"I'm not lying to you, back then two yuan could really buy a lot of things, especially in autumn and winter. I took two yuan and it was like stocking up, but in summer I could buy less, my warehouse wasn't big enough."
Lin Li shrugged, reminiscing about the past with some regret:
"Sigh, now that there are surveillance cameras, I can't exactly livestream myself taking goods from the supermarket, can I? It lowers my status."
Ding Sihan, Chen Yuying: "?"
So that's how you bought so many things with two yuan?
What kind of warehouse is that!
"This is no longer a question of whether money is valuable or not, you were simply being a thief, Lin Li!" Ding Sihan punched him twice, bang bang.
"Lin Li, so your sticky fingers started when you were little. No wonder you're always so sneaky when playing games." Chen Yuying also punched him, bang, but only once.
Lin Li's credit score in offline games was indeed quite low.
"You can't blame me for this. I heard that phantom thieves accumulate merit, so doing this was just to accumulate merit."
Lin Li took a step forward and quietly patted Chen Yuying's wooden fish head.
Merit plus one, a bit more fun than WeChat's.
When Chen Yuying turned her head to glare at him, Lin Li had already moved away, pretending it wasn't him who patted her, and then looked serious:
"Hey, tell me, if I write my childhood experiences as a thief into a biography, would it be considered a genuine copy or a pirated copy?"
"..."
"A pirated genuine copy, I guess." After thinking about it, Ding Sihan tried to give an answer.
"I think it's more appropriate to call it a confession?" Chen Yuying blinked.
"Brilliant, forget it then, I won't write it." Lin Li snapped his fingers.
What it's called isn't important, what's important is that the topic was successfully changed, and I got a free head pat, yay!
After walking for a short while carrying their things, they arrived at the entrance of the pet-friendly park.
The three of them lined up to buy tickets to enter the park. An argument was taking place at the ticket office:
"My golden retriever's ticket is actually 58? A human ticket is only eighteen yuan!" A customer said indignantly.
"Because dogs poop everywhere." The ticket seller explained gently.
"Then what if I also poop everywhere?"
"Then your ticket is also 58, are you satisfied with that?"
"...Haha, 58+18, 76 yuan scanned, please check."
"Okay, please come in."
Listening to the conversation between the two weirdos ahead, Lin Li and the other two looked at each other and gave a thumbs up.
A real man knows when to yield and when to yield.
"Hello, how many people? Do you have pets with you? If so, you need to show a valid vaccine booklet, immunity certificate, and quarantine certificate. Electronic ones are fine too." Seeing the three of them, the ticket seller routinely recited the work terminology.
"Two of us, and this is our pet, Lin Li. Be a good boy and show the sister the three certificates she just mentioned."
Ding Sihan had already taken out her phone to scan the code, and at the same time turned her head to signal Lin Li.
Lin Li pointed at people like a husky.
If missing someone is a disease, Lin Li felt he was already incurable.
—Bufan, cluck cluck cluck, I miss you so much.
It can only be said that this is the ecological niche. When Bai Bufan, who was at the bottom of the ecological niche, disappeared, Lin Li himself actually became the target of persecution.
The method of persecution was the one he had previously shown Ding Sihan. This was using his own magic against him.
Alarm bells ringing.
"There's something wrong with her brain, sister, you don't need to mind her. Three people, no pets, fifty-four yuan, transferred."
Lin Li stepped forward, pressed their shoulders and pushed them aside. After the third party inserted himself, he scanned the code and said to the ticket seller.
The ticket seller nodded.
Taking the tickets and passing the turnstile, the three entered the park.
It can only be said that it is worthy of being a park with an 18 yuan entrance fee—normally there are very few parks that charge a fee, and the environment here is indeed not a problem.
The green feathers seem to flow, the broken sunlight is like gold, and the wind carries a chill.
The silk floss trees—a kind of tree that many people have seen but don't know the name of—carefully tended on both sides of the trail, have pink clusters of flowers sparsely hanging on their branches. The slate road is also scattered with damp pink petals, which are pushed by the wind and slide rustlingly towards the drainage ditch.
There is also an artificial lake in the park, the water rippling, a thin layer of water vapor floating on the surface, reflecting the flowers on the bushes on the opposite bank that Lin Li couldn't recognize.
Beside the path, by the lake, and under the trees, there are wide lawns, interspersed with children's and adults' entertainment facilities such as seesaws and swings.
Many people and pets are already sitting on the lawn, and some people are throwing darts. The automatic sprinklers occasionally emit a beeping sound to remind the surrounding crowd, and then sweep across with an arc of water mist.
