"Aunt An, aren't you gone? Why did you come out suddenly?"
Hearing Nice's question, Lu Zeyu slapped his face and touched it hard.
"Who's gone? You're the one who's gone. I've always been fine, so why am I so confused when I haven't seen you in a few days!"
The old woman pointed the crutch at Nice's nose and cursed, then swung the crutch to hit Nice on the body.
"I told you, kid, if you don't learn well, you can curse people to death!"
"Aunt An, I was wrong! Don't hit me!"
Nice scurried around with his head in his arms, circling around Lu Zeyu.
"Hello, auntie, I just want to ask if you have seen a little girl jumping up and down very lively."
An glanced at Lu Zeyu, and the corners of his mouth drooped.
"did not see it."
"Sister, did you see a little girl jumping up and down?"
Lu Zeyu rubbed his hands and looked at An with a smile on his face.
"Hey! Little girl, where are you going?"
"Thank you sister."
"Eh!"
Lu Zeyu had goosebumps all over his body and pulled Niss towards the depths of the town.
"What are you doing? I haven't asked for news about my wife yet."
Nice kept struggling behind Lu Zeyu, trying to pull it out from the claws.
"Aren't there more people in the town? What's the use of struggling now? You can't run away anyway."
Niss's struggle gradually became less intense, and he followed Lu Zeyu into the depths of the town resignedly.
"Did you feel it?"
My sister lay in Lu Zeyudu's arms and chose a more comfortable position.
"I feel it, there is no living person here."
"That man is a living person."
"I will let him live until the end."
Nice sneezed, feeling trembling all over and looking at Lu Zeyu with a shiver.
"Is that a cat you're holding?"
Lu Zeyu glanced at his sister in surprise. This was the first time someone recognized his sister here.
"yes."
Ness narrowed his eyes to observe his sister carefully and finally sighed.
"My wife told me that she wanted a cat, but in the end I didn't give her anything. When I find her this time, I will definitely get a cat for her."
Nice's face was filled with a happy smile. Lu Zeyu looked at him without saying a word. This was the first time he saw a person raising the flag so early and took a few steps back.
Orange lights appeared in front of him, and the noise of the crowd could be heard from behind. Nice became more and more excited.
"Everyone is here!"
Nice ran to the market door, folded his hands and shouted inside:
"Hello everyone, I'm Nice. Have you seen my wife?"
Everyone in the huge market was busy with their own work, and no one responded to Niss. Niss walked towards the market in a daze, and Niss walked in front of everyone and begged.
"Uncle Ben, have you seen my wife?"
The old man continued to move forward as if he didn't see Nice, and bumped into Nice. Seeing Ben who was unmoved, Nice kept begging.
"Please, Uncle Ben, tell me where my wife is."
Seeing that Ben no longer answered his questions, Nice looked back and said to the other figure behind him:
"Jack, have you seen my wife?"
Jack walked around Ness with an expressionless expression, and Ness turned back to look at the market. Everyone was moving mechanically like puppets, as if Ness had never existed here.
"Brother Yu, I'm here."
The sailor waved to Lu Zeyu with a pile of food. He looked very excited, squinting his eyes and enjoying himself.
Brother Yu?
When did I become so familiar with her?
Or maybe I didn't tell her her name when I was in Old Paradise.
Lu Zeyu walked towards the water with full of questions.
"Did you notice anything was wrong?"
Shui kept stuffing food into his mouth and answered Lu Zeyu vaguely.
"I don't know (I don't know)!"
"ah!"
Shui let out a scream, and a bag appeared on top of Shui's head.
"Swallow the food before you speak."
"I don't know! Why did you hit me?"
Lu Zeyu pointed to the begging Nessie over there and asked:
"Did you hear anything about his wife?"
Shui shook his head. Looking at Niss who was kneeling on the ground begging, he slowly lowered his hand delivering food and shook his head.
"I beg you all, please pay attention to me!"
In an instant, the faces of everyone in the market turned into demonic faces, staring blankly at Nice who was kneeling on the ground.
"Nice, you're here!"
Neat voices came out from everyone's throats, and Ness looked up at everything in a daze.
"How could a good-for-nothing like him have such a beautiful wife!"
"Who are you talking about? That Nice one? What's the use of his craftsmanship? Every day for his illusory dreams, a grown man makes people laugh."
"Hey, Nice, what do you think you're good for? You can't even protect your own wife?"
"I know him. He was the one who killed his wife because he was a puppet. His wife was also a beauty and it was a pity that she followed him."
The truth was like a sharp knife that kept cutting across Nice's body. The bloody truth was pulled out from the bottom of his heart by this knife. Nice was kneeling on the ground, his face twisted in pain, covering his head, and kept defending;
"It's not that I didn't. I didn't kill her. My wife is still alive. She must still be waiting for me to find her."
Ness stood up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, and thought about it again. Everyone shouted:
"I know I'm sorry for her. Please tell me. I'm willing to accept any punishment."
"Go to the bell tower, there may be all the answers you want."
An came from behind them on crutches, looked at Niss who was kneeling on the ground with pity and sighed longly.
"Aunt An, didn't you lie to me? Do you really have my wife?"
Ness knelt on the ground, kept moving his body towards An's position with his knees, and held An's clothes tightly.
An sighed and touched Nice's head, closed his eyes and said:
"Go, your wife may not be there but there must be the answer you want."
Ans seemed to have made a lot of determination and glanced at the tower in the center of the town, and walked step by step in the direction of the tower.
"Okay, I'm going."
Lu Zeyu followed Niss. It had been so long since he had been here that he still didn't see any dangers that he couldn't handle. It was strange that the final answer to the whole town might lie in that tower.
"Let's go, don't eat."
After Lu Zeyu stood up, he kept filling his mouth with food and water, and headed towards the center of the town.
