Lu Li did not regret it and chose to pay Marcus according to the agreed share.
Counting the 250 investigation points he just got, he should be able to scrape together 5,000 shillings.
"Of course - oh shit!"
There were chaotic banging and shouting sounds on the other side of the phone, Marcus's voice stopped suddenly, and then there were the sounds of running footsteps.
A few seconds later, Marcus returned to the phone and said anxiously into the phone:
"It's not going well here. Those police found me! Damn it...I'm going to run away when I contact you!"
After hastily hanging up the phone, Marcus turned to look at the door that was shaking more and more. He grabbed a suitcase that seemed to have been prepared for him from under the table, cut off the wires, put the phone in, buttoned it, and
Open the window.
Hua Hua——
The sound of light rain falling outside the window became clearer. Marcus looked down at the muddy road that was almost four to five meters high, took a deep breath, and jumped from the second floor.
Bang!
The door behind him was opened at this moment, and several police officers with batons rushed into the empty room.
After chasing him to the window, they saw a figure disappearing into the alley.
"He escaped!"
A young police officer wanted to go out and give chase, but his superior raised his hand to stop him: "Go tell the exorcists that the person they are looking for has escaped."
"But aren't we going to chase him?" the young police officer asked eagerly.
If I chase him out now, maybe...
"That guy is wanted by a group of exorcists. If he wants to die, go after him yourself." The old police chief sneered. "We can't solve all the troubles in this town, and you still want to do things for others? Go and do it first.
The missing convoy has been found! Also, the mayor is calling all the villagers to the open space, you go call the exorcists."
…
Lu Li knew a little bit about Marcus who was looking for him and was hiding, but he didn't know that the people looking for him were the police.
After hanging up the disconnected phone call, Lu Li planned to reduce contact with Marcus in the future to avoid being implicated.
"Who is it?" The continuous calls made Anna curious.
Lu Li told her what happened on the phone, and Anna narrowed her eyes and said thoughtfully: "If Marcus dies, you don't have to pay back the money, right?"
Lu Li looked at Anna calmly: "We shouldn't do this."
Anna seemed to sense Lu Li's seriousness, so she had to put down her inner thoughts: "I was just talking casually."
After taking away the brown paper bag containing ingredients from the desk, Anna walked into the kitchen to light a fire and prepare lunch.
Lu Li sat behind his desk, sorting out the things that he had no time to pay attention to during the ten days of the Shadow of Thread incident.
There were four letters, three of which were from the Slavic lady. The latest one came three days ago. It seems that the arrival of the rainy season has made her temporarily put aside her pursuit of Lu Li.
The other sender was Remy & Jimmy, and it arrived yesterday afternoon, when he and Anna were at the clifftop refuge.
Lu Li did not open the three love letters, and placed them in the deepest part of the drawer together with the first few companions.
Tear.
Lu Li tore open the envelope with a slight noise and took out the letter paper.
Anna poked her head out of the kitchen when she heard the noise.
"I can see the letter." She reminded Lu Li.
Anna already knew that the "Gate" appeared again to seduce Lu Li in the story of Shadow of the Thread, but she was nearby without noticing.
"I know." Lu Li opened the envelope.
An intact tawny maple leaf fell from the letter paper,
【Dear Lu Li】
【Long time no see, how are you lately?】
[Have you seen the little gift we gave you? After Jimmy found it, he couldn’t wait to show it to you like a child, so I decided to put it in the letter and give it to you. I hope you like it. 】
[I hope your sanity will no longer bother you. My brother has also recovered a lot. I think it won’t be long before we—]
[Jimmy just came to tell me that he is fine. He wants to go to Belfast to meet you as soon as possible. Sigh... But it can't be done now. When the storm passes, we will set off to Belfast. Maybe we will settle down with you.
, you won’t dislike us, right?】
[Just kidding, but I really want to settle down in one place...]
[By the way, please pay attention to safety recently. If possible, it is best not to stay in the city. I don’t know why, but I always feel that some extremely terrifying existence is appearing in the deep sea. It may also be my misunderstanding... I hope I am overthinking.
Bar.】
[Then let’s do it. Maybe what comes next time won’t be a letter. Don’t dislike us.]
【Your good friends Remy & Jimmy.】
His eyes paused for a long time on Remi's premonition. Lu Li looked away, put the maple leaves together with the needles from last time, and then prepared to reply.
The reply was always brief, with only one sentence in it: "If you can't get close to the city, go to the cliffs in the elm forest. The refuge is there, and you can wait for me there."
Lu Li can trust a forest, and of course he can also trust friends who "were once side by side."
Put the envelope into the envelope, affix the stamp, put the letter on the edge of the desk, and clean up other clutter on the desk.
On the other side, Anna, who was cooking pork, walked out of the kitchen and looked at the five boxes of cans stacked together with Lu Li.
Squeak——
The nails being pulled out made a grinding sound, and the lid of the wooden box was lifted open by an invisible force.
Top cans.
The cans with the appearance of oil paintings like works of art stand in separated wooden grids, filled with compacted cotton and leaked due to bumps. Therefore, a box of wooden boxes that need to be renovated only contains 12 cans.
The pocket-sized iron can, which was only as big as a girl's fist, made people wonder how much it could hold. Lu Li picked up a can. Even though he was prepared, the reality was more exaggerated than imagined.
One can actually weighs less than half a pound.
One-fifth of it is the weight of the iron can. Most of the weight of the wooden box comes from the wooden box itself——
"Open it." Lu Li said.
The mouth of the iron can in his hand was pierced, showing signs of tearing. The crack circled around and then opened, and a rich aroma of meat sauce wafted out.
There is a thick meat sauce inside.
It should be served on the table with fluffy bread or poured into soup as a seasoning, not a life-sustaining food in hard times.
This seems to be some misunderstanding between the aristocracy and the common people.
Lu Li's eyes fell on the remaining four wooden boxes.
After several minutes of rejecting the wooden lids one after another, fifty-nine cans were put into the box with the wooden grille removed, and there was still a big gap——
"Women are the least trustworthy. You trust that woman too much."
With strange prejudice and inexplicable pleasure, Anna walked into the kitchen with the opened cans and the remaining wooden boxes.
…
Anna's cooking skills have improved, and it can also be said that the jar of meat sauce is seasoned. In short, lunch has a rare aroma.
The damp sofa was very uncomfortable, so after lunch, Lu Li sat in the wooden chair behind the desk until evening.
Knock knock knock——
There was a knock on the door of the detective agency.
