Dream Pet Shop

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Lin's father and Lin's mother had been eavesdropping on the movement in the kitchen in the bedroom. When they heard Lin Ran's laughter, they looked at each other and smiled.

When going to school the next morning, Lin Ran secretly hid the tortoise under his school uniform and took it out of the house.

Although after the test last night, the tortoise crawled faster than Lin Ran imagined, but Lin Ran still didn't want to raise it, and planned to take the opportunity to return the tortoise on his way to school.

Lin Ran passed by the store yesterday and glanced up at the signboard.Dream Pet Shop... He sneered at such a name.

Lin Ran pushed the door, but found that it was locked, and he couldn't open it. He looked at the small sign on the door, and found that the pet shop didn't open until 9 o'clock, so he came early!

But he was going to be late for school, so it was impossible to wait here.Lin Ran thought for a while, why not put the tortoise at the door, and when the shopkeeper opened the door, he would naturally see it, so he put the tortoise on the ground and prepared to leave.

As a result, the little tortoise bit his trousers, and when he lifted his foot to go, he accidentally kicked the tortoise away.

Lin Ran: ...

The kicked little tortoise turned over again, and the whole body shrank in, leaving only the tortoise shell spinning on the ground.Lin Ran sighed, walked over and picked it up.He found that in such a short period of time, some tiny scratches were added to the turtle's shell, making it even more unsightly.Only then did he realize that the tortoise's shell was not as hard as he had imagined.

When Lin Ran entered the classroom, the bell for self-study had already rang.Under the cover of the chirping sound of the whole class reciting, Lin Ran slipped in from the back door of the classroom and sat down in his seat quietly.

The tablemate Zhou Xiaomao immediately came over with a book, and asked curiously, "Aran, why are you late today?"

Lin Ran ignored him, and quickly stuffed the things hidden under the school uniform into the desk drawer, but the sharp-eyed Zhou Xiaomao still saw it.

Zhou Xiaomao immediately surrounded him excitedly and asked things: "Aran, aran, was that a tortoise just now? Did you raise it? Did you bring it to school?"

Lin Ran took out his textbook and pretended to be endorsing it, ignoring him.However, Zhou Xiaomao kept staring at his drawer with bright eyes. Finally, when the morning self-study was over, he couldn't wait to reach into the drawer.

Lin Ran patted his hand away coldly, glared at him, and warned him to be quiet, and then secretly took the little turtle out from the drawer.

"Hey, why did it shrink in?" Zhou Xiaomao was a little disappointed.

Lin Ran didn't say a word, feeling a little bit guilty and a little bit worried in his heart, he didn't know if the little tortoise was alright with the fall just now, the tortoise shell... shouldn't feel any pain, right?

Lin Ran put his hand on the tortoise shell, touched it lightly, and probably smelled him, the little tortoise finally poked its head out of the tortoise shell, and touched Lin Ran's hand with the tip of its nose.

"It's out, it's out!" Zhou Xiaomao shouted excitedly, "Aran, aran, take it for me, take it for me."

Lin Ran was afraid that his yelling would attract more students to watch, so he had no choice but to hand the little turtle to him.

Zhou Xiaomao took the little tortoise happily, but as soon as the little tortoise was in his hands, it shrank back into the turtle shell. Zhou Xiaomao curled his lips and said, "Why did it hide when I took it?"

Lin Ran didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.

Lin Ran underestimated the extent of Zhou Xiaomao's big mouth. When it was lunch break, almost half of the class knew that he brought a turtle to school today.I don’t know which girl lost weight, and she brought vegetable salad for lunch, and donated it to the little turtle for free, so a group of people came to watch the little turtle eat after class.

"Lin Ran, is this your tortoise? What's the name of your tortoise?" a female student asked.

Lin Ran heard the name "Turtle Turtle", and glanced at the little turtle, somehow feeling that this ugly thing was a little cute. "My dad just raised it yesterday, and it hasn't been named yet."

"Why are there so many scratches on your tortoise's shell? You don't plan to engrave characters on its back, do you? Then it will really become oracle bone inscriptions hahaha." A boy joked.

Lin Ran frowned. He took a closer look at the scratches on the turtle's back. Although these scratches were very old and the turtle shell healed itself later, the shape really looked like something had been carved.Lin Ran thought, who is so boring.

The whole afternoon, the little tortoise was in Zhou Xiaomao's drawer. He took the lettuce leaves and teased the tortoise so much that he didn't listen to a word the teacher said.Lin Ran occasionally turned his head to glance, and every time he saw the scratches on the turtle's shell, he felt uncomfortable.

When school was over, Lin Ran expressed that he would return the adopted little turtle to the pet shop, which was unanimously opposed by the students.

"Why? Isn't the turtle cute?"

"Yeah, it seems to like you quite a bit."

Zhou Xiaomao poked Lin Ran quietly, and said in a low voice, "Is there any difficulty that you can't take care of right now? It's okay, I can help you take care of it for a while."

