Shanhai Pet Shop

The noon sun shines on the white marble mosaic floor. If you break an egg on the hot stone slab, you can hear the unique sound of crackling frying pan.

The weather was hot, and it happened that it was not the summer vacation. Even if it was a landmark tourist attraction, there were not many people in the Confucius Temple.

Ye Yao took his iphone7 and wandered around the huge ancient buildings.

He is a native of Nanjing and has lived here for more than 20 years, but just like every local, outsiders know all the local attractions and places of interest well, and he can’t even count them with his fingers. , let alone distinguish the subtle differences between the locations of the Gongyuan and the Confucian Temple.

Of course he didn't know where "No. 60 Gongyuan West Street, in the Folk Art Grand View Garden of Confucius Temple" was.

The navigation display is behind Dacheng Hall.

Ye Yao frowned and flicked on the screen, and then was taken to a small street full of Yiwu commodity and tourist souvenir shops by the audio navigation.

His expression instantly became very indescribable.

Although he had done mental training a long time ago, he knew that unless the shops opened in tourist attractions were time-honored chain brands, the others would definitely not be very high-end, but when he really saw the small commodity street, he still felt a little bit disappointed.

It's like a middle-aged woman bought an alarm clock from a 10-yuan store that disappeared in a month, but she just hopes that it can be used for a long time until the end of time.

In fact, it will take a month and a half at most before the alarm clock will die.

Walking through the narrow, long and winding streets, you can see a big stage. There are a few scattered shops on the right side of the stage. Because of the bad location, the rent is the lowest in this area.

Not even as good as the tourist souvenir shop before.

57, 58, 59...

59?

Ye Yao was taken aback, and took out the long folded paper from the right pocket of his jeans.

"60 Gongyuan West Street."

He whispered the address he had already learned by heart.

However, when he looked up in reality, he saw that there was only the number 59 on the inconspicuous small sign. He looked at the number from a distance, and felt that he was being ridiculed in a trance.

Ok.

Ye looked up at the sky.

He thought of everything, such as the crumbling shop sign, or the corner of the wall occupied by spider webs, or simply someone told him that the shop has been rented out for several years, and the contract he got has expired...

But he never thought that this store didn't even exist!

It can be said to be very wrong.

In fact, Ye Yao only recently found out that he was also an "invisible rich man" who had an inheritance to inherit, and the reason for this can be traced back to half a month ago——

Half a month ago, the defense just ended, and Ye Yao also just graduated from a third-rate literature major in a university in this city.

It stands to reason that it is always easier for a boy who graduated from a literature major to find a job than a girl of the same major. The workplace recruits a boy by robbing, and his classmates, either they have successfully taken the postgraduate entrance examination and packed up their burdens to go to graduate school, or they found I took a job that I didn't like, but I can still make ends meet for now.

He was the only one who foolishly rejected all suitable jobs, and tremblingly walked down with the dream of becoming a writer.

Of course, Ye Yao was not trembling at first, because when he was in school in the early years, he indeed published many articles in magazines, and even published a novel that was not very popular.

The manuscript fee is not huge, but it is enough to make ends meet, even exceeding the vast majority of fresh graduates. It was this experience that gave him courage and made him think that he could survive as a writer in a cruel society.

It is a pity that the copyright he sold back then was a one-time buyout system. Whether it is selling well or not, it has nothing to do with him. After that, he submitted manuscripts to the publishing house without exception. There was no answer, and no editor contacted him.

When he finally realized that the society is cruel, and that he could not support himself just by dreaming, he found that the job hunting season was over. If he wanted a job that could support him in the shortest possible time, he probably had to go to the construction site to move. Brick or go to the hotel as a waiter to sell his strength.

However, when he was desperate, he suddenly received a mysterious package with a vague address, which made him think it was some kind of prank.

He opened the package, and actually removed a brand new unopened Macintosh with a box, an old book, and a leather document bag from the package.

There are two documents in the file bag, one is the store transfer agreement, and a letter from grandpa to him, to the effect that grandpa knows that it is not easy to find a job now, and he bought a shop in the Confucius Temple in the early years. Before Yao could find a job, he simply took over the store. If he was satisfied with the store, he could run it on his own. He could support his family and write novels at the same time. If he had other plans, he would sell the store directly. As start-up capital, this is the only thing he can do for his grandson as an elder.

When Ye Yao saw his grandfather's letter, he was so ashamed that he was so useless that he had already graduated to let his grandfather worry about him. You even know how to buy a shop, and it's still in the Confucius Temple?You must know that it is a tourist attraction, and it should not be easy to buy a store in it.

