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River said as Su Xiao and River walked into the mobile home where Randy lived.

"This is where Randy lives."

Su Xiao asked with some confusion: "Isn't Jos very poor? Still have money to buy two mobile homes?"

Although this type of mobile home is for poorer people, not everyone can afford it.

Otherwise, in the United States in 2023, there will be no people sleeping in tents, or there will be no tents at all, and they will have to lie on park benches.

This type of mobile home usually costs tens of thousands yuan for a new one, a few thousand yuan for an old one, and even the high-end ones cost only a few hundred thousand yuan.

But the problem is, from what Su Xiao can see, it’s not easy for Joes to get thousands of dollars to look at.

So where did she get the money to buy an extra mobile home?

River put his hands on his hips and explained: "This was their previous house. After I bought a new one, Randy moved here."

Lidya Su suddenly realized.

It turns out that the co-author was purchased by River.

No wonder then.

Although the salary of NCPD is not very high, it depends on who you compare with.

It's not comparable to companies, but it's still much better than other professions.

But River always wore the same fur coat, drove a cheap pickup truck instead of a more expensive car, lived in a police dormitory, and couldn't even afford to rent a house.

It turns out that he used the money to support his sister's family.

But it seems that before, Jos

River's bad attitude is even more inappropriate.

Fortunately, Joss is a person who listens to others' advice and eats enough. After some persuasion from Su Xiao, she finally came to her senses.

"You look around, and I'll dig through the trash cans."

The two work together.

River went to find the trash can, because he felt that children like Randy were not so careful, so there might be clues in the trash can that Randy had lost.

Su Xiao, on the other hand, opened the toilet and found nothing useful, so she went straight to Randy's bedroom.

In fact, this mobile home is much smaller than the one they just left from Joes.

There is only one bedroom, one bathroom, and a living room, and nothing else.

River said this was where his sister's family used to live.

It was hard for Su Xiao to imagine how such a small place could accommodate José, her husband, three children and five people.

He shook his head to get rid of the unnecessary distractions. It was better to focus on the things in front of him.

He glanced at Randy's bedroom and found that the room was actually very small. Apart from the bed and table, there wasn't much room for it.

There was no quilt on the bed, only a piece of clothing thrown over, nothing interesting.

Lidya Su's eyes fell on the magazine on the bedside table.

I picked it up and flipped through it, and found that it was just an ordinary magazine.

Put it down, and then pulled the bedside table.

This time he noticed something unusual.

Because the cabinet was locked.

Generally speaking, a locked place is a place where you don't want to be disturbed, and it is also the place where you are most likely to get something.

Su Xiao took a closer look. This cabinet was just an ordinary cabinet. It could be easily cut open with a Murasame knife.

But he didn't do that. Instead, he called River: "This cabinet is locked. Do you know where the key is?"

After River came over, he also looked confused.

"I don't know, but I saw a key on the shelf in the living room outside. I'll go get it and show it to you."

Before he finished speaking, River ran out in a hurry, and then within half a minute, he ran back in a hurry.

There was also a very faded key in his hand.

Su Xiao got out of his way and watched River insert the key into the keyhole of the bedside table.

Inside the cabinet are a game chip, a strategy book, and a box containing games.

Looking at the box containing the game and the cover of the strategy book, Su Xiao knew what kind of game it was.

This game is called "Battle of Heywood". It is an AR game and requires an AR device to use the game chip. It is very popular among children.

There’s not much to say about the game itself. It’s actually very simple. It’s just a plot that seems a bit old-fashioned and outdated in 2023:

There is a big devil who does all kinds of evil in Heywood and has gathered a large number of men. What you need to do is to defeat this big devil and his villain men and bring peace to Heywood.

The game supports 1 to 4 people to play, and the difficulty can be adjusted by yourself. If four people play, all four people need to have AR devices. There is no need to buy four copies of the game.

As long as one of them has the game, they can use the family sharing function to play with the other three.

When entering the game and entering the next scene, the AR device will scan the surrounding field by itself and then load it.

"game?"

River took out the game chip, strategy book, and game box, and looked through them, but he didn't see anything unusual.

He shook his head and pulled the drawer back, but his eyes suddenly caught sight of something: "Su, look there seems to be something under the bed."

After being reminded by River, Su Xiao also squatted down and looked under the bed, and found a laptop lying quietly under the bed.

River carefully pulled out the computer and noticed the clearly visible alien logo on the computer.

Chapter 281 The older you get, the more serious your zombie transformation becomes (3K)

"Randy is so rich, how can he still afford an "alien"? "

"Alien" is synonymous with luxury in 2023, and it cannot be said to be a scam, but if you are not a rich man, there are too many ways to spend less money to get a computer with the same configuration as "Alien" .

