A journalist partner

Lie Tuo grabbed the oar and rowed desperately to the island.

Hey hey hey hey hey hey! !

In just a few moments, the boat arrived at its destination with rocket-like speed.

"Ouye, the island!~" Jumping ashore excitedly, Dorothy couldn't wait to run deep into the island, "Finally there is an island, let's have a good meal first!" Looking back at Luo who was behind, "Ah, can't you hurry up! Don't walk so leisurely all the time, okay?"

Directly ignoring her, Luo continued to walk slowly and calmly.

Dorothy was so anxious that she kept spinning around him, jumping up and down to relieve the impatience in her heart, "I said, aren't you excited, aren't you curious, don't you want to hurry up and see this place?" Zoshima! Don’t you really want to hurry up and have a big meal!”

Luo grinned disdainfully and continued to ignore her.

"—Ah!" Dorothy wailed up to the sky helplessly and itchy.

After following Luo for a while without haste, he finally got away from the coast and entered the hinterland of the island, where he could see people.In the center of the island, there is actually a ridiculously large lake!

There are mountains on all sides, and a low basin is formed in the center, full of lake water.The water is so shallow that people can barely reach their ankles when they walk in.Tall tower-like houses are scattered in the lake.Flowers of various colors are densely floating on the clear water.Those flowers are shaped like lotuses, rooted in the water, and spread all over the entire Great Lake. Looking around, it is a sea of ​​flowers.

Dorothy stopped in a daze, looked at the magnificent scenery in front of her, and exclaimed, "Oh my God, it's so beautiful! It's full of water and flowers."

With a thoughtful smile, Luo Wu walked forward.

"Ah, wait for me." Dorothy hurriedly followed.

"If you guessed right." Luo said in a calm voice while walking, "This should be Elizabeth's hometown—Meera."

"Huh?" Dorothy didn't understand at all, confused, "Please explain clearly."

"The flowers floating on the lake are called Elizabeth." Looking ahead, Luo smiled faintly, "There is only one place in the world that can produce such flowers, and that is the small town in the lake—Mella. You are a reporter, how can you even None of this is known."

"I'm reporting a pirate, not a reporting flower." Dorothy muttered unconvinced.

When they reached the edge of the lake, the two rolled up their trousers and walked into the lake.The houses here are built very tall, with pointed towers.It was only then that Dorothy discovered that the lakes were surrounded by small stones, and those flowers named Elizabeth were regularly distributed in the area surrounded by each stone, and a sign was erected next to them, marked with numbers, It seems to be the number of the various areas.

The two first went to the store to buy a map of the small island in this sea area in preparation for going to Soap Island in the future.The shop owner glanced at them and asked, "From out of town?"

"Ah, yes." Dorothy nodded.

"Oh, what a crime." The shop owner sighed deeply, shook his head, and threw the map to them, "There is no need to pay, we are never short of money here."

"..." Holding the map, Dorothy frowned. If you have money, you don't need to show it like this!Although it is the only place where Elizabeth can be produced, how profitable it can be imagined, but——

"Hey! We're not short of money, okay, what do you mean!" Dorothy slapped the table with some backbone, and Dorothy waved her hand aggressively, "Hey, pay the bill!" Out!

Luo smiled lightly, paid the money to the shopkeeper, and asked again, "Is there any problem from outside?"

"Hey, you'd better leave quickly. We don't lack money here, but black-hearted money." The shopkeeper sighed and waved his hand to see off the guests. "I've never seen clean money in my life."

"Ah, what do you mean?" Dorothy lay on the counter puzzled.

"Forget it, if you ask again, you won't find anything. Let's go." Turning around, Luo walked out.Dorothy hurriedly followed, "Wait for me!"

The two walked in the lake for a long time, and Dorothy suddenly discovered that the rate of their return was actually extremely high.

Although there are no pedestrians in the lake, everyone passing by will look back at them.There are even passers-by in twos and threes who will point and whisper to them.

Dorothy felt that there was something deep in that look, like pity, but also like happiness.

She tugged at the corner of Luo Yi, "Hey, don't you think it's weird here?"

"En." Luo Wang looked around and said, "I almost walked around the whole town, and there is not a single hotel."

"No." What she cared most about was not whether it was good or not, "A lot of people are watching us."

Hearing this, Luo smiled faintly, bent over suddenly, approached her face, and looked at her playfully, "Are you too beautiful?"

"..." Dorothy murmured, "Please don't mock me."

