After getting out of the small broken car, Roddy took me into a remote alley. The alleys were very cold, and the ground was full of potholes. Not to mention the intricacies of the alleys, if I were alone, I might have to get lost somewhere. Roddy walked in front, and I felt like the little brother who followed the gangster in a cop movie. I'll go wherever the boss goes, and I don't dare to ask more.

Gradually, I could hear some noisy noises, and when we reached the end of the alley, the bustling street market unfolded before our eyes, in stark contrast to the cold just now. It was a noisy, long, unsightly street, with two neatly arranged rows of shops. The front of the shop is lit with red and bright yellow lights, which is dazzling. There were a lot of people coming and going, all wearing masks.

At this moment, Roddy took off his decorative eyes and took two masks from the pockets of his trench coat. "I almost forgot." He said as he shoved one of the masks into me. It was a Western-style white mask with feathers, and in his hand was the black mask of a medieval knight. Although I don't want to admit it, I still have to say that Roddy's taste is really good. I put the mask on my head and walked down the long street with Roddy.

On this long street, there are many shops with gorgeously dressed beauties standing in front of them, ranging from exaggerated long dresses from the Victorian era to short skirts favored by American fashionable girls in the thirties of the last century, from Western-style lace dresses to Oriental Indian sarees...... But all these beauties have one thing in common, that is, she deliberately wears her clothes half-covered and half-exposed. Their voices are charming, their eyes are seductive, and they are constantly waving to the passing guests...... Is this the Red Light District of the New World? As a girl, I am a little inexplicably excited when I look at these beauties.

Luo Di took me to stop in front of a shop with classical palace lamps, and the sign on the door prominently read "Green Lantern Pavilion". As soon as Roddy stepped into the store, he heard a sweet female voice: "Edgar is here." "Just when I wondered who Edgar was, a group of beauties swarmed us. They surrounded us, with the fat on them.

"Edgar, it's been a long time since you've been here, who are you looking for today?"

"Edgar, did you bring anything good?"

"Edgar, who is this girl?"

…………

They threw a string of questions at Roddy, and I realized that Edgar was Roddy.

Well, it is understandable that people are floating in the rivers and lakes, and they have to use trumpets outside.

"You have so many questions, I just have one mouth, who should I answer?" Roddy spread out his hands and smiled helplessly.

"Then tell us who the girl is next to you first?" One of the delicate girls asked.

"Hmm...... Well...... "Roddy was more than a head taller than me, and he deliberately put his hand on my head, and then replied: "This short man is my new little brother, and he is responsible for helping me run errands......"

Hehe, it's good if you're happy.

"By the way, are you Sister Su here? I'm here for her today. ”

"Sister Su is upstairs, there should be nothing wrong now, you can find her in the innermost room on the second floor."

"Thank you, I'll definitely bring you jewelry next time." He replied with a smile, and then motioned for me to follow him upstairs.

The girls all had expressions of regret.

Big brother, it turns out that you are a frequent visitor to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion.

After leaving the group of beauties, I took a closer look at the shop in the gap from the upper floor. The decoration of this shop is Chinese, the windows and doors are carved with hollow patterns, the ceiling, and the corridor are hung with elegant hexagonal palace lamps, and antique decorations such as screens, ancient paintings, and flower arrangements can be seen everywhere. Going up to the second floor and walking to the end of the hallway, Roddy motioned for me to take off my mask, which I did, and then he knocked softly on the door, and then I could hear a lazy female voice: "Come in." ”

Pushing open the door, the faint aroma of fat powder came to the nostrils, the lamp was lit on the side of the screen, and on the bench, a woman in a cheongsam with a graceful figure was lying on her side. Seeing us come in, she unhurriedly picked up the long Chinese pipe with tassels hanging on the table, lit it, and inhaled a puff of white smoke. Then she slowly stood up and walked slowly towards me.

This beauty has rosy cheeks, bright teeth and starry eyes, delicate but not glamorous, charming but not vulgar. When she walked towards me, her steps were exquisite, and her slim cheongsam showed the charm of a woman. Finally, she stopped in front of me and stared at me, and at this time, up close, I finally understood what the national color and fragrance were, and what was the amorous style.

She brushed my hand at a strand of my hair and said, "Your hair is beautiful." ”

I was a little embarrassed, and I couldn't help but feel a little heartbeat, and the fawn was bumping.

"That...... Sister Su is so ......"

She burst out laughing, turned to Roddy on the side, and said, "So you like this type?" ”

Luo Di was stunned for a while, but his usually cunning eyes lost his mind at the moment. He didn't speak, probably because he wasn't good at dealing with her.

"I'm just his little brother, helping him run errands." I replied for Roddy.

"I see." When she said this, the end of the note dragged on for a long time, obviously not going to heart. She turned and slowly walked back to where she had been lying and sat down casually.

