Xu Yuxi and Zhou Shiqiu walked side by side, both eating ice cream cones in their hands, while they looked at the shops on either side. This street is the busiest in the ancient town, filled with various shops. Food, clothes, goods, all sorts of things dazzled the eye. The two had just finished their exams and decided to come to the ancient town to relax. As for the exam results, they would think about it once school started. As long as they didn’t fail, everything would be fine.
"Yuxi, I like this ancient town. It’s very peaceful, and these buildings are preserved in their original form, not reconstructed later," Zhou Shiqiu said as she crunched on the cone, having already licked clean the ice cream inside.
"Hmm, the ancient town is nice, but a bit small. Actually, I’ve been here before," Xu Yuxi said, shoving the last bit of cone into her mouth, speaking unclearly.
"Ah, you’ve been here? When did you come? How come I didn’t know?" Zhou Shiqiu asked curiously.
"When I was a child, my mom brought me," Xu Yuxi said casually.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Shiqiu fell silent.
"Hey, what’s wrong with you, I don’t mind," Xu Yuxi said, watching the silent Zhou Shiqiu, knowing what she was thinking about, she hurried to comfort her.
Zhou Shiqiu smiled, reached out to hold Xu Yuxi’s hand: "Let’s go, what do you want for lunch, my treat."
"There’s a private kitchen on this street that’s really good, let’s go there for lunch."
"Sure, sure." Zhou Shiqiu nodded.
The two walked arm in arm slowly forward, suddenly Xu Yuxi asked puzzled: "Is there an antique shop here? How come I’ve never seen it before, was it opened later?"
"Which one?" Zhou Shiqiu looked in the direction Xu Yuxi was looking, but didn’t see any antique shop she mentioned.
"It’s right here. Everything Available, haha, the golden ingot at the door, could it be real?" Xu Yuxi laughed.
Zhou Shiqiu froze, slowly turned her head to look at Xu Yuxi who was laughing, and hesitantly asked: "You said antique shop? Right here in front of you?"
"Yes, Everything Available. Oh my, the couplets at the door are funnier. Left couplet: Can have credit for anyone, no deceit. Right couplet: Pay timely or see if I won’t beat you, Horizontal: Not a black shop. I’ve read little, is the boss bluffing me, is this even a couplet?" Xu Yuxi kept laughing, "But this boss must be an interesting and contradictory person. Look at these couplets, then this tacky golden ingot, but the Dragon and Phoenix Glazed Lamp hanging at the door is so ancient and refined."
Cold sweat dripped from Zhou Shiqiu’s forehead.
Xu Yuxi described it so vividly, yet she really couldn’t see this shop.
And the direction Yuxi pointed to was clearly an empty space. Where was there an antique shop?
"Shiqiu, what’s wrong?" Xu Yuxi noticed Zhou Shiqiu’s abnormality, turned her head puzzled to look at Zhou Shiqiu, and asked.
"Yuxi, you, you really see a shop? Why, I can’t see it..." Zhou Shiqiu said softly, her voice trembling slightly.
"Ah?" Xu Yuxi froze, wanted to ask Zhou Shiqiu if she was joking, but looking at Zhou Shiqiu’s cold sweat on her forehead and the fear in her eyes, considering Shiqiu’s personality, Xu Yuxi understood, Zhou Shiqiu wasn’t joking, she was serious. She really couldn’t see the shop.
Xu Yuxi looked around and then quietly asked Zhou Shiqiu: "What about other people? Can they also not see this shop?"
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