Chapter 145: Temporary Residence
The address of the old man Lou of the Artists Association is No. 23, Laolao Hutong, Jingshan East Street.
At No. 21 at the entrance of the alley is a small building with "Haitai Publishing House" hanging on it, which is a well-known publishing house with the name of "official" and publishes cultural magazines to promote cross-strait relations.
I was fortunate to see that [Haitai Publishing House] is actually all the credit of the driver-
Ya, from [***] around Zhongnanhai, to Beihai before driving east back to the mouth of the old alley!!
I don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the driver drove the car around a small half circle, turned the avenue of Jingshan Park and went around to the alley of the publishing house. In his heart, Riki didn't want to cause trouble, but in principle, he discussed it with the driver, and finally handed over the suitable price to the driver.
-- The gas money of tourists in the capital is simply ruining the image of the capital! Although he only made a circle around the Forbidden City......
Limu turned his head after paying the money, and suddenly, he had a black line on his forehead.
Isha was standing at the crossing. Taking advantage of the time to pay, he put a few scars on his face, and put on a black one-eyed dragon's eye mask that he got out of nowhere, and there was a bit of a scare in the eyes of the dead fish that no one could see.
“…………”
After being silent for a while, Limu gently wiped his forehead and shook off a pile of black lines.
-- I didn't tell you to dress up pretty, I didn't tell you to dress up as a bandit.
“…… Isabel, this is China, we are here to spend the night, this outfit will be worn when we run out of food and go to Somalia to mix, okay? ”
“……”
Hearing this, Isabel silently tore off the scar, took off the blindfold and folded it and solemnly put it back in her backpack.
- Oh my God, you still want to be a pirate in Somalia?
Riki was skeptical that Isabel's backpack was filled with similar strange items. Compared with the exaggerated equipment of her two large suitcases and a large backpack, the white-haired "woman" humanoid girl can be said to be completely light, and only carried a light travel bag to come to BJ.
"One of us—" Limu patted the big, bulging-looking suitcase, grabbed a lever and dragged it into the alley, gritted his teeth and said, "Let's go!" ”
I was already dressed like a ball, and I walked with my hands and feet tied, and this box of things was really tiring.
“……”
As if she hadn't seen it, Isabel grabbed the lever of the other suitcase and followed Riki half-slumped...... It looks even more tired than Riki.
If it was an ordinary bodyguard or escort, she would definitely snatch Limu's suitcase and pull a suitcase in each hand to make the master more relaxed. However, as a mercenary, Isabel only knows how to follow orders - one by one, and she has to be free to deal with unexpected situations at any time.
“……”
"-Hoo-ha--" Passing by the two courtyards and coming to Gate 23, Limu was already panting, "knock...... Knock on the door—"
“……”
"Don't—don't knock—ring the doorbell."
Seeing that she was about to go and knock on the door, Riki hurriedly commanded.
The sound of knocking at the door of the Lu's courtyard is scary, and it is warmer to ring the doorbell at this time during the Spring Festival, and it is best not to be too casual when you first arrive.
Lou Lao's courtyard gate is a dark red lacquered log door, probably because of the relationship between more people coming and going during the Spring Festival, the door has been open, and visitors can stride in and out of it. But Limu is new to this place, and it is not good to rashly break into someone's house, even if it may be tiring to the yard owner, he should ring the doorbell first.
If the people in the courtyard really can't get out of their bodies, it is the right way to wait for someone to come to greet them before entering on their own.
Pressing the doorbell on the wall, the two of them waited outside the courtyard gate.
Two meters inside the courtyard gate, there was something like a wall. The reason why it is not a wall is because it is an isolated side, more like an object like a screen, and it is probably a building that blocks passers-by from peeking through the door. There are tiles on the "wall", which blocks the wind and rain for the stone wall, and the middle of the stone wall is carved with the pattern of the moon rising and flattening, the green dragon taking off, and the Sumeru seat on the stone wall is carved with endless tumbling waves.
