"Thank you, sheriff, for coming forward to relieve us, although I still have doubts about the last 20 yuan in compensation, but we are not unreasonable people, understand your difficulties, and maintaining law and order in a town is not an easy task." Waiting for Bacchus and the gang to leave, Wendy said to the sheriff.

The latter was amused by the girl's little adult-like words, and said, "I'm glad you understand and cooperate with my work, ma'am, your father is not so reasonable......

However, when he seemed to realize that he had slipped his mouth, a look of chagrin appeared on the old cowboy's face.

"Wait, you know me, and you know my father, how is that possible?" Wendy's eyes widened.

"I am friends with your father, he loves you very much and has shown me pictures of you a few times." Now, the sheriff has no choice but to admit it.

"But I've never heard my father mention you."

"Well, maybe it's because each of us has a past that we don't want to talk about."

"What was the past?" Wendy asked.

"I'm afraid I don't want to mention it, which means that I don't want anyone else to know about it." Sheriff Road.

"Please, my father is missing now, and it probably has something to do with what you said." Wendy said.

"Your father is missing, when?" The sheriff was stunned.

"I don't know the exact time, just fifteen days ago, he said that he had a business to discuss, so he left home, my mother and I thought this time as usual, he would come back in a few days, he told us so, but now it has exceeded the deadline he promised, and he still hasn't come home."

"So that's what you're running out for? Wait, does your mother know you're in Glen Town now?" said the sheriff while glancing at Zhang Heng on the side.

"Mr. Zhang Heng was hired by me to help me find my father and to keep me safe along the way." "He's a great gunner. ”

"yes, the good gunmen I know don't end well, but the ones who don't have guns live longer."

"I disagree with that, if I had a gun, what just happened wouldn't have happened." Wendy said.

The old cowboy smiled, and did not refute, some things are not understood by young people of this age, he opened his mouth and said sincerely, "You should go home, your father's affairs will be taken care of by himself, you just need to wait at home." ”

"But unfortunately I'm not the kind of person who honestly sits at home, waits for something bad to happen, and then accepts it." Wendy stubbornly said, "If the storm comes, I will walk into the storm, so whether you want to help me or not, I will continue to look for my father." ”

"But you're only twelve."

"Twelve is old enough, Sergeant."

The sheriff was dumbfounded, and after a while, he said, "Otherwise, I have some important things on my hands, and I really can't take a break, give me a week, and I will go to your father for you." ”

"Thank you for your kindness, but I've been delayed for a long time, I'm afraid I can't wait another week, I think I'd better do this myself." Wendy politely but firmly refused.

"With all due respect, Wendy, you're too young to understand the world, especially those ...... In dark corners, you can't just pull a person and go on the road with him. This time, the sheriff simply said it.

"Mr. Zhang Heng is a good person, I don't need to live to your age to see this, but you, Mr. Sheriff, you suddenly appeared and claimed to know my father, but my father never mentioned you to me, how can I believe what you and what you say." Wendy paused, "Maybe my father's disappearance has something to do with you. ”

"What a sharp mouth." The old cowboy was not angry when he was questioned, but laughed and said, "Matthew has a good daughter, well, it looks like I can't stop you, ma'am, but please at least let me give you a ride when I leave tomorrow, you just offended Cruise, and he and his former Ranger friends still have a lot of power in the vicinity." ”

"Thanks, sheriff, I'll tell him about your relief for me tonight when I find my father."

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After such a thing happened, Wendy couldn't continue to inquire about her father's whereabouts at the bar, and after saying goodbye to the old cowboy sheriff, she asked for two apple pies and went back to the hotel with Zhang Heng.

"You should listen to him." Zhang Heng said, "Now it seems that there is probably another secret behind your father's disappearance, since he is hiding it from you, he just doesn't want you to know." ”

"Then you won't get paid."

"I can also go to other bounties to make money," Zhang Heng said calmly, "Also, remember what I said before?" ”

"You told that guy that you have the ability to never leave the county?"

"No, I told you not to get into trouble earlier, and you promised me, so I let you go to the bar to do an investigation."

"I didn't get into trouble, I said, he touched me first." Wendy emphasized.

"And then you turned around and pulled out your knife, intending to stab him to death?"

"My father told you that when you're the shortest and least powerful person in the room, you have to be the toughest so that no one dares to mess with you, because they know there's a price to pay."

"Then you were pressed against the table and almost cut off your palm," Zhang Heng stopped and looked into Wendy's eyes, "Hey, kid, listen, I can't guarantee that every time you show up just in time for your most dangerous time, you could have come back to me to deal with it." ”

Wendy was silent for a moment when she heard this, and said, "The people in the town don't like our family, my father is often absent, my mother is illiterate, and I am used to solving everything on my own. ”

"But didn't you pay me just so that I could settle these things for you?" Zhang Heng said, "You have to promise me that you won't be so reckless when you encounter such a thing again, otherwise I will send you home." ”

"There is an agreement between us, and you promise to help me find my father." Wendy protested.

"That's right, when the agreement says everything has to listen to me, so that means when I shout stop, we have to stop, and when I feel like we can't go any further, we go home."

"That's too cunning, isn't it?" Wendy complained, "It's just a cheat." ”

"It's okay for you to understand it that way, come, follow me now, sir, I know it's wrong, and I'll choose other ways to solve the problem in the future."

“…………”

"You'd better hurry up, or I'll leave you to the sheriff, who seems to be interested in sending you home."

"I know it's wrong, and I'll choose another way to solve the problem in the future." Wendy twisted her neck and whispered reluctantly.

"Very good, I'm glad we reached an agreement again, let's take your apple pie back to the room to eat, we have to get up early tomorrow morning and set off for a hurry." Zhang Heng said, "Also, the $20 I paid for you in advance, and it will be recorded in your account, and I will be paid together when the time comes." ”