"Put up a warning sign? What kind of warning sign are you going to put up?" Qiu Zhuo asked.

Shi Erruo didn't understand why he asked, so he said of course, "Of course there are warning signs like 'Drive Slowly' or 'Please Slow Down in an Accident-Prone Area Ahead'."

Qiu Zhuo looked around and shook his head, "People who take this highway drive long distances. They are already relatively tired when they get here. They basically don't care about ordinary warning signs. Unless..."

"Unless what?" Shi Erruo asked.

Qiu Zhuo wiped the dust off the beads, "Unless we can design a warning sign that is both conspicuous and intuitive, so that people can see it at a glance and realize the danger the next second after seeing it."

Shi Erruo scratched his head, "How should we design this?"

Qiu Zhuo suggested, "The background color of this place is mainly green. We can draw a warning sign with red and yellow as the main colors and high color saturation, and then paint a layer of anti-fading paint on the sign. And the wind here is usually very strong, so it’s best to use strong mortise and tenon joints and wires to fix the fence.”

After hearing Qiu Zhuo's idea, Shi Erruo agreed very much, but had to raise a doubt, "But who will paint the warning sign you described? Where can we find a painter?"

"Painter?" Qiu Zhuo tilted his head and smiled, "You don't need a painter, just have some painting skills."

Shi Erruo curled his lips and said, "I'm not good at it. I can only draw symbols, but I can't draw."

Qiu Zhuo couldn't help but laugh and said, "Of course you don't need to draw it."

Shi Erruo looked at Qiu Zhuo's face, narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked tentatively, "Can you draw?"

"When I was a child, I had been learning to draw before I entered the temple, and I have been practicing since then. It's just that I have been very busy with the league recently, so I haven't done much painting, but I can still draw a warning sign."

Shi Erruo was naturally happy when she heard that Qiu Zhuo could paint. This meant that she could be the shopkeeper of many things. "Okay, let's go buy the materials and try to finish it today!"

The whole afternoon, Shi Erruo followed Qiu Zhuo around, running up and down, hitting his subordinates, serving tea, and shamelessly interspersing a few words of flattery with little sincerity.

Shi Erruo worked hard for the free labor that came to his door.

Qiu Zhuo's response was a helpless sigh. He actually wanted to say something, but it was so clumsy that he just looked at it with false flattery and didn't say anything.

But he still kept his mouth shut. He saw that Shi Erruo was talking happily and didn't intend to disturb her interest.

Qiu Zhuo arranged his painting tools and was about to start writing when he suddenly paused and looked at the phantom mink on Shi Erruo's shoulder.

"What's wrong?" Shi Erruo asked doubtfully.

Qiu Zhuo pointed at the phantom mink, "I might need a favor from it."

"What are you busy with?"

"I need it to be my model." Qiu Zhuo put down his brush and asked, "Little Diao, do you still remember how miserable it was when you were hit?"

The phantom mink jumped down and ran to Qiu Zhuo, shouting "Zhi Zhi Zhi", then lying on its back on the ground, hanging out its tongue, and turning its eyes up to reveal the whites of its eyes.

After showing off, he screamed again, as if to say: "That's it, it will be miserable when I die!"

"Giggle..."

Shi Erruo watched Phantom Mink's performance from the sidelines, covering his mouth to suppress laughter, which made his stomach hurt.

Although she knew it wasn't good, it was so funny.

"Squeak..."

The phantom mink noticed that Shi Erruo was laughing at it, and immediately bared its teeth at her, leaning on its waist and accusing her of her shameless behavior.

"Okay, okay." Qiu Zhuo stopped the phantom mink, "I need you to maintain the posture just now. If you can draw a cartoon version of your death on the warning sign, it will serve as a subtle warning to pedestrians."

Although Phantom Mink knew that this was tiring, he still did it.

It knows that humans are the overlords of the earth, and beasts such as minks and leopards are unable to compete with them, but it belongs to the beasts, and it hopes that the race to which it belongs can gain attention and alleviate some unnecessary harm.

Even if the power it can contribute is small.Therefore, he worked very hard as a model and tried his best to restore the appearance of his death.

Time passed by, Qiu Zhuo's brush kept brushing without stopping, the sun gradually set to the west, and the red sunset shined into the room through the glass, shrouding him in the glow.

Shi Erruo dragged her chin with her hand and waited quietly. Her heart was beating slowly, and she felt very peaceful at the moment.

It was just a pain for the Phantom Marten lying on the ground, and he was very dedicated.

Finally, Qiu Zhuo put down his pen and said, "Okay."

"call--!"

Shi Erruo breathed a sigh of relief and stretched out comfortably, "It's finally okay. Let's go and put up these warning signs. Thanks to you, otherwise I would have to think about this task for a long time."

She was very satisfied with this hands-off shopkeeper.

Qiu Zhuo shook his head helplessly, "Let's go and try to get back to school before dark. It will get colder after dark."

Qiu Zhuo walked in front carrying the warning sign, and Shi Erruo followed behind. The setting sun stretched their overlapping shadows long.

Next to the shadow, the shadowless phantom mink jumped between Shi Erruo and Qiu Zhuo.

This little guy now has a very good impression of Qiu Zhuo and can't help but get close to him.

When he arrived at the roadside, Qiu Zhuo put down the warning sign, leaned against the fence, turned to Shi Erruo and said, "Hold the sign for me and I'll put it up."

"Okay!" Shi Erruo immediately ran up and held the sign.

She saw that the string of Buddhist beads in Qiu Zhuo's hand was a little awkward, so she took it directly and said, "I'll hold it for you first, and then I'll give it to you after I finish loading it."

Qiu Zhuo wanted to say something, but it got stuck in his throat and he swallowed it again.

Shi Erruo raised his eyebrows, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Qiu Zhuo shook his head, "Just pretend first."

After a while of jingling, all the warning signs were firmly mounted on the iron fence, which was very conspicuous on the entire monotonous highway.

After installing the signs, Qiu Zhuodu shook them vigorously to confirm their firmness.

"Haha..." Shi Erruo said with a smile, "Everything is done! We can finally go back!"

Qiu Zhuo smiled and wiped the sweat on his forehead, put away the remaining tools, and suddenly felt that something was missing in his hand.

It took a moment to react and said to Shi Erruo, "My prayer beads?"

"Oh." Shi Erruo handed it over naturally, "Here you go."

After everything was completed, the two returned to school. When they got off the car, the moon had already hung in the dark night sky.

"Meow meow meow……"

As soon as she got out of the car, Shi Erruo heard a familiar cry. It was Guokui waiting for her at the school gate. When he saw her coming, he rushed towards her in a hurry.

"Oh, dear, what's wrong with you?"

Shi Erruo stroked its head and felt a little strange. Guokui's cry seemed different from usual, and he looked very impatient.

"Shi Erruo, you are back! Something big has happened!"

A more anxious voice sounded behind him, and Shi Erruo immediately recognized that it was Qian Rongrong speaking.


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