was a waste.

Shen Ruoqiu and her group were doing well at the small clinic when the Japanese army suddenly broke in, and she barely managed to escape.

I don't know if it was exposed or what happened, there was no warning at all.

It was nighttime, and the Japanese soldiers didn't even get a clear look at her face. She just didn't expect them to find her so quickly.

Even after the three entered the French Concession, Rat One could still sense that someone was following them.

"They're like a persistent ghost."

Lu Chen sighed inwardly. Since this person wanted to come along, he would let him. Anyway, he was just out having fun today and had nothing else to do.

Thinking of this, Lu Chen simply stopped paying attention to him and let him follow if he wanted to.

"Let's go to the zoo."

Lu Chen held Xiao Yao's hand, and Xiao Yao happily skipped and jumped all the way.

Shen Ruoqiu walked on the other side of Xiao Yao.

There were two zoos in the French Concession, and Lu Chen, not wanting to go through too much trouble, simply chose the one that was closer.

Tickets cost one yuan for adults and half price for children. After paying the ticket price, we entered the zoo.

Lu Chen looked around with great interest. He had never been to a zoo before; this was his first time.

What comes into view is an open space filled with stalls and vendors selling their own snacks.

After buying Xiaoyao a candied hawthorn, the three of them walked through a small path and entered the zoo.

Entering this place marks the true start of entering the zoo. After walking a short distance, Lu Chen was immediately hit by a stench.

The dung of various animals mixed together flooded his sense of taste.

"Uncle, it smells terrible here."

Xiao Yao pinched her nose, not even bothering to eat the candied hawthorn in her hand; the smell was just too pungent.

The road is still long, and there's still a long way to go to the exit, but you can choose to turn back.

"Since we're already here..."

Lu Chen didn't want to waste the ticket money, after all, one coin was not a small amount of money, and even if he was rich, he couldn't be so wasteful.

"Rabbit! Rabbit!"

After smelling it for a while, it didn't seem so bad anymore. There were more than ten white rabbits in an iron cage ahead. When Xiao Yao saw these rabbits, she happily ran over and squatted down to look at them.

"This rabbit is so small."

Lu Chen and Shen Ruoqiu squatted down on either side of Xiao Yao, and Shen Ruoqiu poked the white rabbit's ears with her slender fingers.

"There are carrots for sale over there, Uncle, Uncle, I want to buy some, I want to feed the little rabbits."

Xiao Yao pulled Lu Chen to a nearby stall selling carrots, presumably to feed the rabbits.

Unable to resist Xiao Yao's persistent requests, Lu Chen shook his head and smiled, then bought two carrots for her.

Children's interest comes and goes quickly. After feeding her a carrot, Xiao Yao lost interest and pulled Lu Chen and Shen Ruoqiu to continue walking inside.

"And monkeys?"

Seeing the monkeys inside the enclosure, Lu Chen raised an eyebrow. There were also quite a few people watching nearby, feeding the monkeys fruits and snacks they had bought from a nearby stall.

"This is so much fun."

Shen Ruoqiu found it quite amusing to watch the monkeys fight over food.

Just like before, Xiao Yao insisted on dragging Lu Chen to a nearby stall to buy some fruit, intending to feed the monkeys.

"It's such a waste to give such good fruit to these monkeys."

Lu Chen munched on an apple, watching helplessly as Xiao Yao tossed the intact fruits into the monkey troop.

"Sister Shen, do you want to play too?"

Xiao Yao suddenly moved closer to Shen Ruoqiu, looked up, and handed her an apple.

"I?"

Shen Ruoqiu pointed to herself with her index finger, looked at the apple, hesitated for a few seconds, then picked it up. Was it a waste to just throw it away like that? But she still threw it in with all her might.

She hadn't expected it to be so interesting. She dropped a piece of fruit, and the monkeys went crazy, swarming towards it in a chaotic rush.

Shen Ruoqiu and Xiao Yao each threw a piece of fruit into the container, laughing continuously.

