dognovel Chapter 1182
Chapter 1182
As Feng Lan spoke, Apni recalled some details from the past that she hadn't noticed.
When she opened her guesthouse, she wanted to incorporate some of her own creative ideas. Ling told her, "Your idea is great and unique, but you need to consider the needs of your guests when implementing it. This might make guests feel that it is troublesome to operate and lacks practicality, thus affecting their stay experience."
After most of Apni's ideas were rejected, she became less attentive to the shop's affairs. After hastily opening the shop according to Ling's plan, she did indeed attract quite a few customers.
She liked to bask in the sun among the green plants by the door, and she also liked to hide inside to observe every customer who entered the store, guessing their professions and life stories. Occasionally, she would see some shadowy figures that resembled spirits, and Apni would be curious about their past.
And that noisy bird...
"Do you hate the bird I gave you, Apney?"
“I don’t hate it.” Immersed in her memories, Apni finally said these words. Looking at the white cat whose face was covered in tears and snot, she felt a rare complicated emotion. She turned her head away and answered softly again, “I don’t hate the bird you gave me.”
It was a yellow parrot with a tuft of feathers sticking up on its small head, two rosy cheeks on its face, and a pointed, yellow beak. It would only be quiet when it was pecking at rice; the rest of the time it was either chirping or hopping around the shop.
Sometimes it would land on the green plants where Apni stayed, very close to where she hid, its black bean eyes watching her.
She knew the bird could unlock the cage; it was simple, and it hadn't flown away on its own.
Apni was simply very saddened by its death.
The white cat saw it, but thought it was Apni who killed the bird.
After all, some cats like to keep birds as pets, and quite a few cats like to eat birds.
The words that had been stuck in her heart finally came out. Apni thought she wasn't sad, but tears kept falling uncontrollably.
Apni's crying was much quieter than the white cat's, but it was like a fine drizzle, falling densely into her parched heart and soaking her.
Feng Lan didn't stop the white cat, or rather, if it weren't for his crying, perhaps Apni wouldn't have been able to cry so easily.
She put Apni down, closed the broken door behind her that had been knocked down by the white cat, blocking the onlookers' gazes from the group of cats and spirits.
The rest of the story depends on whether the protagonist is willing to reveal it to the public.
"Hmph, hmph... So, why would Apni's spirit do such a thing?" The white cat sniffed, her eyes red and swollen, as she asked Feng Lan.
Feng Lan pondered for a moment, thinking of the large skeleton that the black cat had taken her to see. The loose array covering the ground meant that the large skeleton itself could not get out, but the wisps of evil energy were hard to say. "Perhaps an evil spirit infected it, causing it to do these things."
Apni nodded. Indeed, sometimes she felt that her spirit was contradictory, always making decisions that were a battle between her left and right brain.
The thought that it wasn't her own spirit that was hostile towards her, but rather that she had been infected by evil, made Apni feel much better.
As Feng Lan watched the three cats chatting and laughing under the grapevines, Apni's mood clearly improved, at least she showed some normal reaction before she left with the pile of struggling dust.
Now, she has to go collect her reward; this level of achievement should be considered as having met a small target.
……
This is a fantasy world. Feng Lan squeezed out of the crowd, thinking about going to the room she arrived at on the first day. As she walked, the roads on both sides began to change.
It was exactly the same situation she encountered on her first day out.
The flowers and trees on Fish Flower Street blurred for a second, and all kinds of sounds and fragrances were left behind in an instant. In the hazy purple smoke, Feng Lan reappeared in the quiet room.
Behind the hazy wisps of smoke, the black cat's eyes were faintly visible.
"You came."
This time He spoke in human language.
"Why isn't it meowing this time?" Feng Lan asked in surprise.
"When you first meet someone, you should always leave a lasting impression."
"Now?"
"I get tired of pretending for too long, meow," the black cat said frankly, sporting a poker face.
Feng Lan was speechless. "Fine, you're right."
She recounted Apni's story. During the retelling, the space sphere containing dust that Feng Lan had placed beside her stirred. The dust inside seemed to be randomly stuck to the surface, but in reality, it was constantly trying to find a gap in the sphere to escape.
She glanced at it casually, then looked away indifferently and continued her story with the black cat.
She knew these cunning villains wouldn't be so honest as to expose themselves.
"...It's right here. I think it might be contaminated, and it's related to the underground one. The formation has been broken for who knows how long, and perhaps many other subtle things are happening outside."
"Okay, I understand." The black cat nodded, and the ball next to Feng Lan was pulled by an invisible force to fly to the black cat's side, merging into the darkness around it. A pair of golden-green eyes flickered in the darkness. "We will be conducting a major investigation soon."
The implication is that if things go wrong, Feng Lan will have to patrol diligently to prevent any serious incidents from occurring.
"Ok."
After confirming that her contribution had been recorded, Feng Lan asked herself if she could make a wish. After receiving a negative answer but being told that she could open her own shop, she left with a feigned regret.