sees this cat brother really working so hard for his career.

"Don't you, don't you like going out for a walk? You haven't gone out for several months. You can go out for a relaxation. Don't stay in this live broadcast room." Xia Li persuaded.

‘Who said I didn’t go out anymore? I go out steadily every night to urinate and stabilize my status in the cat world! ‘

Wuqi replied toughly.

Although the cat spoke very cheaply, he actually understood Xia Li's kindness.

‘To be honest, I always thought I was a cat and had no self-worth in human society…’

Wuqi's words turned and suddenly became gentle.

He confessed.

'However, during the period of live broadcasting on the Internet, I found that I could actually be a ‘person’, a creature recognized by society. ‘

‘Hehe, actually someone still needs me… This feels very good. ‘

Wuqi finished speaking on his own, then raised his head and looked at Xia Li with a bit of pride and a bit of fashion.

'You don't know, last month a little girl sent me a private message. She wrote me a long sentence. She said she was a mental illness patient. She always felt that the world was boring and she couldn't get excited about anything. Every day I don’t know why I want to live... But after watching my live broadcast, she said she is interested in life. The biggest fun every day is waiting for me to start the broadcast in the afternoon. She said that she likes watching my live broadcast the most. It’s I let her get out of the predicament, and she also has to work hard to get in touch with society and save money. She wants to come to Shu Province to see me. ‘

When he said this, Wuqi proudly raised his neck.

This is what he felt from the bottom of his heart that he was amazing.

It turns out that even if you become a cat with a cut egg, you can still be needed by people.

‘I replied to her private message, and I told her that I am myself, and she doesn’t believe it yet! ‘

Wuqi said with his head held high.

Xia Li laughed after hearing this.

"Normal people won't believe it. You are just a cat in her eyes."

‘Yes, I’m a cat that only works. ’Wuqi nodded.

Xia Li said "yes".

He also thinks so.

Being recognized by society is what Wuqi, who has been a cat for twenty-two years, wants.

‘Oh, right. ‘

Wuqi waved the cat's paws and flipped through his little watch.

There is an assistant next to him during the live broadcast. Wuqi dares to show himself too humane. Only when there is no one, or when he is alone with Xia Li, will he have the opportunity to take out his watch and flip through his account. Private message in the background.

Colleagues in the pet hospital all thought that these accounts were managed by the boss, but in fact, Xia Li had long since left the account to Wuqi.

After quickly flipping through the watch interface several times, Wuqi couldn't find what he wanted, so he jumped onto the coffee table again, unlocked a tablet with his claw's fingerprint, and then continued to flip through his account with a larger screen.

‘Look at this. ‘

"What's wrong with this?"

Xia Li thought he had something important to say, so he hurried over to take a look.

The screen shows Wuqi's favorites for personal accounts. He opens the favorites and clicks on the first video.

Soon, a series of chattering made Xia Li not understandable dialogue appear.

The video content is a daily chat in a small rural family. There is nothing substantial. It should be taken by someone to record life. There are only two likes from the video. I guess one is the creator himself and the other is Wuqi.

"What's wrong with this video? I can't understand."

Xia Li looked at it for a while but couldn't see that.

In his opinion, it is just an ordinary short video.

‘Listen to the sound. ‘

"I don't understand." Xia Li shook her head.

Wuqi was delighted in his eyes.

‘Don’t you understand? It's right if you don't understand! ‘

‘I can understand! ‘

Wuqi's tone was a little excited, and Xia Li looked at him suspiciously.

I seriously doubt whether this cat has a mental problem.

‘Didn’t I tell you, I am from Suzhou! The dialect spoken in this video is obviously from us! ‘

"You mean..."

Xia Li finally realized that he raised the tablet and looked more carefully this time.

"Is your hometown here?"

"Meow!"

'right! ‘

‘I’m very sure that the dialect in this video is the dialect from the place where I used to be! ‘

While listening to him, Xia Li opened the interface of the video creator.

As Wuqi said, the creator's IP shows Suzhou.

"I'll ask for you."

Xia Li said, and directly clicked on the private message interface.

He had proposed to help Wuqi find his hometown before.

However, at that time, Wuqi rejected Xia Li's kindness.

Wuqi said that he is a cat now, so what if he really finds his hometown? The fact that he becomes a cat cannot be changed.