After waiting for a long time, there was the sound of running behind the stone wall, and in a short time a person appeared on the left. She was a middle-aged woman, and her face was large and round like a dough cake, which was probably rare among northerners. Whoever she was, Riki introduced herself first:
"Hello, I'm ......"
Before Riki could begin to introduce, the woman with reddish cheeks held her breath and shouted loudly into the courtyard.
"Sir! The people have arrived! ”
- Hey, Auntie, are you sure you don't recognize the wrong person?
Limu Fox is suspicious. I'm a stranger, isn't it a bit arbitrary to make a conclusion at a glance when we meet for the first time?
"Arrived? Arrived? ”
There was a response from inside the courtyard, each word getting louder, apparently moving quickly in this direction.
"About ten years old, with luggage, exactly like what the master said." The woman was very happy and said, "You don't know—the lord has been looking forward to you for a few days." ”
"It's coming, it's really coming?!"
After only two words, I saw a 76-year-old man walking like a fly, swishing around the stone wall to the door, squatting down and hugging Limu's shoulders to look left and right.
- I said, old man, should you watch monkeys?
Looking at his excitement, Riki couldn't help but talk.
"Mr. Lou?" He asked.
To be honest, he hadn't seen the president of the art association before he came, not to mention the title of "former", which is even more difficult to find than the photo of the current art director.
"Whoa!" Old man Lou said in a loud voice. Then he said to the two middle-aged people who came behind him, "What are you doing in a daze?" Hurry up and help Uncle Shi move things! ”
"Uncle Shi? I? Riki pointed to herself.
――It seems that the person in front of me is really President Lou Xu, but he said that he was just here to stay temporarily.
Li Mu was hesitating how to plead, and the two middle-aged men listened to the order to help him pull the two suitcases into the courtyard, without the slightest hesitation, he must have heard of his little uncle before coming.
"Presumably this is the 'neighbor' who accompanied you to BJ, right?" The old man Lou was a little surprised by the appearance of Isabel's "neighbor".
"This-she's actually my bodyguard, I had an accident a few months ago, and now it's been resolved." Riki heard the voice-over, and he didn't intend to hide the old man from this kind of thing, so he stopped talking.
"Oh, who is that?"
- Huh?
Seeing Old Man Lou looking at his side, Rimu reflexively looked to the side of his shoulder.
Two heads taller than herself, a beautiful girl with long hair already shawl--Wujun Muzi, I don't know when she stood beside Riki. was blushing and lowered his head, and secretly raised his eyes to look at Limu.
"I'm Limu's wife, Mei Niang." Here's what she said.
"Your mother-in-law?" Old man Lou looked at Limu with a strange expression.
"Eh, that ......" a handful of hairs on the pear wood swayed in the cold wind. With the help of Silly Hair, his thinking finally did not stagnate, but he still said hesitantly, "...... Ah, it's Mei Niang, it's with me, and my fiancée or something is her joke. ”
"Boy, what a little affection...... Kiko smiled a little, and then suddenly looked at Riki with a resentful expression, and the latter looked at his white bodyguard.
#伊莎贝尔, why didn't you stop her!
#没有生命危险就不许动手. You said.
#好...... Okay, you have to remind you if you find that you are being followed! Started in the village? Or did it start at the capital's airport? Our phone hasn't been tapped.
#……
#喂喂, don't think you'll be fine if you don't talk.
#……
#少年, what are you talking about?
#别随便插进别人的频道啊. Anyway, girl, you came alone? Just you?
#我就知道少年darling你果然不放心我~
#你就不怕危险啊! Alone with BJ!
#我是来考试的啊......
#算了算了, then stay with us. But don't do weird things with your hands and feet, and if you dare to lean over and ask Isabel to tear you down.
#…… If you're a teenager, I won't resist if I come to dismantle it at night.
#我@! ¥%............*How did you know I was coming for the exam?
#少年的事我都知道哦.
#你不是叫吾君木子吗? How do you call Mei Niang?
#名字只是代称, it's the same as your parents' last name......
Seeing the three juniors staring at each other with big eyes, the old man Lou couldn't help but look up and laugh: "Hahaha, it's so interesting, you guys, hurry up and come into the house, don't be cold outside." ”