Shanhai Pet Shop

The handsome man closed the door.

He grasped the edge of the antique wooden door with both hands. The back of his white hand exposed blue veins, his fingers were thin and long, but he could see the man's strength flowing under the skin of his hand.

Ye Yao didn't say a word, he had to admit that he was taken aback by the handsome man's enemy-like eyes and his sudden outburst of anger after seeing the transfer contract, he tended to sit and listen to the other party's thoughts first, and judge the other party Reasons for outbursts of anger.

"Bangdang-"

The two door panels collided with a deafening sound, and fine dust and white powder that were hard to see with the naked eye fell from the ceiling.

The man turned his anger on the door. If the door panel wasn't the shop's private property, he might use all his strength to smash the not-so-thick wood into pieces.

Even though this wasn't a martial arts studio, Ye Yao didn't doubt the man's strength at all.

He saw a handsome man sitting across from him.

The space outside the curtain was really not that big, and the other party didn't want him to have intimate contact with those animals for some reason, so their conversation naturally took place in the small outside space.

pretty man-

Ye Yao shook his head, he thought he couldn't always call him by his code name, as long as he was a person, he always had a name.

He made himself seem more friendly, and ideally a little in control.

Ye Yao said: "My name is Ye Yao, and I am the grandson of Ye Shangde. My grandfather transferred this shop to me a few days ago. That is to say, I am the owner of Shanhai Pet Shop now. What's your name?"

He tried his best to make his voice sound more friendly. After all, in just one day, Ye Yao had transformed from a proletarian to a petty bourgeoisie. He even had a clerk and a subordinate, even though he was not sure he could Cannot send wages to the other party.

But since the handsome man has been able to work here for so long, and handles the inside and outside of Shanhai Pet Shop properly, it can at least prove that he has some experience in this area and can be trusted by his grandfather, otherwise he should not be hired to take care of it. shop.

At the same time, Ye Yao also knows that such a person absolutely does not want a paratrooper to suddenly appear on his head. The paratrooper is still the real owner of the shop, and the shop owner can even control the future fate of a small group of employees, whether he can continue to work.

Ye Yao subconsciously ignored the outdated word "Master" in the other party's mouth. He thought it was just a slip of the tongue. Now it is a society ruled by law, and the relationship between the clerk and the owner is only a contract. It is possible that this person also signed a contract of sale.

The handsome man sat behind the counter, with angry flames in his eyes, he looked at the sincere college student from top to bottom with a critical look and said: "I am Qiongqi."

Ye Yao said, "Qongqi? How do you write it?"

This name is fundamentally different from Zhang San Li Si Wang Er Mazi, not only the last name, but he can't even guess the other party's last name.

According to "The Source of Surnames", the poor surname is the descendant of the Youqian family in the ancient Hou State. However, in the long historical trend, the poor surname should have withdrawn from the stage long ago.

Qiongqi didn't answer Ye Yao's question, he just sneered and said, "I don't know who Ye Shangde is, nor how you got the ownership of the pet shop, but if I were you, I would definitely not You will try to accept things that do not belong to you, and most greedy people will not have any good results, not to mention, you simply do not have the ability to take over this store."

Qiongqi's attitude, his words, and his domineering expression are enough to offend any gentle and soft-tempered little white rabbit, and Ye Yao is the same.His language became tougher: "Are you a clerk here? It doesn't matter who hired you or how long you've been here, you don't legally own the store. If you need Staying here can also guarantee a profit. We can continue your previous contract agreement. As you said, I really don’t know anything about pet breeding, but you have to understand that I am already the owner of the store, and your attitude is definitely not It should be the attitude of the boss."

Nonsensical chicken-and-duck talk.

Qiongqi didn't speak anymore, he just sneered, his already evil face became even more evil?Although he is good-looking, he is definitely not the beauty of a decent person. This face is very suitable for his debut to play a villain who does not need much acting skills in film and television dramas. Can capture the hearts of most young Chinese girls.

He stood up and said, "If you insist, just stay here and watch."

With a wave of his long hand, the curtain separating the human world and the animal world was lifted, and he walked into some secret passage, and the person disappeared.

Ye Yao stood up immediately, but when he opened the curtain, he found that there was no trace of Qiongqi. He walked forward a few steps, but found that the animal world was wider than he imagined, and the two rows of cages on the left and right occupied the entire area. Most of the area left only a small space for him under his feet, and the passage was long and thin. He walked through countless cages before he saw a door.

An aged door.

Is the rental shop of Confucius Temple so big?