By 2077, "Alien" is still standing and is still one of the famous computer brands.

"How can he have money?" River frowned as Su Xiao placed the computer on the table. "Randy can't afford such an expensive computer. How can a child have so much money?"

Jerry Ford and some senior NCPD officials also used "alien", so River knew the importance of "alien" very well.

The computer opens, but is locked before accessing the desktop.

A password is required to continue access.

River looked at Lidya Su expectantly.

"We have to open it and check, but I don't know the password. Can you crack it?"

Su Xiao spread her hands: "Didn't I tell you when we were at the entrance of the NCPD laboratory that I didn't know how to hack?"

River scratched his hair irritably: "Fuck! I can only hide it. What password will he use?"

Then he seemed to think of something, ran to the drawer that he had just closed that needed the key, and started rummaging through it.

But the result is still the same as before.

Unwilling to give up, River simply pulled out the entire drawer and looked at the blind corners of the drawer in various ways.

The result still disappointed him.

There is no password written on the blind corner of the drawer.

Finally, River had to admit a fact:

Teenagers are the time when their brain power is at its best. They don’t need to write down their passwords like social animals in their thirties so as not to forget them when they get a takeaway.

They can be recorded directly in the mind and recalled at any time.

It would be fine if the password was just numbers, but computer passwords include numbers, uppercase and lowercase letters, punctuation marks, etc.

Anyway, just don’t think about Meng.

"I'll look outside again and there should be a hint..."

"Stop looking, River. Didn't I tell you that I have a friend who is an expert in electronic warfare in this field? It's just an ordinary computer password that can be easily cracked."

River was overjoyed: "Great, then invite her over quickly."

But Lidya Su shook his head.

"We brought the computer there. Maybe she has a way to directly find the place where Anthony Harris hid Randy and other children."

River thought for a moment and did not refute: "Well, that's fine too."

River took the computer, found the power cord in the room, and followed Su Xiao out of Randy's mobile home.

"Wait a minute, Su," River said a little embarrassedly, "I have to say hello to Joss. It's not good to leave quietly like this."

Lidya Su nodded.

"I won't go in, I just have to make a phone call."

While River went in to talk to Joss, Su Xiao dialed Lucy's number, told Lucy about River, and asked Lucy to go to the next life.

Then he called Rogge and asked her to temporarily borrow the hacker equipment room in the next life.

Rogge is an old acquaintance, not to mention the friendship between the two.

Although it was customary, she still needed to ask why she borrowed the hacker equipment room.

And after she learned that she borrowed the hacking equipment room to help River find his missing nephew...

Rogge agreed without even asking for rent from Su Xiao.

After everything was settled, Su Xiao saw River, Joss, and two children walking out together.

Joss did not come over, but stood at the door with the other two children and bowed deeply towards Su Xiao.

…

After leaving the trailer park and entering Little Chinatown, the scenery outside the car window changed from desolate to prosperous.

The difference is so big, it's like two worlds.

"Joss must have a hard time raising three children by herself."

"Actually, even if her husband is here, it's not much better. When her husband was still alive, Joss wished he would disappear for a month, as long as he didn't wander around the house."

"How do you say this?"

Lidya Su said in surprise.

If Jos's husband was gone, their family would take a turn for the worse, and Randy would become like this.

So why did River say that while his brother-in-law was still here, Joss wished he would disappear?

What's going on?

"The roaring motorcycles and the vast bad land are all he has. He is not suitable to be tied down at home. Well, it may be a bit abstract for me to say this, so let me tell you a story."

"One time, her husband took Dorian into the city to run some errands, and they were just the father and son along the way - well, Dorian is Jos's other child and Randy's brother."

"Then I found Dorian in the bar, just the kid."

Lidya Su was speechless.

The father took his son out, but the son was left alone in the bar, and the father was missing.

Not to mention that dads shouldn't leave young children behind, let alone where it is a bar.

What kind of parent does it take to take a young child into a bar and then leave the child alone in the bar?

I really haven’t thought about my children at all.

"His father isn't here?"

River spread his hands.

"No, I asked Dorian where his father was. Dorian didn't know. He only knew that his father asked him to wait here for a while. He had to do something."

"By the way, I almost forgot to mention that Dorian is only ten years old this year, and this happened many years ago. You can imagine it, Sue."

Lidya Su nodded: "I can imagine it."

Leaving a child who was only a few years old in a bar, Lidya Su didn't know whether to call Jos' husband careless or brainless...