"Fifty yuan was just spent like that..."
Lu Xin felt a little distressed. In his opinion, it would be enough to give some coins.
But this time, all the supplies were prepared by the Security Department and the Special Cleanup Department, including the Alliance Coins and gold they brought with them, so the denominations were all the same, fifty yuan a piece. When he was ready to spend some money to ask people for information, this was the smallest denomination Lu Xin could give. After all, he didn't bring canned food, and it would be more painful to give out gold.
But it was still worth it to get the news with only fifty yuan.
Besides, it could be reimbursed.
Therefore, Lu Xin let the girl take the money and waited quietly for her answer.
But the girl just took the money, held it in her hand, and still looked at him with a happy smile.
She didn't answer.
"If you don't want to say it, forget it..."
Lu Xin didn't want to force such a hardworking and optimistic girl, shook his head, and prepared to take his money back.
But when he pinched the corner of the fifty yuan and pulled it out, he found it unexpectedly tight.
The girl held the fifty yuan and didn't let go.
"If you don't answer, you should give the money back to me."
Lu Xin looked at the girl, reasoned with her, and continued to pull the fifty yuan out.
But the girl held it very tightly, with no intention of letting go.
Lu Xin insisted on taking it back, but the girl insisted on not giving it.
Lu Xin was a little angry, but he didn't dare to use too much force, for fear of tearing the money.
However, at this time, his sister had already jumped down and helped Lu Xin to pry open the girl's fingers one by one.
Finally, the fifty yuan bill, which was intact but a little wrinkled, returned to Lu Xin's hands.
The girl still had a happy smile on her face, but this smile seemed to have become a little strange.
"Since you don't want to tell me, I'll find it myself!"
Lu Xin put away the banknotes, carried his backpack, and slowly walked into the town.
When he entered the town, the people in the fields, including the girl, were still looking at him quietly.
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The town looked quite large, and could accommodate at least tens of thousands of people.
There were no street lights in the town, and the light was very dim. One could only look around by the red moonlight in the sky.
The architecture in this town was a bit strange, and the houses were built neatly and crowded.
Each house was just a small square box with a door and two windows.
It looked like a fairy tale style, but simpler than a fairy tale.
Such houses were connected in rows and stretched far away.
Touching with fingers, you can find that the white ash on these houses is still a bit wet. I wonder if it was painted recently.
Behind the town is a small hill. You can still see faintly that there seem to be several small villas hidden in the dark on the hill. I don't know if they are the products left before the disaster. Most of them are covered by various green plants on the hill.
From a distance, it looks a bit dilapidated.
In this small town, all the houses are built at the foot of the mountain. It is not sure whether they are piled up around the mountain.
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Lu Xin looked at it for a while, and then subconsciously retracted his gaze.
This kind of neat things originally make people feel comfortable.
But seeing too much, they are piled too densely, which gradually makes people feel depressed.
There is no sound in the whole town.
Lu Xin slowly looked at the houses here, and then slowly walked closer to one of them.
He wanted to enter one of the houses to see what was inside.
Through the window, he could only see that it was pitch black inside, and he could only vaguely find that the layout inside was very simple.
After thinking for a while, Lu Xin planned to push open one of the doors and go in directly.
However, before holding the door handle, he withdrew his palm, and he suddenly had a feeling in his heart.
If he opened this door and walked in, something bad might happen immediately.
But if I don't go in and take a look, how can I find the person I want to find?
Are Qin Ran and the others in one of these houses?
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"Crack..."
Just as Lu Xin was thinking slowly, there was a slight movement behind him.
In the quiet atmosphere, the movement seemed unusually clear.
Lu Xin turned around suddenly and found his mother standing under the red moonlight.
She smiled and put the scissors back into her bag.
"You almost got dirty just now."
Mom explained with a smile, then looked at the surrounding buildings and smiled: "It's a very nice town, the houses are beautiful, the flower fields are well planted, and the most important thing is that it is quiet. Compared with the chaotic Black Water Town, this place is like heaven..."
Lu Xin nodded and said: "Yes, the people are also very nice and friendly!"
"Yes, especially friendly..."
Mom looked behind Lu Xin and answered in agreement.
Lu Xin turned his head and saw a rustling sound in the shadows under the house not far away.
It seemed that there were shadows moving there.
After his eyes adjusted to the darkness, he found that they were actually people, both men and women, hiding in the shadows, staring at him intently. Moreover, these people all had "weapons" in their hands, some were shovels, some were hoes, and some were rolling pins and kitchen knives. They all hid in the shadows, and their eyes were slightly shining in the places where the moonlight could not reach.
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"Why did it suddenly become like this?"
Lu Xin was a little surprised and glanced at his mother: "They were very polite just now..."
"It's none of my business!"
Mom turned her head away, not looking at those people, nor at Lu Xin.
"If mom denies it, it means that this change is indeed related to her?"
Lu Xin thought about it and realized that he heard the sound of scissors just now, and then turned around and saw his mother.
Mom said she almost got stained with something.
So, something almost got on her just now, so Mom cut it off...
These people, because that thing was cut off, seem to be hostile to me?
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"It seems that they won't rush up right away!"
Lu Xin is not a person who takes the initiative to cause trouble. Although he feels that those residents don't seem to be very friendly, since they didn't rush up right away, he didn't care about them. He thought seriously and said, "For us, it's more important to find Qin Ran first..."
He was very clear about the purpose of coming here, which was to find Qin Ran.
No matter what, this place has nothing to do with him. If they don't provoke him, he won't disturb their happy life.
"Then how do you plan to find them?"
Mom's smile, under the crescent red moon, seems a little mysterious.
"I have no idea now..."
Lu Xin turned his head and looked at the densely packed houses in this small town, frowned, and said: "If Qin Ran really came here, then he must be hiding in one of the rooms, but the rooms here are all the same, and you can't see inside, and the people here don't talk... I gave them money, but they still refused to talk... In this case, we can only look for them one by one?"
As he said this, he also fell silent.
Just now when he tried to open one of the doors, he felt an intuitive danger.
And more importantly, there are so many rooms here, how long will it take to find them one by one?
Seeing Lu Xin's serious look, his mother also smiled: "I came earlier than you just now. When you two brothers and sisters robbed the girl's money, I had already arrived in the town. It seems that not all the rooms are dark just now..."
"We are not robbing people's money, we are taking my money back..."
Lu Xin blushed slightly, explained, and then thought of what his mother said: "Is there a room with lights on?"
In this small town, all the rooms are dark.
Does that mean that the residents of this town are used to living in the dark?
And Qin Ran and his people are outsiders, so they are likely to use lighting equipment in the room...
"Which one?"
Lu Xin felt that he was almost certain and asked hurriedly.
"I didn't see it clearly either, I was just admiring those beautiful flowers..."
Mom frowned beautifully, as if she was a little confused, and pointed slightly: "It seems to be there?"
Lu Xin looked in the direction she pointed and saw that it was in the southeast corner of the town, which was relatively far back in the town.
"Let's go and have a look!"
Lu Xin loosened the bag on his shoulder and turned to walk towards the rooms.
Behind him, more and more people gathered in the shadows, holding various weapons in their hands, and followed him against the wall.
Lu Xin looked at his sister in a strange way.
This time, he met so many people with bad intentions, but his sister didn't even ask for toys.
The younger sister seemed to know what Lu Xin was thinking. She curled her lips and said indifferently, "They are already toys..."
"I don't want things that have been played with by others!"