"You looked so quickly..."
Xiao Xiao found it amusing. "Is it simply because their appearance didn't catch your eye?"
"Gut feeling is important."
Zhuge Yun said this with great seriousness.
"Even though they all look pretty much the same..."
Zhuge Yun muttered under his breath.
He felt dizzy from looking at so many choices.
This one seemed all right, and that one seemed pretty good too.
Sigh.
Was that one over there a little better?
Unable to decide, Zhuge Yun simply stopped agonizing over it.
He gave up on all of them.
He wanted a turtle he'd see and immediately know was the one.
"Let's go."
Zhuge Yun waved a hand. "We'll check out the next shop."
Though he'd run into some trouble choosing a turtle, this flower, bird, and fish market was nice.
There were lots of shops.
The merchandise was dazzlingly varied, too.
Zhuge Yun was very pleased.
That satisfaction eased some of his frustration at not finding a turtle he liked.
"What's going on?"
Zhuge Yun turned his head.
He'd suddenly heard a commotion.
Had something happened?
Zhuge Yun looked in the direction of the noise.
He soon found the source of the commotion.
A crowd had gathered outside a shop.
Everyone was talking at once.
The overlapping voices only made it harder to hear.
What were they saying?
"Are they arguing?"
Zhuge Yun looked at Xiao Xiao.
He wasn't necessarily expecting an answer.
He was just sharing what he thought.
Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow.
"That shop..."
"What about it?"
Zhuge Yun asked instinctively.
"It's where I bought goldfish for the kids before."
Xiao Xiao smiled. "There's a very clever, colorful parrot inside."
"It can talk to people."
"Really?"
Zhuge Yun was surprised.
"It can talk