Chapter 5

Fang Shao didn't do anything serious for the rest of the time. Only when he received a call from the courier did he go out to sign for the cat food, cat bed, and a series of utensils he bought for Orange, and then assembled the cat climbing frame in one go, officially giving the kidnapped kitten a home.

"You have to be a good boy. I don't even buy things for myself, and I've used all my pocket money to buy you property." Fang Shao tapped the kitten's forehead gently. Orange seemed to understand that his net worth had soared from zero to three digits in one day, and he immediately meowed proudly.

After watching videos and playing with cats and changing the pizza for dinner, Fang Shao managed to stay up until 8pm. He closed the beach scene and switched back to the real world in the bar mode.

Fang Shao opened the door facing the mall, turned on the light sign next to the door, and acted as if he was doing business.

When the signboard just came on, a few curious neighbors came over. They looked around for a while, but didn't see any flower baskets, any acquaintances invited to liven up the atmosphere, or even a boy or girl handing out flyers or soliciting customers at the door, so they left with a sigh.

"This is not a business at all. This bar won't last long!"

Fang Shao was enjoying himself, guarding the deserted bar until 12 o'clock in the morning, and then closing the door on time to go to bed. His bedroom was behind the counter. Originally, this was just an ordinary employee lounge, but Fang Shao inserted countless private things into it during the decoration. Not only did he put in a 1.5-meter single bed, but he also arranged a desk and a wardrobe, and even made a compact shower room (there is one in the bathroom bar).

The next day, Fang Shao slept until he woke up naturally, and did not open the bar facing the mysterious side until 10 am. But the good luck on the first day of opening seemed to be short-lived. In the following days, no one came to the bar on either side. Fortunately, the bar was funded by his family. With Fang Shao's lifestyle of living and eating in the bar, his family could be considered to be supporting him.

In this way, Fang Shao began to live a life where he hardly ever left his house. The bar provided food and drinks, mobile phones, computers, and wifi, and one could pet cats and enjoy the scenery. It was simply the perfect life that geeks dreamed of.

Occasional needs are also met by takeaway and courier guys. As for the expenses of this part, isn't there still income from translation?

Although Manager Qiu was shocked by Fang Shao's efficiency, it did not affect him from sending manuscripts to him from time to time. The remuneration for a manuscript ranged from thousands to hundreds. After receiving several manuscripts a month, Fang Shao's income exceeded the average income of Yizhou people. Fang Shao also paid his own social security, so he was definitely a well-behaved citizen.

This kind of life made the nearby shop owners and security guards whisper to each other, all of them agreed that this was a second-generation rich man who spent money to fool his family. The older generation was certainly not used to it, but the younger workers were mostly envious and occasionally came to talk to Fang Shao, which was one of the few social interactions Fang Shao had now.

It was another daytime with no customers, and outside the bar was a view of the forest.

"Hello, babies..." A clear female voice rang out in the bar.

The quiet days had obviously made Fang Shao relax a lot. He no longer wore headphones when watching videos. He also placed his computer next to the cash register, sharing the same status with the former cashier.

Seeing that the person who updated the video this time was not his favorite webmaster Guo, Fang Shao's eyebrows seemed to droop a little, but the content of the video was still interesting, so the young man continued to watch it with relish.

"Boom~"

The ground shook slightly.

"Boom~"

"Huh?" Fang Shao, who had been waiting for a long time, was obviously slow to react.

"Dong~Dong~" The sound came one after another, as if footsteps were approaching step by step, and finally stopped in front of Fang Shao.

Fang Shao immediately put away his phone and sat up straight. Then he saw a fluffy gray-blue and white wall in front of him. Then, a pair of animal claws lightly rested on the front desk.

Fang Shao was startled, but soon relaxed.

The guests who can enter the bar are all intelligent creatures. And as the owner of the bar, he is the boss in the bar and does not have to worry about any danger.

Fang Shao stood up and took a half step back, finally seeing the other person in full. This was a large, round creature. Fang Shao, who was quite tall, stood in front of him like a teenager standing in front of an adult. His body was covered with dark grey fur, with only the front of his chest and abdomen being white as Fang Shao had just seen, and there were two rows of grey dart-shaped patterns on his chest.

The other side's furry head nodded at Fang Shao, and its two erected arrow-like ears swayed, and its long, steel-like whiskers fluttered like butterfly wings. Its round eyes narrowed, and its huge mouth slightly opened, revealing its snow-white teeth, and it gave off a pure and incomparable smile.

"Doudoulong, Doudoulong~

Doudoulong, Doudoulong~"

A sweet melody rang in Fang Shao's mind, and a familiar image awoke his memory.

Although he was born into an unconventional family, Fang Shao's upbringing was not much different from that of an ordinary child. In the summer when he watched the movie "My Neighbor Totoro", he, like other children, dreamed of flying with Totoro in the summer night sky. And the magical big cat bus that could jump and drive between fields and forests was simply his dream car.

