"Hey, make food."

Inside the bookstore, the little loli sat in Zhou Zewang's favorite window seat, casually flipping through an economics magazine.

Flipping, flipping,

She got hungry.

Since she was hungry,

She had to eat.

However, Zhou Ze wasn't in the bookstore right now, nor was that stupid, adorable zombie.

The cook was still unconscious.

The Deadpool was still growing grass.

Only the old Daoist priest was alive.

The old Daoist priest curled his lip, ignoring her. He was currently using a small washbasin to give his monkey a bath. He had already eaten dinner on the way back, courtesy of Officer Zhang.

The little loli habitually wanted to get angry.

She felt like her life was getting worse and worse.

Back then, Zhou Ze could only act like a little quail in front of her, his life and death in her hands.

But now,

Even a lackey under Zhou Ze dared to ignore her.

Helplessly, she took out her phone, opened the food delivery app, and prepared to order a meal.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak..."

The monkey in the washbasin suddenly started gesticulating wildly.

"Slap!"

The old Daoist priest smacked the monkey on the head. "Be good and take a bath, don't be naughty. Do you want to have lice later? We still need to find you a mate later. Such precious time, and you're letting the female monkeys waste it picking lice off you, don't you feel bad?"

The monkey covered its head, looking very aggrieved.

The little loli put down her phone. She saw a white cat crouching outside the bookstore's glass door.

The white cat was probably a stray, dirty and with several wounds.

At first, the little loli didn't pay attention, but the monkey's cries reminded her, making her take a closer look at the white cat.

Then,

She realized something was wrong.

She got up, walked to the door, and opened the glass door.

The white cat looked up at the little loli, its face showing fear, instinctively starting to retreat its tired body.

"A demon?"

The little loli immediately bent down, picked up the white cat, and then walked to the bar, placing it there.

She grabbed the white cat's front paws with both hands, flipping it over and back, repeatedly checking it several times, making the cat's face turn red with shame and indignation.

"It's female."

The little loli frowned slightly.

"What kind of demon is this? It's clearly a fox."

The old Daoist priest, having just finished drying the monkey, walked over and glanced at the white cat on the bar before saying.

"A fox?"

"Yeah, a fox, but its tail was cut off. This is also strange, do foxes these days have to participate in beauty contests like corgis?"

The white fox turned its head, looked at the old man, bared its teeth, and made a "hissing" sound, carrying a sense of threat.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

The clean and fragrant monkey immediately jumped onto the bar, glaring back at the fox!

The old Daoist priest looked thoughtful, as if he had thought of something, and immediately squatted down, looking at the fox on the bar, and asked doubtfully:

"The club?"

The fox nodded.

"Damn!"

The old Daoist priest immediately took several steps back in fright, falling directly to the ground.

"It was injured and its cultivation was crippled, its tail is gone, what are you afraid of?" The little loli glanced at the old Daoist priest with disdain, pointing at the white fox in front of her and said, "Right now, whether you want to braise it, steam it, or be even more decisive and have an affair with it, it can only let you do as you please."

The white fox looked at the little loli, its face showing a pleading expression.

Foxes are the best at dealing with people.

People often call elders who have lived a long time and have a wealth of life philosophy... old foxes, for the same reason.

The fox knew who it needed to please in this bookstore right now.

In fact,

She really had nowhere else to go, and after a long period of wandering, she had no choice but to lower her head and find this bookstore, wanting to seek refuge with Zhou Ze.

But who knew,

She came at a bad time.

Boss Zhou wasn't in the shop right now.

There was a little girl in the shop,

But this little girl wouldn't have sparkling eyes for cute pets or anything like that.

"Give her a bath, she stinks, she's here to find Zhou Ze, let her wait."

The little loli finally decided not to overstep her bounds. Anyway, Zhou Ze, that salted fish, had this collecting hobby, liking to collect all sorts of things to his place.

"A bath?"

The old Daoist priest was stunned for a moment, and then walked over.

The fox retreated in fright.

Although this fox wasn't wearing any clothes or anything, and was practically naked, being seen by the old Daoist priest and being helped to take a bath by the old Daoist priest were two completely different concepts.

A fox demon with more than a hundred years of cultivation would be called an ancestor by the younger generations in the clan. Back then, she could even have a night of passion with Yuan Shikai. How could she let the old Daoist priest desecrate her body like this?

Just thinking about how she would turn into a plucked chicken after her body got wet and be seen by this old Daoist priest the whole time,

The fox didn't want to, not even a thousand or ten thousand times.

The old Daoist priest was also afraid.

Damn it,

This was a fox demon!

He had been taught a lesson by her before. Even if a plucked phoenix is worse than a chicken, who could be sure that this thing couldn't recover in the future?

Unless he stewed her and ate her now, completely gg-ing her, otherwise the old Daoist priest would never dare to desecrate her.

"Um, why don't you go, how about I buy you food?" the old Daoist priest said to the little loli.

The little loli looked unwilling.

"The boss is quite interested in her, back in the club, hehe."

The old Daoist priest winked at the fox while saying this.

The fox also showed gratitude in her eyes.

She knew that this old Daoist priest was adding drama for her, making a big coat out of tiger skin for her.

"Zhou Ze?"

