There were no customers in the store in the morning, so my father took stock of the decorations that were going to be delivered to the art exhibition, and then received the old man who came to inspect the goods at noon.
He was very satisfied with this batch of goods, and repeatedly told Jenkins to be careful when escorting this batch of antiques tomorrow.
After lunch, Dad brought a thick book called "Dark Power: Defense and Counterattack" for Jenkins to learn as a pre-learning content after he was promoted to the fourth level. Dad was at the counter studying the tattoos on the Balrog brought by Jenkins. Most of the patterns and symbols had no practical meaning.
At about three o'clock, Chocolate finished eating the snacks Jenkins prepared for it, and spun around the man's arm to digest food. It first became interested in the new kerosene lamp on the other side of the counter, observing its distorted image in front of the glass lampshade, and then jumped off the counter to study the display case that was gathering dust in the corner of the antique shop.
The display case was empty when Jenkins first stepped in, and Dad said he hadn't found anything suitable for sale in it.
Seeing that Jenkins didn't intend to talk to it, the cat finally jumped onto the window and lay on its stomach. There are only two exhibits in the window of Papa's antique shop. One is a complete set of knight's armor propped up on a special shelf, which is one of the most valuable antiques in the store; A hooded enamel snuff bottle inlaid with silver. Although this product is also very valuable, it can only be regarded as a modern work of art. The reason why it is placed here is because it looks beautiful and can help attract customers.
It was Thursday afternoon, and there were not many people on Fifth Queen's Avenue. The little flower seller passed by the window and glanced at the cat curiously, but unfortunately, Jenkins, who was concentrating on copying, didn't see her.
A gentleman with a civilized stick also passed by the window without even looking inside. Not long after, a slow-moving carriage passed by, and the wheel unfortunately pressed against a raised foot of the stone brick, causing the carriage to shake violently.
"Meow~"
The cat yawned, feeling that nothing important would happen until the end of the day. It stood up, wanting to go back to Jenkins to sleep, but suddenly leaned in front of the window glass, put the whole cat's face on the glass and tried to look sideways.
Standing next to the gas street lamp is a rusty mailbox, and steam can be seen from the cracks in the stone bricks next to the mailbox. This is a normal phenomenon, and the underground steam pipeline needs to be exhausted at any time to stabilize the air pressure.
And further away from that steam, a familiar carriage drove up from the foggy street.
"Meow~"
Although a little unhappy, Chocolate still called out obediently to remind Jenkins. Although Jenkins doesn't understand cat language, he has lived with the cat for more than half a year and understands its behavior.
"A guest is here, and they are acquaintances."
While talking, he informed his father, who also knew about the strangeness of Jenkins' cat that drank the [Animal Wisdom Apocalypse Potion], so he also began to recycle the paper with strange runes printed on the table.
Two minutes later, two girls got off the carriage parked in front of the antique shop. The maid got out of the car one step ahead and opened the door of the antique shop for them. Britney was in front of Hathaway and the two walked in one after the other.
"Good afternoon, welcome to Papa's Antique Shop, may I help you..."
Pop pokes Jenkins in the back at the counter.
"Oh, Britney, you look beautiful today. Hathaway, good afternoon, this hair pin really suits you."
Everyone in the antique shop showed satisfied smiles.
After the blonde girl took out a string of pearl necklaces embedded in a silk box, the father wisely said that he would go to the dark room on the second floor of the store for appraisal, leaving space for young people.
The maid at the door closed the door too, and now Jenkins and his friends were the only ones left in the store.
Both Hathaway and Britney came to find Jenkins, but they didn't make an appointment together, but met by chance at the intersection of St. George Street and Howard Walkway.
At that time, the red-haired girl bought a cake for chocolate in the dessert shop at the intersection as a gift to visit Jenkins, and Britney also had this idea, and the two met by chance.
Two exquisite portable paper cake boxes were placed on the counter. The cat hesitated for a moment, moved to the side to sniff, and then jumped on Jenkins' shoulder.
It already knows what's in there, and the girls definitely won't take the cake away, so it doesn't matter when you eat it.
The cat is not in a hurry.
Jenkins didn't know why the girls visited separately. But now that they are here together, there are certain things that cannot be discussed.
Britney first formally thanked him for what happened at the opera house last Sunday. Although the Duke of Antak just used marrying her as an excuse to challenge Jenkins to a duel, most of them didn't know the real situation. Now that Jenkins won the duel, he gained more than fame.
As for Hathaway, she wanted to invite Jenkins to talk to her about the opera again. The first public performance was over, and the news about the opera was completely overwhelmed by Antak, plague or diplomatic events.
But this does not mean that the script co-written by Jenkins and Hathaway does not have artistic value, and she wants to invite Jenkins to talk about it again.
Both women have a delicate relationship with Jenkins now, and to sum it up, everyone likes her, but the two girls don't want each other to know their feelings for Jenkins.
Britney didn't understand Hathaway's feelings, so she wanted to let her accept it slowly; while Hathaway knew everything, but was just worried about the future, and wanted Jenkins to propose to Britney before getting closer to herself.
It was as complicated as a tangle of threads, and Jenkins wanted to be proactive, but found it hard to figure out where to start.
Now that the girls were there, he'd thought about inviting the two to dinner over the weekend, but Britney spoke up before Jenkins could invite.
"Jenkins, do you have time next week? I want to invite you to go outing together, there will be many people going together..."
The blonde girl turned her head to look at Hathaway again:
"It's the event organized by Miss Wanda. Let's go to the pastures in the outer suburbs together. I think if Jenkins can participate, everyone will be very happy."
"you're right."
The red-haired girl also nodded absently. She didn't really care about the outing, but suddenly thought of the conversation between Jenkins and Hathaway in the room last Sunday night.
The women came and walked quickly, and the father just came down from the second floor after leaving the carriage.