279 Sound in the Kitchen (1/2)

Chapter 279: Sound in the Kitchen

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After leaving from her clinic, Sun Xiaomeng had been walking for a while before she lowered her head and realized that she was only wearing the white gown outside, because she left hastily and forgot her coat. The wind was blowing hard and her white gown was stuck close on her body. It was so chilly that she felt like her whole body was being poked by numerous needles.

She buttoned up the white gown, but it was useless, because white gown wasn't designed to shield off the cold.

Should I go back and grab my coat?

She hesitated for a few seconds. She turned around and found that she had walked over 50 meters away from her clinic, making it troublesome to go back and forth.

Most importantly, the automotive part shops near her clinic were starting to open up shop. The bosses and employees wearing dirty uniforms were pulling up the shelter doors for their business today. Their stares made her uncomfortable, for she had heard them whisper behind her oftentimes. If she went back to the clinic to grab her coat, she would have to suffer even more uncomfortable staring.

Forget it. She decided to walk faster, hoping she would feel warmer.

The rising sunrays made her plain black hair look like the popular mix of flaxen and claret, and she seemed more fashionable.

Unlike what she expected, she felt even colder, probably because she was walking against the wind.

She recalled that when Zhang Zian entered the clinic, he took off his coat. He wore so little, only a jacket and a leisure shirt, and he didn't seem cold. Sun Xiaomeng wore a sweater inside her white gown, but she was really freezing.

Suddenly, the sound of firecrackers was heard from the left side across the road, so she and other pedestrians stopped and looked in that direction.

It was a small restaurant opening for business, and they were burning non-smoking electronic firecrackers. Sun Xiaomeng remember that that site had belonged to a fruit store before. She hadn't noticed it for a while, and as it turned out, the store had been transferred. It didn't matter anyway. She didn't like eating in small restaurants because she thought they had poor hygiene. She usually bought lunch boxes from supermarkets and reheated them in microwaves. Though lunch boxes were not necessarily delicious, at least they were clean.

There were few customers at the new restaurant, which was understandable, because it was too early for meals.

Sun Xiaomeng walked faster because she could see the Amazing Fate Pet Shop. She was dashing towards it so that she could escape from the cold wind.

Just then, two vehicles stopped at the gate of the pet shop, and a few men got down from the vehicles. Among these men, she recognized one was Guo Dongyue, mainly from his iconic ponytail.

Seeing that the shutter door of the pet shop was still closed, Guo Dongyue was confused. He walked towards the gate and saw it was indeed locked. He frowned and sensed that something was wrong. He took out his cellphone to make a call.

”Hey!” Sun Xiaomeng shouted.

But the men were talking loudly and Guo Dongyue didn't hear her shouting, or he had heard it but wasn't sure she was talking to him.

Sun Xiaomeng remembered that she didn't have Guo Dongyue's phone number, or else she could have called him. She trotted and shouted again, ”Hey, Guo Dongyue!”

Guo Dongyue heard the shouting this time, and he looked where the sound came from and recognized her.

She raised her hand and waved, hoping he could see the keys in her hand and would understand that she was going to open the door for him.

Guo Dongyue understood. He put down his phone and said something to other men.

They talked and then pulled out all kinds of renovation tools from the vehicles.

Half a minute later, Sun Xiaomeng finally arrived at the gate of the pet shop.