Lu Li should have had time to buffer, but the disaster disrupted everything; Lu Li should have had time to accumulate, but the terrifying giant disrupted everything; Lu Li should have had time to establish an evacuation site, but the rainy season disrupted everything.
Everything is moving towards the worst possible scenario.
Can't wait any longer.
Lu Li said to himself in his heart.
He read the back of "Investigator Weekly" and stacked this issue with other issues.
"What can I do?" Anna said to Lu Li, with a determined emotion in her clear eyes.
"a lot of."
Lu Li picked up the phone, paused for a moment, and found the relatively unfamiliar string of numbers in his memory, the fluctuating number plate.
Without waiting for long, a coherent and fast tone came from the microphone.
"Here is a healthy and happy place for everyone—"
"It's me." Lu Li interrupted the other person's words.
Marcus paused for a moment, and his tone became more enthusiastic, but still as fast: "It turns out to be our investigator! I wonder what the reason for your visit is?"
"I have something to entrust."
"Uh... I heard you right... Commission? We are healthy and happy every day. It's just the two of us. Uh, I mean... What event do you want to commission?"
"Find me a man in Belfast who is familiar with the northern elm forests."
"Uh...we can't do this kind of thing at 'Healthy and Happy Every Day'. You know, we are only responsible for solving supernatural problems."
In other words, only solve the supernatural problems that Lu Li promised to solve.
After all, Lu Li was the only one who agreed to cooperate with him.
"It's okay."
"Uh... Okay, I'm still contacting you about the big deal you want. Don't give up and wait!"
Kara.
Lu Li hung up the phone as Marcus shouted.
As expected, this kind of thing still needs professionals to do it, such as a brother and sister who are about to fade out of his sight.
Oliver and his sister Jojo.
A month ago, Oliver received a private shipment, transporting a batch of goods from Shadow Marsh or Zernst to Belfast.
Generally speaking, a week is enough for him to complete one trip, but until a month passed, he still had no news.
Only the Slavic lady derived from him still sends love letters every few days to a week.
Maybe something happened to him, or maybe he found a better job. After all, he never had an employment relationship with Lu Li.
Based on his own personal experience analysis, Lu Li believes that the former is more common.
After thinking about it, Lu Li finally called the phone number left by Oliver's sister Qiaoqiao.
The person who answered the phone was not Qiao Qiao himself, but after Lu Li said he was looking for Joanna, the person on the other side of the phone relayed the message on his behalf.
Ten minutes after hanging up the phone, the phone rang on the desk.
"Hey, is this Lu Li? I'm Qiao Qiao...are you looking for my brother?"
"Is he back?"
"He's back...but he left again..." Qiaoqiao's hearty voice on the phone revealed a hint of guilt. "The new job he took last month paid well, so he went again..."
"That's okay."
Lu Li took the phone away and prepared to hang up.
Suddenly, Qiao Qiao's hurried shouting came from the microphone: "Wait! You... have a commission for him to do?"
"Um."
"He should still be waiting for goods in Shadow Town...but I can do it!"
"I need it as soon as possible."
"What a coincidence, I need it soon too!"
As a girl who grew up with her brother in a slum, she also possesses a shrewdness that does not belong to her age.
And the few things Qiaoqiao did to help the detective agency were indeed pretty good.
So Lu Li said directly: "Find me someone in Belfast who is familiar with the northern Elm Forest. It's best to find him before noon. If you know the address of the detective agency, bring him here."
"Now? It's raining heavily outside."
"So I said as soon as possible."
"Well... ok, how much do you plan to pay for this? Let's first say that this money is not for me, I will only take a share of it, just like you and my brother."
"Try to find the person who is most familiar with the place as much as possible. He will set the price as long as it is not excessive."
"Don't worry, I won't let him open his crocodile mouth. Talk to you later!"
Qiaoqiao on the opposite side hung up the phone.
Lu Li put the microphone back to its original position.
"It's a girl's voice."
Anna's casual inquiry came from the side. If she didn't glance at Lu Li from the corner of her eye, she might look more indifferent.
"Oliver's sister Qiaoqiao, you have met her." Lu Li said.
Anna seemed to be relieved, and her tone became much more lively: "I remembered, it was the girl also named Anna. Did she accept this commission?"
"Um."
"Oh~"
Perhaps to express herself, or perhaps she happened to know the right person, half an hour after hanging up the phone, the phone rang. Qiao Qiao told Lu Li that he had found the person he needed, but one of his legs was lame.
It’s more time consuming——
"You come in a carriage."
"Let me tell you first that I will not use my meager share to pay for the carriage fare."
"I'll pay for it."
"That's okay! We'll be there soon!"
The phone was hung up hastily again.
"She's almost there."
Putting the phone back, Lu Li said to Anna.
"I want to go too!" Anna, who was wiping the floor, stood up straight and put her hands on her hips.
"certainly."
…
Twenty minutes later, a carriage slowed outside the window and stopped in front of the longhouse door.
"They're coming."
Lu Li said, taking some change with him and standing outside the door under the eaves from the corridor.
An old man with an empty right trouser leg was helped out of the carriage by Qiao Qiao. The groom was holding an umbrella to protect them from the rain.
Walking under the eaves, Lu Li asked about the fare and gave him double the price: "Send this lady to where she wants to go."
Qiaoqiao, who was about to help the old man into the corridor, was stunned: "Don't you need my help?"
"No, how much is the commission fee you negotiated?"
The old man said on behalf of Jojo: "If you need me to go, it's 50 shillings, and if you ask some questions, it's only 10 shillings. After all, I'm just answering some questions, and you're still Jojo and Oliver's friend."
"Mr. Barton, our brother and sister have known each other for a long time." Qiao Qiao explained.
"I have another question. Do you need to go there?" Lu Li asked.
"Still 50 shillings."
Lu Li nodded and handed Qiao Qiao 10 shillings as a reward. In fact, it only cost 5 shillings, but the only 5 shillings was given by Lu Li to the groom.
"Wow, thank you boss."
Qiao Qiao whistled, tugged on the 10 shilling note, turned around and got back into the carriage, waving to Lu Li: "If you have any other requests, remember to call me, handsome guy."
A cold aura rippled around Lu Li.
As the groom drove the carriage away from the door of the longhouse, Lu Li turned around and stretched out his arm to help the old man.
But the old man had already moved his empty trouser legs and walked into the dark corridor.