The little loli looked at the old Daoist priest with suspicion,

Clearly asking,

Did Zhou Ze have the ability to be "interested?"

"Absolutely true!"

The old Daoist priest patted his chest,

"So, please suffer a little and help her take care of herself."

"I feel like you're fooling me?"

If Zhou Ze really liked this fox demon, then she, as a subordinate, should logically show her goodwill. Giving her a bath wasn't a big deal.

"I wouldn't dare to deceive you. Think about it,

The boss isn't interested in zombies,

Isn't interested in men,

Isn't interested in virgins,

He has to be interested in something, right?"

"So, he's interested in demons?"

"Isn't that right? Look at that Eighth Granny, the boss had no grievances or enmities with her, why did he take her in? Isn't that obvious?"

The little loli's eyes showed horror.

This truth,

It's so scary.

The old Daoist priest also felt a burst of horror after saying this.

He subconsciously looked back,

Phew,

Thank goodness,

This time, the boss didn't suddenly appear behind him like a ghost.

Huh,

That's not right,

The boss was originally a ghost.

The little loli shook her head,

And carried the fox into the bathroom.

The old Daoist priest hugged the monkey and sat behind the bar, ordering a takeaway for the little loli, then poured himself peanuts and white wine, and drank with the monkey, one grain at a time.

For the old Daoist priest, working at the bookstore was like retirement.

Back in Rongcheng, he chose to follow the previous boss in order to experience the excitement of seeing ghosts every now and then.

This time, following Zhou Ze, staying in the bookstore, and not going to Shanghai with Tang Shi and them, was actually because he knew himself that he was old and tired. He had been wandering all his life, traveling north and south,

He had seen big storms,

He had seen the sinister hearts of people,

He had also seen ghosts,

And just wanted to be stable.

In this "Salted Fish Home,"

Oh,

That's not right,

In this "Late Night Bookstore,"

He could get the greatest stability, not boring, but not tiring, happily watching the sunset of his life, and that was enough.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

The monkey suddenly cried out.

The old Daoist priest narrowed his eyes, which were a little red from drinking, took out tears of bull, wiped it on, and saw a pair of old people standing at the door, a man and a woman.

The man and woman supported each other and walked in.

The old Daoist priest stood up, motioned for them to come in, and then went to the back to prepare a few cold dishes and placed them on the small wooden table in the private room, and also poured three cups of rice wine.

The old couple sat down at the small table,

The old Daoist priest raised his glass,

And slowly drank with them.

Everyone chatted about family matters,

Saying some nonsense that people of this age would say.

Times are changing,

People are also changing,

Getting old is just getting old.

The old Daoist priest chatted with them for a long time,

And learned that the old man had died eight days ago, and the old woman had died one day after the old man.

The old man was waiting for the old woman,

The old woman was chasing the old man,

After the old woman passed her seventh day,

The two old people joined hands,

And walked forward together,

Walking, walking,

They walked to the bookstore door.

The old Daoist priest chatted with them about the past,

Listened to them talk about their children,

Listened to them talk about their grandchildren,

Listened to them talk about the houses they used to live in, and the houses they live in now.

The old Daoist priest had no children, but he listened with great interest, occasionally picking up a piece of dried tea or peanut and putting it in his mouth, slowly chewing.

The wine was refilled twice,

The peanuts were also running out,

At this time,

The bathroom door was pushed open,

And the little loli walked out, carrying the cleaned and dried white fox.

The little loli was very disgusted with the bookstore's environment,

With monkeys and foxes,

Making it like a zoo,

And each one was a precious protected animal. Boss Zhou wasn't happy to adopt people who didn't violate the law cheaply.

Who knows, there might be pandas and Siberian tigers in the bookstore in the future.

Putting down the fox,

The little loli walked to the private room and knocked on the door,

"Have you eaten and drank your fill, it's time to go."

The old man and old woman got up together and said goodbye to the old Daoist priest.

"Brother, sister-in-law, have a good journey."

The old Daoist priest also waved to them.

The little loli opened her mouth,

Her tongue came out,

Like a fleshy red carpet spread out,

"The underworld is in order, the Yellow Springs can be crossed..."

The old man and old woman held hands,

They had supported each other for most of their lives,

And now they had to continue to support each other and continue to walk,

The road was still long,

And they could walk for a long, long time.

After sending the two down,

The little loli retracted her tongue,

A little happy,

A little pleased,

Taking advantage of Boss Zhou's absence,

She secretly made a deal,

The points were still hers,

Satisfying.

She even became much gentler when kneading the fox's fur than she was when bathing it before.

The old Daoist priest sighed, sat back behind the bar,

And began to continue drinking.

The monkey jumped onto the old Daoist priest's shoulder,

And massaged his shoulders.

"Is the Zhou guy not coming back tonight?" the little loli asked.

"That's right, probably not, he went on a romantic getaway with Yingying."

"A salted fish is a salted fish, he thinks living in a villa is a big deal, back in my day..."

Speaking of this,

The little loli stopped talking,

Talking about back in her day,

Was meaningless.

"What you shouldn't take, if you take too much, God will find a way for you to spit it out."

Hearing this, the little loli's face darkened, staring at the old Daoist priest's back.

The old Daoist priest took another sip of white wine,

Smacked his lips,

"Do you think I'm a bit unfathomable now?

Hehe."