The door lock made a small sound, and the gap gradually widened, revealing the figure standing behind the door.
There was a dull smell of damp wood from behind the door. This smell had always existed after the rainy season, but Lu Li, who was used to smelling it, couldn't detect it. After leaving for a few days, these unfamiliar smells resurfaced.
Lu Li walked into the detective agency. The deserted living room and bedroom were deserted, and Anna was nowhere to be seen.
But when Lu Li walked outside the kitchen door, a figure walked out of the kitchen.
The illusory figure of Anna holds a toothbrush in her mouth, her mouth full of snow-white foam, and her clear eyes stare blankly at each other.
"You're back!"
After being in a daze for a long time, Anna suddenly came back to her senses, cheered and rushed towards Lu Li.
She didn't seem to be angry because Lu Li missed the appointment, but she still complained: "You clearly said you would be back the next morning."
"Because something happened." Lu Li said, reaching out and pressing Anna's forehead as he rushed towards her, preventing her from getting closer.
He still has to sell these expensive clothes, so they cannot get dirty.
Anna didn't want to let Lu Li go. She struggled with Lu Li's hands with her head and waved her hands, trying to pounce on Lu Li.
Lu Li had no choice but to divert her attention and asked, "Is there anything going on at the detective agency if I'm not here these days?"
As expected, Anna's attention was diverted, and she stopped and nodded: "Yeah, the daily newspapers, the investigators' newspapers, and a letter are all placed there."
Anna pointed to the desk, and Lu Li followed suit, but at this moment, a light figure bumped into his arms. When Lu Li looked back, Anna had already stepped back and stood in front of him with a silly laugh.
A piece of toothpaste was left on Lu Li's clothes.
To a certain extent, this clinginess completely overcame Lu Li's coldness.
Anna, who succeeded in her trick, put her hands behind her back: "Have you had breakfast?"
"No." "Go and buy it quickly! My cooking skills have improved a lot in the past few days." Anna urged.
"good."
Lu Li nodded, turned around and left the detective agency, even though he had just left not long ago.
Watching Lu Li leave, the smile on Anna's delicate cheeks faded little by little, and a sigh sounded from the detective agency.
Under Anna's feet, an almost solid shadow extended from her feet. Along with the shadow appeared an obscure and dark aura,
Fortunately, I hid it in time... Lu Li would definitely be very disappointed if he knew that I didn't listen to him... I couldn't tell him.
Anna was thinking in her mind, and suddenly noticed something strange.
She raised her head and was stunned for a moment.
Lu Li's figure came back again, standing quietly in the corridor behind the door.
He saw it all.
…
The sofa beneath him shook slightly, as if Lu Li was still on the boat.
Lu Li ignored the slight motion sickness caused by sitting on the boat for a long time and quietly stared at Anna, who was standing opposite him with her hands tied.
"When did it become like this?"
Lu Li spoke to break the silence, and his tone could not be heard to be any different from usual.
"Yesterday..." But Anna still lowered her head uneasily and tangled her fingers together, like a child who made a mistake.
That was one day after Lu Li missed his appointment.
Lu Li continued to ask: "Are you a resentful spirit now?"
"Um...no, I remember your reminder, and I didn't do that because I was afraid of losing my true heart..."
"How much more is left?"
Anna felt guilty and stretched out her thumb and index finger, almost pinching them together: "It seems... just a little bit..."
Anna is not a wraith, which means that the murderous wraith the Night Watch is hunting is not her.
"Why do you want to hide it from me?"
"I'm afraid you'll be angry..."
To Anna's surprise, Lu Li did not mean to accuse her, but instead helped her analyze her own power: "In addition to the difference in strength between ghosts and wraiths, the latter also has psychic projection, just like the black halo above Michelle's head. Mental projection
It represents ability. The projection of your mind is a shadow. What is its ability?"
Anna hesitated for a moment, shook her head and said, "I can't use the power of shadow yet."
"Perhaps you have to wait until you are promoted to a wraith spirit before you can use it." Lu Li said noncommittally. "Don't be promoted until I find out the relevant information about the wraith spirit."
"Um!"
Anna nodded heavily, her face full of joy for surviving the disaster, and then she saw Lu Li leave the sofa, unbutton his shirt and walk towards her.
"Eh?"
Anna didn't know where to focus her eyes, and moved around randomly.
Lu Li took off his shirt and threw it at her. Anna was in a panic and forgot to pick it up. The shirt covered her head with a whir. Lu Li's voice passed by her: "Wash off the toothpaste you rubbed on it."
"oh."
Anna took off the shirt that covered her head and watched Lu Li walk into the bedroom. There was the sound of the closet being opened.
Walking back to the kitchen, she put away her toothbrush and turned on the faucet to clean the foam on her shirt.
Not long after, Lu Li changed into clean clothes and left the detective agency to buy food.
After Lu Li left, the detective agency returned to silence. Anna turned off the faucet, and the sound appeared behind the kitchen door.
A trace of guilt was hidden deep in her eyes.
She still lied to Lu Li.
A few hours ago, she had become a wraith.
If you tell him now, he will definitely be very angry. It is better to wait a while and pretend to be promoted suddenly to fool him...
…
Walking on the bluestone road of Sailor Street, various figures passed by under the gloomy sky.
Lu Li did not doubt Anna's words.
Not only because of trust, but also because Lu Li didn't notice any difference between Anna and her before.
This point is very important. The reason why Lu Li prevented Anna from improving her strength was that increasing the ghost's strength would lead to a change in personality.
And this change usually takes a bad turn.
However, this change did not appear in Anna, and Lu Li didn't understand, which made him realize that he still had a lot of knowledge that needed to be supplemented.
After going to the vegetable market to buy some increasingly expensive ingredients, Lu Li returned to the detective agency.
The shirt was hung to dry on the kitchen lanyard, and the boiling water in the pot was bubbling. Anna couldn't wait to snatch the ingredients from Lu Li's hand and got into the kitchen.
Everything remains the same.
Half an hour later, the smell of cooking meat wafted out of the kitchen and filled the entire detective agency.
Not long after, Anna came out of the kitchen with a pot in hand, filled Lu Li with broth and a large piece of meat, and waited for comments.
"How is it? Is it better than before?"
Seeing Lu Li drink the broth, Anna's clear eyes seemed to have stars twinkling.
"perhaps."
Lu Li's answer was ambiguous.
Not bad, not bad.
Anna only knows this one dish at the moment. Of course, she may have learned how to cook other dishes, but Lu Li is not ready to accept new dishes yet.
After finishing lunch, I still felt a little sleepy. This sleepiness was largely caused by the ordinary detective agency.
Lu Li was not in a hurry to deal with the matter. He lay on the sofa and closed his eyes to rest.
In the quiet and peaceful morning, Anna sat behind the desk, holding an unread book. She occasionally glanced at Lu Li, her eyes curved in a relaxed arc of letting go of everything.
It would be great if it could always be like this.
