Fallen grid shop

Chapter 104 Looking for an old friend
The train to Sanqingcheng wandered for a long time, Lulu was bored looking at the scenery outside the window, falling asleep.

Even in winter, there will be no snowfall in Sanqing City.The fine drizzle was pouring down, accompanied by the wet sea breeze, and the air was bone-piercingly cold.

Lulu walked out of the station trembling, glanced at this strange city, not knowing where to start.

"Are you really too impulsive?"

She scratched her head, looked carefully at the pedestrians coming and going, and finally chose an old man walking his dog, and decided to inquire.

"Old man, do you know that there is a navigator named Meng Tuohai here?"

"What? There are no meat children. All the children here have meat, and there are no meatless ones."

Lulu raised her forehead, she thought that if she found someone who was older, she might know more.Who knew that the old lady had bad ears, but she had a good temper.No matter what, you must grab her arm and never let go, and you must ask her clearly before letting her go.

"I said, Meng Tuohai!" Lulu turned up the volume of her speech, trying her best to pronounce the name correctly.

This call really works.Although the old man was still looking at her in confusion, pedestrians passing by approached her.There was one person who really knew what she was talking about.

"Excuse me, are you looking for Meng Tuohai?" A man who was about 40 years old and looked a little bit down came over and asked Lulu.

"Yes, I'm looking for Meng Tuohai. Do you know where he is?"

The man thought for a moment and asked, "Who are you? Why are you looking for him?"

In desperation, Lulu blurted out: "I'm his family, and I'm here to find him."

"Then please go back, he's fine, I'm sorry I can't tell you his whereabouts."

The man left after speaking, leaving Lulu chasing him while calling him.But after a few strokes, the man disappeared, only a confused Lulu stood at the entrance of the alley panting.

"It's too fast. If it's not convenient to show the cat's form, whoever can run will win."

Looking around at the buildings, Lulu walked back in frustration.The sky was getting dark, and she found a nearby hotel, planning to settle down first.

"Finding someone is hard work. We have had a lot of customers looking for someone here. Even the fastest one took three to five days. Don't be discouraged, girl, this is just the beginning."

After inquiring about the news and buying the map, Lulu listened to the innkeeper and began to comfort herself.

In the only coastal city with a seaside in the Western Sena continent, there are always countless young people with dreams coming here.They are looking for the sea of ​​their dreams and their ideal harbor.

During dinner, Lulu passed by the counter again and ran into the innkeeper.A guest begged the boss to check whether there was any son's information on the registration form, but the boss was indifferent.

After finally dismissing the guest, Lulu stepped forward and couldn't help but start talking to the boss.

“Boss, are there many people coming here to find someone?”

"Yes, it's not an exaggeration to say that our Sanqing City is a city of dreams. There are tens of millions of human beings on this continent, and there are always a few young people who have dreams since childhood. They don't want to live in the same kind of life. Life, even if you come to this city to live the most desolate life, you will never tire of it."

"why?"

"People's pursuits are different. Like the customer just now, she has been to our store many times. I checked the records for her the first time, and there is nothing at all. But she doesn't believe it, she will always come here every few days Let me look up news about her son."

"Why does she insist on finding her son?"

"The guest's family is in Rawden City, and the family runs a small shop. The family hopes that their son will go back to inherit the family business and marry the girl they have found. But his son likes photography. Since he came to Sanqing City to take pictures of the sea, I don’t want to go back any more.”

The innkeeper started to feel a little bit emotional when he said that.Unexpectedly, Lulu commented from the side: "As long as there are creatures with thoughts, there must be differences. Why do some people always want to impose their thoughts on others?"

Hearing this, the hotel owner suddenly smiled: "You are the most open-minded guest I have ever met. I have opened this hotel for decades, and I have never seen a guest like you. You are really looking for someone ?”

"It's absolutely true." Lulu smiled and went to eat.After she returned to the room, she took out the map and studied it seriously.There is a seaport in the east, and a mark has been made, and she plans to go there to find clues.

It rained all night, and Lulu was a little worried as she watched the rain getting heavier and heavier outside the window.

The boss told her that the tide always rises when it rains heavily, and ordinary people cannot approach the coast.Unexpectedly, in the early morning of the next day, as if God understood her mood, the rain stopped.

With the help of the hotel owner, Lulu found the harbor owner easily.The boss is a tall man with a paralyzed face. He looked at the photo Lulu handed him, and pondered for a moment.

"Well, do you remember? Is he here?"

The captain hesitated for a long time before slowly opening his mouth and said, "In my crew, there was indeed him before. But that was five years ago."

"What?" Lulu asked anxiously, "What happened?"

The boss looked at her and asked with a cold face: "Before I tell you, tell me, who are you? What do you want him for?"

"I..." Lulu thought for a while, wrinkled her face, and forcefully sent a few tears.

"His mother passed away. I am his neighbor and I came to inform him."

Seeing Lulu covered her face and looked sad, the head was a little moved, sighed, and explained to her: "Five years ago, our patrol boat ran aground in the sea. Although the whole incident did not cause a lot of damage, There were no casualties. But he was the captain at the time, so he took the blame and resigned."

"Then do you know where he is now?"

The boss was silent and didn't answer her.At this time, a person suddenly came in from outside the door, and that person was actually the person Lulu met on the street yesterday.

"Don't ask, he doesn't want to see you."

"Xiao Xiao?" The boss looked at the person who rushed in in surprise.

"Director, leave this matter to me, and I'll let you worry about it." The man saluted the boss, who nodded to him, and then he walked out with Lulu.

Almost Lulu let him take her to the seaside, and then the man stopped and turned around.

"He asked me to tell everyone who came to him, please come back, he is doing well now. I have brought the words and my task has been completed."

After the man finished speaking, he was about to leave. Lulu shouted at his back: "Then please tell him that his mother has passed away and his father is also sick. They have been waiting for him to go back. If there is a chance , I hope he can go home and have a look, I believe all misunderstandings can be resolved."

The figure paused for a while, left without saying a word, and disappeared on the beach, leaving only Lulu watching the figure, gradually drifting away.

(End of this chapter)