Baker Street Grocery Store [Comprehensive]

Irene's previous sentence "currently Sherlock's current girlfriend" does not seem to be a joke, because these days I can always receive various gifts from her on 221b, not only that, but her frequency of visits is higher than when Clara was there before .

Even though she couldn't see Sherlock either.

But when it comes to Clara, Watson still feels a little nervous.

Of course Clara didn't hurt him directly, but his best friend, Sherlock Holmes, who was so dedicated to solving the case, was finally pried open by her, but ended up like this...

Or that's what happened.

He was complaining for Sherlock.

Sherlock became reticent, which was a very strange phenomenon. His original paranoia, even noisy, disappeared so easily at this moment.

The poor gentleman...

Sherlock seems to be on the verge of a complete change.

He had been nesting in his room for several days and didn't go out. Even for meals, Mrs. Hudson persuaded him to eat something softly several times before he was willing to do anything.

Before Mr. Holmes had time to do what a lover should do, he suddenly became a standard lovelorn.

"How?" asked Watson. "He still won't come out?"

Mrs. Hudson frowned worriedly and shook her head: "Oh, what's wrong with Sherlock? This is... Clara didn't come either. If she came to persuade her, Sherlock would definitely not be like this."

Watson was silent for a moment, then said: "Perhaps she will never come again."

"Why?" Mrs. Hudson asked him, looking up. "What happened to her? My God, Sherlock is already like this, and nothing else should happen to her!"

After hearing this, Watson could only send Mrs. Hudson downstairs with a wry smile.

Clara Cooper...will she come again?Appearing with a kind smile like before, will he still treat people with the same care and consideration as before?

Why is she with Moriarty?Who is she?

Who is she……

This question is also haunting Sherlock who is sitting on the bed. He looks at the "Lolita" in front of him. What does Clara mean by giving her this book?What do you want to tell him?

Does she know that all the things she did have been exposed?

Whether she knew it or not, the book in front of her was the only information she gave.

Sherlock tried to read her mind. He first read "Lolita" when he met her in America...

Does that mean she's actually a lawyer?

How can it be!

They also visited California together that time... Did she want to say that she was a student?

It's even more impossible...

So is she a pedophile?Or had she encountered a pedophile as a child?

……

Suddenly the window of the room was kicked open, and Sherlock's thinking was immediately interrupted. However, this unusual way of appearance also lifted his spirits. When he raised his eyes to take a closer look, he saw Irene Ed Le crawled in with a box in his arms.

On the contrary, this made him immediately think of the incident when Clara climbed over the wall with the tea table on her back...

Clara, Clara, Clara!

Clara's voice and smile almost drove him crazy.

Before Irene could speak, Sherlock suddenly got up. Irene was taken aback, and saw him turn around and walk to the door with a cold face, and then opened the door suddenly, the intention of seeing off the guests was obvious.

This move shocked Watson outside the door for an instant. He didn't care about the mustache growing on Sherlock's chin, and said excitedly, "Sherlock! You're out!"

Sherlock looked at him, gave a slight "hmm", then stepped away and looked into the room. Watson followed his eyes to look in, and was surprised to find that Irene was standing there.

Being sent off in such a way and attitude, Irene's original good mood disappeared, she put the box away with a smile on her face, sat on the window sill, and said coldly: "Don't worry, where do I come from?" Come and go back from there."

As soon as he finished speaking, he really jumped out of the window.

This……

Watson could only be speechless. Fortunately, now that Sherlock had come out, Watson realized his pitiful appearance and sighed: "Sherlock——"

"Why did she come in through the window?" Sherlock interrupted his earnest words, and his eyes fell on the window sill in the room. Hearing his question, Watson couldn't help but say, "Maybe it's because she is used to walking through the window?"

"Use your brain, John," Sherlock gave him a look, "she must not usually go through the window."

"What reason!" Watson could only say, "Sherlock, you have been in the room for too long, and no one can get in. Yes, she came in through the window because you closed the door."

"Because of me?" Sherlock murmured, and Watson began to persuade him with nice words, but he interrupted him by raising a finger just after he said a few words.

Sherlock said, "John, I think I get it."

Watson was a little puzzled: "What do you know?"

"Who knows..." Sherlock said again without thinking, "Oh, I have to go out."

