Chapter 35.1
“…Please don’t worry. I have already received enough compensation.”
“——May your wishes come true.”
Pink, white, purple, blue, red, the flowers bloomed wildly, forming a sea of flowers, decorating the entire flower shop.
The young man on the rattan chair smiled like a spring breeze, sending off another customer.
He had an ordinary young face, eyes that were more transparent and inclusive than the most knowledgeable elder, and when he smiled, it was purer and more beautiful than the most innocent child, making people unconsciously feel close to him.
With this spring-like smile, he looked outside.
The back of the customer, the moment they stepped over the threshold of the flower shop, was like crossing an invisible ripple, coming out of the water. The entire flower shop was like an illusion in the water, a palace under the sea, with a water-like membrane separating it from the surrounding world.
Through the transparent glass wall of the flower shop, he saw a twisted and chaotic world.
Low and dilapidated buildings, walls and roofs still carrying the style of a castle from decades ago; bars and convenience stores with signs covered in thick dust, employees at the door listlessly soliciting business; streets where sewage flowed and garbage was dumped at will; gang members fighting fiercely on the street; passers-by who were innocently killed and lay in a pool of blood because they couldn’t dodge in time; and children with backpacks who ran past the fighting crowd, sticking to the wall of the street with an expression of indifference…