He was quite worried that the old man would be cheated, so he called the law firm in charge of the matter according to the phone number left in the shop transfer agreement.

After getting an affirmative answer, Ye Yao was greatly relieved, because the lawyer Zhang who was in charge of this matter told him that this store does exist, as long as he finds a time to come to the law firm to deal with the transfer agreement, it will be fine. The law firm where Lawyer Zhang works is a fairly large company in this city.

He spent a whole morning at the law firm to sign the documents. Within two months, his uneasy heart due to lack of work finally settled down, and he had his own real estate that could be sold at any time, which gave Ye Yao confidence. , even if the shop was aided by grandpa.

He is not ready to sell the store yet, Ye Yao thought, after all, the store is his own now, if the current business is not satisfactory, he can overturn it and start over, writing novels or something while being a small shopkeeper, as long as He is willing to work hard to support himself at this stage. Anyway, he can feed the whole family by himself, and he is still young, so he can make some attempts towards his dream.

But he never imagined that the shop that has already signed the agreement does not exist! ?He wandered back and forth, left, right, left, right, and right in the No. 59 store, and took off his eyes from the bridge of his nose to wipe them, in case the lenses were damaged and he could not see the house number.

Still nothing.

Ye Yao took out the iphone7 again, which was sent to him together with the transfer documents.

No. 60 Gongyuan West Street.

He typed it again.

A beautiful but emotionless female voice sounded.

"You have reached your destination."

Where is the destination? !

He's going to be cranky.

Suddenly, when Ye Yao raised his head, his eyes lit up, and he saw a middle-aged lady whose figure was similar to that of a bucket.

She has a very kind face. This person should belong to this age group. Most of them are one of the enthusiastic aunts who have escaped from menopausal syndrome. As long as you ask her questions, she will basically answer them.

Ye Yao said: "The beauty in front—"

The aunt's legs shook, she turned her head, and said angrily, "Young man, did you call me?"

Ye Yao ran to the aunt's side in three steps and said in two steps: "Excuse me, is No. 60 Gongyuan West Street here?"

"No. 60, Gongyuan West Street?"

The aunt's eyes blurred for a moment: "It seems that there is such a place."

She looked at No. 59 next to her and said, "Isn't this No. 59? Then No. 60 must be right next to it!"

Ye Yaoxin said, I know too.

Enthusiastic aunt said: "Well, I'll take you to look for it."

Ye Yao nodded quickly and said, "Thank you so much."

The aunt took him to look around, and kept nagging along the way: "Young man, let me tell you that I am familiar with this road. I dance with my old sisters on the stage every night. Next to Gongyuan West Street is South Street, and further ahead is North Street." Street, there is not a single store here that I don’t know.”

Ye Yao nodded again and again. At that time, he thought he had found the right person. The warm-hearted aunt is always a good helper when she gets lost. She has a mouth under her nose. If she doesn't know the way, can't she ask?

But this time he didn't expect that even with the help of the enthusiastic aunt, he still hasn't found it.

A quarter of an hour later, he and his aunt stood in the same place, listening to the aunt's constant babbling: "It's really strange, why can't I find number 60 after looking around this place, I clearly remember that it's here!"

Ye Yao said: "It's okay, I'll look for it myself, so I won't bother you."

At least it can be confirmed that No. 60, Gongyuan West Street still exists, but the location is a bit hidden, so I can't find it for a while?

To be honest, he was very tired.

Enthusiastic aunt left, and he was still wandering around with his bag on his back. He walked around the corner for the fourth time and bumped into a tall man head-on.

Ye Yao was stunned for a moment, he never thought that he could still look at a man as stupid.

This man is very beautiful, and he is not the standard beauty of Xiao Xianrou nowadays, he is very good-looking.

His eyebrows are thin and black, his eyes are between phoenix eyes and peach blossom eyes, and his facial features are profound. He may be of mixed race from other countries. Wearing a black polo shirt, he looks quite evil.

But outside his shirt, he was wearing a cute white fabric apron with a cat printed on the big front pocket.

This, is this the legendary cuteness of contrast?

Ye Yao was dumbfounded.

The handsome man noticed that Ye Yao was staring at him, and the knife flew over with one glance.

He swallowed, thinking that it would be too embarrassing for him to stare at the other party, so he simply asked, "Excuse me, do you know where No. 60, Gongyuan West Street is?"

But what Ye Yao didn't expect was that after hearing the address, the man suddenly became like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and suddenly became vigilant.

He said viciously, "I don't know!"

Then he walked past Ye Yao, and he didn't know if it was intentional, but he felt a strong bump on his shoulder.

Ye Yao:? ? ?

What's wrong!