Chapter 68: The Visit
He didn't have the idea of guarding himself like a jade for anyone, but this time he came to do something serious, and it was not good to make extraneous branches.
"Miss Lanlan, I'm really sorry, I'm here to find someone this time, is Oiran's maid Xiaocui here? Call it for me. Lin Fan asked with a smile.
Although the woman in front of him tried her best to restrain herself, her eyes still flashed a trace of annoyance, and before she could speak, Lin Fan first took out a handful of broken silver from his arms, took the woman's hand, and gently placed it on her palm.
When the woman saw the silver, she turned her anger into joy, glanced at Lin Fan with disgust, and turned around to help him call someone. Lin Fan was afraid of being entangled by others again, so he didn't dare to sit down, so he found a corner and waited quietly.
"Tian Gongzi." A short time later, a woman spotted him, saw that he was wandering, walked up to him and gently patted him on the shoulder.
Lin Fan turned his head to look at some familiar faces, and asked tentatively, "Little Cui girl?" ”
"It's me, is Childe here to find my young lady?" Xiao Cui nodded.
"Good guy, do you all have such good memories, I'm really embarrassed, I'm a little clumsy after a long absence." Lin Fan explained apologetically.
"Harm, don't take it to heart, we eat this bowl of rice, every guest here, as long as we have seen, we will remember it for a lifetime, and the second time we come to the door, we will give the guests the feeling of being at home, not to mention that we have another layer of identity, and we need to remember every guest." The more Xiao Cui spoke, the quieter her voice became, and when she talked about secret things, she looked around nervously.
"I see, is Miss Peach here?" Lin Fan showed a sudden expression, and then asked.
Xiao Cui shook her head, leaned closer to Lin Fan, put her hand to his ear and whispered: "Miss is not here, I can't inquire about the matter of Childe and Miss, if you have something to find Miss, you can go to her private residence and wait for her." Besides, even if the young lady is here, Childe, you come here to find her, I'm afraid it's not so easy to meet. ”
After finishing speaking, Xiao Cui saw that no one was around, and no one noticed here, so she pretended to leave as if nothing happened. After Lin Fan waited for her to leave, he also quietly withdrew from Jinfeng Tower.
Walking around the street, the empty street was a little deserted, Lin Fan found an inn and booked a room, put down his bags, ordered a lot of wine and delicacies, had a good meal, and sacrificed a temple of five organs.
After he was full of wine and food, he was not sleepy left and right, put the double knife on his back, went downstairs and walked out of the inn, and walked towards the location of the Giant Whale Gang. How is Brother Zhuo? Thinking of his old friends from the past, Lin Fan's face was a little complicated.
"Stop! What for? ”
As soon as Lin Fan arrived at the gate of the courtyard of the Giant Whale Gang, he was stopped by the guards. Suddenly, he remembered the scene of the third senior brother Cheng Pu, who came last time.
"Bye-on? There is no prayer, but there is a big slap. ”
Thinking of this, Lin Fan couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile: "Brother is so dedicated in the winter, is the young gang leader Zhuo Yilong here?" I'm a friend of his, and I'd like to come and see him. ”
"Brother, are you in the wrong place, could it be that you are here to find fault?" Hearing this, the two guards pulled out their weapons on the spot and asked Lin Fan coldly, quite threatening.
"Isn't this the Whale Gang?" Lin Fan was a little stunned on his face, and blurted out a question.
"What Giant Whale Gang, this is the rudder of the Four Seas Gang, the kid is okay and get out of here, warn you not to look for trouble!"
Lin Fan frowned and glanced at the two guards, but in the end, he ignored their offense and turned to leave, there was really no need to be angry with the two guarding the gate.
After his group left last time, the Giant Whale Gang was annexed by the Four Seas Gang, what about Zhuo Yilong? Could it be... Killed? The relationship between Lin Fan and Zhuo Yilong is not very deep, but it is still a pain in his heart inexplicably.
Silently returned to the inn, Lin Fan did not rest, but sat cross-legged on the bed and began to practice internal strength, he was still too weak, so weak that he could only go with the flow, so weak that he was powerless to prevent anything from happening, no one knew what would happen in the future, and the only thing he could do now was to work hard to become stronger.
In the early morning of the next day, Lin Fan bought some fruits and snacks from the vendors on the street, lined up out of the city to the private house of Miss Tao'er, saw that the door was locked, went around and jumped along the wall, and easily climbed over the wall into the inner courtyard.
Glancing at the courtyard, he had carefully dodged several traps and did not trigger them. I walked to the door of the inner house and knocked lightly. "Pingping Lele, are you here?"
After a while, there were noises and whispers of children in the house.
"It's not that my sister is back."
"That's right, that's right, my sister said you can't open the door to strangers."
"But this voice is a little familiar, it seems to be..."
"Brother-in-law, it seems?"
