One of the oldest shops in the coastal neighborhood.
It's so old that this laundromat has been around for as long as anyone who lives on this street can remember.
The owner of this shop is Old Peake, but not the original Old Peake. The current Old Peake handed it over to Little Peake when the original Old Peake got older, and Little Peake taught him when he got older.
, little Piqué was handed over to little Piqué when he grew old...and handed over to the old Piqué after an unknown number of times.
A family-owned laundry.
At this time, Lu Li was standing in front of the old Peak Laundry, or rather... in front of the store.
Because the door is missing.
The empty store was filled with some tables and chairs that would not be moved into the store in the future. An old man sat behind the counter, wrapped in a leather coat and dozing under the oil lamp.
Its background made it look like a sanity test place, but what he saw in front of him told Lu Li, "No, it's not."
Although Lu Li didn't know anything about the sanity test place, it would not be so miserable that the store door was destroyed by the hurricane, and it has not been installed yet.
The figure standing at the door of the store for a long time was noticed by the old man. His head no longer moved a little bit due to sleepiness. He stood up behind the counter, looked at Lu Li strangely, and then looked at Lu Li's empty body behind him.
"ghost?"
"ghost."
"The Exorcist?"
"The Exorcist."
"Testing sanity?"
"Testing sanity."
Every time Lu Li repeated it, it was like he was asking, and then he discovered that this was really the sanity test place.
The old man began to complain that Lu Li didn't respect the elderly and cherished the young, and bothered him so late, and asked Lu Li to come back after dawn tomorrow because it was already resting here.
Lu Li, who misunderstood the sanity test processing, left and will come back for the test tomorrow.
The old man stopped Lu Li and reminded him not to bring the ghost with him when he comes tomorrow, as it may be eaten by the evil spirits that come.
Because the existence of embodied sanity value itself is an evil spirit.
It was already nine o'clock in the evening when Lu Li and Anna returned to Sailor Street. Lu Li finished the remaining bread, borrowed a wooden basin from his neighbor, went to the water room to make some, and put the set of clothes he brought back from Shadow Swamp in to wash.
Swish swish swish——
With his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, Lu Li sat on a small stool at the door of the kitchen, immersed in washing clothes.
The room was filled with the smell of soap locust.
Anna wants to help, this feeling will make her feel warm, but this kind of detailed work is a nightmare for her.
Especially since she doesn't know how to do laundry.
Anna collapsed on the sofa behind Lu Li. Lu Li couldn't see here, so she no longer maintained her elegant and dignified side.
Although this kind of thing has long since disappeared.
"Is that man we saw on the street...?"
"Um."
Swish swish swish——
"That's really sad, his wife and children are still at home waiting for him..."
Swish swish swish——
"I really don't know how he found his way back in the vast sea."
Wow – Wow –
"It seems that he is the only ghost who has come back. It's really pitiful. Fortunately, he can get a glimpse of his family before disappearing again. It's very strange to say..."
Swish swish swish——
"...How come his breath leaked out like a balloon?"
The sound of washing stopped, Lu Li turned around and looked at Anna who had sat down in a hurry: "What did you say?"
"That's really sad. His wife and..." Anna started from the beginning blankly.
"That sentence just now."
"His breath is like a balloon... leaking out...?"
"Describe it in detail."
"Eh...describe the balloon..." Anna's voice became smaller and smaller, and an embarrassed blush crept onto her cheeks.
"Describe the breath leaking out, I didn't see any of that."
"Well...it's just that his breath leaked from his head, flying higher and higher and disappearing. Then his power is weakening, and he may die again soon..."
Snap——
The clothes were thrown back into the tub, spilling some dirty water.
Anna saw Lu Li's expression becoming serious and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Do the people and ghosts parasitized by bloody tentacles on my head have such a thing?"
Anna looked at Lu Li's head with confused eyes, but saw nothing. The next moment, she suddenly woke up and understood what Lu Li cared about: "Do you suspect that it is parasitized by the bloody tentacles like you!?"
"Um."
"You don't have anyone else..." Anna fell into memories and then became confused. "I don't remember... I'm sorry..."
Lu Li thoughtfully picked up his clothes again, and the sound of washing was heard, mixed with his voice: "It may not be the bloody tentacles, maybe I'm just overthinking it, or something happened to him."
It always feels like it's not an ordinary coincidence... I hope I'm overthinking it.
After washing the clothes, pour out the black mud soup-like sewage, replace it with clean water to wash away the foam, and finally wring it dry.
Hanging the woolen coat and trousers and shirts that had doubled in weight on the kitchen rope, they caught them with a wooden basin. Amidst the ticking sound, Lu Li turned on the faucet to wash up.
Not long after, the slightly pale Lu Li put down his sleeves and walked out of the kitchen.
"Aren't you going to take a rest?" Anna looked at the time, it was already 10 o'clock.
"Right away." Lu Li walked behind the desk and sat down, opened the drawer and took out the paper caught in the book.
Add new brackets and new tasks after the above tasks.
[Important: Solve the ghost that haunts you (Completed)]
[Important: Know where you are (completed) - collect 1,000 shillings and trade with Hades for more content (completed)]
[Important: Find the source of the anomaly (complete) - figure out what the door is]
[Important: Solve the bloody tentacles in the head]
[Secondary: Looking for a new place to live]
[Secondary: Buy books and learn about this through books]
[Secondary: Accumulate enough shillings]
[Secondary: Understanding the Farmland Garden and the Deep Sea]
Minority keeps adding up and never being resolved.
However, these cannot be accomplished overnight and require time to accumulate.
After thinking about it, Lu Li crossed out the tasks of buying books and learning about the farmland, and added a new line below.
[Important: Understand the world]
Lu Li didn't add any new content, such as learning about investigators and night watchmen. Too many tasks would distract his memory.
Anyway, Lu Li will try to contact them after the sanity test tomorrow.
Clip the paper back to the page, close the drawer, and look up at Anna sitting across the table.
"Aren't you going to rest?"
"I want to sleep outside." Anna replied coyly.
She felt that it was better outside than in the painting - when Lu Li was there.
Lu Li loosened his tie and cuffs, walked around the desk and said, "The bedroom is for you."
"What about you?"
"I sleep on the sofa."
"Not so good..." Anna secretly rejoiced in her heart and said embarrassedly.
"Then you sleep on the sofa."
"Eh..."
The stunned Anna followed Lu Li and saw him taking off the woolen windbreaker from the hanger and lying on the sofa under the window.
After blinking, Anna floated into the bedroom.
"Good night."
Anna said outside the bedroom before taking a break.
Still no reply.
The quiet sound of rain outside occupied the detective agency.