Zhang Zian quickly ran downstairs and took a quick look. It was clear at a glance that there was no trace of Xinghai downstairs, and the bell on the floor-to-ceiling glass door was still hanging quietly.
He went back upstairs again and searched the kitchen, his bedroom and living room carefully. He opened the door and stared at the corridor out of the corner of his eye when searching, but he still couldn't find Xinghai.
Can it run into two rooms with closed doors
Although he didn't think so, he also opened the doors to his parents' bedroom and storage room.
The furnishing of the parents' bedroom has not changed, and remains the same as it was when they were alive.
Under the bed, no.
In the closet, no.
Under the desk, no.
On the balcony, no.
He went into the storage room again, where there were extra cages and display cabinets, and a few sundries, it was even more impossible to hide it here.
Zhang Zi'an panicked, complaining that he was playing something wrong, and wanted to play hide-and-seek with it. This is a great game!
He said anxiously: "Xinghai, I admit defeat... I can't find you, where are you?"
Just when he thought there would be no response, there was a "meow" from downstairs.
He ran down the stairs and saw Xinghai squatting upright in the middle of the shop, circling happily.
"Meow... Xinghai won... Meow... Xinghai won..."
Zhang Zian blinked vigorously, and his heart was relieved.
But where did it hide
"I lost, I admit defeat! Xinghai, you are too good at hiding, can you tell me where you are hiding?"
"Meow... here... there... here... there..."
Here and there... Does it mean that it does not hide in a fixed position all the time, but runs back and forth between two or more positions? Having said that, there is only one staircase, and it must go through the stairs from the second floor to the first floor. When Zhang Zian searched for the second time, he kept paying attention to the stairs, and was very sure that it had never appeared there.
It's evil!
His competitive spirit was aroused, he knelt down and said, "Xinghai, let's continue playing hide and seek tomorrow, shall we?"
"Good! Meow! Xinghai likes to hide and seek!"
…
The next day, the little girl brought a few peanuts and almonds to the store and fed them to the little hamster through the feeding hole. Watching it eat was more fun than she was eating it herself, and she left after playing for more than ten minutes.
After the little girl left, Sun Xiaomeng, who was not interested in drinking, pushed open the door, threw a bag of steamed buns to Zhang Zian, and ran to please Xinghai, but in the end, he still got a bad nose, and Xinghai hid far away. .
Occasionally, a few grandpas and aunts who came back from morning exercise passed the pet shop, came in and walked around, shook their heads and left after asking about the price.
Zhang Zian didn't feel disappointed or surprised, anyway, the uncles and aunts who care about the price are not among the target customers of the pet shop. There is a saying in the antique industry: If you don’t open for three years, you can wait for three years after opening. Pet stores are not as good as antique stores, but they are somewhat similar. At least it can be said: if you don’t open for three days, you can eat for three days after opening.
In any case, he would not choose to use cheap pets to offset sales, and people often do not value cheap things.
When there were no guests, Zhang Zian played hide and seek with Xinghai again.
"The last hide-and-seek was just a warm-up exercise!" he announced, "Now I'm going to get serious! I'm getting serious and I'm afraid of myself! This time I must catch you!"
"Meow!" Xinghai dismissed his declaration.
This time it was a replica of yesterday, he still couldn't find Xinghai, and after he conceded, Xinghai appeared on the first floor again.
…
On the third day, Zhang Zian was full of confidence. He was a man determined to become the king of hide and seek.
Come prepared today, we will definitely be able to solve the mystery of Xinghai's whereabouts.
Hide-and-seek started, counted one hundred, and after Xinghai hid, Zhang Zian walked up the stairs backwards, and carefully sprinkled a thin layer of flour on each step.
There is a 90-degree corner in the half of the stairs in his house, which means that it is absolutely impossible to jump directly from the second floor to the first floor, at least you have to stop at the corner to change direction. As long as Xinghai passes the stairs, it will definitely leave footprints on the flour.
He searched carefully on the first floor several times to confirm that it was not on the first floor, and only went to the second floor, but this time Xinghai still appeared on the first floor after he conceded, and there were no footprints of it on the flour.
Zhang Zian had to admit, hell!
If it was possible, he really wanted to tie the bell collar directly around Xinghai's neck, but as a hide-and-seek, it would be too foolish...
…
fourth day.
"I said, you won't be dazed because you don't have any customers, will you?"
Zhang Zian raised his head blankly, "Ah? What did you say?"
"Let me say," Sun Xiaomeng crossed her arms and looked him up and down with the gaze of examining a patient, "Why do I think there is something wrong with you, you are out of your mind. Would you like me to take a look for you?"
"Go, go! You are out of your mind! You are a veterinarian, how can you treat people? Be careful, I will sue the court for practicing medicine without a license!"
Zhang Zian said again: "Actually, I was thinking about something. Haven't I heard that serious men are the cutest?"
Sun Xiaomeng curled her lips, "Come on, you're still thinking about things, I think you're just daydreamwalking!"
Zhang Zian waved her hand and slammed her out, "Hurry up and take care of your own stall! If there are no customers, your side is not much worse, right? Otherwise, you can be so idle?"
"Hahaha!" Sun Xiaomeng laughed three times like revenge, "Actually, someone made an appointment to visit my clinic today, and I came here to tell you specially!" After speaking, she ran away in a hurry.
Zhang Zian's attention has been completely shifted to how to catch Xinghai, and whether there are any guests coming is secondary.
Today he is going to do a big job, and the skynet will be restored, and it will not be missed!
He still uses the flour method, but this time it is not scattered on the stairs, but in every room on the second floor, closing the door of each room before the game starts.
The game starts as usual.
When he found the second floor from the first floor and opened the door of his bedroom, he saw an incredible scene.
Only the central part of the room left traces of Xinghai, and a piece of the thin flour layer was rubbed off, showing that Xinghai lay down there just now, leaving four small paw prints at the same time.
From the door to the middle of the room, no footprints were left.
It seemed to pop up in the middle of the room and then disappear.
He opened the kitchen door, the parents' bedroom door, the pantry door, and the living room door, and saw traces of it on the thin layer of flour in the center of each room's floor.
No wonder, it's here... it's there...
It can move between rooms instantly.
He already had a clue in his mind, about the origin of the lucky cat... that was definitely a sad story.
"Xinghai, I admit defeat." He said.
"Meow! Xinghai won! Xinghai won!" Lucky Cat's voice came from the first floor again.
"However, tomorrow I will definitely catch you!" He issued a declaration of victory.