Langdun City Old Town, Baker Street Crossing.

Li Fan, Su Qing, Qin Yulin, and Tang Ying stood at the corner of the street and watched for a while, and then walked forward along the street of Baker Street.

The street is in a north-south trend, the total length of the two sections of the street at the intersection is about 500 meters, the average road width is about 4 meters, and several people walk from the south to the north.

The whole street is very deserted, there are few pedestrians passing by, and there are no other buildings on both sides of the street except for duplex apartment buildings, and there are almost no shops or anything.

Su Qing said with some confusion: "This street seems to be a little too deserted, and it feels a little abnormal." Although it is an old town, the location is not remote, and it can even be said that the location is good, and the apartment buildings on both sides look good, so it stands to reason that this place should not be so deserted. ”

Tang Ying said: "Those apartment buildings do look good, but they seem to be almost empty and uninhabited, which may be the reason why this place is so deserted." ”

Qin Yulin said: "After Sister Yingying said this, I seem to feel that there are no people living in those apartments. It's really strange, those apartments look good, and the location is okay, why don't people live in them?"

Li Fan said: "Maybe there is some reason we don't know, or there is no reason, over time, it will naturally become the current situation." ”

Qin Yulin said: "It's a little strange, by the way, brother-in-law, you deliberately want to come to this street, did you know that this street was a little strange before?"

Li Fan smiled: "How can I have such great ability? I just have no reason to be very interested in this street, besides, as I said just now, we think this street is a bit strange, but their locals may not find it strange, because they are used to the desertion of this street." ”

Qin Yulin said again: "This is also, this street is not long, except for a few apartment and residential buildings, there is nothing special, it is just an ordinary small street, and it seems normal to be deserted." ”

A few people talked and walked, and after a few minutes they came to the end of the street, and they were about to go back the way they came, to look at the section of the street just across the crossroads, when they suddenly heard a "creaking" sound, which was like the sound of opening the door.

In the deserted street, the sound was heard quite loudly, and several people all turned their heads to look in the direction from which the sound came.

Sure enough, at the end of the street, the door of a duplex apartment was being opened, "Which apartment is inhabited?" This was the first thought that came to the minds of several people.

The door is a double iron door, and now the left half of the door is opened, perhaps because the door is a little heavy, or maybe the strength of the person who opened the door is relatively small, the speed of opening the half door is very slow, and the sound of "crunching" is also dragged for a long time.

When the door opened at a certain angle, a pair of wizened hands, revealing the vicissitudes of endless years, reached out and grabbed the edge of the door, and continued to open the door.

Judging from these hands, the owner of these hands must be quite old, no wonder he can feel that the people inside are struggling to open the door.

The door was finally slowly opened, and out of it came an old man, probably in his seventies, the old man's body seemed to be quite tough, because the old man's hand was still dragging a rather small burlap bag, the pocket was bulging, and it was obviously full of things.

Although the old man walked very slowly, every step he took was quite steady.

Not far from the gate, a rickshaw was parked, and the old man was walking in the direction of the tricycle, which seemed to mean that he was going to put the sack of burlap he was dragging in his hand on the tricycle.

Li Fan believed that this was not very difficult for the old man, but Li Fan still stepped forward and said, "Hello old man, do you need help?"

The old man's ear power was not bad, Li Fan did not deliberately amplify his voice, but the old man heard it very clearly, stopped, looked at Li Fan, and said with a smile: "Thank you, young man, in fact, I need to put this bag of things on that tricycle, if you have your help, I think I will be much easier." ”

Li Fan smiled: "I'm very willing to help, then, let me help you." ”

After speaking, Li Fan took the pocket from the old man's hand, and when he mentioned it, he was slightly surprised in his heart, the weight of the pocket was quite light, about fifty catties.

This weight is naturally not worth mentioning for Li Fan, but the old man can drag it, which shows that his body is indeed quite tough.

When the old man just opened the door, he obviously felt quite struggling, so it seemed that the door itself was not easy to open, and it should need to be re-maintained.

Such a thought flashed through Li Fan's mind, and then he carried his pocket and accompanied the old man slowly towards the tricycle.

Holding the pocket in his hand, Li Fan probably guessed what was in the pocket, which should be a cardboard box or something like waste.

"Could it be that the old man wants to sell these waste products?" Li Fan's mind flashed another thought.

The old man looked at Li Fan as he walked, and said with a smile again: "Young man, your strength is very great, this bag of things is fifty catties, but it feels as light as nothing in your hands." ”

Li Fan smiled and said: "The old man has won the award, I usually pay more attention to exercise, and my strength is indeed greater than ordinary people." ”

The old man nodded, and said, "Young man, if you don't guess wrong, you should be from Huaguo, and you came to Langdun City for fun." ”

"Oh?" Hearing the old man say this, Li Fan looked at the old man again with interest, and said with a smile: "Why is the old man so sure?"

The old man smiled heartily and said, "Because when I was about to open the door in the apartment, I vaguely heard someone speaking in Mandarin outside, although I couldn't understand it, but I was sure that it was in Chinese." And if you have three very beautiful female companions, it is very likely that you are here for a tour. Besides, perhaps only the country of Huaguo, which has outstanding people, can have such a beautiful woman. ”

After hearing this, Li Fan also smiled and said: "The old man's judgment is indeed very accurate, I am indeed from Huaguo, and I am here to travel to Langdun City." By the way, old man, have you always lived on this street? I just walked from the other side of the street, and it seemed strange that the residential buildings on both sides of the street seemed to be empty. ”

When the old man heard this, he sighed lightly and said, "Those residential buildings are indeed empty, and now I am the only one living on the entire Baker Street, and I have lived here for decades. ”

And so it was. After thinking like this in his heart, Li Fan said: "Old man, why is this? I think the living environment here is good, why does no one want to live here?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know why, this street has never been very popular, there used to be a few families living in it, and then they all moved away one after another, and I have lived on this street alone for ten years." People seem to have forgotten about this street, which is indeed a regrettable and very confusing thing. ”

Li Fan nodded, and did not continue to ask, some phenomena are indeed difficult to explain the reason.

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