Instead of looking for things that belong to memories, it is better to be a cat.

It only adds to sadness.

However, in Xia Li's opinion, Wuqi was not mentally prepared at that time.

He was from the 1980s.

He is not ready to face today forty years later.

But now, Wuqi should be ready for this kind of preparation.

Xia Li clicked on a private message.

Discovery Wuqi had already contacted the creator.

The other party was also an enthusiastic person. After hearing that Wuqi was a lost child in their town, he generously sent the detailed address.

Su Province, Anhai City, Qitang Town.

'brother……'

Wuqi appeared in front of Xia Li at this time.

His black and white cat face blocked the tablet in Xia Li's hand.

To Xia Li, his voice was hoarse and choked with vicissitudes of life.

'I, Wu Qi, have never begged anyone in my life...'

'But, please take me back to take a look. '

'In this way, I will not miss it in this life. '

...

After Xia Li sent a message to Lucia saying 'Wife, I will not come back for dinner tonight', he booked a flight ticket to Su Province that day.

Qingcheng City itself has two large airports, and it is very convenient to take a direct flight from here.

He didn't have much luggage to bring, just a two-way magic teleportation scroll for the return trip, a coat, an airline box, and an excited cow cat.

It took a little time to check in the pet.

Fortunately, Wuqi worked at a pet hospital. Xia Li treated him like a guinea pig and took him to the hospital for physical examinations. Therefore, Wuqi's vaccination registration and quarantine procedures were quite complete, and he went to the counter to check in the pet directly.

It was noon when he landed in Jiangsu Province, and it was already five o'clock in the afternoon when he arrived at Qitang Town, Anhai City.

The light of the setting sun gradually faded from fiery red to soft, and the whole sky was shrouded in a warm and layered light.

Along the way, Wuqi was as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

'Don't say it! '

'I can understand the dialect here, meow ha ha ha! ! '

The cat was so excited that he even meowed, which shows that he is very excited now.

'Hello, hello, sister, you look like my long-lost aunt. '

'This uncle, you really look like my grandfather! '

'Meow ha ha, I must have seen this dog on the ground! ’

Wuqi lay in Xia Li’s arms and looked around.

Xia Li held the cat in one hand and the airline cage in the other, and he didn’t even have time to look at the navigation on his phone.

It wasn’t that he wanted to hit Wuqi. At this moment, Xia Li really wanted to say to the cat: You are 40 years old in both cat and human age, and 22 years have passed since you left this town.

These years are enough for a dog to live two lifetimes. As for your aunt, it’s impossible for her to be so young.

Xia Li held back and didn’t dampen Wuqi’s enthusiasm.

According to Wuqi’s recollection of the streets in the town, the two of them went around and finally stopped at an intersection.

This road is connected in all directions, with a total of five forks. Because of the long-term traffic of large trucks, the surface of the oil road is bumpy. On the left and right sides of the widest road, there is a five-story red brick building and a four-story blue brick building.

It is a very iconic intersection.

Wuqi said he had some impression of this place.

However, after all, so many years have passed, and things and people here have long changed. Wuqi only has a deep memory of the red building, and can't remember anything else.

Xia Li stood at the intersection and made up his mind, holding Wuqi and went to the front of the red building.

The buildings in the town have a characteristic, the first floor is a shop, selling some food and daily necessities, and the second floor is the residence.

Xia Li remembered that Wuqi had told him that his family conditions were not bad. He had a computer in the millennium, and Wuqi was still playing the game Meteor Butterfly Sword at home.

I think it should be considered a wealthy family.

So Xia Li went directly to the snack shop on the first floor that occupied two shops.

He bought a bottle of water, unscrewed it and took a sip, and then asked the middle-aged man guarding the shop as if chatting unintentionally.

"Boss, is there a person named 'Wu Qi' around here?"

"Wu Qi? I haven't heard of him."

The middle-aged man quickly gave Xia Li a positive answer.

"It's Kou Tian Wu, strange Qi." Xia Li continued.

"I really haven't heard of him. How old is he? Is he from our town?"

The middle-aged man spoke Mandarin mixed with Jiangsu dialect, which Xia Li had some difficulty listening to.

"There are many people in our town. Why don't you go to the intersection in front and ask again?" The man pointed to the street in front.

