Not a Witch

A voice came from not far away. The girl looked up for the voice and found a figure protruding from the third floor of a house in the alley.He stretched out his hand from the window and waved to Lorraine Hill below.

Are you calling me?The girl was a little uncertain, but there was indeed no one else here, and Lorraine Hill walked over with a little doubt.

The person who greeted him was a young man, about 20 years old, with a round face, and he looked fat.When he saw the hooded man approaching, he took out a rolled up blanket from the window and threw it down.

"Could you pick it up for me? It's too long and the stairs are too narrow, so it's inconvenient to move down." The little fat man said.

Lorraine Hill blinked, and while she was still thinking, the blanket had been thrown down, and then fell in front of her, kicking up a slight cloud of dust.

"Thank you, I'll come over later." Before Lorraine Hill could answer, the little fat man closed the window and seemed to be going downstairs.

Standing here, Lorraine Hill was a little hesitant. She turned her head and looked outside the alley. Scattered pedestrians walked through the street. Occasionally, one or two people swept past the alley entrance. They were not too surprised to see this figure standing by the blanket. Pay attention, and then continue to walk past.

After a while, there was a voice of talking not far away.

"Mrs. Gold, I have cleaned your fireplace."

"Okay, here's your reward."

"Thank you Mrs. Gao De, you can find me if you need anything in the future."

"Then I'll go first." Followed by a burst of brisk footsteps.

Not long after, that figure appeared at the entrance of the alley and walked over.

"Hey, good brother." After he came in, he looked at the untouched blanket and Lorraine Hill, breathed a sigh of relief, and then approached.

When there were only 5-6 meters between the two, the little fat man could see Lorraine Hill's face clearly.

"Ah, I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to be a girl." He stopped slowly and rubbed his hair a little embarrassedly.

After hesitating for a while, he took out a money bag from his pocket, took out a few silver coins from it, and handed the rest to Lorraine Hill.

"Thank you for your help, then I'll go first."

Seeing that Lorraine Hill didn't pick it up, I felt a little embarrassed, then put down the purse, picked up the blanket on the ground, and prepared to leave.

"Wait a minute, where are you going to move this?" Lorraine Hill finally asked, this little fat man is not the kind of sallow and muscular man who can't live, why would he do such a thing.

"Actually, I'm just a porter, moving it from one place to another." He turned around and explained like this.

"Then charge some more money?" Lorraine Hill looked at his defense with a smile.

"Ahem, carrying is also a kind of physical exertion, so it shouldn't be too much to earn some money for it."

"but...."

Just when Lorraine Hill was about to ask, Alena and Lily had already walked out of the store. They turned around the alley without seeing Lorraine Hill and walked over.

"So it's here, Lorraine." After the two came over, they looked at the little fat man in front of them curiously.

"Ah, there is a purse on the ground." Lily squatted down and picked it up, and the little fat man took advantage of this to walk quickly, preparing to leave the alley.

"Where do you want to go?" Aliena saw something was wrong at a glance, and jumped in front of the little fat man with a light turn, blocking the way.

"I...I'm just working to support my family. Ladies and gentlemen, please let me go." Looking at Aliena who was so fast, he knew that she was not an ordinary person, and immediately begged for mercy.

"Hey, to support the family, how many people in your family do you need to support?" Aliena waved her fingers in disbelief.

"Really, I have an old sister who can't get married, a younger sister who is weak and sick and can't survive, and a simple younger brother who has not experienced much in the world. They all rely on me to support them."

He explained with a bitter face, and then turned his head to look at Lily and Lorraine Hill, perhaps thinking that these two would be easier to talk to.

"Don't be fooled by him. You're too immature to talk like this. Anyway, you have an 80-year-old mother and a wife and daughter waiting to be fed." Aliena reminded.

"That's too fake, giggle." Lorraine Hill laughed.

"But return the blanket, it's someone else's property after all."

"No, I got this by my ability, why should I return it?"

"However, this is not a legitimate way." After counting the wallet, Lily said, looking at the little fat man in front of her.

"What legal means? The profiteer living in this house is also smuggling, mistreating, and deducting his salary. He doesn't leak anything, and his things are not earned through legitimate means. Why is he aboveboard, and I am illegal, so I can't do it." Xiao The fat man said dissatisfied.

"Then you can sue him." Lily said simply.

"I'm just a small person, how dare I sue, and even if I have solid evidence, if I sue, I don't know where to lie down in a small corner the next day."

"You talk to the sheriff."

"Then you want me to die."

...

The little fat man was arguing with Lily, Aliena watched this scene and rubbed her forehead.

"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Didn't you say you still have to support your family? Take us to see your home."

"What are you doing?" The little fat man took two steps back vigilantly.

"Of course it is to verify the truth. If it is true, we will spare you this time." Alena said, patting her chest. As the captain's daughter, she has extremely flexible moral concepts.

Chapter 250 The Four People in the Small Courtyard

The three of them followed the little fat man, thinking about going to the beach, and after turning a few corners, they slowly walked into a low building complex. The ground here was not as clean as before, it was a bit dirty and could smell There was a fishy smell.

