Alice is a person with strong action ability. After making a decision, she went to look for clues under the scorching sun.
Zhou Jinru lay alone in his room and didn't go out until about three o'clock in the afternoon.
Pushing open the door of the bar, a chill hit his face, and he saw Marcus acting mayor sitting in the same seat as yesterday, drinking.
"Mr. Aguang."
The middle-aged man said hello, put down his wine glass, and continued the topic he just talked about.
Zhou Jinru ordered a glass of soda and chose a secluded corner to sit, but the acting mayor's voice was so loud that it still reached his ears.
"Abu has been obsessed with delivering letters these days. He has to find someone who was gone decades ago. Although Pingpan has not changed much in these years, in the era of mobile cities that have not yet been formed, it is no worse than those places. , there is a huge crowd, how to find it?”
Zhou Jinru frowned slightly. The Abu mentioned by Marcus must be the messenger he met, and he would probably not admit his mistake.
He put down the cup and looked at Marcus: "Mr. Mayor, I heard Abu talk about this. Has the letter he sent found its place?"
Marcus looked back at Zhou Jinru, shook his head and said: "No, Oiya Road has been demolished and rebuilt. It has long been very different from before. Those residents back then were scattered throughout the city, and some went to Mobile City. Now The information is not very well-informed, and it is almost impossible to find someone.”
Zhou Jinru realized that the demolition of the Terra world was different from the era he lived in. Even the mobile city only had intercity networks at most. It was impossible to connect the entire world by relying on cables and signal towers. If someone went to Mobile The connection between the city and the land city is broken, and it is difficult to find clues.
But what Marcus meant just now seemed to be that he knew who the person Abu was looking for was, or was it someone who was no longer here, which inevitably made him a little more curious.
However, Zhou Jinru's real purpose was to find a route back to Rhode Island. Even if he was curious, he had no intention of spending too much energy on these things, so he didn't ask any more questions.
The bartender stopped what he was doing, stared at Marcus' face, and asked in surprise: "Is that the guy Abu is looking for?"
But the topic went beyond Zhou Jinru's imagination and moved in a deeper direction.
Marcus took a sip of his wine and said with a bit of nostalgia in his tone: "Yes, that's the person you were talking about."
After a while of riddles, Zhou Jinru raised his hand helplessly: "There is a person here who is confused about everything. Can you let me see him?"
The Fengti man was not a stingy person, or he could not afford to act like the acting mayor when he was in this bar. He said calmly: "That was at least forty years ago. When I was a student, this The city is still very lively. Oia Road has not been demolished or rebuilt. In a big house, there lives a weird old man. He lives alone, without marriage, relatives or friends. He guards his house every day until his death. "
"An old man living alone, has he experienced war?"
"No, he used to be a housekeeper. Before he owned the big house, it belonged to a couple. Later, the couple died one after another and it was left to him."
Zhou Jinru raised his glass in greeting and said, "Please pour me a glass of wine for Mr. Mayor, thank you."
The bartender quickly took out a bottle of wine from under the counter, poured a full glass and pushed it to Marcus.
"Didn't this person leave any name?"
"Yes, we all called him Old Henry. He had a bit of a weird temper. He said something we didn't understand every day, and he also liked to come to this bar to drink. Later, he died, and there were few valuable things in the luxurious house. , old Henry had no heirs, and the house was eventually destroyed, and that’s the end of the story.”
Marcus picked up the wine glass and took a sip. The bartender who was about the same age as him continued: "But it's not completely impossible. There were several orphans living in the big house temporarily. It's a pity that old Henry didn't leave any inheritance to them. one person."
"So, Abu can't find any useful clues. Even if those orphans are still alive today, they may not remember any useful information."
After Zhou Jinru drank the soda, he stood up and walked out. He had already inquired clearly. The messenger would not come back until at least next week, and then there would be the latest news about Rhode Island.
It was already evening, and Zhou Jinru was riding a black rose slowly through the streets and alleys. Under the plane trees, there were tables and benches. The adults were busy having dinner, and the children were chasing each other. The sound of insects was endless, and it was like a big city. The fast pace of life is in sharp contrast.
In Zhou Jinru's memory, these scenes only belong to around the millennium. Going forward, he cannot remember clearly.
When a man was standing by the roadside, a strange thought came to his mind: This place is really nice. If he dies one day, he can be buried in a nearby mountain.
This idea was quickly thrown out of Zhou Jinru's mind, thinking that he was really crazy, how could he say such random things as Zhang Shun did.
He walked to the convenience store on the roadside and bought a can of soda. Before he could turn around, a girl with long red hair in hot pants walked beside him and threw a banknote on the counter: "Here's a pack of cigarettes."
Zhou Jinru took the soda and left without any intention of staying.
When he walked to the black rose, a girl's voice came from behind: "Isn't that interesting?"
He turned over in the car, opened the can, and looked over. At this time, the sky was darkening, and the eyes of the girl with long red hair turned dark gold, exuding a faint shimmer.
"The lead singer still smokes?"
The girl stuffed the cigarette into her pocket and walked over quickly, her tone a little strange: "Do you know who I am?"
"I don't know, bye."
Zhou Jinru finished his drink, put the can into the garbage basket hanging at the back of the car, kicked up his legs and left.
"Wait a minute, we've been chasing you all the way. Is this how you receive guests?"
Zhou Jinru was not willing to listen to what she had to say. He just pulled the turntable and left, unwilling to communicate with her at all.
Just kidding, the salted fish from the deep sea came to his door in person, and it was too late for him to hide!
Zhou Jinru didn't believe that they had chased her all the way. They didn't find him when they were in Victoria. Now that he was alone, he took the initiative to contact him. Maybe there would be a monster.
Watching Zhou Jinru disappear into the night, the girl with long red hair stretched out her long legs and angrily kicked away the stones on the roadside, turned around and left.
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When Zhou Jinru returned to the hotel, he saw Xu Yu sitting at the door, holding a tome in his hand.
"came back?"
Zhou Jinru parked the car in the yard and glanced at the top of her hand. He didn't understand anything at all. In short, he was the type who could fall asleep just by looking at it.