Xia Li shook his head and said, "No, it's nearby, and it should be a family living upstairs."

"Hiss..."

The middle-aged man took a breath, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.

Although there are a total of 15 families living in their building, there is little change in personnel, and there are few cases of houses being sold and transferred in the town, so it is basically the same people who come and go.

"I've opened a shop here for nearly 20 years, and I've never heard of Wu Qi... But there is a family with the surname Wu upstairs."

"Meow!"

The middle-aged man took a puff of his cigarette and exhaled white smoke.

Wu Qi in Xia Li's arms couldn't sit still, and was so excited that he wanted to pounce on him.

The man glanced at the strange cat and continued.

"I bought my store from that family, and the one who was responsible for selling my store was the sister of the male owner of that family... The situation of that family is very special."

The middle-aged man didn't say much in the end, but just gave Xia Li a location and asked Xia Li to go and see for himself.

Xia Li wanted to ask which floor and number it was, and whether he could go up through the iron gate to see the situation, but when Xia Li saw the address of the location, he hesitated.

"If you are 40 years old, shouldn't your parents be 60 years old?"

No online taxi was willing to go there, and there were no shared bikes in the town, so Xia Li had no choice but to walk there.

On this road, Wu Qi, who was originally in an excited state, suddenly fell silent.

He fell silent, looking at this familiar street, as if recalling something.

Wu Qi did not answer Xia Li's question. Xia Li wanted to find some topics to chat about, but some words were stuck in his throat and he couldn't say them back and forth.

When he arrived at the destination, it was completely dark.

The light pollution in the town was not as serious as in the city. Walking on this one-way road, you can even see faint stars twinkling in the sky.

Qitang Town, Cemetery.

Xia Li finally found the tombstone he wanted to find.

To be precise, there were three.

The tombstone with the words "Wu Qi" was lying quietly in the middle.

'I have always envied you...'

Wu Qi's voice pressed directly into Xia Li's mind.

In this dark and cold cemetery, his hoarse voice did not sound creepy to Xia Li, but moved Xia Li a little.

‘I envy you and Qin Chuan. ’

‘We are all time travelers, why are you humans and I am a cat? ’

‘Watching you talk about love, doing what you want with your hands, and eating human food casually with your mouth open... I can't describe the envy. ’

‘I also want a human body... but I am trapped in this cat's body forever. Why? If I am a cat, where is the real me? Will someone replace my life? ’

‘I have been avoiding returning to Su Province because I don't want to face these facts. I am really afraid that someone will replace me, and I am also afraid to see my parents grow old, or be separated from each other. ’

‘I dare not face these things. ’

‘Until a few days ago, when I accidentally saw that video, I felt that fate had come and I should face reality...’

Xia Li did not speak.

He listened to Wuqi quietly. Wuqi was usually crazy and rarely willing to tell Xia Li what was in his heart.

Listening to the increasingly trembling voice of the chaos, Xia Li looked down and saw tears in Wuqi's golden cat pupils.

He took a breath and continued.

'Now, I understand. '

'In fact, I am very lucky. '

'Brother, do you know...'

'In fact, I have died a long time ago. '

Even though he was mentally prepared, Xia Li was still a little surprised when he heard this answer.

He looked down at the cow cat in his arms and listened to him continue.

'When the middle-aged uncle sent you the location just now, I remembered...'

'In my senior year of high school, my parents and I went to a mountain behind Qitang Town to play. It suddenly rained halfway. We went down the mountain at the fastest speed, but the collapsed mountain swallowed us like a flood...'

'I think my parents and I have been submerged in the landslide. ’

‘Maybe God felt sorry for me and wanted to compensate me by giving me another chance to live. ’

‘No wonder I can predict the future, meow hahaha…’

‘No wonder, you are in the body, but I am in the soul…because my body is long gone! ’

Wuqi laughed dryly twice.

After two laughs, he couldn’t laugh anymore.

Jumping off Xia Li, Wuqi came to his own grave and sat for a while.

Then he walked around and picked up two leaves.

One leaf was placed in front of the grave on the left, and one was placed on the right.

‘Fortunately, I didn’t have an old man to send off a young man…until the end, my parents were by my side. ’

After doing all this, Wuqi’s tone was somewhat relieved.

He flicked his tail, turned around and jumped onto Xia Li again.