The cat and I were chatting over dinner at the Oktoberfest banquet, and before we knew it, it was half past six, and the charity show on the other side of the stage was about to begin.

"Ji Shen, Ji Shen, go and see, the show has begun."

The cat said to me, her face was a little red, and her eyes were unusually bright tonight, and I suspected that she was a little drunk from the small sip of wine she had just had.

"It seems that the cat's alcohol consumption is really small."

I shook my head helplessly, followed her footsteps, and came to the front of the stage.

At this time, the charity show had just begun, with the host walking up from the stage to give a speech, followed by a speech from the owner who had generously organized the festival, and finally, after their speeches, people began to perform on stage.

The first to come up and perform seemed to be the students of the Art Institute of City B, they performed a folk dance, five or six girls on the stage wearing long skirts and dancing, skirts turned like a fluttering flame, mixed with my melodious and fast beat music, showing the enthusiasm of the girls.

"Awesome ......"

The cat school flower looked at the stage and said this in a daze.

Next, there are many performances on the stage, including the special magic of the Qixi Festival, cross talk shows, and of course, dances, especially in the back, all kinds of Western-style dances occupy the stage, ballet, street dance, and Latin dance are all on the stage, and they seem to be performed by art school students, which makes me sigh at the strength of the art students in City B.

After watching the performance like this for a while, Maomao's drinking strength finally woke up a little, and her face was no longer so red.

"Ji Shen, today's performance is very good."

She looked at the stage and said this to me.

"Well, yes, I think it's pretty good that the charity performance can be done like this."

I replied with a smile.

"By the way, Ji Shen, what time is it?"

The cat school girl asked me.

"I'll take a look at ....."

I glanced down at my watch, and before I knew it, it was eight o'clock.

"Eight o'clock."

I replied to her.

"Hmm..... It's a little late, Ji Shen, I want to go to the supermarket next door. ”

The cat school girl said this to me.

"Supermarket?"

I looked at the cat in a daze.

"Yes, supermarket, I just checked Baidu and investigated, the Zhanqiao shopping mall near the trestle bridge closes at nine o'clock, it's better to go there to buy something in advance."

The cat put her hand on her chin and thought about it.

Well..... When she said this, I suddenly remembered that the supplies in our hotel were a little insufficient, mainly toothpaste, of course, instant noodles were also insufficient, and the cat also wanted to buy a new fruit for me to taste.

So......

"So now let's get out of here and go to the supermarket, shall we? I'll accompany you? ”

I said to the cat and looked at my watch.

"Hmm..... No, Ji Shen, the mall is where you can see here, and there are many people on this road......."

The cat school girl said this to me, motioning to me that she could go shopping at the mall by herself.

"But ......"

I'm still a little worried about her.

"Okay, Ji Shen don't treat me as a child, let's watch the performance for a while with peace of mind~"

Just when I couldn't feel at ease and she was about to get up and walk with her, the cat school girl patted me on the shoulder and said with a smile.

Call...... Is it true that maybe I'm overly worried?

The cat looks a little younger than me, but she's probably seventeen years old, right? It's really inappropriate to treat her as a child anymore.

"Okay, I know, cat, you go, call me if you have something."

I said this to her.

"Hmm."

She nodded, smiled at me, waved her hand, and trotted towards the end of the pier mall.

The trestle mall in the distance was lit up at this time, and only a silhouette could be seen in the distance, and the figure of the cat gradually shrank in front of my eyes, shrunk away, and ran towards the trestle mall.

It should be all right, right?

I thought so, and hurriedly glanced at her again.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a figure flash through the crowd.

The man in the black mask and the black trench coat flashed through the crowd like a ghost.

“.......”

And when I looked again, the corner of the man's clothes swayed slightly, and disappeared as if hidden in the darkness.

When I looked at it again, there was nothing left.

Is it a delusion?

There should really be someone there just now, right?

When I thought about it, I felt a strange and uneasy feeling in my heart.

.......

After waiting for ten minutes, twenty minutes, thirty minutes, the cat has not returned.

Isn't it a little slow?

With that in mind, I took out my phone, found Maomao from the first one in my address book, and dialed her number.

Tick, tick, tick......

Maomao's mobile phone did not set a ringtone, first there were a few unanswered busy tones, and then, fortunately, the phone was finally connected.

"Hey, Ji Shen..... Sorry to keep you waiting, I've already finished buying the last things at the checkout, phew, it's a little crowded here. ”

When she said this to me, you can imagine that she was smiling slightly and making a somewhat apologetic expression.

"Well, it's okay, I'm just a little worried about you, stay safe, I'll be waiting for you in the old place."

I said this to the cat on the phone.

"Okay, I'll ...... now"

The cat school girl said this to me, and at this moment, just as I was about to hang up the cat call-

"———— Boom ————"

An earth-shattering sound sounded in the distance, first lit up by the flames of the explosion, and then the sound waves quickly swept the dust towards the banquet hall, and the dust and smoke slowly spread out from the explosion.

"Uh......."

I looked up in a daze and looked at the Trestle Mall at this time.

The Zhanqiao Mall in the distance had just been detonated at the front door in an instant, and the explosion instantly blew all the glass away, and now half of the entire mall has been caught in flames.

"Ah...... What's going on over there? ”

"What the hell is going on......"

On the side of the banquet hall, there are already people talking about it.

"Damn, my wife is still at the mall!"

"Don't ......"

Several people fled from the crowd on this side of the banquet and ran towards the mall, and I gradually woke up and picked up my mobile phone in a daze.

"Hey, cat......."

I shouted her name into my phone.

"......."

Telephone communication was interrupted at this point.