The subscription is less than 30, and the anti-theft is half a day, please make up the subscription to support the genuine version, thank you. Therefore, in medium-sized cities, this kind of human relationship is maintained at a distance that is neither close nor far, and they are neither close friends nor strangers to each other. For Celluloid, it is The most suitable relationship is a nodding hello relationship, neither close nor distant, which is Cellululu's favorite distance. When something happens, others will help you but will not interfere too much in your private affairs.
With 40 million in her pocket, many things have become much easier. After arriving in this city, Celulu went around the city and outside the city every day to find out if anyone wanted to rent a house. She did not want to go through an agency to find it, as the identity checks there were too complicated. It is strict and the procedures are complete, so it is difficult for her to get through. Fortunately, there are always some people who do not want to rent through an agency, either because they are lazy or unwilling to bear the agency fee. In short, after three days of running, Cellululu quickly found a house, which was relatively close to the suburbs. Just a few stops away by bus, you would reach the Flower Plain outside the city.
Although it is a detached house, it is not very big. It has a layout of three bedrooms and one living room at best. However, Celulu lives alone anyway, so she doesn’t care. In fact, the design of this house is quite unreasonable. The house is very It is small, but the front and rear gardens are quite large. You can almost build two or three more houses in the garden. It is probably impractical and difficult to rent out, so the rent is not high.
But Celluloid liked it very much after seeing it. The garden has a sense of winding paths. Looking through the door of the front yard, one can hardly see the house, which is blocked by dense trees. There is even a small pond dug in the backyard. , but it has become stinky due to neglect, but Celluloid doesn't mind. It just needs to be tidied up a little after moving in. The result of the house inspection was quite satisfactory, and Cellululu immediately made the decision to book the house.
Using mind control to confuse the issue of identity, Cellululu paid half a year's rent to the landlord in one go. The landlord was an old man in his seventies. Seeing that Cellululu was willing to borrow the money, he was already very happy and left the rental contract. , happily collected the rent and left.
After moving in, it took about a week to organize the house until it was roughly habitable. As for the garden, it had to be done slowly. However, Cellululu did not forget that she still owed others favors and money, so after almost settling in, she prepared After a while, we immediately went to Whale Island first.
Xiaojie and Mitte were extremely happy to see Cellululu, but they also blamed her for coming to pay back the money in such a hurry. They exchanged a few words and quickly let her in. Their mother-in-law was sitting in the room and saw Cellululu. , patted her with a smile, and was very happy that she could come again.
After paying back the money, Cellulu took out a shawl and a skirt, spread them out, smiled and said to Mitte and her mother-in-law:
"Mother-in-law, Miss Mitt, thank you very much for taking care of me last time. This time I brought two things. It's just a small thing. I hope you will accept it."
While talking, Cellululu shook out the shawl and smiled at her mother-in-law:
"Mother-in-law, this is the shawl I gave you. I knitted it myself. The weather is cold and it comes in handy. Please don't refuse it. You must accept it."
Seeing that the celluloid was so determined, my mother-in-law no longer refused and happily accepted it. The shawl was a warm camel color with fine flowers on it and complicated tassels on the side, just like a handicraft.
Seeing such a delicate shawl, my mother-in-law squinted her eyes and praised:
"The celluloid hands are so skillful that my mother-in-law is reluctant to wear it on her body."
"No, mother-in-law, you are too complimentary." Cellululu turned her head in awe, picked up the skirt again, looked at Mitt, and said sincerely:
"Miss Mitt, thank you last time. This is also a dress I made myself. I hope you can accept it. This dress is a summer dress, because the embroidery I am good at is more suitable for embroidering on thinner fabrics. I hope it will be fine next summer. Miss Te can put it on, and the size should match it, but I still ask you to try it on, and I can change it if there's anything wrong."
When Mitte saw the exquisite shawl, he liked it very much. Seeing that Cellululu was so sincere, he was no longer polite. He accepted Cellululu's intention generously and went into the room with her to try on clothes.
