Chapter Five Hundred and Fortieth Seventh Soldiers Never Tire of Cheating

"According to your situation, I suggest you raise an English short."

Zhang Zian suggested to a customer who was hesitant about which cat to buy.

"Okay, I'll take another look." The other party has yet to make a decision.

"Squeak!"

Zhang Zian was startled, and immediately turned his head to look at the stairwell on the second floor, saw π showing a small head, beckoned to him quietly, and then immediately shrank back.

"What's the sound?" The customer looked around wonderingly, "Shop manager, do you have any other pets besides cats, dogs, and birds?"

"No, you heard it wrong. The stairs are old and creaked when you step on them." Zhang Zian concealed, "Just take a look. I'll go upstairs. If you have any questions, you can ask the cashier in this store."

After speaking, he hurried back upstairs.

π was waiting for him at the door of the living room with his head hunched over.

"What's the matter, π? Is something wrong? Is there something wrong?"

he asked repeatedly.

π had never gone downstairs to look for him before, he thought something happened to π, the most worrying thing was that π was sick, he didn't know how to cure a fantasy elf, even if it could be cured, he would also be concerned about raising monkeys discovered by others.

"Squeak?"

π pointed to the tablet computer with an anxious expression on his face, but he didn't look like he was sick.

Zhang Zian didn't understand what it wanted to express, "Go and type on the computer."

They entered the living room together, π jumped on the swivel chair, and typed in the Word document: You can only read part of the book, and you can't read the rest. Tried several copies, but it didn't work.

Zhang Zian didn't understand what it meant at first, picked up the tablet to look at it, and immediately relaxed, and said with a smile, "Because there are paid chapters later, I haven't recharged my account yet, so of course I can't read it."

π typed puzzledly: Recharge?

"Yes, although online novels and physical books have different reading media, they are the product of other people's labor just like rice, computers, drinking water, and clothes. Most of the more exciting online novels need to be read for a fee, otherwise, who would sit on the computer every night? I wrote novels for others to read, who doesn't know that playing games and watching movies is more comfortable?" Zhang Zian explained.

π typed: Is it expensive?

Zhang Zi'an said that the price of reading online novels is indeed not expensive, but he can't stand the fast reading speed of π... But he didn't want it to cause a psychological burden, so he pretended to be relaxed and said: "As a way of entertainment, online novels have already It's very cheap, at least it's much cheaper than finding a girlfriend... π Which app do you mainly read in? I'll charge you some money to get in."

Pi points to an icon on the tablet screen.

"Okay, let me see how to recharge." Zhang Zian took the tablet, deliberately avoiding π's sight, estimated how much should be recharged according to π's reading speed, and finally charged a thousand.

"Okay, π, choose any book you like to read." He handed the tablet back to it.

"Squeak!"

π took the tablet and tried to click on the paid chapter, and sure enough, he could read it, and immediately sat in the hanging basket happily and started reading.

Looking at its page-turning speed, Zhang Zian felt Mr. Wallet was crying, but π really likes online novels, so he went downstairs to ask him for help.

Even so, he thinks that the money is well spent. With online novels, π has less demand for physical novels, which can save him a lot of work and devote time to the daily operation of the pet store.

The only thing he's not sure about is... he's not sure if this is a way to quench thirst for π, because there are so many online novels that even π can't read them all in a short while, will this aggravate π's isolation?

He couldn't think of another way for the time being, so he had to let time test it.

...

π gradually relaxed his vigilance in the pet shop, no longer clinging to the unnamed book all the time, when he was reading in the hanging basket, he would randomly put the unnamed book on the desk, next to the laptop.

It is staring intently at the screen of the tablet computer, just seeing the exciting part, just finished reading a chapter, and with a swipe of the finger, it jumps to the next chapter.

"π, don't read books all the time, get up and do some exercise."

It looked up, Zhang Zian did not know when he had come to the hanging basket, and was looking at it worriedly.

"Squeak!"

It waved its hand, meaning to wait a moment, take a break after reading this part, and then continue to read with its head down.

"Pi!"

π's heart moved, it seemed that Zhang Zian's tone was wrong, raised his head again, and asked him what happened with his eyes blankly.

Zhang Zian said seriously: "π, you've been reading for five hours straight, you should get up and move around, or your body won't be able to take it anymore. I'm playing hide-and-seek with Xinghai, do you want to come too?"

"Meow~"

Xinghai also appeared from behind him, staring at π with silver-gray eyes blinking.

"Meow ~ π, do you want to play hide and seek together?"

π looked at the two of them alternately, their expressions were serious, their eyes were full of worry and anxiety, obviously worrying about its affairs.

"Squeak?"

π stretches out a palm, which means the time has passed 5 hours?

