Chapter 297: Need For Speed
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Long Xian"s mother had warned her since her childhood that she was a girl and she must remain vigilant when away from home—never go into a stranger"s car, unless she was to take a taxi.
Since she and Jin Er had only met once before, he was basically a stranger to her, and she was hesitating whether she should get in his car.
Seeing that she was indecisive and worried, Jin Er laughed. "Don"t worry, I"m not a bad guy. Have you seen any bad guy that takes a Husky to do evil things?"
The Husky had been lying in the back seat after getting in the car, and at that moment, it stood up and stuck its head out between the front seats, whimpering several times as if inviting her.
"If you don"t trust me, then let"s forget it. See you later." Jin Er didn"t want to force her. He went into the car by himself.
Long Xian thought that he really didn"t look like a bad guy, and his car seemed pretty fancy, so she changed her mind resolutely, "Okay, okay, wait for me."
She hurriedly sat into the co-pilot seat. In front of her was a futuristic dashboard with a huge LCD panel, making her feel dizzy and overwhelmed.
"Where are we going?" Jin Er asked.
"Well, do you know how to get to Tianze Pharmacy?" She came to, still somewhat in astonishment.
"Yes."
"Then... Wow!" Before she could finish her sentence, she was pressed into the seat by a sudden and powerful pus.h.i.+ng force.
Jin Er was holding the steering wheel as if nothing had happened, "Sit tight."
"You should have told me earlier!" Long Xian complained, "And don"t drive too fast!"
"You can never drive very fast in the city. But besides, aren"t you in a hurry?" Jin Er quickly glanced at her, "What is so urgent? Can you tell me about it?"
"Nothing with this needs to be kept confidential anyway..." Having nothing better to do, Long Xian briefly described what happened today. She didn"t know much either, she just learnt from Sun Xiaomeng that a very valuable parrot in the pet shop was sick and its life was in jeopardy. And now, she must go to the pharmacy to fill a prescription of Chinese herbal medicine at the fastest speed.
"So, you are holding the prescription in your hand?" Jin Er listened attentively.
Long Xian swayed the prescription paper and began her babbling, "Yes! Sister Xiaomeng is so knowledgeable! Not only is she good at Western medicine, but she is able to give traditional Chinese medicine prescriptions at any time! I"ve decided to stay by her side and learn from her! If I could learn diligently for a few years, perhaps I can open a pet clinic too... "
"Why is that parrot so precious?" Jin Er was not interested in her small dream, but he wondered why a cat trainer would give up the potential deal and get back home.
"I heard that it can speak!" Long Xian replied simply.
"It can speak?" Jin Er froze for a moment and couldn"t help but laugh, " Isn"t it true that all parrots can speak?"
"No! Who told you that all parrots can speak?" Long Xian retorted fiercely.
Jin Er was speechless.
In the beginning, he felt that Snowy and Long Xian were similar in some respects. But in comparison, Snowy had a relatively milder temperament. Growing up in an extremely wealthy family, Snowy could be deemed as a true lady. Even if she didn"t agree with others" opinions, Snowy would express her own mind tactfully or simply remained silent. Snowy was never as straightforward as Long Xian.
"There are only a few breeds of parrots that can speak, and they"re only repeating what they have heard! But the parrot in the Amazing Fate Pet Shop is different. As I heard from w.a.n.g Qian, Li Kun and Sister Xiaomeng, the grey parrot named Richard is a rare individual that can truly understand what we are saying and even interact with us!"
The fact that Richard did not belong to her and that she had never met Richard before did not prevent her from speaking of it proudly and flamboyantly.
"No way! Is it really that impressive?" Jin Er couldn"t believe it. But having seen cats that were able to do stunts, he wasn"t sure whether Long Xian was exaggerating.
"It"s true! That"s why everyone is so worried that it is sick!" Long Xian pouted and stared at him fiercely. She held her arms across her chest and didn"t want to talk to him again.
"Gee. Don"t be angry with me. It was only a slip of the tongue. You are going to the Tianze Pharmacy to fill the prescription for this parrot, right? It"s a matter of life and death. I get it now. I will speed up. Now, please sit tight." Seeing there was a fleeting vacancy in front of him, Jin Er pressed on the accelerator suddenly—without an overwhelming roar of the engine, his electric vehicle with its powerful acceleration function had completed the overtaking quietly within a blink of eye.
Long Xian was so scared that she tightly closed her eyes, thinking that this car was cras.h.i.+ng into the car before them at high speed.
The feeling of successful overtaking was always so good, especially when he was driving this electric vehicle with extraordinary accelerating performance. After the overtaking, Jin Er got a better front view, but he frowned, for he had seen the red traffic light with warning.
He sighed. It never felt good to jam on the brake after speeding up.
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Amazing Fate Pet Shop.
Galaxy was squatting on the edge of the roof, curiously looking at Guo Dongyue, who was instructing loudly at the workers to renovate the pet shop. All of them looked dirty from the dust.
Guo Dongyue was very responsible, Since he and Zhang Zian had made their agreement, he would finish his work with the best quality. But hearing that Richard was sick, he grew more worried about that pair of red-headed lovebirds. He was afraid that Richard"s syndromes might be contagious and affect them. Thinking that Sun Xiaomeng had already arrived, and that she was a veterinarian, Guo Dongyue tried hard to control his restlessness and concentrated on conducting the renovation. Nonetheless, he kept looking to the window on the second floor from time to time, hoping his concerns would not come true.
In fact, if he just looked one meter higher, he would see Galaxy on the edge of the roof. However, he was on the brightly lit construction site, and Galaxy was squatting on the dark roof, so it was normal that he did not notice Galaxy. It was a moonless starry night; and the visibility of the roof was very low. The night wind was getting stronger and stronger, blowing away all the clouds in the sky.
After watching Guo Dongyue for a while, Galaxy looked up and noticed that Uncle Li and Aunt Li, who were always selling BBQ skewers across the road at this time, were not there anymore. Zhang Zian said they had moved into a store nearby, so that they wouldn"t have to suffer from the harsh weathers anymore.
Galaxy trotted to along the north side of the roof, overlooking the Spirit Curing Pet Clinic. Just then, it saw that after talking briefly in front of a silver streamlined car, Jin Er and Long Xian both sat in the car.
The silver car started at a very fast speed, merged into the traffic and disappeared.
"Not fast enough..." Galaxy murmured.
It slightly tilted its head, looking at the tall building within which people were moving about.
The next second, Galaxy had vanished from the roof.