As he said that, he was about to go out so directly. Watson was of course happy to see that he was willing to go out, but he still stopped him: "You can't just go out like this."

He looked around at Mr. Holmes from top to bottom: "You have to tidy up."

Sherlock understood, smiled at him, nodded and returned to the room.

Watson was finally relieved at this moment. It seemed that he was bored in the room these days not because of Clara Cooper, but because of a certain puzzle. Although this surprised him a bit, after all, he seemed very interested in Clara's affairs. I don't mind.

It is true that Sherlock was bored in the room because of the puzzle, but this puzzle was also left to him by Miss Cooper.

Regarding the book "Lolita", Sherlock's previous thinking was in the wrong direction. Regarding things related to Clara, he subconsciously considered issues from her perspective - the content of the book, the theme of the book, and so on.

But this book was given to him by Clara, just like Irene just now, since her purpose is to find him, she will definitely choose the way to come in based on his situation.

So Clara doesn't care about the content of the book at all, what she cares about is what can be seen from this book from Sherlock's perspective.

When Watson and Sherlock got into the taxi again, he glanced at his friend who was obviously thinner beside him, and couldn't help sighing again: "Sherlock, don't be sad... just like me and Sarah..."

He comforted him solemnly: "It may have been painful at the time, but it will be fine afterwards."

"In hindsight..." Sherlock repeated, then quietly turned his head away, "There will never be an afterthought."

What he said, it seemed that he was really using his feelings. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but lean more towards Sherlock psychologically, thinking of someone who was defined as a liar, his mood was even more complicated.

The taxi became quiet again and ran to the destination quietly.

Where is the destination?

Then we have to talk about the "Lolita" left by Clara. If you ignore the problem from Clara's perspective, then from Sherlock's perspective——

The paper is very old and smells of damp, and the books are very old when they are left unattended in the corner. The bookcase in Clara's house is next to the window and can be exposed to the sun, which means that it was not taken out of her house.

Most likely it was taken from a bookstore that wasn't doing very well.

In London, there are quite a few bookstores like this. To be more precise——

Sherlock looked at the publication time, it was the first edition.

It seems that not only is it down, but it is also an old bookstore.

There are not many bookstores with such a long history, the most famous one is the one on Charing Street——

It was also reported when the bookstore in Charing Street closed down.

Sherlock's destination is the old site of the bookstore on Charing Street.

Watson followed him expectantly, thinking that he would go to a murder scene, but in fact, he arrived at a strange jewelry store.

The manager of the jewelry store couldn't help panicking when he saw him: "Mr. Holmes?! No, no, no, I didn't do anything bad!"

Watson: "..." Interesting to say, since Sherlock became famous, most people have this reaction when they see him...

Sherlock is obviously used to it, and he only said, "I didn't come here to investigate the case, but I couldn't find an old book that was lost before. I hope I can find it in the bookstore where it used to be... Excuse me, do you know where it is?" Do you have the contact information of the previous owner of the bookstore?"

Watson looked at him strangely, and found that there was nothing strange about him. He calmly wrote down the phone number, and then walked out of the store with him, and sent text messages with his fingers nimbly while walking on the main road.

Watson couldn't help asking, "What are you looking for?"

Sherlock's fingertips paused, how should I answer this?Could it be the last message he left for him in Chaklala?He was silent for a while, then shook his head: "I don't know what I'm looking for, but I'll always know in the end."

After finishing speaking, he reported that the text message from his home had been sent.

Three or five minutes later, the other party finally replied.

"Sorry, Mr. Holmes, I was in the hospital watching a young lady undergo an operation, so I couldn't call to introduce you personally."

Surgery...?

The other party's text message has the following text.

"I do have an impression of the version of "Lolita" you mentioned, but since all the books in my store have been transferred to the Black Bookstore, I don't have so many books with me now, maybe you can go there Look for it."

There is also a string of addresses below, which seems to be the address of the Black Bookstore.

Sherlock thought for a while, and replied: "Thank you, sir, for your trouble, and wish the operation goes well."

Then a text message followed.

"You're welcome, sir. I hope that with your kind words, Miss Louise will recover from her illness."

Sherlock put the phone back in his pocket, but couldn't help but think about this series of things... If it's a coincidence, then it's too coincidental!

Anyway... let's go to Blake's bookstore for now.

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