Zhang Zian nodded, "Yes, when I woke up in the morning, I found you reading a book. It was not yet 7 o'clock, and now it is 12 noon. I just finished lunch. You haven't been there for at least 5 hours. Moved."

"Squeak."

π put down the tablet and jumped off the gondola, but suddenly staggered and almost lost his footing.

Zhang Zian quickly supported it, "π, are you alright?"

Reading in the same posture for a long time, π found that the joints of his whole body were stiff, especially his neck, which creaked when he moved a little, like rusty bearings, and his legs were simply numb, unable to move at all.

"Squeak..."

Its whole body weight leaned on Zhang Zian's body, stretched out a finger, tremblingly wrote on his palm: I'm fine, just take a rest.

Looking at its weak and powerless appearance, Zhang Zian couldn't help feeling secretly regretful, why did he let π read online novels? It has nothing else to do, and it is fascinated by reading it. After reading the physical book, it has nothing to read and can only rest. But there are too many online novels, and it reads one after another.

He carried π into the hanging basket, let it lie down to rest, and stood beside Xinghai to guard it.

"Squeak."

Pi turned his face inward and covered it with his hands.

Zhang Zian guessed that it was saying "I'm sorry", so he comforted him: "There's nothing to be sorry for, π, you just need to pay attention to the time you read."

Pi nodded.

After a while, the numb legs regained consciousness, and it jumped out of the hanging basket regardless of Zhang Zian's dissuasion.

"Squeak?"

It raised its hands to cover its eyes, then moved its hands away, and so on.

"Pi wants to play hide-and-seek with us?" Zhang Zian guessed.

π nodded, looking at him with wandering eyes, "Squeak?"

"Of course, you are welcome to join at any time." Zhang Zian smiled, "Right, Xinghai?"

"Meow~ Welcome!" Xinghai said happily, "Let's play hide and seek together!"

"Wait a minute, I'm going to call Fei Max to play together, that guy is sleeping all day now, it's time to wake up." Zhang Zian ran downstairs.

After a while, he brought the sleepy-eyed Phimas back to the second floor, and asked, "Who will be the ghost? I suggest boxing! Come on, let's play boxing together, rock, scissors, and paper!"

He couldn't allow everyone to refuse, so he decided to guess the boxing game without authorization.

"Meow~ Bu!"

"Squeak!"

Femus: "Exo me?"

As a result of the guessing game, Zhang Zian and π both produced scissors, while Xinghai and Fei Masi both produced cloth.

"Wahhaha, one of you will be a ghost!" Zhang Zian smiled triumphantly.

Fei Max stared at his paw speechlessly, "You're cheating! Xinghai and I can only make cloth..."

"Then I don't care!" Zhang Zian said shamelessly, "In short, which of you two is the ghost? If you continue to guess the fist, I don't think you can tell the winner. How about flipping a coin to decide?"

As if by magic, he pulled out a coin and dinged it into the air.

The coin drew a silver retracement line back into his palm, where he slapped it with his other hand.

"The flowered side or the non-flowered side? Who guesses first?" he asked.

"Meow~ There are flowers!" Xinghai answered first.

Fei Masi was even more speechless, playing coin guessing with Xinghai, isn't it obvious that he will lose? The chance of winning is simply zero!

Zhang Zian looked at it narrowly, and asked, "Femas, then you choose the side without flowers?"

"No, I won't choose either side, I admit defeat." Femas sighed, "Forget it, I'll be a ghost—you guys ganged up to bully me today, right?"

"By the way, how did we bully you? You just conceded the bet!" Zhang Zian said with a smile, "Go and count—by the way, don't use your sense of smell to find us, or you'll be cheating!"

"Only you are not qualified to talk about others!" Fei Max found a corner helplessly, closed his eyes facing the wall, and read: "1, 2, 3, 4..."

Xinghai was the first to find a place to hide, Zhang Zian winked at π, signaling to split up and hide.

π has seen Zhang Zian play hide-and-seek with Xinghai, but this is the first time he has personally participated in this game. It stayed in the living room almost all the time, didn't know the other rooms well, didn't know where to hide it, and finally just hid under the desk.

Femus counted to 100, opened his eyes, and looked around the room.

If you can use your sense of smell, it will be easy to find it. Even if you don't use it, it will just take more time. Anyway, the pet store is such a big place, where else can it hide? Can you go to heaven?

Femus had an idea and shouted: "Don't hide, I saw you!"

"Squeak!"

It was the first time for π to play, and he didn't know any tricks. He thought that Phimas had really seen it, and wanted to get out from under the desk in a panic. It moved too quickly, and its body had just recovered from numbness, its movements were not very flexible, and its head hit the desk with a bang.

"Squeak!"

π fell to the ground in pain, covered his head and sobbed.

The table shook twice, and the unnamed book on the corner of the table fell to the ground with a clatter and spread out.