He thought of the other two stores he passed by just now, the Hanfu store at No. 59, and the magic props shop at No. 58. When he entered the Folk Art Grand View Garden, the magic props shop hadn’t opened yet, so he could only support it from the outside with metal brackets. When I got up, I learned that the owner is the magician grandpa who often goes to the children’s channel and is very popular among children. In the half-open Hanfu shop, there are only rows of clothes for rent and sale at the same time, and men wearing half-armed clothes. shopkeeper.

Their store only occupies a small corner, and you can see the end at a glance.

Ye Yao is not a nervous person. On the contrary, he is quite sensitive to changes in the surrounding environment. It is said that such a person feels insecure because he lacked parental company and was too lonely when he was a child, but Ye Yao himself never felt that What insecurity has done to his life.

He has read an American report, saying that people who live in fear can live longer than those who live in happiness, so he firmly believes that he can live longer.

But enough strange things had happened to him today.

Ye Yao put his hand on the doorknob, and the moment he turned his wrist slightly, he could even hear his heart beating vigorously in his chest.

"crunch-"

The door opened.

The pointer has already passed two o'clock, and the outside sun is too bright. If he had just arrived at the Confucius Temple, the marble slabs laid on the ground could already cook eggs. It will be his palms that are baked.

It's just a door to the outside world, nothing else.

There seems to be an explanation for Qiongqi's disappearance. He may have passed through this door to the outside of the shop, and then moved his almost two-meter-long legs to easily get rid of Ye Yao who stood up afterwards.

Hope so.

Ye Yao closed the door, and then he found the lock behind the counter. Qiongqi took the key with him when he left, which meant that he would definitely come back, and only when he came back could Ye Yao have a calming battle with his clerk. conversation.

Instead of breaking up like this now.

The animals behind the curtain remained uncomfortably silent, neither cats nor dogs nor cold-blooded animals made even one or two barks.

This is not right.

Ye Yao's imaginary pet shop should be wild, even if it is based on his imagination of an unknown field as a layman.

——The air is filled with the unique smell of fresh life of animals. The cat occasionally makes three or two long-drawn coquettish sounds, while the dog keeps sticking out its tongue and barking non-stop.

He walked to the side of the eco-box, and the Senegalese ball python, which is a circle larger than ordinary pet snakes, slid gracefully on the sand and stones. When Ye Yao's face was pressed against the glass surface, he raised his head and spat out a long Snake letter.

"You don't look like a pet snake at all."

"Will you come out, through the glass surface and be directly exposed to the air, or emerge from the vented cavity and squeeze your long, thin body into a ball?"

Ye Yao's eyes are sharp, but the glasses weaken his sense of existence, not to mention his current behavior, he is trying to talk to a boa constrictor, probably only a lunatic with an overly rich imagination would do such a thing.

However, when he looked at the pet snake, he really had an illusion, as if what he was facing was not a snake, but a person, or even a creature with wisdom beyond human beings.

The ball python looked at Ye Yao with its cute peas eyes.

shit!

Ye Yao still remembered the illusion he had when he entered the world behind the curtain, and the feeling of loneliness that he was the only one in the world after looking at the python, he was sure that it was not his illusion, but he looked at the animal again , but he was unable to enter the mysterious state that had occurred before.

It was as if facing the Norwegian sea, behind him was only the ground covered with jagged rocks and withered yellow weeds, while in front of him was a light blue water surface with white foam, and the sky was a hazy gray——

Lonely, and empty.

He is the only one in the world.

So weird.

He closed the door and locked it, hoping that Qiongqi's key could open the door.

Bathing in the hot afternoon sun, Ye Yao actually felt a sense of alienation. In fact, in a short period of time, he never wanted to come to this place again, even though it was his subordinate's legal property.

It's really evil.

[If I were you, I would never try to accept what is not my own]!

Ye Yao suddenly raised his head, and then looked around, no one, not a single person.

But just now he did hear that sentence again, that sentence Qiongqi told him before leaving the shop.

It was his illusion.

Right?

However, that night, in his small apartment of less than 40 square meters, Ye Yao had a strange dream.

He dreamed of a big snake, which was two or three times its own length. When it propped up its upper limbs, it could be on the same plane as humans, and they were at the same height.

The man and the snake face each other from a distance, it spits out slender snake letters unscrupulously, its huge body swims slowly on the sand, and there is a wonderful rhythm in every gesture.

[I want to penetrate the glass surface]

[I want to squeeze my slender body out of the vent]

[I want to be free]

The tall snake had already swam to Ye Yao's side, and he suddenly found that the pattern on this snake was exactly the same as the pattern on the Senegal ball python he saw this morning.

They also have the same beautiful tail.

[I want to get my body back]

The snake was level with him.

[liberate me]