403 Reunion (1/2)

Chapter 403: Reunion

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Last night, Zhang Zian looked at the stars and recalled from an old almanac that these stars determined that today would be an auspicious day.

Wang Qian and Li Kun came earlier than usual to help Zhang Zian prepare for the official reopening of the pet shop. Lu Yiyun also helped wipe down the cash register and glass doors until they were spotless.

Previously, Zhang Zian had always thought that this was his parents' shop, but this subconscious thought began to changze as the shop was refurbished—it would become his shop from today on, and he must be dedicated to running the business, for better or for worse.

As he stood proudly in front of the shop, he heard Fina said something coldly that cut his heart —”Don’t be stupid. This is my sacred palace, and you're just a s**t cleaner.”

Zhang Zian was in tears!

Turns out this was still not his shop!

Generally, shop owners would want to make their opening ceremonies a boisterous occasion by inviting performers to play drums or lighting a string of firecrackers. Zhang Zian was no exception, but he felt these traditional methods to be a bit vulgar. Another reason was that Binhai City forbade firecrackers, and he did not want to be fined. Electronic firecrackers were viable, but they were just so boring.

Several people had shown up. They were members of the regular audience of Snowy’s live broadcast, and were very interested in the Abyssinian cats. Today was Saturday — they didn’t need to go to work or school and the weather was not bad — so they decided to visit the shop early.

The first few guests were very extroverted, and they approached Zhang Zian to say hello. Zhang Zian had never actually met these people before — only through introducing their online ID names did he realize that they were the spectators of Snowy’s live broadcast. They often ridiculed him, but now, they were more polite in person.

”Yeah! Good morning, Mr. Store Manager! Here I am for the fun!”

Snowy came out from the taxi and greeted Zhang Zian.

”Oh yeah, it's Snowy!”

”Little Sister Snowy is here!”

The audience members abandoned Zhang Zian and rushed towards Snowy, competing to converse and take photos with Snowy.

”Snowy, I am a die-hard fan of yours. When I became your fan, there were less than a hundred people in your live broadcast channel!”

”What?! I am Snowy’s biggest fan. When I became her fan, there were less than five people in her live broadcast channel!”

”F**k off, you two. I am the ultimate fan because when I became her fan, she hadn’t even started live broadcasting yet...”

The fans were excited because they hadn’t expected that today they would meet Snowy in person. Although they had never missed a single one of Snowy’s programs, it was the first time they had ever seen Snowy in real life, and they all encircled her and expressed their love and admiration to her, saying that they would continue supporting her forever. Some of them also took off their jackets, asking Snowy to sign them…

Snowy smiled and tried her best to grant her fans’ requests. She autographed the jackets, made poses to take photos with her fans, and didn’t have the haughty attitude of a celebrity at all. Whenever someone introduced his or her own ID name, she could always quickly remember that ID name's deeds, such as the things it had said that were especially funny, or the advice provided by it was good, and so on.

The fans were even more surprised because they thought Snowy was cold and detached. After all, she always turned down generous tippers during her live broadcast. But she had remembered the IDs of her ordinary fans…

As young people of the information age in the spirit of sharing, they started to spread the news that Snowy was in the Amazing Fate Pet Shop to Weibo and WeChat. Although Snowy had been to this shop several times before, for fear of interfering with her live broadcast, the fans had never visited the shop while she was here. Since Snowy hadn’t issued a live broadcast notice in advance today, she probably was just visiting the pet shop as an ordinary customer.

The fans had built a separate WeChat group chat as a support group for Snowy. As soon as this news came out, the group exploded. Everyone said that they would change their clothes and come immediately, asking the fans in the shop to stall her and not to let her leave too soon.

Zhang Zian was standing alone on the side. This was so embarrassing for him!

But what could he do? Snowy was an internet celebrity and he was just a pet shop owner…