Bizarre Detective Agency

   Chapter 783 Seventy-four. Carolina and Belle

   took the water bottle from the fake Beilu, and Lu Li returned to the team.

   "Are you going to tell her the truth directly?" Prius followed Lu Li's feet on all fours.

"Um."

   "But she will be very sad!" Purseus felt that it was cruel to an old man.

   Even Katerina thought so: "You don't have to tell her the truth, just say that a girl named Beiru asked you to send it."

   "She will know the truth sooner or later." Lu Li said calmly.

   "At least it's not us who will be the executioners." Katerina shrugged, feeling that in some respects, Lu Li was almost indifferent.

   Not far ahead, an elderly woman stood by the carriage, waiting for the girl who would never return.

   "Remember what I said to you when we first met? You have to try to change yourself, don't be so indifferent..."

   Katarina whispered, and Lu Li approached the elderly woman.

   "Belu, are you back?"

  The old face covered with black cloth turned around due to the sound of footsteps.

"yes."

   Katarina spoke before Lu Li spoke.

  The old man tilted his head slightly, and his eyes covered with black cloth seemed to observe her: "Who is the person next to you?"

   "We're her new friends," Katerina replied, adding, "We're in the same car with her."

   "Have you made a new friend? It's great." The old man said with relief, taking "Beilu" and handing it to the kettle beside him.

  woo——

   The low horn sound echoed over the convoy, and the convoy was about to set off.

   "Sail soon, go back to your carriage, Beiru," said the old man.

  Lu Li plays a girl who can't speak, Katerina bids her farewell, and they return to their carriage.

   "We just did a good thing?" Purse, who returned to the carriage, wagged his tail quickly. "This is my first time doing good deeds!"

   "Isn't this a good deed? It's a white lie at most." Katarina frowned and loosened the leather armor that tightened her waist.

  The carriage trembled slightly, and the convoy slowly left the sheltered village and continued to set off.

  The nights of weird times always come quickly, and it is difficult for young people to understand that nine o'clock in the evening was only dusk in the old days.

   They couldn't even understand the word "twilight" itself, because they had never seen the sun.

   The beautiful sunshine that is brighter than a lamp and warmer than fire only exists in the conversations and paintings of the elderly.

The next stop for the   Plissey team is Octopus Town, located in the Wilderness of the Underdark.

   After traveling all night without incident, the convoy arrived outside Octopus Town early the next morning.

  …

  The sound from outside the car woke up Lu Li and the others who were sleeping lightly, opened the car window, and got into the car like the noise of the market.

   The fragrance of the surrounding perfume suddenly became strong, and Katarina leaned to the window and said enviously, "I've never seen such a huge convoy in Tangge Town... How could she be here?"

  The elderly Carolina wandered around the perimeter of the convoy, groping with crutches and asking passers-by, and gradually approached this side.

   But she couldn't see anything, and the noise made her unable to hear the sound, and the old man bumped into the oncoming worker carrying the goods.

  The old man fell, and the iron box fell out of his arms. The worker holding the wooden box also tripped over the crutches and fell.

  Carolina groped on the ground uneasily with her hands, touched the iron box, and nervously checked whether it was in good condition, ignoring the dust on her body: "I'm sorry, have you seen a girl with braids who can't speak?"

   "Hi...I didn't see it."

  The worker rubbed his arm scratched by the wooden box. Because the old man was a passenger, he could not complain. He picked up the wooden box and left in a hurry.

  The old man's back was more curved and his movements were slower, still looking for her niece.

   "Katerina, call her over."

   said Lu Li, who silently watched this scene.

"Um."

   Katarina did not object this time, got out of the car and walked towards the old man, and after talking with the old man who was expressing joy, she brought her to the carriage.

  The dusty old man carefully took out the treasured tin box from his arms and opened it: "I baked some of your favorite baked cookies yesterday, but I forgot to give it to you... It may be a little cold and hard now."

  In the tin box, there are only a few round cakes that were baked and somewhat burnt, and they did not sell well.

   Lu Li reached out and took the iron box.

   After a brief silence, Katerina spoke for Beiru: "Beru is thanking you."

  The old man smiled reassuringly: "Of course, I know... This child has always been very introverted."

   "Woo--" Purse, who was huddled in his black robe, let out a whimper.

   "Is there anyone else in the carriage?" The old man tilted his head towards Pusius.

   "Puseus, a puppy." Katarina grabbed Purseus' exposed hind legs and dragged it to the back of the old man's hand.

  The old man raised his hand and lightly rubbed the yellow and rough hair of Purseus. When he wanted to touch his head, he was avoided by it.

   "It's really naughty." The old man smiled kindly and waved to Lu Li, "Come here, kid, I'll help you tie your hair."

  Lu Li and Purse, who hid in the corner, looked at Katarina at the same time.

   Katarina glared at the two guys, untied the rope, and sat stiffly in front of the old man.

   She was unusually restrained, letting the old man gently tie her hair back up.

   Katerina and Beru's hair seemed to be the same length, which did not arouse suspicion from the old man.

   "Okay. I'm going back to Beiru, and I'll come back next time I stop."

  The old man left the carriage and watched the staggering figure leave the carriage.

   "Woooo..."

  Puseus couldn't help but let out a whimper.

   "Are you crying hyena?" Katarina looked.

   "Your perfume is too choking..." Pusius' face turned to one side.

  Lu Li didn't eat the cookie, just put away the tin box.

   After that, every time he stopped in a village or town, the old man would come to him, and as time passed, they gradually became familiar with each other.

  Sometimes the old man will tell Katerina the story of the sheltered village, and the reason why they want to go to Wiener Freeze Harbor: a dream.

  One day, they heard about Wiener Freeze Harbor, so they really set off.

   It was just that Carolina was the only one on the trip.

  Occasionally, the old man will suddenly not recognize people, or think he is still in a sheltered village.

  Lu Li and their disguise are very good, and the old man with poor mental state has never discovered the truth.

   until the afternoon of the third day.

   "She clumsily threw the hot cake into the stove, fished it out and it was covered with wood ash... She didn't wash it, she looked like a cat after eating it..."

  The old man smiled with relief, and suddenly fell silent, his old face turned towards Lu Li, and asked, "...You're not Beiru, are you?"

  The warm atmosphere in the carriage gradually cooled down.

Before    could answer, there was an ominous panic shouting outside the carriage.

Fragments of   's shouting into the carriage reveal that behind the convoy, a strange leader is chasing them.

   "What did you think of?"

   Uneasy Katarina subconsciously held down the dagger and looked at Lu Li.

   She faintly realized what the strange leader was.

  The model mother who met in the old sewers.

   (end of this chapter)