1376 Hope Amidst Difficulties (1/2)

Sitting in the Golden Cup Bread van, Zhang Zian headed in the direction of the pet shop.

The van traveled very slow, slower than usual. It was often honked at by other vehicles at the back of the car, urging him to go quickly and not hold up traffic.

He is very calmly ignoring these horns - you have the ability to overtake, why should you care so much about me? I am going to travel at this speed no matter how many times you honk at me.

Especially when he is making a turn, he took the principle of 'look left, look right then proceed' to the extreme. He will rather play it safe and was driving with a great amount of caution.

He was so careful because although the tires of this car were changed recently, he still could not trust them.

It was also because he drove slowly, that when he was close to the pet shop, he noticed that there was a cardboard box by the side of the road.

It's no surprise that there are cardboard boxes on the side of the road.

However, the problem is - he also saw a grandmother riding an old small tricycle. She was riding very slowly, and there is a Pomeranian in the tricycle basket. With it, there were some empty bottles and waste cardboard boxes. She was obviously an elderly that regularly scavenges for recyclables. The grandmother also saw the cardboard box, and she had no reason not to pick it up having seen it.

As expected, she stopped the tricycle, patted the Pomeranian's head as a way to tell it to stay put, not to run away and not to bark. Then, she walked over and picked the cardboard box.

Everything is logical up to this point.

However, when she bent over to pick up the cardboard box, she appeared to be astonished by what she found. She waved the cardboard a little before placing it back down. She had a difficult look on her face, and she looked around as if looking for help.

Zhang Zian can turn a blind eye to this, but it is now noon, and there is no pedestrian on the road. The grandmother seems to need help, so he stepped on the brakes.

The Golden Cup Bread Van that was already traveling at turtle speed stopped at the roadside and parked very close to the grandmother's tricycle.

Zhang Zian got off the van, went over and asked, ”Grandma, are you feeling alright?”

The old grandmother turned her head slowly. There were patches of stitched cloth on her clothes, but she was not dirty or stinky.

Zhang Zian seems to have seen her somewhere, perhaps when he usually passes by the area.

The Pomeranian in the tricycle barked twice, thinking he was a bad person.

”Ah... I'm fine. I'm fine.” Grandma gently rubbed her chest and pointed to the cardboard box on the floor. ”I was shocked when I was about to pick up the cardboard box. It suddenly moved. It seems like there is something inside. Perhaps a living thing...”

Living thing?

Zhang Zian looked down and stared at the cardboard box.

This is obviously a courier box, about 30cmX30cmX60cm in size. There is still a courier seal that has not been torn off on the upward side. As for the sender, the recipient, and the contents, it had already been blurred off.

Just as he watched the box, the cardboard box moved again. He was taken a little by surprise and stepped backward.

The Pomeranian barked even more, but it was left in the tricycle and couldn't do anything other than calling.

”Young man, be careful...” Grandma was worried and said, ”I have been picking garbage for more than ten years. Many people throw anything and everything. I heard that some people raise snakes or poisonous spiders, and then after a while, they don't want to raise them. The poisonous spider is very big. You have to be careful...”

She was worried about Zhang Zian. What if he opens the cardboard box and suddenly a poisonous snake or poison spider bites him?

Zhang Zian also has the same concerns.

It's like...

Like... What is it...

There is a noun buried in the depths of his mind, but he can't remember what it is at this moment. The general idea is... Before you open this box, you never know what is inside.

”We still have to open it and see if there is anything dangerous inside. What if it hurt someone else?” he said.