As soon as the words fell, Anna's cold aura towards the other party faded away.
"The sculpture lady helped open the door."
The man said, directing Lu Li's eyes to the sculpture behind the door.
"Next time when we are not at home and someone comes, there is no need to open the door." Lu Li said to the sculpture that had become much more active recently.
The sculpture is motionless, perhaps listening.
Lu Li didn't ask why the man calmly faced a moving sculpture. After all, his dream was more bizarre and weird than the real world.
After putting away his umbrella and placing it outside the door, Lu Li closed the door and walked to the desk to sit down. He looked at the man and waited for him to reveal the purpose of his trip.
Lu Li thought he would talk about what was in the newspaper, but that was not the case.
"Long time no see." the man said.
There was no change in his clothes from two days ago, but he gave people a completely different feeling.
The haggard and desperate look was replaced by the calmness at this moment, and the clear eyes contained wisdom, without a trace of the past.
This brings some weirdness.
Underneath the body is an old man who seems to have seen through the world, but his appearance is only a few years older than Lu Li.
"How long." Lu Li said.
"231 and 1185."
Considering that the man in front of him has actually experienced thousands of years, this strange feeling is understandable.
After a short pause, the man spoke up and revealed the purpose of his trip: "The Broken Moon for too long has made me forget many things. Only a few things are left in my mind, such as my parents, some happy and some sad things.
, and your help."
"During that time in 231, I thought about what you told me countless times. At first I couldn't understand or even resisted it, but as time went by and decades passed, I gradually understood the meaning of your words. This helped me
I no longer close my heart. I succeeded, I accepted it, and it accepted me. The world after sleeping is part of my life."
The man spoke very slowly, perhaps because he had experienced the old man so many times in his dreams that his mentality changed accordingly.
"Although I sometimes feel troubled by its excessive length, I am more grateful...I am very grateful that I can always live, especially when I see those people being wiped out as quickly as Mars, and the mythical creatures who seek immortality.
"
"Before I despair."
"You have helped me immeasurably, but there is nothing I can do to help you now... If you have any questions at some point in the future, you can come to me. If my consciousness has not disappeared due to the long years by then."
The man stood up, walked towards the door, stopped in front of the door and said, "Just in case, please don't take too long."
After saying this, he left unexpectedly as if he appeared unexpectedly.
"He looks like a philosopher."
After the man left, Anna emerged and said with a frown.
This man gave her a strange feeling, especially when he glanced at her several times - as if he could see herself.
Lu Li replied: "Because everything people do will increase their life experience, and he has enough time to experience everything."
"So he's a good guy?"
"Inevitable."
Anna was slightly surprised. Lu Li's answers were usually ambiguous. It was the first time she saw Lu Li being so sure of the outcome of one thing.
"Why?" she couldn't help but ask.
"Do you know dice?"
"Well... you should know."
Lu Li did not change the metaphor because Anna "should know", and went straight to explain: "Throw the dice several times, and the number of times each side will appear will be different, but as you continue to throw, the number of times each side will appear will be close to the same.
"
That's what that man is.
He may become evil at a certain time, he may become good at a certain time, or he may transition back and forth between two or more personalities. But one day, these will merge and solidify together.
That character will not be good, it will not be bad, it will not be good or evil.
This change will not take long, maybe tomorrow, maybe the day after tomorrow.
Anna understood a little, but she didn't understand a little, but she knew that since Lu Li said that, it must be true, so she asked: "So it is possible that he can help us as he said?"
"Um."
But it has a time limit.
If a man's dream time continues to increase endlessly, sooner or later he will lose himself in a long period of time until his consciousness is completely lost.
He may still be alive at that time, but he is already dead.
The man had already realized this. So before leaving, he told Lu Li.
As soon as possible.
"Wow ah ah ah ah -"
A child's cry suddenly rang out from the corridor outside. The cry was mixed with vague voices and the sound of neighbors opening the door to check.
Lu Li stopped thinking and glanced towards the door.
The news in the newspapers made people in Belfast panic. The sky had darkened, but there were still many residents on the streets. They gathered under the eaves, chatting noisily, and at the same time looked enviously at those who had enough money to buy another batch of supplies.
people.
Fragments of words will drift into the detective agency, including "prices" and "gangsters".
Fortunately, the rainy season is approaching, and most residents have stocked up on supplies before the bad news.
There were enough ingredients left in the kitchen to last for two days, so Anna asked Lu Li to buy some more tomorrow and go to the kitchen to prepare dinner.
As the sky gradually darkened, the crowds on the street dispersed and returned to their homes.
After dinner, he drew up the curtains, lit the second oil lamp, and lay down on the sofa.
"Good night."
Anna's voice sounded in the bedroom, and then there was only the occasional sound of turning pages.
The night was not quiet, and from time to time there was movement coming from the window. Sometimes there was the sound of quarrels, sometimes the sound of crying, and the sound of wheels rolling by.
Most of the people spent the night in uneasiness.
…
Early morning, 5:50 in the morning.
The sky glowed with light, and people woke up one after another.
Smoke came out from the chimney that was mostly blocked, and more from the door and windows.
The cold air was mixed with the acrid smoke of burning firewood.
It's hard to tell whether Lu Li woke up because of his biological clock or because of the smell of cigarette smoke in the detective agency.
Anna immediately noticed that Lu Li had woken up. As usual, she opened the curtains and went to the kitchen to light a fire and prepare food.
After eating the food, Lu Li and Anna, who was hiding, prepared to go out. Anna ordered a meal before leaving the detective agency.
Go to the car dealership to rent a carriage, then pick up the four Jones brothers and get back the distilling equipment.
The carriage drove to the door of the four Jones brothers' residence, and Lu Li saw the four brothers waiting in front of the door. Compared with yesterday, the four Jones brothers were more dull today, and each of them looked worried.
Lu Li knew what they were worried about, but he couldn't do anything.