Hyakki grocery store

It seems like a dream.

Boss Bai hasn't had a dream for a long time, but every time he dreams, he will dream about something that he accidentally forgot in the process of resurrecting from the dead.

In that dream, Boss Bai saw a person standing in front of him, but he couldn't remember that person's appearance and gender.

"What's your name?"

The other party's voice sounded in Boss Bai's dream, but that voice was also vague and genderless.

"I forgot." Boss Bai heard himself speaking in his dream.

"How could someone forget their own name?" There seemed to be a smile in that voice.

"I just don't remember." The self in the dream seemed a little lost, "but I remember the name that seems to be related to... the morning."

"Morning? By the way, I'll call you from now on... right? Just like your eyes, clear and warm." The other party's voice was so blurred that Boss Bai couldn't hear the other party's call to himself in the dream. what name.

What name did the other party choose for himself?What is the name that belongs to morning and can make people feel warm?

"Boss, I'm going to school!"

With Yun Mian's greeting, Boss Bai, who had been lying on the sofa in the morning with his eyes closed, was pulled back from his dream. Inside the large red fox pajamas hat he bought with Yun Mian, the white ghost's sleepy face was exposed.Although the identities of Bai Gui and Yun Mian are unusual, but as the guardian of the third graders in elementary school, Boss Bai still has to get up early every day to prepare clothes and lunch for the little follower.

Every time he finished making bento, Boss Bai would choose to go back to sleep.

"Be careful on the road." Boss Bai, who looked sleepy, had a rare soft and relaxed expression on his face. After turning over, he continued to catch up on sleep, hoping to see more follow-ups that he had forgotten in his dreams.

Unfortunately, before Boss Bai fell asleep, there was a sudden knock on the door, and the glass door of the grocery store was knocked hard. The sound of "clang, bang, bang" made Boss Bai wear red fox pajamas from the door. He got up on the sofa, walked to the door of the store, and opened the covering curtain.

At first, I thought it was the kid Yun Mianmian who left the keys at home, but to Boss Bai's surprise, it wasn't the little follower standing at the door of the grocery store, but Ke Lan, whose face was full of tears.

The body in front of him is a puppet made by Boss Bai himself.

Every three months, after Boss Bai converts the three-month lifespan of the Ke family into fuel, he will wind up Ke Lan, so that the girl in the form of a puppet can continue to accompany the Ke family like a living person. .

So the other party shouldn't just appear in front of the Hundred Ghosts grocery store like this!

Boss Bai took off the red fox hat on his head, combed his waist-length black hair, and then opened the glass shop door to let Ke Lan in.

The weather outside the door seemed to be colder than yesterday, but Ke Lan was only wearing a very thin school uniform.Of course, Ke Lan's body is a doll, no matter how delicate it is, it still can't perceive temperature changes well.

"You shouldn't come here." Seeing Ke Lan rushing in from the door, the white ghost frowned, "Your current identity is just an obedient puppet, and you shouldn't know the existence of this grocery store."

"Boss Bai." Ke Lan just leaned against the wall next to him, lowering his head so that people couldn't see his expression clearly, "I regret it."

As he spoke, Ke Lan raised his head, tears streaming down his cheeks uncontrollably, the face of this weeping puppet girl was full of sadness.Reaching out to wipe away some tears, Ke Lan continued to say to the white ghost: "Mom is sick, very sick. If I continue to stay by my mother's side, maybe my mother's illness will become more serious. So, let me leave now Right, Boss Bai?"

"From the day I promised to turn you into a puppet, I told you that you would definitely regret it." Boss Bai looked at the sad girl in front of him, "At that time you also said that you would never regret it."

"At that time, my mother wanted to commit suicide because of my death, so I wanted to go back to them." Ke Lan covered his face and sobbed, "But neither father nor mother, they never regarded me as the real Ke Lan .In their eyes, I am just a substitute like a toy!"

