Chapter 90 [The Narrow Road]
"What?" Chen Xiao blushed a little.
"I know what you're thinking...... You can tell by looking at it. Lao Tian sighed: "The service club has set a strict island rule for the homeland!" In order to preserve the historical character of the homeland, it is forbidden to sell anything from the outside world here! Anything! Have you ever seen a car on the island? Did you see those staff members using computers at the liaison office just now? β
"For ...... Why? Chen Xiao frowned.
"This town is home to the last Adept on this planet! It has always been built more than 200 years ago! Look here, kerosene lamps, old houses, old furniture, no TVs, no computers...... Everything is pristine! This is to preserve the special cultural atmosphere here. β
Lao Tian smiled: "Of course, in the headquarters, there are naturally many advanced instruments...... But in this small town! There is absolutely no room for any products from outside civilizations. β
As he spoke, he pointed downstairs: "Even if it's behind the counter, it's an abacus used here." β
Count, abacus?
"Yes...... Why did this girl spend such a price......"
"I see what you mean." Lao Tian sighed: "Out of the island, you can do whatever you want, but the problem is ...... This girl, she has never been out of this island in her life. So. She had been on the island, longing for the outside world, and she couldn't buy them on the island...... So...... Ha ha. Just let you take advantage of this. β
Can't get out of the island?
"Why?"
"Her name is Champagne, that's an interesting name, isn't it?" Lao Tian winked at Chen Xiao: "She is recognized as the first beauty in the town." The inn was run by her family, and many years ago it was called by another name, after her father, but after her father's death and she became the owner, it changed to her name. β
"I mean. Why can't she get out of the island? Was it imprisoned by the people of the Service Society? Chen Xiao couldn't help but feel a little indignant.
"Of course not." Lao Tian smiled: "The service club will not do this kind of thing." You have to remember that there are many, many strange people on this island. These strange people often have a lot of weird rules. These are their own secrets, or, we don't bother to inquire too much. What I do know, though, is Champagne and her father, and her grandfather, her great-grandfather...... Never left the island! Never! It's a house rule in their house. As for why, no one knows. β
Champagne?
Strange girl, strange rules.
The night at the inn passed quickly.
For dinner, I ate two taels of old white dry and two stacks of side dishes. There is also a plate of braised pork. Typical ancient Chinese food in a small inn.
enjoyed such a dinner, but Chen Xiao couldn't help but think of someone.
The girl who likes to joke and call herself "Sprinkle Family", the funny girl who walks into the coffee shop, slaps the table, shouts "Xiao Er", and asks for the beef cut.
Well, Phoenix...... If she came here, she would find it interesting.
In addition to the first time, the guest rooms of this small inn also filled Chen Xiao with a sense of freshness. In the evening, there will be a shopkeeper who carries a bucket of hot water into the room to let the guests freshen up......
Well. Let's just get a taste of the retro feeling.
Early the next morning, Chen Xiao and Lao Tian were woken up by a knock on the door, he got up and pushed open the door, stunned for a moment.
Champagne. The landlady of this inn stood at the door. What makes Chen Xiao a little funny is that she is obviously a very beautiful girl, there is no sun in the early morning, and she is standing indoors, but on the bridge of her nose is the sunglasses she bought from her hand yesterday......
These Ray-Ban sunglasses are for men, and they are a little weird on the girl's face - and she's dressed a little incongruously: Chinese flower skirts, braids......
"Awake?" Champagne smiled very kindly at Chen Xiao. I guess I'm very satisfied with the sunglasses I bought.
ββ¦β¦ Woke up. Chen Xiao rubbed her eyes: "May I ask ......?"
"Someone wants to see you. Local contact person from the headquarters of the service agency. Champagne smiled: "You guys get ready, people are waiting at the door downstairs." β
ββ¦β¦ Thank you. Chen Xiao opened his mouth. Don't know what to say. He really wanted to laugh, but he just had to force it.
"By the way......" Champagne was about to turn away, but suddenly turned back and hesitated: "You're the first time you've come to the island, right?" β
"Hmm."
