The manager's reply was an answer that shattered Lu Xiaoxiao's fairy-tale-filtered image of him.
After nine at night was the manager's own free time, when the shop wasn't open.
She:...
She took a deep breath.
She felt an indescribably complicated sort of speechlessness.
She really...
She had never met a shopkeeper in real life who was this lazy.
Thinking of how unusual that shop was, she couldn't help wondering if the manager was one of those familiar characters in books...
The kind with a rich family sitting on a gold mine, who opened a shop purely as a personal hobby.
He didn't rely on the shop to make a living.
So he did whatever he wanted.
Of course, she'd only asked about staying open until midnight on a whim.
Even if it really were open until midnight, she wouldn't go at that hour.
Even at this time, it wasn't easy to find someone to go with.
Especially...
There was another outrageous thing.
This exhibition was only open on weekdays.
It was closed on weekends.
She found it strange.
She remembered...
The shop definitely used to be open on weekends.
Now it was closed.
Looking at the few concise words the manager had sent, she twitched the corners of her mouth.
Then the manager sent another message: He'd recently gotten into exercise.
Lu Xiaoxiao reached up and rubbed her temples.
Oh.
Well, that was great.
Anyway, because of those bizarre exhibition hours, she'd never managed to settle on a time to go with her friends.
The main thing was, the exhibition poster was a little unsettling.
Her friend liked the Alice in Wonderland theme.
But she was a little put off by dark versions of Alice in Wonderland.
So she'd been wavering the