The children discussed for a while, and the older girl, who was mediocre and courageous, shouted out the door, "Who are you?" Is it a brother-in-law? ”
"Ahh After hesitating for a while, he replied yes.
"Great, brother-in-law is here." Several children jumped up in cheer and opened the door.
"Whew!" As soon as the door opened, Lin Fan rushed in instantly, and then stretched out his palm to pose in the shape of a claw, pretending to be a big bad wolf, and howled.
Several children were startled, and Queen Cang took a few steps back, and then reacted and laughed again. Lin Fan's heart softened, looking at the innocent smiling faces of the children, he couldn't help but worry about their safety.
"How can you just open the door to someone based on sound and guesswork?" Lin Fan said worriedly, and put the things he bought on the table.
"But we guessed correctly, aren't you brother-in-law!" Ping Ping pouted unconvinced, and said indignantly.
Another younger boy, Lele, grabbed the corner of Lin Fan's clothes and said, "If you don't go out, brother-in-law, we will do it again, and we won't open the door for you this time." ”
Lin Fan looked at these children with tears and laughter, and changed the subject: "Is your sister Tao'er here?" ”
"No, my sister has been out for a while, brother-in-law, why haven't you been here for so long? We miss you, and my sister misses you even more. Another little boy, An An, ran over and hugged Lin Fan's thigh and said.
"People are small and ghosts are big." Lin Fan laughed, picked him up, and rubbed his face against the itchy flesh under his ribs, making An An laugh non-stop.
Seeing Pingping and Lele showing a disappointed expression, Lin Fan put down An An and hugged Pingping and Lele one by one, and then they showed a satisfied smile and reached out to hug Lin Fan's neck.
"There's also a... What's it called? Lin Fan remembered that there seemed to be another child, who was still in swaddling clothes, and he couldn't remember what his name was.
"Brother-in-law, do you mean Huanhuan, Huanhuan is still young, except for eating and sleeping every day, and now she is still sleeping." Ping Ping explained in Lin Fan's arms.
"Ah yes, we have to make a little quieter, don't wake up Huanhuan, she's annoying when she wakes up, crying and making trouble." Lele interjected.
Lin Fan put down Pingping and Lele, gave them the fruits and desserts on the table, touched their little heads and asked, "Sister is not here, what are you all eating?" ”
"When my sister left, she left us a lot of dry food, it's winter, you can eat for a month if you save some food, my sister said that the dry food is all gone, if she hasn't come back, don't wait for her, let's find a way to go out over the wall, run to the city, and go to the city to find food." Lele's mouth was stuffed with dessert and he said vaguely.
"Shut up! Don't talk nonsense, my sister will definitely come back! Ping reprimanded Lele loudly, and his eyes were red with grievances.
Looking at the sobbing little girl, Lin Fan was distressed, hurriedly picked her up and coaxed her softly, and walked into the kitchen with Pingping in his arms, looking at the cabinet full of hard steamed buns, as well as steamed buns and a bag of rice, there was nothing to eat, only a jar of pickles.
No wonder for more than a year, this group of children is still so thin and small, almost no change, what nutrition do these things have?
"Do you eat these things all the time?" Lin Fan frowned.
"That's not it, my sister will take us to eat delicious food when she comes back, and we will eat these when she leaves, and other foods will be spoiled." Ping Ping explained with a sob.
Lin Fan sighed, Miss Tao'er's situation is special, how can she take care of the children, but if it weren't for her, these children wouldn't be alive today, if she had an accident outside...
He couldn't imagine what would happen to these children, Lin Fan returned to the hall and put down Pingping, and concentrated his internal strength on his fingers, which were like a gust of wind on the wooden door, and made a hole in it, making a cat's eye.
"If someone comes to the house in the future, you have to see clearly who the person outside is from here before opening the door, remember?" Lin Fan pointed to the cat's eye and educated the children.
"Got my brother-in-law!" Driven by curiosity, Lele was the first to run and look out with the cat's eye, while An An tore his back collar behind him, wanting to grab the position and take a look for himself.
"But brother-in-law, what should I do if this hole is filled with wind in the house? Winters are cold. Ping Ping looked up at Lin Fan, hugged his body with both hands, and asked pretending to be very cold.
"Hmm..."Lin Fan looked left and right, then picked up the oily paper left over from eating dessert on the table, and explained peacefully: "Usually when there is no one, you can use this to plug the hole." ”
"By the way, when you usually eat dry food, do you eat it cold?"
"No, Pingping is very powerful, Pingping will light a fire to burn the stove, use a pot to boil water to heat the food for his younger brothers and sisters, and make porridge for Huanhuan." Ping Ping said proudly.
Lin Fan stroked Pingping's little head and praised: "Mmmm, Pingping is the most powerful!" But be careful when lighting a fire? ”
Lin Fan said a few more words, pulled open An An and Lele, who were blocking the door, and told them to wait for him at home honestly, and then walked out of the gate, turned out of the courtyard, and carried light work alone, and rushed towards Hangzhou City.