Looking at the dried fish and nets hanging around the house, it is not difficult to guess that this should be the place where fishermen in the city live, and they are relatively poor.

"The people living here are not very rich, so they don't have the time to make it clean. Ladies and gentlemen, it's better not to follow."

"It's really average, but it's still a lot better than the slums." Aliena jumped up lightly, jumped over a small puddle, and said her opinion.

Unlike Letice, she was from a good and delicate background, so she was quite adaptable to this kind of environment.Lily was not used to what she said, she covered her nose and looked around.

Lorraine Hill followed at the end. She tied a veil on her face, and then looked around.

Most of the khaki-colored mud-brick houses have only one or two floors, and some of them still have clothes to dry. Some women sit in front of the door, mending things, and occasionally raise their heads to look at the pedestrians on the street.

Several people were walking on the road, when a woman in a purple dress came over. She wore a pair of copper rings on her wrists, and she had some looks, and she looked pretty good.

"Triton, what are you doing?"

She seemed to be familiar with this little fat man, and asked casually.

"Who are these again?" She turned to look at the three girls behind her.

"Wow, old lady, you're here. I went out to work today, but I didn't do a good job. I was caught by some young ladies. I had no choice but to come back and ask you for help." When she said that, she turned to this The woman rolled her eyes.

"Uh..." The woman hesitated for a moment, then turned around and said to the three of Aliena.

"I'm sorry, my younger brother just changed jobs recently, so he may not be doing very well. I hope you can forgive me."

Aliena didn't answer, turned around a little bit, looked at the woman, and said, "Do you know what your brother is doing?"

"It should...not be an earth-shattering event." Being sized up by the girl, the woman's tone was also a little uncertain.

"You explain it yourself, or should I tell your sister." Aliena looked at the little fat man.

The woman looked at the little fat man with a slight frown and asked seriously.

"Triton, did you do something bad?"

"No, I really don't, Su Liz."

Is this woman named Su Lisi?Lorraine Hill watched the scene in front of him, and then several people were brought into a small yard by the woman.

The yard is not big, but it is relatively clean, with only a small amount of blue moss on the corners.

"Come in for a meeting?" The woman pushed open the door, revealing the small table inside.

A few people walked in and looked around the room curiously.

There is an old wooden cabinet in the room, a table and two stools in the middle, and rows of wooden boards are nailed to the walls, and clay pots and cups are placed on them.

"Now let's talk about what happened." The woman called Triton, the little fat man just now, over.

After some conversation and explanation, the woman figured out what had happened, and then taught the little fat man a lesson.

"Actually, I'm not his sister, I'm just familiar with each other." Then Su Lisi still talked about the origin of the two.

Triton used to be the doorman of a large hotel in Ubere. The owner of this hotel was also a big chamber of commerce in the city, so he lived a good life, and because of this, he grew fat and attractive.

But two years ago, there was a sudden change and civil strife in Ubere. Several large chambers of commerce were annexed and collapsed, and the hotel management also underwent a major change. Unemployed, now I can only do odd jobs to make money.

As for this woman, she is a third-rate actress herself, and sometimes assists in performances at opera houses in the city, earning a meager profit.

"Actually, Sister Su Lisi's acting skills are great, but no one appreciates her and she's not famous." The little fat man interrupted at this moment.

"Then how did you know each other?" Lorraine Hill was a little curious.

"I used to be a member of a certain opera troupe, and I often went to hotels with my companions, so I met him. But now I am no longer in the opera troupe, so life is not very good."

"Is it also because of the upheaval two years ago?"

"Well, the former businessman liked to watch interesting and beautiful performances, so the opera troupe earned a good income, but after the group of mages came, they didn't agree with this kind of performance, so there were no performances in the city. Now, the opera troupe keeps laying off people, and life becomes more difficult."

"That's because they haven't seen a real performance, but I've seen the Twilight Brigade's performance." The little fat man said confidently. He once hosted this well-known opera troupe.

"Twilight Brigade." Aliena raised her finger and thought for a while.

"It's really famous, and I heard from my dad."

Lily also said at this time: "My mother has seen them perform, and they are very powerful. It is said that they are touring around the world, and their whereabouts are uncertain."

Lorraine Hill recalled her experience in Hoplander. At that time, many people compared her performance with the Twilight Troupe. This opera troupe was indeed very powerful.

"Okay, that's it, it's getting dark, we're leaving."

Several people looked at the sky outside the window, remembered the previous agreement, did not stay any longer, and got up to say goodbye.

"Don't do this kind of thing again in the future, learn some skills, and find a solid job." Lily returned the money bag, and Aliena and Lorraine Hill added some more to it, and then warned.

"Thank you ladies, but I still don't want this one." Su Lisi pushed the purse back.

"Well... don't, Miss Su Lisi, there is still my original money in it." Triton was a little reluctant.

"You've already called my sister, I must take care of you." Su Lisi glared at the little fat man and continued.

"Also, did you say 'I have an older sister who can't marry'?"

"This..." The little fat man was speechless for a moment, looking left and right.

"Giggle..." They laughed for a while, then said goodbye again, left the small courtyard, went to the seaside pier, and joined another group of companions.

And not long after the few people left, an ordinary carriage drove into the small yard and stopped.