Although the wedding was drawing closer, nothing much had changed apart from the growing nervousness of those involved.
Their quiet yet fulfilling lives continued, with the only difference being that the atmosphere at Zhou Ye Bookstore grew redder by the day.
Even the string on the bell by the entrance had been replaced with red cord, making the place look festive, as though it were New Year.
Recently, whenever Song Ruo was bored, she would fold all sorts of little things out of red paper—kittens, puppies, paper cranes, and the like.
There were more and more of them, hanging in a row by the bookstore entrance. Whenever a customer came in, the string would sway, making the little animals wobble as if they were welcoming them.
And today, Song Ruo had learned how to fold magpies.
She did not know whether they really looked like magpies, but she thought they did.
The only problem was that there was no more space by the entrance to hang them.
Song Ruo left the front counter and walked over to the calendar.
On the calendar, August 29 had been marked with a heavy red circle.
And there were only two days left until that day circled in red.
Song Ruo hung the red-paper magpie on the calendar, then decided that the bookstore would suspend business starting tomorrow.
The boss and boss lady were getting married. As the bookstore manager, she naturally had to attend.
Ever since Qin Yuwen had left the bookstore, only the employees had remained.
But both Luo Ye and Su Baizhou agreed that Song Ruo had what it took to be a manager, so they made her the second manager of Zhou Ye Bookstore.
After all, although her daily tasks had not changed, a manager's authority was completely different from