You can actually see a faint rainbow in it.
The park is quite regulated. Although it is a pet-friendly park, outside the designated off-leash area, owners still have the obligation to watch their pets. Only in the off-leash area can they let their pets play freely.
Other tourists entering the off-leash area are considered to have tacitly accepted the "risk" of being approached by cats and dogs.
"That dart throw was so cool."
Lin Li looked at a group of people on the grass, probably a dart club having a team-building event in the park, throwing darts handsomely and very accurately, watching as he walked.
"What's so good about darts, let's go see cats and dogs!"
The three of them, who originally came to play as if it were a cat or dog cafe, walked towards the off-leash area.
In the area at this time, many dogs of various breeds were happily chasing and playing, and there were also a few lively and active cats climbing around on the rockery.
Their owners were either watching from the side, or sitting on the grass or chairs not far away.
Perhaps it was because the spirit beast affinity BUFF Lin Li carried took effect again, or perhaps these pets were very sensitive to "new" friends. As soon as they walked into the area and closed the gate behind them, two dogs ran over.
A golden retriever and a Samoyed, very proactively sticking out their tongues, smiling and walking around the three of them, then proactively rubbing against them.
Girls always have no resistance to cute animals. Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan's eyes immediately lit up, and they squatted down to pet their dog heads.
Boys always have no resistance to cute girls. Lin Li's eyes also sparkled, and he squatted down to pet Chen Yuying's head but failed—Chen Yuying heard the approaching footsteps behind her, predictively turned her head to glare, and even reached out to point at Lin Li.
Damn it, did she open her heavenly eye.
The Samoyed was very happy being petted, but was slightly hostile to the golden retriever next to it.
It can only be said that in the eyes of a Samoyed, there is not a single bad person, but there is also not a single good dog.
The golden retriever is about the same.
If the purpose of keeping a dog is to guard the house, then keeping a golden retriever or a Samoyed is not as good as keeping a poodle.
At least a poodle will go hump the thief's ankle, maybe it can scare the person away.
But when a golden retriever and a Samoyed see a thief coming, they will only grin: Hehe, you're here, sir, follow me this way, my family's expensive things are all here.
"Ahhhhh~~" Ding Sihan sounded like she was acting spoiled.
What the fuck is that sound.
Ding Sihan's 'ahhh' should be a majestic battle cry, a signal that the flames of war are reigniting, the glorious years of armored steeds, it absolutely shouldn't be this kind of cutesy sound!!
You hateful guy, whoever you are, get off Ding Sihan!
"So cute~~" Chen Yuying also let out a honey-sweet sound.
What the fuck is that sound.
Sounds good!
"Who can resist a dog sniffing and rubbing against you and refusing to leave!"
Ding Sihan didn't hear Lin Li's inner voice, petting the left and scratching the right, with a sweet nasal voice, sighing dotingly.
"When you're at the airport, and a puppy clings to you and won't leave, you'll be honest." Lin Li suddenly threw in a sentence.
The two who were originally immersed in the two cute puppies immediately looked up at Lin Li and fell silent.
The corners of their mouths twitched slightly.
Seriously, bro? At the airport?
Remember, the only dogs that can move freely in an airport, besides guide dogs, are search dogs.
Then you have to be very honest, because if you're not honest, the airport armed police will come over with batons and start hitting you six times a second.
However, there's no need to panic too much in this situation, because there have been cases where the search dog just got distracted during work and wanted to eat because there was food in the suitcase, and refused to leave.
I don't know if that dog was suspended or publicly criticized later.
Its descendants probably won't be able to take the civil service exam.
"Lin Li, you really know how to ruin the atmosphere." Sighing deeply, Ding Sihan scolded with a smile.
"Alright, alright, you two, if you want to play with the young ladies, let them come in first, come back!"
At this time, the owner of the golden retriever and the Samoyed should have arrived, walking over and shouting at them.
They're actually from the same family? And they're still so hostile to each other, these two dogs are even worse.
The two dogs were quite obedient, and after rubbing against Chen Yuying and Ding Sihan again, they ran back to their owner and circled around.
"Sorry for blocking you at the door." The owner patted the dogs' heads neither lightly nor heavily, and said to the three.
"It's completely fine, we had a lot of fun." Chen Yuying quickly explained that it wasn't the case.
"Sister, did you raise these two dogs? They're raised so well, what are their names?" Ding Sihan asked curiously.
"Yes, they're both mine, the little golden retriever is called Money, and the Samoyed is called Lucky." The owner, happy to be praised for "raising them so well", smiled and showed off her training results:
"Money, sit! Lucky, shake hands!"