"Then tell them." The white ghost stared at Ke Lan, "Tell them the truth, tell them that you are the real Ke Lan, but with a puppet body."

"I've said it several times." Ke Lan shook his head with a wry smile, "but they never believed it, they just lamented that my doll was extremely well-made. Later, my mother became more and more ill, and it seemed that only Only by hurting my puppet can my mother calm down. In this case, if my mother knows that I am the real Ke Lan, she will definitely do terrible things again!"

"So, you want to leave now?"

"Yes." Ke Lan cried and nodded, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, I am already a dead ghost, and I don't want to hide in the body of a doll like this anymore!"

"Sorry." Boss Bai shook his head, "Strictly speaking, Mr. Ke and Mrs. Ke are the ones who make the transaction with our store and pay the price, so they should decide when to end the transaction."

"Then what if I do something to this body?" Ke Lan swallowed, obviously nervous about what he wanted to say, and knew how angry Boss Bai would be, "If I remove my left hand in front of everyone , and then remove my left foot?"

Hearing what Ke Lan said, Boss Bai narrowed his eyes dangerously, stared at Ke Lan for a long time, and finally said, "At least, we have to wait until the next March appointment."

"Thank you, Boss Bai." Ke Lan bowed deeply, "Maybe after I leave, my mother's illness will recover soon!"

"None of this has anything to do with me. You just need to remember one thing." Boss Bai lightly tapped Ke Lan's forehead, "Don't hurt the dolls, and... stay with them for a while longer."

"Yes!"

Boss Bai took a deep look at Ke Lan, and finally said: "Sorry, as guests, Mr. Ke and Mrs. Ke also paid a price that you don't know about, so they have the right to continue the transaction until the agreed date."

Ke Lan's mind was very confused at this time, so he couldn't understand what Boss Bai said, and left on his own.

After Ke Lan left, she still bowed down at the door of the grocery store to apologize frequently. It wasn't until Boss Bai went out to drive her to school that Ke Lan quickly ran in the direction of her school.

Standing at the door of the grocery store, looking at Jinxiu Street where there were no people walking around due to the weather, Boss Bai always felt that something was missing at the door of his store.After thinking about it for a long time, Boss Bai remembered that there was a figure standing stupidly at the door of the store who was always taken by the police to write a review.

I don’t know when Wang Quan stopped appearing at the door of the Hundred Ghosts grocery store. Maybe he went to other places to look for the carillon, or maybe he gave up looking for the carillon... In short, there is no such a door god at the door of the grocery store. , it seems a little deserted.

"Fox... pajamas..."

The cold voice came from behind Boss Bai, and Boss Bai instantly remembered that he was still wearing the red fox pajamas that matched the little follower!There is also a fluffy red fox tail on the back of the pajamas!

As soon as he turned around, the corner of the white ghost's eyes twitched and he saw the annoying bookstore owner next door standing there, looking at his pajamas with complicated eyes.

"Isn't it good-looking?" Boss Bai is not a person who will show weakness, so he immediately raised his head proudly and raised his eyebrows at the other party, "My boss has more beautiful styles, but it's a pity that you don't have the chance to meet them."

After finishing speaking, Boss Bai took advantage of the moment when the other party's body stiffened, and quickly "sneaked" back into the store.

And in the Central Park not far from Jinxiu Street, a lonely figure with royal characteristics sat in a daze by the lakeside of the park early in the morning.It wasn't until the phone in his pocket rang that Wang Quan's figure moved, and he connected the phone without even looking at it.

"Hey?"

"Is it Mr. Wang?"

"Yes."

"Hello, I am Xiao Huang, the VIP manager of Qing Fund, and I have been in charge of Mrs. Zhong's pension fund business."

"I know."

"Because you are Mrs. Zhong's first contact, there are some things I would like to discuss with you. How about we make an appointment?"

"it is good."

Until he hung up the phone, Wang Quan was still lacking energy, just staring at the lake in front of him with golden scales in the morning sun, as if he could see the carillon from the reflection.