Giving a barley flower basket for a flower shop opening seemed silly, so Ding Ding took Bai Congming to pick out a cake and skipped work to attend the opening ceremony.
Nine thirteen in the morning was the auspicious time Barefoot Master had calculated.
A string of firecrackers burst into bloom, scattering red paper all over the ground. Sun Xiangxiang appeared through the smoke and invited the friends crowding the entrance inside for tea.
When Ding Ding and Little Bai arrived, Sun Xiangxiang was sweeping outside. He looked to either side of the shop, where a row of golden-yellow...
"Barley flower baskets?" Ding Ding held back a laugh. "Someone actually sent those?"
Hearing his voice, Sun Xiangxiang looked up. "Go on in. I saved some cookies for you."
This storefront was a little smaller than the previous one. Sun Xiangxiang had set aside half of it to serve light meals, giving customers and friends somewhere to chat.
Perhaps precisely because it was small, the layout felt especially cozy. Wooden tables and chairs nestled among the flowers, giving it something of a secret garden feel.
As he entered, Ding Ding smiled at the name on the flower baskets by the door, thinking this really was the sort of thing Chen Xin would do.
Bai Congming wore a green top that day, paired with the bright yellow Pikachu hat Fang Yun had given him. Once inside the flower shop, he practically disappeared.
Ding Ding saw only a flash of green before his eyes. When he looked again, Bai Congming was gone.
While he was still wondering, Little Bai's voice came from behind a mass of hydrangeas.
Ding Ding followed the sound and searched for quite a while before spotting a figure almost completely blended into the flower shop among the layers of