Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 1005 Seventy-two. Anna's Dream

   "Mr. Lu Li...Mr. Lu Li?"

   At the call of the psychiatrist, the black eyes gradually returned to focus.

   The ink-stained quill fell on the paper: "Mr. Lu Li, you can talk."

  Lu Li looked out the window, the mist-shrouded cold Belfast was gloomy.

   The Emerald Dream is not continuous.

  Lu Li lowered his eyes, and the psychiatrist walked out of the clinic with a surprised gaze.

   "The Da Vinci Block."

   Rent a carriage on the street and took Lu Li to Madam Anlei Art Gallery.

   Second time seeing Benjamin a little earlier, Benjamin, a part-time employee doing nothing, security, facing the empty gallery.

   "Sir, you're here at the right time, we still have half an hour to close, the gallery environment is quiet, don't be disturbed to appreciate art-"

   "I'm the exorcist, investigating the ghost event in the gallery."

   Part joy, part apprehension, part hesitation, Benjamin tentatively asked, "Then the price..."

"unnecessary."

  Benjamin observed Lu Li, set off his tall and long body, a valuable black trench coat and shirt, rare black hair and black eyes, and a more mysterious and trustworthy bearing than a nobleman.

   As expected from Belfast, Benjamin believed in Lu Li and handed over the gallery to Lu Li. As a gallery owner, he certainly knew how much these collections were worth.

   Waiting for Benjamin to leave, Lu Li walked to the depths of the gallery with reverberating footsteps, in front of the oil painting titled "Mrs. An Lei's Daughter".

   When night fell and before Anna woke up, Lu Li took off the oil painting, turned around and walked out.

   After leaving the front, Luli did not forget to lock the door of the gallery, took the oil painting to the waiting rental carriage, and returned to Sailor Street.

   It is difficult to describe this kind of behavior in terms of exorcism or stealing or hijacking.

  …

  cough——

  The sound of a child coughing came from next door, followed by the mother's gentle comfort.

  Whoa——

  The sound of cooking fried food and the aroma of fried fish wafted from the corridor.

boom!

  The floor followed the trembling sound of door slamming to block the sudden quarrel.

  The wick flame in the lampshade of the oil lamp swayed slightly, and the light and shadow of the living room swayed with it. Over time, the shadow gradually returned to stability.

  The street view outside the window was dim and hazy.

  Lu Li sat quietly behind the desk, closed his eyes and waited, as if he was one with the frozen space.

   At a certain moment, the color of the oil painting became vivid, and a contour gradually emerged from the oil painting——

   Lu Li, who was taking a nap, opened his black eyes and tilted his head to look at Anna who kept climbing out of the frame, her movements frozen.

  Anna blinked her eyes lightly, phantom grasped with both hands, and made a grimace she thought was vicious: "Ow~~~"

   "Need help?" Lu Li responded calmly and gently.

   "Cough cough..."

  The shy Anna returned to normal uncomfortably

   "I'm the elf in the painting, uh...human." Then he pretended to be a reserved and lady, and said in a rusty "aristocratic language": "So you bought this painting?"

"Um."

   "Um...human...you...what do you want? This can't be...you want-"

  Anna hesitantly edited it out.

   "Actually you are a ghost, right?"

  Lu Li's calm words successfully rescued Anna from the predicament, and then no accident, because the ghost identity was not feared and hated, Anna, who lacked friends, regarded Lu Li as the object of conversation.

   There were no more pedestrians in the street outside the window, and the voices of the next door turned into faint snoring and sleepy babble.

   "Well... it's so late, are you sleepy, Mr. Lu Li?"

   When Anna noticed the alarm clock, it was only three hours before dawn.

"No."

   Even though he had heard what Ana told him countless times.

  The empathetic Anna didn't think so, so embarrassed she let Lu Li go to sleep, looked away and whispered, "Anyway, you've already... bought it..."

  Lu Li didn't refuse any more, nodded lightly and said, "Good night, have a good dream."

"Good night."

  Anna watched Lu Li return to the bedroom, lay down to rest without closing the door, and floated back to the oil painting.

   Lu Li didn't fall asleep, after all, he was in a dream.

   In the quiet and flowing night, he silently perceives the existence of the cursed title.

  The irrelevant "Bloodstainer" and "Tree Whisperer" cannot sense it, and the "Lighthouse" originating from the Emerald Dream is also difficult to sense, but unexpectedly, the "Dreamer" senses the chaotic light group in the haze.

   That is where Anna is.

  Do ghosts also dream?

  Lu Li approached the dim light and blended into it.

   Soothing and sweet musical instruments sounded in the ears, and the long-lost warm sunshine poured. On the grass of Shymfast Cathedral, Anna in a tuxedo was holding the hand of Lu Li in a white wedding dress.

   "Would you like to marry this gentleman?" the priest asked Anna, who was smiling warmly.

   "I do."

   "So, are you willing to marry this lady?" The priest asked "Lu Li" who was covered in a white veil again.

"I--"

   "My princess, the woman you are marrying is a monster!"

The heroic shout of    interrupted the words, and the intruder in knight attire rushed into the wedding lawn, his face blurred by fog.

   "I'm not..." Anna shook her head in panic, and waved her ponytail to explain to Lu Li. The next moment, her illusory hand passed through Lu Li's palm.

   "Princess, I'm here to rescue you—"

  When Anna was stunned, the intruder rushed into the banquet, and a group of people rushed to Lu Li and hugged him.

   The mist suddenly dissipated, and a clear face emerged: it was still Anna's appearance.

The    farce continued, while Lu Li quietly escaped from the chaotic dream and sneaked into more dim light circles around him.

  The night was silent.

  In the early morning, Lu Li woke up and woke Anna.

   seems to be an illusion or fact, Anna looked at Lu Li with a guilty conscience and strangeness. Then he became happy when Lu Li was about to take her to the beach.

  …

  The carriage stopped in front of the guardrail of the block along the coast,

  This place is quiet because of its proximity to the elm forest.

  Anna didn’t have to hide herself and rushed to the beach in excitement.

  Lu Li quietly followed behind Anna, admiring her cheers.

   ran for a distance, Anna turned around gracefully, her clear eyes seemed to glow with surprise: "How do you know that I like the beach?"

"Of course I know."

"Well……"

   The blush quietly climbed up to the earlobe, Anna turned to the sea, picked up the conch buried on the beach, and leaned into her ear to listen.

   "It is rumored that you can hear the sound of waves when you put a conch in your ear..."

   "You can't hear it when you leave the beach."

   "Mom, why is this older sister transparent?"

  The child's voice suddenly came through with the sea breeze, Anna exclaimed and hid in the inner world, and the conch fell silently into the gravel.

   Not far away, the mother looked over and saw only the black-haired man who bent over to pick up the conch.

   "Don't talk nonsense." She touched the child's head, some kind of worry made the mother drag the child who turned back frequently and quickly left the beach.

   When the mother and son left, Anna slowly emerged beside Lu Li.

  The waves washed the shoal, looking at the bay, Anna's hair fluttered gently, like the sea breeze blowing.

   The two figures standing together next to each other.

   "Thank you, Mr. Lu Li..." Anna, who mustered up her courage, said softly.

  The sea breeze blew the empty space beside Anna, and the conch lay silently on the gravel.

   (end of this chapter)