"Sister Su, I haven't seen you for a while, but I'm looking better again." Roddy immediately recovered, his eyes bent into crescents, and his smile was even more false than usual, and it seemed that he was really not good at dealing with her.

"Roddy, don't flatter me," she exhaled again, white smoke filling most of the room. "Tell me, what's the matter with coming to me this time?"

This Sister Su, whose name is Su Jiaojiao, is the most famous in this fireworks lane, and has the reputation of "Hibiscus pours the country, and the beauty under the moon wears makeup". Sister Su mingles in all kinds of parties and salons on weekdays, on the surface she is the proprietress of the Green Lantern Pavilion and a well-known courtesan, but behind the scenes, she is reselling all kinds of information. To put it simply, it is the original pro of sexual turning. (Author's note: Orihara Lin is also an intelligence dealer in Ikebukuro in the Japanese manga "Persona of the Headless Horseman".) Chaoge was a house before his death. Because the Book of Memories was bought and sold in secret, Roddy brought me to her to inquire about all sorts of news.

"We are here this time to find a person's book of memory, what does Sister Su know?" Roddy was like a schoolboy answering a question at the moment, reining in his usual arrogance.

It turns out that Roddy also has people who are afraid, and I snickered in my heart.

"Tell you what I can get?" Sister Su glanced at Roddy.

"Old rules, I'm ...... for half a month" Roddy suddenly remembered some bad idea again, glanced at me and continued: "No...... This time it's a month's salary for this guy. ”

Hey, what's going on? The head can be broken and the blood can be shed, but the salary cannot be missing! I glared at him viciously, but he smiled evilly.

"Are you serious?" Sister Su replied.

"Hmm." He replied crisply.

Forget it, a month is a month, and I'm willing to do it for Zhen'er.

"That's it," she sighed, "forget it this time." ”

"Huh?" Roddy looked puzzled. "Why?"

"For the sake of this lovely young lady's face." She smiled and looked at me carefully, and suddenly complimented, "Your hair is really beautiful, very beautiful......

I don't know why I'm in a cold sweat. I was discussing the remuneration for a second, why did I suddenly talk about my hair? Although her smile is perfect, she can't fault it. But I always thought her smile was a little weird, a little crazy, and I thought of the beautiful banshee who combed the dead with a comb in a horror movie. Compared with Sister Su, Luo Di, who is good at hiding his emotions with a smile, also has to bow down.

Roddy suddenly realized something, and took a slight step forward, blocking in front of me.

"Sister Su, don't sell it." He returned the salute with an equally elusive smile.

"Recently there has indeed been a batch of new goods, a third of which has gone to the royal family, in the hands of Duke Bernard, a third has been recovered by the Authority, and the rest is in today's auction venue...... You know, the auctions at the auction floor are all dignitaries who haven't had time to block their books...... Find it for yourselves. With that, she smoked her cigarette and ignored us.

"Okay, thank you, Sister Su." With that, he pulled me away. Just as he turned around, I noticed that Roddy's smile disappeared instantly. After Sister Su said that my hair was beautiful, he seemed to be holding on to it until this moment, and he could breathe a sigh of relief.

"Little sister, I'm going to come back in the future, I'm very welcome to you......"

"Oh...... Ok ......"

Roddy pulled me in stride, my legs weren't as long as his, and I had to trot to keep up with him. This kind of Roddy is really rare, as if Fang Cai is being entangled by a blue-faced and fanged monster, and he finally broke free from the restraints.

"What's wrong?" Out of the Green Lantern Pavilion, I asked.

He breathed a sigh of relief, looked at me, and put on his old smile again.

"Nothing. Chaoge, you'd better not come to see her in the future. ”

"Why—"

"There's no why." He interrupted me with a question. "Listen to me this time."

It's weird, Roddy is really abnormal now.

Silence, for a long time, without a word.

Luo Di looked at the bustling crowd, and under the glitz of the long street was an indescribable evil. The stars could still be seen in the sky, but they were nowhere near as bright as the ones we had just seen on the small minecarts, and the long street was brightly lit, and the noise did not stop for a moment.

In this world, some people are not kind, some are ill-intentioned, some are willing to fall, and some are drunk and golden...... They replaced the pure stars in their hearts with bright lights. But there are also some people who are different, they are willing to fall into the abyss for the sake of that star, and they choose to be doomed without hesitation for the sake of the square inch in their hearts......

"Let's go." Roddy said softly. "Let's try our luck at the auction......"

"yes, okay."

I followed behind Roddy, and in the light, his back was so lonely.

Years later, when I thought back to this moment, I realized that Luo Di had already fallen into darkness for the pure land in his heart. I regret that I didn't find out sooner, pull him by the hand, and let him break free from hell, otherwise he wouldn't have fallen deeper and deeper, and said with a wry smile that he was not qualified to embrace the light.