The skirt is made of brocade material, quite smooth, with a pearl white background. It has a short knee-length skirt with spaghetti straps. The style is very simple, but the flowers embroidered on it suddenly make the dress more dazzling. Starting from the right chest, the light Purple wisteria flowers and light green branches and leaves are intertwined with each other, extending all the way down to the skirt. The complex and exquisite embroidery work makes the wisteria flowers appear alive. Looking from a distance, the skirt is half white and half purple. The only thing about it is that The large piece of purple echoes the wisteria woven from the brocade on the spaghetti strap on the left. The overall clothing is extremely elegant, yet has a low-key gorgeousness.
Seeing this dress, Mitt liked it so much that he couldn't put it down. He put it on immediately. The dress fit perfectly and there was no need to change it. Mitt's red hair went well with purple. Mitt was not old yet, but he always wore it. Simple and low-key clothes always make people feel a few years older than their actual age. Now that she wears this dress, she looks like a teenage girl, looking youthful and attractive.
Excited Mitt turned left and right in front of the mirror, smiling happily at the celluloid:
"Celulu, this dress is so beautiful, thank you."
"As long as you like it, go out and show it to your mother-in-law and Xiaojie. They will definitely be surprised." Seeing that Mitt was so satisfied with the dress, Celluloid was also very happy and urged Mitt to go out and show it off.
Seeing Mitte's new outfit, her mother-in-law kept nodding her head appreciatively. Xiaojie's eyes widened in surprise and he screamed:
"Aunt Mitt, are you a child again?"
Hearing this, Mitte immediately raised his sleeves, looked at Xiaojie pretending to be fierce, and laughed and cursed:
"What did you say? Xiaojie? Am I, your aunt, very old?"
Seeing that the situation was wrong, Xiaojie hurriedly made amends with a smile:
"No, no, Aunt Mitt doesn't age, because Aunt Mitt has become so beautiful and young, so——"
"There's no need to explain. Explanation is equal to covering up." Mitte rushed over and rubbed Xiaojie's head hard. Celluloid and her mother-in-law looked on and couldn't help but laugh.
Xiaojie, who finally escaped from the clutches of the devil, was stroking his hair and muttering to himself. Seeing that Aunt Mit and his mother-in-law had received beautiful gifts, he was a little envious and glanced at the celluloid involuntarily.
Cellululu, who noticed Xiaojie's gaze, turned around and saw Xiaojie looking at her with big eyes. Although he didn't say anything, he was obviously still a little eager for the gift. Cellululu secretly smiled knowingly and looked at Mitte. said:
"Miss Mitt, can I go for a walk with Xiaojie?"
"Well, of course." Mitte was still admiring the dress made for her by Celluloid, and agreed without even looking back.
"Xiaojie, come with me for a walk."
Seeing that Mitte agreed, Cellululu stood up, nodded to her mother-in-law, and pulled Xiaojie out of the door. Xiaojie also let Cellululu pull her, and the two walked towards the forest for a while, making sure they couldn't see the people behind. Behind the house, Cellululu stopped, turned around, winked at Xiaojie, and said with a smile:
"Haha, Xiaojie, are you wondering why you don't have a gift for yourself?"
Seeing Xiaojie blushing and wanting to refute, Cellululu quickly interrupted Xiaojie's words and continued:
"Actually, I have prepared a gift for Xiaojie, but it is not convenient to take it out in front of Miss Mitt, because I am afraid that Miss Mitt will go crazy."
Seeing Xiaojie's confused look, he obviously didn't understand why Aunt Mitt got mad at the gift she gave him. Celluloid stopped being pretentious and took out a small bottle from her skirt pocket and handed it to Xiaojie, watching Xiaojie take it. Finally, playing with it curiously, and raising it to the sun from time to time, Cellululu could not help but curl her lips and said softly:
"This bottle contains a kind of flower called Tilan. I heard your father said it is a very precious and rare medicinal material. It seems to be something that can supplement -, supplement -"
Speaking of this, Cellululu stopped. For a moment, she couldn't remember what she could add. She pressed her eyebrows and recalled for a while, and then an idea flashed:
"Ah, by the way, it is said to be able to supplement the ability of telekinesis. Your father went to that forest just to find this kind of flower. This was also what your father gave to me at that time."