The dogs just kept their smiling faces and stuck out their tongues, without responding.
Female owner: "..."
Yay, we can have dog meat hotpot tonight.
—Lin Li saw her recipe for tonight from their owner's expression.
"They actually have English names, they sound quite nice." Ignoring this slightly awkward scene, Ding Sihan sighed.
"...Why do I feel like they're the English versions of Wangcai and Laifu." Lin Li frowned, feeling something was wrong.
"You guessed it, Money's Chinese name is Wangcai, and Lucky's Chinese name is Laifu."
Hearing this, the owner gave Lin Li a thumbs up.
Ding Sihan: "..."
It seems to have suddenly become less Western.
Without the two dogs "blocking the way", the three finally officially entered the off-leash area. It was nearly three o'clock in the afternoon, and the autumn sun was shining brightly, so they chose a spot with shade, spread out the picnic mat, and put all the things they bought on it.
Lin Li lay down the second he sat on it, stretched, and let out a moan.
"Mmm~~~"
"I have an inflatable small pillow here, you really got a bargain." Ding Sihan took out a small gadget from her backpack and handed it to Lin Li.
"Arigato, Sister Ding."
Lin Li wasn't polite either, took it and started blowing air into it.
Resting on it, it wasn't particularly comfortable, but it was better than nothing.
Although Sister Ding hits me, scolds me, and kicks me, she really is a good girl.
"Don't sleep yet, we have to eat some of the cooked food while it's hot, the insulated bag can probably only keep it warm for an hour or so."
Ding Sihan started unpacking the bags on the picnic mat and explained.
"Then we have to temporarily change our position, otherwise if the dogs smell it and gather around, and steal it when we're not paying attention, it'll be troublesome."
Hearing this, Lin Li sat up and pointed to the dogs playing not far away.
It wasn't that it would be a pity if it was eaten, it was just that pet dogs in modern cities are all precious. If they ate something they shouldn't and got diarrhea or got sick, it would be very troublesome then.
Local dogs are still the best, they aren't picky about anything, leftovers and even shit can make them satisfied.
"That's true."
Ding Sihan and Chen Yuying also thought it made sense, so the three of them left the off-leash area again, but sat down in the shade next to the fence.
Some of the cooked food had already been heated in the supermarket, and now when opened, you could still see the steaming heat.
The girls opened the cooked food and arranged it on the picnic mat. Lin Li distributed the disposable chopsticks and gloves he brought to the two of them, and then opened the three bottles of alcohol.
"Okay, we can start eating. Spit the garbage into this bag first, and we'll throw it away together later." After sorting everything out, and the picnic mat looked like a picnic, Chen Yuying put her hands together and said somewhat happily.
"Cheers first?" After the two finished taking pictures of the food, Lin Li handed the alcohol to the two and asked.
"Okay."
"Clang!" The aluminum shells collided above the food, and the liquid swayed gently.
Lin Li took a sip.
Although the strong RIO had 8%, he still felt it was just sweet little sweet water.
Lin Li and Chen Yuying both looked at Ding Sihan. Ding Sihan, who took a sip, smacked her lips: "It tastes quite good."
But then she frowned slightly and changed her words: "There's a taste of alcohol in the aftertaste, not as good as at the beginning."
"Then take a second sip later, first make sure you're not allergic to alcohol before continuing to drink." Lin Li said with a smile.
"I went to the hospital to test for allergens, alcohol shouldn't be one." Ding Sihan curled her lips and responded, "Let's eat."
Ding Sihan reached out her chopsticks and picked up a piece of braised beef, nodding: "Delicious."
Chen Yuying reached out her chopsticks and picked up a piece of roast chicken, nodding: "Delicious."
Lin Li reached out his chopsticks and picked up a piece of Chen Yuying's leg exposed under her pleated skirt, still didn't pick it up, but nodded: "Delicious."
"..."
Ding Sihan looked away in disgust.
Chen Yuying turned her head and looked at Lin Li, didn't speak, just looked at him like this (へ╬).
The movement in her mouth didn't stop, her cheeks bulging one by one, very cute.
"Oh oh, so this is your leg, Class Rep, I thought it was tender bamboo shoots, oops," the greasy creepy guy Lin Li slapped his forehead, lowered his head somewhat embarrassedly, and apologized:
"Sorry, I lied to you guys, I care a bit about face, actually my alcohol tolerance is not average, it's very poor, I'm already a bit drunk now."
Chen Yuying: "..."
Still didn't speak, but chewed even harder, as if she wasn't chewing roast chicken, but Lin Li.
Eww~ feels so good.
