Adventurer of the Elf World

"What's wrong?"

The man's voice brought Xiu back to reality. He looked up and smiled and waved his hand.

"It's okay, I just remembered something."

Xiu glanced at the little girl with his peripheral vision, but he didn't have the feeling just now. She was just an ordinary person.

The man saw Xiu's absent-minded look, sighed, and then said some strange words.

"Alas~ Life will always encounter some ups and downs. Don't give up. You are still young. There is always hope if you work hard."

The woman on the side also echoed: "Yes, there is nothing that can't be overcome. Don't give up easily. It was also very difficult when we first started, but we all got through it in the end."

Xiu felt a little strange when he heard this, and was stunned for a while before he reacted.

No wonder their family called him over just now, and brought water and snacks. It turned out that they had a misunderstanding when they saw him like that just now.

After Xiu figured it out, he was a little amused and embarrassed. He wanted to explain but was afraid that it would only make things worse, so he just acquiesced and said:

"Thank you for your concern. I'm fine. I just miss home."

The two of them smiled and nodded when they heard Xiu's words, and then the man took the initiative to change the subject.

"Yes, I was also like that when I drove to Hollywood alone..."

After chatting for a while, Xiu suddenly felt thirsty and remembered the bottle of water in his hand.

It was just that after so long, it had already become room temperature and lost its initial coolness.

Xiu didn't mind, he unscrewed it and took a sip, then looked around.

Only then did he realize that the sun in the sky had already set, and most of the people around him had left, with only a few scattered people left.

The man seemed to have reacted, turned around and glanced around, then laughed:

"Haha~ I didn't expect you to know everything. We haven't had such a happy chat for a long time."

"Xiu knows a lot. Next time I will try the method you mentioned. It seems to be delicious."

The woman next to him seemed eager to try it, and seemed to be looking forward to the taste of the snacks made according to Xiu's method.

During the conversation just now, everyone exchanged names. Xiu also knew that the man's name was Chengye, the woman's name was Meiyao, and the little girl's name was Qianyang.

Xiu didn't say much after hearing this, and took out two cans of preserved fruits from his backpack and handed them over.

"This is a snack I made myself. You can try it."

"Oh! I'll give it a try." Cheng Ye was not polite. He opened it and ate a little. Then he handed the preserved fruit to his wife and said with a hint of surprise: "It's really delicious."

"Hmm~ sweet and sour. What is it made of?"

"Blue orange." Xiu couldn't forget the strange feeling just now. He looked at Qian Yang, pushed another one in front of her, and said tentatively: "This is sweet. Children should like it."

Qian Yang's eyes shifted to the preserved fruit in front of her as he said this, but she still didn't say anything.

Mei Yao saw this and picked up the can of preserved fruit and opened it. She ate a piece herself before putting the can in her daughter's hand.

Xiu watched Qian Yang slowly pick it up and eat it, but because the other party lowered his head, he couldn't see anything.

However, Xiu didn't want to waste too much time on this matter. Anyway, it was almost time, so he stood up and said to the family:

"It's getting late. I have to go back to the city. Goodbye."

"We are almost back. Let's go together. I'll take you back in my car." Shirono pointed to a car not far away, "It will take a long time to walk back."

Xiu paused for a few seconds and then agreed.

He had something else to do later, so there was no need to waste time on the road.

The car drove into a remote street and slowly stopped.

Shirono turned his head to look at Xiu and said, "We're here."

"Thank you."

Just as Xiu was about to open the door to go out, Shirono added another sentence.

"The celebration will start tomorrow, have fun."

Xiu smiled and nodded slightly, and said casually, "Yes, you guys have fun too."

After that, he got out of the car, waved to them, and then walked into the dim and narrow old street.

Xiu did not go directly back to the elf center, but went into the complicated and messy old building complex.

This is the oldest place in the old city, and also the most chaotic place in Changpan City.

The reason is that the design and planning at that time... There was no such thing as design and planning at that time, and the land was tight, so the buildings were all messy, and most of the streets were very narrow, and some could only accommodate one person.

And there are no street lights here, only some key intersections have dim street lights that have been used for who knows how many years.

Walking to such a place at night, the word "chaos" stands out.

What's more terrifying is that there are pairs of prying eyes in the corners from time to time.

But Xiu seemed to have been here many times, walking in it skillfully, and those eyes also avoided him after he passed by.

Don't you really think that he was idle after walking around the old city for a long time during the day?

After wandering around, Xiu passed through the most outrageous section of the road and came to the door of a three-story building.

The main structure is a brick wall structure, but the outer wall has peeled off in large pieces, revealing the red bricks inside.

The ceiling is reinforced with iron sheets to prevent leakage, but the blue iron sheet has faded and there are some spots of rust on it.

In fact, from the rental notice posted outside, it can be seen that this is a rental house, and it seems to have a history~

"This is it~"

Xiu glanced at the empty staircase and walked up the stairs on the side.

…………

The sound of a key being inserted came from outside the door, and a figure walked into the house with the dim light in the corridor.

The figure closed the door casually, and the whole house fell into darkness again, but soon the sound of opening and closing was heard, and the next second the orange-yellow light filled the room.

However, the person who came in couldn't help but tremble and screamed in fear when the light came on.

"Ha!"

Because there was an extra person in the room that should have been empty, what made him even more scared was the strange outfit of the person.

The person was wearing a black casual jacket, and the hat covered his face in the shadow. He just sat leisurely on the holey sofa, giving people an extremely weird feeling.

The man's first reaction was to turn around and want to open the door and run away, but when he really turned around, he heard such a sentence.

"Kurokawa! The company is very dissatisfied with you~"

The man's steps suddenly stopped, and he looked up at the newcomer and asked tentatively:

"Who are you?"

"It's not good for you to know too much..." The voice from under the hood was still the same, "You just need to know that I'm here to deal with the bookstore~"