Angelin sent Lu Ran back to Shuangxi Building, driving the department's old but still reliable Land Rover.
Lu Ran, who was sitting in the passenger seat, watched in amazement as her hands and feet flew together, skillfully commanding the iron horse beneath her to run rampant on several crowded arterial roads.
Angelin's face was written with two big words that Lu Ran never understood and never had, and that was excitement.
After talking to Lu Ran, she immediately made a plan to send Lu Ran back first, and then she rushed to the next target - the Blind Dragon Hotel.
In her words, crime scenes often leave the most clues.
"This matter actually has nothing to do with you, why are you so... persistent?" Lu Ran originally wanted to say
"So enthusiastic", I felt that the words seemed to be sarcastic, so I changed the wording.
"Gun Harbor is the most densely populated place in the world, with the fastest pace of life, the most efficient and busy place. In such a place, everyone loves money, like those we just mentioned, the people of Country A, the top executives of True Detective, and the four major families , four secret doors, fighting openly and secretly, fighting with dogs and flies, running out of traps, abandoning everything, all for money." Angelin turned the steering wheel with one hand in an extremely cool manner, and the Land Rover suddenly slid into a narrow alley.
"If you look at these people on the side of the road, vendors, restaurant owners, delivery people, bank tellers, and stock traders, they are all the same. They weather the wind and rain, accept humiliation, and sell everything they can, all for money. Here, , time is no longer time, and time has become money, so these people are getting faster and faster, unable to stop, and do not dare to stop.”
"Well." Lu Ran thought thoughtfully, and then remembered that the reason why he came here, and what the female detective said these words, in the final analysis, it seemed that it was also for money.
"I'm different. I don't love money. What I love is this place and this city." Angelin suddenly changed the subject.
"So you ask me why I'm so persistent, it's because I want to know the truth, the truth about this city."
"The truth?" Lu Ran didn't know that Angelin, as an outlier in today's true detective world, regarded him as a confidant. She usually lived alone and had no one to say these things to. Lu Ran was just suddenly Moved by this sentence.
Everyone has their own reasons for being busy in the world, and I do, too, Lu Ran. At the beginning, I did get involved in right and wrong for money, but now, I should also clarify what I really want.
In fact, it is nothing more than those two words. Not getting stronger, not even revenge, but the truth. I want to know the truth about the world.
No matter which world it is. Unexpectedly, today, something that Lu Ran had not thought clearly even in Jueying City would be revealed by a woman he had not known for a few hours or two.
"What about you?" Angelin asked suddenly when she saw Lu Ran's expression was a little confused.
"I, like you, I don't like money either." Lu Ran smiled slightly.
"Actually, there are many truths. The one I want to know the most has to do with the clothes you are wearing and the Li family." Angelin blinked, seeming to take in everything.
"Well, what is it?" Lu Ran felt that he was more active and sat up straight. Angelin applied the brakes and stopped the car firmly on the side of the road.
"I don't have time to tell you today. I have to go back to the Security Bureau again. I'll ask you to drink milk tea next time." A card was handed to Lu Ran's hand.
It read, Gunport Royal Detective: An Ran, some numbers and characters that Lu Ran didn't recognize.
"Oh, by the way, take the money and give it to Li Zhen for me." Angelin found two more bundles of money from the car and handed them to Lu Ran.
** Lu Ran returned to the residence of the three sisters, spent some time cleaning the room that had been messed up by the pursuit, then packed up his few belongings, put them in his backpack, and carried them downstairs.
When walking through the lobby, the security guard, Uncle He, was chatting with others. When he saw Lu Ran coming, he suddenly turned his face away, looking a little sneaky.
Lu Ran suddenly woke up after walking out of the door. He turned around and pointed, "It's you." Uncle He smiled shyly and immediately hid behind the marble counter.
When Lu Ran walked downstairs, it was another off-duty time of four or five o'clock in the afternoon. Various vendors had already occupied the patio and streets, and the air was filled with the aroma of cooking at other people's houses.
Lu Ran walked into the pawn shop where he had seen the sign before. Sitting inside was a lean man in his forties, wearing a gray gown that was different from people in this world, and also wearing a pair of glasses.
The man had never seen Lu Ran, and when he saw that he was wearing shabby clothes and carrying a women's backpack, he almost kicked him out.
Lu Ran was very casual, looking here and asking, and found that there were also some ordinary and valuable things inside, which he wanted to see.
"Baby" or
"There is nothing magical about it", not at all.
"Hey, this is a pawn shop, not a flea market. If you don't have anything to pawn, please go shopping elsewhere." About a quarter of an hour later, the boss finally couldn't hold himself back and began to chase him away.
Lu Ran saw that not only was there no one else in the store, but there were also fewer people on the roadside, he opened his backpack and asked, "Boss, do you want gold?" The boss saw a golden light flash out of the backpack. , his face changed suddenly, he immediately stood up with a smile, looked at the door, and then led Lu Ran to behind the counter.
"This guest, please take it out." Lu Ran took out one of the two gold bricks and placed it on the table.
The boss's face suddenly became gleaming with golden light, and he felt that his eyes were so bright that he could hardly open his eyes. Having been a pawnbroker for nearly forty years, he knew at a glance that this thing was definitely extraordinary, but he had never seen such bright gold.
Holding it in your hand, it feels heavy. Just from the texture point of view, this is indeed a piece of gold.
"Let me test it." The boss smiled flatteringly at Lu Ran, struggled to pick up the gold nugget, found an easy place to bite, and took a bite.
It is indeed real gold. But I have never seen gold with such a bright color. What a risk, I almost sent the God of Wealth away with my own hands just now.
After looking at it again, I found an inscription underneath the gold nugget. Not only is it real gold, it's probably an antique, a treasure.
But years of professionalism left no trace of surprise or ecstasy on the boss's face. He put down the gold nugget and gave it back to Lu Ran. He frowned and showed an extremely regretful expression: "It's gold, but it has a lot of impurities. The purity is really too low." The silly boy opposite didn't seem to be worried. He just put the gold back on the table, lowered his head and thought for a while, then asked: "Boss, just tell me, this piece of gold, How many cups of milk tea can I exchange for?”