"Hello, Mr. Totoro, welcome to my bar~" Fang Shao simply used all his professional qualities to suppress the excitement in his heart and not let this greeting float to the sky with joy. He quickly pulled out a menu from the corner of the counter and asked calmly, "What do you need?"

Under Fang Shao's expectant gaze, Totoro raised his chubby left hand, and his nails, which were like large pine needles, stretched out in the air before finally merging together and clamping the menu that Fang Shao handed over.

The Totoro looked at it for a while, its eyes flashing with curiosity about unfamiliar things. It was hard to tell whether it had any preferences, but rather a bit confused.

“Roar~”

Although the other party spoke in inhuman language, the meaning was conveyed to Fang Shao accurately. "Don't know what to buy? Then can I introduce Mr. Totoro first?"

The Totoro nodded affirmatively. This cute forest elf has no neck, and its round body is just below its big head. Every time it nods, its entire body bends slightly, making it look silly and adorable.

Fang Shao resisted the urge to rub his head and introduced the items on the menu to it.

“Roar~”

The chinchilla used the fingernail of his right hand to point at the items he liked one by one.

“I want these!” Fang Shao nodded quickly and wrote them down.

“Roar~”

Finally, Totoro stretched out three fingers and waved them in front of Fang Shao.

"Three servings of each?" Fang Shao asked the customer again in confusion, and received an affirmative answer from the customer.

Fang Shao looked outside, and there was nothing behind the Totoro. Recalling the characters in the movie, Fang Shao stuck his head out and looked down again. Sure enough, there were two much smaller Totoro on the ground. The larger one was as tall as Fang Shao's calf, with blue fur. The smaller one was pure white, about the size of an orange, and a bit timid. When Fang Shao looked over, he trembled, quickly spread his short legs, and hid behind the blue Totoro, leaving only his two white pointed ears exposed.

Seeing the neatly arranged Totoro family of three, Fang Shao's smile widened. "Okay, I understand. Please take your seats and wait for a moment. I will serve you the food right away."

“Roar~”

The Totoro nodded and walked steadily with the two little guys to a seat near the window. When the Totoro approached, the seat space changed strangely, expanding several times. A normal-sized chair was like a piece of plasticine that was stretched arbitrarily, turning into a large chair that could accommodate the Totoro. The two little Totoro jumped onto the chair opposite the big Totoro, and the chair immediately rose to a suitable height.

Fang Shao served the three guests meals quickly, happily serving his childhood idol. Unlike the nuts that he had originally expected Totoro to like, Totoro chose more purely artificial food, French fries and Coke.

It seems fairy tale creatures also like to try new flavors.

Orange, who had been hiding and observing carefully, seemed to have finally discovered that the huge creature was not dangerous, and sneaked out from the corner where it was hiding. But it didn't dare to get close, and instead jumped to the highest point of the cat climbing frame, looking down at the three Totoro from above - no, it should be said that it was looking down at them.

Fang Shao returned to the counter and couldn't help but take out his mobile phone. He took photos of the idols from different angles and finally turned around to take a selfie, taking a precious photo of him and the Totoro.

After enjoying this novel meal, Totoro walked to the counter and extended his right hand in front of Fang Shao.

"Ah!" Fang Shaoan then realized that the Totoro was holding a small package wrapped in a lotus leaf in its claws. The package was neatly tied with straw vines and was about the size of Fang Shao's palm.

Fang Shao, who was only thinking about satisfying Totoro and had not considered how Totoro would pay for the meal, and who would never be stingy about paying out of his own pocket, was stunned. He then remembered the plot in the movie. The little girl lent an umbrella to Totoro, who was using a lotus leaf to shield himself from the rain, and Totoro gave the little girl a small package containing tree seeds in return.

Totoro also has the concept of exchange. Or in his mind, this is just the most simple return of favors.

Fang Shao took the package. The package that looked small in Totoro's hand felt heavy in his. He couldn't help but shake it out of curiosity, but it felt soft and didn't look like a tree seed.

"Roar~" the Totoro made a puzzled sound.

Fang Shao, who was daydreaming, quickly came to his senses, picked up the machine and continued the process of scanning, issuing cards and deducting fees.

After receiving the card with almost zero balance after the deduction, Totoro seemed to know very well and put the card away. Fang Shao stared at him but didn't see where he put the things, just like he didn't notice that he brought the lotus leaf package before.

Does Totoro have a dimensional pocket like Doraemon?

"Roar~" The Totoro said goodbye to Fang Shao and turned to walk towards the door. The two little Totoro followed him.

When the guests disappeared outside the door, Fang Shao could no longer suppress his long-suppressed excitement, and the song that had been lingering in his mind was released briskly.

"Stretch out your arms, I am the wind~

Dreams are the most different time and space in the world~

…

Everyone has a Doudoulong in their heart~

Childhood will never disappear..."

Is the shit shoveler crazy?

Orange stared in amazement at Fang Shao, who was singing and spinning in circles in the bar with his arms outstretched.

For it, today is another new experience in its life.