The man's gaze glanced keenly over the left and right rows of shelves, and finally landed on the pair of badminton rackets intently.

He looked like a lik, but his fingers were rubbing underneath him repeatedly to hide the excitement on his face. As if he couldn't bear to chop his hands, he was caught in a fierce ideological struggle.

"Excuse me, what do you need?" Du Xiaoxu tilted her head and looked at the man in confusion.

He subtly smiled at this time, then turned to look at Du Xiaoxu, and said in a calm tone: "Well, do you have any pumps for sale here?" ”

"Huh? This ......"

"Is there none?" He blinked.

"Yes—but not for sale." Du Xiaoxu smiled euphemistically and said sincerely.

"Not for sale? Oh. He didn't ask why, but naturally put his hands around his waist. Looking at the shelves on both sides with grace, he muttered to himself.

He didn't mean to leave, but was looking for something else-

"But I can borrow your one, hee-hee." Du Xiaoxu's words took a sharp turn to resolve the embarrassment of the atmosphere.

"Huh?" The other party's eyes lit up, and then nodded towards Du Xiaoxu for sure: "Very good." ”

After a brief conversation, Du Xiaoxu went back to the back room to find a pump, and then gave it to the man who was waiting in the middle of the floor without moving.

"Thank you, girl." After he took the pump handed by Du Xiaoxu, he bowed very politely.

This made Du Xiaoxu feel embarrassed, so much so that the smile on her face became blurred.

Outside the grocery store, a motorcycle with a gray shell is parked. It looks like a new car, and it has an unremoved production label on the back seat.

The only thing that makes Du Xiaoxu feel strange is that there is only one line of mass production type number on the label, and there is no production address and others. She walked forward, curiously touching the grip.

Opposite, the man was crouching on the ground, pumping the rear wheels.

"Is the tire flat, huh?" Du Xiaoxu turned his head to see. She habitually lazily covered her knees with her hands, and then let her body stand slightly forward.

"I thought it was angry just now, but now it seems—alas." The man sighed sadly, and then had to unscrew back the buckle cap that had just been placed on the ground.

"Huh?"

He raised his head to look at Du Xiaoxu and explained: "I didn't expect that the rear tire was punctured, hehe." ”

"Ah, it can't be that serious, right?"

Du Xiaoxu squatted down with concern, looking at the position of the tires pointed out to her by the man, there were indeed obvious traces of punctures. She brushed away the green hair on her forehead and looked closely.

"I'm unlucky." The man laughed at himself and got up helplessly. I didn't want him to stand in a hurry, so I flipped out a postcard between the hidden pockets of my jacket and fell straight to the ground.

Because of the body blocking, Du Xiaoxu didn't notice it.

"Give it back to you, thank you very much for helping me." The tone of the man's voice was still polite and calm.

"Hah, it's okay." Du Xiaoxu quickly took the pump he handed over, and suddenly told him again: "Oh yes, there is a motorcycle repair store in the west of town, you can go there and have a look." ”

"Well, thank you, thank you......" The man nodded hurriedly, drove the pedal with his hind pedals, and then pushed the motorcycle and walked forward silently.

"It's okay."

“……”

"......" was stunned for about a minute before Du Xiaoxu suddenly came back to his senses. She inadvertently glanced to the ground and was surprised to find a white postcard.

Click.

"What is this?" Du Xiaoxu bent down to pick it up with curiosity, and then turned it over to see the front. In the next second, her brows furrowed slightly, she looked at the portrait above in confusion, and consciously read out the text above: "Ji, Cen? It turns out that his name is Ji Cen - eh, isn't this an ID card? ”

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At the same time, the small river that flowed quietly to the west of the town crossed under a wooden plank bridge:

"Ah! Pander to! "Suddenly, a painful and struggling humanoid monster covered in aquatic weeds emerged from the water on the shore.

Crash!

After being exposed to the direct sunlight, it desperately held its head and walked aimlessly onto the land. At this moment, hot white smoke rose from the back of the monster's fin, and from a distance it looked like a fire burning on a pile of wheat straw.

"Ah! Pander to!!! ”

The flames burned brighter and stronger, and even the monster threw itself into the water again to no avail. Except for a layer of water explosion that was violently stirred, the remaining rippling ripples directly buried the monster and sank to the bottom of the river again.

There was a middle-aged man carrying a fishing rod who happened to pass by at this time. When he saw the huge explosion on the water, he rubbed his wide eyes and sighed excitedly: "Ahhh Fish! It's been sent, this is it! ”

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The man, Jizen, who didn't seem to have noticed his ID and had fallen outside the grocery store, was pushing his motorcycle.

He avoided the surprised gazes of passers-by along the way, and embarrassed but gracefully, finally found the repair shop that Du Xiaoxu said.

"Ha, I've finally found you." Ji Cen straightened his slightly wrinkled collar and looked up at the faded billboard. The dazzling white light shone down the edges and corners of the iron frame, and he had to quickly lower his eyes.

The walls of this store are very neat and tidy from the outside to the inside, and there is not a trace of oil stain on the row of repair tools on the shelves.

This gave Ji Cen the illusion that the store was newly opened, but in fact it had been open for almost a decade. Ten years on, the wind and rain have not changed.

There is a folding square table generously placed at the door. At the table, there was a young man who didn't take off his baggage even when he got to the ground, and just ate steamed buns with his head down.

Ji Cen subconsciously turned his gaze to him, and found that this man was eating deliciously, and he didn't notice that he was coming over. Looking at it, his lips also moved up and down.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa......"

Finally, Ji Cen couldn't wait any longer, so he deliberately reminded him twice: "Titica." ”

"Huh?" The two coughing sounds finally caught the attention of this man who only cared about eating, Qingtang Shenfeng. He raised his head and turned to Ji Zen, then looked blankly.

"......" Ji Cen saw that his face did not look very happy. As if he wanted him to fix a tire next, he would also be angrily refused.

"Is there something wrong?" Qingtang Fengfeng looked at him and asked, unaware that the other party was here to repair the motorcycle.

"Oh, the car broke down......"

"Fix the car? Wait, I'll call Uncle Daliang. ”

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