Xiaojie was listening with great interest, but when he heard that it was his father who gave it to Cellululu, he was startled and looked at Cellululu with disapproval. He wanted to return the flower to her and said awkwardly:
"Sister Cellululu, this is given to you by dad, I can't accept it~~"
Cellululu quickly waved her hand to tell him not to be impatient, and advised:
"Don't be in a hurry to return it to me. Mr. Jin gave me five tilans at that time, so it doesn't matter if I give this to you. Besides, I can't actually use such a precious thing. Giving it to you is just a gift to you." Think about it, you probably don’t have anything left by your father. Take this tilan as a spur to yourself. Don’t you want to catch up with your father? Then don’t forget this wish. "
Hearing Cellululu's words, Xiaojie lowered his head and thought for a moment, and seemed to have figured it out. He nodded vigorously towards Cellululu, gave her a bright smile, and looked at her with burning eyes:
"Sister Cellululu, I understand, then I will accept it, thank you."
Xiaojie touched the bottle with a cherished expression, and after taking another look, Xiaojie carefully put the bottle away.
"Well, hehe, but now you know why I said that Mitt will go crazy after seeing this gift."
Seeing Xiaojie accept it, Cellululu started teasing her in a good mood.
Xiaojie stuck out his tongue, obviously thinking of the reason.
"Yeah, Aunt Mitt can't stand people mentioning gold in front of her. If Sister Celluloid had just taken it out, Aunt Mitt would never let me accept it."
"Ah! That's right," Xiaojie suddenly shouted as if he remembered something, turned his head and looked at Cellululu curiously:
"Sister Cellulu, you just said that Tilan can replenish telekinesis. So, what is telekinesis?"
"ah?"
Obviously she didn't expect Xiaojie to ask about this. Cellululu was stunned for a moment. After thinking hard for a long time, she found that she didn't know what telekinesis was. After listening to Jin's explanation, she didn't ask further because she wasn't interested. When Xiaojie asked at this time, he could only look at him apologetically:
"I'm sorry, Xiaojie, sister, I don't know what telekinesis is, so I can't answer you."
"Yeah! It doesn't matter. I'll ask dad when I find him later." Xiaojie shook his head nonchalantly and answered with confidence.
The two walked back talking and laughing. Mitte enthusiastically invited Cellululu to stay for two days before leaving. Cellululu readily agreed without any further objections. Three days later, she said goodbye to Xiaojie and the others, saying that she would be free in the future. Will definitely come again.
Although she was invited to be a guest, the two of them showed no hospitality at all. They just walked forward without caring about her who was following behind. Even though they were not running, the speed was as fast as Cellululu could do. You can't keep up even at a trot.
It seems that they are two strong non-human beings. Looking at the three-inch high heels on Pike Notan's feet in front of them, Cellululu couldn't help but smile bitterly. Are warriors the master of this world? Why can even women wearing such high heels be able to walk as fast as they can without being hampered at all by these uneven pieces of garbage?
She was so lost in thought that as soon as she didn't pay attention to her feet, she suddenly tripped over a piece of rubbish. In order not to fall, Celluloid tried hard to maintain her balance, but her entire right ankle was severely pinned. , a heartbreaking pain came from the ankle, the pain was so painful that it seemed as if her brain was going blank. Cellululu couldn't even make a sound for a while. She just knelt on the ground, hunched over, and covered her ankle with all her strength. , waiting for the pain to subside.
Chrollo and Pike who were walking in front did not mean to test. For them, this speed was already very slow. However, after walking for a while, they felt that the distance between them and the breath of Celluloid behind them was getting farther and farther. , even stopped in the end. Chrollo and Pike turned around at the same time, thinking that the other party was trying to play some trick, but they saw Cellululu sitting on the ground fifty meters away from them, hugging her feet.
Chrollo swept back to the opponent in two or three steps, bent down slightly, looked at Cellululu with gentleness and concern, and asked:
"Miss Celluloid, what's wrong with you?"
"Ah, I'm sorry. I wasn't paying attention while walking just now and accidentally sprained my foot. Just let me rest for a while. I can walk soon."
Hearing this, Cellululu looked up and looked at Chrollo with an apologetic smile, but her face turned pale.
