Little Bosses and Little Monsters

Probably this old city is indeed too old, so that all kinds of unhappiness and disasters can do whatever they want on it, Shu Jing spread the newspaper and shook her head tsk tsk.A head stretched out from the side——Tian Wang: "The heart-digger came out again?"

Pepe, who had just received a copy of the book money, rubbed her hands excitedly when she heard the words: "Ah, is it still our city?"

Even Xiaohe poked his head out from behind the bookshelf, waiting for the next article.

"..." Shu Jing put away the newspaper: "No, why are you all so well informed?"

Pepe was astonished: "This incident caused a lot of trouble in the city. Eight out of ten customers who came to the store were chatting. We are not deaf."

"Deaf" Shu Jing: "..."

Although it is true that he is quite thorough as a shopkeeper at ordinary times, basically sitting behind the table, everything has nothing to do with him. Compared with the shopkeeper, he is more similar to the existence of the treasure of the town house and the mascot, but he also It's not that he doesn't care about the store at all, at least he still remembers to raise his head and give them a smile occasionally when customers pass by the table.

Shu Jing felt aggrieved, so she looked up at the three of them with contempt: "How can you eavesdrop on the guest's speech? Do you have any professional ethics? We are serious book sellers."

Tianwang grabbed the feather duster and started sweeping the pot to shake it. Xiaohe's head retracted again. Only Pepe stretched out one hand and folded the other on his chest, singing in a gesture of praise: "Gossip is a precious non-material wealth shared by all human beings! Even the souls of different races have shortened the distance between people, broken the barriers of closeness, and laid an important information foundation for a person's communication! Gossip! I praise..."

A man just walked into the door of the bookstore. He was shocked by Pepe's "ah" and backed out again. His expression shrank for a moment, as if Pepe said "kill" instead of "ah".

The air in the store was suddenly quiet.

Pepe jumped up and rushed out, hugged the young man's arm, and dragged him into the room with a smile like a flower: "Guests, don't be nervous, I just stretched myself, don't get me wrong, I'm here to buy books, please Come in please come in!"

The footsteps of the man who was already moving out of the alley were dragged back. He didn't know whether it was because he was scared by Pepe just now, or because he was dragged by Pepe right now to embarrass him. His face was flushed.

"I, I, I, no, no..."

Xiaohe was nowhere to be seen in the shop, Tianwang was still trembling with indifference, and didn't even look at the customer who was almost lost. Shu Jing then looked at Peipei who was hard at work in attracting customers, and suddenly felt that it was impossible to find him after so many years. The reason for not getting rich—is there anyone in the world who is more unprofessional than their shop assistants?

The guest was still arguing with Pepe, but Pepe's mouth was too sharp, and he had already recommended Taiwanese Xiaoyan from ancient and modern unofficial history, and he was obviously not very good at words, his lips parted and closed for a long time, and he couldn't finish a sentence.

Shu Jing propped his head and looked at the man's embarrassed look for a while, thinking that this is not okay, the clerk is too enthusiastic, and it is easy to make people feel uncomfortable.

"Pepe, go over there and do some work. I think this gentleman wants to see it for himself."

"Oh." Pepe let go of her hand reluctantly.

She stopped talking, but the guest finally finished his sentence. He took out a handkerchief from his old suit and wiped the sweat on his forehead. The empty suit had been washed too many times, and the surface seemed to be covered with a layer of dust. .

"I'm not here to buy books."

Tianwang finally took a look at him, he didn't come to buy books, so most likely he came to find someone, his eyes swept over the man's thick glasses and subconsciously hunched back, and he suddenly snorted displeased.

It can't be that they came to look for him, then they came to look for Shu Jing.

The man's neck shrank. He was already a little hunched, and he was always so startled that it made people feel that he might fall to the ground at any time.

"Who is Mr. looking for?" Shu Jing asked with a smile as if he didn't hear Tian Wang's dissatisfaction.

"I, I..." The man wiped his sweat nervously: "Maybe, you know Pingpeng?"

Shu Jing was taken aback: "I know you, are you his friend?"

"Yes, yes, yes." As if he had suddenly found a backer, the man couldn't wait to hold on to the straw, as if he could draw strength and confidence from this weak network of relationships.

"Sir, sit down." Shu Jing pointed to the chair in front of him.

That was Tianwang's seat, and the man felt that his vision at the back of his neck had already started to contain icy scum, probably if he really sat down, it would turn into a blizzard.

"No, hehehe, I'll just stand."

Tianwang withdrew his gaze in satisfaction.

"That, it's Mr. Shu."

It seems that Pingpeng also described the characteristics of the characters to him in detail, so that he would not admit the wrong person, and judging from his violent reaction just now, Pingpeng should have specifically emphasized not to provoke Tianwang.

"It's me." Shu Jing saw that it was inconvenient for him to speak directly, so she stood up considerately: "Sir, let's talk later."

The armadillo couldn't wait for it, and hurriedly followed his footsteps.

Pepe popped her head out curiously: "Hey, brother Tianwang, is that person looking for the shop owner's brother? What the hell is he doing here if he doesn't buy books?"

"How would I know."

"That guy looks weird, and what is he doing, like that, like dealing drugs."

"Oh, have you ever seen a drug deal?"

"Ahahaha, how is it possible, watching TV."

Her head retracted.

The two sat down at the small table in the courtyard, Armadillo was full of anxiety, Shu Jing stopped making tea, and asked straight to the point: "Mr. Armadillo is looking for me, what's the matter?"

