547 All Is Fair In War (1/2)
Chapter 547: All Is Fair In War
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
”According to your situation, I suggest you raise a British Shorthair,” Zhang Zian said to a customer who was hesitating about buying a cat.
”OK, let me consider.” The customer had not decided yet.
”Eeek!”
Zhang Zian was startled, and he looked back to the stairwell to the second floor. He saw Pi extend its little head and beckon to him quietly, and then immediately withdrew its head.
”What is that sound?” The customer looked around and wondered. ”Mr. Store Manager, do you have other pets besides cats, dogs, and birds?”
”No, I don't. It is the old stairs that creak when they are stepped upon.” Zhang Zian made up an excuse. ”Feel free to look at the pets here, and if you have any problems, you can ask the cashier for help. Now excuse me, I need to go upstairs.”
After he finished the words, he quickly went back upstairs.
Recoiling in fear, Pi was waiting for him in front of the living room.
”What's wrong, Pi? Did something happen? Are you feeling uncomfortable?”
He asked a series of questions.
Prior to this, Pi had never gone downstairs to find him. That was why he worried that something had happened to Pi. His greatest concern was that Pi may fall ill. He didn't know how to cure an Imaginative Elfin. Even if he could find a way to cure it, others would know about the fact that he was raising a monkey.
”Eeek!”
Pi pointed to the tablet computer anxiously, but it didn't look like it was sick.
Zhang Zian didn't understand what it was trying to say. ”Go type on the desktop computer.”
They entered the living room together. Pi jumped onto the swivel chair and typed in the Word document: I have tried several books, and only parts of the books could be read.
Zhang Zian didn't understand anything at first. He looked at the tablet computer, and he immediately relaxed and laughed. ”Because the following chapters are only accessible until I have recharged my account. And I haven't, of course you can't read them.”
Puzzled, Pi typed: Recharge?
”Yes, although web novels are not written on paper as the physical books are; just like rice, computers, drinking water, and clothes, they are also the products of the labor of others. Readers need to pay for most of the relatively exciting web novels. If the authors could not get paid for their labor, who would sit on the computer every night? Who does not know that playing games or watching movies is more comfortable than writing novels?” Zhang Zian explained.
Pi typed: Is it very expensive to recharge?
Zhang Zian said to himself that the price of reading online novels was indeed inexpensive, but the reading speed of Pi was too fast… However, he did not want Pi to have a psychological burden. So, he said casually, ”As a pastime, reading online novels is very cheap, at least it is much cheaper than looking for a girlfriend... Pi, in which app do you mainly read online novels? I'll put some money in that app.”
Pi was pointing at an icon on the screen of the tablet computer.
”Well, let me see how I can recharge my account in it.” Zhang Zian took over the tablet computer, deliberately avoiding the eyes of Pi, and estimating how much money should be put in the app according to the reading speed of Pi. Finally, he made up his mind and added 1,000 Yuan into his account.
”Well, Pi, you can choose whatever books you like.” He handed the tablet back to it.
”Eeek!”
Pi took over the tablet and tried to open the previously locked chapters. Sure enough, it could read those chapters now. It immediately sat on the wicker hanging chair and enjoyed reading the novels.
Intimidated by the rapid reading speed of Pi, Zhang Zian felt sorry for his wallet. Pi really liked online novels so much that it actually went downstairs to find him for help.
Despite spending 1,000 Yuan on the reading app, Zhang Zian felt the money was well spent. Because Pi could read online novels from now on, it would not have such a great demand on physical novels, thus saving him a lot of time. He could devote more of his time to the day-to-day operations of his pet shop.
The only thing he was not sure of, was reading online novels a senseless measure for Pi? There were numerous online novels that even Pi could not finish reading in the foreseeable future. Would Pi increasingly isolate itself?
For the time being, he could not think of any other way. He had no choice but to let time tell him how Pi would turn out.
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Pi gradually let its guard down in the pet shop. It no longer kept holding the untitled book all the time. When it was reading in the wicker hanging chair, it would casually put the untitled book next to the laptop on the desk.
Staring at the screen of the tablet intently, it was reading a wonderful part of a novel. It had just finished reading a chapter and swiped the screen gently with its finger as the page jumped to the next chapter.
”Pi, don't spend all your time reading books; get up and move around.”
Pi looked up and saw that Zhang Zian had come to the wicker hanging chair and was looking at it with worry.
”Eeek!”
It waved its hand, suggesting that it would rest after finishing the current chapter. And then it lowered its head and continued reading.
”Pi!”
Pi felt that Zhang Zian's tone sounded unusual. It looked up blankly, as if asking him what was going on.
Zhang Zian said seriously, ”Pi, you have been reading books for five consecutive hours, and you need to get up and move. Otherwise, you may be subject to some health issues. I'm playing hide-and-seek with Galaxy. Do you want to join us?”
”Meow!”
Galaxy appeared from behind him, staring at Pi with its silver-gray eyes.
”Meow! Pi, come and play hide-and-seek together?”
Pi looked alternately at both of them. Their expressions were very serious. Their eyes were full of fear and anxiety. They were clearly worried about Pi.
”Eeek?”
Pi stretched out a palm. It was asking if it had been reading for five hours.