Lu Chen found a seat, holding some fruit in his hand, and watched the two play while munching on it.

After a long while, when the two of them had finished all the fruit in their hands, they finally called Lu Chen to go to the next venue together.

"A pigeon."

The next location was an open park with a large open area in the center. Pigeons were flying in the sky and on the ground, and people were feeding them breadcrumbs.

"It's a pigeon!"

Xiao Yao had never seen most of the animals in the zoo before. She was very excited when she saw the pigeons and ran over to them.

puff puff puff~

Xiao Yao ran over, and the pigeons, startled, flapped their wings and flew into the sky.

"Xiao Yao, come here, let's go buy some breadcrumbs so the pigeons won't run away."

Shen Ruoqiu called Xiao Yao to her side. After understanding Shen Ruoqiu's words, Xiao Yao pulled her and ran quickly toward Lu Chen.

Approaching Lu Chen, Xiao Yao confidently extended her little hand.

"What?"

Lu Chen was a little puzzled. He was peeling an orange in his hand and handed it to Xiao Yao, thinking that Xiao Yao wanted to eat an orange.

"Money, Uncle, money."

Xiao Yao nodded her little head as she spoke.

Lu Chen's lips twitched. Was Xiao Yao now so brazen in asking him for money? He looked up at Shen Ruoqiu.

Shen Ruoqiu felt a little embarrassed, scratched her hair, and stammered, "I...I don't have any money."

She has no money on her now, and most of her belongings are in the small clinic. She was in such a hurry when she escaped that she didn't even take a piece of clothing with her.

"Go ahead, have some fun, and then go home."

Lu Chen decisively took out a few banknotes and handed them to Xiao Yao.

It was already noon when we arrived at the zoo, and now that we've played for a while, it's almost afternoon. Judging by the time, my sister should be back soon.

"it is good."

Xiao Yao smiled, took the money, and pulled Shen Ruoqiu to buy breadcrumbs.

Lu Chen sat on the bench, feeling the warmth of the sun on his face.

Seeing a French couple strolling hand in hand in the distance, both dressed in unusual clothes, Lu Chen glanced at them and then looked away to continue peeling oranges.

"Sister Shen, look."

Xiao Yao stretched out one hand and covered her mouth with the other, lowering her voice to call to Shen Ruoqiu beside her, asking her to look at the pigeon that was sitting in her hand eating bread crumbs.

"Xiao Yao, do you know what breed of pigeon this is?"

Shen Ruoqiu squatted down and looked at the pigeon in Xiao Yao's hand with her.

"have no idea."

Xiao Yao shook her head, her movements and voice very soft, as if afraid of scaring the pigeons away.

"This is a peace dove; it's said that peace is brought wherever it is found."

Shen Ruoqiu looked at Xiao Yao; the little one was so cute that she was starting to like her.

"Really?"

Xiao Yao's eyes were sparkling when, without noticing, the pigeon in her hand flew away.

"If there are so many pigeons here, why is there still a war? If there hadn't been a war, Dad wouldn't have died."

Seeing Xiao Yao looking up at the pigeons flying in the sky, Shen Ruoqiu was speechless for a moment.

Yes, if it were truly effective, the Japanese devils wouldn't have been so arrogant on Chinese soil.

"Xiao Yao, let's go, let's go home."

Seeing that Xiao Yao and Shen Ruoqiu had stopped feeding the pigeons, Lu Chen stood up and called out to them loudly.

"We're here, Sister Shen, let's go."

Xiao Yao responded loudly, pulling Shen Ruoqiu back from her reverie. Shen Ruoqiu nodded, stood up, and took Xiao Yao's hand.

A banknote slipped out of Xiao Yao's pocket without anyone noticing.

"Little friend, you've dropped your money."

An old hand picked up the banknotes and called out to Xiao Yao, who hadn't run far.

"There's something strange about this money?"

The old man looked at the banknotes in his hand and muttered to himself.