Armadillo was not surprised how Shu Jing knew his identity, and said eagerly: "Mr. Shu, I really have nowhere to go, so I came to bother you, screen him, he said maybe you can help me."

"Don't worry, if you have anything to say, I will do my best to help."

This answer did not make Armadillo look relaxed, but seemed to cry at any moment: "My son is missing."

"Ah..." Shu Jing immediately thought of the frequent disappearance of strange beasts some time ago. He already knew that it was the work of Yinggou and his generals, so he couldn't help but sympathize with the armadillo. Can come back alive: "Mr. Armadillo, this is not the first time. You have probably heard the rumors. I am afraid that the son is already in danger."

The general didn't have the habit of hoarding goods, and if he caught him, he would most likely end up with a ghost.

Armadillo immediately knew that Shu Jing had misunderstood, he waved his hands again and again: "No, no, Mr. Shu, my son is not a strange beast, he was not captured by the hunter of the strange beast."

The alien beasts living in the human world call the mysterious killer who persecutes alien beasts everywhere the alien beast slayer. Most of them think that he is a radical among exorcists, but such powerful exorcists are very rare, so the monsters There is still no clear goal, so I can only act more carefully by myself.

"Isn't it a strange beast?" This was beyond Shu Jing's expectation, but the armadillo in front of him didn't look very old in terms of bones, and was a little younger for the general age of first childbirth among monsters.

Armadillo said sadly: "Yes, he is my adopted son after he came to the human world. We have been living a good life. He is very obedient and smart. He is really a good boy. Until a while ago, one day, His biological parents suddenly came to the door, saying that according to the information from the orphanage, they confirmed that my adopted son was their biological son, and now they want to bring the child back with them. My adopted son, he, he always knew that it was not my biological son. Yes, I asked him before if he would mind, and he said no. But now that his biological parents have been found, and I think the family conditions are pretty good, I thought, maybe he still follows me It will be better for my parents. I have nothing, and I can’t provide him with a better future. I’m still a different kind. If he finds out later, he will definitely be scared.”

Shu Jing looked at him clearly: "But your adopted son doesn't agree to go back to his biological parents, right?"

Armadillo choked out regret.

"He threw a tantrum at me and disappeared the next day."

"How old is your adopted son?"

"I am 14 years old. He was ten years old when he was with me. Because he was too old, no one adopted him in the orphanage. I was thinking that I would be able to take care of him when I was older. I am not a female and I have no experience. I was afraid that I would not be able to take care of him. It’s too young. But later, I really liked this child and treated him as my own son, but the deeper our relationship, the more I was afraid that he would know my true identity. He is a human being and should live a normal life Human life is stable and safe, and it is impossible to follow me and change places every few years. Moreover, after a few years, he will always feel that something is wrong. I don't want to face that moment, and I don't want to see his disgusted and frightened eyes. "

"And now, Mr. Armadillo, do you still think so?"

"Now? As long as I can find him now, I can do whatever he wants, as long as he comes back safely."

"With all due respect, in your situation, it seems that it is more appropriate to find the human police/police."

Armadillo shook his head: "At first I found out that he was missing. I didn't think about it too much. He is a very thoughtful kid. He took the money before leaving. If he just ran out for two days in anger, I don't think there will be any major problems. , so at that time I just asked the company for leave, and then went to find him by myself, but on the third day, there was still no news of him, I was very nervous, and at this moment, I saw, that..."

The armadillo trembled as he spoke: "I saw the news about mind diggers. I heard that homeless people were picked on. Such terrible criminals were running around in the city, but the police didn't have a clue. I was so worried that I almost crazy……"

Armadillo is a very timid beast. The first reaction when encountering outsiders is usually to pretend to be dead. Because of this weak personality, it has been difficult to live in the demon world. Even after arriving in the human world, there is no life crisis. His humble and cowardly appearance is also unattractive. He was just a mediocre office worker. Looking at his inappropriate old suit can give a glimpse of this person's boring and transparent life. His friend who stood up, the armadillo who was wandering around the city like a headless fly looking for children, had lost his low-paying job after several days of skipping work, but he couldn't care less about it. On the adopted son.The main body of the armadillo is a kind of monster similar to a rabbit, but it has owl-like eyes, which means that his vision in the daytime is very poor, and he can barely see things with thick special lenses to block light, but He has been walking around the city without sleep for more than a week, including the scorching sun at noon.

In such a desperate situation, he had to start to find a way to ask for help. He didn't have the mentality of looking for the police, so it was easy to figure it out. Up to now, he didn't even have any clues about the demons, which undoubtedly made Armadillo, a foreign resident Losing trust in the capabilities of the local sheriff's department, after a second thought, the armadillo approached the screen.

The armadillo family and the Ping Peng family are considered family friends, which is also a good guess. Both of them exist at the bottom of the food chain, with a generally docile and shy personality. Absolute trust.Therefore, the two that Shu Jing knew had known each other since they were very young. If they were friends, they could only think of each other.

Originally, it was a helpless move for the armadillo to find Pingpeng. After all, neither of the two useless races is better than the other. After knocking on the door, when the man standing behind the door did not hide his beastly aura at all, the armadillo once again followed his racial instinct, lay down on the ground and rolled his eyes.

Jiuying just opened the door from the beginning to the end, and didn't even have time to say: "..."

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So the human world is a refuge for the monsters...