Chapter 1003 Seventy. Sweet Dreams

  Price Noble College.

   Just like its name, the college in the bustling area is clean and new.

  The rental carriage stopped in front of the door, and told the gatekeeper behind the iron fence his intentions, and Lu Li followed into the academy.

   knock knock --

   The gatekeeper knocked on the principal's office, and a low-pitched question sounded behind the door, saying, "A gentleman who calls himself an exorcist wants to see you."

"Come in."

   The gatekeeper opened the door and stepped back to the edge.

   A man with pale sideburns and a straight ironed dress sits behind his desk, his quill writing something on parchment paused by the arrival of guests.

   His scrutiny eyes stopped at Lu Li's eyes and the delicately carved handle of the psychic gun on his waist.

   "Mr. Exorcist, what happened?"

   "Not now." The mysterious Lu Li was like a prophet: "Find a student named Michelia. Pay attention to her, pay attention to her, and help her when any malice appears around her."

   "Sorry, I don't want to guess the riddle, can you tell me why? Of course, within the scope of your permission..."

  Lu Li told the truth calmly: "Soon, she will commit suicide due to the injuries of her classmates, become a ghost, and take revenge on those who have hurt her."

   "The future...?" The principal hesitated, his status made him subconsciously doubt the man in front of him. "Sir, are you a night watchman or an investigator? Or an exorcist?"

   "Investigator." Lu Li replied, slightly tilting his head: "Anna."

  The phantom white dress ghost slowly emerged, and the sweltering noon near the rainy season seemed to be covered with frost.

  Ana stared at the principal indifferently, making it hard for him to breathe——

   "I'll deal with this right away and protect Michelia."

The outline of the    ghost gradually faded away, and the headmaster, who had relieved the pressure, said quickly.

  Lu Li nodded lightly, and left the academy with the gatekeeper waiting in awe in the corridor.

Da da--

  The horseshoe is crisp on the bluestone road.

   "How am I cooperating!" A vigorous voice of merit came from the carriage.

   "Well done, don't do it next time."

   Noisy steam cars drove by.

   "Hmm." Anna, who didn't hear the second half of the sentence, raised her head proudly, and quickly asked curiously, "But how did you know this?"

"what do you know."

   "Michelia will die and become a ghost."

   "I know the future."

   "Are you advancing the future!" Anna was taken aback, and she was a little shy: "So you lied to Benjamin and took me away from the gallery... Is it also because you saw the future?"

"Um."

  Lu Li lightly pulled the reins to stop the carriage, led the little boy's mother with a smile and nod, and walked across the street.

   "The future is...our...is...is..."

"family."

  The calm words that floated into the carriage interrupted Anna's incoherence. Then there was a long silence around the carriage.

   "Where are we going..."

   The carriage crosses half Belfast and continues south.

   From the "shy" unconsciousness, Anna has seen the withered oak forest in the south.

   "Oak Street."

  The carriage drove into the street where you could see the dead forest at the end. There were few pedestrians in the remote block, and there were many elderly people.

   Go down the run-down street and stop in front of an uninhabited old single-family house.

   103 Oak Street.

  Anna saw the mottled iron sign posted on the courtyard wall, and then found that Lu Li lifted the kerosene barrels stacked in the carriage and poured them on the outer wall of the house.

   She had some kind of guess, and then Lu Li's behavior verified her guess.

  chi——

   The weakly ignited match crossed the arc and put it into the pile of firewood sprinkled with kerosene. The light blue flame spread and gradually turned orange-red——

"Let's go."

   Before nearby residents find out and call the police.

The    carriage left the Oak Block, and the smoke behind it billowed into the air.

   "...the weirdness hidden behind the wallpaper kills a family of three...finally sets the bookshelf on fire and burns the whole house."

  Lu Li tells the story of the future at 103 Oak Street.

   The whole afternoon that followed, Lu Li was busy with unknown things all over Belfast.

   Half an hour before night fell, Anna Lu returned to the detective agency.

The    lit oil lamp gradually dispelled the darkness, and the aroma of the food cooked by Mrs. Filmin Bakery was filled with fragrance, but only Lu Li could smell it.

   "You don't seem to be from here..."

  Anna delicately felt the strangeness. After a busy day, Lu Li seemed to be competing for time with something——

"Um."

  Lu's ambiguous answer made Anna think.

  The night was completely shrouded, Anna pulled the curtains, came to the opposite side of the dining table and held her chin, quietly watching Lu Li eat.

  The noise of the neighbors came from behind the non-soundproof walls, which made her feel warm, as if she was staying in her former home.

only……

  Whoa——

  The sound of water in the kitchen lasted for a few minutes. After washing the dishes and washing, Lu Li walked out of the kitchen, picked up a towel and wiped his face.

   Time for bed.

   "Will I see you tomorrow?"

  Anna suddenly asked softly, as if realizing something.

"Maybe."

   is still a disappointing answer.

   "Good night." Anna said, floating towards the painting.

"Good night, sweet dreams."

   In Lu Li's low voice, Anna in the oil painting was solidified and mottled.

   Neighbors gradually rested, only the occasional coughing of children and barking of distant dogs could be heard.

  Lu Li lay down on the bed and fell asleep.

   Tranquility flows through the detective agency, and time seems to freeze—at a certain moment, the oil painting suddenly comes alive.

  Anna got out of the oil painting and quietly floated into the bedroom, staring at Lu Li's sleeping face.

   He doesn't even want to go anywhere!

  …

   Lu Li slowly woke up.

   A familiar and unfamiliar ceiling comes into view.

   After a short pause, Lu Li tilted his head and looked at Anna, who was dozing on the desk.

   "What to do today!"

   A few minutes later, the awakened Anna asked energetically.

"do nothing."

"Well?"

  Lu Li lowered his eyes and looked at her: "Today belongs to you."

  Perhaps she has been shy too many times in the past two days, and she "passed out" once. Anna's cheeks were flushed and she was confused: "I don't know where to go."

   "Go home and take a look?"

   Lu Li's voice seemed to become softer.

   "Shimfast? I don't know what's left in there..."

   "The manor became an art academy, and Aunt Mary was the dean."

   "Aunt Mary..." Many dusty memories were awakened, and Anna fell into some kind of memory.

  Lu Li packed up the luggage for the long trip, Anna followed behind, twittering about childhood stories that she remembered.

   "Treasure!" Anna shouted like a woman seeing jewels: "The family's most precious treasure! I remember it! Family treasure!"

"I know."

   "What's inside?" Anna, who couldn't wait to ask, quickly covered her ears. "……do not tell me."

   A few minutes later, Lu Li packed his luggage.

"Let's go!"

   Anna couldn't wait for the crisp urging, and Lu Li twisted the doorknob, ready to start the journey with only two people.

  Kacha——

   The door was pushed open, and the dark hut appeared in front of you.

  The dim light penetrated into the hut from around Lu Li, and a silver crossbow lay quietly on the table.

   (end of this chapter)