Hearing the other party's answer, Chrollo was a little speechless for a moment. He never expected that Cellululu's physical condition was so poor that she would sprain her feet even when she walked. She was really weak, and normal people wouldn't be like this.
But remembering that the distance between them seemed to be gradually widening before, could it be that the other party sprained his foot because he couldn't keep up and was in a hurry, so he didn't pay attention to the road? Chrollo immediately looked at Cellululu inquiringly, with just the right amount of concern on his face:
"Miss Celluloid, does it matter to you? Is it because we are walking too fast?"
"Well~~ My speed is a bit slow, but because it's really not easy to walk here, I'm really sorry. I'll get up now."
Cellululu tactfully agreed with the other party's statement, then reluctantly propped up her body, put her weight on her left foot, maintained her balance tremblingly, and prepared to continue walking forward.
The girl's answer confirmed Chrollo's speculation, and also surprised him a little. She couldn't even keep up with this speed. In terms of physical fitness, she was really an ordinary person, Chrollo thought in his mind.
Looking at the girl's right ankle, Chrollo frowned, squatted down and pinched the injured area. The unsuspecting Cellululu screamed in pain, and her body involuntarily fell towards Chrollo.
After catching the girl, Chrollo hugged Cellululu horizontally. Cellululu, who was startled by the other party's actions, struggled a little with resistance, trying to persuade Chrollo to let her down:
"Mr. Chrollo, I'm fine. I can walk by myself, so please let me down."
"Your ankle is very swollen. Although my residence is not far, it is not close either. Continuing to walk will only aggravate your injury."
Chrollo raised his eyebrows and casually rejected her opinion. He still held her firmly and even started to move forward.
The Chrollo in front of her seemed to be more powerful than before. Cellululu was suddenly overwhelmed by this unquestionable momentum and could not even utter a word to refute. In the end, she could only say:
"Well, please, Mr. Chrollo."
Chrollo's speed was much faster than when she followed him just now, flying quickly through mountains of garbage one after another, with Pike following closely behind him.
Cellululu, who was lying in Chrollo's arms, was completely stiff. After Chrollo picked her up, she tried to distance herself from the other person's body and maintained the same posture, not daring to move. move. Chrollo's body had the refreshing scent of soap and the ink scent of books, which indeed suited his bookish appearance, but the smell of an unfamiliar man filled his nose, which still made Celluloid extremely unaccustomed to it. She felt different, because Cellulu trusted Jin and thought he was a good person, so Cellulu was quite casual in Jin's arms, but for Chrollo, because she always had a knot in her heart, she couldn't relax at all, so Cellululu can only hope to get to the other party's residence as soon as possible to get out of this predicament.
After marching for twenty minutes, Chrollo stopped, lowered his head and smiled warmly at the girl in his arms.
"Miss Celluloid, we're here."
Cellululu turned her head and looked at Chrollo's house. She found that Chrollo's description just now was very factual and not exaggerated. The humble house was really a humble house. Looking at the house in front of her, Cellululu was a little speechless. What should I say? Is it really worthy of being called a house built on a rubbish heap? The building in front of her could be regarded as a large piece of garbage. She looked at the three-story ruined building in front of her with a dark line, but it was tilted nearly 30 degrees to the right and seemed to collapse at any time. There were holes everywhere and air leaks everywhere. I couldn't form words. It took me a long while before I finally managed to form my thoughts.
“Well~~ It’s a very unique house, very post-modernist style.”
Chrollo smiled noncommittally and didn't care about Cellululu's description. He hugged her and entered the house, followed by Pike.
There is a quite large living room inside. Judging from the layout and things stacked in the living room, it is obvious that there are many people living here. It feels like a dormitory, but it is also a place full of strong life atmosphere. Cellululu took a rough look at it. After some research, I came to this conclusion.
There was a person sitting on the sofa in the living room. She was a girl with blue-purple hair and a ponytail dressed in a kimono. After seeing the three of them come in, she stood up and nodded and said hello:
"Captain, Pike, you are back. Who is this person?"
The girl's golden eyes glanced at her coldly and asked Chrollo who was holding her.
"Maggie, this is our guest - Miss Celluloid. She will stay here for a few days. Miss Celluloid, this is Maggie."