"Little accident, little accident," Lin Li, who had finished feeling good in his heart, waved his hand, then picked up a piece of pig's trotter, ready to officially start eating.
Fuck, the pig's trotter is also slippery, didn't pick it up either.
Continuous failures made the super-aggressive Lin Li angry: "Damn it, why can't I pick up this pig's trotter either!"
Ding Sihan, whose forearm was pinched: "?"
Taking a deep breath, Ding Sihan smiled slightly, moved her own pig's trotters, her knuckles cracking, and sneered:
"Want to eat pig's trotters, right, Lin Li, okay, I'll let you eat!!"
"Eat!"
"I'll let you eat!"
"Open your mouth wide for me! Eat!"
"What are you doing rewarding—fuck, this is really a punishment!"
"I won't eat, I won't eat, Sister Ding, I'm sorry, I know I was wrong! I'll kneel down and kowtow to you, bang bang bang, bang bang bang."
Lin Li, scurrying away like a rat, apologized sincerely.
But if apologies were useful, what would we need the police for.
Being beaten is the fate of being annoying, it seems he has to restrain himself today.
After the two finished chasing and came back, the food on the picnic mat had hardly been touched.
Lin Li was very unaccustomed to it.
You know, when going to the cafeteria with Bai Bufan and Zhou Baowei, if he dared to mess around with Bai Bufan for more than three minutes, and his attention wasn't on the food.
Then it's over.
The food would definitely disappear inexplicably, as if it was sent to the warp and sacrificed to the four Chaos Gods.
This is a thriller urban legend that Lin Li and Bai Bufan relish talking about.
Strange, why isn't it like this this time, did some step change.
Whatever, keep eating.
The braised chicken Lin Li ordered at noon was originally a small portion, just for now.
The three of them deliberately didn't eat too full at noon, so although it was only three o'clock now, they had a good appetite.
Chomp chomp.
And after the lids were opened and the fragrance appeared, as Lin Li expected, several big gluttonous dogs ran to the fence, but because they couldn't come over, they could only look eagerly at the three of them, drooling all over the floor.
Wangcai and Laifu, these two big dogs who don't like playing with dogs but love playing with people, were among them again, and bore the brunt.
"Want to eat?" So the enthusiastic Lin Li, wearing gloves, took a big chicken leg and walked to the fence, gently handed it to the two of them not far away, watched them drooling and trying hard to get closer, smiled evilly, and suddenly stuffed it into his own mouth:
"Hey, can't eat it! I'll eat it! Delicious! Big chicken leg! Hehe! Delicious!"
Lin Li made a brainless sound like Patrick Star.
"Woof woof! Woof woof!"
Now Lin Li's spirit beast affinity BUFF was useless, Wangcai and Laifu, who had such gentle personalities, both angrily let out extraordinary sounds.
Laughter came from behind.
"I actually couldn't tell who was the dog for a moment." Ding Sihan shook her head.
"Sihan, do we also need to put him on a leash..." Chen Yuying also nodded, and then whispered.
Lin Li: "?"
Baby, talking like this really hurts the dog.
But you're smiling so happily, you must be joking, right.
"Sister, are there any things that Money and Lucky can eat? Can we feed them?"
When the owner of Wangcai and Laifu heard the sound and came over to see the situation, Ding Sihan stepped forward and asked.
Seeing Ding Sihan wanting to feed them so much, the female owner was also very easy to talk to. After asking about the ingredients of these foods, she said which ones could be given to the dogs, just reminding them not to feed too much, these two semi-trailer puppies had just eaten a lot not long ago.
"Okay, thank you sister."
"Lin Li, you eat more of what these dogs don't eat, and eat less of what the dogs eat." Ding Sihan came back and took all the plates away.
People eating what dogs don't eat, this is really upside down.
Lin Li seriously suspected that the people who pushed wild Ha Ji Mi and Ha Ji Wang to become first-class protected animals on TikTok had the secret support of Prisoner Ding.
Mark it down, when I'm old and finish selling her health supplements, I'll pretend to be an animal protection organization and ask Ding Sihan for money again.
"Eating raw food, will it stimulate the wolf nature in the dog's bloodline?" Ding Sihan fed them very happily, looked back at the sashimi, and had a sudden whim.
"Dingzi, then let me ask you, let me ask you, if you eat two bananas, will you swing around in the trees." Lin Li, who was eating, didn't even look up, and at the same time let out a monkey howl from his mouth.
Ding Sihan: "..."
Scolding so dirty.
"Go eat your food, you talk too much!"
Getting angry when you can't win an argument, hehe, small fry, small fry.
(End of Chapter)