"Hmph." With a disdainful smile, Luo straightened up again and looked around, all pedestrians who were sneaking at them and whispering. "This place is really strange, let's ask the children." He smiled lightly, "A child's words are true."

"Then go find a child." Dorothy nodded.

The two walked to an inconspicuous alley while watching fieryly. The water here is getting deeper, and a few small goldfish can be seen occasionally swimming by.

The further she walked in, the more Dorothy clicked her tongue.

This alley is completely different from the wide square just now. What you see at the beginning are all luxurious and towering villas, but here are dilapidated stilted buildings on both sides, and the clothes hanging from the windows are shabby. Although the water quality is the same, there is still a faint smell Rancid.

If there were still a few pedestrians on the avenue just now, there would be almost no one here, it was silent.

Dorothy frowned, feeling like she had entered a poor area from a rich area.But this town should be able to make a lot of money by selling Elizabeth, and everyone can grow those flowers, so how can there be such a poor area?Moreover, the people here are really inexplicable.

Finally, I saw a little boy sitting on the doorstep of a stilted building, about seven or eight years old, holding a small net bag in his hand, fishing for things in the water.

"Ah, I saw the child." Dorothy patted Luo on the shoulder and smiled, "Your facial paralysis that has never changed for thousands of years is obviously not favored by children, just watch how I fascinate that child." Be mesmerized."

Dorothy walked forward with her head held high and her chest upright. Dorothy bent over, smiled and patted the little boy's head, kindly and softly, and purposely raised her voice, "Little friend, what are you doing? Tell my sister, okay?"

"Didn't you see?" Impatiently looking up, the little boy glanced at her, "You scared my fish away."

"Ah... sorry." This guy is fishing for goldfish.Dorothy was still undaunted after eating a dose of closed doors, with a friendly smile on her face, "Well, if you can answer sister's question, I will give you candy, okay?"

"Hey." Obviously angry, the little boy glared at him, "What do you think of me? A child!"

"..." Dorothy stared at him for a long time, "Then what do you think you are?"

Toddler?baby?Embryo?sperm?

"Damn it, you adults who think you are mature, don't look down on others!!" Standing up abruptly, the little boy gripped the net bag tightly and shouted, "I am already a responsible adult!! I can do many things, and You can take care of your sister, you can take care of your family! Don’t be too arrogant, you ugly sister!!”

The last sentence deeply hurt Dorothy's eardrums and heart.

"Hey, don't think that you are a child and I will let you go! You are the brat who thinks he is mature! You brat, brat, brat!!! You are the one who is arrogant and the one who looks down on people!! Get mad at me, little brat!!!”

"Ugly!!"

"Little brat!!"

"Hmph." After watching the battle for a while, Luo walked forward with a smile, and pulled Dorothy, who was seriously irritated, behind her.He squatted down again, looked at the little boy, and smiled faintly, "Hello."

It's a complete, conversational tone for adults.

"Ah..." The little boy looked at him and blinked in surprise, "You, hello."

Smiling lightly, Luo went straight to the point, "Excuse me, is there a hotel nearby?"

"Hotel? Are you from out of town?" The little boy raised his voice.

"Well, what's the problem?"

"We don't have a hotel here, and outsiders go to live in the mayor's house." The little boy looked at him, frowned again, and scratched his head, "But...seeing that you are a good person, it's better not to go there, come to our house Right." Then he looked up at Dorothy and added, "Not including this ugly monster."

"You..." Dorothy went crazy, "Hmph, I'm not too curious!"

It's too irritating, too aggrieved, and too embarrassing!

Thanks to her being so confident in front of Luo, sure enough, showing off is rewarding!

Luo stood up and looked back at her amusedly.

"...Look, what are you looking at." Dorothy turned her head away with her mouth shrunken in embarrassment, and Dorothy was ashamed and angry.

Really, that little kid is really weird, her usual tricks of subduing children don't work.Originally, if he didn't call her ugly, she would respect his words and change her tone.Ah, pissed off, pissed off!

After a moment of silence, he stiffly touched the little boy with his body, hesitating and saying awkwardly, "Hey... sorry..."

"..." The little boy frowned and looked at her, "What are you doing?"

"...Don't go too far."

"..." After a while, the little boy opened the door of his house and muttered, "Okay, okay, let you all come in. By the way, my name is Puppy." He glanced at Dorothy again, curled his lips, "My lord A lot, then I can barely say I'm sorry, don't think I'm sincere."

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