After placing Celluloid on the sofa and sitting down, Chrollo briefly introduced it with a smile.
"Hello, Miss Maggie."
Cellulu smiled at the other party and said hello.
Maggie just nodded towards her with a cold expression and didn't say anything. She looked like a cold and glamorous iceberg beauty, Cellululu thought.
Noticing that Maggie had called Chrollo "leader" just now, Cellululu raised her head and looked at Chrollo curiously:
"Mr. Chrollo, is the leader your nickname?"
"That's right, I formed a small group, so my companions all call me the leader." Chrollo chuckled and said lightly.
"Oh, that's it. Indeed, Mr. Chrollo has a very leadership temperament." Cellulu looked at Chrollo with understanding and nodded in agreement.
"Oh, thank you very much, Miss Celluloid. By the way, Miss Celluloid's sprain seems to need to be treated, Parker!"
Chrollo smiled slightly and turned to order Pike.
Parker nodded and went somewhere unknown. When he came out again, he took a bag of ice cubes and a bandage and sat next to Cellululu. After taking off Cellululu's socks, he found that it was as swollen as a steamed bun and was larger than his left ankle. More than twice as much of the right ankle was exposed to the public, Pike lifted Celluloid's ankle and began to deal with it.
"Miss Parker Notan, I can do it myself,"
Celluloid is a bit embarrassed to bother others.
Pike's men did not stop, but simply replied, and then started chatting seemingly casually.
"Miss Cellulu, you're welcome. By the way, where is Miss Cellulu from?
"Thank you then, I'm from Skari."
Seeing Pike's insistence, Cellulu had no choice but to accept the other party's kindness. When she heard Pike's question, she used the safest explanation. After all, she was in Scari when she met Chrollo.
"That's where I met the leader, I guess. But what a chance encounter. We actually met again. Does Miss Celluloid still live in Skarry?" Pike asked casually.
"No, I've left now." Celluloid replied immediately.
"Really? Is Miss Cellulu traveling around? Have you encountered anything interesting or dangerous? After all, a girl traveling alone is always likely to encounter many things." Pike put on a show. He asked curiously.
"Well, that's right, but fortunately, I didn't encounter anything dangerous. The trip itself is also quite interesting." Cellululu answered vaguely.
"Really? Ah, okay, the injury can be fixed like this. I believe you will be fine after just two days of rest."
After tying Cellululu's ankle with a bandage, Pike ended the conversation, stood up and looked at the group leader.
Chrollo and Maggie just watched their conversation in silence from just now. Seeing that Pike had finished, he smiled elegantly and said to Celluloid:
"Miss Cellulu, why don't you go to your room and take a rest first? You must be very tired."
"Well, okay, thank you."
Cellululu nodded and agreed. Just as she was about to stand up on the sofa, Chrollo automatically stepped forward and picked her up again, and spoke in a gentlemanly manner.
"I'll do it, your feet are inconvenient."
"Thanks."
Seeing this, Cellululu could only say thank you.
Chrollo took her to the second floor. There were several rooms on this floor. Chrollo didn't stop until he reached the room on the right at the end. He freed one hand to push open the door and walked in.
Cellululu looked at the layout inside with a little surprise. The room was filled with all kinds of books, overwhelming and filling the room to the brim. The only normal furniture was a small bed and a desk.
After Chrollo put Cellululu on the bed, he said with a smile:
"I'm sorry, there aren't enough rooms here, so I have to stay in my study room, Miss Cellululu."
"No, it's okay. I'm the one troubling you."
Cellululu's eyes were still fixed on the mountain of books, and she turned around and answered politely after hearing Chrollo's words.
"Then, Miss Cellulu, please rest, I'm going out first."
Chrollo nodded politely to her, opened the door and went out.
The moment he left the door, Chrollo put away the gentle smile he pretended to have on his face and went downstairs. Maggie and Parker were sitting on the sofa waiting for him. Chrollo looked at Parker and said:
"How's it going? What did you see?"
Pike frowned, not knowing what to say, trying to organize his words.
"Look, I saw something, but what I saw was completely irrelevant. No matter what questions I asked, what I could see was always the same memory, and the girl's hair color and eye color in that memory were also the same. It’s different now.”
