Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 573 One hundred and fifty. Gifts

   The people who gathered in front of the door were afraid to back away.

  Because of the status and mystery of the exorcists, they did not persecute or kidnap Lu Li, but simply prayed—Anna hoped that they would do that, so that she would at least have a reason to be angry, instead of being difficult to block trouble for Lu Li as she is now.

"The situation in the royal city is more complicated than you think." Ava Montes took the opportunity to say, worried that the people would conflict with Lu Li: "There are thousands of exorcists in the royal city, even if your Excellency Lu Li is willing to go, nothing will change. ."

   "Lu Li is worthy of those people." Anna replied indifferently.

   For a moment, Ava Montes seemed to feel that his sanity counter was rattling, and smiled helplessly: "Of course, I just want to say that Lu Li can't take care of the whole city..."

   He already knew Lu Li's identity: the one who sounded the death knell of the evil god, he didn't think it was some kind of exaggeration.

   Although there are many exorcists in the royal city who are more powerful than Lu Li.

   "If I can do it, I will do it."

   A calm voice suddenly came from the bedroom, and Anna in front of the door stepped aside, revealing Lu Li who was pushing a wheelchair.

   In other words, Lu Li didn't think he could fulfill their plea: "The situation in Wangcheng is unknown, and the motorcade outside the city gate is more eager than us."

   was rejected by Lu Li, and the people went back downstairs in disappointment.

People feel sympathy and rejoice at the misery of others—even though they didn't get the results they wanted, people know that many miles away are still shut out of the city gates, in the cold wind. She shivered, and my heart dissipated a little bit of unease.

   "Mom, I want to hear a story." In the corner of the wooden house, Little Angel huddled in her mother's arms and whispered.

In the quiet living room, the woman patted her daughter's back and whispered slowly: "There was a couple in the past, they were very loving, and even their more than ten years of life did not weaken their love for each other... This year, the festival is coming. Wife Della wants to get a present for her husband, but they are too poor to buy a decent present..."

  …

   "Don't bother." On the second floor, Ava Montes bowed slightly to Lu Li and Anna, and returned to the attic to continue observing the surroundings of the farm.

  Anna closed the door, pushed the wheelchair back to the warm fireplace wall, picked up the blanket and put it back between Lu Li's legs.

   "I'm going to have a look." She squatted in front of Lu Li and flattened the wrinkled blanket.

  Ana raised her head, which caused the cloak to slide down a bit, revealing that illusory and beautiful cheek.

   "Why?" Lu Li asked back, it's not like what Anna would do.

   "Because you want to help them."

  Lu Li and Anna looked at each other silently. When she was going to write something, Anna's hand was placed on the back of his hand. There was no temperature or weight: "You stay here."

   She seemed to answer Lu Li's doubts and said, "I am of the same kind as them, and it is easier to approach them and be accepted by them..."

   "Pay attention to safety." Lu Li said.

  Anna pursed her lips and seemed to show a smile. She stood up and put the "lighthouse" by Lu Li's hand, and took off the cloak that covered her body: "If I don't come back in an hour, don't look for me. Get out of here as soon as possible, as far as possible."

"Um."

  Lu Li, whose physical condition is not as good as that of a normal person, is no different from courting death.

  Anna's figure faded and disappeared into the room. Soon, Lu Li seemed to notice that his forehead was a little cold, and it seemed like it was just an illusion.

   Her departure did not disturb anyone, including the exorcist on the farm.

  …

"...Dela thought of her long beautiful hair that would eclipse even the most beautiful woman in the world. She thought of selling her hair to get her husband a holiday gift: a beautiful watch chain! It was worthy of her husband's ancestral gold watch. So this morning..."

   The woman's voice became smaller and smaller, and the hand that tapped her back also stopped, because the little An Qi in her arms had already fallen asleep.

It was almost midnight, and people who had been rushing all day or even from farther places lost their panic, and the upwelling tiredness made them fall asleep. Only a few old people and women could not fall asleep, sitting by the window, watching To the men who have been patrolling the open space outside the window for a while.

  The campfire used up faster than expected. It's nothing to do with the wind, the people who are scared fill in too much firewood. Exorcists had to control how often and how much they filled fires, requiring 30 pounds of firewood to be thrown in every half hour. This will keep them going until dawn, and have about 100 pounds of firewood to spare.

   A dozen pounds of coal is enough to keep people in log cabins and barns warm. There are still a few wads of straw in the barn that could be set on fire—though they were all torn down into hay and laid under them to keep out the icy dirt.

   In this calm, an hour passed quickly.

   In the bedroom on the second floor, Lu Li's eyes fell on the alarm clock next to the oil lamp: the minute hand was already pointing to the same place as when Anna left.

   But Anna did not come back.

  Lu Li took off the blanket on his legs, left the wheelchair and the room with the slow motion of an old man walking, and walked up to the attic.

   "Your legs... are you leaving the farm?" Avar Montes subconsciously wanted to support Lu Li, who looked clumsy, and was startled by his words.

"Um."

  Avar Montes looked at the steps behind Lu Li: "Where's the assistant lady?"

   "Temporarily left."

   "Leave? When...cough, but it's dangerous outside, and you're not in good shape."

  Avar Montes tried to get Lu Li to stay, but failed. He had to ask again if he needed to accompany him, and after being rejected again, he had no choice but to send Lu Li out of the wooden house. He and his companions witnessed him walking slowly and firmly into the pitch-black wilderness shrouded in mist, carrying only an oil lamp.

  There is the direction of King Ellen.

  …

   "Mom, where did the story go?"

   The door of the house opened briefly, and the clear wind and the cold wind that blew in woke some people, such as Xiao An Qi.

The woman smiled and continued: "Dela cut her hair to give her husband a present and used the money to buy a watch chain. Her husband Jim is also going to give his wife a present on the holiday. He thought about it. His wife had beautiful long hair and wanted to buy her a wooden comb, but it was too expensive. In order to get enough money for the wooden comb, Jim had to choose to sell the ancestral gold watch and use the money he got to buy the wooden comb ."

   "On the holiday, they gave each other the most sincere and most useless gifts: a watch chain and a comb. They would rather sacrifice their most precious things in order to give each other a gift."

   "They are so stupid..." Little Angie said while biting her nails.

  The woman gently rubbed Little An Qi's hair and put her in her arms: "This is not stupid, it is love, you will know when you grow up."

   (end of this chapter)