"That's it, I've never seen you before. I know everybody on the island. Champagne took off her sunglasses and smiled a little strangely: "Are you an anomaly?" β
"Sort of." Chen Xiao nodded and glanced at the room, Lao Tian had already gotten up.
"You were born on the outside, you live outside...... The outside world, is it interesting? Champagne sighed, and there was a hint of regret in her beautiful eyes: "I haven't been outside...... The only thing I know about the outside is a few magazines...... By the way, do you have a TV at home? What about refrigerators? Are there any sports cars? β
ββ¦β¦ I've had both. Chen Xiao smiled bitterly.
The girl's eyes immediately lit up, full of a taste of yearning.
Chen Xiao looked at this girl named Champagne, and suddenly felt a trace of sympathy in her heart: "Actually...... Why don't you go out and check it out? β
"I can't go." Champagne shrugged: "The family doesn't allow it." Even my fashion magazines got their hands on it quietly - you already know that it's not allowed to be sold in town. β
Her eyes seemed to be a little sad, and she soon reappeared with a bright smile: "Alright! Prepare quickly, don't keep the contact person at the service headquarters waiting...... Oh, this liaison doesn't seem to have a good temper. β
As she spoke, she jumped up and down the stairs, took a few steps, and then turned back and asked, "You're going to leave by boat in two or three days, aren't you?" β
ββ¦β¦ Yes. Chen Xiao nodded.
Of course, if you leave by boat, if you don't take a boat, do you take a plane? I don't see an airport on the island.
But Champagne was already humming all the way downstairs.
"What did she tell you?" Lao Tian didn't know when he was dressed and walked out.
"Nothing, asked me some weird questions...... About the outside world. β
"Alas, poor little girl." Lao Tian shook his head: "Every person who comes from outside for the first time, she will pull others to ask for a while." β
Ten minutes later, Chen Xiao and Lao Tian came downstairs from the room, and when they passed by the hall, they sat behind the counter with champagne, and made a grimace at Chen Xiao, and stuck out their tongues cutelyβof course, she was still wearing those sunglasses.
Chen Xiao and Lao Tian walked out of the door of the inn, but they saw something at the door - he froze.
At the door, there was actually a car parked!
Car!
To be precise...... It's a steam engine car! Opened, with a large body.
Chen Xiao has only seen this kind of car in some movies. This kind of thing should probably be classified as an antique!
But it's a car.
"Didn't you say that no ...... were allowed on the island," Chen Xiao turned around and asked Lao Tian.
"This rule in the town was set a hundred years ago." Lao Tian replied with a smile: "So, the steam car was set up before this regulation. So it's not a foul. β
Chen Xiao can also drive, and in the past, the family also had their own car, and Xu Ershao, a close friend, was the son of a rich man, and there were several sports cars of his own.
But Chen Xiao has never been in such a steam engine car...... Not to mention sitting, I haven't even watched it (movies don't count).
However, when the person who came out of the car, that is, the contact person of the headquarters of the service agency, Chen Xiao was stunned.
This is a woman, with short hair, a black leather suit, a face with a hint of coldness, and there is obviously a hint of hostility and unhappiness in her eyes when she looks at Chen Xiao.
"You, you, are you?" Chen Xiao couldn't help but lose her voice.
"Hmph, it's me!" The woman stared at Chen Xiao for a long time before a sentence popped out from between her teeth: "If it weren't for you, how could I have fallen into the corner of acting as this kind of liaison here!" β
This woman is Chen Xiao's old acquaintance.
The guy who once broke into Chen Xiao's house and tried to snatch the "purification" potion, and then was the first to be devoured by Chen Xiao.
Black Seven!
"Don't worry, I won't take revenge on you...... At least not on the island! Hei Qi gritted his teeth and stared at Chen Xiao: "But I won't forget you, boy!" You're the one who made me lose my abilities and my position in the field! At the same time, I also lost my number! The leaders of the seven groups of my dignified field team are now reduced to the role of acting as a small liaison who does not enter the stream! β
Her eyes were as cold as ice, and she pulled the car door open and snorted, "Get in the car, boy." β
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