Not long after Su Bai returned to the shop, he realized that his little general store, tucked away in an unassuming neighborhood, seemed to have changed without him noticing.
At first, there had only been Su Bai and Xiao Wu in the Mist Shop. Whenever Xiao Wu fell into a deep sleep for some unknown reason and turned back into a thread-wrapped doll, Su Bai was left alone in the shop. Later, Little Black Cat Kai Xin had joined them. Though the little fellow occasionally bounded up and down the shelves, most of the time the cat was quiet too.
Even after arriving in Fog City and hiring Meng Wei and Qiu Lei in succession, Su Bai had only considered them passing visitors who would stay in the shop for a very short time.
But after he brought Qiu Lei back this time, the young man named Yang Yu, who had helped mind the shop, stayed behind with a worried look on his face. He clearly hadn't expected that merely passing along a message for a senior he trusted would send Qiu Lei straight into a dangerous trap. With Lan Yin, the woman from Fog City who had already been waiting in the store, and Feng Zhe, who had returned with them and was now receiving repeated thanks from Yang Yu and Qiu Lei, the little general store actually began to feel crowded.
Unfortunately, Su Bai wasn't the sort of person who felt happy just because his home had become lively. He preferred the peace and quiet the shop had enjoyed before coming to Fog City.
"If you have nothing else to do here, please head home," Su Bai said, making his request for them to leave perfectly clear. "We don't even have any spare chairs. Making you all stand