Everyone's objections were invalid, and Lin Ran still walked to the pet shop with the little turtle in his arms.However, what he couldn't figure out was why a large group of students with opposing opinions followed him.

"I didn't know there was a pet shop so close to the school."

"My parents won't let me walk this way after school, saying it's not safe because there are few people."

"I hope there will be cute little animals in the pet shop soon."

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The students followed Lin Ran enthusiastically as if they had discovered a new continent.Lin Ran walked ahead alone, and he couldn't explain why, but he was in a bad mood.

It was the first time for Xia Ji to have so many customers at the same time. Half the class of elementary school students came together, and his shop was packed as soon as they came in. All the immature faces looked around curiously, chattering non-stop .

A boy with a shaved crew cut and a band-aid on his nose brushed aside the crowd, rushed to Xia Ji, grabbed his hand and began to shake violently: "You are the manager of Dream Pet Shop, good to meet you! Good to meet you! "

"?" Xia Ji inexplicably shook hands with a primary school student for a long time, and asked, "You...know me?"

"I'm your fan! I even won your family's lucky charm in the lucky draw some time ago!" Zhou Xiaomao said excitedly.

Before Xia Ji had time to speak, several girls squeezed over again, and said like a repeater: "Me too, me too..."

Looking at the manager of the pet store surrounded by crowds, Lin Ran, who couldn't squeeze through at all, sighed, squatted at the door of the store, put the little turtle on the ground, and played with it, just in time to finish moving the pet food from the back door Long Wei came back.

Covered by Long Wei's huge shadow, Lin Ran panicked for no reason, he quickly picked up the tortoise and stood up.

Long Wei first glanced at the noisy elementary school students in the shop, then looked down at Lin Ran, and asked him, "Why didn't you go in with them?"

Lin Ran gritted his teeth, and said ruthlessly, "No need, I'm here to return this, and I'll leave after returning it. Are you the clerk of this store? It's just for you." He stretched out his hand and handed the little turtle out.

Unsurprisingly, when the little tortoise smelled Long Wei's breath, it immediately retracted into its shell.

Long Wei didn't reach out to pick it up, but said with a stern face, "You are not an adopter, and you have no right to retire. If you want to retire, you have to come to your father."

Lin Ran immediately retracted his outstretched hand, and when he heard what Long Wei said, he found himself breathed a sigh of relief, but he still insisted: "You saw it yesterday, my dad is not easy to move, our family is now It's a special time, no one has the time to take care of pets, so my dad asked me to return them."

Long Wei frowned, took out his mobile phone and said, "I need to confirm, why don't you call your dad now and ask?"

"Don't!" Lin Ran's lie was immediately exposed. He looked at Long Wei with his neck straightened, and finally lowered his head and said to himself: "I really don't understand what my dad is thinking, he It's possible that you won't be able to stand up for the rest of your life, but you're still in the mood to keep a pet? Are you all such idiots and optimists?"

"If you don't understand, just ask your dad," Long Wei said, "Children should not just guess what adults think."

Lin Ran felt that he couldn't explain clearly to him, how could an outsider understand his mood.Since childhood, his father has been the pillar of the family in his mind. When this pillar suddenly collapsed, life suddenly became very insecure, and he felt afraid.He would unconsciously blame his dad, why he was not careful, why he let such an accident happen to him.He was restless, complaining and angry, and more still afraid.

Lin Ran returned home, put down her schoolbag, and hugged the little turtle in a daze.Suddenly there was a muffled sound in the bedroom, and Lin Ran hurried over with the tortoise in his arms.

"Dad, what's the matter?" Lin Ran yelled at the door, seeing his father kneeling on the floor beside the bed, he quickly put the tortoise away and rushed to help his father.

Father Lin's head was covered with beads of sweat, and his face was flushed from exertion. He panted and smiled, "It's okay, I just tried to stand up, and it only succeeded for a few seconds."

Lin Ran was stunned, and asked for a while, "Dad, what did you say?"

Father Lin patted his head and said, "Don't worry, this little setback won't trouble your father. I will definitely stand up again. Don't worry."

Lin Ran's eyes were red, and he helped his father onto the bed, sniffed and said in a low voice, "I'm not afraid. Dad, just take your time."

Father Lin looked at his son with guilt and distress, and smiled silently.He saw the little turtle crawling slowly on the bed sheet and asked, "Did you take it to school to play today?"

"Yeah." Lin Ran nodded, and couldn't help but ask, "Dad, why are you adopting a turtle at this time?"

His dad smiled: "In order for you to adapt, this old dad who is injured and slow to move now. However, my leg, like the scar on the turtle shell, will heal one day."

[Ding——Congratulations to the host for obtaining a dream value of 6000, and the current available balance is 7320. 】

The author has something to say: the turtle’s shell is not as hard as imagined, but it is not as fragile as imagined, just like the fathers (mothers) who support the family~